Afternoon, welcome to Bakkt's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This is Sean Collins, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bakkt, Inc. I will provide as chair of this meeting. With me today are Karen Alexander, our Chief Financial Officer, Marc D'Annunzio, our General Counsel and Secretary, Cody Fletcher from Investor Relations, and Priya Patel, our Senior Director and Counsel. Also with us are CJ Crawford and Markus Veith, representatives of Grant Thornton, our independent registered public accounting firm. I hereby call this meeting to order. It has been duly called and a quorum is present. I will now ask Mr. D'Annunzio to cover the proposals for today's meeting. Over to you, Marc.
Thank you, Sean. Today's meeting will include three proposals to be voted on, all of which were set forth in the company's proxy statement dated April 30th, 2026. Please note that this meeting is being recorded by the company and further, that any unauthorized recording of this meeting is not permitted. A copy of the rules of conduct for this meeting is accessible on the meeting portal. Thank you for your cooperation in following them. There are three proposals to be voted on today. The first proposal is to elect each of Mike Alfred and Lyn Alden to the board as class 2 directors, each to hold office for a three-year term expiring in 2029. The second proposal is to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of Bakkt's named executive officers.
The third and final proposal is to ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditors of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. It is now 1:01 P.M. Eastern Time. The polls are open for voting. I will pause at this time to allow stockholders to submit their votes. It is now 1:02 P.M. Eastern Time. All votes having been cast, the polls are now closed. Based on the votes cast in person and by proxy, proposals one, two, and three have received the required votes. Sean?
Thank you, Marc. That concludes the formal business of the meeting. I declare the meeting adjourned. Thank you for those of us that joined for our meeting today.
The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.