Good morning. My name is Bella Zaslavsky, I am Grindr's Corporate and Securities Counsel and Corporate Secretary, I will be acting as secretary of this meeting. On behalf of Grindr's officers and directors, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Grindr's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. I would like to introduce you to George Arison, our Chief Executive Officer, who is acting as Chairperson of the meeting. The meeting will now officially come to order. It is approximately 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the polls are open for voting on all matters to be presented. As you know, we are hosting today's meeting through a virtual online platform hosted by Broadridge. Members of our Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team are in attendance at today's meeting. Before we proceed with the formal business of the meeting, I would also like to introduce you to representatives from Ernst & Young LLP, Grindr's independent registered public accounting firm, Cheryl Niebeling of Broadridge, who will serve as our Inspector of Elections, representatives of Cooley LLP, the company's outside legal counsel, who are also in attendance virtually and available to respond to appropriate questions as needed. We will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting in the order set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. There are five management proposals to be considered at this meeting. After all proposals have been presented, we will address any properly submitted questions germane to the meeting and the proposed items, and then we will close the polls and announce the preliminary voting results. We will not accept ballots, proxies, revocations, or changes after the polls are closed. If you already submitted your vote by proxy and do not wish to change your vote, you do not need to vote now, and your shares will be voted as you previously instructed. If you intend to vote and have not already done so, you must submit your vote online now in order for it to be counted. If you have not yet voted, I encourage you to vote online now. You should have a copy of the rules of conduct for this meeting. In order to conduct an orderly meeting, we ask that you follow these rules. Stockholders of record as of April 9, 2026, the record date, may submit a question by using the control number provided on the notice and typing your question in the Ask a Question text box on the bottom left-hand corner of the annual meeting portal. We will screen incoming questions, and we will read only questions that are germane to the meeting and the items presented before responding. With respect to the mailing of the notice of the meeting, I have an affidavit certifying that on April 30, 2026, a notice of annual meeting of stockholders of the company was deposited in the U.S. mail to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 9, 2026. Cheryl, our Inspector of Elections, is present virtually and has taken and subscribed the customary oath of office to execute her duties with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting. Cheryl's function is to decide upon the qualifications of the voters, accept their votes, and when balloting on all matters is complete, tally the final vote. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. With respect to the existence of a quorum, I have been informed by the Inspector of Elections that proxies have been received for a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, which constitutes a quorum for this meeting today. As mentioned earlier, there are five management proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. The first proposal is the election of eight directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. The nominees for director are George Arison, Dan Baer, Chad Cohen, Michael Gearon, Lisa Gersh, Fadi Hanna, Rob Solomon, and Ray Zage. For the reasons stated in our proxy statement, our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for the election of each of these nominees. The second proposal is the ratification of the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. For the reasons stated in our proxy statement, our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for this proposal. The third item of business is the approval of the amendment and restatement of our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 11,600,000 shares. For the reasons stated in our proxy statement, our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for this proposal. The fourth item of business is the approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement. For the reasons stated in our proxy statement, our Board of Directors recommends that you vote for this proposal. The final item of business is to indicate, on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. For the reasons stated in our proxy statement, our Board of Directors recommends that you vote one year for this proposal. That was the final proposal for today's meeting. We will now review whether any questions have been submitted about the items presented before we close the polls. There were no questions. We will now pause briefly to allow additional time to vote. The time is now 8:05 A.M., and the polls are closed for voting. Based on the preliminary information provided by the Inspector of Elections, I can report that the proposal to elect the aforementioned eight individuals as directors of the company until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders is carried. The selection of EY as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 is ratified. The amendment and restatement of our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan is approved. The compensation of our named executive officers is approved, and a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers will be held every year. On behalf of the Chairperson, the annual meeting is now adjourned. Finally, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to the stockholders in attendance today. Thank you all for your continued support of Grindr. This concludes today's meeting. We thank you for joining. You may now disconnect.
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