Greetings and welcome to the Mama's Creations 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Adam Michaels, CEO and Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Michaels, you may begin.
Thank you, Operator, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our Annual Meeting of Stockholders. It is now 12:00 P.M., and the meeting is called to order, and the polls are open. My name is Adam Michaels, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Board of Directors. I will serve as the Chair of the meeting. Most stockholders have already voted by proxy, and proxies have been validated. If you are a stockholder of record or a beneficial owner in possession of a legal proxy from your bank, broker, or nominee, and you want to vote your shares or change your vote before polls close, then you may do so during the meeting by visiting www.mama.vote using your 12-digit voting control number. If you have already voted, it is not necessary to do it again. Joining me today on call is Anthony Gruber, our Chief Financial Officer.
Anthony will serve as the Secretary of this meeting, and Nora Markwhite from Equity Stock Transfer LLC has been appointed to act as Inspector for the meeting. We are also joined on the line by Lynn Blake, Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. A representative of UHY LLP, our company's independent registered public accounting firm, is also present on the line. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on May six, 2025, as the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at this meeting. Equity Stock Transfer has delivered an affidavit of mailing attesting that a notice of internet availability or a full set of proxy materials was distributed to each holder of the company's common stock as of the close of business on the record date.
The affidavit will be attached to the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Secretary, do we have the preliminary report from the Inspector of Elections?
Yes, we do. There were 37,599,015 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the record date, and each share is entitled to one vote. The preliminary report of the Inspector shows that holders of more than a majority of the outstanding shares are present at this meeting, either virtually or by proxy.
Thank you. With that, a quorum is present for the transaction of business, and the meeting can proceed. The polls for voting on all matters remain open, but will be closed shortly. We will now take up the business of the meeting, which consists of three proposals. First, the election of five directors named in the proxy statement, namely Lynn Blake, Megan Henson, Dean Janeway, Adam Michaels, myself, and Shirley Romick. Second, the ratification of the appointment of UHY LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31st, 2026. Third, an advisory vote to approve our executive compensation as disclosed in the proxy statement. The polls are now closed. The Secretary will now report the preliminary voting results.
Based on a preliminary report of the Inspector of Elections, each of the five director nominees received the affirmative vote of a plurality of the outstanding shares at this meeting and entitled to vote. Accordingly, each has been elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2026 or until their successor is duly elected. Second, the proposal to ratify the appointment of UHY LLP received more votes for than against, and therefore it has been approved. Third and finally, the non-binding and advisory proposal to approve the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement received more votes for than against and has also been approved.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary. A final report of election will be prepared, and we plan to report the results in a current report on Form 8-K. There being no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you for coming and for your support of Mama's Creations.
This concludes today's conference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation. Good luck and be well.