We have the following matters of business to conduct today: one, to receive the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the company for the fiscal year ended September 7, 2024,
Please refer to Goodfood's AIF for a list of assumptions and factors in making forward-looking statements. Shareholders should consult the more detailed discussion of these and other risks, factors relating to Goodfood and its business in Goodfood's most recent AIF and Management's Discussion and Analysis . Forward-Looking Statements are based on the management's belief and opinions, and undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements. Goodfood does not undertake to update or supplement any forward-looking statements unless required to do so by applicable law. I would like to begin the meeting by introducing the current members of the corporation's board of directors who are present. Joining me today are Neil Cuggy, President and COO and Director; John Kowal, Director; Donald Olds, Lead Director; and Terry Yanofsky, Director and Chair of the GHRC Committee. We also have a number of the corporation's officers here with us.
Joining me today are Ross Aouameur, CFO, Bipasha Chiu, Chief Technology Officer, and Jennifer Stahlke, Chief Customer Officer. Ross Aouameur, CFO, will serve as secretary of the meeting and record the proceedings. The secretary has delivered an affidavit of TSX Trust, the registrar and transfer agent for our common shares, as to the distribution of the notice of the meeting, which states that on December 19, 2024, the notice of the meeting, together with the notice of electronic availability of meeting materials and proxy, was distributed to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 2nd, 2024, the record date for the meeting. Unless there is an objection, I will dispense with reading the notice of the meeting. This affidavit is available if any shareholder wishes to examine it and will be attached to the minutes of this meeting.
Additional copies of the notice, proxy form, and circular are also available at the meeting. Ross will now discuss the procedures for transacting the business of the meeting.
Good morning. To facilitate the meeting, the corporation has requested that Neil Cuggy, President and COO of Goodfood , and myself, CFO of Goodfood, in our respective capacities as shareholders, make and second the formal motions. Neil will make the formal motions, and I will second the formal motions. You may all be familiar with the procedure for virtual meeting. However, please note that the instructions on how to exercise your voting rights or ask questions during the meeting are displayed on your screen for ease of reference. We would like to remind you that registered shareholders and registered proxy holders are the only persons entitled to vote or ask questions during the meeting. We will conduct the votes on all matters before us by poll using the online platform. The poll will be open for all motions and resolutions at the same time.
This will allow you to choose to vote on each motion and resolution immediately or to wait until the conclusion of discussion prior to casting your vote. Once the discussion on all items of the business has concluded, I will give you a minute to enter your votes and then declare voting closed on all resolutions. If you have already voted by proxy, it is not necessary to vote again. Please note that if you choose to vote again, only your vote cast during the meeting will be counted, and the vote that you submitted by proxy will be revoked. Shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders may submit questions during the meeting using the Ask a Question field provided in the web portal. Guests will be able to participate in the meeting but are not able to submit questions or vote.
Questions may be submitted at any point during the meeting but must be submitted prior to the commencement of voting on the matter to which they relate. All questions relating to a matter subject to a vote at the meeting that are deemed to be appropriate and directly related to such matter will be addressed prior to the closing of voting on such matter. I now declare the polls open on all resolutions. Following termination of the formal business of the meeting and time permitting, the company will address any appropriate general questions received from shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders regarding the company. In order to facilitate a respectful and effective meeting, only questions of general interest to all shareholders will be answered.
To ensure the meeting is conducted in a manner that is fair to all shareholders, the chair of the meeting may exercise broad discretion in responding to questions, including the order in which the questions are answered, the grouping or editing of the questions, and the amount of time devoted to any question.
