Hello, welcome to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Workiva, Inc. Please note this meeting is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to David S. Mulcahy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Mr. Mulcahy, the floor is yours. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Workiva, Inc. I am David Mulcahy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. We are pleased to be holding our annual meeting in a virtual format this year. It is 10:00 A.M. At this time, I call the meeting to order. At this time, I'd like to ask Brandon Ziegler to go over some administrative details. Welcome again to the seventh Annual Meeting of Workiva, Inc. I am Brandon Ziegler, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary of the company. Before we begin, the agenda and the rules of procedure for the meeting are available through the virtual meeting platform. We will first conduct the formal business of the meeting. Following that, there will be an opportunity for questions at the end of the meeting. The principal business of today's meeting is, first, to elect two Class I directors to our Board of Directors to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Second, to approve on an advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers. Third, to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021. As our bylaws provide, Mr. Mulcahy will act as chairman of the meeting, and I will act as secretary of the meeting. Before we move to official business, I would like to ask Mr. Mulcahy to introduce the other members of the Board of Directors who are participating in our virtual meeting today. Thanks, Brandon. Joining us today are Brigid Bonner, Michael Crow, Robert Herz, Julie Iskow, Suku Radia, and Martin Vanderploeg. In addition, a number of our company's officers are participating in the meeting today. I would also like to introduce Kimberly Gillespie, who is a Partner with Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm. Ms. Gillespie will have an opportunity to make a statement if she desires to do so and to respond to appropriate questions at the end of the meeting. At this time, I would like to call on Mr. Ziegler to explain our process for distributing proxy materials. Thanks, Dave. As permitted under SEC rules, we sent a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to each stockholder of record as of April 5th, 2021. The Notice of Internet Availability contained instructions on how stockholders could access our proxy materials via the Internet and how stockholders could request paper copies if desired. Our stockholders have the right to vote their shares via the Internet, by telephone, by mail, or virtually at this meeting. I have a copy of an affidavit of mailing from Computershare Communication Services, Inc, our mailing agent and an affiliate of Computershare, Inc, stating that the Notice of Internet Availability was mailed on April 19th, 2021, to each stockholder of record as of the record date, April 5th, 2021. This affidavit will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. Computershare Trust Company, NA, the company's transfer agent and registrar, and an affiliate of Computershare, Inc, has been appointed to act as the Inspector of Election for the meeting and any adjournment or postponement of this meeting. Fred Papenmeier, as a representative of Computershare, has signed an oath to act as Inspector of Election, and this oath will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. If there is any person present holding a proxy that has not yet submitted it to vote, please submit it now via the virtual meeting platform. The inspector will record the proxies at this time. The inspector has the stockholder list of the company as of April 5th, 2021, the record date for the meeting, which shows the stockholders and their respective number of shares entitled to vote at this meeting. A duplicate record is available for inspection by any stockholder upon request. This list is also available at this meeting if any stockholder wishes to examine it and will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. At this time, I would like to call on Mr. Ziegler to report on the number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote and the number of those shares represented at this meeting, either in person or by proxy. Mr. Chairman, there were 42,102,011 shares of our Class A common stock and 7,824,610 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on April 5th, 2021, the record date for this meeting. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of Class B common stock is entitled to 10 votes. At least 37,766,473 shares of our Class A common stock and at least 7,8824,610 shares of our Class B common stock, or 89.55% of the total outstanding voting power, are represented in person or by proxy at this meeting. Since a majority in voting power of the shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at this meeting is present or represented by proxy, we have a quorum. Mr. Ziegler has advised us that a quorum is present at this meeting. I declare the meeting duly and lawfully convened. The meeting is now open and ready for business. I declare the polls open to vote on the motions to be presented. If you've not turned in a proxy or instead wish to vote now, please submit your ballot via the virtual platform. Mr. Ziegler, were there any stockholder nominations or other proposals for business for this meeting properly filed with you as Secretary of the company? No. Since no stockholder nominations or proposals were properly filed in advance of this meeting, the business of the meeting is limited to the three proposals on the agenda. The first item of business is the election of directors. As stated in our proxy, Robert Herz and David Mulcahy are currently Directors and have been nominated for re-election as Class I Directors to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for the election of Mr. Herz and Mr. Mulcahy as Class I Directors. Since no other nominations for directors have been received, I declare the nominations closed, and we will proceed with the voting. A motion to elect Mr. Herz and Mr. Mulcahy is now in order. I hereby move that Mr. Herz and Mr. Mulcahy be elected as Class I Directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Does anyone second the motion? I second the motion. The next item of business is to approve on an advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the company's proxy. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for this proposal. A motion to approve the compensation of our named executive officers is now in order. I hereby move that the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in the company's proxy, be approved. Does anyone second the motion? I second the motion. The next item of business is to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021. The Board of Directors recommends a vote for this proposal. A motion to ratify the independent registered public accounting firm is now in order. I hereby move that the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021, be ratified. Does anyone second the motion? I second the motion. Are there any questions or comments on these motions? If not, the polls are now closed. The Inspector of Elections will now tabulate the votes, and then we will share the Inspector of Elections report of the results of the voting. I understand that the votes have been counted. I now ask Mr. Ziegler to share the Inspector of Elections report of the results of the voting. Mr. Herz and Mr. Mulcahy have been elected as Class I Directors to serve three-year terms expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Each candidate received a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting. The advisory proposal on named executive officer compensation has been approved by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31st, 2021, has been approved by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting. I will file a final report of the Inspector of Election with the minutes of this meeting. This concludes the formal business to be conducted at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A motion to adjourn the meeting is now in order. I hereby move to adjourn the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Does anyone second the motion? I second the motion. The formal portion of the meeting is now adjourned. That concludes our formal meeting. We will now respond to any questions from our stockholders that are submitted through the virtual meeting platform. You may also ask any question of Ernst & Young LLP, and Ms. Gillespie may make a statement if she desires to do so. Please limit your questions to matters that may concern all shareholders. Any matter of individual concern to a stockholder should be raised after the meeting, when representatives of the company will be present to respond to your questions. Seeing that there are no further questions, I will now conclude our annual meeting of stockholders. Thank you all for participating in today's meeting and for the interest you have shown in Workiva. This concludes the meeting, and you may now disconnect.
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