Geoffrey Black
Good morning, everyone. My name is Geoff Black, and I’m the Chairman of ClearView Wealth Limited.
Welcome, and thank you for attending today’s Scheme Meeting at which ClearView shareholders will vote on the proposed scheme. If the scheme is approved and implemented, all the ordinary shares on issue in ClearView will be acquired by Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited by way of the scheme.
Detailed information about the scheme is set out in the scheme booklet, dated 23rd of June 2026, which was sent to ClearView shareholders before this scheme meeting. Any terms that I use in my address to the scheme meeting that are defined in the scheme booklet have the meanings given to them in the scheme booklet.
Today’s scheme meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting with attendees in person and online. The online scheme meeting platform enables ClearView shareholders and duly appointed proxies, attorneys and corporate representatives of ClearView shareholders who are attending the Scheme meeting virtually to listen to the scheme meeting and cast a vote and ask questions online. I’ll provide an explanation of the processes and procedures for asking questions and voting shortly. As it is now slightly past 10:00 a.m. in Sydney being the scheduled commencement time for the Scheme Meeting and the Company Secretary has informed me that a quorum is present, I declare the Scheme Meeting open.
I would like to introduce the other members of the ClearView Board who are present at the Scheme Meeting either in person or virtually. They are Nadine Gooderick, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer; Jennifer Lyon, Independent Non-Executive Director, who I believe, is online virtually; Linda
