support today for my reelection to the board of Whitehaven Coal. Firstly, my qualifications to represent you on the board are detailed in the notice of meeting, and I won't repeat those here. Regarding Whitehaven, however, I joined the board in February 2024 and currently serve on 2 committees, the Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee. Both committees play an important role in maintaining high standards across Whitehaven's operations, financial processes, and governance. Through that work, they support the delivery of the company's strategic priorities for our shareholders and indeed all stakeholders. Since joining the board, I have devoted considerable time to deepening my understanding of Whitehaven's business, particularly the mining operations that underpin it. I've undertaken intensive visits to our mining operations in both Queensland and New South Wales to better understand the mining process. These visits help me put the information we receive as directors into a practical context and inform the questions I ask as a director. My approach at the board table is straightforward. Turn up prepared, keep learning about the business, ask questions, and exercise independent judgment. If re-elected, I will continue to bring that approach to the board and both committees on which I serve, with a focus on sound governance and the long-term interests of Whitehaven and its shareholders. That focus is particularly important as we look to the future in these challenging but indeed very exciting times for the company. I would welcome the opportunity to continue serving you as a member of your board, and I ask for your support in my re-election. Thank you for your consideration. Thanks, Mick. Uh, the board, with Mick abstaining, recommends Mick's re-election as a director. The screen shows details of the proxy votes received on this resolution. Yep. And the, uh, the matter is now open for discussion. Any questions on Resolution 4? No, good. Thank you. We'll move on to Resolution 5, the re-election of Fiona Robertson. The next item of business is Fiona Robertson's re-election as a director. Fiona was appointed as an independent director of Whitehaven in February 2018. Fiona's qualifications and experience are set out in the notice of meeting. I'll just ask Fiona to briefly comment on her re-election. Fiona. Thanks, Mark. Um, as set out in the notice of meeting, my background is in finance and risk management, primarily, uh, in an executive career in banking and as a CFO in the resources space. In the 8-plus years that I've been on the board of Whitehaven, it has been really pleasing to see the dramatic growth, significant growth in the company. And particularly the maturing of the organisation as it has adapted to its increased size and scope of operation. What has particularly impressed me in the last couple of years is the way that the management team have gone about the successful integration of the acquisition of Dornier and Blackwater, which is no small feat, uh, when it effectively doubled the size of the business. We've seen, as a consequence of that, a material step up in the processes and systems within the company commensurate with the growth in the business. But importantly, the group has retained its culture of frontline accountability, engagement, and collaboration. At the operational level, rather than implementing bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake. That is something that is very evident when we, as board members, journey to the various sites and parts of the company's operations, and it's very evident in the enthusiasm that we see from the employees and staff in general. So for me, it would be a real pleasure to continue to serve on this board and appreciate the support from shareholders. Thank you. Thanks, Fiona. The board, with Fiona abstaining, recommends Fiona's re-election as a director. The screen shows details of the proxy votes received on this resolution. The matter is now open for discussion. Any questions on Resolution 5? No, if there's no questions on Resolution 5, we will continue to move on to Resolutions 6 and 7. Resolutions 6 and 7 have been requisitioned by a group of shareholders holding approximately 0.0017% of the company's shares on issue and are not supported by the board. Resolution 6 is a proposal to amend the constitution to enable shareholders to put advisory resolutions to this meeting. For this resolution to pass, it must be approved by at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders entitled to vote on the resolution. Resolution 7 is a request that the company disclose how it assesses and determines whether surplus capital deployed to development projects delivers greater shareholder value than additional returns to shareholders. in line with the company's capital allocation framework. While the board recognises and supports the right of shareholders to make their opinions known and to requisition resolutions, the board considers that Whitehaven's disciplined approach to capital allocation, our existing disclosures remain appropriate and that neither Resolution 6 nor 7 is in the best interests of Whitehaven's shareholders. or the company more generally. The board recommends shareholders vote against Resolution 6, and the screen shows the proxy votes on this item. Uh, the matter is open for discussion. Any questions on Resolution 6? No questions on Resolution 6 then. Uh, thank you. If there are no further questions, we have now finalized the discussion on that item. As there are no further questions, uh, I'll shortly be closing the voting. Obviously Resolution 6 is not carried, so we do not put Resolution 7. Um, it's the voting on Resolutions 1 to 6, uh, are open voting, uh, and any shareholders who have not already submitted their votes do so now, and we'll just allow a short period of time for you to conclude all voting on your phones. White? 20 seconds up. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I think that's, uh, plenty, plenty of time now. I now close the poll and the results for resolutions 1 to 6 will be displayed on the screen shortly. They will. What? Yes, sir. No, no, well, we've— I called for questions. Okay, one question. Well, yeah, as, as has been well spelled out in all the documentation that's been provided, and particularly the NOM, um, you know, without Resolution 6 being passed, we don't vote on Resolution 7. But you want to make— you want to ask a question or make a comment? Okay. Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, yep. Well, there's, there's the outcome. We'll just quickly— one question. Um, uh, there was a claim around, uh, the company's development projects not stacking up under a 1.5-degree scenario. Um, but as far as I can tell from the report, that seems to only apply to, uh, Vicary and, um, Winchester South. So can I just get clarity whether, um, Narrabri and Moores Creek are included in that analysis and whether they would also stack up or not stack up under 1.5 degrees. You're referring to our sustainability report? Yes, that's right. Paul, you want to just quickly comment on that? We'll make it brief. Yeah. Sure, this is, uh, we've made disclosures along the lines, uh, well, scrolling back, we're an early adopter of TCFD and we've been reporting this from the— we were the first coal company to adopt that reporting framework. And we've reported consistently over many years. In terms of the scenarios that you mentioned, the 1.5-degree scenario, we have previously stated last year and reiterated this year that our operations will be challenged under a 1.5-degree scenario. That already includes Narrabri and Moores Creek. And so, as a result, you would imagine the life extensions of those assets would be— would have been taken into consideration when we formed that view. Now, of course, just for everyone's benefit, I think everybody understands that these are scenarios, not predictions. And everybody should assess them importantly because it's important work, but take them as such, being scenarios rather than projections or forecasts. Thank you. Thanks, Mr. Okay, the voting is, uh, is that the final voting, Tim? That's the final voting. As you can see, resolutions 1 to 5 have been passed and resolution 6 has not. As a result, we will not be voting on contingent resolution 7, because 6 wasn't, wasn't passed. The, um, so ladies and gentlemen, that completes the formal business of this meeting. I now formally declare the meeting closed and thank you all for your attendance. And we invite you to join us for sandwiches and tea and coffee outside in the foyer. Thank you very much.
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