Good morning, welcome to Whitehawk's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. I am Dave Lennon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Whitehawk. As provided in the company's bylaws, I will preside as chair of this meeting, which I now call to order. This meeting is being conducted in a virtual meeting format only via the internet. The agenda and rules of conduct for today's meeting are posted on the virtual meeting website. Please abide by the rules of conduct in order to facilitate an orderly meeting and allow us to accomplish the items on the agenda. In today's meeting, we will address and vote on the proposals described in the company's proxy statement, dated April 28, 2026. Following the vote, we will announce preliminary results and then adjourn the formal meeting. After we adjourn, we will provide time to answer appropriate questions from stockholders.
Only validated stockholders may ask questions in the designated field on the meeting website. Questions may be submitted at any time during the meeting and prior to the end of the Q&A session. We are joined here today by Steven Rodin, our General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Rodin has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election for this meeting and has signed an oath of office, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. We will now commence the formal business of the meeting. Note to the meeting. I have an affidavit certifying that notice of this meeting was duly given and that the proxy materials for this meeting were mailed or made available as applicable on or about April 28, 2026 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 17, 2026, which was the date record for this meeting.
The affidavit, together with copies of the notice, proxy statement, and proxy, will be filed with the minutes. As of the record date, there were 49,428,177 shares of Whitehawk's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on each proposal presented at this meeting. Quorum. The inspector of the election has advised me that we have present in person or by proxy a sufficient number of shares to constitute the quorum necessary to proceed with this meeting. Voting procedures. Turning to voting procedures, we will vote today via the meeting website. Please note that if you logged onto the meeting website as a guest, you will not be able to vote during the meeting.
If you previously voted via telephone or internet or by returning a proxy card and do not intend to change your vote, it is not necessary to take further action as the vote you already cast will be counted. If you are eligible to vote and have not done so, or if you want to change your vote, you may vote by clicking on the voting button on the meeting website and following instructions there. Any vote cast today will be counted in the final tally, along with the proxies previously received. As set forth in the notice of the meeting, there are 3 proposals properly before this meeting today. The first proposal is to elect 3 Class 3 directors, Behzad Aghazadeh, Richard Maroun, and Emma Reeve.
Each hold an office for a three-year term expiring on Whitehawk's 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The second proposal is to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ending December 31st, 2025, as set forth in the proxy statement. The third proposal is to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year ending December 31st, 2026. Whitehawk's Board of Directors recommends that you vote for each of the class 3 director nominations and for each of the other proposals. The polls opened for voting at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Those of you who are voting today should vote at the meeting website now.
Upon the closing of the polls, no ballots, proxies, any revocations, or changes will be accepted. I will pause at this time to allow stockholders to complete any online voting. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I hereby declare the polls closed. Mr. Rodin, will you please report on the preliminary results of the voting?
Dr. Lennon, based upon proxies received prior to the meeting and subject to final adjustment for any votes made during the meeting, I can report that with regard to proposal one, all nominees for election to the board have been duly elected to the board as class 3 directors. With regard to proposal two, the advisory vote approving executive compensation of our named executive officers has passed. With regard to proposal three, the proposal to ratify BDO as Whitehawk's independent auditor has also passed.
Thank you, Mr. Rodin. The Inspector of Election will conduct a final count of all votes and will announce final results in our current report on Form 8-K, to be filed within four business days of this meeting. That concludes official business of the meeting, and I declare the meeting adjourned. We will now respond to appropriate stockholder questions that have been submitted. We will attempt to answer as many questions as time allow, but only questions that follow the rules of conduct will be addressed. Mr. Rodin, have we received any questions that are in compliance with the rules of conduct?
Dr. Lennon, there are no questions to address.
Thank you, Mr. Rodin. Thank you to all for attending the meeting today and for your continued support of Whitehawk. With that, we'll close the meeting.
Thank you. As mentioned, the conference has concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect your line.