The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (AREN) Shareholder/Analyst Call Prepared Remarks Transcript

SA Transcripts157.39K FollowersFollow5ShareSaveComments The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (AREN) Shareholder/Analyst Call December 17, 2025 12:00 PM EST Company Participants Paul Edmondson - Chief Executive OfficerAlex Wasserburger - Senior VP & General Counsel Presentation Paul EdmondsonChief Executive Officer Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our Annual Meeting of Stockholders. It's now 12 p.m. and the meeting is called to order, and the polls are open. I'm Paul Edmondson, Chief Executive Officer of the Arena Group Holdings, Inc., and I will serve as the Chair of the meeting. Joining me is Alex Wasserburger, our General Counsel. Mr. Wasserburger will serve as the Secretary of this meeting. And [ Jesse Poteet ] from Equity Trust Company will be appointed to act as inspector of the meeting. We are also joined by the Board of Directors. Representatives of BDO, our company's independent registered public accounting firm, are also present. The record date for the determination of the holders of our common stock entitled to receive notice of and to vote at this meeting was fixed by the Board of Directors to be November 5, 2025. An affidavit of mailing has been received, attesting that full sets of proxy materials were distributed to each holder of the company's common stock as of the close of business on the record date. The affidavit will be attached to the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Secretary, do we have the preliminary report from the Inspector of the Elections. Alex WasserburgerSenior VP & General Counsel Yes. Thank you, Paul. According to the report, as of the close of business on the record date, there was 47,578,485 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. And each share is entitled to 1 vote. The Inspector of Elections preliminary report shows that holders of at least a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares are represented at this meeting, either in-person