Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Bryan Knutson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Titan Machinery. It is a pleasure to call to order and welcome you to our 2026 Annual Stockholders Meeting. This meeting is being held virtually via our online platform in compliance with local and federal regulations and to ensure safe and equal access for all our shareholders. If any stockholder would like to make a comment regarding any of the proposals or to ask a question regarding our business, please submit your comment or question through the web portal. After the formal portion of the meeting, we will answer questions as presented. Based on information provided by our Inspector of Election, we have a quorum for the meeting. In addition, an affidavit of mailing has been provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions, certifying as to the giving of notice for this meeting and the sending to stockholders of record as of April 10th, 2026, the notice of availability of proxy material, all of which Broadridge commenced distributing to stockholders on April 29th, 2026. Based upon the foregoing, I now declare this annual meeting lawfully convened. The agenda posted in the portal outlines the order of business for the meeting. The minutes from last year's meeting and the rules of conduct for this meeting have also been posted to the portal. Finally, a list of the holders of record of the company's common stock at the close of business on the record date for this 2026 Annual Stockholders Meeting is available for inspection during this meeting by any stockholder on the website used to access this meeting. I would like to introduce the officers and directors of the company. Officers, Robert Larsen, CFO, David Meyer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Dale Shook, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Directors, Frank Anglin, Tony Christianson, Christine Hamilton, Jody Horner, Richard Lewis, Richard Mack, and David Meyer. Director nominees, Tony Christianson, Christine Hamilton, and Bryan Knutson. I would also like to introduce Jake McElmury and Brittany Lehman from our independent auditor, Deloitte & Touche. The matters on which the stockholders at the meeting are voting are, Number one, elect three directors for a three-year term. Number two, conduct an advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. Number three, ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027. Number four, transact such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. It is now 9:04 A.M. Central Time on June 8, 2026, and the polls for voting on all matters are open. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. The polls are about to close, so if you have not yet voted, please do so. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls for the 2026 Titan Machinery Incorporated Annual Stockholder Meeting closed at 9:05 A.M., Central Time on June 8th, 2026. On the basis of the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election, I declare that Tony Christianson, Christine Hamilton, and Bryan Knutson have each been elected as Class I directors. I also declare that the stockholders have approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers. I also declare that the stockholders have ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027. We will file the final report of the Inspector of Election with the records of this meeting. This concludes the formal part of the meeting. We would like to open things up for stockholder questions and comments as entered today in the web portal. Please note that only questions that are germane to the meeting will be addressed. That concludes our question and answer portion of the meeting. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Titan Machinery Incorporated is now adjourned. We thank you for your attendance and continued support of our company. This concludes today's meeting. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful rest of your day.
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