Good afternoon, and welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders for GCM Grosvenor Inc. I will now turn the line over to Michael Sacks. Mr. Sacks? Thank you. Good afternoon. I am Michael Sacks, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of GCM Grosvenor Inc., and the Chairman of today's meeting. On behalf of GCM Grosvenor, the members of the Board, and company management, I'm very happy to welcome you to our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The other members of the Board are Jonathan R. Levin, our President, Angela Blanton, Francesca Cornelli, David A. Helfand, Stephen Malkin, and Samuel C. Scott III. In addition, participating today are Pamela Bentley, our Chief Financial Officer, Stacie Selinger, our Head of Investor Relations, Burke Montgomery, our General Counsel, and Maria Lennox, our Corporate Secretary. I would also like to introduce Christine Lindholm of Ernst & Young LLP, the company's independent auditor. I'd also like to note that today's remarks may include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of our Form 10-K, 10-Qs, and other reports on file with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today, and we undertake no obligations to update them. The meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. The polls opened today, June 9, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. Central Time for voting on all matters before the meeting. If you have not already voted and wish to vote, the polls will remain open until we finish presenting the proposals and close the polls. You do not need to vote during the meeting if you have already voted and do not wish to change your vote. On the virtual meeting webpage, you will find the agenda for the meeting. You will also find the rules of conduct for today's meeting. Please review these rules carefully. Note that only stockholders who are logged in to the meeting using their 16-digit control number will be able to vote and submit questions at today's meeting. Questions may be submitted in the text field provided in the web portal at any time during the meeting. We will respond to appropriate questions during the question and answer period after the meeting is adjourned. We will file the proof of mailing of notice of the meeting with the records of the meeting. All stockholders of record at the close of business on April 10th, 2026, or holders of a valid proxy are entitled to vote at the meeting. A complete list of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the company's common stock on the record date for the meeting is available on your screen if you have logged into the meeting using your 16-digit control number. At this time, I'd like to introduce Charles Zade, a representative of Broadridge Financial Services. The board of directors has appointed a representative of Broadridge to act as Inspector of Election at today's meeting. Mr. Zade has signed the customary oath of office to execute his duties with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting. I have been informed that a quorum is present. I hereby declare this meeting to be duly constituted for the transaction of business. We will now proceed with the formal business of this meeting. There are two proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. The board recommends that stockholders vote for both proposals. The first item of business is the election of Michael J. Sacks, Angela Blanton, Francesca Cornelli, David A. Helfand, Jonathan R. Levin, Stephen Malkin, and Samuel C. Scott III as directors of the company for a term of office expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. The second item of business is the ratification of the audit committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the year ending December 31st, 2026. That was the final proposal for today's meeting. If you wish to vote and you have not already, please vote now by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. You do not need to vote electronically if you have already sent in your signed proxy or if you have voted by telephone or internet. We will pause for approximately 30 seconds before closing the polls. The time is now 1:05 P.M. Central Time on June 9th, 2026, and the polls are now closed for voting. Thank you very much. I have received the preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections to be kept with the company's records of the annual meeting. Based on this preliminary report of the Inspector of Election, Michael Sacks, Angela Blanton, Francesca Cornelli, David A. Helfand, Jonathan R. Levin, Stephen Malkin, and Samuel C. Scott III have been elected directors. The appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified. The final tally of the votes will be published within four business days in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The meeting is now adjourned. The management team and I are now available to answer questions. Please note that we will only be answering questions that are within the parameters of the rules of conduct, and only stockholders who have logged into the meeting using their 16-digit control number are able to submit a question through the question area of the web portal. Ms. Lennox, are there any questions that have been submitted? No, there are no questions. Please proceed with your closing remarks. Hearing no questions. With that, ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our annual meeting. I want to thank you for attending and for your interest in the affairs of GCM Grosvenor. This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.
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