Chief Financial Officer. This has been an outstanding year for Via. Not only did we take the company public, we also achieved rapid and consistent growth throughout the year and continue to invest in our team and product to support growth in the years to come. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all on behalf of the entire company for your support. At this time, I call the meeting to order. I am pleased to conduct our meeting virtually. The company's board of directors has appointed me to act as Chairman of this meeting. Erin Abrams, the company's Chief Legal Officer, will act as Secretary of this meeting. I would also like to introduce Deloitte & Touche, our independent registered public accounting firm.
During the question and answer period at the end of today's session, Bill Ford of Deloitte will be available to answer any appropriate questions you may have concerning the independent audit. The board of directors has appointed Michael Barbera of Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. to act as Inspector of Election for the meeting. Mr. Barbera has previously taken his oath as Inspector of Election. We will file the executed oath with the records of this meeting. Many stockholders have already submitted their proxies. All proxies will be voted as marked by the stockholders signing them. If you have voted by proxy, you do not need to take any further action.
If you wish to vote during this meeting, please log in to the web portal as a stockholder by entering the 16-digit control number you received with your proxy materials and clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. The secretary will now review the agenda, rules of conduct and procedures for today's meeting and present the affidavit of mailing of the notice of availability of proxy materials.
Thank you, Daniel. Upon logging into the meeting, you were presented with an agenda and a link to the rules of conduct and procedures in the meeting materials section on the web portal. Please click on these links if you have not already done so to review these rules and the agenda. To conduct an orderly meeting, we ask that participants abide by these rules. As stated in the rules of conduct, only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the web portal. We will try to answer questions on any matters in the agenda to be voted on by stockholders during the meeting and before voting is closed. After the formal meeting has been adjourned, we will attempt to answer as many questions as time allows, but only questions that are relevant to the meeting or the business of the company will be addressed.
As stated in the rules of conduct, we ask that you restrict your questions to the agenda items that are before us. Thank you for your cooperation with these rules. There are two items of business on today's agenda: the election of two Class I directors and the vote on the ratification of the appointment of the company's independent registered public accounting firm and independent auditor. Each of these items is described in the proxy statement accompanying the notice for this meeting, which was mailed to stockholders on April 8th, 2026. The board of directors set March 23rd, 2026 as the date of record for this meeting. We have at this meeting a record of stockholders as of that date.
A duplicate record has been on file at the principal place of business for the company for at least 10 days and has been available for inspection by any stockholder during normal business hours during that period. I present an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge Financial Solutions, which states that the notice of availability of proxy materials was mailed on April 8th, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 23rd, 2026, the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of this meeting, which is in accordance with the bylaws of the company.
Thank you, Erin. I direct that the affidavit of mailing be made part of the minutes of the meeting. Our first order of business at this meeting is to determine whether the shares represented at the meeting are sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. Erin, do you have a report?
Yes, I do. I've been advised by the Inspector of Election that approximately 74.65% of the issued and outstanding shares of the company's common stock are entitled to vote at this meeting, and they are represented today at the meeting. This is sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business at this meeting.
Thank you, Erin. The report of the secretary and the existence of a quorum is accepted. Since the majority and voting power of the shares of the company's common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote is represented here today, I declare that a quorum is present and the meeting is duly constituted. It is 9:04 A.M. Eastern, and the polls are now open for voting. If you wish to vote at the meeting, whether or not you already submitted a proxy, then you may vote by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. You will be able to vote any time from now through the presentation of the proposals until the polls are closed. No ballots or proxies or revocations or changes of proxies will be accepted after the polls are closed.
Any stockholder who has previously given their proxy need not vote unless the stockholder desires to revoke the proxy and vote by electronic ballot at this meeting. We may now proceed to transact the business for which this meeting has been called. The next order of business is a description of matters properly brought before this meeting. The first proposal is for the election of directors. Two directors shall be elected at today's meeting, each to serve as a Class I director until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders or until such director's respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at this meeting is required to elect each nominee for director.
As indicated in the company's proxy statement, the board of directors has nominated and recommends a vote for Arnon Dinur and Nechemia "Chemi" Peres, each current directors of the company. The company's bylaws require that a stockholder provide advance notice to the company of a stockholder's intent to nominate persons as directors. No such notice was received. Accordingly, I declare the nominations for directors closed.
There are no questions regarding this proposal.
Great. Voting will commence after all proposals have been presented. We will now move to proposal two. The next matter being submitted to stockholders for action is the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2026. The affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the total number of votes of our capital stock present virtually at the meeting or represented by proxy entitled to vote thereon is required to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm and independent auditor.
There are no questions regarding this proposal.
Okay. No further business is scheduled to come before the stockholders, we will move on to voting. I direct that a vote of the stockholders be taken by electronic ballot on the matters previously described. Voting is by proxy and electronic ballot. If you wish to vote now, whether or not you already submitted a proxy, then you may vote by clicking on the voting button on the web portal and following the instructions there. Each share of our Class A common stock entitles the holder to one vote, and each share of our Class B common stock entitles the holder to 10 votes. For each share held of record at the close of business on March 23rd, 2026.
Any stockholder who has previously given their proxy need not vote unless the stockholder desires to revoke the proxy and vote by electronic ballot at this meeting. I declare the polls for each matter voted upon at this meeting closed at 9:07 A.M. Eastern time today and direct the Inspector of Election to tabulate the ballots. Will the secretary please report the preliminary results of the voting?
Yes. Although all the numbers on the share vote are not in, I can provide the following preliminary results from the Inspector of Election. I have been advised by the Inspector of Election that a plurality of the votes cast were in favor of the election of Arnon Dinur and Nechemia Peres. Accordingly, Arnon Dinur and Nechemia Peres have been elected as Class I directors of the company, each to serve for the term expiring on the date of the company's 2029 annual meeting or until such director's respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. I have been further advised by the Inspector of Election that a majority in voting power of the votes cast voted in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte to act as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and independent auditor.
Accordingly, the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as the company's independent registered public accounting firm and independent auditor for the year ending December 31st, 2026, has been approved. The Inspector of Election has indicated that he will furnish me with a written report of the final vote count with respect to matters voted on today. A final tally of the votes will be published in a current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on or before May 22nd, 2026.
Thank you, Erin. Please include the Inspector of Election's written report of the final vote count in the minutes for today's meeting. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of Via is now adjourned. I would like to say thank you to everyone for attending today's meeting and for your continuing support of Via. We note that we have not received any questions regarding the agenda items during the meeting today. We will end today's meeting. Thank you all for attending today's annual meeting and for your continuing support of Via.
We have not received any questions regarding the agenda items today.
The call has now concluded. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect.