Hello, welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of GrafTech International Ltd. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. During the meeting, we'll have a question and answer session. You can submit questions or comments at any time by clicking on the Q&A tab. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Mr. Henry Keizer, Chair of the Board of Directors of GrafTech International Ltd. Mr. Keizer, the floor is yours.
Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Will the meeting please come to order? As mentioned, my name is Henry Keizer. I am the Chair of the Board of Directors of GrafTech International Ltd. I will act as Chair of this meeting. I would like to welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board of Directors has determined that the Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual format via the Internet. I call your attention to the rules of conduct set forth for this meeting. These were made available to each stockholder in the Documents section on the right side of the screen. If you need a copy of the annual report or the proxy statement, you can also find links to these in the Documents section. Stockholders or stockholder proxies may submit questions online at any time during this meeting.
Please use the space provided on the virtual meeting screen by clicking on the Q&A dialogue icon in the upper right corner of the meeting center screen. During the Annual Meeting, questions should pertain to the proposals being considered at that particular time. Stockholders wishing to ask other questions will be given an opportunity to do so following the meeting. Questions on a similar topic may be addressed with a single answer. After some brief introductions, and a few procedural matters, we will take up the items to be acted upon. All continuing members of our Board of Directors, and those being elected at this meeting, as set forth in the proxy statement, are in attendance at the meeting. I would now like to invite Tim Flanagan, our CEO, to introduce his senior management team.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It's with great pleasure that I would like to introduce our senior management team, all of whom are in attendance at the meeting. Rory O'Donnell, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Jeremy Clemens, Vice President, Operations, Iñigo Perez Ortiz, Senior Vice President, Commercial and CTS, Michael Dillon, Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer, and Andrew Renacci, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.
Thank you, Tim. Also present at this meeting are representatives of the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, represented by Mr. Bill Schneider. Although Mr. Schneider has indicated that he does not wish to make a statement, he is available to respond to appropriate questions during the general question period. We now turn to the formal proceedings of today's meeting, which are governed by Delaware law, and our amended , and restated by-laws. The agenda of this meeting is included in the Notice of Annual Meeting made available to the stockholders with the proxy statement and annual report. The Corporate Secretary has advised me that he is in possession of the affidavit of mailing, which states that the notice of Internet availability of proxy materials was mailed commencing on March 27, 2026 to all stockholders of record on March 9, 2026.
The affidavit will be filed with the meeting minutes. The corporation has appointed Computershare Trust Company to act as Inspector of Election, represented here today by Tammie Marshall. I have received the preliminary certificate of the Inspector to the effect that there are one or more stockholders present in person, or represented by proxy, or by voting instructions entitled to cast in the aggregate at least a majority of the votes attaching to 25,988,349 outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting. Consequently, there is a quorum present in accordance with the amended, and restated by-laws of the corporation, and the meeting is properly constituted for the transaction of the business for which it has been called.
We will now turn to the items on the agenda, which are proposal number one, the election of two members of our board of directors for a three-year term, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Proposal number two, the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. Proposal number three, the approval on an advisory basis of our named executive officer compensation. The Inspector of Election has already received a ballot with respect to the proxy solicited by the Board of Directors. If any stockholder in attendance wishes to vote their shares, you may cast your vote online via the virtual meeting system. We will now vote on these items.
If you have not voted, or wish to change your vote, you may do so now by clicking on the link provided online. Any stockholder who has already voted, and does not want to change their vote need not take any further action. The polls will remain open for about another minute, and then Computershare representative will close the online voting system. The online voting will now be closed. The inspector has advised me that based on the preliminary review of the votes cast, each of the two Director nominees were duly elected, and that each of proposals two and three received a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person, or by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote thereon. The Corporate Secretary will record the exact vote count for all proposals in the minutes.
The final results will be disclosed in a Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before May 13, 2026. Ladies and gentlemen, I now declare the formal portion of the Annual Meeting of stockholders of GrafTech International adjourned. We will proceed now to the question period. I would invite any stockholder, or a stockholder proxy to ask a question. If you wish to ask a question, please submit your question in the space provided on the virtual meeting screen by clicking on the Q&A dialogue icon in the upper right corner of the meeting center screen. Your question must include your name, whether you are a stockholder or a proxy, and comply with the rules of conduct set forth for this meeting. If you are acting as a proxy, please also name the stockholder you represent.
I would ask you to be brief in your questions in order to allow all those who wish to do so to participate. We will allow a maximum of three minutes for addressing each question or comment. Questions should be addressed to me, the CEO, or the CFO. As there are no questions at this point, I want to thank all of our stockholders for their continuing support. This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.
This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.