Afternoon and welcome to Bakkt Holdings, Inc.'s special meeting of shareholders. I am Sean Collins, Chair of the Board of Directors of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. I will provide as Chair of this meeting, which I now call to order. If my access to the meeting is disconnected, Marc D’Annunzio, our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, will step in for me as Chair of today's special meeting and conduct any remaining business of the meeting. Present with us today from management, we have: Andy Main, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Director; Karen Alexander, our Chief Financial Officer; Marc D’Annunzio, our General Counsel and Secretary; Cody Fletcher from our Investor Relations Team; and Paul Simmons, our Vice President of Legal. Also with us is Deborah Baker, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, our Inspector of Elections. I'll now ask Mr.
D’Annunzio, who will serve as Secretary of the meeting, to conduct the procedural components of this meeting. Over to you, Marc.
Thank you, Sean. Per the agenda in today's meeting, we will address and vote on the proposals described in the company's proxy statement dated July 16, 2025. Following the introduction of the proposals, we will provide time to answer questions you may have that are germane to the meeting agenda. Following the vote, we will announce the preliminary results and then adjourn the formal meeting. Please note that this meeting is being recorded by the company and that any unauthorized recording of this meeting is not permitted. Following the vote, we will announce the preliminary results and then adjourn the formal meeting. A copy of the rules of conduct for this meeting is accessible by clicking on the appropriate link on the virtual meeting website. Thank you for your cooperation in following these rules.
I have an affidavit certifying that notice of this meeting was duly given and that proxy materials for this meeting were mailed on or about July 16, 2025, to all stockholders of record as of close of business on July 11, 2025, which was the record date for this meeting. As of the record date, there were 6,974,732 shares of Bakkt's Class A common stock and 7,177,076 shares of Bakkt's Class B common stock, outstanding and entitled to vote on each proposal presented at this meeting. A complete list of the stockholders of record as of the record date has been prepared and certified by our Registrar and Transfer Agent and is available for inspection by clicking on the appropriate link on the virtual meeting website.
The Inspector of Elections has advised me that we have present, in person or by proxy, a sufficient number of shares to constitute a quorum necessary to proceed with this meeting. We will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting. As set forth in the notice of meeting, there are two proposals properly before this meeting today. The first proposal is to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of October 15, 2021, as amended on April 24, 2024, and June 17, 2025, to increase the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock from 60 million shares to 560 million shares, which would provide the company with greater flexibility to ensure that there will be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares available for issuance in the future.
Such proposal: the increase of authorized shares proposal. If the increase of authorized shares proposal passes, the number of authorized shares of common stock, which is the sum of the authorized number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, would increase from 70 million shares- 570 million shares, and the total number of authorized shares of our capital stock, that is the sum of authorized common stock and preferred stock, would increase from 71 million shares 571 million shares. The second proposal is to consider and vote upon a proposal for an adjournment of this special meeting, if necessary or appropriate in the view of our Board, including, but not limited to, solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the increase of authorized shares proposal. Such proposal: the adjournment proposal.
Bakkt's Board of Directors recommends that you vote in favor of each proposal. We will now respond to stockholder questions that are germane to the matters presented at the meeting. We will attempt to answer as many such questions as time allows. If there are multiple questions on the same topic, we may consolidate the questions and respond collectively. Please submit any questions through the virtual meeting portal. Please submit any other questions you have to ir@bakkt.com or to our Investor Relations Team directly. We will be happy to answer those questions after the meeting. Please note that federal securities laws prohibit us from providing any material non-public information in this forum. This includes any information that would update or confirm any financial guidance we've previously disclosed. If any questions touch on this or any other material non-public information, we will not be able to answer those questions today.
Please also note that our responses to your questions today may include forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements. Reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Please review our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of factors that could cause our results to differ. Also, please note that any forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of today's date, and we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law. We will now pause for any questions. Having received no questions, we'll now turn to voting procedures. We will vote today by online vote and by proxy.
If you previously voted via telephone or internet or by returning a proxy card and you do not intend to change your vote, it is not necessary to take further action, as the vote you already cast will be counted. Those of you who did not turn in a proxy or who wish to change your vote should do so via the website used to access this meeting. Any votes cast today will be counted in the final tally, along with the proxies previously received. Upon the closing of the polls, no ballots, proxies, votes, or any revocations or changes will be accepted. It is now 1:07 P.M. Eastern Time, and the polls are open for voting. To the extent you have any questions regarding the mechanics for submitting your vote, please enter them through the voting portal.
You can vote your shares by clicking on the appropriate link on the virtual meeting website. As a reminder, if you have previously submitted a proxy and do not wish to change your voting instructions, you should not vote at this time. By voting, you will revoke your prior proxy. I will now pause to allow stockholders a final opportunity to vote online. It is now 1:09 P.M. Eastern Time on August 6, 2025, and since everyone has had the opportunity to vote, the polls are now closed with respect to each matter to be voted on at this meeting. The Independent Inspector of Elections has provided me with a preliminary report of the votes cast by the appointed proxies.
Based on the preliminary vote count and subject to final adjustment for any votes during the meeting, I can report that the increase of authorized shares proposal has passed and the adjournment proposal also has passed. The Inspector of Elections will conduct and validate a final count of all votes, and we will announce final results in our current report on Form 8-K to be filed within four business days of this meeting. I'll now hand it back to Sean Collins. Sean?
Thanks, Marc. This concludes the formal business of this meeting, and I declare the meeting adjourned. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the stockholders who attended this meeting, as well as those who submitted their proxies but were not able to be present at this meeting. Thank you very much.
The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining. You may now disconnect.