Hello, welcome to the annual meeting of stockholders of Newmont Corporation. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. During the meeting, we'll have a question and answer session. Registered shareholders can submit questions or comments at any time by clicking on the Q&A icon. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Newmont's corporate secretary. Logan Hennessy, the floor is yours.
Thank you, operator, and good morning. Welcome to Newmont's annual meeting of stockholders. Investors are reminded that today's virtual meeting will be conducted as a live audio webcast. I'd like to call your attention to the rules of conduct and the agenda for this meeting. These are available in the documents section of the web portal. If you're joining as a registered holder and you wish to vote during the meeting or submit a question during the meeting, you'll need to sign in using the 15-digit control number on your proxy card or notice of availability you previously received. I would like to recognize that all of the director nominees have joined us for the meeting today, as well as members of the executive leadership team, including our President and Chief Executive Officer, Natascha Viljoen. Attending today are representatives of Ernst & Young, the company's independent auditor as well.
All stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 16th, 2026 are entitled to vote at this meeting, and each stockholder is entitled to 1 vote for each share held in their name. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting has been made available for inspection. During the meeting, any questions submitted should pertain to the proposal being considered at that particular time and may be submitted in the field provided in the web portal at or before the time of the specific order of business. Following the close of formal voting, our President and Chief Executive Officer will also be available to respond to questions. With that, I'm pleased to turn the meeting over to Gregory H. Boyce, Independent Chair of the Board of Directors of Newmont Corporation.
Good morning. On behalf of the board, I'd like to thank you for your continued support of Newmont and for attending this annual meeting. I'll now call the formal meeting to order. In accordance with our bylaws, I'll be serving as the chair of this meeting, and Logan Hennessy will be serving as secretary. Computershare has provided an affidavit of mailing indicating that notice of this meeting has been given in accordance with the company's bylaws. Next, I'd like to announce that Deborah Bass, a representative of Computershare, has been appointed to serve as our Inspector of Election for this meeting. The Inspector of Election has filed the oath of office as Inspector of Election with the secretary of the meeting for inclusions in the minutes of this meeting. Ms. Hennessy, will you please present your report of attendance?
Yes. I've been informed by the Inspector of Elections that there are 879,772,538 shares represented by proxy, or approximately 81.47% of all shares outstanding as of the record date. The shares represented exceed 50% of the total shares entitled to vote at this meeting.
Thank you. Therefore, we have a quorum, and I'll now declare that the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Newmont Corporation is officially convened. The notice of annual meeting listed three specific matters to be considered at this meeting. The first matter to be voted on is the election of directors. Information concerning the nominees has been provided in the proxy statement. No other nominations were received prior to the deadline established in Newmont's bylaws. Therefore, no nominations may be made at this meeting, and there be no further nominations. Nominations are closed. The board of directors recommends a vote for all of the nominees. Are there any comments or discussion on this proposal? I'll pause for a moment to confirm with Ms. Hennessy whether any pertinent questions or comments have been submitted.
Thank you. We're checking the questions online now. Confirming that no questions have been presented on this proposal and that you may now move to the next item of business.
Okay, let's continue with the next matter to be voted on. The board of directors recommends a vote for approval in an advisory manner of our executive compensation described in the proxy statement under proposal 2. This advisory vote serves as a tool to guide the board and the leadership development and compensation committee in continuing to improve the alignment of executive compensation programs with the interest of the company and its stockholders. Are there any comments or discussion on this matter?
Thank you. We're checking again online. No questions have been presented on this proposal. We may now move to the next item of business.
Thank you, Ms. Hennessy. The board of directors has approved the proposal to ratify the audit committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026, and recommends that the stockholders vote for approval of this proposal. Information concerning this proposal was furnished in the proxy statement under proposal 3. Are there any comments or discussion on this proposal?
Thank you. I'll pause briefly to confirm. No questions have been presented on this proposal. This concludes the formal opportunity for questions on the orders of business at this meeting.
Thank you, Ms. Hennessy. This concludes the discussion on matters before the meeting. The polls for online voting on all matters are now open. If you have not voted or wish to change your vote, you may do so now by clicking on the link provided online. If you previously voted by proxy, you do not need to vote today unless you wish to change your vote. Ms. Hennessy, can you confirm that participants have had an opportunity to vote that we may proceed?
Thank you, Chair. Yes, I confirm.
The polls have been closed, and the Inspector of Election has completed tabulating the votes. Ms. Hennessy, will you now present the preliminary results of voting?
Yes. Thank you. The Inspector of Elections has submitted the preliminary report with respect to proposal 1, election of directors. Each nominee has received votes of more than substantial majority of the shares represented by proxy or at this meeting. With respect to proposal 2, the advisory approval of our executive compensation has also been approved by more than a majority of the votes cast. With respect to proposal 3, ratification of auditor, more than a majority of the shares cast have also voted in favor. The detailed voting results will be recorded in the corporate records and reported with the SEC on Form 8-K in due course.
Thank you, Ms. Hennessy. As you have heard, each of the 12 nominees has received a majority vote. I therefore declare that the nominees are duly elected as directors of the company. For proposal 2, approval of the advisory resolution of our executive compensation has received a majority vote. Therefore, I declare that the company stockholders have approved the say on pay resolution. In proposal 3, the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm received the vote of a majority. Therefore, I declare that the company stockholders have approved proposal 3. We have now addressed all of the items on today's agenda. The meeting is now adjourned. This annual meeting is hereby concluded. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's meeting.
I would now like to introduce Natascha Viljoen, our President and Chief Executive Officer, who is available to respond to appropriate questions or comments that may have been submitted via the portal.
Thank you, Greg. Good morning. Logan, can you please advise if any questions have been submitted? Yes. Thank you. We're checking the portal again now. Seeing no questions for Natascha. We'll check one last time. There being no questions for Natascha, we will close the call. Thank you for your time and attendance.
This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.