Hello, and welcome to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of A-Mark Precious Metals Incorporated. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Greg Roberts, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Mr. Roberts, the floor is yours.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. I am Greg Roberts, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. I will be presiding over this meeting. At this time, I call the meeting to order. Today's virtual-only meeting is a live audio broadcast. We hope that this virtual meeting will maximize the participation of stockholders regardless of their location. Thank you very much to those who are participating in our virtual meeting online today. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will provide time for general questions via the designated field on the web portal. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. However, no one attending via the webcast is permitted to use any audio recording device.
Also participating in today's meeting are the following board members: Jeff Benjamin, Ellis Landau, Beverley Lepine, Carol Meltzer, John Moorhead, Jess Ravich, Monique Sanchez, Kendall Saville, Michael Wittmeyer. Thor Gjerdrum, President, and Kathleen Simpson-Taylor, CFO, are also present virtually, along with Brandon Law and Andrew Klint of Grant Thornton. During the question and answer period at the end of the meeting, they will be available to answer any questions you may have. Carol Meltzer will act as secretary and timekeeper of the meeting. The Board of Directors has appointed Jennifer Lippoldt of Computershare to act as Inspector of Elections. She has previously taken her oath as Inspector of Elections. As noted in the notice and proxy statement previously provided to you, the record date for voting at this meeting was close of business on September 21st, 2023.
A list of stockholders on the record date is available for your review. The secretary has delivered an affidavit of mailing to show that notice of this meeting was given. A copy of both the notice and the affidavit will be incorporated into the minutes. The secretary will now report on the existence of a quorum for the meeting. If you need a copy of the annual report or proxy statement, the links are provided on the web portal. Carol?
Mr. Chairman, the stockholder list shows that holders of 23,506,942 shares of common stock of the company are entitled to vote at this meeting. We are informed by Ms. Lippoldt that they are represented in person or by proxy, 18,539,240 shares of common stock, or approximately 78.87% of all shares entitled to vote at this meeting.
Based upon the percentage of the total shares of the company held by holders of record now present at the meeting, in person or by proxy, a quorum is present. This meeting is now duly convened for the purposes of transacting business properly before it. The next order of business is a description of matters properly brought before this meeting. Properly submitted proposals are listed in the proxy materials provided to you. The first item of business today is the election of officers, election of directors. 10 directors are to be elected today. Those 10 nominees receiving the highest number of votes of shares present in person or by proxy at this meeting, will be elected as directors to hold office for a term of one year and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The nominees are listed in your proxy material.
The Board of Directors of the company recommends the election of all such nominees. All nominations are now closed. We will now move to Proposals 2 and 3, which are: Proposal 2, advisory vote on executive compensation. Proposal 3, ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024. Because no further business is on the agenda to come before this meeting, we will move on to voting on. If you have not voted or wish to change your vote, you may do so by clicking on the link provided on the web portal. Any stockholder who has already voted and does not want to change their vote needs not take any further action. Online voting is now closed.
Based on the preliminary review of the votes cast, the inspector has informed me that all nominees for the Board of Directors have been elected. The fiscal year 2023 compensation of named executive officers has been approved on an advisory basis, and the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 has been ratified. We will report, we will be reporting the final vote results in a Form 8-K to be filed within four business days. If there is no further official business to come before this meeting, do I have a motion for adjournment?
I move that the meeting be adjourned.
Does anyone second?
I second the motion.
You have heard the motion to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Aye.
All those opposed, no. The motion is carried. I declare the meeting to be officially adjourned at 9:06 Pacific Time on November 15th, 2023. I am now happy to respond to any questions you may wish to submit. You may submit questions online by clicking on the dialogue icon in the upper right corner of Meeting Center screen.
Mr. Chairman, there are no questions at this time.
Since there are no questions, I want to thank you all for attending today's meeting and for your continued support of the company.
This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.