Hello, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the LendingTree, Inc. Annual Meetin g of Stockholders. I will now turn it over to Steven Ozanian, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Please go ahead.
Thank you. Good morning. It's time to get started. This is the annual meeting of the stockhol ders of LendingTree, I am Steven Ozanian, Chairman of the Board of the Company. I'd like to now call this meeting to order. This meeting is being webcast live, along with my fellow directors and the executive officers of the Company in attendance, I'd like to welcome all stockholders that are participating in the webcast. Heather Novitsky, Secretary of the Company, will act as the Secretary of the Meeting. Before we get started, I would like to remind everyone that this meeting is governed by Delaware law and our corporate bylaws. Thus, we are required to follow certain formal procedures.
The rules of conduct for the meeting are available for review. In order to conduct an orderly and efficient meeting, we ask that each of you abide by these rules. I'd like to talk about some dates. The Board of Directors set April 20th, 2026, as the re cord date for this stockholders meeting. A list of stockholders of record at the close of business on April 20th was available for inspection for at least two weeks prior to the meeting. A notice of this meeting and the availability of proxy materials on the internet was sent out on April 27th, 2026, to all stockholders of record as of the record date. Broadridge has delivered an affidavit, a mailing to the company establishing that notice of the meeting was given to each stockholder of record as of the record date.
A copy of the notice of the meeting affidavit of m ailing and proxy materials will be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting. A preliminary report provided by the Inspector of Election has determined that we have a quorum present for the purpose of tra nsacting business. Let's get on to the business. It is now, I believe, 8:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time in the United States on June 17th, 2026, the polls for voting on each ballot item are open. All shares represented by proxy will be voted as spe cified in the form of the proxy. If you are a stockholder entitled to vote and have not yet voted, or if you want to change your previously cast vote, please do so via the website used to access this meeting. Please remember that if you have already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again.
Shares represented by proxy where no vote is specified will be voted as follows: In favor of electing nine persons nominated as directors, in favor of the compensation of the named executive officers, and for ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent public accounting firm for 2026. As stated in the notice of the meeting and the proxy materials, this mee ting has been called to consider and act on the following matters: The election of nine members of ou r board of directors, a proposal to consider and provide an advisory or Say-on-Pay vote on the 2025 compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, and a proposal to ratify the appointment of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year.
Each item of business on the agenda will be presented, and then we will close the polls and read the results for all items at the same time. The first proposal, election of directors. There will be nine directors elected at this meeting. As indicat ed in the company's proxy statement, the board of directors has nominated the following persons to serve as directors of the company until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockhold ers, or until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or, if earlier, such director's removal or resignation. The names of the nine directors are as follows: Gabe Dalporto, Tom Davidson, Mark Ernst, Robin Henderson, Steve Ozanian, Scott Peyree, Diego Rodriguez, Saras Sarasvathy, and Ken Thompson. Now moving on to proposal two.
The second order of business is the proposal to provide an advisory or Say-on-Pay vote on the 2025 compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the compensation disclosur e rules of the SEC. This proposal is a non-binding stockholder advisory vote. Proposal number three is the auditor ratification. The proposal is to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year. I understand that the votes have been counted, and the preliminary report of the voting inspector has been delivered to the secretary. I now call on the secretary to report on the results of the stockholders' vote. Heather?
Mr. Chairman, the preliminary report of the voting inspector indicates the following. With respect to proposal one, the election of directors, each of the nine nominees for director received more than 88% of the votes cast in favor of his or her election to serve for a one-year t erm until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or, if earlier, such director's removal or resignation. With respect to proposal two, an advisory Say-on-Pay vote, stockholders voted to approve our named executive officers' 2025 compensation. Three, with respect to proposal three, the ratification of the appointment of auditors, stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year.
Thank you, Heather. I would like to request that the final report of the voting inspector be filed with the minutes of this meeting. We expect to report the results of the voting on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business da ys of this meeting. That concludes the bus iness for the meeting. Stockholders of record had the option to submit questions for management prior to the meeting. However, none were submitted. Therefore, the meeting is now adjourned. I'd like to thank everyone for attending today's meeting.
This concludes today's meeting. We thank you for joining. You may now disconnect.