Good afternoon. Welcome to the HeartBeam 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ravi Malhotra. Please go ahead.
Thank you, Gary. Good day, ladies and gentlemen. It is now 10:00 A.M. in Santa Clara, California, and there being a quorum present, I declare the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of HeartBeam open. This is Ravi Malhotra, the VP Controller of HeartBeam and Secretary of this meeting. These proceedings are being conducted as virtual meeting from our registered office with shareholders and other participants joining by phone or via a live audio webcast. There will be no live voting or live questions during the audio-only webcast.
We will strictly follow the agenda as we conduct the meeting. To vote or submit questions, please log in as a shareholder by entering 16-digit control number you received with your proxy materials. If you have voted your shares prior to the start of Annual Meeting, your vote has been received by the company's Inspector of Election, and there is no need to vote these shares during the Annual Meeting unless you wish to revoke or change your vote. If a stockholder has submitted a question, such questions will be subsequently addressed by management.
Recording of the 2026 meeting is prohibited. A webcast playback will be available at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/beat2026 within 24 hours after the completion of the meeting. HeartBeam has designated Richard L. Leza, Jr. to serve as the Inspector of Election. The Inspector of Election will present his signed oath as the Inspector of Election. The Inspector of Election will also execute his final report of the Inspector of Election. The oath and final report of the Inspector of Election will be filed within the minutes of the meeting.
We will now turn to the formal business of the meeting. I would like to thank shareholders for attending today's Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The polls opened at the beginning of the meeting, and we will close the polls on all matters immediately after the presentation of today's proposals. We will now move on to the items of business for this meeting, as set out in the notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
As secretary of the meeting, I present a copy of the notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and copy of the proxy statement, form of the proxy, and the affidavit of mailing executed by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. In addition, I have been informed by the Inspector of Election that they are represented at this annual meeting, either in person or proxy, 29,050,272 shares of common stock of the company of a total number of 53,506,835 shares of common stock as of record date.
Therefore, we have a quorum present for the conduct of the business, and this meeting is duly constituted. I have been advised that all the proxy received for this meeting has been checked, and I declare them valid for voting. We will pause for a moment while the Inspector of Election makes his final tabulation of shareholders present in person or by proxy. We will now report on the preliminary voting results.
We have been informed by the Inspector of Election that based on the preliminary voting results, the proposals to elect the following seven persons to serve as directors of the company until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until their successors have been elected and qualified: Richard Ferrari, Branislav Vajdic, George Desroches, Marga Ortigas-Wedekind, Willem L. Elfrink, Kenneth Nelson, and Dr. Michael Jaff. To approve the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for 2026 have been approved.
We have been informed by the Inspector of Election that based on the preliminary voting results, the proposal to amend the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to increase authorized shares has not been approved. The company will announce the results of the proposals, including the final voting totals, as soon as practicable through the appropriate SEC filing and on the company's website. No further business has been notified for the meeting. I'd like to thank everyone for attending today. I now declare the meeting closed.
If any of the shareholders would like to hear more about the company's recent events, please refer to the investor section of our website, which can be found at www.heartbeam.com. In addition, the company will be providing a quarterly update on Thursday, August 13th, 2026. A link to register for the call can be found on the IR calendar of our website. Once again, thank you and have a good day.
The conference is now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect