Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Special Meeting of Stockholders. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Andrew Sagliocca, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Sir, please go ahead.

Andrew Sagliocca
Vice Chairman, CEO & President

Thank you. Good morning, everybody. This is Andrew Sagliocca. I will serve as Chairman of the Special Meeting of Stockholders. It's my pleasure on behalf of the directors and officers of the company to extend to you a warm welcome and express our appreciation for attending this meeting. I'd like to welcome those over at Signature Bank, both the employees and the Board members that might be listening in. I'd like to welcome our management team and employees and our Board members that are listening in and the professionals, both on our side and Signature side that helped get the deal to fruition that I'm sure are on the line. So welcome, everybody, and our investors and analysts and guests.

The principal business of this meeting is to approve the issuance of Esquire common stock to the holders of Signature Bancorporation, Inc. common stock pursuant to the merger agreement with Signature. I'd like to let everybody know that in the room with me is our EVP and COO, Eric Bader; our Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Gary Lax; who will act as Secretary for the special meeting; our CFO, Michael Lacapria; and also present is Joe Simon from Cullen and Dykman, who the Board appointed to act as judge of election at this special meeting and any