Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Iron Mountain Incorporated. I am Pamela Arway, Chair of the Board of Iron Mountain, and I will chair today's meeting. Thank you for joining us. As in prior years, we will conduct the formal portion of our meeting first, followed by a question- and- answer session. To submit a question, you must log into the virtual meeting website using the shareholder login and the 16-digit control number included in your proxy materials. You can submit questions at any point during the meeting by typing your question in the Ask a Question box on the web portal and clicking Submit. I now call this meeting to order at 9:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on May 7th. I would like to acknowledge our other Board Members who are with us today.
Jennifer Allerton, Kent Dauten, June Felix, Monte Ford, Christie Kelly, Robin Matlock, William Meaney, Walter Rakowich, Theodore Samuels, and Doyle Simons. Our Board is composed of highly skilled individuals, each with a strong commitment to our stockholders and the broader community we serve. I would like to thank our Directors for their service and wise counsel. Representing our External Auditor, we have Kate Fisher from Deloitte & Touche LLP in attendance today. Joseph McClellan is also in attendance as a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions and has been appointed the Inspector of Elections for this meeting.
In addition to Will Meaney, our Chief Executive Officer, we also have other Senior Executives present. Michelle Altamura, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Barry Hytinen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jemma Johns, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Derek Andreson, Chief Compliance Officer and Keely Stewart, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. If questions arise that these people should appropriately address, they will be available to respond. We will now proceed to the formal business. I'll first ask our corporate Secretary, Michelle Altamura, to explain the mechanics of this meeting.
Thank you, Pam. There are three proposals to be voted on at this annual meeting, each of which is described in the company's proxy statement. First, after we conclude our presentation of these proposals, the polls will open. The Board of Directors fixed March 9th, 2026 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting. Please note that you must submit your vote before the polls close at today's meeting in order for your vote to be counted. After voting has ended on all three matters, there will be a preliminary report on the voting results, followed by a Q&A session. Only validated stockholders who have joined the meeting using their 16-digit control number can ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. If you have joined as a guest, you cannot use this function.
To ensure all stockholders in attendance have the opportunity to ask questions and receive responses from the company, please limit yourself to one question. I have also been presented with an affidavit of distribution executed by a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, which states that notice of this meeting was duly and properly given, being mailed in accordance with the bylaws on March 24th, 2026, and that distribution of the proxy statement commenced on the same date to stockholders of record on the record date. Finally, please note that this meeting is being recorded. We kindly ask that you refrain from recording this meeting. I will now turn the meeting over to Joseph to report on the presence of a quorum.
Thank you, Michelle. As of the close of business on March 9th, 2026, the company had 297,478,817 outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at this meeting. According to the company's bylaws, a quorum consists of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the record date, which is 148,739,409 shares. Based on our preliminary tabulation, there are 261,566,813 shares present or represented at this meeting.
Thank you, Joseph. That being so, I hereby declare, subject to a final confirmation by the Inspector of Election, that a quorum is present and that this annual meeting of the stockholders is duly convened.
Thank you, Michelle and Joseph. I would like to present the matters to be voted upon and the Board of Directors' recommendations to the stockholders at this time. Proposal 1 is the election of Directors to the company's Board of Directors. The current Board has nominated the following 11 Director nominees: Jennifer Allerton, Pamela Arway, Kent Dauten, June Felix, Monte Ford, Christie Kelly, Robin Matlock, William Meaney, Walter Rakowich, Theodore Samuels, Doyle Simons for the election as Directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The Board recommends a vote for the election of each of these Director nominees. Proposal 2 is an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named Executive Officers as described in the proxy statement.
It is a non-binding vote, although the compensation committee and the board will take the results of the vote into account when making future compensation decisions. The Board recommends a vote for approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation. Proposal 3 is to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026. The Board recommends a vote for ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche. It is now 9:07 A.M. Eastern Time on May 7th, 2026. I declare the polls open. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions.
Shareholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not wish to change their vote do not need to take any further action. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls for the 2026 Iron Mountain annual stockholder meeting closed at 9:08 A.M. Eastern Time on May 7th, 2026. Joseph, will you provide a preliminary tabulation of the voting results, please?
Thank you, Pam. The preliminary vote shows that the 11 nominees for election to the Board have been duly elected. The compensation of the named Executive Officers has been approved by advisory vote. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified.
Thank you, Joseph. The company will be reporting the final voting results on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days. We've reached the Q&A session to address stockholder questions that are being entered on the web portal. Please note we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, and to the extent we have similar questions submitted by multiple shareholders, the moderator may consolidate them into one question. We'll pause for shareholders to finish submitting their questions on the web portal. Keely, are there any?
Madam Chair, there are no questions from shareholders at this time.
Thank you, Keely. There are no further matters to discuss, I will now adjourn the meeting. Thank you all for attending the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and for your continued support of Iron Mountain.
The meeting has now concluded. Thank you for joining, and have a pleasant day.