PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Welcome to the Annual Meeting for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. Our host for today's call is David Spector, Chairman and CEO. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to your host. Mr. Spector, you may begin.

Thank you. Good morning. My name is David Spector, and I'm the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. At this time, I would like to call the meeting to order. I will chair today's Annual Meeting of [ Shareholders ] for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust. And Derek Stark, our Chief Legal Officer, will act as Secretary. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Mr. Stark.

Thank you, David. Our transfer agent has provided an affidavit confirming that the notice of this meeting, proxy statement, proxy card, return envelope and annual report were mailed on April 14, 2021, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 30, 2021. A copy of this affidavit and copies of the material mailed will be placed with the records of this meeting. Isaac Garden, our first Vice President of Investor Relations, has been appointed to serve as the Inspector of Elections for the meeting and has previously taken his oath as Inspector of Elections. A list of the company's shareholders of record on March 30, 2021, is available for inspection by any shareholder during the annual meeting at our virtual meeting website. In addition, Mr. Garden has informed me that at least a majority of the company's issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented in person or by proxy at today's meeting. Since the majority of the company's shares is represented here today, a quorum is present. The 3 items for consideration today are the election of 2 Class III trustees, David A. Spector and Randall D. Hadley, each for a term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021; and the approval by nonbinding vote of our executive compensation. The Board recommends a vote for the election of each of the 2 trustees, for the ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm and for our executive compensation. Any shareholder participating online may vote your shares during the annual meeting up until the closing of the polls on our virtual meeting website. We will now allow a few seconds for shareholders to vote online if they've not done so already. [Voting]

The voting polls for all items of business to be conducted at this meeting are now closed. The votes will now be tabulated. As it pertains to the results, the preliminary report indicates that, one, the election of the 2 trustees was approved; two, the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, was approved; and three, the executive compensation by nonbinding vote was approved. A written report of the final vote count will be included in the minutes.

Thank you, Derek. We have not received any questions related to the items of business set forth in the agenda. That concludes our formal 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I hereby declare this meeting adjourned. Thank you.

This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day