Mark Dennison
Good morning. I'm Mark Dennison. I am the Corporate Secretary of Topicus. Robin Van Poelje, our Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board has asked me to act as chair of today's meeting. Our CFO, Jamal Baksh will act as Secretary of the meeting. Shirley Tom and Melissa Phillips of Computershare will act as the scrutineers and compute the votes of any polls taken at this meeting. We are conducting today's meeting as a hybrid meeting held virtually via live webcast and in-person.
Before we get started, I wanted to outline a few logistical items regarding the conduct of this meeting. Any questions regarding procedural matters or directly related to the motions before the meeting may be addressed during the formal part of this meeting. For virtual attendees who would like to submit questions online for the Q&A session that will occur after the Constellation meeting, please submit your questions during the Constellation meeting beginning at or around 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. For in-person attendees, please save your questions for the Q&A session later this morning after the formal portion of this meeting has been fully completed.
As in past years, the vast majority of shareholders submitted their proxies or voting instructions in advance of this meeting, but registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders, whether attending virtually or in person, will also have the opportunity to vote during the meeting. If you have voted in advance of this meeting and do not wish to change your vote, then you do not need to do anything and should not vote again. If you do vote again, doing so will automatically revoke your prior vote. For the purposes of those joining the meeting today virtually, voting on all matters will be conducted by electronic ballot. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders will be asked to vote on each business item after it is introduced.
When you're asked to vote, you will receive a message on the virtual interface requesting you to register your votes. When voting commences, the polls will be open for the duration of the formal part of this meeting. For those registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders joining the meeting today in person, voting on all matters will be conducted by ballot. The formal ballot includes each item of business being voted on. You will be provided with a few moments to complete your ballot with respect to each business item after it is introduced. We will now proceed with the formal part of today's meeting. The Secretary of the meeting has filed with me proof of mailing of the meeting materials.
The consolidated financial statements of the company for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the auditor's report thereon have also been mailed to all shareholders of the company who have requested them. Copies of these materials are also available on our SEDAR+ profile and on our website. We would be pleased to deal with any questions concerning the financial statements subsequent to the completion of the formal business of this meeting. The scrutineers have reported to me that we have at least 2 shareholders present and holding or representing by proxy at least 25% of the votes entitled to be cast at this meeting.
As such, I declare that a quorum is present for the conduct of business and the meeting is properly constituted for the transaction of business. As noted, voting today will be conducted by electronic ballot for those attending virtually or a physical ballot for those attending in person. The electronic balloting will be open to the registered holders and duly appointed proxy holders who have properly logged in with their control numbers or invite code after the presentation of each business item. The physical ballot has been provided to registered holders and duly appointed proxy holders at registration. The first item of business is the election of directors. There are 5 directors to be elected at this meeting. The management information circular made available to shareholders contains information about the 5 nominees.
Those nominees are John Billowits, Alex Macdonald, Lori O'Neill, Donna Parr and Robin Van Poelje. The meeting is open for nominations for the election of directors for the ensuing year or until their successors are appointed -- are elected or appointed, and I call on Caroline Khachehtoori,; General Counsel of Lumine Group; and Bernie Anzarouth, our Chief Investment Officer for Constellation, to nominate and second the nominations of the directors for the coming year.
