Welcome to Alamo Group's 2026 annual meeting. I would now like to introduce Alamo Group's President and CEO, Robert Hureau. Mr. Hureau, will you please proceed?
Welcome to Alamo Group's 2026 annual stockholders meeting. I'm Robert Hureau, President and CEO of Alamo Group. I'll act as Chair of this meeting, and Ed Rizzuti, Alamo's Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Investor Relations, and Secretary will act as Secretary. Before we get started, there are a couple of housekeeping items I'd like to cover relating to the virtual nature of this meeting.
If you've not yet voted and wish to vote, or if you wish to revoke or change a previously submitted proxy, you may do so by clicking the Vote Here button on your screen. In order to do so, you'll need the 16-digit control number you received with your proxy materials. In addition, logging in with your control number allows you to submit questions. If you'd like to submit a question, please type it into the box at the bottom of your screen.
Following the meeting, we'll post questions received, including answers to those questions, on the investor relations portion of our company website, which is located at www.alamogroup.com/investorrelations. I'd now like to call the meeting to order. Also in attendance with me at the meeting are the other members of Alamo Group's board of directors, who include Bob Bauer, Eric Etchart, Nina Grooms, Colleen Haley, Paul Householder, Tracy Jokinen, Rick Parod, and Lorie Tekorius. From KPMG LLP, the company's independent auditors, we have Scott Travis, Keith Jenkins, and Joseph McLaughlin in attendance. I'll turn the meeting over to Mr. Rizzuti, who will take us through the business portion of the meeting.
Thank you, Robert. Good morning, everyone. I have with me a notice of annual meeting of stockholders dated March 19, 2026, and a form of proxy and proxy statement that accompanied such notice. I also have an affidavit of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., stating that the notice of annual meeting has been provided to all stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are stockholders of record on March 10, 2026, the record date. The affidavit will be placed on file with the records of this meeting.
The board of directors has appointed a Broadridge representative, Mr. Luis Larson, to serve today as the inspector of election. Mr. Larson has taken the inspector oath, which will be filed with the company's records. As inspector, Mr. Larson will decide on the qualifications of votes and declare to this meeting the results of the voting. Mr. Larson, will you please present the attendance report?
There are present at this meeting in person and by proxy the holders of 11,642,850 shares of common stock of the company out of a total of 12,168,653 shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, holders of 95.67% of the eligible votes are present in person or by duly authorized proxy at this meeting.
Based on the report of the inspector of election, I declare that a quorum is present for purposes of conducting the business of the meeting. As set forth in the proxy statement, there are three items of business scheduled for action at this meeting. Number one, approval of the slate of directors. Number two, approval of the compensation of the company's named executive officers on an advisory basis. Number three, ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Alamo Group's independent auditors for the 2026 fiscal year.
Before announcing results, a note concerning voting procedures. If you have submitted your paper proxy or voted by telephone or internet, your shares will be voted accordingly. The polls are now open. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted may do so by clicking on the Vote Here button on your screen and following the instructions provided.
Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls for the Alamo Group 2026 annual meeting of stockholders closed. Mr. Larson, are you ready to report the results of the voting on the matters considered at this meeting?
Mr. Secretary, the nine persons who received the majority of the votes cast for directors are Robert P. Bauer, Eric P. Etchart, Nina C. Grooms, Colleen C. Haley, Paul D. Householder, Robert P. Hureau, Tracy C. Jokinen, Richard W. Parod, and Lorie L. Tekorius. With respect to the vote for the approval of the advisory vote on the named executive officer's compensation, the majority of the votes entitled to vote herein voted for the approval of the advisory vote on the named executive officer's compensation. With respect to the appointment of auditors, the majority of the votes entitled to vote herein ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent auditors to examine the financial statements of the company for the 2026 fiscal year.
Thank you, Mr. Larson. I would now like to turn the meeting back over to Mr. Hureau.
This completes the scheduled items of business to be considered at this meeting. I'd like to thank you all for attending the meeting today and for your continued support of Alamo Group. We'll be releasing our first quarter earnings report on Monday, May 4th. Please join us for our earnings conference call, which is scheduled to take place at 9:00 A.M. Central Time on Tuesday, May 5th. We'll be discussing our first quarter results and will provide a general update regarding our business. At the conclusion of the call, we'll answer questions regarding our results and our outlook. Since there is no further business, the meeting is now adjourned.
That concludes our meeting today. You may now disconnect.