Good morning. This is Art Penn, CEO and Chairman of the Board of PennantPark Investment Corporation. As presiding officer, and in keeping with the digital approach to this year's meeting, it's now 9:30 A.M. Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time, on February 3rd, 2026. I hereby call this virtual meeting to order, and welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting Stockholders of the company. On behalf of management, I would like to thank those stockholders who are personally present by webcast or telephone today for your attendance and interest. I also wanna thank the many stockholders who sent in proxies. Please note that if you encounter any technical difficulties throughout the course of the meeting, you may call the technical support number provided on the login page of the web portal. I would now like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the members of the board of directors of the company. Adam Bernstein, Marshall Brozost, Jeffrey Flug, Samuel Katz, and José Briones, who are in attendance by webcast or telephone at this meeting.
Also present by webcast or telephone today is the company's CFO and Treasurer, Richard T. Allorto, Jr., our Chief Compliance Officer, Gerald Cummins, and Tom Friedmann, Secretary of the meeting from Dechert, the company's counsel. In addition, present by webcast or telephone today from RSM U.S. LLP, is the company's independent audit firm. From the independent audit firm are Jackie Higgins and Ryan Pasquali , who will be available at a later point in our meeting to respond to any questions you may have. The company has appointed Mr. Christopher Woods, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, to act as the inspector of the election. A copy of the inspector's oath of office will be filed with, and made part of the minutes of this meeting. We will now begin the meeting. I call Mr. Friedmann to present certain items in connection with the holdings of this meeting.
Thank you, Art. A list of the stockholders of record, who are entitled to vote at this meeting, which has been prepared in accordance with Maryland corporate law and the bylaws of the company, together with copies of the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement, the letters to the stockholders, proxy cards, and the 2025 annual report on Form 10-K of the company, are available for inspection through the web portal during the course of this meeting. An affidavit of distribution to stockholders of record as of December 3, 2025, for the company, is also available and will be filed and made a part of the minutes of this meeting. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for general questions. Only validated stockholders may ask questions through the Ask a Question field on the web portal. Please note that no questions may be submitted via the listen-only conference call. Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. However, no one attending via the webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device.
Thank you, Mr. Friedmann. For purposes of voting at this meeting, proxies have been solicited by the board of directors of the company, and the shares owned by stockholders may be voted and represented at this meeting with respect to matters involving the company in which such stockholder-owned shares pursuant to this proxy. Mr. Woods has informed me that we have a quorum present today for the conduct of business. We will now move to the actual business of the meeting. I now declare this meeting duly convened, properly organized, and competent to transact business. I will now open the floor to the consideration of two items of business described in the notice of the annual meeting. The first order of business is to consider and vote upon the election of two directors to the board of the company, each of whom will serve for a term of three years until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies.
The persons nominated by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of PennantPark Investment Corporation, and its full board of directors, are Mr. Samuel Katz and Mr. Marshall Brozost. Second order of business is the proposal to ratify the selection of RSM U.S. LLP to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Are there any discussions, comments, or questions on the two proposals which were set forth in the company's proxy statement? Okay, it's now 9:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on February 3, 2026, and the polls are now open. Those of you who have not submitted a proxy may vote, and those of you who have submitted a proxy but would like to change your vote, may do so now by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there.
Information regarding the election of directors is provided in the proxy statement that accompanied the notice of annual meeting, and accordingly, I will dispense with any preliminary explanation. Since the discussion is now complete, I declare the polls open for balloting. The polls are now closed. We will take a moment while the Inspector of Election counts the ballots and proxies. The Inspector of Election has notified me that the ballots and proxies have been counted. Will the Secretary of the meeting please present the results of the balloting?
I report that the results of the balloting, as provided by the Inspector of Election, are as follows, each of Mr. Samuel Katz and Mr. Marshall Brozost has been elected as a Class I Director of PennantPark Investment Corporation for a three-year term, expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2029, and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. RSM U.S. LLP has been ratified to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for PennantPark Investment Corporation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
Thanks, Mr. Friedmann. On the basis of the reports provided by the Inspector of Election and the Secretary of the meeting, I declare that proposals one and two, which have been presented for the PennantPark Investment Corporation at this time, have been accepted by the stockholders of the company. There being no further business, I declare the annual meeting of stockholders is hereby adjourned. Now, we would like to open up things for stockholder questions and comments. We will take questions from validated stockholders that are being entered today through the Ask a Question field on the web portal. No questions may be submitted via the listening-only conference call. Please note, we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that are germane to the meeting will be addressed. I see no further questions at this time. I hereby close the meeting. Thank you for your participation, and have a terrific day!