Afternoon. Will the meeting please come to order? My name is Rick Hermanns and I am the CEO and Chairman of the Board of HireQuest Inc. Welcome to the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders. This meeting is being webcast live, and the webcast will be posted on our website after the meeting. An agenda that outlines the order of business is available on the website under Meeting Information. The matters on which the stockholders at the meeting are voting are: one, the election of six directors; two, the ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm; three, the non-binding advisory vote on approval of the compensation of the company's named executive officers; and four, the non-binding advisory vote to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
After we complete the voting process, there will be time for questions and answers. You can submit your questions via the online Annual Meeting website during the meeting. If we do not get to all of the questions, we will provide answers to all the questions that are relevant to stockholders after the meeting on our website. I would like to begin the meeting by introducing the current members of the company's board of directors. They are Rimmy Malhotra, Larry Hagenbuch, Ed Jackson, Kathleen Shanahan, and Jack Olmstead. We also have a number of company officers and management here with us. Joining me today are David Hartley, Chief Financial Officer, and Cory Smith, Chief Accounting Officer. David will serve as Secretary of the Meeting and record the proceedings.
He has obtained an affidavit of Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company as to the proper mailing of notice of this meeting to stockholders. This affidavit is available if any stockholder wishes to examine it and will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The Board of Directors has approved Henry Farrell, a representative of our transfer agent, as inspector of elections for the meeting. Henry has signed an oath to act as inspector, and this oath will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The inspector has the stockholder list of the company as of the record date, April 28th, 2025, which shows the stockholders and their respective number of shares entitled to vote at this meeting. This list is available to any stockholder who wishes to examine it.
David has advised us that a quorum is present at the meeting, so I will declare the meeting duly and lawfully convened. The meeting is now open and ready for business. The first item of business is the election of six directors of the company. The proxy statement sent to you earlier and made available on the meeting website under Meeting Documents lists the company's nominees for director. The following individuals are the nominees: Richard F. Hermanns, Rimmy Malhotra, Ed Jackson, Larry Hagenbuch, Kathleen Shanahan, and Jack Olmstead. No notices of intent to nominate candidates for director were received from any stockholder. Therefore, I declare the nominations for directors closed. A motion to elect the six nominees is now in order.
I move that each of the nominees be elected as directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Does anyone second the motion?
I second the motion.
The polls are now open to vote on the motion. Any stockholder who has not yet voted by proxy or who wishes to change their vote should do so now. The polls will remain open until we reach the question-and-answer portion of the agenda. The next item of business is to ratify the appointment of Forvis Mazars as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31st, 2025. A motion to ratify the auditor appointment as described in the proxy statement is now in order.
I move that the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm be ratified.
Does anyone second the motion?
I second the motion.
I call the question and declare the polls open to vote on the motion. Any stockholders who have not already voted or who wish to change their vote should do so at this time. The next item of business is to approve on an advisory basis the 2024 compensation of the company's named executive officers. A motion to vote on the compensation as described in the proxy statement is now in order.
I move that the compensation of the company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement, be approved.
Does anyone second the motion?
I second the motion.
I call the question and declare the polls open to vote on the motion. Any stockholders desiring to vote should do so at this time. The next item of business is a non-binding vote to determine the frequency of future votes on named executive compensation. A motion to vote on the options as described in the proxy statement is now in order.
I move that the one-year option for the non-binding advisory vote to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation be approved as described in the proxy statement.
Does anyone second the motion?
I second the motion.
I call the question and declare the polls open to vote on the motion. Any stockholders desiring to vote should do so at this time. We will leave the polls open for another minute to allow the final votes to be registered. The polls are now closed on the motions. Thank you to all those who voted. While the inspector of elections is reviewing the votes, I would like to open the meeting to any questions that stockholders may have. You may submit your questions online via the Annual Meeting website. David is able to see the questions and will read them aloud.
There are no questions at this time.
I understand that the votes have been counted and the preliminary report of the inspector of elections has been delivered to the company. David, will you please announce the results of the stockholders' vote?
The preliminary report of the inspector of election indicates that Richard Hermanns, Rimmy Malhotra, Kathleen Shanahan, Larry Hagenbuch, Edward Jackson, and Jack Olmstead have been elected as directors by the stockholders. Each candidate received a sufficient number of the votes cast at the meeting. Ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP, as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2025, has been approved by the stockholders. The compensation of the company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement, has been approved by the stockholders. The one-year option for the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation has been approved by the stockholders.
I request the final report of the inspector of elections be filed with the minutes of the meeting. You have now heard the results of the voting, and this completes the business to be conducted at this meeting. Since there are no other matters to come before the meeting, a motion to adjourn the meeting is now in order.
I move that this meeting be adjourned.
Does anyone second the motion?
I second the motion.
Without objection, I declare this meeting adjourned. I would like to thank you for your interest.