Good morning. Welcome to the 2026 Annual Shareholders Meeting of Energizer Holdings. I am Mark Lavigne, Chief Executive Officer of Energizer, and it is my pleasure to call the meeting to order. We are excited to be once again hosting our annual shareholders meeting virtually, since it allows us to be more inclusive and reach a greater number of our shareholders. Present at the meeting are the members of the Board of Directors and members of our leadership team, including Kate Dugan, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, who will act as Secretary of the meeting. We also have with us Phil Kaster, partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers, our independent auditor. Now, I would like to ask Kate to present the agenda and procedures for our meeting and to conduct the formal business.
Thank you, Mark. As of the record date, there were 68,570,616 shares of common stock outstanding. Each share is entitled to one vote. This meeting is being held pursuant to notice provided on December 12, 2025, to Energizer's shareholders of record as of November 25, 2025. Proof of such notice will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Karen Benson and Megan Murphy are serving as Inspectors of Election at this meeting. Both Karen and Megan have taken the oath of Inspector of Election. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for general questions. 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 note that this meeting is being recorded.
However, no one attending via the webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device. The Board of Directors has solicited proxies from our shareholders. Proxies representing a majority of the shares of the company's outstanding stock that are eligible to vote have been received. Thus, we have a quorum present, and the meeting is duly constituted and will proceed, and the polls are now open. If you are a registered shareholder or beneficial shareholder holding a legal proxy from your bank or broker, and you want to vote your shares now or change your vote, you may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Completing a ballot online will revoke any earlier proxy you delivered.
Shareholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. The items of business, as set forth in the proxy statement are, first, the election of 10 director nominees to serve a 1-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Shareholders Meeting. Second, the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026. And third, an advisory non-binding vote to approve executive compensation. The Board of Directors has nominated Cynthia Brinkley, Rebecca Frankiewicz, Kevin Hunt, James Johnson, Mark Lavigne, Patrick Moore, Donal Mulligan, Nneka Rimmer, Delaney Steele, and Robert Vitale to serve as directors for a 1-year term ending on the date of the 2027 Annual Shareholders Meeting.
Recommended that the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026 be ratified and recommended that the advisory non-binding vote on executive compensation be approved. At this point, we will pause briefly for shareholders to finish voting. I now declare the polls for the 2026 Energizer Holdings Annual Shareholders Meeting closed. The preliminary results of the vote will be announced shortly.
While the votes are being tabulated, we would like to remind everyone that we will be releasing fiscal 2026 first quarter results on February 5. We will be holding a conference call to discuss those results on February 5 at 9:00 A.M. Central Time. I will now ask Kate Dugan to report on the voting. Kate?
We have been informed by the Inspectors of Election that all director nominees were elected and the two other proposals passed. We'll report the full results in a Form 8-K that will be filed with the SEC within four business days. I will now turn the meeting back to Mark.
As all required business has been completed, I hereby adjourn the formal portion of the Annual Shareholders Meeting. Now, we would like to open things up for shareholder questions entered today via the web portal. Kate will be facilitating any questions. Only questions that are germane to the meeting will be addressed. Though we may not be able to answer every question, we will attempt to address any unanswered questions via email shortly after the meeting.
Seeing that no questions have been submitted, we will adjourn the question and answer portion of the meeting.
Thank you for your attention and interest in Energizer. Everyone have a nice rest of the day.
This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.