Good afternoon, welcome to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Nuvalent. I am Jim Porter, President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of Nuvalent. At the request of Anna Protopapas, our Board Chair, I will preside over this meeting. At this time, I call the meeting to order. This year, as we did in 2025, we are holding our annual meeting in an all virtual format and are pleased to have everyone join this live webcast. Before we get to the formal business of the meeting, I would like to make some introductions. Present at the meeting today are the other members of our Board of Directors, Grant Bogle, Michael Meyers, Christy Oliger, Anna Protopapas, Ron Squarer, Sapna Srivastava, and Cam Wheeler.
Also present are Alexandra Balcom, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Deborah Miller, our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, and Nathan McConarty, Deputy General Counsel from the company. Stacy Gross and Chris Berry from KPMG, our independent registered public accounting firm, and Barbara Hallen from CT Hagberg and Associates. Barbara has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election. In order to conduct an orderly meeting, I call your attention to the rules of conduct posted on the virtual meeting website, which provide information about participating in the meeting, including asking questions. Please note that various remarks that we make today about future expectations, plans, or prospects for the company may constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which is on file with the SEC. In addition, these forward-looking statements represent the company's expectations only as of today. While the company may elect to update these forward-looking statements, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. Any forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the company's estimates or views as of any date subsequent to today. I have received an affidavit from Broadridge Financial Solutions certifying that the notice of the annual meeting and proxy statement were sent to all stockholders of record as of April 20, 2026, a copy of which will be included in the minutes of the meeting.
Our first order of business at this meeting is to determine whether the shares represented at this meeting, either in person, via this virtual meeting, or by proxy, are sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. Holders of 73,542,756 shares of Class A common stock are entitled to vote at this meeting. The Inspector of Election has informed me that shares representing a majority of the shares of our Class A common stock entitled to vote are represented at this meeting, either in person or by proxy. Therefore, there is a quorum present. Turning now to the items to be voted on at this meeting.
As indicated in the notice of meeting and accompanying documents that were made available to stockholders, the first matter to be voted on is the election of two Class 2 directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The two nominees for election are Michael Meyers and Ron Swarer. The second matter to be voted on is the approval, on an advisory non-binding basis, of the compensation paid to our named executive officers as presented in our 2026 annual proxy statement. The third and final matter to be voted on is the ratification of the appointment of KPMG as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
If there are any questions on the proposals, they may be submitted on the virtual meeting website. If asking a question, please also include your name and affiliation to the company. Seeing no questions, we'll move on to voting on the proposal. The polls are now open for each matter to be voted upon today. If you have not yet voted, or if you have previously voted by proxy and wish to change your vote, you may vote by clicking on the voting button on the virtual meeting website and following the instructions there. We will now pause briefly to allow stockholders to vote if they have not already done so. Now that everyone has had an opportunity to vote, the business items on the agenda for this meeting are complete, and the polls are now closed. Barbara, can you please tabulate the votes?
We now have the preliminary report of the results of the meeting. Based on this report, each of the nominees for director has been elected as a Class 2 director. Compensation paid to our named executive officers has been approved, and the appointment of KPMG as our 2026 independent registered public accounting firm has been ratified. The final vote results will be included in the Form 8-K that will be filed within four business days after this meeting. As there is no further business to come before the meeting, this meeting is hereby adjourned. Thank you for your attendance at today's meeting and for your continued support of Nuvalent.
This concludes today's meeting. You may now disconnect.