Good day everyone, and welcome to the Deluxe Corporation Annual Meeting. Now, I'll turn the call over to your host, Jeff Cotter, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Deluxe Corporation 2026 Annual Shareholder Meeting. I'm Jeff Cotter, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Deluxe, and it is my pleasure to welcome you today to this meeting. I thank each of you who have joined us via the web portal and the 800 number that we have provided. We will conduct this meeting in accordance with the rules of conduct posted on the virtual meeting login page. We will conduct the business portion of our meeting first and answer questions at the end of the meeting. Though we may not be able to answer every question, we will do our best to provide a response to as many as possible. Please note that only validated shareholders may ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question.
Please also note that this meeting is being recorded. However, no one attending via the webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device. I will now officially call this meeting to order. I would like to acknowledge all of our board members, each of whom is participating as well. I would also like to recognize Ryan Loepp, lead audit engagement partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers, our independent accounting firm. Ryan will be available to answer questions during the question and answer period following the business portion of the meeting. Brian Anderson, Deluxe's Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, is also on the call and will likewise be available to answer questions. The board of directors has appointed Broadridge Financial Solutions to serve as inspector of election for this meeting. Cheryl Nibling, representing Broadridge, is also participating today. Now, let's proceed to the business portion of the meeting.
Notice of the annual meeting, along with instructions for accessing and receiving copies of our proxy statement and annual report, was mailed to shareholders beginning on 9th March 2026. I have received an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge as inspector of elections, which will be filed with the records of this meeting. The inspector has also reported that sufficient shares are represented in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum, and we may proceed with the meeting. Today, we have four matters of business on our agenda. They were presented in detail in the proxy statement provided to shareholders. The first proposal is to elect nine directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders. The second item of business is to cast a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.
The third item of business is to approve amendment number three to the Deluxe Corporation Stock Incentive Plan. The fourth item of business is to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Deluxe's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending 31st December 2026. The polls are now open for voting. Any shareholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Shareholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or Internet who do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. I'll take a short pause for voting. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls closed.
Based on the preliminary report of the inspector of election, I am pleased to report that all the proposals have passed. As required by SEC rules, the definitive vote tabulations will be reported in a filing to be made with the SEC within four business days of this meeting and will be entered in the records of this meeting. I now adjourn the business portion of our meeting. We will now open the meeting for any questions. Please note we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that are germane to the meeting will be addressed. I see no questions on the portal, so I want to thank everyone again for attending this year's annual meeting of shareholders. We are pleased you participated virtually with us today and for being active participants in Deluxe's journey. With that, I now adjourn the meeting.
That concludes our meeting today. You may now disconnect.