SoundHound AI, Inc. ($SOUN)

Good morning, and welcome to SoundHound's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be conducted via live webcast. I'm Keyvan Mohajer, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the company. At this time, I would like to turn the meeting over to Warren Heit, our General Counsel, who will serve as Chairman of the meeting.

Thank you, Keyvan. Good morning, everyone. At this time, I would like to call the meeting to order. I will begin by introducing the current members of the company's Board of Directors and a representative of our independent registered public accounting firm. Joining us today on the call are Dr. Keyvan Mohajer, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director; James Hom, Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Director; Larry Marcus, Director; Diana Sroka, Director; and Dr. Eric Ball, Director. Grizelda Panozo from the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. An agenda outlining the order of business for the meeting has been made available on the live webcast. You can also ask questions regarding the meeting by typing your question into the text box. We will respond to appropriate questions after the meeting. The stockholders will vote on the following matters at the meeting. One, the election of 5 directors to the company's Board of Directors each to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successor is elected and qualified. And the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. If there are any stockholders who wish to vote at the meeting, you can do so by using the voting link that says, click here to vote your proxy online. You will only be able to vote if you have logged into the meeting with your control number. If you have logged into the meeting as a guest, you will not be able to vote. You may vote your shares at any time once you've logged into the meeting until the closing of the polls, which will happen after all of the polls have been brought to the meeting. Please remember that if you've not voted your shares when voting is closed, your vote will not be counted. In advance of this meeting, a formal notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement was sent to each stockholder of record as of March 30, 2026, which is the record date for this meeting. Vincent's Amodio of Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election at this meeting. [indiscernible] as Inspector of Election has been submitted and it will be appended to the minutes of this meeting. The Inspector of Election has polled the stockholders present and voting at the meeting. He has examined the proxies. His report of stockholders represented at the meeting has been submitted. The report indicates that holders of shares in excess of the number necessary to constitute a quorum are present or represented by proxy. The Inspector of Election's report will be appended to the minutes. The first item of business before the meeting is the election of 5 directors to the Board of Directors. They will serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The proxy statement listed the company's directors nominees. The candidates for Director who have been nominated by the Board of Directors are Dr. Keyvan Mohajer, James Hom, Larry Marcus, Diana Sroka and Dr. Eric Ball. The company has not received notice of any other nominations for director as required under the company's bylaws. Therefore, I declare nominations closed. The 5 nominees that receive the largest number of votes will be elected as directors.

My name is Michael Zagorsek, and I am a stockholder. I hereby move that Dr. Keyvan Mohajer, James Hom, Larry Marcus, Diana Sroka and Dr. Eric Ball, each be elected as a director to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

My name is Scott Smith, and I second the nominations.

The second item of business before the meeting is to vote to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.

My name is Michael Zagorsek and I am a stockholder. I hereby move to approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered accounting firm.

My name is Scott Smith, and I second the motion.

All items of business have now been discussed. If you have not already voted on this item or any previous item, please cast the ballot now. [Voting]

I now declare the polls closed on all motions. The Inspector of Elections will proceed to count the ballots and report on the results. I hereby present the report of the Inspector of Elections giving the preliminary results of the meeting. First, Keyvan Mohajer, James Hom, Larry Marcus, Diana Sroka, and Dr. Eric Ball received the largest number of votes cast at the meeting. Each has therefore been duly elected as a director to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until each of their successors are elected and qualified. Second, a majority of the votes present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote have voted for the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as an accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. Therefore, this proposal has been approved. I will file the report of the Inspector of Election in the minute book of the company immediately following the minutes of this meeting. Further, the company, in accordance with the SEC rules, will file a Form 8-K containing the results of the meeting and the number of votes for, against and abstained for each proposal. There being no further business and having finished the formal portion of the meeting, the meeting is hereby adjourned. I turn the meeting back over to Keyvan Mohajer, our Chief Executive Officer and Director.

Thank you for your attendance this morning, and we appreciate your continued support and interest in SoundHound.