Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Intellicheck annual meeting of stockholders called. I will now turn things over to Mr. Guy Smith. Mr. Smith, the floor is yours.
Thank you very much, President. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Guy Smith, Chairman of the Board of Intellicheck and Chairman of this meeting. I hereby call this 2020 annual meeting of shareholders to order. On behalf of my fellow directors and the officers of the company, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this annual meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the directors and officers of the company who are participating virtually today: General Emil Bedard, Director, General Jack Davis, Director, Mr. Bill Georges, Director, Mr. Dylan Glenn, Director, Dr. Amy Russo, Director, David Coleman, Director, Bryan Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Mr. Bill White, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer. I have asked Bill White to act as Secretary of this meeting and to record the minutes.
Before considering the business to be taken up at this meeting, I would like to ask Mr. White to report on the formal steps taken in connection with the meeting.
Mr. Chairman, the Board of Directors has adopted resolutions which provide that this meeting be held today and which fix the close of business on March 16, 2020, as the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to notice and to vote at this meeting. I hereby present the affidavit of Kenneth White, an employee of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the company's transfer agent, which states that the notice of the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, proxy statement, and proxy card were mailed on or about April 13, 2020, to each holder of the company's common stock at the close of business on the record date.
Thank you, Mr. White. I would like you to file the affidavit as to the mailing of the proxy materials in the minute book of the company with the minutes of this meeting. If there are persons participating virtually who are proxies for shareholders and have not yet voted their shares, please do so now. Are there any shareholders present and participating virtually who have not voted and desire to do so? Please vote now. Are there any stockholders present and participating virtually who have submitted a proxy but now desire to change any of the votes on your original proxy card? Act as Inspector of Election of this meeting. The Inspector has executed an oath to carry out his duties impartially and to the best of his ability. He will distribute and collect the ballots and count the votes.
Mr. Chairman, I present to you electronically the oath I signed as the Inspector of Election.
The oath of the Inspector of Election will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. Will the Inspector now provide us with a count of the stockholders present in person or by proxy?
Mr. Chairman, I can report that a preliminary count indicates the presence of a quorum. I'm in the process of completing a count of all stockholders present, participating virtually or by proxy, and will render an exact report at the end of this meeting.
Since the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of outstanding shares of common stock of the company entitled to vote at this meeting are present in person or by proxy, I declare that a quorum is present. First order of business is the election of eight directors. The persons receiving a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy shall be elected. Each director will hold that position for a term of one year and until his or her successor has been duly qualified and elected. Nominations for directors were made by the Nominating and Governance Committee of the company's Board of Directors, and the eight nominees were included in the ballots included in the proxy materials mailed to stockholders.
The second order of business is the approval of the appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the company's independent auditors for the 2020 fiscal year. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors appointed EisnerAmper, and this appointment was included in the ballots included in the proxy materials mailed to stockholders. The third order of business is the approval of the amendment of the company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which would increase the total number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the plan by 500,000 shares from 3,500,000 to 4,000,000. The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors adopted this amendment subject to stockholder approval, and this amendment was included in the ballots included in the proxy materials mailed to stockholders. The fourth order of business is the approval of the advisory votes to approve compensation of our named executive officers.
This advisory vote was included in the ballots that were included in the proxy materials mailed to shareholders. The fifth order of business is the approval of the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation. This advisory vote was included in the ballots included in the proxy materials mailed to shareholders. I now call for votes for the election of directors, the approval of the appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the company's independent auditors for fiscal 2020, the approval of the amendment of the company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the approval of the advisory votes to approve compensation of our named executive officers, and the approval of frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation.
I now declare the polls closed with respect to the election of directors, the approval of the appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the company's independent auditors for the 2020 fiscal year, the approval of the amendment of the company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, the approval of the advisory votes to approve compensation of our named executive officers, and the approval of the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation. Now I would like to have the Inspector of Election complete his report showing a final count of the stock represented here today in person or by proxy and the tally of the votes cast in regard to each proposal.
As Inspector of Election, I hereby report there are, on a preliminary count, 13,281,732 shares of common stock entitled to vote represented at this meeting, either in person or by proxy, comprising approximately 81.94% of the voting power of the outstanding common stock of the company.
Thank you, Mr. White. I declare that based on the information you have given me and the preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections through a plurality of shares voted, General Emil Bedard, General Jack Davis, Bill Georges, Dylan Glenn, Dr. Amy Russo, David Coleman, Bryan Lewis, and I, Guy Smith, have each been elected as the director of the company to serve for one year. The appointment of EisnerAmper as independent auditor of the company has been approved. The amendment to the company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan has been approved, and the advisory votes to approve compensation of our named executive officers have been approved. The frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation has been approved for one year.
I move that the meeting be adjourned.
I second the motion. There being no objections to the motion made to adjourn the meeting, I hereby declare this meeting adjourned. Thank you to all of our shareholders who attended today. We appreciate it.