Morning, and welcome to the 2026 annual shareholders meeting of Itron. The agenda and rules of conduct appear on your screen or through the provided link. Itron will conduct its meeting in accordance with these documents. During this meeting, shareholders of record will have an opportunity to submit questions through the text box on the portal. Such questions will be appropriately moderated by the company. Now, please welcome Diana Tremblay, chair of the Itron board.
Good morning, welcome to the 2026 annual shareholders meeting of Itron, Inc. I am Diana D. Tremblay, Chair of the Board, and I will be presiding at the meeting. Chris Ware will act as Secretary of the Meeting. Steven Tollefson, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, has been appointed to act as Inspector of Elections. The Secretary has notified me and delivered an affidavit of mailing establishing that notice of this meeting was duly given. All shareholders of record at the close of business on March 3, 2026 are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. The Inspector of Elections has confirmed to me that a quorum exists for this meeting. Therefore, I declare this meeting to be duly convened, and we will proceed to the business of the meeting.
The minutes of the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders are available via the Broadridge provided link and are therefore deemed to have been read. If there are no corrections or changes, the minutes of the meeting of May 8th, 2025 are approved. There are three proposals up for vote that have all been described in our proxy statement. They are the election of two class three directors, each for a term of two years ending upon our 2028 annual meeting of shareholders, Scott Drury and Sheri Savage. The election of three class one directors, each for a term of three years ending upon our 2029 annual meeting of shareholders, Frank Jaehnert, Jerome Lande, and Sanjay Mirchandani. To approve on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31st, 2025.
The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accountant for the 2026 fiscal year. The polls are now open for voting. Is there anyone here who would like to vote or who would like to change a vote that they previously submitted via proxy? Please submit your vote using the virtual interface and instructions provided, and your vote will be included in the final results. If there are any questions related to the proposals, please type it into the text box interface appearing on your screen or call the voice dial-in phone line, where an operator will assist you.
There are no questions.
Thank you for voting. I declare that the polls are now closed at 9:03 A.M. Pacific Time on May 7th, 2026. We have received the preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections based on votes received in advance of this meeting. The Inspector of Elections has confirmed that the preliminary voting results show that all of the proposals have passed. Any votes submitted during this meeting will be included in the final report of the Inspector of Elections. The final voting results will be filed with the SEC in a Form 8-K within four business days. That concludes the business portion of our meeting, and the meeting of shareholders is hereby adjourned. I would now like to turn the meeting over to our President and CEO, Tom Deitrich.
Thank you, Diana. For those who joined us today, thank you for participating in today's meeting. We are grateful for the continued support of our shareholders and the board of directors. Before adjourning, it is important to acknowledge that nothing that we do at Itron is possible without the hard work and dedication of the people who work here. Thank you for all that you do for the company, the communities we live and operate in, and the critically important role you play in supporting our customers who ensure secure, reliable access to affordable power and clean water around the globe. At this point, we'll be happy to open up the general session and take any questions.
There are no questions.
Thank you, Chris. Thank you all for attending. This concludes the call.