A Quorum for a meeting of shareholders, as specified in the corporation's bylaws, is two or more persons present in person or represented by proxy and holding not less than 25% plus one of the aggregate number of votes attached to all the voting shares for such meeting. The scrutineers have provided me with the report on attendance, which indicates that there are present at this meeting in person or represented by proxy 35,144,424 common shares of the corporation. I hereby declare that the requisite Quorum of shareholders is present, and this meeting is duly and properly constituted for the transaction of business. I also direct that a copy of the scrutineer's report on attendance be attached to the minutes of this meeting. Thank you, Ross. With the consent of the meeting, I shall appoint Julien Lavallière of TSX Trust, Goodfood's registrar and transfer agent, to act as scrutineer of the meeting. The scrutineers have the shareholder list of the corporation as of the close of business on December 2nd, 2024, the record date for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the meeting. This list is available for any shareholder who wishes to examine it. The first item of business is the presentation of the corporation's annual consolidated financial statements and the auditor's report thereon. Unless there are any objections, I will dispense with the reading of the auditor's report. The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the company for the fiscal year ended September 7, 2024, along with the Auditor's Report, are available under GoodFoods Profile at the links displayed on the slide.
For your convenience, we've also included a QR code on the slide that directs you to Goodfood's investor relations website, allowing you to access these documents quickly and easily. The next item of business is the election of five directors of the corporation. The management information circular made available to you listed Goodfood's director nominees. The candidates for director who have been nominated to serve as directors by the corporation's GHRC Committee were presented in Goodfood's management proxy circular, distributed to shareholders, and are listed on the screen. In accordance with the bylaws of the corporation, shareholders are required to provide advance notice of their intent to nominate candidates for directors. No such notice was received. Therefore, I declare the nomination for directors closed. A motion to elect five directors, as described in the management information circular, is now in order.
My name is Neil Cuggy, and I am a shareholder. I hereby move that each of Jonathan Ferrari, Neil Cuggy, Donald Olds, John Kowal, and Terry Yanofsky be elected as directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successor is elected or appointed.
Does anyone second the motion?
My name is Ross Aouameur, and I am a shareholder. I second the motion.
Are there any questions or comments on this motion? There being none, I will now call for a vote on the motion. Any shareholders desiring to vote should do so at this time. To cast your vote, click the voting icon on the left-hand side of the virtual meeting platform, select your voting direction from the options displayed on your screen, and click Submit. A confirmation message will appear once your vote has been received. If you have additional control numbers to vote, click at the top of the screen to enter your additional credentials and cast those votes. You may change your vote by simply clicking your new selection. Voting will remain open until I announce the ballot is officially closed. At that point, no further votes will be accepted, and the results will be tallied.
The next item of business is the reappointment of KPMG LLP as the corporation's auditors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed and to authorize the board of directors to fix the auditor's remuneration. KPMG LLP have been Goodfood's auditors since June 1st, 2017. May I have a motion for the reappointment of KPMG as the corporation's auditors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed and to authorize the board of directors to fix the auditor's remuneration?
My name is Neil Cuggy, and I am a shareholder. I hereby move that KPMG be reappointed as the corporation's auditors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is appointed and a remuneration to be fixed and approved by the board of directors of the corporation.
Does anyone second the motion?
My name is Ross Aouameur, and I am a shareholder. I second the motion.
Are there any questions or comments on this motion? There being none, I will now call for a vote on the motion. Any shareholders desiring to vote should do so at this time. You may cast your vote using the same instructions as before and may change your vote by simply clicking your new selection. Voting will remain open until I announce the ballot is officially closed. At that point, no further votes will be accepted, and the results will be tallied. I now declare the voting closed. No further votes will be accepted. The results of the ballot will be tallied, and the report of the scrutineers will be shared with us shortly. Once received, we will announce the results via press release. This completes the business to be conducted at this meeting.
Since there are no other matters to come before the meeting, I will call for a motion to terminate the meeting.
My name is Neil Cuggy, and I am a shareholder. I hereby move that this meeting be terminated.
Does anyone second the motion?
My name is Ross Aouameur, and I am a shareholder. I second the motion.
The motion has been carried. I hereby declare the formal business of this annual general meeting of shareholders to be concluded. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance and interest.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending today's meeting. You may now disconnect.