Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Anteris EGM. For those of you who are in the room, welcome, and for those of you who are online, welcome as well. Today we have a series of three meetings that will be officiated by our Chairman, Mr. John Seaberg, who is in Minneapolis and on Zoom for us today. So on that note, I'll hand over to you, John.
Thanks, Wayne, and good morning, everyone. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Anteris Technologies Limited, which will be followed by the Share Scheme Meeting and the Option Scheme Meeting. My name is John Seaberg, Chairman of the Anteris Board, and I will chair the meeting today. In the spirit of reconciliation, Anteris Technologies acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea, and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. This meeting is being held as a hybrid meeting with shareholders able to attend either in person or online via the Computershare Online meeting platform. All attendees online can listen to our live webcast and watch our presentation.
Shareholders and proxies can also ask questions and submit votes online through the Computershare Online meeting platform. It is now just after 10:00 A.M. in Brisbane, and Mr. Stephen Denaro, as Company Secretary, has confirmed that a quorum of shareholders is present, so I declare this meeting properly constituted and open. The directors of Anteris who are attending the meeting today are Mr. Wayne Paterson, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He is attending in person. Mr. Stephen Denaro, Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary, is attending in person, and Dr. Weny i Gu, Non-Executive Director, is attending online. The order of business will be that I will read out each item of business in turn and present the proxy voting results received. Questions will be addressed following the presentation of all resolutions, and you will then have the opportunity to finalize your vote.
Participants at the meeting are asked not to record the meeting in any form. We would also appreciate your cooperation in making sure your mobile phones are silent for the duration of this meeting. Questions on the resolutions can be submitted at any time by shareholders and proxies. I request you to please restrict your questions only to matters pertaining to the items of business today. If you have questions in relation to the Share Scheme Meeting or the Option Scheme Meeting, please ask your questions in those meetings. Online attendees can submit questions at any time through the Computershare Online meeting platform. To ask a question, select the Q&A icon, type your question into the text box. Once you have finished typing, please hit the Send button.
Please note that while you can submit questions from now on, I will not address them until the relevant time in the meeting. Please also note that your questions may be moderated or, if we receive multiple questions on one topic, amalgamated together. For online attendees to ask a verbal question, please follow the instructions written below the broadcast. For those attending here in person, simply raise your blue or pink voting card at the relevant time in the meeting. Proxies have been received representing 5,203,594 shares, or 24.62% of the issued capital at the time proxy voting closed of 21,139,816 shares. There are a number of procedural matters which I would like to bring to your attention.
Only shareholders, corporate representatives, and attorneys of shareholders and proxy holders who are attending in person today and holding Blue admission cards, and those attending online, are entitled to ask questions or vote during this meeting. If there is anyone present who is eligible to vote but has not received a blue card, please see a representative of Computershare now. As set out in the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet dated 2 September 2024, to enhance good corporate governance and transparency, we intend to conduct a poll vote on each of the resolutions for the meeting. The order of business will be that I will read out each item of business in turn. Questions will be addressed following the presentation of all resolutions, and you will then have the opportunity to finalize your vote.
I appoint Lewis Brimelow, Manager of Computershare Investor Services, as returning officer for this meeting. Mr. Brimelow has agreed to act in this capacity. As Chair of this meeting, I advise that I intend to vote all undirected proxies in favor of all items. In order to provide you with enough time to vote, I will shortly open voting for all resolutions. For shareholders attending online, if you are eligible to vote, press the vote icon and all resolutions will be activated with voting options. To cast your vote, simply select one of the options. There is no need to hit a Submit or Enter button, as the vote is automatically recorded. You will receive a vote confirmation notification on your screen. You can change your vote up until the time I declare voting closed.
If you are attending the meeting as a proxy and have been instructed how to vote, you are legally required to ensure that any vote you cast is in accordance with those instructions. A proxy instructed to vote in a particular manner will, by completing the voting, be deemed to have voted those instructed votes in that manner. I now declare voting open on all items of business. The meeting has been called under the Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet dated 2 September 2024, which was sent to all shareholders. If there is no objection, I propose to take the notices read. This meeting has been called for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit, passing the resolutions as detailed in the Notice of Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet.
Before putting forward each resolution, I will advise you of the proxies received up to the proxy closing time of Sunday, 1 December 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Australian Eastern Standard Time. As detailed in the proxy form and the Notice of Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet, I intend to vote all undirected proxies in favor of each item of business. Resolution 1, Placement Shares. I now move to consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: that for purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and all other purposes, approval be given to ratify the prior issue of 1,875,000 ATL shares under ASX Listing Rule 7.1, as detailed in the Scheme Booklet and the explanatory notes that form part of this notice. The total number of valid proxy votes exercisable in respect of this resolution is shown on the screen.
The voting exclusions in relation to this resolution are set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet. Polling on this resolution will be conducted at the end of business of this meeting. Resolution 2, Advisor Shares. I now move to consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: that for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.4 and all other purposes, approval be given to ratify the prior issue of 41,000 ATL shares to Evolution Capital Pty Limited under ASX Listing Rule 7.1, as detailed in the Scheme Booklet and the explanatory notes that form part of this notice. The total number of valid proxy votes exercisable in respect of this resolution is shown on the screen.
The voting exclusions in relation to this resolution are set out in the Notice of Meeting contained in Attachment F of the Scheme Booklet. Polling on this resolution will be conducted at the end of the business of this meeting. We will now answer any questions on the resolutions. For shareholders in Brisbane that have a question, you may now raise your hand and show your blue or pink card.
John, there are no questions in the room.
Steve, are there any written online questions?
No, John, there are no written online questions.
Moderator, are there any audio questions?
No, there are none, John.
I'll take that as a no. That conducts our discussion on the items of business. As discussed earlier, we will now conduct the poll on the resolutions, and voting remains open on all items of business. For shareholders voting online, in approximately one minute, the voting will be closed. Please ensure that you have cast your vote on all resolutions. For shareholders attending in Brisbane, please complete your blue voting card items one and two. Computershare will collect your voting cards now. Steve, I'll wait on your confirmation to tell me when voting is completed in Brisbane.
Voting has been completed, John, in Brisbane.
Thank you. The voting is now closed. The results of these votes will be released to the ASX later today. Is there any other business that can lawfully be brought forward?
No, John, and there are no further questions online.
Thank you, Steve. I thank all members for their attendance. As that concludes the formal business of this meeting, I declare the meeting closed. For those who plan to attend the Share Scheme Meeting, this will commence at approximately 10:30 A.M. AEST. For those who plan to attend the Option Scheme Meeting, this will commence at the later of 11:00 A.M. AEST or following the conclusion of the Share Scheme Meeting. Both management and the board are committed to the future of your company, and we look forward to your continued support on that journey. Thank you.