Welcome to Zevia's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. My name is Andrew Ruben, Chair of the Board and Chair of today's meeting. Thank you all for joining us today. Let me begin by introducing the rest of your Board of Directors, Padraic Spence, Julie Ruehl, David Lee, Alexandre Ruberti, Suzanne Ginestro, Amy Taylor, our President and CEO. I would like to introduce the other members of the management team who are joining us here today. Girish Satya, our EVP, Chief Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer. Brian Bousley, our EVP of Sales and Chief Commercial Officer. Kirsten Suarez, our SVP of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer. Bill Williamson, our SVP of Operations, Chief Supply Officer, and Steven Staes, our General Counsel and VP of People. Representatives of our independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche, are also joining us today. Steven Staes will serve as Secretary of the meeting, and Crystal Pawley from Broadridge Financial Solutions has been appointed Inspector of Election to examine and count proxies and votes for the meeting. This meeting will be conducted in accordance with the agenda and rules of conduct that have been provided on the virtual meeting website. To maintain an informative, orderly, and constructive meeting, we ask that participants abide by these rules. We will address the business items before the stockholders as set forth in the proxy statement. Following a discussion and vote on the business items, we will conduct or conclude, rather, the business portion of the meeting. I will then answer any stockholder questions of general interest before adjourning. You may vote your shares online at any time during the meeting prior to the closing of the polls. The polls opened at the beginning of the meeting and we will close the polls on all matters immediately after the presentation and discussion of today's proposals. The company's agents have certified the proxy materials were made available to stockholders of record beginning April 23rd, 2026. We will file copies of the notice and related affidavit of mailings with the minutes of this meeting. I've received an oath signed by the Inspector of Election stating that they will faithfully execute with strict impartiality their duties, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Our board set April 15th, 2026, as the record date for this meeting. Only stockholders of record on that date are entitled to vote at this meeting. As of that date, there were 71.7 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.2 million shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. I've been informed by the Inspector of Election that at least a majority of those shares are represented either virtually or by proxy for the meeting, and therefore, we have a quorum. Accordingly, I declare that this meeting is properly constituted and convened. The first matter to be conducted is the election of the following Class II directors to the board to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Suzanne Ginestro and David Lee. The second matter to be considered is the ratification of the selection of Deloitte as the company's independent auditor. We will now see if there are any questions or comments regarding these proposals. Mr. Staes, are there any questions or comments? I see no questions or comments on the proposals. Thank you. We will close the poll shortly. If you have previously voted, it is not necessary for you to vote today unless you wish to change your vote or you registered a legal proxy. Any shareholder 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. Since everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls are closed. According to the preliminary results, we have received votes and proxies sufficient to elect each of the director nominees and approve the other proposals voted on today. The final vote totals, including the votes validly received at this meeting, will be tabulated and filed with the SEC. This concludes the business portion of the meeting. We will now be available for a few minutes for any comments or questions of general interest you might have. Please note, we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that comply with the meeting rules of conduct will be addressed. Out of fairness to others, we ask that each stockholder submit a maximum of two questions. Mr. Staes, are there any questions or comments? I see no questions or comments, Chairman. Thank you all for attending today's meeting. The meeting is now adjourned. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect
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