For the official business of the meeting.
Thank you, John. I have a certified list of the common shareholders of record of the company at the close of business on 02/28/2020, the record date for the meeting. I also have a signed affidavit of mailing stating that notice of this meeting in the form attached to the affidavit was mailed timely to all common shareholders of the company entitled to notice of this meeting. This affidavit of mailing will be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting. Further, I can report that holders of majority of the shares entitled to vote are present at this virtual meeting or represented by proxy.
And therefore, we have a quorum for today's meeting, and it has been convened from transacting such business as may properly come before it. This year, there are five proposals to be considered and acted upon. As detailed in this year's proxy statement, the board of directors recommended that you vote for the election of five directors, for the approval of amendments to the company's amended and restated articles of incorporation, for the say on pay proposal, for the approval of the Hancock Whitney Corporation 2020 long term incentive plan, and for the ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the company's auditors for 02/2020. As no other business has been properly brought before the meeting, I now declare the polls for voting closed. We've been informed by the inspector of election that the preliminary votes have been counted and that all proposals, as recommended by the board, have passed.
The vote tabulation will be certified by the inspector of election and filed with the minutes of this meeting. I will now turn the meeting back over to John Hairston.
Thank you, Joy. This concludes the business matters to be brought before the two thousand twenty annual Shareholders Meeting. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to extend our gratitude to you, our shareholders, for your continued trust and support. At this time, the formal business meeting is now adjourned. We will now have a brief question and answer period.
Joy will read questions received on behalf of our shareholders.
John, we've received no questions.
Okay. Very well. Well, thank you for joining Hancock Whitney's twenty twenty Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Have a safe, healthy, and blessed day.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for participating in today's conference. This does conclude your program. You may all disconnect. Everyone, have a wonderful