Hello, welcome to Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc.'s special meeting of shareholders. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. If you participate in today's meeting and disclose personal information, you will be deemed to consent to the recording, transfer, and use of same. If you disclose personal information of another person in today's meeting, you will be deemed to represent and warrant to Computershare and Neighbourly. [audio distortion] session later in this meeting. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders may submit questions for this session at any time by clicking on the Q&A icon. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Mr. Skip Bourdo, Chief Executive Officer of Neighbourly. Skip, the floor is yours. Shareholders. My name is Skip Bourdo, and I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Neighbourly Pharmacy, and will be acting as Chair of today's meeting. Before we proceed with the formal business of the meeting, I would like to introduce the members of the transaction committee who have joined us for today's meeting. Mr. Josh Blair and Mr. Dean McCann, Co-Chairs of the Transaction Committee, as well as Ms. Valerie Sorbie, Mr. Robert O'Meara, and Ms. Lisa Greatrix. From the Neighbourly executive team, we also have Mr. Billy Wong, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I would like to set out a few rules for the orderly conduct of today's virtual meeting. I remind you that registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders are the only persons entitled to participate, ask questions or vote during the meeting. You may also do so using instant messaging on the virtual interface. Guests can listen to the meeting, but are not able to vote or ask questions. When asking a question, please indicate which entity you represent, if any, and confirm that you are a registered shareholder or duly appointed proxy holder. Questions will generally appear shortly after they are submitted, but will also be addressed during the question period at the end of the meeting, provided that questions regarding may be addressed during the meeting. We will limit questions to matters that relate directly to the resolution being put forward for consideration at today's meeting. Questions or comments containing inappropriate language or that are otherwise disruptive to the orderly conduct of the meeting for all shareholders will not be published nor answered. Questions that were already answered or that are redundant of the meeting today, voting on all matters will be conducted by a single electronic ballot. Voting is open and will remain open throughout the formal part of the meeting. This allows registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders to choose to vote now or to wait until the conclusion of the discussions prior to casting their vote. Only persons shown on the register of shareholders at the [audio distortion] t o vote. Please navigate to the Vote tab and follow the instructions there to vote. If you have already voted by proxy prior to this meeting, it is not necessary to vote again. Please note, if you choose to vote on behalf of the board of directors, I wish to express thanks to those shareholders who have submitted their proxies in advance of today's meeting. To expedite the formal part of the meeting, I, as Chair of the meeting, will move all motions, and Mr. Dean McCann will second such motions. We will now proceed with the formal portion of today's meeting. I call the [audio distortion] virtually present or representative proxy at this meeting and report the voting results. The scrutineer has already provided me with a copy of their report on attendance at the meeting, which indicates at least 25% of the common shares, Company's bylaws, and per the interim order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dated February 6, 2024. As such, we are permitted to proceed with the meeting. A copy of the final report of attendance will be [audio distortion] c opies of the circular and other meeting materials are also available under the company's profile [audio distortion] the votes. As noted earlier, in order to expedite the meeting, I, as Chair of the meeting, will move all motions, and Mr. Dean McCann will second such motions. This is in no way intended to inhibit any questions or discussion with respect to the motions. I now declare that this meeting was properly called and duly constituted for the transaction of business. We now move to the formal part of today. Require all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the company other than those common shares already owned by Persistence Capital Partners or its affiliates. During today's meeting, we will refer to Persistence Capital Partners and its affiliates, including T.I.D. Acquisition Corp., as PCP. The full text of the arrangement resolution and the plan of arrangement are respectively attached as appendices A and B to the circular. Pursuant to the interim order, to be effective, the arrangement resolution must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the vote cast by shareholders virtually present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at this meeting, voting as a single class, and a simple majority of the votes cast by shareholders virtually present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at this meeting other than PCP and any other person required to be excluded in accordance with the Multilateral Instrument 61-101, Protection of Minority Security Holders in a Special Transaction as more particularly described in the circular. For this purpose, the votes attached to approximately 49.99% of shares held by shareholders must be excluded. The arrangement is also subject to the approval of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The Board, with Mr. Stuart M. Elman, Chair of the Board and Managing Partner of PCP, having recused himself, vote for the arrangement resolution. With the consent of the meeting, I will dispense with the reading of the arrangement resolution. I would now like to open the meeting to a discussion of any questions on the arrangement resolution from any registered shareholder or duly appointed proxyholder who wishes to address the meeting. I ask that all registered shareholders or duly appointed proxyholders who would like to ask a question use the instant messaging feature of the virtual platform to do so. We will answer, for each question we answer, we will summarize the question and read out loud the name of the person who asked such question and, if applicable, the entity such person represents. We would like to remind you that questions that do not relate directly to the resolution being put forward for consideration at today's meeting, that contain inappropriate language, or that are otherwise disruptive. There being no further questions, we are now concluding the question and answer portion of this meeting. Approve the transaction in accordance with the arrangement resolution. In order to be passed, the arrangement resolution must be approved in the manner previously indicated. We will pause for approximately one minute in order to— I now declare voting on the arrangement resolution closed and instruct discussing the preliminary results. Multilateral Instrument 61-101. I declare the motion carried. I direct that the scrutineers report be annexed to the minutes of the meeting. The final report on voting results will be provided by the scrutineers after the meeting and will be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting. The percentage of votes counted for the arrangement resolution will be disclosed in a press release, and a report of voting results will be filed on SEDAR. As there is no further business to be brought before this meeting, I move that the formal portion of today's meeting be concluded. Dean McCann. I second the motion that this meeting be terminated. I now declare the formal part of the meeting closed. On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for attending the meeting today. I would like to thank all of our shareholders for their commitment and support. This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.
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