Thanks, Operator, and welcome everyone to Autodesk's 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting of Stockholders. Thank you for making the time to join us today. I am Simon Mays-Smith, Vice President of Investor Relations. I am joined by Ruth Ann. Keene, our Chief Legal Officer, and Janesh Moorjani, our Chief Financial Officer. As you can see from the agenda, after my introductory comments, Ruth Ann will go through the formal business and procedural portions of the meeting, followed by Q&A. If you have any questions, please type them in the box on your site, and we can address them later in the session. With that, let me hand it over to Ruth Ann.
Welcome, and thank you for joining Autodesk's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I am Ruth Ann Keene , Chief Legal Officer, and I will conduct the formal business and procedural portions of the meeting today. As we complete the formal portion of the meeting, there will be an opportunity for questions. Before we get started, I'd like to introduce our current directors who are attending this meeting virtually: Andrew Anagnost, Karen Blazing, John Cahill, Reid French, Dr. Ayanna Howard, Blake Irving, Ram Krishnan , Mary McDowell, Stephen Milligan, Laurie Norrington, Elizabeth Rafael, Rami Rahim , and Stacy Smith. I'd like to thank the board for their service and support in the past year. I'd also like to note that Mary McDowell, Lorrie Norrington , and Betsy Rafael will not stand for reelection at this meeting, and we thank them for their contributions as board members.
I would also like to introduce Jeff Epstein and Christie Simons, who are attending this meeting virtually. Following the conclusion of this meeting, Jeff and Christie will be appointed to our board. We look forward to welcoming them as members of our board. We remind you that the rules and procedure for this meeting are available to review on the meeting website, and we intend to follow these rules during the meeting. If you would like to ask a question for the Q&A session that will take place later in the meeting, please do so by following the instructions on the meeting website. Now that we have finished the introductory matters, I call the meeting to order.
I have proof by affidavit from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Incorporated, that notice of this meeting has been duly given and that a proxy statement and proxy card have been furnished or made available to all stockholders of record as of April 22, 2025. As the Inspector of Election, I have signed a note of office. The affidavit of mailing and oath of Inspector of Election will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. We have been informed by Broadridge that we have present in person and by proxy a sufficient number of shares to constitute a quorum, so I can tell you that the meeting is duly constituted. We will vote today via the meeting website. If you have already turned in a proxy, then it is not necessary to vote now because we will count your proxy.
If you did not turn in a proxy or if you wish to change your vote, please vote now by following the instructions on the meeting website. We will count these votes at the end of the voting portion of the meeting. It is now 3:03 P.M. on June 18, 2025, and the polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting are now open. The first item of formal business is the election of 10 directors to serve until next year's annual meeting. The persons named in the proxy statement have been nominated to serve as directors of the company for the ensuing year. They are Andrew Anagnost, Karen Blazing, John Cahill, Reid French, Dr. Ayanna Howard, Blake Irving, Ram Krishnan , Stephen Milligan, Rami Rahim, and Stacy Smith. Those of you who are voting should vote on the meeting website now.
The next item of formal business is to ratify the appointment of the firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, as Autodesk's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026. Those of you who are voting should vote on the meeting website now. The next item of business is to hold a non-binding vote to approve the compensation of Autodesk's named executive officers. Those of you who are voting should vote on the meeting website now. The final item of business is to approve the amendment and restatement of the Autodesk 2022 Equity Incentive Plan. Those of you who are voting should vote on the meeting website now. We will now briefly pause to enable anyone who would like to vote virtually to do so. It is now 3:05 P.M.
On June 18, 2025, and the polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting are now closed. Based upon all the proxies and votes received prior to commencement of the meeting and subject to final adjustment of the numbers for any votes made during the virtual meeting, I can tell you that all 10 of the nominated directors have been elected to the board of directors to serve until the company's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year has been ratified. The non-binding vote regarding compensation of the company's named executive officers has been approved. The amendment and restatement of the company's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan has been approved. This concludes the formal business of the meeting.
We will now adjourn the formal portion of this annual meeting of stockholders and open it up for questions. We remind you that the rules of procedure for this meeting are available to review on the meeting website, and we intend to follow those rules during this meeting. If you would like to ask a question, please do so by following the instructions on the meeting website. The rules of procedure also include information about any forward-looking statements made in response to questions. Back to you, Simon.
Thanks, Ruth Ann. I will wait a moment to see if there are any questions. There are no questions to address, and we will move on to the end of our meeting. Thank you again for joining us. If you would like to follow up about anything, please feel free to reach out to us. Thanks, and over to you, Operator.
Thank you. This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.