Good morning. I would like to call to order the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of IES Holdings, Inc. I am Jeff Gendell, Executive Chairman of IES. Thank you for attending our meeting this year. As our first order of business, I would like to introduce the other members of our board who have joined us on this call. Jennifer Baldock, Todd Cleveland, Lou Fouts, David Gendell, Kelly Janzen, Joe Koshkin, and Matt Simmes, who is our President and Chief Executive Officer. I would also like to introduce Tracy McLauchlin, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Allen, our Chief Technical Officer, and Mary Newman, who serves as Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, and is also acting as Secretary of the meeting. Mary has the complete listing of stockholders of record as of December 26th, 2025, the record date for this meeting.
Finally, I would like to introduce Akinyemi Omotosho of the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, our independent accountants, and Natalie Hairston of American Election Services, LLC, who has been appointed Inspector of the Election of this meeting and has signed the oath of office, which will become part of the records of the meeting. Broadridge Financial Solutions has furnished a certificate that holders of more than a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy, and we therefore have a quorum. That certificate will be placed in the records of this meeting. As you all know, this is a virtual-only stockholders meeting. If you are a stockholder as of the record date, you may vote during the meeting today by online ballot.
It is now 10:02 Central Time on February 19th, 2026, and the polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting are now open. The first item of business is to vote upon each of our director nominees to serve on the company's board until the annual stockholders meeting to be held in 2027 and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Second, to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young, LLP, as the company's independent public accountants for the Fiscal Year ending September 30th, 2026. Third, to approve by advisory vote the compensation of the company's named executive officers. We will now proceed to vote upon these proposals. Each common share is entitled to one vote on the directors previously noted, as well as on the other proposals I mentioned.
It is now 10:04 A.M. Central Time, and I declare the polls open and ask the Inspector of Election to canvass the vote. I am sure that most of you have already signed and submitted a proxy. If you have voted online or by telephone or have submitted a signed proxy in advance of the meeting, your vote on the matters presented here will be cast by the proxy committee in accordance with your instructions, and you need not vote now. It is now 10:05 A.M. Central Time, and the polls are declared closed. The inspector has tabulated the votes, and here is a preliminary report on the voting results.
The proposal to elect Ms. Baldock, Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Fouts, Mr. David Gendell, Mr. Jeff Gendell, Ms. Janzen, Mr. Koshkin, and Mr. Simmes to the board of directors each received more than a majority of the total common shares voted at the meeting.
I therefore declare that these individuals have been duly elected to the board. The proposal to ratify Ernst & Young, LLP, as the company's independent public accountants for the fiscal year 2026, received more than a majority of the total shares voted at the meeting. I therefore declare this proposal adopted. The proposal to approve, by advisory vote, the compensation of the company's named executive officers, received more than a majority of the total shares voted at the meeting. I therefore declare this proposal adopted. The final results of voting, including any ballots or proxies recorded during this meeting, will be set forth in the final report of the Inspector of Election.
I ask Mary to submit the final report and to file it with the records of this meeting. The final results will also be included in a report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC. Since there is no further business to come before the meeting, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.
This concludes today's annual meeting. You may now disconnect.