Welcome to the special meeting of stockholders of Ocugen, Inc., which is reconvened following the adjournment of the special meeting on September 21st, 2026. Our host for today's call is Dr. Shankar Musunuri, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of the company. At this time, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. I would now like to turn the call over to your host, Dr. Musunuri. You may begin.
Good morning, everyone. I'd like to officially call the meeting to order and welcome all of you to the special meeting of stockholders of Ocugen, Inc. I'm Shankar Musunuri, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Ocugen, and I'll be presiding at this meeting. This special meeting is being held virtually in an effort to make the meeting as accessible as possible to our stockholders. We believe this format enables maximum stockholder participation by offering our stockholders the same opportunities to participate as would be available at an in-person meeting, as well as increased accessibility. We appreciate your participation today. In addition to myself, Rita Johnson-Greene, our Chief Financial Officer, is also present. Further, James J. Wright from American Election Services, LLC, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, will serve as independent inspector at this special meeting.
We have adopted an agenda that will govern the order of business and the rules of conduct for the meeting. Copies of the agenda and the rules are available on the virtual meeting website. To conduct an orderly meeting, we ask that participants abide by these rules. If you are a stockholder and wish to ask a question, you can submit your name and question at any time on the virtual meeting website. As stated in the rules of conduct, we ask that you restrict your remarks to items set forth on the meeting agenda. Thank you for your cooperation with these rules. This meeting is held pursuant to the notice of special meeting of stockholders mailed on or about July 30, 2026, to each record holder of a share of common stock of the company as of the close of business on July 27, 2026.
All stockholders of record at the close of business on July 27, 2026, are entitled to vote at the special meeting. A list of holders of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting has been available at the company's headquarters for the past 10 days and is posted on the virtual meeting website for examination by any stockholder desiring to do so. All documents concerning the call and notice of this meeting are posted on the virtual meeting website and will be filed with the records of the meeting. The inspector has examined the proxies received and reports that stockholders of one-third of voting power, while outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting are present virtually, where live webcasts are represented by proxy. Therefore, I declare a quorum present.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express my appreciation to all stockholders who returned their proxies. Based on the number of votes that have previously been submitted by proxy, we would not be able to approve item one, the adoption of an amendment to our sixth amended and restated certificate of incorporation as amended, which we refer to as a charter, to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock by 250 million shares at today's reconvened special meeting. Item two that was included in our proxy card, the approval of an adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at this time of special meeting to approve item one, was approved prior to the adjournment of the special meeting on September 21, 2026.
Therefore, we will not be opening the polls with respect to item one. I hereby declare that the special meeting be adjourned with respect to item one in accordance with Ocugen's second amended and restated bylaws as amended and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law as amended to October 26, 2026, at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time, to be held virtually at the same virtual meeting site used to host today's meeting. Stockholders will be able to log into and access the adjourned special meeting on October 26 the same way that they logged into and accessed today's meeting. The record date for the adjourned special meeting on October 26th will remain July 27, 2026. The date, time, and other information related to the adjourned special meeting is currently being displayed on the virtual meeting website.
Any votes on item one that have previously been submitted by proxy will be voted at the adjourned special meeting unless properly revoked. Thank you for your cooperation. Operator.
Thank you for attending today's call. The lines are now closed.