Hello, and welcome to the annual meeting of stockholders of BellRing Brands. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. During this meeting, we will have a question and answer session. You can submit questions or comments at any time by clicking on the message icon. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Craig Rosenthal, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at BellRing Brands.
Morning. I'm Craig Rosenthal, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of BellRing Brands. While today's meeting is virtual only, stockholders of record and registered beneficial owners who join the meeting as stockholders with their control numbers will have the opportunity to ask questions related to meeting matters, which we'll address following our discussion of the proposals to be voted upon. We will also answer questions after the adjournment of the meeting. Please note, the rules of conduct for this meeting have been posted on the meeting website. To conduct an informative and orderly meeting, we ask that all meeting participants abide by these rules. Before I call the meeting to order, I'd like to introduce the members of our management team who are with us today. Rob Vitale, our Chairman the Board, Darcy Davenport, our President and CEO, and Paul Rode, our CFO.
Also joining us today to moderate any questions we may receive is Jennifer Meyer, our Senior Director of Investor Relations. Doug Schmidt of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company's independent registered public accounting firm, is also present and available to respond to appropriate questions. The meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in our Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy the Board has appointed Mr. Rode as Inspector of Election for this meeting. He has filed his oath of office with the secretary. A list of stockholders of the meeting as of December 8, 2025, which is the Record Date for this meeting, is available on the meeting website.
There were 118,425,407 shares of common stock outstanding on the record date, each representing one vote. Approximately 85% of the shares are represented at this meeting. We have a quorum, and the meeting may now proceed. The affidavit of mailing will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. There are three proposals to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. Most of you have already voted by proxy, and your shares will be voted accordingly. You do not need to vote again at this time unless you wish to change your vote. If anyone would like to vote now or revoke your prior vote, please follow the instructions on the meeting website before the polls close for any such proposals. I now declare the polls open for each item to be voted on today.
We will close the polls on all matters immediately after the presentation of today's proposals. The first item to be voted on is the election of five directors. Three Class One directors, Darcy Davenport, David Finkelstein, and Elliot Stein, and two Class Three directors, Robert Vitale and Chonda Nwamu, are the five nominees to serve as directors for a one-year term expiring in our 2027 annual meeting. Mr. Stein has previously the Board of his retirement the Board and, if elected, will serve through the date of his previously announced retirement of September 30, 2026. No other nominations have been received. The second item to be voted on is the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The proxy statement the Board's recommendation this appointment be ratified.
Although the appointment is not required to be submitted to a vote of the Board believes it is appropriate to request the stockholders ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The third item to be voted on, on a non-binding advisory basis, is the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. The proxy statement the Board's recommendation that this proposal be approved. While the outcome of this vote is not binding on the the Board and the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee, which is responsible for designing and administering our executive compensation program, value the opinions expressed by our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions. We will now address any questions related to these proposals.
There are no questions.
There being no questions, the polls are now closed. We will now report on the voting results. As a reminder, the Inspector of Election's report is based on proxies received prior to the commencement of this meeting. All votes submitted on this website during the meeting will be verified, and the final results will be reported on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days of today's meeting. The Inspector of Election reports that on the first item, the election of five directors, approximately 98% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the election of Ms. Davenport to the Board. 99% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the election of Mr. Finkelstein to the Board.
95% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the election of Mr. Stein to the Board. 74% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the election of Mr. Vitale to the Board. 98% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the election of Ms. Nwamu to the Board. Darcy Davenport, David Finkelstein, Robert Vitale, and Chonda Nwamu have each been duly elected as directors of the company to serve a term of one year, expiring in 2027. Elliot Stein has been duly elected to serve through the date of his previously announced retirement on September 30, 2026.
On the second item, approximately 100% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, has been ratified. On the third and final item, approximately 82% of the shares represented and entitled to vote at this meeting have been voted in favor of the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers. The compensation of our named executive officers has been approved on a non-binding advisory basis. This concludes our meeting. On behalf the Board and Management, thank you for attending BellRing's 2026 annual meeting.
At this time, we'd like to take any additional questions you may have for us today. To ask a question, click on the message icon on the meeting website. Jennifer, will you please read the first question?
We are showing no questions.
As we have no questions, we thank you again for attending today's meeting.