Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Kestra Medical Technologies meeting. I will now turn the call over to Jeffrey Schwartz. Good morning, and welcome to the 2026 Kestra Medical Technologies Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. I'm Jeffrey Schwartz, Chairman of Kestra's Board of Directors. I will be acting as Chair of today's meeting. Shortly, our General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, and Secretary, Traci Umberger, will discuss the rules of conduct applicable to this meeting, which have also been posted to the virtual meeting website. We ask that everyone follows such rules of conduct to ensure an orderly meeting. Additionally, we remind shareholders that recording or taking screenshots at the Annual General Meeting is prohibited. If you experience any technical difficulties during the meeting, please call the technical support number posted on the virtual meeting website. I would like to begin this meeting by introducing certain representatives of the company who are present with us today. Brian Webster, our President and Chief Executive Officer. Traci Umberger, our General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, and Secretary. Vaseem Mahboob, our Chief Financial Officer. Neil Bhalodkar, our VP of Investor Relations. And the following members of our Board of Directors: Raymond Cohen, Conor Hanley, Elizabeth Kwo, Mary Kay Ladone, and Kevin Reilly. Also present at this meeting are Hiten Parmar, representative from PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC, our independent auditor, and Louis Larsen of L-Squared Elections, a delegate of Broadridge Financial Solutions, who has been appointed as Inspector of Election. Ms. Umberger will serve as Secretary of this meeting and record the minutes of the proceedings. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is hereby called to order. This meeting will follow the agenda in the notice of the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. There are two proposals of business on today's agenda. Proposal one is the election of the three Class 2 Directors, and proposal two is the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm. Let's get started with today's business. Traci Umberger, the Secretary of this meeting, will provide a brief overview of the rules of conduct for this meeting and report on the notice of the meeting and the presence of a quorum. Traci? Thank you, Jeff. I will start by making some procedural points. First, if you are a shareholder of record at the close of business on July 17, 2026, you may vote using your control number during this meeting at any time once the polls have been opened through presentation of the proposal until we close the polls. However, if you have already voted in advance by using an online ballot or a physical proxy card and do not wish to revoke or change your prior vote, your vote will be cast as previously instructed and no further action is required. A vote at this meeting will supersede your earlier vote. Second, if you are a beneficial owner of shares that are held on your behalf in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote your shares. However, since the beneficial owner is not the shareholder of record, you will not be able to vote your shares live or submit questions during this meeting. Please follow the instructions provided by your broker to direct their vote. Third, shareholders of record who have logged into today's meeting using their control number can submit a question at any time during this meeting by submitting your question into the Ask a Question field and clicking Submit. If you submitted a question before the meeting at proxyvote.com, you do not need to resubmit your question during the meeting. Fourth, in the event of any technical difficulties before the formal adjournment of this meeting, we may temporarily adjourn and reconvene in accordance with our bylaws. Only matters for which notice has been legally given in accordance with our bylaws may be brought before the meeting. Those matters are set forth as proposals in the proxy statement for the meeting, which was distributed to the shareholders on or about July 28, 2026. The company has delivered an affidavit of distribution of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., establishing that notice of this meeting was duly given. Such affidavit and a copy of the notice of annual meeting of stockholders and notice of internet availability of the proxy materials will be incorporated into the minutes of this meeting. I will now discuss the procedures for transacting the business of this meeting. This meeting was called by the board of directors. All shareholders of record at the close of business on July 17, 2026, are entitled to vote at this meeting. The Inspector of Election has reported that we have present today, either virtually or by proxy, holders representing in excess of a majority of the 58,603,121 total issued common shares of the company that are entitled to vote at the annual meeting as of the record date. Therefore, a quorum is present for purposes of conducting the meeting of this business. I will now hand it back to Jeff. Thanks, Traci. Since a quorum has been established and is represented at this meeting, I declare this meeting to be duly convened for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before it. Louis Larsen, a representative of L-Squared Elections, the inspector of election, has taken an oath as an inspector of election and will determine the number of shares to be voted at today's meeting. The oath will be incorporated into the minutes of this meeting. Broadridge Financial Solutions has tabulated the proxies that were received prior to the convening of this meeting. The inspector of election will submit a report on the number of shares voted for each item presented to shareholders. The next order of business is to vote on the two proposals outlined in the proxy statement and on the agenda. The polls are now declared open at 9:07 A.M. Eastern today, September 9, 2026. After the items to be acted upon at this meeting are presented and the votes on those items are reported, the preliminary results of the voting will be reported. On behalf of the board, I present the two proposals for consideration for the reasons contained in the proxy statement. The first item of business is proposal one, the election of directors. The board of directors is divided into three classes, each serving three-year terms, with approximately one-third of the directors standing for election each year. This morning, we will elect three class 2 directors, whose terms will end in 2029. The board has nominated Traci Umberger, Raymond Cohen, and Kevin Reilly, and recommends that shareholders vote for each of the three director nominees. The second item of business is proposal two, the ratification of the appointment of PwC as the company's independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2027. The board recommends that shareholders vote for this proposal. The polls have been open for voting since the beginning of this meeting. I now ask that shareholders who have not yet voted or who wish to change their previous vote do so now through the virtual meeting website. We now appear to have completed all voting. It is 9:08 A.M. Eastern Time, and the polls are now closed. The electronic votes and proxies will be tabulated by the inspector of election. Now back to Traci for the voting results. Thank you, Jeff. The inspector of election has provided a preliminary report on the voting of the two proposals. Proposal one, Traci Umberger, Raymond Cohen, and Kevin Reilly have been duly elected as class 2 directors to serve on the board until the 2029 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Proposal two, the appointment of PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as the company's independent registered auditing firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2027, has been duly ratified. The inspector of election will furnish a written report of the final vote count with respect to the matters voted on today, which shall be included in the minutes of this meeting. The company plans to file a Form 8-K within four business days of this annual meeting to disclose the final voting results. Jeff, I will hand it back to you to adjourn the meeting. Thank you, Traci. I am aware of no other business that has been properly brought before this annual meeting. This meeting is adjourned. We are now happy to hold a brief question and answer session. We have reserved up to 15 minutes for the question and answer session. If you have a question and have not already submitted it, please do so now. We will attempt to answer all questions submitted within the time permitted. I will now hand it over to Neil to read any questions we've received. Thanks, Jeff. We have not received any questions. That concludes the Q&A session. I will now turn the meeting over to Jeff for closing remarks. Thanks, Neil. In closing, I would like to thank you for joining our annual meeting and thank you again for your continued support of Kestra. This concludes today's meeting. You may now disconnect.
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