Good afternoon, and welcome to our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. We're excited to be hosting our virtual meeting today. Certain directors and officers and employees are present via phone or attending today's meeting through the webcast. We're also joined by representatives from our registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, who are attending today's meeting through the w ebcast. As is our custom, we will now conduct the business portion of our meeting. Please note you may vote your shares online anytime during this meeting before the closing of the polls. If you have not already submitted your votes online, this is your last chance to do so. The polls will close in a few minutes. The meeting will officially come to order. Thank you again for joining us. Now let me turn the meeting over to Andrew Maleki, our Chief Financial Officer.
Thank you, Craig. We are conducting the meeting in accordance with our bylaws and meeting rules of conduct. In order to ensure that the business of the meeting proceeds in an orderly fashion, we ask that you please observe the meeting rules of conduct. These rules of conduct are available on the virtual meeting website. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has certified that notice of this meeting was mailed on April 2, 2026 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on March 18, 2026, the record date for the meeting, and copies of those certifications are in my possession. I therefore declare that legal notice of the meeting has been duly given. Kathryn Whedon, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., has been appointed as the Inspector of Elections for this meeting.
The Inspector is present at the meeting today and has taken and signed the customary oath of office to execute her duties as Inspector of Elections with strict impartiality. We will file this oath with the records of this meeting. The Inspector's function is to decide upon the qualifications of voters, accept their votes, and to tally the final votes. As Inspector of Elections, Kathryn Whedon has informed me that at least 1/3 of the outstanding shares held of record as of close of business on the record date for this meeting are represented at this meeting. Accordingly I confirm that a quorum is present that we may proceed with the business of the meeting. Please remember that you may vote your shares online anytime during this meeting before the closing of the polls. There are four items of business on today's agenda.
In accordance with Surrozen's bylaws, these are the only proposals to be voted upon at the meeting. The proposals to be voted on at this meeting are described in our proxy statement that was made available to all stockholders. The first item of business is the election of Class II directors to serve until the 2029 annual meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal. The nominees for directors of the company are Dr. Mace Rothenberg and Dr. David J. Woodhouse. The second item of business is the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the year ending December 31st, to 2026.
The third item of business is the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the company's proxy statement for this meeting. The fourth and last item of business is the advisory vote on the preferred frequency of the advisory vote on the compensation of the company's named executive officers. This concludes the voting at today's meeting, and the polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting are now closed. The Inspector of Elections has tallied the votes and will now announce the preliminary results. As of this time, the two director nominees have been elected to serve until the 2029 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal.
The stockholders have also ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2026. The compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the company's proxy statement for this meeting is approved. The preferred frequency of the advisory vote on the approval of the compensation of the company's named executive officers is one year. These are preliminary results of voting. The final voting results will be reported in a current report on Form 8-K, which will be filed with the SEC, and in a report of the Inspector of Elections, which will be maintained in the company's corporate records with the minutes of this meeting. It is now 10:05 A.M. Pacific Time, and I declare that the business of today's meeting is concluded. The annual meeting of stockholders is now adjourned.
Thank you all very much for joining us this afternoon. We appreciate your interest and your continued confidence in Surrozen.