Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Intrepid Potash, Inc. I'm Kevin Crutchfield, CEO of Intrepid, and at the request of our Chairman of the Board, I'll conduct the business of today's meeting. We appreciate your attendance, your interest, and most importantly, your support of Intrepid. I'll now call the meeting to order. For your reference, the agenda and rules of conduct have been posted on the online annual meeting portal. We ask that you please follow these rules so that we may have an orderly meeting. You may also submit written questions during the meeting and cast your vote on the online portal. Before we start the formal business of the meeting, I'd like to introduce our directors and other executive officers joining us on this webcast annual meeting today. Present today are our directors, Gonzalo Avendano, Chris Elliott, Hugh Harvey, Lori Lancaster, Mary McBride, Barth Whitham, and William Zisch. Also present at the meeting are the following executive officers of the company, Cris Ingold, acting Principal Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, and Christina Sheehan, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Christina Sheehan, our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, will act as secretary of today's meeting. Louis Larson, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election for this meeting. Meredith Cooler, representative of our auditor, KPMG LLP, is also present with us today. She'll be available to answer questions concerning the company's financial statements. As noted in the agenda today, we'll conduct the official business of the annual meeting. During the meeting, we'll answer questions that have been submitted by stockholders through the annual meeting portal that relate to the business of the meeting. Any other questions or questions that are not answered can be addressed to our investor relations as specified in the rules of conduct. We'll now proceed to the business portion of today's meeting. As stated in the notice of meeting and proxy statement previously provided to you, the record date for voting at this meeting was the close of business on April 7th, 2026. The Secretary has delivered an affidavit of distribution to show the notice of this meeting was properly given. The Inspector of Election has examined the proxies received and stockholders present at this meeting and reports that more than 78% of the total shares of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting are represented at this meeting. Therefore, a quorum is present, and we'll now proceed with the business. Please note that a list of stockholders as of the record date is available for inspection during the entire time of this annual meeting on the annual meeting website. The time is 10:03 A.M., and I declare the polls now open for each matter to be voted on at this meeting. All stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting have the ability to do so online. If you're a stockholder entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so via the online portal for this meeting. Please remember that if you've already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again. After voting has been completed on all matters on the agenda, we'll close the polls. There are three matters for consideration by stockholders at this meeting. The first matter to be voted upon is the election of two Class III Directors nominated by our Board of Directors to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The nominees are me, Kevin S. Crutchfield, and William M. Zisch. The Board of Directors recommends the election of me, Kevin S. Crutchfield, and Mr. Zisch as Class III Directors. The second item of business is the ratification of KPMG LLP as the company's independent audit firm for 2026. The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders approve this proposal. The third item of business is a vote to approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC. The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders approve this proposal. Other business may be properly brought before this meeting by a stockholder only if timely notice in proper written form has been given in accordance with our bylaws and not withdrawn before the meeting. The company has not received notice of any other business for consideration at the annual meeting, and therefore, no other business shall come before this meeting. I'll now pause for a minute to allow any questions on the matters to be voted upon at this time and allow for all stockholders to submit their votes. If you have not already done so, please vote by clicking on the Voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. Please also submit any questions related to the three proposals now. I declare the polls now closed at 10:06 A.M. and ask that the Inspector of Election collect and tabulate the votes. Based on the preliminary tabulations of the Inspector of Election, we announce that the company's Class III Director nominees, me, Kevin S. Crutchfield, and William M. Zisch, have been duly elected. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 has been ratified, and the compensation of our named executive officers has been approved on an advisory basis. Within four business days, the company will file a current report on Form 8-K with the SEC, disclosing the final voting results for the matters voted on at this meeting. As there is no other formal business to be addressed today, our program for the day has concluded, and I declare that the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is hereby adjourned. Thank you all for attending today's meeting and for your continuing support of the company. The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.
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