AGM 2021

Jun 9, 2021

Good morning, shareholders and colleagues. It's now 10 am and the MarketAxess Annual Meeting of Stock holders will please come to order. I'm Rick McVeigh, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I'd like to welcome you to our 2021 Annual Stockholders Meeting and express our thanks for your attendance this morning. In light of the ongoing COVID-nineteen pandemic, we made the decision to hold this meeting virtually for the health and well-being of our stockholders, directors and employees. The polls are now open and you may submit your votes through the web portal in connection with the proposals being voted on during this meeting. So that we may address questions from our stockholders of record, we ask that you submit them now via the web portal and please limit them to one question. We will address any questions that directly relate to a particular resolution at the appropriate time during the meeting and we will save general questions for the Q and A period following the formal business of the meeting. We are pleased to have our Board of Directors present at the meeting. Also present for the meeting are the company's President and COO, Chris Concannon the company's CFO, Tony D'Lise the company's Secretary and General Counsel, Scott Pintoff Timothy Boyce from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm and Tracy Oates from Broadridge Financial Solutions. Broadridge has been appointed in Spector of Elections to examine and tabulate proxies and ballots at this meeting. You will find the combined proxy statement and annual report along with the meeting rules posted in the web portal you are currently using to access this meeting. The meeting will proceed as follows: We'll present the proposals to be acted upon by the stockholders at the meeting. We will then answer any questions related to the proposals. After answering any questions related to the proposals, we will proceed with the vote on each matter to be acted upon by the stockholders at the meeting. Following the announcement of results, we will respond to general questions submitted through the designated field on the web portal. If you haven't submitted your question, please do so now. Following the Q and A session, the meeting will then be adjourned. Scott Pintoff, our Corporate Secretary and General Counsel will now conduct the annual meeting as it relates to the proposals to be voted upon by the stockholders. Thank you. All stockholders of record at the close of business on April 12, 2021 were given notice of the meeting by U. S. Mail on or about April 28, 2021, and I have an affidavit to that effect for inclusion in the record of the meeting. The preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections is that more than 91% of the total number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy at this meeting, constituting a quorum. A quorum being present, this meeting is declared open to proceed with this business. The first proposal to be voted upon today is the election of 12 directors to serve until the annual meeting in 2022. The second proposal is to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The 3rd proposal is to prove on an advisory basis the compensation paid to the company's named executive officers as described in the proxy statement. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote for the election of the directors listed in the company's proxy statement and for each of the other proposals. At this time, we will now answer any questions from stockholders related to the proposals. As a reminder, there will be a general Q and A session following the closing of the polls. To the extent that there are any questions, let me remind you that today's meeting may include forward looking statements. These statements represent the company's belief regarding future events that by their nature are uncertain. The company's actual results and financial condition may differ materially from what is indicated in those forward looking statements. For a discussion of some of the risks and factors that could affect the company's future results, please see the description of risk factors in our annual report on Form 10 ks for the year ended December 31, 2020. We have received no questions. The polls are open and we will now proceed to vote on the nominees for Director and other proposals. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so now by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. It's not necessary to take any further action if you've already sent in your proxy unless you wish to change your vote. Now that stockholders have had the opportunity to vote, I hereby declare the polls closed. According to the report of the Inspector of Elections, all the nominees for Director have been elected as Directors of the company. The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021 has been ratified and the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement has been approved by advisory vote. Rick McVey, Antonio Delist, as well as representatives of our Board and PricewaterhouseCoopers are available to answer any general questions that stockholders have entered on the web portal. Once again, we have received no questions and we will now proceed to closing the meeting. The matters that this meeting was called to consider have been completed. This meeting is hereby adjourned. Thank you very much for your attendance this morning. We look forward to hosting the 2022 shareholder meeting next year. Thank you. The MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders has officially concluded. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.