and special meeting of shareholders of Softchoice Corporation, and thank you for joining us today. In accordance with our bylaws, I will act as chair of the meeting, and Habeeb Syed, Softchoice's Senior Vice President, Legal and General Counsel, will act as Secretary of the meeting. With the consent of the meeting, I appoint Rebecca Prentice of TSX Trust Company as scrutineer for the meeting. I have received an affidavit of a representative of TSX Trust Company as to the due delivery to the company shareholders and to the directors and auditors of the company of the notice calling Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders, the Management Information Circular, and the form of proxy for the meeting. A copy of the notice of the Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders, together with the affidavit attesting to the mailing of the notice, the Management Information Circular, and the form of proxy, will be kept by the secretary with the records of the meeting. The scrutineer has provided a preliminary report indicating that prior to the meeting, proxies were received from the holders of more than 53,118,968 common shares, or 88.049% of all shares entitled to be voted at the meeting. As a result, we have a quorum for the meeting, and I declare the meeting to be regularly called and properly constituted for the transaction of business. The scrutineer's report will be incorporated into the meeting minutes. With the consent of the meeting, I am now going to ask Habeeb to run us through the business of the meeting. Thank you, Vince. Before we consider the business of the meeting, I would like to comment on the voting procedures to be used today. To facilitate the formal business of the meeting, Andrew Caprara, Softchoice's President and CEO, and member of the board, will propose, and Vince De Palma will second the formal motions. Voting on all matters today will be conducted by electronic ballot. At any time during the meeting, registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders who have followed the applicable procedures are able to vote at the meeting as outlined in the Management Information Circular. I now declare the polls open for all resolutions. The polls will remain open until just before the conclusion of the formal business of the meeting. If you are entitled to vote live at the meeting today, please click on the voting button to submit your votes. Participants may propose questions related to the formal business of the meeting at any time during the meeting by submitting the questions in writing, by following the instructions in your web portal. We will address relevant questions in the question and answer session following the meeting. If you have voted your shares prior to the start of the meeting, your vote has been received by the company scrutineer, and there is no need to vote those shares during the meeting unless you wish to revoke or change your vote. Beneficial shareholders and guests will not be able to vote their shares live at the meeting today. We have been advised by TSX Trust that based on the proxies already deposited with them, enough votes have been cast to carry each of the motions, and final voting results will be available after the meeting on SEDAR+. The first item of business is the presentation of the company's consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, together with the auditor's report on those statements. Copies of these documents can be accessed under the company's profile on SEDAR+. A copy of these statements will be included with the minutes of the meeting. The next item of business is the election of nine directors to the Board of Directors until the end of the company's next annual meeting of shareholders, or until their respective successors are elected or appointed, or until they otherwise cease to hold office. As stated in the Management Information Circular that was sent to shareholders prior to the meeting, nine directors are to be elected at the meeting. Nine nominees are named in the Management Information Circular for the meeting. The names of those nominated are: Vince De Palma, Andrew Caprara, John McIntyre, Chris Voorpostel, Anthony Gibbons, Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, Sylvie Veilleux, Lawrence Pentland, and Martha Tory. Andrew, would you please propose the nominations for the election of the directors? I nominate the nine named directors for election as directors of the company until the next annual meeting of shareholders. Vince, would you please second the motion? I second the motion. Thank you. As the company did not receive notice of any other director nominations in connection with the meeting, within the time prescribed by the advance notice requirements in the company's bylaws, the only persons eligible to be nominated for election to the board are the aforementioned nominees. I have been advised by the scrutineer that a significant majority of the proxies received by management prior to the meeting have been voted for the election of each of the persons nominated to serve as directors. Therefore, I confirm that the nine persons who were nominated as directors have been elected as directors to hold office until the end of the next annual meeting of shareholders, or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed, or they otherwise cease to hold office. Unless there are any questions, I will move to the next item of business. The next item of business is the appointment of auditors for the ensuing year and authorizing the Board of Directors of the company to fix their remuneration. The Board's Audit Committee and the full Board have recommended the reappointment of KPMG LLP as auditors. Andrew, would you please make a motion? I move that KPMG LLP be appointed as auditors of the company until the next annual meeting of shareholders, and that the board be authorized to fix their remuneration. Vince, would you please second the motion? I second the motion. Thank you. I have been advised by the scrutineer that a significant majority of the proxies received by management prior to the meeting have been voted for the motion, and I declare the motion carried. Unless there are any questions, I will move to the next item of business. The next item of business is the approval of the renewal of the company's Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan, or LTIP, and the entitlements under the LTIP. Andrew, would you please make a motion? I move that, one, the renewal of the company's LTIP is hereby approved. Two, all unallocated options, rights, and other entitlements permitted under the LTIP are hereby approved and authorized. Three, the company is hereby authorized to continue granting options, rights, and other entitlements as applicable under the LTIP until May 30, 2027, being the date that is three years from the date of this meeting. And four, any director or officer of the company is hereby authorized to take all necessary steps and proceedings to give effect to this resolution. Vince, would you please second the motion? I second the motion. Thank you. I have been advised by the scrutineer that a significant majority of the proxies received by the management prior to the meeting have been voted for the motion, and I declare the motion carried. Unless there are any questions, I will move to the final portion of the meeting. I will now give shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders a minute to finish voting. The polls are now closed with respect to the voting on all of the motions. The final report on voting results provided by the scrutineer after the meeting will be incorporated into the minutes of the meeting. After the meeting, we will also post the final voting results on the investor relations page on the company's website, and we'll file the results on SEDAR+. As there is no further business to come before the formal part of the meeting, the meeting is concluded and terminated. Thank you for your participation and your interest in Softchoice. The question submission function of this meeting will remain open for another short period for your questions or comments on the formal business of the meeting. We'll now pause briefly to allow for the submission of any questions. Since we have not received any questions on the formal business of the meeting, I think it is appropriate to conclude the question period now. Thank you all again for attending our virtual-
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