Welcome to the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders for Rogers Corporation. Our host for today's call is Ali El-Haj, Interim President and CEO. I will now turn the call over to your host. Mr. El-Haj, you may begin.
Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome you to our 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, held virtually via the web portal. This meeting is officially called to order. We will conduct this meeting in accordance with the agenda, and I will act as chairman of this meeting. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. Please hold any general questions until the voting results have been announced. We will observe a one question per shareholder limit and questions from multiple shareholders on the same topic or that are otherwise related may be grouped, summarized, and answered together. At this time, I would like to introduce the members of our board. Larry Berger, Donna M. Costello, Megan Faust, Armand Lauzon, Woon Keat Moh, Jeffrey Owens, and Anne Roby. A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers, our independent registered public accounting firm, is also present and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has been selected as the company's tabulator for this meeting. Jessica Morton, the company's Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel, will act as Secretary of the Meeting. Sasha Glassman, Assistant General Counsel, will act as Inspector of Election. I will now ask Ms. Morton to take care of certain procedural matters.
Good morning, everyone. Ms. Glassman has taken the oath as inspector of election, which will be filed with the records of this meeting, and she is qualified to act. A total of 17,835,527 shares of the company's capital stock were outstanding and entitled to vote as of the close of business on the record date, February 25, 2026. A list of the shareholders of record who are entitled to vote at this meeting will remain available for inspection by shareholders during the course of this meeting. More than a majority of the 17,835,527 shares of the company's capital stock outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting are present virtually or by proxy.
As a result, I hereby declare a quorum is present for each matter, and I hereby declare this meeting duly convened.
There are five items on the agenda. One, to elect nine directors to serve until the next annual meeting. Two, to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent auditor for 2026. Three, to approve on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation paid to our named executive officers. Four, to approve the Rogers Corporation 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Five, to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Is there any discussion on the proposal? If any shareholders attending virtually would like to offer a comment or question regarding any of the proposals, please submit your comment on or question through the designated field on the web portal. As noted earlier, please limit yourself to one comment or question. If there is no further discussion, we will now commence the voting. The polls are now open.
If you have previously voted, it is not necessary for you to vote again unless you wish to change your vote. If you intend to vote and have not already done so, you must submit your vote now in order for it to be counted. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls closed. At this time, Ms. Morton will report the voting results.
I hereby report that the preliminary vote report shows that all of the nominees for director have been elected to serve until the next annual meeting. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified. The non-binding advisory resolution to approve the executive compensation paid to our named executive officers in 2025, as disclosed in the proxy statement distributed in connection with this meeting, has been approved, and the Rogers Corporation 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan has been approved.
We have now come to the last item on our agenda. Are there any general questions? There being no further business, our meeting is hereby adjourned.
This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for attending and have a wonderful rest of your day.