Good morning. It's now 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time. I call this meeting to order. My name is CJ Wang, Chairperson of the Board of SharkNinja Inc., and I will act as the Chairman of this meeting. Welcome to 2026 Annual General Meeting of SharkNinja. Allow me to introduce the other directors who are joining me today. Mark Barrocas, Kathryn Barton, Peter Feld, Max Hui, Bernie Huang, Timo Ohnser, and Jason Wortendyke. At this time, I will turn the meeting over to our CEO, Mark Barrocas, for some welcome remarks. Mark will also introduce our Chief Legal Officer, Pedro J. Lopez-Baldrich, who will act as Secretary of this meeting and who I have asked to chair the remainder of the meeting. Thank you, CJ. I would also like to say welcome to our shareholders, as well as those directors and officers in attendance. My name is Mark Barrocas, Chief Executive Officer of SharkNinja and a member of our Board of Directors. This meeting is being held at our offices at 89 A Street in Needham, Massachusetts, also virtually via live webcast. We also have a number of company officers here with us, including our executive officers. Joining me today are Adam Quigley, our Chief Financial Officer, Pedro J. Lopez-Baldrich, our Chief Legal Officer, and Neil Shah, our Chief Commercial Officer. Following the conclusion of the formal portion of the meeting, I will lead a short general Q&A portion. Please reserve your general Q&A questions for that portion of the meeting. I will now hand it over to Pedro to guide you through the remainder of the meeting. Good morning. Welcome to SharkNinja's 2026 Annual Meeting. My name is Pedro J. Lopez-Baldrich. I'm SharkNinja's Chief Legal Officer and have been appointed by the directors to serve as Secretary of this meeting. At this time, I would like to also introduce Matt McDonald and Elise Hanoka of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent auditors who join us virtually today and who will be available to respond to appropriate questions later in the meeting. Let's proceed to the formal business of the meeting. I present an affidavit of mailing which confirms that on or around April 27, 2026, notice of the meeting, together with the related proxy materials, was distributed to all shareholders of record as of the close of the business on April 22, 2026, the record date for the meeting. This affidavit is available if any shareholder wishes to examine it and will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. I therefore confirm that due notice of this meeting has been given in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the company, and that each of the proxy forms received are acceptable as valid appointments of the nominated proxies therein. The Board of Directors has appointed Broadridge Financial Solutions to act as Inspector of Elections for this meeting. Dia Maheda, a representative of Broadridge, has signed an oath to act as Inspector of Elections, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. After we have voted on all matters subject to a vote, the Inspector of Elections will tabulate the votes and report on the preliminary results. The quorum for this meeting is constituted by the presence of either in person, virtually, or by proxy of shareholders holding an aggregate of not less than one-third of all voting shares, capital of the company issued and outstanding as of the record date. The Inspector of Elections has advised me that a quorum is present, either in person, virtually or by proxy. I declare the meeting duly and lawfully convened. We may now proceed to transact the business for which the meeting has been called. As described more fully in the company's notice of meeting and related proxy materials, this meeting is being held for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing and approving the following proposals. One, an ordinary resolution related to the reappointment of seven directors to the company's board of directors. Two, an ordinary resolution to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as their independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Three, an ordinary resolution to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. Four, an ordinary resolution to select, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. Five, a special resolution to approve an amendment and restatement of the company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Shareholders also will consider and act upon such other business as may properly come up before the meeting or any continuations, postponements, or adjournments thereof. In fairness to all shareholders in attendance in person and online, and in the fairness of fair and orderly and constructive meeting, we kindly ask that you honor the rules of conduct for the meeting, which have been posted on the virtual meeting website. We also have a copy available for anyone attending in person. Recording of this meeting is not permitted. Shareholders will have the opportunity to ask questions about the resolutions. For those attending in person, please raise your hand to be recognized if you wish to ask a question. Once you've been recognized, please state your name, affiliation, if any, and whether you are a shareholder or proxy holder. Then you may ask your question or make your statement. If you're a proxy holder, please state the name of the shareholder that gave you the proxy. Participants may also enter questions online at any point during the meeting by clicking the Q&A button on the bottom of the screen. We will also attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions submitted in accordance with the rules of conduct and that are related to the proposals will be addressed during the formal portion of the meeting. Other questions asked in accordance with the rules of conduct will be addressed during the general Q&A portion at the end of the meeting. Please keep your questions and statements brief and limited to a specific item up for discussion. Each shareholder is limited to three questions. We may have to interrupt any question or statement that continues for an unreasonable amount of time. In order to expedite the flow of business, we will proceed as follows with respect to the voting procedures. The polls will be open, each of the matters to be voted on by the shareholders at this meeting will be presented in the order set forth in the proxy statement. The polls will be closed, the