Hello, and welcome to the 2026 virtual annual meeting of Q32 Bio, Inc. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. Stockholders may submit questions by following the instructions on the annual meeting interface. Good morning, everyone. My name is Jodie Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Q32 Bio. The meeting is now called to order. I've asked Jackie Mercier of Goodwin Procter, our outside legal counsel, to record the minutes. It is a pleasure to welcome our stockholders to the annual meeting of Q32 Bio. This meeting is being held in accordance with the corporation's bylaws and Delaware law. The purpose of the meeting is the formal business at hand, which was described in our notice and proxy statement, a copy of which was mailed on or about April 30th, 2026, to all of our stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15th, 2026. All discussions will be limited to the official business at hand. Before we proceed to the formal business, I would like to welcome members of our board of directors who are with us today, our executive team, a representative from Ernst & Young, our audit firm, and representatives from Goodwin Procter, our outside counsel. Now let's proceed to the formal business of the meeting, notice of which was sent to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 15th, 2026. Stockholders of record as of that date are entitled to vote at this meeting. Rules of conduct for the meeting are available under the meeting materials in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Please note that only stockholders who have logged in using their 16-digit control number will be able to vote and ask questions at the meeting. If you have any questions, I would encourage you to please submit them now so they will be in the queue to be answered. If any stockholder wishes to address the chairperson during the formal part of this meeting, please do so by submitting your question in writing through the virtual meeting platform via the link provided. You'll be required to select a topic and enter your question in the text box provided under Ask a Question section of the webcast page. The board of directors has appointed Francis Byrd to act as the Inspector of Elections for this annual meeting. He will tabulate the results of the voting. The Inspector of Elections has signed the oath of his office, which will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. Mr. Byrd, do we have a quorum present? Ms. Morrison, of the 15,629,463 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, 11,833,800 shares are represented either in person or by proxy, and therefore, a quorum is present. I declare that a quorum is present. We may now proceed to transact the business for which this meeting has been called. Let me briefly describe the voting procedures. If you have previously turned in your proxy and you do not intend to change your vote, it is not necessary that you complete another proxy or a ballot. Your vote will be counted. If you are eligible to vote and have not submitted your proxy, or if you want to change your vote, you may do so by clicking on the link provided through the virtual meeting platform. In order to allow stockholders to vote through the virtual meeting platform at any time during this meeting, I now declare the polls open for voting. It is now 8:33 A.M. on June 12th, 2026. Our first item of business is the election of directors. At this meeting, we'll be voting on three nominees for Class II directors to serve a term of three years, all set forth in the proxy statement. In accordance with the bylaws, your directors have nominated Kathleen LaPorte, Jodie Morrison, and Arthur Tzianabos to be elected to serve as Class II directors. The corporation's bylaws require that a stockholder provide advance notice to the corporation of a stockholder intent to nominate persons as directors. No such notice was received. Accordingly, I declare the nominations for directors closed. The board of directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote in favor of this proposal. The second item of business is the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. The audit committee of the board of directors, which is comprised entirely of independent directors, appointed Ernst & Young LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the corporation's financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. The board of directors approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP and has asked the stockholders to ratify the selection. Stockholder ratification is not required by the corporation's bylaws. However, the board of directors is submitting this to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. If the stockholders do not approve the selection of Ernst & Young as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm, the board of directors and the audit committee will reconsider the appointment. The third item of business is a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the corporation's named executive officers as described in the proxy statement. The board of directors unanimously recommends the stockholders vote for this proposal. I have been advised there are no questions. Anyone who has not yet voted or desires to do so, please do so through the virtual meeting platform. It is now 8:35 A.M. on June 12th, 2026, and the polls for each matter to be voted on in this meeting are now closed. No additional ballots, proxies, or votes, or no changes or revocations will be accepted. Inspector of Elections, please report on the results of the voting. With regard to Proposal 1, a plurality of the shares present and represented and entitled to vote has been voted in favor of the election of the persons nominated. With regard to Proposal 2, a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on this proposal have been voted in favor of the ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the corporation's independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. With regard to Proposal 3, a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on this proposal have been voted in favor of approving the compensation of the corporation's named executive officers on a non-binding advisory basis. Thank you, Mr. Byrd. I declare that all the proposals presented at the meeting have been ratified or approved by the stockholders. The final results of the voting, including any ballots and proxies recorded during the meeting, will be set forth in the report of the inspector of election and included in the minutes of this meeting. The final reports will also be included in our reports filed with the SEC. There being no other matters for consideration at this meeting, I hereby adjourn the meeting. The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, have a pleasant day.
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