Good morning, and welcome to the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of EastGroup Properties. Today's meeting is being conducted only in virtual format. My name is Donald F. Colleran. I am Chairman of the Board of EastGroup Properties, Inc. First, I wanna welcome and express our thanks to the board and management for your attendance at today's virtual meeting of our shareholders. Next, I would like to introduce the other EastGroup directors and officers who are with me today. From the director team, D. Pike Aloian, H. Eric Bolton Jr., David M. Fields, Mary E. McCormick, Katherine M. Sandstrom.
From our great officer team, we have Marshall Loeb, President and Chief Executive Officer, and member of the Board of Directors; Brent W. Wood, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer; John F. Coleman, Executive Vice President; Staci H. Tyler, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Secretary; Ryan M. Collins, Senior Vice President; and R. Reid Dunbar, Senior Vice President. I would also like to introduce Mr. Eric Kelemen, Mr. Dan Kucera, and Ms. Virginia Gamble of the accounting firm KPMG LLP. I hereby officially call the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of EastGroup Properties to order. Ms. Wendy Joyner has been appointed as Inspector of Election and executed her oath of office. I direct that oath of the Inspector of the Election to be filed with the minutes of today's meeting.
The Secretary has informed me that there are present by virtual presence or proxy at this virtual meeting, the holders of record at the close of business, March 22, 2024, at least the majority of the shares of common stock of the company entitled to vote. A quorum is declared present at the meeting for all purposes. The meeting is declared lawfully and properly convened, and now competent to proceed to the transaction of the business, which has been called and stated in the notice of this meeting. There are 3 proposals to be acted on at this meeting, which are set forth in the company's Proxy Statement, delivered to shareholders in connection with this meeting.
These proposals relate to, 1, the election of 7 directors named in the proxy statement. 2, the ratification of KPMG as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. And 3, the approval by a non-binding advisory vote of the compensation of the company's named executive officers. Before opening up the floor for questions, I would like to remind shareholders that questions should be limited to those relating to the proposals to be voted on at today's meeting. At this time, I would like to open the floor for questions relating to these proposals. Shareholders who have logged in using their control number may submit a question through the virtual meeting platform. I will now pause to allow any shareholders with questions relating to the proposals to submit them.
As there are no questions relating to the proposals at this time, I now declare the polls open for a vote from the shareholders on three proposals to be acted on at this meeting. As a reminder, if you have previously submitted a proxy or submitted a vote and do not want to change your vote, you do not need to take any further action. For those shareholders who have logged in using their control number, and who wish to vote, you may vote now by clicking on the Vote Here button on your screen. The record will reflect that all shares for which proxies were returned to the company were voted in accordance with the instructions received. I will now pause again to allow shareholders who wish to vote to do so. The voting polls are now closed.
Complete results of today's meeting will be made available by the filing of a current report on Form 8-K on the SEC EDGAR system within four business days of the date of this meeting. There being no further business to come before this meeting, I hereby declare the meeting adjourned. Thank you all for your time, interest, and investment in EastGroup Properties, and have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Thank you.