Good after oon, welcome to the special meeting of the unitholders of Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust. My name is Roger Greenberg, I am the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the REIT. I am pleased to preside over this meeting today. This meeting is being held entirely by virtual means through a live webcast, we welcome everyone in attendance today. A recording of this webcast will be posted to our website for a period of time after the meeting. However, no one attending via the webcast or telephone is permitted to use any audio recording device. I would first like to begin by introducing Jonathan Li, our President and Chief Executive Officer and one of our trustees, and Marie-Hélène Labbé, our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, who are joining us today.
I'm also pleased to introduce the members of the board of trustees in attendance on our webcast today. Allan Kimberley , Chair of the Special Committee, Heather Kirk, Jo-Anne Lempert, Jacqueline Moss, and Michael Waters. Finally, I would like to thank those unitholders who have chose to participate in this webcast today and to all those who submitted their proxies in advance on a timely basis. Before we begin, we have a few administrative matters to note in light of today's virtual meeting format. Voting during today's meeting will be conducted through this online platform. When we are ready to table today's item of business for a vote, you will see voting options appear on your screen. If you have voted in advance of the meeting and do not wish to revoke your previously submitted proxies, then you do not need to do anything at that time.
Validated unitholders and duly appointed proxy holders will also have the ability to ask questions through this online platform. To submit a question, click on the Ask A Question box in the bottom left-hand corner of the online portal screen. We will address questions directly related to the motion at the appropriate time of the meeting. Questions with common themes may be grouped together for efficiency. Marie-Hélène Labbé, our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, will read the questions aloud when requested, and either I or a member of the management team or board of trustees will respond. We will make every effort to answer all of your questions during today's meeti ng.
With the consent of the meeting, I will act as chair of the meeting, and I will ask Marie-Hélène Labbé, our general counsel and corporate secretary, to act as secretary and Broadridge Investor Communications Corporation by its representative, Rosemary Kolacic , to act as scrutineer. I will now call the meeting to order. I've been advised that on February 9th, 2026, the notice of special meeting calling this meeting, together with the management information circular describing the business of the meeting, the form of proxy and letter of transmittal were delivered to each unitholder of record as of January 20, 2026, the record date for this meeting. We have received an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge Investor Communications Corporation, and I ask the secretary to keep a copy of it with the minutes.
I have been provided with a scrutineer's preliminary report on attendance indicating that a quorum is present. As such, I declare that this meeting has been duly convened and constituted for the transaction of the business for which it has been called. When the formal report of the scrutineer is available, it will be kept with the minutes of the meeting. Only registered unitholders of record at the close of business on January 20, 2026 or their duly appointed proxy holders are entitled to take part in and vote at this meeting. Each trust unit and special voting unit represented at this meeting is entitled to one vote. In order to make the best use of our time today, certain individuals have been asked to move and second the motion. This is not intended to limit in any way your right to participate in the meeting.
Unitholders who wish to make comments relating to the motion may do so through the online platform after the motion has been seconded in the manner previously noted. The formal business of this meeting will consist of considering a special resolution to approve the statutory plan of arrangement under the Ontario Business Corporations Act and the Ontario Trustee Act, pursuant to which an affiliate of Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Limited Partnership will acquire all of the issued and outstanding trust units of the REIT other than those trust units being retained by Minto Properties Inc. and certain senior officers for CAD 18 per unit in cash. The full text of this resolution is set out in Appendix C to the management information circular. Details of the arrangement, including the background thereto, are also set out in the management information circular for this meeting.
As permitted under the terms of the arrangement agreement and the interim order, the REIT and other parties to the arrangement agreement entered into an amending agreement on March 2, 2026 to amend and restate the plan of arrangement to be considered today. The amendments to the plan of arrangement do not adversely affect the treatment of the trust units held by the minority unitholders under the plan of arrangement. The amendments to the plan of arrangement improve the tax efficiency of certain aspects of the plan and amend certain arrangements solely between Crestpoint and Minto Properties Inc. that only take effect following the completion of the sale of the trust units by the minority unitholders to Crestpoint.
The amending agreement is available on the REIT's profile on SEDAR+. In accordance with the interim order approved by Justice Kimmel on January 29, 2026, it is proposed that the plan of arrangement to be approved by the special resolution before the meeting today is a version of the plan of arrangement that has been amended and restated by the amending agreement. A vote in favor of the arrangement resolution constitutes acceptance of the plan of arrangement as so amended and restated in accordance with the terms of the interim order and the plan of arrangement.
In order to be adopted, the resolution first be approved by at least two-thirds of the votes cast by the holders of trust units and special voting units entitled to vote at this meeting, voting together as a single class, and second, a simple majority of votes cast by the holders of trust units, excluding trust units being retained by Minto Properties Inc. Certain senior officers and any other unit holder required by law to be excluded under applicable securities law. To deal with the business of the meeting in an orderly manner, we will offer unit holders an opportunity to raise questions with respect to the arrangement resolution, following which the motion to approve this matter will be moved and seconded, and then voting will take place.
I will now pause to give unit holders or duly appointed proxy holders an opportunity to raise questions with respect to the arrangement resolution. Please submit any such questions through the Ask a Question box on the web portal now. We will now wait for a moment for questions. I've been informed that we have not received any questions with respect to the arrangement resolution. As there are no questions, we will move on. As mentioned, I've taken the liberty of asking certain unit holders to make the motions for today. I will now ask Edward Fu, the REIT's Chief Financial Officer, to move, and Allan Kimberley, one of our trustees, to second a formal motion to approve the arrangement resolution.
Mr. Chair, I so move. Mr. Chair, I second the motion.
Thank you. The voting polls are now open and voting will be conducted by online ballot.
Any registered unit holder or duly appointed proxy holder who hasn't yet voted or wishes to change their vote may do so by clicking on the Vote Here button on the web portal and following the instructions provided. Registered unit holders who have sent in proxies or voted via telephone or internet and do not want to change their vote do not need to take any further action. We will now pause for 30 seconds to allow for voting. Now that everyone has had the opportunity to vote, I now declare the polls for this meeting closed. We have been informed by the scrutineer that the preliminary vote shows that the motion presented for approval today has been duly passed. I now declare that the arrangement resolution has been authorized and approved.
We will be reporting the final voting results in a press release and a SEDAR+ filing following the meeting. I direct that the scrutineer's report as to voting be annexed to the minutes of this meeting as a schedule. We have now completed the formal part of the meeting. There's no further business, I will now ask Edward Fu to move, and Allan Kimberley to second a formal motion to terminate the meeting. Mr. Chair, I so move. Mr. Chair, I second the motion. Thank you. I declare the motion carried and the meeting term inated.
This concludes today's special meeting. You may now disc onnect.