Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Argo Blockchain plc Annual General Meeting. Throughout this recorded meeting, attendees online will be in listen-only mode. I would now like to hand you over to the chairman of the meeting. Good afternoon, sir. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Welcome to the annual general meeting of Argo Blockchain plc. I declare that there is a quorum of members present and that we can proceed to the business to be transacted at this meeting. With the consent of the meeting, I will take the notice of the annual general meeting as read. Is that agreed? Thank you. Shareholders attending by their proxies can exercise all rights to attend, speak, and vote on any of the resolutions at this meeting, both on a show of hands and on a poll. Proxy accounts for all of the resolutions to be proposed at the meeting will be available at the registration desk at the end of the meeting. I will now formally propose the resolutions to the meeting. The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the notice of meeting, a copy of which you will have received. In accordance with Article 19.8 of the company's articles of association, each of the resolutions will be taken on a poll. In order to run the meeting as efficiently as possible, I will announce all of the resolutions and direct in each case that the poll to be taken. The results of the poll will be announced by RNS as soon as practicable, following the conclusion of the meeting. Where votes are at my discretion, I will be exercising my discretion to vote in favor of the resolutions. In order to share responses to questions simultaneously to all shareholders, we will collate questions and upload the responses to the company's website following the meeting. Resolutions 1-7 are proposed as ordinary resolutions and require a simple majority to be passed. Resolutions 8-11 are proposed as special resolutions, which to be passed, require a majority of 75% to vote in favor of the resolution. Resolution 1 is an ordinary resolution of the company to receive the audited accounts of the group for the financial period ended December 31st, 2022. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 1 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 2 is an ordinary resolution of the company to approve the directors' remuneration report for the financial period ended December 31st, 2022. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 2 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 3 is an ordinary resolution to the company to reappoint Matthew Shaw as a director of the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 3 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 4 is an ordinary resolution of the company to reappoint PKF Littlejohn LLP as auditors of the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 4 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 5 is an ordinary resolution of the company to authorize the directors to fix the auditors remuneration. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 5 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 6 is an ordinary resolution of the company to authorize the directors of the company to allot shares in the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution six to be taken on a poll. Resolution 7 is an ordinary resolution of the company to authorize the directors of the company to allot further shares in the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution seven to be taken on a poll. Resolution eight is a special resolution of the company to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of shares or for the sale of treasury shares in the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution eight to be taken on a poll. Resolution 9 is a special resolution of the company, subject to the passing of Resolution 6, to authorize the directors of the company to allot equity securities or for the sale of treasury shares in the company in connection with financing or refinancing an acquisition or other capital investment. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose Resolution 9 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 10 is a special resolution of the company to further disapply statutory pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of shares or for the sale of treasury shares in the company. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose Resolution 10 to be taken on a poll. Resolution 11 is a special resolution of the company that a general meeting of the company, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. Are there any questions in relation to the resolution? I now propose resolution 11 to be taken on a poll. Ladies and gentlemen, all of the resolutions have now been put to the meeting. Please fill in your poll cards and return them to the company's registrars at the back of the meeting. We will announce the results of the meeting as soon as possible by RNS. That concludes today's formal business. On behalf of the board, I would like to thank you all for your attendance, I declare this annual general meeting closed. Please ask any questions you may have, and we will collate these and publish a response on the company's website. Thank you. That's great, and thank you very much indeed, to the board for updating attendees online this afternoon. On behalf of the board of Argo Blockchain plc, we would like to thank you for attending today's annual general meeting, and good afternoon to you all.
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