Virtual Shareholder Meeting - Pre meeting message page - PARK NATIONAL CORP

Good day and welcome to the Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. special meeting. I would now like to turn the conference over to Brian Federich, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead. Good morning and welcome to the 2026 special meeting of stockholders of Sunrise Realty trust, Inc.. I am Brian Federish, Chief Executive Officer of Sun rise Realty Trust. It's my pleasure to welcome you here today for this special meeting and to introduce Gabriel Katz, our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, who will act as Chair and Secretary of this meeting. Thank you, Brian, and welcome everyone. Thank you for joining us today. We are excited to be hosting this as a virtual meeting, which allows us to reach a greater number of stockholders, with a number of shareholders attending via web portal. As is customary, we will conduct the business portion of our meeting first and answer any questions at the end of the meeting. We're now ready to call the meeting to order. Next, I will discuss the meeting procedures. We are also joined here today by representatives from Cone Resnick LLP, our independent auditors, as well as the following board members, Brian Sedrish, our chief executive officer, and Alexander Frank, an independent director who also served as a member of the special committee of the board that recommended the board approval of the merger and related matters. Jim Raitt of Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. will act as inspector of elections for this meeting. Mr. Raitt has subscribed and filed his oath of office for purpose of this meeting the only formal items of business on the agenda for today's meeting are the two proposals described in the company's proxy statement for this meet dated September 18, 2026. No other business will be transacted at this meeting. After the formal meeting has been adjourned we will provide time for general questions. Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field in the web portal. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. However, no one attending via webcast is permitted to use any recording device. Board of Directors set the close of business on September 10, 2026 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting. I've been presented with the following documents. A certified list of holders of the company's common stock as of close of the business on the record date, and an affidavit from Broadridge Financial Solutions as to the mailing on or about September 18th of the notice of special meeting, the proxy statement, and the proxy card to all stockholders of record as of the record date. These materials will be incorporated into the minutes of this meeting. The stockholder list shows that as of record date there were 13,515,851 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting. The inspector of election has informed me that there are shares of common stock representing 8,041,557 votes, or approximately 59.5% of the votes entitled to be cast, represented in person or by proxy at this meeting. Since this represents more than a majority of all votes entitled to be passed at this event, I would like to request that all of the members of the committee be cast at this evening. A quorum is present for purposes of transacting business, and I declare the meeting duly and lawfully convened. Now I will present the matters to be voted upon. Proposal 1 is the stock issuance proposal. The proposal is to approve the issuances of approximately 8,464,955 shares of common stock of the company pursuant to the merger agreement and in accordance with the NASDAQ listing rules. Proposal 2 is the adjournment proposal to approve the adjourment of the special meeting if necessary or appropriate for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies for the approval of the stock issuance proposal. As described in the proxy statement, the company does not intend to call a vote on this proposal if the stock issue proposal is approved. The vote required to approve each proposal is described in company's proxy statement for this meeting. Polls are now open. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Stockholders who have already voted and do not wish to change their vote do not need to take any further action. I will now pause approximately one minute for voting. you Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls for the 2026 Special Meeting of Stockholders closed. further ballots, proxies, revocations, or changes will be accepted. Based on the tabulation submitted by the Inspector of Election, the preliminary vote report shows that the stock issuance proposal has been approved. Because the stock issuances proposal has approved, the adjournment proposal is unnecessary and the company will not call a vote on it. We will be reporting the final vote result in a form 8K to be filed with the SEC within four business days. With that, I turn the meeting back to Brian Sedrish. Thank you, Gabe. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the 2026 Special Meeting of Stockholders of Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc. is now adjourned. We will now begin our Q&A. I will pause for one minute to allow vote questions to be submitted. you Given that there are no questions, that concludes today's meeting. Thank you, all of you, for your attendance today and for your continued support. The conference is now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.