Good morning, welcome to our annual stockholders meeting of Savers Value Village, Inc. I am Mark Walsh, CEO and member of the Board of Directors. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the officers of Savers, it is my pleasure to welcome you here today. Please note that using an audio recording device during the meeting is not permitted. A replay of the meeting will be available within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. I would now like to introduce Aaron Rosen, Chairperson of the Board. Thank you, Mark, welcome everyone. Thank you for joining us today. We're hosting our annual meeting virtually, which allows us to be more inclusive and reach a greater number of our stockholders. We will conduct the business portion of our meeting first, then respond to questions at the end of the meeting. I have been notified that more than a majority of the vote is present here today, either attending the meeting in person or by proxy. Therefore, a quorum is present. I now call this meeting to order, announce that the polls are now open. I would like to introduce our corporate secretary, Richard Medway. Rich will act as secretary of the meeting. I will now turn the call over to him. Thanks, Aaron. Lewis Larson, who represents Broadridge, is attending the meeting to act as our inspector of elections. We are also joined today by our independent auditors, KPMG. They will be available during the question and answer session after the meeting to respond to appropriate questions. Today's agenda is as follows: I will address certain procedural matters, outline the proposals being voted on, announce the results of the vote, our Chairperson will conclude the formal portion of the meeting. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for questions. Stockholders were able to submit questions in advance of the meeting. During the meeting, validated stockholders may ask questions by typing and submitting their questions through the web portal. Out of considerations for others, please limit yourself to a total of two questions. We will do our best to provide a response to as many questions as possible. Please note that only questions that are relevant to the meeting will be addressed. We reserve the right not to answer questions that do not comply with our rules of conduct. Most stockholders have already voted by proxy. The proxy vote has been tallied. Any stockholder who hasn't voted or who wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal, following the instructions there. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or already voted do not need to take any further action. The Board of Directors fixed April 13, 2026, as a record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting. Copies of the proxy materials are available on the web portal. We also have an affidavit as to the distribution of all required documents and notices for this meeting to all stockholders of record on the record date. Now I will present the matters to be voted on. Proposal one is the election of our Class III directors, Aina E. Konold, Kristy Pipes, and Brian Ames, for election as directors for a three-year term to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Proposal two is ratification of the selection and appointment of KPMG as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026. Proposal three is the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the proxy statement. If you wish to vote online, please do so now. Now that everyone has had an opportunity to vote, at the request of the chairperson, I now declare the polls for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders closed. Based on the preliminary results provided by the Inspector of Elections, the nominees for election to the board have been duly elected. The selection of KPMG LLP as our fiscal 2026 auditor has been ratified, and the compensation of the named executive officers has been approved by advisory vote. We'll be reporting the final vote results in a Form 8-K to be filed within four business days of this meeting. With that, I turn the meeting back over to Aaron, our chairperson. Thank you, Rich. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the official portion of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Savers Value Village, Inc. is now adjourned. We will now open the floor up for a question and answer session There are no questions. We thank you for your attendance today and continued support. This concludes our meeting. Thank you again for joining us today. This does conclude today's conference call. You may now
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