Good morning, and welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders for Johnson Outdoors. I would now like to turn the call over to your host for today's meeting, Chairman and CEO, Helen Johnson-Leipold. Helen, you may begin.
Good morning. I'm Helen Johnson-Leipold, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Outdoors. On behalf of the board of directors and our management of the company, welcome to our annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting is now called to order. Annual reports and proxy statements were issued to shareholders in January. You can also access copies today using the links provided on the virtual platform you are using to attend this meeting. Now, let's take care of the meeting's official business. There are five items to be voted on, which are the election of directors, ratification of the company's independent auditors, a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, amending the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2020 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available under this plan, and amending the Johnson Outdoors Inc.
2023 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan to increase the number of shares available under this plan. The company has appointed Mr. Khalaf Khalaf, our Corporate Secretary, to serve as Inspector of the Election for the annual meeting. He will tabulate the votes cast and certify the results. Khalaf.
Thank you, Helen. After initial inspection, I can report that a majority of shares entitled to vote are represented either in person or by proxy at today's annual meeting. A quorum is present, the polls are open, and voting can proceed. An affidavit attesting that the notice of this meeting was mailed on or about January 9, 2026 to all shareholders of record as of December 18, 2025, will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. A list of the common stockholders of record as of the close of business on the record date is available for inspection at this meeting for any appropriate business purpose. Information on matters to be voted upon was included in the company's proxy statement for this annual meeting.
If you have any questions related to the matters to be voted upon, please go ahead and submit them using the text box on the platform you're using to attend this meeting. We will pause now to see if any questions are submitted. I don't see any questions submitted. If you have previously voted by mail, phone, or internet, your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions. If you are a shareholder as of the record date for the meeting and wish to vote or change your vote, you may do so now using the voting button on the platform used to access this meeting and follow the instructions provided. I will pause now to allow you to vote or change your vote if you wish to do so. The polls for balloting are now officially closed, so I will report the preliminary tabulation of the votes cast.
On the proposal to elect 9 directors until the next annual meeting, each nominee has received a plurality of votes cast in favor of their election, and all have been elected as a director of the company. On ratification of the appointment of independent auditors, to ratify the number of votes cast for must exceed the number of votes cast against. Shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of RSM. On the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, a majority of shareholders voted to approve the company's executive compensation as described in the company's proxy statement for this annual meeting. On adoption and approval to amend the Johnson Outdoors 2020 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock available to be issued under the plan, the number of votes cast for must exceed the number of votes cast against approval of this amendment.
Shareholders voted to approve this amendment. On adoption and approval to amend the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2023 Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Plan to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock available to be issued under the plan, the number of votes cast for must exceed the number of votes cast against approval of this amendment. Shareholders voted to approve this amendment. This concludes the official business of the meeting. Now it is my pleasure to turn things back over to our Chairman and CEO, Helen Johnson-Leipold.
On behalf of all of us at Johnson Outdoors, we want to thank our shareholders for their support and confidence. Thank you for joining us. This meeting is now adjourned, and you may disconnect.
That concludes today's meeting. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.