Welcome to the Hoopipa Pharmaceuticals 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Aldag, you may now begin.
Can you hear me all right? No, I think it's very no, we can hear you, Jan. Okay. So good morning, everyone. My name is Jan Aldag, Chief Executive Officer of Hookipa Pharma Inc.
The meeting is now called to order. Daniel Courtney, our Corporate Secretary, will record the minutes. It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of This meeting is being held in accordance with the corporation's bylaws and Delaware law. The formal business at hand is described in our notice and proxy statement, a copy of which was mailed On or about April 19, 2021, to all of our stockholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 2021. In light of public health concerns surrounding the COVID-nineteen pandemic, we're conducting the annual meeting virtually Instead of in person to protect the health and safety of our shareholders and employees.
Regarding meeting logistics, You can view the agenda for today's meeting in the virtual meeting portal in the top right hand corner of your screen. In the bottom right of the screen, you can also see links to our meeting materials, including our annual report, proxy statement And rules of conduct for today's meeting. Before proceeding to the formal business, I would like to introduce the directors and of this corporation who are with us today. Our outside directors are Jan van der Inkel, our Chairman David Kaufman, Gartiano Segedzi, Michael Kelly, Jean Charles Solya, Julie O'Neill and Christophe Langower. And our officers are myself, Jan Aldag, the Chief Executive Christine Baker, Chief Business Officer Igor Matuszanski, Chief Medical Officer and Global Head of Research and Development Klaus Orlino, Executive Vice President, Research and Roman Nedzina, Chief Technology Officer.
Thank you all. For independent auditors, the firm of PwC, Birkschaupts Ruffon Guermba is represented at this meeting by Stefano Molas. Our outside counsel, the firm of Goodman Procter LLP is represented by Robert Poipolo. Thank you, both. Now let's proceed to the formal business of the meeting, Notice of which was sent to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 1, 2021.
Shareholders of record on that date are entitled to vote at this meeting. We have at this meeting a record of stockholders as of that date. The duplicate record has been on file at the principal place of business of the corporation for the last 10 days immediately prior to the date of the meeting And has been available for inspection by any stockholder during that period at any time during normal business hours. In order to expedite the flow of business, we will follow this sequence of events. First, the polls will be opened.
Then each of the matters to be voted on by the shareholders of this meeting will be presented in the order set forth in the proxy statement. We will follow the presentation of each proposal with the opportunity for shareholders to ask questions Relating to that proposal, once all proposals have been presented, the polls will be closed and the formal meeting will be adjourned. If you have a question or comment that relates to a proposal being presented today, please submit it as soon as possible and prior to the discussion of the proposal. If you have questions that are not related to the proposals, please submit them at any time. The Board of Directors has appointed Gene Capello to act as Inspector of Election for the Sanyo meeting, And he will tabulate results of the voting.
The Inspector of Election has signed the oath of his office, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Capello, do we have a quorum present?
Mr. President, Of the 25,994,658 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting, 15,981,455 shares are represented either in person or by proxy, And therefore, a quorum is present.
I declared that a quorum is present. We may now proceed to transact the business for which this meeting has been called. You may vote at the meeting through the virtual portal by Clicking on the voting button towards the bottom of your screen. If you have already voted before today's meeting and you do not wish to change your vote, You do not need to vote again at the meeting. Your vote will be cast as you have as Von previously instructed.
However, if you have already voted and now wish to change your vote or if you have not already voted and you wish to vote now, It is now 306 Central European Time on June 1, 2021, and the polls for each matter to be voted on at the Samuel meeting are now open. Our first item of business is the election of directors. At this meeting, we will be voting on 2 nominees for Class 2 directors To serve for a term of 3 years, all is set forth in the proxy statement. In accordance with the bylaws, our directors have nominated Michael A. Kelly And Jean Charles Zouya to be elected to serve as Class 2 directors.
The corporation's bylaws require that a stockholder provide advance Notice to the corporation of a stockholder's intent to nominate persons as directors. No such notice was received. Accordingly, I declare the nominations for directors closed. The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that stockholders vote in favor of this proposal. Are there any questions concerning the proposal?
Does not seem to be the case. Anyone who is voting through the virtual portal, please submit your vote now. The second item of business is the ratification of the appointment of PwC Wirtschaertgrufung GmbH As the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which is comprised entirely of independent directors, appointed PwC, Wirtschhaus, Grafung, JNBH for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The Board of Directors approved the selection of PwC VirTrax's preformed JMBH And has asked the stockholders to ratify the selection. Stockholder ratification is not required by the corporation's bylaws.
However, the Board of Directors is submitting this to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. If the stockholders do not approve the selection of PwC, purchased Prufung GmbH as the corporation's independent There Don't seem to be any questions. So anyone who is voting through the virtual portal, Please submit your vote now. That concludes the voting on the proposals set forth in the proxy It is now 3 9, 9 minutes past 3 Central European Time on June 1, 2021, and the polls for each matter to be voted on This meeting are now closed. No additional proxies or votes and no changes or revocations will be accepted.
Inspector of election, please report on the results of the voting.
With regard to proposal 1, a plurality of the votes present or represented Entitled to vote has been voted in favor of the election of the persons nominated. With regard to Proposal 2, Majority of the sheriffs present or represented and entitled to vote have been voted in favor of the ratification of PwC We are Schachtsgrufang, GmbH, as the Corporation's independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
Thank you, Mr. Capello. I declare that all of the proposals presented at the meeting have been overwhelmingly ratified or approved by the stockholders. The final results of voting, including any ballots and proxies Recorded during this meeting will be set forth in the report of the Inspector of Election and will be included in the minutes of the meeting. The final results will also be included in our reports filed with the SEC.
There have been no questions received from shareholders. Okay. Thank you. There being no other matters for consideration of this meeting, I hereby adjourn this meeting. Thanks to all participants for attending this meeting and for your continued interest in our company.
Thanks a lot and bye bye.
Thank you all for attending. You may now disconnect.