Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Andersen Group meeting. I will now turn the call over to Bill Deckelman.
Thank you, operator, and good morning, and welcome to the Andersen Group Inc 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we are hosting through a virtual online platform. I am Bill Deckelman, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the company, and I would like to introduce our CEO and Chairman of the Board, Mark Vorsatz, and turn the meeting over to Mark to begin.
Thanks, Bill. It's a privilege to welcome our stockholders, our Board, and other guests to our first Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Since our IPO in December, we've greatly appreciated the support of our investors, and I want to thank our Board for all of their efforts over the past year. In the interest of time, we're going to limit this meeting to the formal business items described in our April 30 Proxy Statement. We do encourage communication with our shareholders, so feel free to get in touch with us by contacting Gregory Vistica , our Head of Investor Relations. If you would like to submit formal questions, you can do so through the online meeting portal or through our investor relations website, and we will respond as appropriate. It is now 9:01 A.M. Pacific Time on June 22nd, 2026.
I'll call this meeting to order and turn it back over to Bill.
Thank you, Mark. I will cover a few preliminary and administrative matters before we open the polls for voting. I have a proof of affidavit signed by a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions that notice of this meeting has been duly given and that the Notice of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement, and Proxy Card were mailed or made available on or about April 23rd, 2026. The affidavit and copies of these documents and other proxy materials will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. In addition, a representative of American Election Services has signed an oath of office in his role as the Inspector of Election. The oath of the Inspector of Election will be filed with the minutes of this meeting
The Inspector of Election has advised me that we have present in person and by proxy a sufficient number of shares to constitute a quorum, so the meeting is duly constituted and able to transact business. We will vote by proxy ballot today. If you have already turned in a proxy by mail, telephone, or internet and do not intend to change your vote, then it is not necessary that you take any further action. Those of you who did not turn in a proxy or who wish to change your vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. I will now ask Broadridge to open the polls. It is now 9:03 A.M. Pacific Time, and the polls are open for voting.
Until the polls close, any stockholder may revoke or change his or her proxy vote on any matter. However, upon the closing of the polls, no ballots, proxies, or votes, nor any revocations or changes will be accepted. I will now present the matters to be voted on. The first item of formal business is the election of eight directors to the Board of Directors, each to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their death, resignation, or removal. The persons named in the proxy statement have been nominated to serve as directors of the company. They are Mark Vorsatz, Robert Gunderson, Susan Decker, John Joyce, Joseph Karczewski, John Nicolai, Ronald Olson, and Dorice Pepin.
The second item of formal business is to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, PC as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. These are the only items of formal business of the meeting. It is now 9:04 A.M., and I hereby declare the polls closed. The ballots and proxies will be held in the possession of the Inspector of Election. We have been informed by the Inspector of Election that the preliminary vote report shows that the nominees for election to the Board have been duly elected and the appointment of BDO USA, PC has been duly ratified. We will be reporting the final vote results in a Form 8-K to be filed within four business days. Mark, this concludes the formal business of the meeting, and I will turn the meeting back over to you.
Thanks, Bill. I want to again thank all of you for your attendance today and your continued support. This concludes our meeting, and this Annual Meeting of Stockholders is hereby adjourned. Thank you.
This concludes today's meeting. You may now disconnect.