Good morning. I am Timothy Baxter, Chair of the Board of Directors of SkyWater Technology, Inc. Welcome to our virtual 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Pursuant to the company's bylaws, I will act as chair of this annual meeting. Christopher Hilberg, Secretary of the company, will act as secretary of this annual meeting. In addition, each of my fellow board members are also virtually attending this meeting. I would also like to acknowledge Travis Raby of KPMG LLP, the company's independent registered public accounting firm, who will be available to respond to any appropriate questions that you may have. We will conduct the business portion of the meeting first. After the formal meeting has adjourned, we will answer stockholder questions submitted in advance of and during the annual meeting. Please note that the agenda and rules of this meeting are also available on the meeting website.
This meeting is now formally called to order. Any stockholder who has not yet voted may do so by clicking on the voting link on the meeting website and following the instructions. No further action is necessary for stockholders who have sent in proxies or already voted. I hereby appoint Christopher Hilberg, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, General Counsel, and Secretary of SkyWater Technology, as Inspector of Election for this meeting. Mr. Hilberg, would you present the notice of this meeting and report as to its mailing?
The Board of Directors fixed April 13th, 2026, as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at this annual meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. I have received a certificate from Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions indicating that the notice of the annual meeting of stockholders and notice regarding the availability of the company's proxy materials were mailed on or about April 27th, 2026, to each stockholder of record as of the record date. This annual meeting of stockholders is being held for the purposes set forth in the notice of the annual meeting of stockholders.
Thank you. Will you now report on the attendance at this meeting?
There were 49,157,448 shares of the company's common stock issued on April 13th, 2026, and entitled to vote at this meeting. There are at least 38,872,771 shares of common stock represented in person or by proxy at this meeting, which is approximately 79% of the total number of shares entitled to vote, constituting a quorum. As a reminder, any stockholder who has not yet voted should do so now by clicking the voting link on the meeting website and following the instructions.
Thank you. Legal notice of the meeting has been given and there is a quorum of the common stock present. This meeting is therefore lawfully convened and ready to transact business. The first item of business is the election of nine directors for terms to expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The board's nominees for directors are Timothy E. Baxter, Edward M. Daly, Nancy Fares, Dennis J. Goetz, Joseph J. Humke, Andrew D.C. LaFrenz, Tammy J. Miller, Thomas Sonderman, and Loren A. Unterseher. The nominations are now closed.
The second item of business is the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026. We have received proxies from the company's stockholders authorizing us to vote shares on the items of business for this meeting, and we have voted these shares accordingly. I now declare the polls for voting at this meeting closed. Based on preliminary tabulation from the Inspector of Election, I can report that each of the board's nominees for election as director have been elected and the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026 has been ratified.
The final voting results on these items of business will be included in a Form 8-K filing that the company will make with the SEC in the next few days. The Secretary of the company did not receive proper notice of any other business or proposal to come before the meeting as required by our bylaws. Since there is no further business to be conducted, the business portion of this meeting is hereby adjourned. We have not received any questions that would be of general interest. As a result, thank you for attending our annual meeting, which is now concluded.