Operator
Hello, and welcome to the Charles & Colvard 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Please note that this meeting is being recorded.
[Operator Instructions]
James Tu
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Charles & Colvard. I’m James Tu, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Charles & Colvard, and I’m pleased to welcome you here today. Our annual meeting is being held both virtually and in person. The meeting is now called to order.
If you are attending the meeting in person and have any legal proxies or ballots, please raise your hand and one of our staff will collect them so that we may proceed in tabulating the results. I would like to take a couple of minutes to recognize some individuals at the meeting. First, present via teleconference is Craig Colosso of Equiniti, who has been appointed to serve as the voting inspector for this meeting. Mr. Colosso is a Senior Relationship Manager at Equiniti, transfer agent for the company’s common stock. At the head table are members of the Charles & Colvard executive team, Don O’Connell, President and CEO; Clint J. Pete, CFO; and Maria Flanagan, the company’s Corporate Secretary. In addition to Don and myself, present today are current Board members who have agreed to be nominated for another year, Ruten Bhanderi, Anne Butler and Neal Goldman.
I have a few announcements as to how this meeting will proceed. First, for those of you attending in person as you entered the meeting today, you should have received an agenda, which provides the order of business that will be followed during the meeting. For those attending the meeting virtually, the agenda is located in the
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