Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Tessa Cantonwine, Assistant Secretary of F&G Annuities & Life, Inc., and I want to welcome you to our annual shareholders' meeting. Joining me remotely are our Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Blunt, our President and Chief Financial Officer, Conor Murphy, and our Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Michael Gravelle. Heidi Demeris and Monica Steckel of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered accounting firm, have also joined us and are available to respond to questions. If any shareholder wishes to ask a question regarding the matters presented, please type your question in the question box on the meeting page. Questions must be relevant to the specific business being conducted at this meeting or directed towards matters of corporate governance in order to be considered for discussion.
We will address appropriate questions at the question and answer session at the end of the meeting. If we are unable to get to all questions or if you have a question that is not relevant to the business of the meeting, you may still ask your question through our investor relations site at investors.fglife.com. We have a few items to cover today, including the three proposals that are described in the proxy statement. Our first order of business today is a report from our Inspector of Elections, Michael Barbera, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions. Mr. Barbera is responsible for certifying and counting all shareholder votes. Mr. Barbera, please report on the number of shares represented at this meeting.
Ms. Cantonwine, I wish to report that out of a total of 132,889,653 shares of common stock issued, outstanding, and entitled to vote at this meeting, 128,147,851 shares, or 96.43%, are represented in person or by proxy.
The number of shares represented at today's meeting exceeds the number required for a quorum. I declare this meeting properly convened for the purpose of transacting business as set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated April 30th, 2026. This meeting is called to order. I will now move forward to the formal business of the meeting. The board affixed April 27th, 2026 as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting. The purposes of the meeting are stated in a notice of annual meeting and related proxy statement mailed to shareholders on April 30th, 2026. The polls are now officially open for voting on the proposals set forth in the proxy statement. The polls will remain open until all proposals have been presented. At that time, I will declare the polls closed.
Before the close of this meeting, the Inspector of Elections will complete and report on the vote count. If there is any shareholder who has not yet voted and wishes to do so, please submit your vote by following the instructions on the meeting website. The first item of business is to elect three Class I directors to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The board of directors has nominated Jay Douglas Martinez, Michael J. Nolan, and John D. Rood as Class I directors. Information about each of the nominees can be found in the proxy statement. The company has not received notice of any other nomination by a shareholder as required in its bylaws. I declare the nominations for directors closed.
The second item of business is a proposal to approve a non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation paid to our named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement. The third item of business is a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. Information about each of the proposals is contained in the proxy statement. The board of directors recommends that shareholders vote in favor of proposals one, two, and three. The polls for this meeting are now closed. I will now call on the Inspector of Elections report on the voting results. Mr. Barbera?
The voting results are as follows. Each of the three nominees for director has received a majority of the votes cast for the election of directors. The majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal to approve on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation paid to the company's named executive officers were cast in favor of the proposal. The majority of shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year were cast in favor of the proposal.
Thank you, Mr. Barbera. Jay Douglas Martinez, Michael J. Nolan, and John D. Rood have been elected as Class I directors, each to serve a three-year term until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successor has been elected and qualified. Proposals two and three have been approved by the shareholders of the company. The final vote counts will be disclosed in a current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days. We will furnish a copy of this report to any shareholder who requests it when it becomes available. There being no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Mr. Gravelle, are there any questions that are relevant to the business of the meeting?
There's no questions that are relevant.
There being no questions, our session has concluded. Thank you for attending F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.'s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and have a wonderful day.
This now concludes today's meeting. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful rest of your day.