Welcome to the annual meeting of stockholders for SurgePays, Inc. Our host for today's call is Brian Cox, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. I'll now turn the call over to your host. Mr. Cox, you may begin. Thank you. Will the meeting please come to order? Good afternoon, and thank you for virtually attending the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of SurgePays, Inc. I am Brian Cox, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of SurgePays, Inc., and I will be presiding over this meeting. David C. Ansani of SurgePays will act as secretary of the meeting. Also present in person and remotely at the meeting today are David May, independent director. David N. Keys, independent director. Lori Weisberg, independent director. Lance Bernson, counsel. Paige Chandler, counsel. Chelsea Pullano, chief financial officer. As a reminder, this meeting is being held virtually. Stockholders can navigate to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/surg2026 to participate using your 16-digit control number included in your proxy materials in order to cast your vote via the appropriate tab on the meeting portal, submit a question, and view the rules of conduct and procedures as well as the annual report, proxy statement, and the agenda for this meeting. The voting polls are and have been open. We will now pause for 30 seconds to allow any final shareholder votes to be made. Before closing the voting and proceeding to the business of this meeting, there are certain technical legal matters which we must dispose of in order to make certain that we are conducting a duly authorized meeting. In fairness to all stockholders in attendance of an orderly meeting, we require that you honor the following rules of conduct. The use of audio recording equipment is prohibited. Only stockholders of record or their proxy holders may address the meeting. Please reserve all questions and comments for the conclusion of the meeting during the specified stockholder questions and comments segment. All questions and comments should be submitted through the webcast. If you wish to address the meeting, please submit questions via the appropriate link provided in the virtual meeting link. If submitted a question or comment, please include your name, your status as either a stockholder or a proxy holder, and present your question or comment. The views and comments of all stockholders are welcomed. The purpose of the meeting will be observed, the chairman or secretary will stop discussions and not address questions or comments that are irrelevant to the business of the company or the conduct of its operations, related to pending or threatened litigation, derogatory references that are not in good taste, unduly prolonged longer than one minute, substantially repetitious of statements made by other stockholders, or discussions related to personal grievances. The voting polls are hereby closed. The corporation has designated Kenneth V. Frank of the Corveo Group to serve as the Inspector of Election. The oath of the Inspector of Election has been presented. If there are no objections, I will direct that such oath be filed with the minutes of the meeting. We will pause for a moment while the Inspector of Election makes his preliminary tabulation of stockholders present via the virtual link or by proxy. Will the Inspector of Election kindly submit his preliminary report of the number of shares of common stock of the corporation represented at the meeting? There are represented at this meeting, either virtually or by proxy, 17,275,798 shares of common stock, one-tenth of a penny par value of the corporation, of a total number of 25,121,895 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting as of the May 5th, 2026, record date for the meeting. The report of the Inspector of Election indicates that there are present at the meeting, virtually or represented by proxy, the holders of a majority of the total of shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. There is therefore a quorum present, and the meeting is competent to transact business. Mr. Secretary, would you please report on the mailing of the proxy materials and the availability of a list of stockholders? Mr. Chairman, as secretary of the meeting, I present to the meeting at this time a copy of the notice of the annual meeting of stockholders concerning the matters to be considered and acted upon at this meeting, and a copy of the proxy statement, form of proxy, and together with an affidavit of mailing executed by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. The affidavit of mailing will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Now that the technical organization phase of the meeting has been completed and before proceeding to the significant business to be transacted at this meeting, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the nominees for directors Brian Cox, David May, David N. Keys, Lori Weisberg. The first order of business to come before the meeting is the election of directors of the corporation to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are elected and have qualified. At this time, the Inspector of Election shall report their results. The preliminary results of the vote are as follows. Each of the director nominees whose names are set forth in the proxy statement, Kevin Brian Cox, David May, David Keys, and Lori Weisberg, have been elected by a majority of the votes cast. The report of the Inspector of Election indicates that Kevin Brian Cox, David May, David Keys, and Lori Weisberg have been duly elected to serve as directors of the corporation. Additionally, each director will serve until the next annual meeting or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The second order of business to come before the meeting is the ratification of the appointment of TAAD LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. At this time, the Inspector of Election shall report the results. The preliminary results indicate that a majority of shares of common stock have been voted in favor of the approval of the resolution to ratify the appointment of TAAD LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The report of the Inspector of Election indicates that the resolution to ratify the appointment of TAAD LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accountant received the affirmative vote for more than a majority of the shares of common stock present in voting on the proposal. Therefore, has been approved. The third and final order of business to come before this meeting is the approval of the terms of securities purchase agreements entered into between the company and certain institutional investors in 2025 and 2026. The transactions contemplated thereby and the issuance of common stock to those investors in those transactions equal to 20% or more of the company's common stock as disclosed in the proxy statement. At this time, the Inspector of Election shall report the results. A majority of shares of common stock have been voted in favor of approval of the terms of securities purchase agreements entered into between the company and certain institutional investors in 2025 and 2026. The transactions contemplated thereby and the issuance of shares of common stock to the investors in those transactions equal to 20% or more of the company's common stock as disclosed in the proxy statement. The report of the Inspector of Election indicates that the resolution to approve the terms of securities purchase agreements entered into between the company and certain institutional investors in 2025 and 2026, the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance of shares to the investors in those transactions equal to 20% or more of the company's common stock as disclosed in the proxy statement, received the affirmative vote of more than a majority of the shares of common stock present in voting on the proposal. Therefore, has been approved. If you wish to ask a question or make a comment, please submit your question or comment through the appropriate link on the webcast. When submitting a question or comment, please include your name and whether you are a stockholder or a proxy holder with your question or comment. If you are a proxy holder, please include the name of the stockholder that gave you the proxy. Each stockholder can ask up to two questions. Please keep your questions brief. I'm being informed now that we have not received any questions in advance and have no questions currently in the queue. That being the case, I will now conclude our meeting. We thank you for your attendance today and your continued support of SurgePays. This annual meeting is hereby adjourned. This concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day
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