Good morning, and welcome to the Gartner Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders Audio Webcast. Please note that this event is being recorded. No one attending the meeting is permitted to use any audio recording device. I would like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr.
Jules General Counsel and Secretary of Gartner Inc. Please go ahead. Good morning, and welcome to the twenty twenty one Annual Stockholders Meeting of Gartner Inc. I'm Jules
Kaufman, General Counsel and Secretary of Gartner Inc, and I'll be chairing today's meeting. Joining me are Gene Hall, our Chief Executive Officer Craig Sathion, our Chief Financial Officer David Cone, our Head of Investor Relations Dan Marr, Patrick Edgar and Sean Murray of KPMG, our independent registered public accounting firm and Kevin Tang, our Assistant Secretary who will act as Inspector of Elections. We're hosting this meeting virtually as part of our precautions regarding the COVID-nineteen pandemic. This virtual platform allows us to protect the health and safety of our stockholders and employees.
It's now 10:01 Eastern Time and I officially call this meeting to order. Stockholders may submit a question at any point. Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the annual meeting website. After a proposal is presented, we will respond to questions relating to the proposal that have been submitted. We will do our best to provide a response to as many as possible.
Out of consideration for others, please limit yourself to one question per proposal. Please refer to the rules of conduct and procedures available on the annual meeting website. The record date for this meeting is 04/08/2021. Only stockholders of record on that date are entitled to vote at this meeting. I'm advised that this meeting has been properly noticed and that we have a quorum of over 90% of our outstanding shares to allow us to proceed.
A list of registered stockholders as of the record date is available for inspection on the Annual Meeting website. All of the items on today's agenda have been discussed in-depth in the 2021 proxy statement previously made available to all stockholders, and a copy is available on the annual meeting website. We will now present the matters to be voted upon. For stockholders who wish to vote at this meeting, you may vote by clicking the Vote Here button. For stockholders who have already voted, no additional action is required with respect to the matters being voted upon.
The polls are now open and will be closed as soon as all the proposals are presented and related questions are addressed. The first item to be voted on is the election of each of the 10 nominees to the Board of Directors. The directors will hold office until the twenty twenty two Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until the successors are duly elected and qualified. The nominees are Peter E. Bisson, Richard J.
Bressler, Raul E. Sezane, Karen E. Dijkstra, Anne Sutherland Fuchs, William O. Gray, Eugene A. Hall, Steven G.
Pagliuca, Eileen M. Serra and James C. Smith. The board unanimously recommends that you vote for each nominee for director. We will now take a short pause to allow you to submit your questions.
It appears that no applicable question has been submitted. We will now consider Proposal two. The second item to be voted on is the approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the 2021 proxy statement or c'est en pay. The Board unanimously recommends you vote for this proposal. We will now take a short pause to allow you to submit your questions.
It appears that no applicable question has been submitted. We will now consider proposal number three. The third item to be voted on is the ratification of the appointment by our audit committee of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year as described in the 2021 proxy statement. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote for this proposal. We will now take a short pause to allow you to submit your questions.
It appears that no applicable question has been submitted. We will now consider proposal number four. The fourth and final item to be voted on is approval of the amended and restated twenty eleven employee stock purchase plan as described in the 2021 proxy statement. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote for this proposal. We will now take a short pause to allow you to submit your questions.
It appears that no applicable question has been submitted. We will now continue. Any stockholder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the annual meeting website and following the instructions. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or Internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. We will now take a short pause to allow you to submit your vote.
Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote and there being no other matters to come before the meeting, I declare the polls for the twenty twenty one Annual Meeting of Stockholders close. We've been informed by the Inspector of Elections that the ballots have been counted and validated and we have the preliminary vote report for the four proposals that appear in the proxy statement. On proposal number one, I'm pleased to report that the stockholders have elected all 10 nominees to the Board with about 90% of votes cast in favor of their election in all cases. The second item on the agenda is the say on pay proposal. I am pleased to report that our stockholders have approved our executive compensation as described in 2021 proxy statement with over 90% of votes cast in favor of this proposal.
This vote is advisory only. The third item on the agenda is the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year. I am likewise pleased to report that the stockholders have ratified the appointment of KPMG with over 90% of votes cast in favor of the proposal. The fourth and final item on the agenda is the approval of the amended and restated twenty eleven employee stock purchase plan. I'm pleased to report that the stockholders have approved the plan with over 90% of votes cast in favor of the proposal.
The exact voting results for all proposals will be included in the company's current report on Form eight ks that will be filed with the SEC in the next four business days. This concludes our annual meeting. In accordance with the company's bylaws, I hereby adjourn today's meeting. On behalf of the Board of Directors and the management team, I'd like to thank you for attending the twenty twenty one Gartner Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Thank you.
Your conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.