Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) Earnings Call Transcript

A copy of the meeting procedures is accessible on the meeting website. We appreciate your observing the meeting procedures. Carolyn Beer of Computershare Trust Company has been appointed as the inspector of elections to supervise the vote at this meeting. The inspector of elections has taken the oath of office, which I direct to be filed with the minutes of this meeting. There are 5 items of business to be voted on today. After I introduce them, there will be an opportunity to submit questions related to the matters covered today by clicking on the Q&A button. To ensure we address the formal business of the meeting, questions will be limited to those items and there will not be a general question-and-answer session. The first item of business at this meeting is the election of 5 director nominees to serve for a 1-year term until the company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The nominees for election are: Steve Craig, Jeff Geygan, Mel Keating, Brian Quinn and Alberto Pérez-Jácome. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for each nominee. The second item of business at this meeting is the ratification of the appointment of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2027. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for this proposal. The third item of business at this meeting is to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for this proposal. The fourth item of business at this meeting is to approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers. The Board of Directors recommends a vote of 1 year for this proposal. The fifth and last item of business at this meeting is to approve an amendment to the company's 2024 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended, to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2024 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for this proposal. The polls are open for stockholders to vote. You can vote your shares by clicking on the Vote button on the meeting website and following the instructions. As a reminder, if you have previously submitted a proxy and do not wish to change your voting instructions, you do not need to vote at this meeting. Voting at this meeting will revoke your prior proxy. We will now address any questions concerning meeting matters. Sean, have we received any relevant stockholder questions?

No. We have not received any relevant stockholder questions.

Thank you. We will pause now to give stockholders a final opportunity to vote. The polls will close shortly. It is 10:10 a.m. Mountain Time on August 3, 2026, and the polls are now closed. Based upon the votes received prior to commencement of the meeting, and subject to final adjustment for any votes submitted at the meeting today, I can report that all 5 nominees were elected and the 4 other items of business were approved. The final results of voting will be reported on a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within 4 business days of this meeting. This concludes the formal portion of the meeting, and the meeting is now adjourned. We express our sincere appreciation to those stockholders who attended the meeting as well as to those who submitted their proxies, but were unable to be present at the meeting. We are grateful for your continued interest in, and support of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Thank you. This concludes the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. You may now disconnect. We wish you a pleasant day.