Morning, welcome to the 2026 Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Lineage, Inc.. The meeting is now called to order. My name is Kevin Marchetti, I am the Co-Executive Chairman of Lineage and a candidate for election as Director. I would like to begin the meeting by introducing the other current members of the company's Board of Directors who are present. Adam Forste, who is also our Co-Executive Chairman, Greg Lehmkuhl, who is also our President and Chief Executive Officer, Shellye Archambeau, John Carrafiell, Joy Falotico, Michael Turner, Lynn Wentworth, and James Wyper. We also have a number of company officers here with us. The following company officers are in attendance as well. Robb LeMasters, Chief Financial Officer, Natalie Matsler, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Jacqueline Kelly, a representative from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, is also present today.
During the question and answer period at the end of the meeting, she will be available to answer questions. Natalie Matsler, the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary to the company, will serve as the secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings. Lewis Larson is the Inspector of Election for the meeting and any adjournment or postponement of this meeting. He has signed an oath to act, this oath will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. We will conduct the business portion of our meeting first. The business portion of the meeting will include a discussion of the rules of conduct to govern our meeting, a few housekeeping items, confirmation that we have a quorum for the meeting, a discussion of matters to be voted upon, and a formal voting process.
Once the voting process is concluded, the official portion of the meeting will be adjourned, we will have a question and answer session where you can ask questions of the board and management. I would like to remind you that some comments made during the annual meeting, some of the response to your questions may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to the risk and uncertainties described in the company's press releases filed with the SEC. I will now turn the meeting over to Natalie to take us through the business portion.
Thank you, Kevin. Thank you for joining us today. For those of you participating via the web portal, you can submit a question by typing a question in the Ask a Question field on your screen and clicking Submit. The rules of conduct for the meeting have been posted to the virtual meeting website. We ask that you kindly abide by these guidelines so we may have an orderly meeting. Today's meeting is held pursuant to the company's bylaws a notice included in the company's proxy statement that was sent to stockholders on or about April 23rd, 2026. Proof of mailing of this notice will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The Inspector of Election for this meeting has confirmed that at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast as of March 18th, 2026, the record date for the meeting, are represented here today.
Because stockholders holding at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at this meeting are present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, a quorum is present. This meeting is duly constituted for the transaction of business, and we may now carry out the official business of the meeting. The Inspector of Election has a complete list of the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the company's common stock on the close of business on March 18th, 2026, the record date for this meeting, which will also be filed with the records of the company. I will now cover the matters to be considered by stockholders at this meeting. There are three matters to be considered by the stockholders at this meeting. The polls are now open for voting on all matters.
The first item of business is the election of 10 directors of the company. The nominees are listed in the proxy statement made available to you earlier. Directors elected today will hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The candidates for director who have been nominated to serve as directors by the company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board of Directors are Adam Forste, Kevin Marchetti, Greg Lehmkuhl, Shellye Archambeau, John Carrafiell, Joy Falotico, Luke Taylor, Michael Turner, Lynn Wentworth, and James Wyper. In accordance with the advance notice provision in the bylaws of the company, stockholders are required to provide advance notice of their intent to nominate candidates for directors. No such notice was received.
The second item of business is a proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for 2026. The third and final item of business is a proposal to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers. Because no further business is on the agenda to come before this meeting, we will move on to voting. Any stockholder who has not yet voted or who wishes to change their vote should do so now by clicking on the Vote Here button on the web portal and following the instructions provided. Stockholders who have sent in proxies or voted by telephone or via the internet and who do not wish to change their vote do not need to take any further action.
As everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls now closed and ask that the Inspector of Election collect and tabulate the ballots.
The Inspector of Election has informed us that the ballots have been tabulated, and based on preliminary results, I am able to announce that each nominated director and proposals two and three have received the requisite number of favorable votes. All nominated directors are elected, and proposals two and three are approved. We will report the final results within four business days in the filing with the SEC on Form 8-K. I hereby request that the final report of the Inspector of Election be filed with the minutes of this meeting. As there is no further business, the official portion of the meeting is now adjourned. No questions have been received, so I will turn the meeting back over to Kevin.
Thank you, Natalie, and thank you for all of our stockholders for attending. The 2026 annual meeting is now concluded. You may now disconnect.