Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Cardinal Infrastructure Group, Inc. 2026 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Should you wish to submit a question during the meeting, please log in using your control number and type your question in the input box under the caption, "Submit a Question," then click "Submit." Please note that in the interest of all stockholders, we'll only address those questions that are pertinent to the business of the meeting. At this time, I would like to introduce Mr. Jeremy Spivey, Chairman of the Cardinal Board and Chief Executive Officer, to commence the meeting.
Thank you. Good morning, and let's go Canes. It is my pleasure, on behalf of the board of directors and officers of Cardinal Infrastructure, to extend to you a welcome and thank you for attending our Annual Stockholders Meeting. I will begin with a few introductions of persons with me. Mike Rowe. Mike is the Chief Financial Officer. Benji Wood. Benji is our Chief Operating Officer. Tiffany Gidley. Tiffany is our General Counsel. Tiffany will act as Secretary of today's meeting. Matt Warren. Matt is with Grant Thornton LLP, the company's outside auditors. The company has appointed Broadridge Financial Solutions to act as Inspector of Elections. Tony Carideo from Broadridge has been appointed Inspector of Election.
The business of this meeting is, one, to elect six directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Stockholders Meeting, and two, to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. I will now turn things over to Tiffany for her Secretary's report.
Thank you, Jeremy. The Board of Directors fixed April 9th, 2026, as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting. I have a signed affidavit stating that the notice of the meeting has been provided to each stockholder of record as required under the bylaws. The list of the stockholders of record as of April 9th, 2026, who are entitled to vote, showing their respective name and the number of shares held by each, is available at this meeting for inspection by stockholders.
According to our transfer agent, there were 42,866,859 shares entitled to vote as of April 9th, 2026, the record date, consisting of 15,292,984 shares of Class A common stock and 27,573,875 shares of Class B common stock. Broadridge has informed us that shares representing 40,746,383 votes, or approximately 95% of the total voting power, are represented in person or by proxy today.
Thank you. Based on the report of the Secretary and the Inspector of Election, I find that proper notice has been given and that a quorum is present. This meeting has properly been convened. Since no stockholder nominations or stockholder proposals were properly filed in advance of this meeting, our business is limited to the two matters on the agenda. Tiffany, can you summarize the two matters and the voting procedures?
The first proposal we will consider is the election of six directors. The board has nominated Jeremy Spivey, Richard M. Lee, Austin J. Shanfelter, Richard B. Wimmer, Anthony L. Wood, Jr., and Ivy Zelman to each serve as directors until the 2027 Annual Stockholders Meeting and until their successor is duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, removal, incapacity, or death. No nominations may be made at this meeting. Therefore, I declare nominations to be closed. The second proposal relates to the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Matt Warren, representing Grant Thornton, is present and available to answer appropriate questions. If you have previously voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote during the meeting.
Only stockholders who have not voted or those who wish to change their vote on their proxy should vote during the meeting. Any stockholder who desires to vote during the meeting, please do so now by clicking the Click Here link at the bottom of your screen under Annual Meeting Voting. The voting will be closing shortly.
Thank you, Tiffany. Given the fact that most stockholders previously voted by proxy and all attending stockholders have now had adequate time to vote, the voting is closed. While the votes and proxies are being tallied, I would like to introduce the other members of our board of directors, Richard M. Lee, Austin J. Shanfelter, Richard B. Wimmer, Anthony L. Wood, Jr., and Ivy Zelman. Information concerning their principal occupations, their service with Cardinal, and other matters which may be of interest, are contained in the proxy statement. On behalf of everyone here at Cardinal, I thank you, our stockholders, for your support. Tiffany, would you now present your report on the vote?
Yes. Not less than a majority of the shares represented at this meeting have been voted for the election of each of Mr. Spivey, Lee, Shanfelter, Wimmer, and Wood, and for Ms. Zelman as directors of the company. Not less than a majority of the shares represented at this meeting have been voted for the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Each of the items voted upon today, as listed in the proxy statement, have been approved by the company's stockholders. I will now turn it back over to Jeremy to conduct a Q&A session and for some final remarks.
Thank you, Tiffany. There are no questions. Thank you , everyone, for attending today's meeting and for your interest in and support of Cardinal. As we have no further business, this meeting is now adjourned.
This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.