Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annual meeting of Winchester Equity Corporation. Please note the meeting will be recorded. I would like to introduce Mark Pajak, Chair of the Company. Mr. Pajak, the floor is yours. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders of Winchester Equity Corporation. I'm Mark Pajak, Chair of the Board of the Corporation, and we're pleased to host the meeting through TSX Trust Company's virtual meeting platform, accessible to all our shareholders regardless of physical location, to participate, submit questions, and vote. I'll pause at certain points during the meeting to provide an opportunity to vote or ask questions online, and we'll be following the same format as previous shareholder meetings of this company, and we'll only be dealing with items before us for this meeting. I'm not going to be providing any formal corporate presentation or accepting any questions related to the business. Questions submitted by shareholders will be addressed by email after the meeting. Given the virtual format of the meeting and in order for us to undertake discussion on any matter proposed for a vote, we'd encourage shareholders to have any specific questions on a formal item of business to submit such questions now, clearly identifying the applicable item of formal business. Shareholders can also do so by clicking on the "Ask a Question" button on the left-hand side of your screen. You'll be able to type in your question and submit it that way. These questions will be addressed during the course of the meeting at the appropriate time prior to voting on the applicable motions. This meeting is now called to order, and in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation, I will preside as Chair of this meeting, and Tamra Spink, our CFO, will act as Corporate Secretary of this meeting. Unless there is any objection, Christopher de Lima of TSX Trust Company, the Corporation's Transfer Agent and Registrar, will act as scrutineer for the meeting. Moving on, the Corporate Secretary has advised me that the notice of this meeting, together with a form of proxy and management information circular, and the financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended December 31, 2024, and the auditor's report thereon have been properly sent to the requisite recipients. Accordingly, unless there is any objection, I will dispense with a reading of the notice of meeting. Prior to the commencement of this meeting, the scrutineer filed a preliminary report on attendance. The Corporate Secretary has confirmed to me that there is a quorum of shareholders present, and accordingly, I declare that the meeting is properly constituted for the transaction of business. I direct that the scrutineer's formal report on attendance be delivered to the Corporate Secretary and annexed to the minutes of this meeting. Before we begin, I'll quickly report on the voting procedure. We'll conduct the votes on the matters before us by ballot. The polls for balloting will be open 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 the discussion on each resolution prior to casting your vote. If you've already submitted a proxy, it is not necessary to vote again as your vote has already been recorded in accordance with your proxy instructions. If you are a registered shareholder or a proxy holder with a control number and you have not already voted, or if you are a registered holder and you would like to change your previously voted, submitted vote, then please vote when the polls are open. The poll will be open for all resolutions at the same time. Click the "Vote" button on the left menu of your screen when the poll is announced. This will allow you to choose to vote on each resolution immediately or wait until the conclusion of discussion on each resolution prior to casting your vote. There will be an opportunity to ask questions on each resolution in turn. To submit a question, click the "Ask a Question" button on the left menu of your screen and type your question in the text box. Once discussion on all items of business has been concluded, we'll give you a minute to enter your votes and then declare voting closed on all resolutions. Seconding of motions is not legally required, so given the virtual format of today's meeting, we will not require a seconder for motions on matters outlined in the notice for this meeting. Okay, hopefully that's all clear. I now declare the polls open on all of the resolutions, and we'll begin with running through those resolutions. Firstly, we'll proceed with the presentation of the Corporation's consolidated financial statements and the auditor's report thereon. Unless there is any objection, I'll dispense with a reading of the full auditor's report. The next item of business is to set the number of directors at four. May I have a motion, please? I move to set the number of directors of the Corporation at four. Thank you, Tamra. Before I call for a vote on the motion, we'll pause for a moment to allow any questions to be submitted. Okay, we have no questions. Carry on, please, Tamra. I confirm we have not received questions from shareholders specifically on this item. Thank you. As already noted, if you have previously submitted a completed proxy, you will already have voted in respect to this matter and it's not necessary to vote again. As all polls remain open, we'll continue with the meeting. The next item of business is the election of directors. There are four directors nominated for election at this meeting. May I have the nominations, please? I nominate each of the following persons specified in the management information circular delivered with the notice of meeting, namely Ms. Sears, Mark Pajak, Andrew Haines, Juan Urruela, and Steven Agnew, to serve as directors of the Corporation to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected or appointed in accordance with the articles and bylaws of the Corporation. Thank you. As the Corporation did not previously receive timely notice of any further nominations of persons for election as directors of the Corporation as required by the advance notice provision of the Corporation's bylaws, I declare the nominations closed. Okay, may I have a motion, please? I move that each of the four persons nominated as directors of the Corporation be so elected. Okay, thank you. Before I call a vote on the motion, we'll pause again for a moment to allow any questions. Chair, I confirm that we have not received any questions from the shareholders specifically on this item. Thank you, Tamra. As already noted, if you have previously submitted a completed proxy, you will already have voted in respect to this matter and it's not necessary to vote again. As all polls will remain open, we'll continue with the meeting. The next item of business is the appointment of the auditors of the Corporation. May I have a motion, please? I move that Davidson & Company be appointed as auditors of the Corporation until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed, and the board of directors are authorized to fix the auditor's remuneration. Okay, thank you, Tamra. Before I call a vote on the motion, we'll pause again to allow any questions to be submitted. Chair, I confirm that we have not received questions from the shareholders specifically on this item. Thank you. As already noted, if you previously submitted a completed proxy, you will have already voted in respect to this matter and it's not necessary to vote again. As the polls will remain open, we'll continue with the meeting. The next item of business is to approve the Corporation's Stock Option Plan as outlined in the management information circular. Unless there is an objection, I will dispense with a reading of the Stock Option Plan. Okay, may I have a motion again, please? I move for the ratification and approval of the Stock Option Plan as set out in the management information circular. Thank you, Tamra. Before I call for a vote on the motion again, we'll pause briefly to allow for any questions to be submitted. Chair, I confirm we have not received any questions from shareholders specifically on this item. Okay, thank you, Tamra. As already noted, if you have previously submitted a completed proxy, you will have already voted in respect to this matter and it's not necessary to vote again. In that case, for those of you who have not voted on all of the motions, please do so now. I'll pause momentarily and then close the polls shortly. At last count, there were no shareholders actually joining the meeting at all. It doesn't feel like we have to wait for very long, but we'll give just under a minute or so to allow anybody who might have joined late to vote. Thank you. Okay, thank you. I confirm the polls are now closed and the scrutineer has tabulated the results. I've received the scrutineer's preliminary report on the ballot and all matters put to the ballot. I hereby declare the nominated directors elected, the auditors reappointed, and the Stock Option Plan approved. As there is no further business that may be properly considered at this meeting, I declare the meeting has been terminated. That is all for today. Thank you. On behalf of the Board of Management of the Corporation, I'd like to thank all of our shareholders as well as any others who may have joined us today. Thank you very much. Thank you all for joining today's meeting. You may now disconnect.
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