Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annual meeting of Indigo Books & Music Inc. Please note the meeting is being recorded. I would like to introduce Heather Reisman, Executive Chair of the company. Ms. Reisman, the floor is yours. Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. I would like to welcome you to the annual meeting of Indigo Books & Music. My name is Heather Reisman, and I'm the Executive Chair of Indigo. I will chair the meeting today. Other board members and management are also joining us virtually. Once again, we are holding our annual meeting in a virtual format, and we are pleased that this platform permits shareholder participation regardless of physical location. That said, only registered shareholders who held shares in their name as of July 5th, 2023, the record date of this meeting, or their validly appointed proxy holders are entitled to vote and submit questions at this meeting. On behalf of the board, I wish to thank those shareholders who have submitted their proxies in advance. The meeting will now come to order. Damien Liddle, Indigo's corporate secretary, will act as secretary of the meeting, and the TSX Trust Company will act as scrutineers. Notice calling the meeting was properly mailed, and a copy will be retained. I will take the notice of the meeting as read. Based on the scrutineer's report, I declare that a quorum is present, and we will proceed. This meeting is now regularly called and properly constituted for transaction of business. The business of this meeting is described in the management information circular dated July 10th, 2023, which has been made available to all shareholders. We will conduct the votes on each of the matters before us by ballot through the online voting page on this website. If you have already voted by proxy, there is no need to resubmit your votes. If you wish to revoke your proxy and vote again, you may do so through the online voting page once the polling has opened. The polling will be opened for all resolutions at the same time. This will allow you to choose to vote on each resolution immediately or wait until the conclusion of any decision on each resolution prior to casting your vote. Shareholders will have an opportunity to ask questions on each resolution in turn. You may submit questions by typing the question into the webcast platform. If you have a question, click on the messaging icon at the left side of the screen. At the appropriate time, the secretary will read out the question, and either a member of management or I will respond. Once discussion on all items of business have concluded, I will give you a minute to enter your votes and then declare voting closed on all resolutions. The voting results will be publicly issued later today via press release and posted on the SEDAR website. The first item of business are the minutes of the last annual shareholders' meeting. The minutes are hereby presented and are available upon request should any shareholder wish to review them. Voting results from last year's meeting are also available on SEDAR. The next item is the presentation of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 1st, 2023, and the accompanying audit report. Copies of the financial statements and the auditor's report were previously made available electronically or mailed to shareholders. There will be an opportunity for shareholder questions regarding the financial statements later in the meeting. Let's move on to the matters that require shareholder voting. I now declare the polls open on all resolutions. In order to expedite the formal part of today's meeting, I have asked certain proxy holders to move and second various resolutions. We will begin with the election of Indigo's directors. Eight directors are to be elected and information regarding each of the nominees is set out in the information circular. I now declare the meeting open for nominations. Ms. Chair, I have the pleasure of nominating Jonathan Deitcher, Markus Dohle, Wendy Evans, Andrea Johnson, Donald Lewtas, Peter Ruis, Gerald Schwartz, and Joel Silver as directors of the company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. You have heard the nominations. We will now proceed to the formal election of directors. I move that the persons just proposed be elected to hold office as directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. I second the motion. You have heard the motion. Are there any questions? Madam Chair, there are no questions. If there are no further questions, the polling is open. Please vote now. Next, we will move to the appointment of auditors and the authorization of the directors to fix their remuneration. I believe there is a motion. I move that Ernst & Young LLP be appointed auditors of the company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders, and that the directors be authorized to fix their remuneration. I second the motion. You've heard the motion. Are there any questions? Madam Chair, there are no questions. Thank you. If there are no further questions, the polling is open. Please vote now. For anyone who has not yet voted on all of the resolutions, please do so now as I will close the polls shortly. Voting is now closed. As we wait for the tabulation of votes, I would like to provide an opportunity for shareholder questions. Do we have any questions from the shareholders? Madam Chair, there are no questions at this time. Thank you. The voting results have now been received from the scrutineers. I declare all the resolutions carried. This brings us to the end of the meeting. If there is no further business to be brought before the meeting, I will ask for a motion to terminate. I move that the meeting terminate. I second the motion. I now declare the meeting terminated. Thank you for attending Indigo's 2023 annual shareholder meeting.
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