American Outdoor Brands, Inc. Common Stock AGM 2026

The annual meeting of stockholders of American Outdoor Brands will please come to order. I am Barry Monheit, chairman of the board of directors of American Outdoor Brands Inc., and as such, will act as chairman of this meeting. Seth Christensen, our managing attorney, will act as recording secretary of this meeting. Also attending with us here today are Brian Murphy, our president and chief executive officer, Andrew Fulmer, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, and treasurer and secretary, and Liz Sharp, our vice president of investor relations. Representatives of Grant Thornton LLP, our independent auditor, are available at this meeting as well. Our agenda that outlines the order of business for this meeting and the rules of conduct for this meeting have been made available. Please note that use of any recording device or similar equipment by anyone attending this meeting is strictly prohibited.

I think it best that we proceed with the formal business matters to come before this meeting as set forth in the proxy materials previously furnished to stockholders. After the formal meeting is adjourned, Brian Murphy, our president and chief executive officer, will make a few remarks, after which we will address stockholder questions. Though we may not be able to answer every single question, we will do our best to provide a response to as many questions as possible. I will now call on Andy Fulmer to report as to the mailing of the proxy materials and the notice of this meeting.

As established by the board of directors and as stated in the notice of this meeting, only stockholders of record of the company's common stock on August 3, 2026, may vote at this meeting. At this time, I appoint Kristi Polli of American Election Services, LLC as the inspector and teller of election. I now request that she canvass the number of shares of common stock of the company represented at this meeting, either present, online, or by proxy, to determine the presence of a quorum. After we have voted on all of the matters to come before the stockholders, the inspector of teller of elections will report the preliminary results of each vote.

Chairman, we have so far counted a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of the company present at the meeting, either online or by proxy and eligible to vote at this meeting. I will continue to be available during the meeting to count additional shares of common stock if more stockholders or proxies join them.

Based on the report of the inspector and teller of election, I declare that a quorum is present at this meeting, and as such, the annual meeting of the stockholders of the company is called to order. At this time, we will proceed to vote on the matters properly presented before the stockholders of the company, as described in more detail in the proxy statement. The polls are now open. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or who wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. There are a total of five items on the agenda. The first order of business is the election of seven directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.

The nominees for election as set forth in the proxy statement are Barry M. Monheit, Bradley T. Favreau, Mary E. Gallagher, Gregory J. Gluchowski, Kevin D. Leary, Luis G. Marconi, and Brian Murphy. The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote in favor of each of the nominees. The second order of business is the proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accountant of the company for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2027. The audit committee of the board of directors has appointed Grant Thornton LLP to audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2027, and the board of directors recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the ratification of this appointment.

The third order of business is the proposal to approve a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the company's named executives for the fiscal year 2026, as disclosed in the proxy statement, which we refer to as the say-on-pay vote. The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the approval. The fourth order of business is the proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of future say-on-pay votes. The board of directors recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the option of one year on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes. The fifth item on the agenda regarding the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof has been omitted because no other business has been properly brought before the annual meeting. We will now entertain any questions related to these matters.

Please note that we will only address specific questions related to these matters properly before the stockholders of the company, as described in more detail in the proxy statement. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, the polls with respect to these matters are closed. At this time, I will ask for the report of the inspector and teller of election on the preliminary voting results of the stockholders of the company.

Mr. Chair, the preliminary vote report shows that each of the seven nominated directors received a majority of the votes cast. The preliminary vote report also shows that the proposal for the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP has been approved. The preliminary vote report also shows that the proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2026, as disclosed in the proxy statement, has been approved. Lastly, the preliminary vote report shows that the proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of one year for future say-on-pay votes has been approved. The company will be reporting the final vote results in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days.

Thank you, Ms. Pauli. As there is no further business to come before the meeting, I declare the annual meeting of the stockholders of American Outdoor Brands, Inc. to be adjourned. Now I'll turn the call over to Liz Sharp, Vice President of Investor Relations.