Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. In accordance with the notice of this meeting, I'd like to call to order the 2013 Annual Stockholders' Meeting. I'm Ed Stack, Chairman and CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, and I'm also Chairman of today's meeting. On behalf of the Board of Directors and management, I welcome you to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and thank you for your attendance here today. Present are representatives from Deloitte and Touche LLP, the company's independent auditors, if questions arise during the discussion period that these advisers should appropriately address, they will be glad to do so.
At this time, if you've not already done so, would all stockholders please turn in their proxy cards to David Musset, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the company. If any stockholder or representative of a stockholder was present would like a copy of the notice of the meeting and proxy statement, David will provide 1. David Musay will act as secretary of this meeting. He will now report on the mailing of the notice of this meeting in the presence of a quorum.
Mr. Chairman, this meeting is held pursuant to printed notice mailed on or about April 19, 2013, to all holders of record of company common stock and Class B common stock respectively as of April 9, 2013. Also the stock records of the company as of April 9, 2013 has been available for at least 10 days prior to this meeting in accordance with Delaware law and are available for inspection at this meeting.
The Board of Directors has appointed Anne Marie Magellan as the Inspector of Elections for today's meeting. She will determine the presence of a quorum, the validity of the proxies and the results of the voting. During the meeting, we'll be calculating the votes. After the meeting, the Inspector will deliver for filing with the minutes of this meeting a written and certified report of all proxy and vote tallies. The Chairman is ready to receive the Inspector's report on the presence of a quorum.
Mr. Chairman, at the close of business on April 9, 2013, the record date, there were 100,089,398 shares of common stock of the company, each with 1 vote per share issued and outstanding and 24,900,870 shares of Class B common stock of the company, each with 10 votes per share issued and outstanding, which collectively represent an aggregate of 349,000,098,098 votes. The presence of the meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of record of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cashed at the meeting constitutes a quorum. Holders of record have issued and outstanding shares of capital stock representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cashed at the meeting are present at this meeting either in person or by proxy. Therefore, a quorum is present.
I hereby declare a quorum present at the meeting. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the company, I would like to express my appreciation to all stockholders who return their proxies. I would now ask Anne Marie to present the 3 items for consideration by vote.
We will consider 3 items at this meeting. 1st, the election of 2 Class B directors to serve for 3 year terms until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2016 and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. As set forth in the proxy statement made available to all stockholders of record as of April 9, 2013, the nominees for the Class B Directorship who have agreed to stand for election as recommended to the Board by our governance and nominating committee and as recommended by the Board of Directors to be voted upon by the holders of record of the common stock and Class B common stock are Emmanuel Tirico and Allen Weiss. 2nd is the ratification of the Layton Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013. Deloitte and Touche LLP has served as our independent accountant since the audit for the 11 month period ended January 30, 1999.
For 2012, Deloitte and Touche rendered professional services in connection with the audit of our financial statements and provided tax services. Our audit committee has selected Deloitte and Touche as such for 2013. 3rd is the non binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the company's most recent proxy statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables and narrative disclosure. We hereby submit for approval by the stockholders the election of Emmanuel Chirico and Alan R. Weiss as Class B Directors, each to serve for a 3 year term and until their successors shall be elected and qualified.
The ratification of the Lut and Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013 and approval on a non binding advisory basis of the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the company's most recent proxy statement. The company's Board of Directors has recommended a vote for the election of Emmanuel Tirico and Alan R. Weiss as Class B Directors for ratification of Teruard and Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and for approval on a non binding advisory basis of the compensation of named executive officers. Are there any questions or discussions? If any stockholder requires a ballot to vote on these matters, please raise your hand and I will furnish you with a ballot.
If you vote by ballot, please return your ballot to me promptly.
It appears that everyone has voted. Their party declared that the polls for voting are now closed. I now ask the Inspector to report the results of the voting.
Mr. Chairman, I have completed the titillation of votes by the stockholders of the 3 proposals brought forward for consideration. Each of the persons nominated by the Board of Directors for election have been elected as members of our Board of Directors for a 3 year term and until their successors are elected and shall have been qualified. Deloitte and Touche LLP has been ratified as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013, and the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the company's most recent proxy statement has been approved on an advisory basis. My written report to you will contain the vote tellies for each item.
Thank you. I hereby declare that Emmanuel Chirico, Alan Weiss have been newly elected as directors of the company to serve for a term of 3 years until their successors are elected and shall qualify, that Deloitte and Touche LLP has been ratified as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2013 and that the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the current proxy statement has been approved on an advisory basis. If there is no further business to come before a meeting, a motion is in order to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Chairman, I move to the meeting, sir.
I second the motion.
All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? The motion is carried and the business of this meeting is adjourned. We'll now forward stockholders the opportunity to ask questions or to make comments.
I would request, however, that you please address your questions to me stating your name and confirming the fact that you are a stockholder or a representative of a stockholder. Are there any questions or discussion? I'd like to thank everyone for attending today's meeting and for the interest you've shown in the service of your company. This concludes our meeting for today. Thank you.