Good morning. I'm Mollie Carter, Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of FirstSun Capital Bancorp. I would like to welcome each of you to the FirstSun Capital Bancorp's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, which is being held virtually over the internet. In accordance with our bylaws, as chairman of the board, I will serve as chairman of the annual meeting. Our Corporate Secretary, Kelly Rackley, will serve as secretary of the meeting. The meeting is now called to order.
In addition to myself, we are joined by the members of our Board of Directors, Neal Arnold, Spencer Cohn, Sam Edelson, Henchy Enden, Beverly Elving, Kevin Hammond, John Fleshood, David Levy, Ben Mackovak, Peter Murphy, Allen Parker, and Tom Shafer, as well as Neal Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, Rob Caffera, Chief Financial Officer, Kristin McDonough and [Brian Bolanca], representatives from Crowe LLP, our independent auditor, Brennan Ryan and John Willis, representatives from Nelson Mullins, our outside counsel, and Laura Cisneros, who is serving as our Inspector of Elections. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to outline the voting procedures. Online voting is currently open. Any stockholder who has already voted and does not want to change or revoke their vote need not take any further action.
If you have not voted or wish to change or revoke your vote, you may do so by clicking on the link to vote your proxy. Online voting will remain open until I'm finished describing the proposals before our stockholders on the agenda. At that point, I will officially close the polls and online voting will close. No additional votes or changes to votes will be accepted. Please note you are required to have your issue control number in order to vote your shares, which can be found in the annual meeting materials. We have an agenda for our meeting this morning, which can be found under Meeting Materials. In accordance with that agenda, we will first proceed with the official business of the meeting. During this portion of the meeting, please limit any questions to the official business at hand.
After the official business has been presented, I will provide brief comments on our performance, and we will provide stockholders with an opportunity to ask questions related to our business. If you joined the meeting today using your 16-digit control number, you may submit questions via the online meeting portal. If you have questions regarding the type and scope of questions that are appropriate and may be addressed at the meeting, please review the rules of conduct for the meeting, which can be found on the screen under Meeting Materials. Our Corporate Secretary will now report on the mailing of the proxy statement and notice of stockholder meeting, as well as the presence of a quorum. Kelly?
Good morning. The board of directors fixed the close of business on April 10th, 2026, as the record date for determining stockholders of record entitled to vote at this meeting. The mailing of the proxy statement and notice of annual meeting of stockholders began on April 21st to all stockholders of record as of the record date. A copy of our 2025 annual report, proxy statement, and notice of annual meeting of stockholders is available on the screen under the meeting materials, and each will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. In compliance with our bylaws and Delaware law, a list of stockholders of record as of the record date has been available at our corporate headquarters for 10 days prior to this meeting and available for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours.
Laura Cisneros of CT Hagberg LLC has been appointed as Inspector of Election for this meeting. The inspector is here to determine whether a quorum is present, to ascertain the validity of proxies, to tabulate the votes, and to certify the count of all proxies. The Inspector of Election has advised me that shares of our common stock, representing more than 88.78% of FirstSun's issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at this meeting are present, attending virtually or represented by proxy, and therefore a quorum is present and the meeting is duly constituted and convened. A certificate of the Inspector of Election to that effect will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Because a quorum is present, we can proceed to the business of the meeting. Mollie?
As a reminder, the polls are currently open. Votes on the matters presented will only be accepted until the time at which the polls are announced as closed. There are two items of business to come before the stockholders this morning, each of which are described in the proxy statement. The first item of business is the election of seven directors to serve a one-year term to expire at the next annual meeting. The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote for each director nominee. The second item of business is the ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote for this proposal. There are no other matters of business to be presented at the meeting.
While the polls remain open, we will pause briefly to allow for questions related to these two proposals. Any stockholder wishing to address the meeting with questions regarding the proposals may do so by utilizing the question feature. We will allow a moment for submissions. Moderator, have any questions been received?
No.
Hearing none, the question period related to the proposals has ended. We will pause for a few more moments, and then the polls will close. I now declare the polls are closed. Our Inspector of Elections will tabulate the votes and provide the preliminary vote tabulation to our Corporate Secretary.
While our Inspector of Election tabulates the votes. Our Executive Chairman, Mollie Carter, will make a few remarks about our business. Please note that portions of Ms. Carter's remarks will include forward-looking statements under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our actual results may differ materially from those forward-looking statements, and the factors that could cause those results to differ materially can be found in the cautionary statement and risk factors sections of our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as applicable. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise or update any forward-looking statement except as required by law. Mollie?
I'd like to begin my comments on our business by thanking our CEO, Neal Arnold, our management team, and our colleagues across our recently combined company, as well as our directors for their dedication and hard work throughout the past year. 2025 was a year of disciplined execution and growth for FirstSun, and I would encourage you to review our latest earnings presentations, which can be found on our website, www.sunflowerbank.com, under the investor relations section. In 2025, we continued our focus on building the geographic footprint of our franchise and our differentiated business model, and we now operate in six of the top 10 fastest-growing MSAs in the U.S. We were very pleased to complete the acquisition of First Foundation Inc on April first, 2026.
We believe our integration efforts are progressing well, and we are actively focused on executing on our strategic plan to further unlock the strength of the combined franchise and capitalize on attractive growth opportunities within the acquired footprint, particularly in Southern California and the deposit-rich markets of Southwest Florida. In addition, the acquisition has significantly enhanced our wealth advisory business and expanded our client base. In closing, we were very pleased with the progress we have made. We remain committed to growing our franchise while seeking to maintain a strong core deposit base, a disciplined commercial and industrial banking focus, and differentiated value-added service offerings across our fee-based businesses. Again, I want to thank our entire team for their continued dedication as we pursue our strategic objectives. This concludes my comments on our business.
We will allow time for questions related to our business after we present the voting results for each proposal. With the votes having been tabulated, our Corporate Secretary will announce the preliminary results of balloting provided by the Inspector of Elections.
The preliminary ballots have been counted, and the preliminary results have been provided by the Inspector of Election, who has informed me that for proposal one, all seven nominees to the board of directors have been elected. For proposal number two, the ratification of Crowe as our independent registered public accounting firm has been approved. This concludes the voting results on each of the matters.
Thank you. The final voting results of this meeting will be reported to the SEC on Form 8-K. This concludes the official business portion of our annual stockholder meeting. I declare that the annual stockholder meeting is officially adjourned. I will now open it up to questions related to our business. Any stockholder wishing to address the meeting may do so by utilizing the question feature. We will allow a moment for submissions. Moderator, have any questions or comments been received?
No questions or comments.
Thank you. Hearing none, the question period related to our business has ended. On behalf of our board and our leadership team, I would like to express sincere appreciation to the stockholders who submitted their votes and attended our annual stockholder meeting. Thank you.
With that, we'll conclude today's webcast and conference call. We do thank you for joining. You may now disconnect your line.