votes tabulated, and the preliminary results will be announced. You can vote by proxy online via virtual meeting website and by written ballot if attending the meeting in person. If you have already voted and do not wish to change your vote, you do not need to vote again at today's meeting. Your vote will be cast as previously instructed. If you have already voted and now wish to change your vote, or if you have not yet voted and wish to vote now, please vote during this meeting by either using the appropriate link on the shareholder meeting website and following the instructions, or submitting a ballot if attending the meeting in person. Ballots for matters to be voted on will be distributed to those desiring ballots. Any ballot not received when called for will not be counted. If you're completing a ballot, fully mark your vote on the ballot, sign your name in a way that the shares are registered, print your name below your signature, and indicate the number of shares you owned as of the record date, April 22nd, 2026. Again, I want to emphasize that it is not necessary to vote again if you previously voted. Submission of a new vote during the meeting will revoke all prior votes that you have submitted. Vote and have not submitted your proxy, or if you want to change your vote, please raise your hand now, an inspector of elections will collect the proxies or distribute to you a new ballot. The first item of business, proposal number one, to approve as ordinary resolution that each of Mark Barrocas, Kathryn Barton, Peter Feld, Max Hui, Xuning Wang, Tim Warner, and Jason Wortendyke be reappointed as directors of the company. Each hold to office in accordance with the articles of association of the company. The board of directors unanimously recommends to reappoint each of the director nominees in accordance with the company's articles of association to serve. Shareholders are required to provide advance notice of their intent to nominate candidates for directors. No such notice was received. I declare the nominations for directors closed. Are there any questions related to the resolutions? There being no questions, I hereby declare the voting closed on this matter and ask the inspector of elections to tabulate the vote and report the results when requested later in the meeting. The next item of business is proposal number two, to approve as ordinary resolution the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Be approved, confirmed, and ratified in all respects. The directors of the company have selected EY as the company's auditors for the fiscal year 2026. The directors unanimously recommend that the shareholders ratify the selection. Are there any questions related to this resolution? There being no questions, I declare the voting closed on this matter and ask the inspector of elections to tabulate the vote and report the results when requested later in the meeting. The next item of business, proposal number three, to approve as ordinary resolution on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers. The directors unanimously recommend that the shareholders vote, approve this resolution. Are there any questions related to this resolution? There being no questions, I declare the voting closed on this matter and ask the inspector of elections to tabulate the vote and report the results when requested later in the meeting. The next item of business, proposal number four, to select as ordinary resolution on a non-binding advisory basis the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. The directors unanimously recommend that the shareholders vote for the frequency of one year. Are there any questions related to this resolution? There being no questions, I declare the voting closed on this matter and ask the inspector of elections to tabulate the vote and report the results when requested later in the meeting. The next item of business, proposal number five, to approve as a special resolution an amendment and restatement of the company's amended and restated memorandum of articles of association. The directors unanimously recommend that the shareholders approve this resolution. Are there any questions related to this resolution? There being no questions, I declare the voting closed on this matter and ask the inspector of elections to tabulate the vote and report the results when requested later in the meeting. Will the inspector of elections please report the preliminary results for the votes? Thank you, Pedro. I have tabulated the votes, and the preliminary report indicates that the reappointment of each of the seven director nominees has received the requisite number of votes for approval. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm has been ratified and approved. The compensation of our named executive officers has received the requisite number of votes for approval. The frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers has been selected as one year. The amendment and restatement of the company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association has received the requisite number of votes for approval. I have prepared a written certificate covering the results of the voting and certain other matters, which will be appended to the minutes of this meeting. Thank you. That concludes the report of preliminary voting results. The final results will be available for all shareholders on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days after this meeting. As secretary, I will file the original proxies, ballots, and report of the Inspector of Elections with the records of the company. If there are no other businesses, I return the meeting to our chairperson, CJ Wang. Thank you, Pedro. This concludes the formal portion of SharkNinja's 2026 Annual General Meeting. The 2026 Annual General Meeting is now adjourned. I now turn it over to Mark Barrocas to lead us through a general Q&A session. Thank you, CJ. At this time, we will have a general Q&A portion of the meeting to answer additional questions unrelated to the proposals just voted on. There being no further questions, I would like to hand it back over to Pedro to conclude the meeting. Thank you, Mark. On behalf of SharkNinja, we thank you for attending the 2026 Annual General Meeting. This concludes the general Q&A portion of the meeting. Thank you. The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.
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