Welcome to the TKO Group Holdings, Inc 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I will now turn the line over to TKO's Executive Chair and CEO, Ariel Emanuel, who will serve as the Chairperson of today's meeting. Mr. Emanuel.
Thank you. Good afternoon. On behalf of TKO, our Board members, and management, I'd like to welcome you to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Today's meeting is being conducted via webcast. Before I call the meeting to order, I'd like to introduce you to our other Board members nominated for election at today's meeting, many of whom are joining us today. Mark Shapiro, who is also our President and Chief Operating Officer, Peter Bynoe, Egon Durban, Dwayne Johnson, Brad Keywell, Nick Khan, Steven Koonin, Jonathan Kraft, Sonya Medina, Nancy Tellem, and Carrie Wheeler. Also present at the meeting today are Andrew Schleimer, our Chief Financial Officer, Seth Krauss, our Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Counsel to the Board of Directors and Senior Management, Riché McKnight, our Chief Legal Officer, Seth Zaslow, our Head of Investor Relations, and Rob Hilton, our Corporate Secretary.
Thank you again for joining us today. I'll now turn it over to Mark for today's proceedings.
Thanks, Ari. Before I call the meeting to order, I'd like to introduce Jonathan Paine of KPMG, the company's independent auditor, who will be available to respond to appropriate questions during the question-and-answer portion of the meeting. We will now officially come to order and will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as described in the notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. We are now open for voting on all matters. If you have not already voted and would like to, voting will remain open until we finish presenting the proposals and formally close the polls. You do not need to vote during the meeting if you have already voted and do not wish to change your vote. On the virtual meeting webpage, you will find the agenda and rules of conduct for the meeting.
Note that only stockholders who are logged in using the unique number provided with their proxy materials will be able to vote and submit questions. Our secretary will now file the proof of mailing of notice with the records of the meeting. As a reminder, all stockholders of record at the close of business on April 16, 2026, or holders of a valid proxy are entitled to vote. At this time, I'd like to introduce Tony Carideo, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions, who will act as the Inspector of Election at today's meeting. Mr. Carideo has signed the customary oath of office to execute his duties with strict impartiality, which we'll file with the records of the meeting. I've been informed that a quorum is present, and I now declare this meeting to be duly convened. There are two proposals for consideration by stockholders.
The first item of business is the election of 12 directors to serve for a term of office expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The second item of business is the ratification of the audit committee's appointment of KPMG as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The Board of Directors recommends that the stockholders vote for each of the director nominees named in the first proposal and for the ratification of KPMG as the company's independent registered public accounting firm. As a reminder, for the purposes of today's meeting, we welcome only those questions from stockholders about the two proposals discussed. Please submit these via the question- and- answer text box on the annual meeting webpage. For any additional questions, we encourage you to email our investor relations team at investor@tkogrp.com.
With that, we will now take questions, and I will gladly turn the meeting over to Rob Hilton, our Corporate Secretary.
Thank you, Mark. At this time, there are no questions. If you wish to vote and you haven't already, please vote now by clicking the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions. You do not need to vote electronically if you've already sent in your signed proxy or if you voted by telephone or internet unless you wish to change your vote. We will pause for 30 seconds before closing the voting polls. The polls are now closed for voting. I have now received the preliminary report of the Inspector of Election to be kept with the company's records of the annual meeting.
Based on this report, each of the director nominees has been elected to serve until our annual meeting to be held in 2027, and the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026, has been ratified. The final tally of the votes will be published within four business days in an 8-K to be filed with the SEC, and the formal portion of the meeting has now concluded. With that, our annual meeting is now adjourned. I want to thank you for attending and for your continued support of TKO.
This concludes today's meeting. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful rest of your day.