Good morning, welcome to the Solo Brands, Inc. 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I will now turn the line over to John Larson, President and CEO of Solo Brands, Inc. Please go ahead.
Thank you. Good morning. I am John Larson, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Solo Brands Inc., a member of the Board of Directors, and the chairman of today's meeting. I'm very happy to welcome you to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is being conducted virtually via live webcast. On behalf of Solo Brands, the members of the board, and company management, thank you for joining us today. Before I call the meeting to order, I'd like to note that we are joined by many members of the board of directors and executive officers of the company. We also have with us Jill Svoboda from BDO USA, the company's independent auditor. The meeting will now officially come to order. I will turn the time over to Chris Blevins, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Solo Brands, to go to the agenda for today's meeting.
Thank you, John. All stockholders of record at the close of business on March 24, 2026, or holders of a valid proxy, are entitled to vote at the meeting. You will note that a complete list of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the company's Class A common stock on the record date is available on your screen if you have logged into the meeting using your unique live meeting link or control number. After the meeting, I will file the proof of mailing of notice of this meeting, along with the other records related to the meeting. I want to welcome Beth Vander Beck, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, who will act as Inspector of Election at today's meeting. Beth has signed the customary oath of office to execute her duties with strict objectivity. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting.
I've been informed that a quorum is present, therefore, I hereby declare this meeting to be duly constituted for the transaction of business. We will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. The polls opened today, May 22nd, 2026, at 8:00 A.M. Central Time for voting on all matters before the meeting. If you have not already voted and wish to vote, the polls will remain open until we finish presenting the proposals and close the polls. You do not need to vote during the meeting if you have already voted and do not wish to change your vote. There are four proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. The board of directors recommends that the stockholders vote in favor of each of the proposals one, two, three, and four.
The first item of business is the election of Paul G. Furer and Peter Laurinaitis to serve as Class II directors of the company for a term of office expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2029. The second item of business is the ratification of the audit committee's appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the year ending December 31st, 2026. The third item of business is the approval of the company's amended and restated 2021 Incentive Award Plan to increase the number of shares of our Class A common stock authorized for issuance under the plan. The fourth item of business is the approval of an adjournment of the annual meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at this meeting to approve item three.
If you wish to vote and you haven't already, please vote now by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. You do not need to vote electronically if you have already sent in your signed proxy or if you have voted by telephone or internet. We will pause for approximately 30 seconds before closing the polls. The time is now 8:05 A.M. Central Time on May 22nd, 2026. The polls are now closed for voting. I have received the preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections. Any votes cast during the meeting will be included in the final report of the inspector, kept with the company's records of the annual meeting. Based on this preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections, one, Paul G. Furer and Peter Laurinaitis have each been elected as directors.
two, the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified. three, the company's amended and restated 2021 Incentive Award Plan to increase the number of shares of the company's Class A common stock authorized for issuance under the plan has been approved. four, the vote to approve the adjournment of the annual meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to approve item three has been approved. However, as item three has been approved, it is not necessary to adjourn the annual meeting. The final tally of the votes will be published within four business days in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. I will now hand the time back to John.
Thanks, Chris. At this point, there being no other business to attend to, this meeting is now adjourned. Although the formal business has been conducted, Laura Coffey, our CFO, and I are now available to answer questions. Please note that we will only be answering questions that are within the parameters of the rules of conduct, and only stockholders who have logged into the meeting using their unique live meeting link or control number are able to submit a question through the question area of the web portal. At this point, we have received no questions. I will remind you that if at any time you have questions about the company, you can contact our investor relations team via the solobrands.com website. With no further questions, this concludes our annual meeting. I want to thank you for attending and for your interest in Solo Brands. Thank you very much.
This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.