Good morning. I would like to welcome you to the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Thryv Holdings, Inc. I'm Joe Walsh, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Thryv Holdings, Inc. I will act as Chairman of the Meeting. We are hosting the meeting virtually by webcast. We have designed the format of the annual meeting to ensure that stockholders are afforded the same rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting. In attendance at this meeting virtually from our Board of Directors is myself, Amer Akhtar, Bonnie Kintzer, Ryan O'Hara, Lou Orfanos, John Slater, and Lauren Vaccarello. I am also joined today by Lesley Bolger, our Chief Legal Officer and Human Resources and Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary. Ms. Bolger will act as Secretary of the Meeting.
Also present today is Ms. Natalie Hairston of American Election Services, who has been appointed to serve as the Inspector of Election for today's meeting. On behalf of Grant Thornton, our outside auditor, is Mr. Rocky Bae. Mr. Bae will assist in responding to appropriate questions raised by stockholders attending this meeting on the investors section of our website after the conclusion of today's meeting. Ms. Bolger, as Secretary of this Meeting, will now address some preliminary matters relating to the meeting. Then we will proceed to vote on matters covered in the proxy statement. Lesley.
If you have logged into the meeting with your control number, you may ask a question by typing it into the box at the bottom of the screen at any time during this meeting. Our annual meeting is being held today pursuant to the notice of annual meeting of stockholders that we mailed on April 30th, 2026, to each stockholder of record as of April 13th, 2026. This notice and all documents concerning this meeting will be filed with the records of the meeting. The minutes of the last stockholders meeting will be available throughout this meeting for inspection by any stockholder on the platform used to access this meeting. Also available during the meeting is a certified list of the stockholders of record as of April 13th, 2026, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and vote at this meeting.
In order to conduct an orderly meeting, I would like to remind you to follow the rules of procedure for this meeting, which have been posted to the website used to access this meeting. The inspector signed her oath of office earlier today, which oath is submitted to the company and made part of the record of this meeting and will be filed with the records of this meeting. There are represented at this meeting, either in person or by proxy, a majority of the voting power of the shares of the company's common stock entitled to vote at the meeting representing a quorum for all actions to be taken at the meeting. I declare this meeting duly and lawfully convened. This meeting is open for official business. There are three matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders at this meeting.
First, the election of the following two Class 3 directors by the company stockholders, each to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders. John Slater, Joseph A. Walsh. The second proposal is the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. The third proposal is a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement. The time is 10:04 A.M. Central, the polls are now open. If you have not yet submitted a proxy card and wish to vote on these items or wish to revoke a proxy card you have previously signed, you may vote your shares by clicking on the voting button on your screen now.
You will need the control number provided on your proxy in order to vote your shares online. We will now pause to allow shareholders to vote. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls closed at 10:05 A.M. Central. I will read the voting results. Each nominee for election to the board of directors has been elected by a plurality of the votes cast. A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter affirmatively voted for the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026.
A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter affirmatively voted for the non-binding advisory approval of the compensation paid to our named executive officers. There being no other business to attend to, I declare the official business of the 2026 annual meeting concluded. If you have logged into the meeting with your control number and would like to ask a question, you may do so now by clicking the Q&A button and typing your question into the box provided. The company will answer questions on the investor section of our website after the conclusion of this meeting. The company will answer questions that are relevant to this meeting, pertinent to the proposals considered at this meeting, or directly related to the business of the company, that are briefly stated.
We will now pause to allow shareholders to submit questions.
This is Joe Walsh. Thank you for attending today's meeting. I would like to conclude by thanking everyone for their participation and continued support of Thryv. The meeting is now adjourned.
The meeting has concluded. You may now disconnect.