Good morning. I'm Thomas Zindrick, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of the company. I'm very happy to welcome you to the Genelux 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders being held virtually. Joining me today are the board of directors, James Tyree, John Thomas, Mary Mirabelli, and John Smither, as well as Eric Groen, our General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer, and Head of Business Development, Matt Pulisic, our Chief Financial Officer, Jason Litten, our Chief Medical Officer, and various other members of management. Also in attendance are representatives from Weinberg & Company, P.A., Genelux's independent registered public accounting firm, and Cooley LLP, Genelux's outside corporate counsel. The meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement.
After the proposals have been introduced, we will give you an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you will need to be logged into the meeting as a stockholder and not as a guest. Please note that only questions related to the two proposals presented will be addressed during today's meeting. I will now turn it over to Genelux's Corporate Secretary, Eric Groen, who will act as secretary of today's meeting to report on the mailing of proxy materials and the list of stockholders of record for today's meeting. Eric?
Thank you, Tom. I have at this meeting a complete list of the stockholders of record of Genelux common stock on April 17, 2026, the record date for this meeting. I also have an affidavit certifying that on May 1st, 2026, a notice of annual meeting was deposited in the United States mail to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 17, 2026. I have been appointed to act as Inspector of Election at this meeting. I have taken and subscribed the customary oath of office to execute my duties with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting. The inspector's function is to decide upon the qualification of voters, accept their votes, and when balloting on all matters is complete, to tally the final votes.
In my capacity as Genelux's Corporate Secretary, I will now report with respect to the existence of a quorum at this meeting. On the record date of April 17, 2026, there were 44,842,243 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting. Each share of common stock outstanding as of the record date is entitled to one vote on all matters voted by the stockholders at today's annual meeting. Stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding voting power of all shares of Genelux capital stock entitled to vote are present at this meeting, either virtually or by proxy. This constitutes a quorum for the meeting today, and we may now carry on the official business of the meeting. Tom, back to you.
Thank you, Eric Groen. We will now proceed with the formal business of this meeting. There are two proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. The time is now 8:04 A.M. Pacific Time on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026. The polls are now open for voting on all matters to be presented. The polls will be closed to voting after we review the matters to be voted on and address any questions related to such matters. I will now describe the voting procedures. Each share of our common stock is entitled to one vote on each of the proposals being voted on at today's meeting. Voting is by proxy and online ballot. You do not need to do anything if you have already sent in your signed proxy, previously voted online or by telephone, or if you have submitted your proxy or voted online at this meeting.
If you have not voted and you would like to vote now or if you would like to change your vote, click the Vote My Shares tab at the top right of your screen and follow the instructions. The rules of conduct for the meeting are posted on the annual meeting portal under the Documents tab at the top right of your screen. We ask that you follow these rules. We will address questions after the proposals have been introduced. If you are logged into the meeting as a stockholder and have a question, please submit it by selecting the Questions box at the bottom of your screen in the annual meeting portal.
The first item of business is the election of the one Class I director, Mr. John Smither, to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2029 and until a successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, or removal. The second item of business today is the ratification of the selection of Weinberg & Company, P.A., by the audit committee of our board of directors to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. That was the final proposal for today's meeting. Because we have not received any notice from any stockholders in accordance with the company's bylaws of any other matter to be considered at today's meeting, no other proposals will be addressed at this meeting. We will now entertain questions from stockholders on today's proposals for up to 15 minutes.
I will hand it over to Eric to address the process for submitting a question.
Thank you, Tom. Stockholders of record who have logged into the meeting and have entered their voting control number may submit questions by entering them into the Questions box at the bottom of your screen. Only questions germane to the proposals being voted on today will be addressed at the meeting. Appropriate questions not addressed during the meeting today may, at the company's discretion, be answered through direct communication with the stockholder who submitted the question or through responses made available on the Genelux website. We will now pause briefly for questions. We have not received any questions from stockholders, I will now turn the meeting back over to Tom.
Thank you, Eric. We'll pause for a moment to give anyone who hasn't yet voted a chance to vote. The time is 8:08 A.M. Pacific Time, and the polls are now closed for voting. The report of the Inspector of Election covering the proposals presented at this meeting are as follows. The proposal to elect John Smither as Class I director of Genelux Corporation is carried. The selection of Weinberg & Company, P.A., as Genelux Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026, is ratified. We expect to report our final voting results on a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days after the end of this meeting. This concludes the formal portion of today's meeting. Thank you, everyone. The meeting is now adjourned.
The company extends its sincere gratitude to all stockholders for your continued support. Thank you for attending today. The webcast is now concluded.