Good afternoon, and welcome to Expedia Group's 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Today's meeting is being recorded. I now would like to turn the proceedings over to Mr. Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive Officer of Expedia Group. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you very much. Good morning to everyone. We've allotted time after the meeting for any questions that are submitted by the stockholders, but first, I will turn the proceedings over to our General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer.
Thank you, Barry. Good morning, everyone. I would like to officially call this meeting to order and introduce a few additional people. From Expedia Group, we have Ariane Gorin, our CEO, and Julie Whalen, our CFO, and from Broadridge, we have Mr. Carideo, who has been appointed Inspector of Election and taken the oath of office as Inspector. A representative from Ernst & Young, our independent registered public accounting firm, is also available to respond to appropriate questions. Expedia Group's Board of Directors previously fixed April 26th, 2024 , as the record date, determining which stockholders were entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting. The stockholder list, as of the record date, has been open for examination at the company's headquarters for any purpose relevant to this meeting during ordinary business hours for the past 10 days.
The record will show that we have received from Broadridge an affidavit of mailing, certifying that notice of this meeting has been properly given and that stockholders of record as of April 26th, 2024, were sent a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Material, which Broadridge commenced distributing to stockholders on April 29th, 2024. Additionally, we received a report from the Inspector of Elections, certifying that a sufficient number of shares of Expedia Group's outstanding capital stock and of its outstanding voting power are represented at this meeting so as 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. 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 until the polls close. This year, there are three items on the agenda. The first item is a proposal to elect 13 directors. Nine of the director nominees will be voted upon collectively by the holders of Expedia Group's common stock and the holders of its Class B common stock. The nine director nominees are Beverly Anderson, Chelsea Clinton, Barry Diller, Ariane Gorin, Craig Jacobson, Peter Kern, Dara Khosrowshahi, Alexander von Furstenberg, and Julie Whalen. The remaining four director nominees will be voted upon only by the holders of Expedia Group's common stock. Those four director nominees are Moina Banerjee, Enrique Dubugras, Patricia Menendez-Cambo, and Alexander Wang.
For each director nominee, 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, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Expedia Group's named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2024 proxy statement. Item two will be voted upon collectively by the holders of all Expedia Group voting securities, voting together as a single class, and approval requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote. Item three is a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young as Expedia Group's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.
Item three will be voted upon collectively by the holders of all Expedia Group voting securities, voting together as a single class, and approval requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote. The proposals for this meeting have been presented. I now declare the polls closed. Before the meeting, the Inspector of Election informed me of the voting results based on proxies already received and tabulated. Based on those preliminary voting results and pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law and Expedia Group Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, I will now announce the preliminary results. All 13 director nominees have been elected. Stockholders have approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Expedia Group's named executive officers, and stockholders have ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young for fiscal year 2024.
We will report the final voting results on a Form 8-K, which will be filed with the SEC within four business days. With no other business to conduct in this meeting, I declare the meeting adjourned. Thank you.