Good morning, and welcome to Expedia Group Inc. 2019 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Today's meeting is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the proceedings over to Mr. Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group.
Please go ahead, sir.
Well, thank you very much. There's time, the time at the end of this formal process to answer any questions that you might have. But right now, I'm going to turn it over to our Chief Legal Officer, Bob Cheliax.
Good morning, everyone. I would like to officially call this meeting to order. Before we move to the business before us today, I would like to introduce a few additional individuals. First, we have Mr. Duscovich from Broadridge, who is the Inspector of Elections.
We also have Michael Seno, who is Vice President of Investor Relations for Expedia Group. And finally, we have Tim Tasker from Ernst and Young, Expedia Group's independent auditors. Expedia Group's stockholders who may vote on the matters presented at this meeting are stockholders of record at the close of business on October 7, 2019. Stockholders of the company have been voting since we mailed the company's notice of meeting, proxy statement and proxy card on or about October 29, 2019. If you have already cast your votes, then your votes have been tallied and you need not vote again today.
If you are entitled to vote and wish to revoke a previously submitted proxy or cast your vote during the meeting, you may do so online now until the polls are closed. The record will show that we have received a report from Mr. Duscovich certifying that sufficient shares of the company's outstanding capital stock and of the outstanding voting power are represented at this meeting to constitute a quorum for the items of business to be voted on. A quorum is accordingly present, and we may proceed with the transaction of business stated in the notice of meeting. This year, there are 3 items on the agenda.
The first item is a proposal to elect 12 directors. 9 of the nominees will be voted upon collectively by the holders of Expedia Group's common stock and Class B common stock. They are Samuel Altman, Susan Appy, Chelsea Clinton, Barry Diller, Victor Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Dara Khosrowshadi, Mark Oferstrom and Alex von Furstenberg. The remaining 3 nominees will be voted upon by the holders of the Expedia Group common stock only. They are Skip Battle, Craig Jacobson and Julie Whalen.
For all nominees, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the total number of votes cast is required for approval. The second item is a proposal to approve the adoption of Expedia Group's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, compromising 2 proposals. Proposal 2A, which is the approval of amendments to limit the ability of Expedia Group to participate in future change of control transaction that provides for different consideration in respective shares of Expedia Group common stock and Class B common stock. And Proposal 2B, which is the approval of amendments to include transfer restrictions and automatic conversion provisions in respect of certain shares of Expedia Group Class B common stock as well as immaterial amendments to remove outdated references to a former affiliate. Approval of each of these proposals requires approval by: 1, holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of Expedia Group Common Stock and Class B Common Stock Outstanding and Entitled to Vote, voting together as a single class and 2, holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of Expedia Group Class B common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
Adoption of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the approval of each of these proposals. However, neither of the proposals is cross conditioned upon the approval of the others. The 3rd item today is a proposal to ratify the employment of Ernst and Young as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2019, which requires approval by holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of Expedia Group Common Stock and Class B Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote, voting together as a single class. The proposals for this meeting have been presented. I now declare the polls closed.
Before the meeting, Mr. Duskevich informed me of the results based on proxies already received and tabulated and based on those preliminary voting results and pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law and the company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the 12 director nominees have been elected. The adoption of the company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation has been approved, and the appointment of Ernst and Young as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019 has been ratified. We will report the final voting results in a Form 8 ks, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 4 business days. With no other business to conduct at this meeting, I declare the meeting adjourned, and we will move to the question and answer portion of the proceedings.
We have opened the portal prior to the meeting for questions. We have not received any, and therefore, we will conclude today's proceedings. Thank you.
The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.