Gavin Evans
Good morning, and welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Elixinol Wellness Limited. My name is Gavin Evans, Chair of Elixinol and Chair of today’s meeting. I’d like to start by acknowledging and paying respect to the traditional custodians of the land, wherever those participating in this meeting are located.
This meeting is being held virtually and shareholders will be able to participate, ask questions and cast direct votes at the appropriate times while the meeting is in progress. As the time is now 10 a.m., the company is complied with the relevant requirements for convening this meeting and a quorum is present. I formally declare the meeting open.
I’m joined today by my fellow Board members, Natalie Butler, Executive Director; and Pauline Gately, Non-Executive Director. Also present are Adam Dimitropoulos, our CFO; and Tony Di Pietro; and Mariia Skorikova, our Joint Company Secretaries. Billy Chan, the company audit partner from RSM Australia, is also in attendance and will make himself available to answer any questions on the accounts at the appropriate time.
The notice of meeting has been given in accordance with the company’s constitution and copies of the notice are available on the company’s website, the share registry’s online voting site and on the ASX market announcements platform. Unless there are any objections, I’ll take the notice of meeting and explanatory statements as read.
As to the format of today’s meeting, Tony Di Pietro, our Company Secretary, will start off by explaining the meeting participation process. I will follow with my Chair address, followed by a presentation on the operations of the business by our Chief Executive Officer, Natalie Butler. You will
