Good morning. Welcome to the 2026 Annual Stockholders' Meeting of Gladstone Capital Corporation. I'm Catherine Gerkis, Director of Investor Relations and ESG. With me are the following representatives of the company: Erich Hellmold and Michael LiCalsi, Co-General Counsel. Erich will also act as Secretary of this meeting. It is now 11:00 A.M., and the meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the business of the meeting as set forth in the notice of annual meeting and the proxy statement. Will the Secretary please report on the mailing of the notice of the meeting and the stockholders' list?
I have a complete list of the stockholders of record of the company's common stock and preferred stock on December 5th, 2025, the record date for this meeting. I also have an affidavit certifying that on December 19th, 2025, the notice of the annual meeting of stockholders of the company was first mailed to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 5th, 2025.
Thanks, Erich. I'm Mike LiCalsi. Myself and Nicole Schaltenbrand have been appointed inspectors of election, and Broadridge Financial has tabulated the votes, and the inspectors and their staff have been in contact with the reps from Broadridge. For the vote tally, both myself and Nicole have also taken and subscribed to customary oath of office to impartially execute duties as inspectors. We'll file these oaths with the records of the meeting, and the function is to decide upon qualifications of voters to accept votes, and at the end of balloting, to tally the votes. Will the Secretary please report to the existence of a quorum?
Proxies have been received for 60.98% of the 22,593,069 shares of common stock outstanding and 95.33% of the 1,196,487 shares of preferred stock outstanding on the record date. A total of 14,975,788 shares are present in person or by proxy, which constitutes a quorum for the meeting, and we may now carry out the official business of the meeting. If there are any additional proxies to be submitted, please vote your shares through the portal at this time.
Thank you. We will now proceed with the business of this meeting. There are two proposals to be considered. Proposal one: for our preferred stockholders to elect incumbent directors Michela English and Anthony Parker, each to serve an additional term to expire at the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Proposal two: to ratify our audit committee's selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
Thanks, Catherine. The time is now 11:02 A.M. on February 5th, 2026. Polls have been open for voting by computer for some time now, and they're still open. Polls will be closed for voting after we go through these matters one more time. Proposal one: the election of Michela English and Tony Parker, each to serve as a director until the 2029 annual meeting and until his or her successor is elected and duly qualified. Any discussion there? Proposal two is to ratify our audit committee's selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Any discussion there? That was the second and final proposal for today's meeting. The voting is by proxy and written ballot. You do not need to vote through the portal for today's meeting if you have already voted.
Each share of common stock and preferred stock is entitled to one vote for each matter on which they are entitled to vote. The time is now 11:03 A.M. Polls are now closed. And Mr. Secretary, have you finished counting the votes? And if so, can we have the results?
The report of the inspectors of this election covering the proposals presented are as follows: Proposal to elect Michela English and Tony Parker, each as a director of the company to serve a term that will expire at the 2029 annual meeting is carried. The proposal to ratify our audit committee's selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 2026, is carried. A full tally of the votes will be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K within the next four business days.
That is the end of the business on the agenda of the stockholders' meeting. We want to thank all shareholders for joining our annual stockholders' virtual meeting. This meeting is adjourned. 11:04 A.M.
Thank you. This concludes today's presentation. You may.