ADT Inc. (ADT)
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AGM 2026

May 27, 2026

Good day, and welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ADT Inc. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jim DeVries, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ADT Inc. Please go ahead. Thanks, Drew. Good morning and welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ADT. I am Jim DeVries, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ADT Incorporated, and I will be presiding as chairman of the meeting. Thank you for joining us today. We're excited to again be hosting our meeting virtually, which allows us to be more inclusive and reach a greater number of stockholders. It is now 8:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time on May 27th, 2026, and this meeting is officially called to order. I would like to welcome the directors from our board present today. Also attending this meeting are some of our executive officers, including Jeff Likosar, our Chief Financial Officer, and David Smail, our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, as well as Noah Allen, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and Elizabeth Landers, Vice President, Investor Relations. Todd Stroop and Natalie Ziemer of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company's independent registered public accounting firm, are also in attendance today and are available to answer questions. Mr. Smail will act as secretary of the meeting, and Ms. Landers will act as moderator. The company has appointed Broadridge Financial Solutions to act as our independent Inspector of Election. Anna Hagberg-Seto of Broadridge is serving as Inspector of Election and has executed the required oath, which will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. There are three routine proposals to be voted on at this annual meeting, each of which is described in your proxy statement. The proposals are, number one, the election of directors. Secondly, an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. Thirdly, the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year. Today's agenda, as well as the rules of conduct, proxy statement, and annual report on Form 10-K are available in the meeting materials section of the virtual meeting website. A copy of ADT's 2025 annual report and 2026 proxy statement was sent or made available to each stockholder entitled to vote at this meeting, and they are also available in the meeting materials section of the virtual meeting room on the company's website. If you have not voted your shares or if you previously voted your shares and would like to revoke or change your vote, you may do so by following the voting instructions on the meeting portal you used to enter this webcast. Polls will remain open until we conclude our presentation of the three matters to be voted on at this meeting. After voting has been completed on all matters on the agenda, we will close the polls and share the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election. You may submit questions during the meeting by typing your question in the box labeled Q&A on the right-hand side of the webcast screen. During the meeting, questions from stockholders should pertain to the proposal being considered at that particular time. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for general questions. Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to three questions. We have a list of the holders of record of the company's outstanding shares of common stock at the close of business on March 30th, 2026, the date fixed by the company's Board of Directors as the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. This list has been certified by an employee of Broadridge, the transfer agent for the company's common stock. This list of stockholders has been open for examination at the company for any purpose relevant to this meeting during ordinary business hours for the past 10 days. A copy of the list of stockholders will be filed with the records of the company. I have an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge Financial Solutions executed by Joanne Vogel of Broadridge, certifying as to the giving of notice of this meeting and the sending to stockholders of record as of March 30th, 2026, the notice of Internet availability of proxy material, all of which Broadridge commenced distributing to stockholders on April 14th, 2026. The annual report, proxy statement, and form of proxy, together with the affidavit evidencing the commencement of mailing of such documents on April 14th, 2026, to the stockholders of the company as of the record date, will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. The Inspector of Election has reported that there are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting of the holders of more than 650 million shares, constituting a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date of March 30th, 2026, including shares of Class B common stock, voting on a one-for-one as converted to common stock basis and entitled to vote at the meeting on all proposals to be voted on, except for the election of directors. There is therefore a quorum present and the meeting is competent to transact business. We will now proceed to the voting. It is now 8:36 A.M. and the polls are open. All ADT stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting have the ability to do so online. If you are a stockholder entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so via the website used to access this meeting. Please remember that if you have already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again. After I have read through the proposals and voting has been completed on all matters on the agenda, we will immediately close the polls and the Inspector of Election will provide a preliminary report. Ms. Landers will monitor the Q&A and advise of any questions or comments received relevant to each proposal while it is being considered. The first order of business is the election of three members of the company's board of directors to each serve a term of one year, expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The nominees are Thomas Gartland, Danielle Tiedt, and Sigal Zarmi, as set forth in the company's proxy statement as supplemented on May 8th, 2026. The second order of business is the proposal on an advisory basis of the compensation of the company's named executive officers. The third order of business is to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent registered public accounting firm for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. All holders have had ample time and opportunity to vote. The time is now 8:38 A.M. and the polls are closed. Will the Inspector of Election please tabulate the votes? I now call upon the Inspector of Election to present the inspector's report based upon the preliminary results. Thank you. I have determined that the nominees for director named in the proxy statement have each received a plurality of the votes cast for the election of directors. A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote were cast in favor of approving on an advisory basis the compensation of the company's named executive officers. A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote were cast in favor of ratifying the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Thank you. In accordance with the voting, I declare that the nominees for election as director have been duly elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders of the company to be held in 2027 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The compensation of the company's named executive officers has been duly approved on a non-binding advisory basis. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent registered public accounting firm for the company for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026, has been duly ratified. The Inspector of Election is directed to prepare a final report of the vote on the matters considered at today's meeting, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The formal business of this meeting is now concluded. I therefore declare the meeting adjourned. I now invite you to ask any questions you may have regarding the company and its business. Please follow the instructions provided on the virtual meeting screen to submit questions. We have not received any questions germane to the meeting. To the extent we receive any questions after the meeting is closed, we will respond on an individual basis. Thank you very much for your attendance today and for your interest in ADT. We hope to see you all again next year. Thank you. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.