Good afternoon, everybody. I am Marc Benioff. I am the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Salesforce, and it's my pleasure on behalf of our board to extend you a warm welcome and express our appreciation for attending today. We want to also welcome our stockholders who are listening to us on the webcast. I'll be acting as chairman of this meeting. Burke Norton, there he is. He also has a sign in front of his name there. He's our Chief Legal Officer of the company, and he's going to act as secretary. I'm pleased to introduce you to our directors who are sitting here in the front row. They include Craig Conway, Alan Hassenfeld, Craig Ramsay, Sandy Robertson, Stratton Sclavos, Larry Tomlinson, Maynard Webb, and also Shirley Young. There are also several other company officers and employees in the audience.
If you're a company officer or employee, can you stand up and be recognized? Okay, thank you. Also present is Craig Smith of Ernst & Young, right there, our independent registered public accounting firm, and Aaron Alter, our outside counselor. Burke is now going to present the affidavit of the meeting and the notice of meeting.
Great. Thank you, Marc. At the outset, let me say that this meeting will be conducted in accordance with the agenda and the rules of procedure. Copies of these documents have been distributed to you. If you don't have a copy, please raise your hand now and a copy will be provided. Great. We have appointed Lisa Brenton, a representative of our transfer agent Computershare, to act as Inspector of Elections. Ms. Brenton has previously taken her oath as Inspector of Elections, and her oath will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Almost all of our stockholders have already voted. If you have any completed ballots or proxies to be counted, please raise your hand now so Ms. Brenton can pick them up. Thank you. All votes will be counted as directed by each stockholder, as more fully described in the proxy statement.
If you have already voted, you do not need to take any further action at this time. If you did not turn in a proxy or wish to vote in person or revoke a prior-dated proxy, please raise your hand now, and a ballot will be brought to you. The board of directors set May 6, 2013, as the date of record for this stockholders meeting. As of the close of business on May 6, 2013, there were 589,934,820 shares of common stock of the company outstanding and no shares of preferred stock of the company outstanding. Each stockholder of record is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held by such stockholder. We have at this meeting a list of record stockholders as of that record date, and this list has been previously available at the company's headquarters for inspection by stockholders.
I have with me the affidavit of mailing of our transfer agent, which states that the notice of meeting and accompanying proxy materials and annual report were mailed on or about May 8, 2013, to stockholders of record as of the record date. I have been advised by the Inspector of Elections that a majority of the company's issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented in person or by proxy at today's meeting, and therefore, a quorum is present, and the business of this meeting can be conducted.
Well, thank you, Burke. The report of the secretary on the existence of a quorum is accepted, and I direct the affidavit of mailing be made part of the minutes of the meeting, and on the basis of the secretary's report, I found that proper notice has been given and that a quorum is present. Accordingly, this meeting has been properly convened, and we may now proceed to transact the business for which this meeting has been called. Burke, were there any stockholder nominations or proposals for business for this meeting properly filed with the corporate secretary that were not included in the company's proxy statement?
No, there were not. Since no stockholder nominations or additional proposals were properly filed with the corporate secretary in advance of this meeting, the business of this meeting is limited to the five matters set forth in the company's proxy statement for this meeting. The first item of business today is the election of directors. Three Class III directors are to be elected at today's meeting. The votes cast for each of the three nominees' election must exceed the votes cast against such nominees' election in order to be elected as directors. The directors elected today, each will serve either a one-year term or a three-year term, depending on the outcome of the board declassification proposal. As set forth in the company's proxy statement, the board of directors has nominated Stratton Sclavos, Larry Tomlinson, and Shirley Young.
The second matter submitted to stockholders for action is the approval of the amendment and restatement of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the company to eliminate the classified board structure and provide for the annual election of directors. The affirmative vote of at least 66.66% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the company entitled to vote at this meeting is required for the approval of this proposal. The board has recommended a vote in favor of this proposal. The third matter submitted to stockholders for action is the approval of the company's 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at this meeting is required for the approval of the company's 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.
The board has recommended a vote in favor of this proposal. The fourth matter being submitted to stockholders for action is the ratification of the appointment by the board of directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31st, 2014. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at this meeting is required for such ratification. The board has recommended a vote in favor of this proposal. The fifth and final matter being submitted to stockholders for action is the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers for the 2013 fiscal year. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at this meeting is required for the approval of this proposal.
The board of directors and our compensation committee value the opinion of our stockholders. We will consider our stockholders' vote on executive officer compensation. Are there any questions with respect to any of the five proposals? No further business is scheduled to come before the stockholders. I declare the polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting open at 2:14 P.M. today, June 6th, 2013, and direct that a vote of the stockholders be taken on the matters previously discussed. If you have previously voted, you do not need to take any further action at this time. If you did not turn in a ballot or a proxy or wish to vote in person or revoke a prior dated ballot or proxy, please vote at this time using the ballots previously distributed to you.
Once you have voted, please raise your hand and your ballots will be collected. We now have all the ballots and proxies. I hereby declare the polls for each matter voted upon at this meeting closed at 2:15 P.M. today, June 6th, 2013, and direct the inspector of elections to collect and tabulate the ballots. Thank you. All ballots have now been tabulated.
Okay. Will the secretary please report the results of the voting?
I've been advised by the inspector of elections that Stratton Sclavos, Larry Tomlinson, and Shirley Young have each received more votes cast for his or her election than votes cast against his or her election. I've been further advised that at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the company have voted in favor of the amendment and restatement of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to eliminate the classified board structure and provide for the annual election of directors. Accordingly, each of Stratton Sclavos, Larry Tomlinson, and Shirley Young has been elected as a director of the company to serve for a one-year term and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified.
I've been further advised that a majority of the shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy have voted in favor of the company's 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. I have been further advised that a majority of the shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy have voted in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to act as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31st, 2014, and that accordingly, the ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP has been approved. I have been further advised that a majority of the shares present at the meeting in person or by proxy have voted in favor of the compensation of the named executive officers during fiscal 2013 in the advisory vote, and the board will consider this result.
The inspector of elections will furnish to me a written report of the final vote count with respect to the matters voted upon today, which I will include in the minutes of the meeting. We will report the results of this meeting in our reports filed with the SEC, and the results will also be available for inspection at the company's headquarters starting tomorrow.
Okay, as there's no further business to come before this meeting, this meeting is hereby adjourned.
Thank you very much. Any questions or comments? Okay, thank you for coming.
Thank you for attending the meeting.