The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Crescent Capital BDC will please come to order. I, Henry Chung, President of Crescent Capital BDC, will act as Chairman of this meeting, and Ms. [Sarah Zilo] will act as secretary of this meeting. We are holding this year's annual meeting in a virtual-only format via the Internet. The notice of the meeting stated that the purpose of the meeting was to cover the election of two Class II Directors and the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm.
Before the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will have time for a question- and- answer session to respond to relevant stockholder questions submitted in the designated field on the web portal. Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question. Ms. [Zilo], will you please affirm proof of notice of this meeting?
I affirm that I have here a copy of the notice of the meeting dated April 1st, 2026, together with an affidavit as to the mailing of the notice of the meeting to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 18th, 2026.
Ms. [Zilo], having affirmed proof of the notice of this meeting, I order the affidavit of mailing to be filed with the minutes of this meeting. I hereby appoint Ms. Crystal Pauley to act as the Inspector of Election to determine the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and to receive and tabulate the votes on the matters to be acted upon at the meeting.
Ms. Pauley has executed an affidavit to execute her duties as an inspector faithfully. The Secretary will attach the affidavit to the minutes of this meeting. Ms. Pauley has presented a list of stockholders as of the close of business on March 18th, 2026, the record date fixed by the Board of Directors for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at this meeting. Ms. Pauley, please state the number of shares entitled to vote at this meeting.
There are 36,969,285 common shares entitled to vote at this meeting.
Each holder of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting has the right to one vote for each share recorded in their name. Ms. Pauley, please state the number of shares present in person or by proxy.
There are present in person or by proxy no less than 26,896,217 shares, representing in excess of or greater than half of the shares issued and outstanding of the corporation entitled to vote at this meeting.
Legal notice of a meeting having been given and a quorum being present, the meeting is lawfully convened and ready to transact business. The polls are now open, and all 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 voting has been completed on all matters on the agenda, we will close the polls, and the inspector of election will tally the votes, and I will report the preliminary votes for each proposal. The first order of business on the agenda is election of Ms. Susan Yun Lee as a Director to serve for a term expiring on the date on which the Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held in 2029, and the election of Mr. Michael S. Segal as a Director to serve for a term expiring on the date on which the Annual Meeting of Stockholder will be held in 2029.
Each holder of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting has the right to one vote for each share recorded in their name. The second order of business on the agenda is the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the corporation for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026.
Each holder of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting has the right to one vote for each share recorded in their name. Since the presentation of each proposal is complete and everyone has had the opportunity to vote, the polls are now closed. Will the Inspector of Election please tally the votes? The inspector's preliminary report having been filed, I report on the voting as follows. On the first proposal, election of Class II Directors.
The motion to elect Susan Yun Lee as director of the corporation for a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2029, or until her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until her earlier death, resignation, or removal, received a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. Therefore, Ms. Lee is so elected.
The motion to elect Michael S. Segal as a Director of the corporation for a three-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2029, or until a successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal receives a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. Therefore, Mr. Segal is so elected. On the second proposal, ratification of selection of independent registered public accounting firm.
The motion to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026 received the majority of the votes cast at this meeting. Therefore, the motion to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP has been adopted. I note that we have not received any questions from the stockholders attending this meeting. There being no additional business, the meeting is hereby adjourned.