Good morning, and welcome to The Vita Coco Company, Inc 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I will now turn the line over to Mike Kirban.
Thank you and good morning. I'm Mike Kirban, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of The Vita Coco Company and the Chairman of today's meeting. I'm very happy to welcome you to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is completely virtual and being conducted via live webcast. With me today, we have the members of the company's board of directors and leadership team, as well as other key company employees and representatives. We also have a representative from Deloitte & Touche LLP, the company's independent auditor, who will be available during the question and answer portion of the meeting. Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to thank John Leahy, who is retiring from our board at the conclusion of today's meeting.
John has served as a Member of our Board of Directors since 2019, and we are truly grateful for his years of service, dedication, and many contributions to the company. On behalf of the board of directors and the entire Vita Coco team, we thank John and wish him the best of luck. The meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the formal business as set forth in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. I will now turn it over to the company's General Counsel and Secretary, Alison Klein .
Thank you, Mike. The polls opened today, June 3rd, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time for voting on all matters before the meeting. If you have not already voted and wish to vote, the polls will remain open until we finish presenting the proposals and close the polls. You do not need to vote during the meeting if you have already voted and do not want to change your vote. On the virtual meeting webpage, you will find the agenda for today's meeting, as well as the rules of conduct. Please review these rules carefully. Note that only stockholders who are logged into the meeting using their 16-digit control number will be able to vote and submit questions. As Corporate Secretary, I will file the proof of mailing of notice of the meeting with the records of the meeting.
All stockholders of record at the close of business on April 7th, 2026, or holders of a valid proxy, are entitled to vote at the meeting. A complete list of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the company's common stock on the record date for the meeting is available on your screen if you have logged into the meeting using your 16-digit control number. The board of directors has appointed a representative of Broadridge to act as Inspector of Election at today's meeting. At this time, I would like to introduce Francis Byrd as the Inspector of Election. Mr. Byrd has signed the customary oath of office to execute his duties with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of the meeting. I have been informed that a quorum is present.
Therefore, I hereby declare this meeting to be duly constituted for the transaction of business. We will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting. There are three proposals to be considered by the stockholders at the meeting. The board of directors recommends that the stockholders vote for Proposals 1, 2, and 3. The first item of business is the election of Shelley Broader, Michael Kirban, and Kenneth Sadowsky to serve as Class II Directors of the company for a term of office expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2029. The second item of business is the ratification of the audit committee's appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the year ending December 31st, 2026. We have representatives from Deloitte on the line available for the Q&A session.
The third item of business is an advisory vote on executive compensation. That is the final proposal for today's meeting. If you wish to vote and you haven't already, please vote now by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. You do not need to vote electronically if you have already sent in your signed proxy or if you have voted by telephone or internet. We will pause before closing the voting polls. At this time, the polls are now closed for voting. We have received the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election to be kept with the company's records of the annual meeting. I will turn it over to Mr. Byrd to review the preliminary report.
Based on the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election, Proposal 1, Shelley Broader, Michael Kirban, and Kenneth Sadowsky have been elected as Directors. Proposal 2, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified. Proposal 3, the advisory vote on executive compensation, has been approved.
Thank you, Mr. Byrd. The final tally of the votes will be published within four business days in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This meeting is now adjourned. At this time, we will turn to questions and answers. We have allotted up to 15 minutes for this portion of the meeting. I'd like to note that management's responses to questions may include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors sections of the Company's Form 10-K, 10-Qs, and other reports on file with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today, and we undertake no obligation to update them.
Please note that we will only be answering questions that are within the parameters of the rules of conduct, and only stockholders who have logged into the meeting using their 16-digit control number are able to submit a question through the question area of the web portal. Now I will turn the line back over to Mike to proceed with the questions and answers.
Thank you, Alison. The management team and I are now available to answer any questions. Are there any questions that have been submitted?
No, there are no questions. Please proceed with your closing remarks.
With that, ladies and gentlemen, this concludes our annual meeting and Q&A. I want to thank you for attending and for your interest in the business of The Vita Coco Company.
This concludes today's meeting. You may now disconnect.