Good day, welcome to the MeiraGTx Holdings 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Keith Harris, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MeiraGTx. Please go ahead.
Good morning. I'm Keith Harris, the Chairman of the Board of MeiraGTx Holdings plc, the Chairperson of today's meeting. I'm very happy to welcome you to our 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. We appreciate you joining us today through the virtual platform. Before I call the meeting to order, I would like to introduce to you the other members of the board and the officers and guests of the company who are with us today. The other members of the board here today are Alexandria Forbes, our Chief Executive Officer, Lord Mendoza, Nicole Seligman, and Thomas Shenk. Also here today are the following executive officers of our company, Richard Giroux, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and Robert Wollin, our General Counsel and Secretary. I would also like to introduce Larry Youssef of Ernst & Young LLP, the company's independent auditor.
The meeting will now officially come to order. You should all see on the virtual shareholder meeting website the agenda for the meeting. These are the formal items of business we will be covering today as set forth in the notice of annual general meeting of shareholders and proxy statement. At the bottom of the virtual shareholder meeting website, under the heading Meeting Materials, is a list of the rules of conduct for the meeting. To conduct an orderly meeting, we ask that participants abide by these rules. During the meeting, only validated shareholders may ask questions in the designated field on the virtual shareholder meeting website. We ask that shareholders limit their questions during the formal portion of the meeting to those concerning the proposals to be considered by shareholders at today's meeting. We have reserved time for general questions after the formal portion of the meeting has concluded.
As consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question during each Q&A session. Our board of directors set April 21st, 2026, as the record date for those shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting. We have a certified list of shareholders of the company as of the close of business on the record date who are entitled to notice of and to vote at this meeting. The list was available for inspection for 10 days prior to this meeting at our principal executive offices in New York City. I also have an affidavit of mailing establishing that notice of this meeting was first distributed or made available on April 30, 2026, to all shareholders of record of the company as of the close of business on April 21st, 2026.
A copy of the notice of meeting and the affidavit of mailing will be included with the minutes of this meeting. At this time, I would like to introduce Tracy Oates, a representative of Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions. The board of directors has appointed a representative of Broadridge to act as inspector of election at today's meeting. Ms. Oates has signed the customary oath of office to execute her duties with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting. Ms. Oates has informed me that a quorum is present. I hereby declare this meeting to be duly constituted for the transaction of business. We will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting. There are two proposals to be considered by the shareholders at this meeting. Each proposal is to be determined by poll.
The board of directors recommends that the shareholders vote for each of the proposals. Please note that we will give shareholders an opportunity to ask questions on the proposals themselves after all proposals have been presented. Voting will commence after all proposals have been presented. The first item of business is to elect each of Ellen Hukkelhoven, Nicole Seligman, and Debra Yu as a Class 2 director of the company to hold office until the company's annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2029, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The second item of business is the ratification by ordinary resolution of the audit committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. That was the final proposal for today's meeting.
If you have a question on any of our proposals, please submit it now in the designated field on the virtual shareholder meeting website. We will pause for a moment to see if there are any questions. Rob, are there any questions on the proposals?
There are no questions.
Thank you. Since there are no questions, I will now turn to opening the polls for voting. The time is now 10:06 A.M. on June 2026, and the polls are now open for voting on all matters before the meeting. Any shareholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the virtual shareholder meeting website and following the instructions. Shareholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. We will pause for a moment to allow shareholders to vote. The time is now 10:07 A.M. on June 11, 2026, and the polls are now closed for voting.
Based on the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election, Ellen Hukkelhoven, Nicole Seligman, and Debra Yu have been elected as Class Two directors by a plurality of the votes cast to serve until our annual meeting to be held in 2029 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026, has been ratified by ordinary resolution. The final tally of the votes will be published within four business days in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is now 10:08 A.M., and the formal portion of the meeting has concluded. This meeting is adjourned. Now, we would like to open things up for shareholders' questions and comments.
If you have a question, please enter it on the virtual shareholder meeting website. Please note that only questions that are germane to the meeting will be addressed. We will pause for a moment to see if there are any questions. Rob, are there any questions?
There are no questions.
Thank you. Since there are no questions, we would like to thank you for attending today's meeting and look forward to hearing from you next year. Thank you.
Thank you. Today's shareholder meeting has concluded. Thank you for joining today's presentation. You may now disconnect your lines.
Thank you.
Goodbye