Good morning, and welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of ABM Industries Incorporated. Please welcome Sudhakar Kesavan, ABM's Chairman of the Board.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Sudhakar Kesavan, and I'm the chairman of ABM's board of directors. Welcome to the ABM Industries Incorporated 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The meeting is now called to order. David Goldman, ABM's Vice President and Corporate Secretary, will serve as secretary for this meeting. We are broadcasting our meeting via live webcast. The agenda and rules of conduct appear on your screen on the virtual meeting page. We will conduct the meeting in accordance with these documents. Now let's move to our agenda. The notice and proxy statement for this meeting were mailed on or about February 13, 2026, to all stockholders of record on January 26, 2026. The purpose of this meeting is for stockholders to vote on three matters, which I will summarize shortly.
During the meeting, stockholders will have an opportunity to submit questions in writing where indicated on the webcast portal for this meeting. We will do our best to respond to appropriate questions received relating to the business of the meeting in the time permitted. We will also publish and answer each appropriate question received following the meeting. No one attending the webcast is permitted to use any audio recording device. There are 12 nominees for election to the board of directors of ABM at this meeting, including myself, for a one-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting. The 11 other nominees, each of whom is currently a member of the board, are Quincy Allen, LeighAnne Baker, Carol Clements, Don Colleran, Jim DeVries, Art Garcia, Tom Gartland, Jill Golder, Barry Hytinen, Scott Salmirs, and Wendy Webb.
Executive officers of ABM are in attendance for this meeting, as is Lauren Sloan with KPMG, ABM's independent auditors. Lauren has informed me that she does not wish to make a statement, but she's available to respond to any appropriate questions. I would also like to introduce Chris Woods of American Election Services, who has been appointed to act as the Inspector of Election. He will count the votes and determine the results of the voting. Each of you received a notice and proxy statement for this meeting. A copy of the notice and an affidavit from Broadridge Financial Solutions that the notice and proxy statements have been duly mailed to all stockholders will be filed with the minutes of this meeting.
David, as Secretary, has advised me that stockholders holding majority of the issued and outstanding shares of ABM common stock entitled to vote are present or represented by proxy at this meeting, which constitutes a quorum. Since notice was duly given and a quorum is present, we will now proceed with this annual meeting of stockholders. Now the agenda items for the meeting. I would remind all stockholders, if you have previously voted by proxy and do not wish to change your vote, you should not submit a vote online at this time. Submission of a new vote revokes your prior proxy. The first item before the meeting is the election of directors. As previously mentioned, the following persons, including myself, have been nominated by the board.
Quincy Allen, LeighAnne Baker, Carol Clements, Don Colleran, Jim DeVries, Art Garcia, Tom Gartland, Jill Golder, Barry Hytinen, Scott Salmirs, and Wendy Webb. The second item before the meeting is a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation. The third item before the meeting is a ratification of the appointment of KPMG as ABM's independent auditors for 2026. It is 11:04 A.M., and we will now open the polls to vote on the election of directors and other matters before this meeting. Again, if you have previously voted by proxy and do not wish to change your vote, you should not submit a vote online at this time. Submission of a new vote revokes your prior proxy. We will now address any questions received regarding the three proposals. David will read aloud any questions presented by stockholders.
Thank you, Sudhakar. We have not received any questions pertinent to the annual meeting.
Thank you, David. It is now 11:05 A.M., and I declare that the polls are now closed for voting. I will now report on the results of the voting at this meeting. Based on the tally in the preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections, stockholders have voted to elect as directors the 12 board nominees, Quincy Allen, LeighAnne Baker, Carol Clements, Don Colleran, Jim DeVries, Art Garcia, Tom Gartland, Jill Golder, Barry Hytinen, Sudhakar Kesavan, Scott Salmirs, and Wendy Webb. Stockholders have voted for the resolutions approving, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company's executives named in the company's 2026 proxy statement and to ratify the appointment of KPMG as ABM's independent auditors for 2026. David, please file the proxies, ballots, and report of the Inspector of Elections as part of the records of this meeting.
In accordance with federal securities laws, the final results of the voting will be reported in a current report on Form 8-K that the company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days after the meeting. This concludes the meeting, and the meeting is now formally adjourned. Thank you all for attending today.
The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.