Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Brad Forth, Chair of the Board. I would like to welcome you to the annual meeting of shareholders of Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. I would also like to welcome the other members of the Board and the members of Shoals' executive management team who are attending this meeting. I will act as Chair of this meeting. Bobbie L. King, Jr., our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, will act as the Secretary of this meeting. Ken Frank from The Carideo Group, Inc. will be acting as the Inspector of Election for this meeting. I now call the meeting to order. Thank you very much for attending today. In order to conduct an orderly meeting and give all shareholders an opportunity to participate, we will follow the agenda and rules of conduct posted on the virtual meeting portal.
If you wish to ask a question, please submit it at any time during this meeting using the Ask A Question feature in the meeting portal. We will respond to as many questions as possible that are relevant to the conduct of this meeting. Recording of this meeting is prohibited. At this time, I call upon Bobbie L. King, Jr. to establish that the meeting has been duly called and that a quorum is present. Bobbie?
Thank you, Brad. The board fixed March 10th, 2026 as the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and vote at this meeting. We began distributing meeting materials to shareholders on March 20th, 2026. I have an affidavit from Broadridge, the company's proxy service provider, certifying the completion of the distribution. The inspector of election reports that shareholders owning at least the majority of the voting power entitled to vote at the meeting are present in person or by proxy. Accordingly, Brad, a quorum is present.
Thank you. On the basis of the secretary's report, the meeting is duly convened. The polls will open when all of the proposals have been presented and will close immediately prior to announcement of the preliminary results. Bobbie please present the proposals.
Thank you, Brad. Proposal number one is for the election of the following nominees to serve on the board as directors and to hold office until the company's 2027 annual meeting of shareholders. Ty Daul, Jeannette Mills, Niharika Taskar Ramdev, Lori Sundberg, Toni Volpe. All nominees currently are members of the board. Proposal number two is to approve by a non-binding advisory vote the compensation of the company's named executive officers, also known as the say on pay vote. Proposal number three is to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st 2026.
Thank you, Bobbie. The company has not received advance notice from any shareholder, as required by its bylaws, of any other matter to be considered at today's meeting. No other proposals may be properly introduced by shareholders. I now declare the polls open for voting. Any shareholder who has not yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the voting button on the virtual meeting portal and following the instructions therein. Shareholders who have sent in proxies or voted by telephone or the Internet and do not wish to change their vote do not need to take any further action. If you have any questions, please submit them using the Ask A Question feature in the meeting portal now.
There being no comments or questions on the proposals, now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I declare the polls for the 2026 Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. annual meeting of shareholders closed. The next item on the agenda is a preliminary report of the inspector of election. Any ballot submitted before the polls closed but not reflected in the preliminary report will be reflected in the final report of the inspector of election. I call upon the secretary to present the preliminary report of the inspector of election.
Brad, the inspector of election has presented his preliminary report informing that the five director nominees have been duly elected. The compensation of the company's named executive officers has been approved, and the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been duly ratified. The inspector of election certificate and the final tabulation of votes will be annexed to the minutes of this meeting. Final results also will be published in a Form 8-K.
Thank you, Bobbie. I am not aware of any other business that should be brought before this meeting, accordingly, I adjourn the meeting. This concludes the Shoals 2026 annual meeting. Thank you.