Hello. I am Stephen E. Croskrey, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Danimer Scientific, Inc. Welcome to Danimer's 2021 virtual annual meeting of stockholders. I will act as Chairman of this annual meeting of the company stockholders, which is being broadcast live over the Internet. I would now like to introduce you to the directors of the company attending this annual meeting. John Amboian, Richard Hendrix, Christy Basco, Philip Gregory Calhoun, Gregory Hunt, Dr. Isao Noda, and Stuart W. Pratt. Also present at this meeting are John A. Dowdy III, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the company, and Robert L. Lawrence Esquire of Kane Kessler, P.C., our legal counsel. Mr. Dowdy will act as secretary of the meeting. Mr. Dowdy, would you please present the notice of the meeting? I have in my hand a copy of the notice of the meeting dated November the 10th, 2021, which was mailed on or about November the 12, 2021, to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on November the 8, 2021, the record date for this meeting. Is there a motion to order the notice of meeting filed with the records of this meeting? I move that the notice of meeting be filed with the minutes of this meeting. I second the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Is there any objection? There being no objection, the notice of meeting is ordered, filed with the minutes of this meeting. Will the secretary present the affidavit of mailing of the notice of the meeting? This is the affidavit of mailing, and it indicates that a copy of the notice was duly mailed to each stockholder of record on or about November the 12th, 2021. The secretary is directed to file the affidavit with the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Dowdy, will you please present a certified list of stockholders of the company? This is a certified copy of the list of stockholders of the company. I will entertain a motion to dispense with the calling of the roll. I move that the calling of the roll be dispensed with. I second the motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Is there any objection? There being no objection, it is ordered that the calling of the roll be dispensed with. In order to save time, I will entertain a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting of stockholders. I move that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting of stockholders be dispensed with. I second the motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Is there any objection? There being no objection, it is ordered that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting of stockholders be waived. Under the power granted to me by the bylaws of the company, I hereby designate Peter R. Herman esquire as Inspector of Election to count the votes presented to the meeting in person or by proxy. I have requested the Inspector of Election to submit the oath as Inspector and direct the secretary to attach the same to the minutes of the meeting. Copies of the 2020 annual report to stockholders have already been sent to all stockholders and I therefore ask for a motion to dispense with the reading of the annual report and to order it accepted and filed. I move that the reading of the annual report be dispensed with and that the annual report be accepted and filed with the minutes of this meeting. I second the motion. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Is there any objection? There being no objection, it is ordered that the reading of the annual report be waived and that the annual report be accepted and filed with the minutes of this meeting. There are two items of business to be acted on at this meeting. I will first entertain motions for stockholders to vote on these matters. Next, any stockholders desiring to vote at the meeting will be given an opportunity to do so. Finally, the polls will be closed, the votes tabulated, and the results read by the Inspector of Election. The first item of business to be acted on at this meeting is the Election of Directors for the coming year. The proxy statement names the directors to be elected at this meeting, eight directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. Will the Chairman of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee submit the names of the nominees of the Board of Directors for election as Directors? On behalf of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, I nominate the following persons to be elected as Directors of the company to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify. Stephen E. Croskrey, John Amboian, Richard Hendrix, Christy Basco, Philip Gregory Calhoun, Gregory Hunt, Dr. Isao Noda, Stuart W. Pratt. I second the motion. I order that the nominations for election of directors be closed. We will now proceed with the next order of business, which is to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The Board of Directors recommends that you vote for ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021. I ask for a motion to so ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP. I move to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2021. I second the motion. Will any stockholder who desires to vote for any of the matters to be voted upon at the meeting, please do so now by accessing the Annual Meeting webpage and following the on-screen instructions. Please note that you must enter the control number found on your proxy card that you previously received. I will now pause for a few moments while votes are entered. The polls are now closed for each of the following matters to be voted upon at the meeting. The Election of Directors and the ratification of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Will the Secretary report how many stockholders are present in person or by proxy? There are now present the holders of 71,222,838 shares of common stock in person and by proxy out of a total of 100,344,315 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the record date. This constitutes more than a majority of the shares of the company's issued and outstanding common stock entitled to vote at this meeting, and therefore there is a quorum present. I understand that the Inspector of Election has tabulated the votes. Will the Inspector of Election please report the results? A plurality of the votes cast at this meeting have voted for the election of each of the eight nominees of the board of directors. Accordingly, Messrs. Croskrey, Amboian, Hendrix, Calhoun, Hunt, Noda, and Pratt, and Ms. Basco have been duly elected as Directors of the company to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. The holders of shares of common stock of the company, constituting a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at this meeting, with respect to such proposal, voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021, and accordingly, such motion was duly adopted. That concludes the technical requirements of our meeting. As noted in our proxy solicitation material, stockholders were invited to submit questions directly related to the ballot items in the proxy statement online in advance of the meeting. There having been no questions submitted, I will now entertain a motion to adjourn. I move that the meeting be adjourned. I second the motion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Is there any objection? There being no objection, the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for participating in the virtual annual meeting. 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