Good afternoon and welcome to the Lattice Semiconductor Corporation's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. At this time, I would like to turn the meeting over to Jeff Richardson, the Chairman of the Board of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation. Please go ahead.
I hereby call the meeting to order. Good afternoon. I'm Jeff Richardson, Chair of the Board of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation. I'll be presiding as chair of this meeting along with my fellow directors and executive officers of the company. I'd like to welcome you to our annual meeting of stockholders. We appreciate your attendance, your interest, and most importantly, your support of Lattice. The annual meeting of stockholders is held pursuant to the bylaws of the company and written notice provided to all stockholders of record on the record date. For the convenience of our stockholders, we are holding our annual meeting of stockholders virtually. Stockholders may submit questions at any time during this meeting in the space provided on the virtual meeting screen. During this meeting, questions from stockholders should pertain to the proposals being considered at today's meeting.
Stockholders wishing to ask other questions related to Lattice will be given an opportunity to do so following the meeting. I would like to now introduce to you our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Tracy Feanny, who will serve as secretary of this meeting.
Thank you, Jeff. Good afternoon. We would like to introduce the directors of Lattice who are in attendance today. In addition to Jeff, we welcome Robin Abrams, Douglas Bettinger, Que Thanh Dallara, John Forsyth, Mark Jensen, James Lederer, Elizabeth Schwarting, and Raejeanne Skillern, as well as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Anderson, who also sits on our board. The other Lattice officers who are in attendance today are Pravin Desale, Senior Vice President, Research and Development; Esam Elashmawi, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer; Terese Kemble, Senior Vice President, Human Resources; Sherri Luther, Chief Financial Officer; Mark Nelson, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales; and Glenn O'Rourke, Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Quality. Also attending this meeting are Matthew Dale and Brady Sherburne of Ernst & Young, our independent auditors.
Although Ernst & Young has indicated that it does not wish to make a statement, their representatives are available to respond to appropriate questions during the general questions and answer period. In addition, the board of directors has appointed Marie Perez of Computershare to serve as the independent inspector of the election for this meeting. I request that she file her oath of office with me as secretary of the meeting for inclusion in the minutes of the meeting.
Thank you, Tracy. As secretary of this meeting, will you please report on the evidence of notice given for this meeting?
I have an affidavit of mailing from Computershare Communication Services certifying that notice of this meeting was given to all stockholders of record as of March 8th, 2024, the record date, through the notice of internet availability of proxy materials, which was distributed on or about March 21st, 2024, to stockholders as of the record date. I also have a copy of the 2023 annual report, which includes financial statements audited by Ernst & Young. A copy of this annual report was sent or made available to each stockholder entitled to vote at this meeting, and an electronic copy of the annual report is available on the website used to access this meeting. The notice of meeting and the affidavit of mailing together with the attachments thereto, and the 2023 annual report, will be filed with the minutes of this meeting.
Thank you, Tracy. As secretary of this meeting, Tracy has the list of holders of record of common stock of the company at the close of business on March 8th, 2024, the record date. The list of stockholders has been open for examination at the company for any purpose relevant to this meeting during ordinary business hours for the past 10 days. The list is available for inspection during this meeting by any stockholder on the website used to access this meeting. The secretary will file a copy of the list of stockholders with the records of the company. Tracy, will you please report whether a quorum is present?
I have been informed by the Inspector of Election that there are stockholders representing at this meeting, in person, including virtually or by proxy, holding common stock representing at least a majority of the voting power entitled to be cast at this meeting, which is sufficient for a quorum and transacting the business of this meeting.
Thank you, Tracy. On the basis of the report of the secretary and the inspector of elections, I find that proper notice has been given and that a quorum is present. Accordingly, this meeting has been properly convened. We'll move to a review of the proposals. The items to be considered at this meeting are items set forth in detail in the notice of the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and proxy statement of the company, each dated March 21st, 2024, and mailed or made available to stockholders of the company. The first item of business on our agenda is the election of directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified.
Robin Abrams, James Anderson, Douglas Bettinger, Que Dallara, John Forsyth, Mark Jensen, James Lederer, Jeffrey Richardson, and Elizabeth Schwarting have been nominated to serve as directors. The secretary has advised me that there were no nominations by stockholders submitted to the company prior to this meeting in accordance with the bylaws. Therefore, I declare the nominations closed. The second item on our agenda is the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28th, 2024. Lastly, we are providing our stockholders with an opportunity to cast a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of Lattice's named executive officers, which is the third item on our agenda. Are there any questions at this time pertaining to these proposals? Seeing none, we'll move on to the voting.
It is currently 1:06 P.M. on May 3rd, 2024, and the polls for voting on all matters are open. All Lattice stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting have the ability to do so online. If you have already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again. If you are a stockholder entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so via the website used to access this meeting. After the voting has been completed, we will close the polls, and the inspector of election will provide her preliminary report. The polls are about to close, so if you have not yet voted, please do so. Since everyone has had the opportunity to vote, it is now 1:07 P.M., and the polls are closed.
The Inspector of Election has delivered her preliminary report, and I will now announce the preliminary results. Mr. Chairman, based on the Inspector of Election's preliminary report, each of the nominees for director receiving a majority of the votes cast in favor of his or her election and has been elected as director of the company to serve for a one-year term that will expire in 2025. The vote to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28th, 2024, received a majority of the votes cast in favor and has been approved. The advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2023 received a majority of votes cast in favor of the proposal and has been approved. We will file the report of the Inspector of Election with the recordings of this meeting.
We expect to report the results of the voting on a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days of this meeting.
Thank you. I declare that the proposed slate of directors has been duly elected, the appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year has been duly ratified, and Lattice's executive compensation has been approved by a non-binding advisory vote. I hereby direct the results of the voting to be incorporated into the minutes of this meeting. That concludes the business for the meeting. The meeting is now adjourned. I now invite you to ask any questions you may have regarding the company. Please follow the instructions provided on the virtual meeting screen to submit questions. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's meeting. We appreciate your support of Lattice.
That concludes today's meeting. You may now disconnect.