Good afternoon. Thank you for joining Equity Commonwealth's Special Shareholder Meeting. The host for today's call is David Helfand, Chair of the Board of Trustees, President and CEO. Now I will turn the call over to David. Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to EQC's Special Meeting of Shareholders, which is being held virtually. I'd like to introduce the other executive officers who are attending the meeting today: David Weinberg, our Chief Operating Officer, Bill Griffith, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Orrin Shifrin, our General Counsel and Secretary. For our meeting today, we'll consider the two proposals up for a vote. To begin the formal meeting, I now call to order the Special Meeting of Shareholders. I will act as Chair for the meeting. Orrin will act as Secretary for the meeting. Charles Zade is our Inspector of Election from Broadridge. Charles has already taken his oath as Inspector of Election, which will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. Orrin has indicated to me that holders of the majority of the outstanding common shares are represented by shareholders participating virtually or by proxy at this meeting. Therefore, a quorum is present and the meeting may proceed. Orrin, for the record, can you identify what materials will be included as part of the minutes of this meeting? The following documents will be incorporated in the company's records as part of the minutes of this meeting: a copy of the notice of meeting, a copy of the proxy statement for this special meeting, an affidavit showing that each shareholder of record on the record date, October 1, 2024, was mailed the notice of meeting and the proxy statement, and a certified list of the shareholders of the company as of the record date. The certified list shows that there were 107,327,691 common shares issued and outstanding on the record date. Thanks, Orrin. We'll now consider the proposals to be voted on. Orrin, please walk us through the two proposals that are being voted on today. The first proposal is the approval of the plan of sale and dissolution of the company, including the wind down and complete liquidation and the dissolution and termination of the company, including the establishment of a liquidating entity as detailed in proposal one of the proxy statement. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the total number of common shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, October 1, 2024, is required to approve this proposal. The board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote for this proposal. The second proposal is the approval on an advisory non-binding basis of the compensation that may become payable by the company to our named executive officers in connection with the plan of sale, as detailed in proposal two of the proxy statement. The affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast is required to approve this proposal on an advisory non-binding basis. The board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote for this proposal. Thank you. If any shareholder would like to comment or ask a question specifically related to either of the two proposals to be voted on, you may do so now in writing on the web portal. Given that there are none, I will now open the voting on these two proposals. Any shareholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. Shareholders who have sent in proxies or previously voted and do not wish to change their vote do not need to take any further action. Pause for a moment to give people a chance to vote. Voting on these proposals is now closed. At this point, Orrin, would you provide a preliminary report of the voting results? Based on the preliminary count conducted by our Inspector of Election and reported to me, the plan of sale and dissolution of the company, including the wind down and complete liquidation of the company and the dissolution and termination of the company, including the establishment of a liquidating entity, has been approved, and the compensation that may become payable by the company to its named executive officers in connection with the plan of sale has been approved on an advisory non-binding basis. As there are no other matters to be considered as part of the meeting, I hereby declare that this special meeting of shareholders of Equity Commonwealth is adjourned. Thank you very much. The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining and have a pleasant day.
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