Hello. Welcome to the Aspen Aerogels 2026 annual meeting. All participants are in a listen-only mode. I would now like to turn it over to Will Noglows, Chairman of Aspen Aerogels' Board of Directors. Please go ahead.
Good morning. Welcome to Aspen Aerogels 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. I'm William Noglows, Chairman of Aspen Aerogels board of directors, and it's my pleasure to welcome all of you. This meeting is being held virtually. A link to a recording of the webcast will be available on our website shortly after the meeting. Our directors and executive officers are attending the meeting. Also in attendance is Anna Hagberg, a representative of Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, who is serving as Inspector of Elections at this meeting.
We have five formal matters to discuss. Then there will be some time for general questions. The polls are currently open for voting. With that, let's get started. The inspector has advised me that we have a quorum for the meeting. This meeting is being held pursuant to a notice mailed on or about March 27th, 2026, to each stockholder of record as of the close of business on March 16th, 2026. On behalf of our Board of Directors, I'd like to thank all stockholders who returned their proxies.
I will now turn to the five items of business for the meeting. The first item is the election of Steven Mitchell and Donald Young to serve as directors until the 2029 annual meeting. The second order of business is the ratification of KPMG's appointment as Aspen Aerogels' independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. The third order of business is approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement for this meeting.
The fourth order of business is approval on an advisory basis of the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers. Finally, the fifth order of business is consideration on an advisory basis of a proposal regarding the future declassification of the board of directors. If you haven't voted yet or would like to change your vote on any of these proposals, you may do so by clicking on the voting button of the web portal and following the instructions there.
If you sent in your proxy card and voted the proxy, or voted the proxy via telephone or internet and do not want to change your vote, you do not need to take any further action. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, the polls for Aspen Aerogels 2026 annual stockholder meeting are closed. Mr. Deegan, will you please report the results of the voting?
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have completed a preliminary count of the votes and can confirm that the two nominees for director named in the proxy were reelected. Also, based on the preliminary count, the stockholders have ratified the appointment of KPMG. The stockholders have approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement. The stockholders have approved one year as the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers.
The stockholders have approved on an advisory basis a proposal regarding the future declassification of the board of directors. We will file the final vote results with the SEC in a current report on Form 8-K within four business days.
Thank you, Glenn. This concludes the formal portion of the meeting. The meeting is now formally adjourned. We will proceed to a Q&A session. We will take stockholders' questions that are being entered today on the annual meeting web portal and we'll answer as many questions as time allows. Glenn, are there any questions?
No, Mr. Chairman.
The meeting is now closed. Thank you everyone for attending. We will look forward to seeing you at next year's meeting.
This concludes today's meeting. We thank you for joining. You may now disconnect.