Good morning. Welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders for Glaukos Corporation. Please note that this event is being webcast. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Tom Burns, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Glaukos Corporation. Mr. Burns, please go ahead.
Good morning, everyone. I am Tom Burns, Chairman and CEO of Glaukos Corporation. Thank you for joining our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. I will act as chair for the meeting. I now call the meeting to order. We are hosting this annual meeting virtually as we believe that this format allows for increased stockholder access and participation. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Diana Scherer, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Glaukos Corporation, for some brief procedural announcements.
Good morning and welcome, everyone. The agenda and rules of conduct for today's meeting are available for your viewing on the portal. Stockholders who would like to ask a question during the meeting may do so by typing the question on the portal. We will respond to appropriate questions about the proposals being voted on today after all of the proposals are presented. We will also hold a brief question and answer session at the end of the meeting if our stockholders have any business-related questions. Only stockholders are permitted to ask questions. Please note that this meeting is being recorded, and for that reason, no one attending this meeting, either online or by phone, is permitted to use any recording device.
Okay, thank you. At this time, I'd like to introduce the members of Glaukos' board of directors who are present or otherwise participating on the call today. In addition to myself, they are Mark Foley, who is our Lead Independent Director, David Hoffmeister, Dr. Gilbert Kliman, Marc Stapley, Denice Torres, Aimee Weisner, and Dr. Leana Wen. I also would like to introduce the company's officers who are present on the call today. Joe Gilliam, our President and Chief Operating Officer, Alex Thurman, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Robert Davis, our Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Also in attendance at today's meeting is Kim Lensch, partner at Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm. She will be available during the question and answer section to respond to appropriate questions.
I would also like to introduce Lou Larson, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, who has been appointed as the Inspector of Elections and will tabulate the voting results for today's meeting. Ms. Scherer is serving as Secretary for the annual meeting. Ms. Scherer, would you please report on the mailing of the notice for annual meeting, the number of shares represented at the meeting, and whether a quorum is present?
I hereby present an affidavit of Broadridge Financial Solutions attesting that notice of today's annual meeting was made available to all stockholders of record of Glaukos Corporation commencing on April 16th, 2026. The affidavit will be included with the minutes of the meeting. On the record date of April 2nd, 2026, there were 58,527,220 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting. The Inspector of Elections has advised that stockholders holding at least 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote are present at this meeting in person or represented by proxy. A quorum is therefore present and business is authorized to be transacted at this meeting.
Okay, thank you. I will now proceed with the formal business of the meeting. There are three items of business to be considered and voted on by stockholders. The first item of business is the election of two Class II directors to serve a term that expires at the company's 2029 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The Board of Directors' nominees are Aimee Weisner and Denice Torres. No other nominations were received in accordance with the advance notice provisions of the Glaukos bylaws, all nominations are now closed. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for all of the director nominees. The second item of business is a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers. We're asking stockholders to vote on the following resolution.
Resolved: That the company's stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the company's named executive officers set forth under the heading Executive Compensation, including the compensation discussion and analysis, the summary compensation table, and the related compensation table and narratives disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Board of Directors recommends a vote for the approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of the company's named executive officers. The third item of business is the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young. That concludes the introduction of all matters requiring a stockholder vote today. Are there any questions on any of the proposals?
Polls are now open for voting on the proposals. The voting today is by proxy and electronic ballot. If you have already submitted a proxy by phone, mail, or electronically, and you do not wish to change your vote, you don't need to do anything at this time. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking the Vote Here button on the poll and following the instructions. If you have not yet submitted a proxy or electronic ballot, you must submit your electronic ballot now in order for your vote to be counted by the Inspector of Elections. We will leave the polls open for a short time to allow anyone to cast their ballots. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls closed. Mr. Larson, the Inspector of Elections, will now report on the preliminary voting results.
With respect to Proposal 1, Aimee Weisner and Denice Torres each received a plurality of the votes cast on the proposal at today's annual meeting, representing in excess of 95% of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal. With respect to Proposal 2, stockholders holding in excess of 91% of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal at today's annual meeting voted for the approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of the company's named executive officers.
With respect to Proposal 3, stockholders holding in excess of 99% of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal at today's annual meeting voted for ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026.
Thank you, Mr. Larson. Based on the results tabulated by the Inspector of Elections, the vote shows stockholders have elected each of Ms. Weisner and Ms. Torres as Class II directors for a term expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. Approved on an advisory basis the compensation of Glaukos' named executive officers. Finally, three, ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Glaukos' independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026. Final results of today's vote will be reported in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within the next four business days. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our planned agenda. There is no other formal business before the meeting today, and I now declare the meeting adjourned.
We would now welcome questions and answers from our stockholders about other matters relating to our business. This question and answer session will last no longer than 15 minutes. There appears to be no questions at this time, so the question and answer period is now concluded. Thank you for joining us today.
The conference is now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.