Welcome to Donaldson Companies twenty twenty Annual Meeting of Stockholders. We now turn the meeting over to Brad Pogals, Donaldson's Director of Investor Relations.
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all for participating in today's virtual meeting. Before we move to the business at hand, there are a few housekeeping items I will address related to the virtual meeting. The first relates to voting. If you have not yet voted and wish to vote or if you wish to revoke a previously submitted proxy, you may do so at any time by clicking the vote here button on your screen.
To vote your shares, you will need the control number provided on your proxy card or notice of Internet availability. The second housekeeping item relates to a q and a session. We have reserved time at the end of the meeting to address any questions related to today's agenda. By logging in with your control number, you will be able to submit a question online. Should you have a general business question about Donaldson, please contact our Investor Relations department at investor.
Relationsdonaldson dot com. I will now turn the meeting over to Todd Carpenter, Donaldson's Chairman, President and CEO. Todd?
Thank you, Brad. Good afternoon, and welcome to Donaldson's twenty twenty Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On behalf of our directors, officers and employees, we want to thank all of you, our valued stockholders for participating in today's meeting. We are also joined today by our Board of Directors, so I'd like to take a moment to recognize each of them. On our Board, we have Andy Sessary, Chairman, President and CEO of U.
S. Bancorp Pilar Cruz, President of Cargill's Agua Nutrition business Mike Hoffman, retired Chairman and CEO of Toro Company Doug Milroy, former Chairman and CEO of G and K Services Will Overton, Chairman of Fastenal and our Lead Independent Director Jim Owens, President and CEO of H. B. Fuller Ajita Rajendra, retired Chairman retired Executive Chairman of A. O.
Smith Trudy Routio, retired President and CEO of Carlson and John Wehoff, retired Executive Chairman of C. H. Robinson. I want to thank all of our directors for their participation today. At this time, I call the formal business of Donaldson's twenty twenty Annual Stockholders Meeting to order.
This will be covered by Amy Becker, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Amy?
Thank you, Todd. Today's meeting is held pursuant to the printed notice first mailed on October 6 to each stockholder of record on September 21 that is entitled to vote. All documents concerning the call and notice of the meeting will be filed with the records of today's meeting. In attendance at today's meeting are Chris Mueller from PricewaterhouseCoopers, our independent registered public accounting firm, and Christine Sundberg, our independent inspector of elections. Christine has subscribed her oath of office and has submitted her report as follows.
The count of shares present immediately prior to the commencement of today's meeting indicated that 114,656,020 shares of Donaldson's voting capital stock were present in person or by proxy. This count represents approximately 91% of the outstanding voting stock of the company, which constitutes a quorum. There are three items of business to cover today, all of which were presented in the proxy statement. First is the election of our directors. This year's nominees are Todd Carpenter, Pilar Cruz, and Ajita Rajendra.
Please note that no stockholders submitted additional director nominations in connection with this year's meeting. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for the election of each director nominee. The next item of business is an annual advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers, also referred to as say on pay. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for the compensation of our named executive officers described in the proxy statement. The final item of business is ratifying the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 07/31/2021.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote for the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers. We will now move to the voting of the shares. As Brad mentioned earlier, you can use the Vote Here button to submit your vote for the items I just covered. I will pause momentarily to allow our stockholders the opportunity to vote. Thank you for voting your shares.
The polls are now officially closed. The Inspector of Elections has filed certifications of the preliminary results of the tabulation represented by valid proxies on file and tabulated today. The final results of the meeting will be reported in a Form eight ks filed within the next four business days. I am pleased to report that the director nominees, Todd Carpenter, Pilar Cruz, and Ajita Rajendra, have been approved by the majority of the votes cast. Additionally, a majority of votes cast approved our say on paid practices and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Todd, that concludes my remarks.
Thank you, Amy. This concludes the formal business of our twenty twenty Annual Stockholders Meeting. The formal meeting is now adjourned and there have been no questions submitted related to the formal business of today's meeting. Before closing the meeting, I want to thank our stockholders for their continued support of our company. I also want to thank my fellow board members for their support and leadership.
Finally, I want to recognize our Donaldson Global team. They consistently perform at a high level and the level of resilience and commitment to our employees and what they have demonstrated during the pandemic has been truly impressive. To my colleagues around the world, thank you for all you have done and the efforts you continue to put forth. Through your efforts, I am confident that we can deliver on our stated purpose of advancing filtration for a cleaner world. This concludes our twenty twenty Annual Stockholders Meeting.
Goodbye. The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.