Welcome! I'm Adam Grossman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Interim Chief Financial Officer of the company. Will the meeting please come to order? Let me take this opportunity to welcome all those present to this virtual annual meeting of stockholders of ADMA Biologics. We are pleased to be hosting our meeting virtually, which allows us to be more inclusive and reach a greater number of stockholders. Before proceeding to the business of the meeting, there are certain technical legal matters which we must dispose of in order to make certain that we are conducting a duly authorized meeting. But as soon as these are completed, I'd like to introduce you to the officers and directors of the company and also describe to you the matters proposed for your consideration and action at this meeting.
The company has designated Christopher Woods from American Election Services, LLC, to serve as the Inspector of Election. The Inspector of Election has presented his signed oaths. If there are no objections, I will direct that such oaths be filed with the minutes of the meeting. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or have previously voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote, do not need to take any further action at this time. We will pause for a moment while the Inspector of Election makes his final tabulation of stockholders present virtually or by proxy.
Mr. Chairman, we can proceed.
Will the Inspector of Election kindly submit his report on the number of shares of common stock of the company represented at the meeting, either virtually or by proxy?
There are represented at the meeting, either virtually or by proxy, 186,655,332 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, out of a total number of 231,771,523 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. Accordingly, there are an aggregate of 231,771,523 votes entitled to be cast at this meeting, of which an aggregate of 186,655,332 are present virtually or represented by proxy.
The report of the Inspector of Election indicates that there are present at the meeting, virtually or represented by proxy, the holders of a majority of the total number of shares of stock of the company outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting. There is, therefore, a quorum present and the meeting is competent to transact business. Will the Inspector of Election kindly execute the certificate of, as to stockholders present? If there are no objections, I will direct the certificate be filed with the minutes of the meeting. Would the Secretary of the meeting please report on the mailing of the proxy materials and the availability of a list of stockholders?
Mr. Grossman, a copy of the notice of the annual meeting of stockholders dated April 15, 2024, concerning the matters to be considered and acted upon at the meeting and a copy of the proxy statement, proxy card, and annual report to stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, were made available electronically or by mail to each stockholder of record at the close of business on April 8, 2024, the date fixed by the board of directors as the record date for this meeting, on or about April 15, 2024. An affidavit of distribution to that effect, executed by an officer of Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., will be filed with the minutes of the meeting.
The Inspector of Election also has at the meeting a list of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of common stock of the company, which list is certified by an officer of Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, arranged in alphabetical order, listing each stockholder of record at the close of business on April 8th 2024 the date fixed by the board of directors as the record date for this meeting. The affidavit of distribution will be filed with the minutes of this meeting, and the list of stockholders is available for inspection via the web portal.
Now that the technical organizational phase of the meeting has been completed, and before proceeding to the business to be transacted at the meeting, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the current directors of the company, other than myself. Steven Elms, Jerrold Grossman, Bryant Fong, Lawrence Guiheen, Young Kwon, and Alison Finger. I would like to introduce the officers of the company, other than those officers who are also current directors of the company or nominees for directors of the company. Caitlin Kestenberg, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Compliance. Finally, I'd like to introduce Jeff Lukacsko of CohnReznick LLP, the company's independent registered public accounting firm.
The chair now deems the following matters to be properly before this meeting: A, the nominees for Class two directors who will serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, and until such director's successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until such director's earlier resignation, removal, or death, are Steven Elms, Adam Grossman, and Young Kwon. The proposal to ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, as Proposal B. The polls are now open and will remain open for a reasonable time so that those of you who desire to cast your vote upon the nominations and proposals may now do so. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions.
Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote, do not need to take any further action. Okay, the polls are now closed. Will the Inspector of Election please provide his report concerning the votes upon the election of directors and the aforesaid proposals?
Ladies and gentlemen, the report of the Inspector of Election indicates that the following numbers of votes cast by the holders of common stock have been voted with respect to: one, the election of the nominees to serve as Class II directors until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until such director's successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such director's earlier resignation, removal, or death. Steven Elms, 110,136,193 in favor, 44,858,645 withheld. Adam Grossman, 150,349,105 in favor, 4,645,733 withheld. Young Kwon.
Kwon, 152,744,777 shares in favor, 2,250,061 shares withheld. In all cases, there is a broker non-vote of 31,660,494. In regards to two, the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, we have 184,478,528 shares in favor, 1,983,914 shares against, and 192,890 shares abstaining.
The report of the Inspector of Election therefore indicates that Steven Elms, Adam Grossman, and Dr. Young Kwon have been duly elected as Class II directors of the company to serve for a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, and until such director's successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such director's earlier resignation, removal, or death. The proposal to ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, has been approved. Will the Inspector of Election please execute his certificate as to the total number of votes cast on each of the matters considered at this meeting? And if there are no objections, I will direct that the certificate be filed with the minutes of the meeting.
If there is any further business to come before the meeting, please submit your questions or comments via the web portal. Seeing that there are no questions, and if there is no further business, the meeting is now adjourned. We thank you very much for your continued support of ADMA Biologics, and thank you very much for attending. The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.