Meeting of shareholders of Topicus.com Inc. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Chairman Mark Dennison. Mr. Leonard, the floor is yours.
Thank you and good morning. I'm Mark Dennison. I'm the corporate secretary of Topicus. Robin van Poelje, Topicus' Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, has asked me to act as chairman of Topicus' annual shareholder meeting. Jamal Baksh will act as secretary of the meeting. I ask Shirley Tom and Louise Waltenbury of Computershare to act as scrutineers and compute the votes of any polls taken at the meeting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are conducting today's meeting virtually via a live webcast. Since the meeting is being held virtually, we want to outline a few logistical items regarding the conduct of the meeting. This shareholder meeting of Topicus will be followed by the annual and special meeting of the shareholders of Constellation Software. That meeting will begin later this morning at 9 A.M. Eastern Time.
This Topicus shareholder meeting will address and process the formal corporate governance matters of Topicus. The question-and-answer period for the executives of Topicus and Constellation Software will take place at the conclusion of the annual and special meeting of shareholders of Constellation, which again will begin this morning at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time. However, if there are any questions regarding the formal portion of this meeting, those can be submitted by any meeting attendee using the instant messaging service of the virtual interface. When asking a question, please indicate your name, which entity you represent, if any, and if applicable, confirm if you are a registered shareholder or a duly appointed proxy holder. For any question that we answer, we will summarize the question, read out loud the name of the person who asked the question and, if applicable, the entity that person represents.
To repeat any shareholder questions which do not relate to the formal portion of this meeting will not be addressed during this meeting, but will be answered during the question-and-answer period at the end of the annual and special meeting of shareholders of Constellation Software. For the purposes of the meeting today, voting on all matters will be conducted by electronic ballot. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders will be asked to vote on each business item after the presentation of all business items. When you are asked to vote, you will receive a message on the virtual interface requesting you to register your vote. When voting commences, the polls will remain open for three minutes. We will now proceed with the formal portion of today's meeting. To expedite the formal part of the meeting, I will move and second all of the motions.
The secretary of the meeting has filed with me proof of mailing of the meeting materials, including the notice of availability of proxy materials in the form of proxy and, where applicable, the notice of meeting and Management Information Circular. The consolidated financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December , 2021, and the auditor's report thereon have also been mailed to all shareholders of the company. Copies of these materials are also available on the company's SEDAR profile and on the company's website. We would be pleased to deal with any questions concerning the financial statements subsequent to the completion of the formal business of this meeting. The scrutineers have reported to me that we have at least two shareholders present by electronic means and holding or representing by proxy at least 25% of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.
As such, I declare that a quorum is present for the conduct of business, and this meeting is properly constituted for the transaction of business. Voting today will be conducted by electronic ballot. The balloting will be open to registered holders and appointed proxy holders who have properly logged in with their control numbers or invitation code after the presentation of all business items. The first item of business is the election of directors. There are 12 directors to be elected at this meeting. The Management Information Circular made available to shareholders contains information about the 12 nominees. The nominees are Bernard Anzarouth, Jamal Baksh, Jeff Bender, John Billowits, Daan Dijkhuizen, Jane Holden, Han Knooren, Mark Leonard, Alex Macdonald, Paul Noordeman, Donna Parr, and Robin van Poelje.
The meeting is open for nominations for the election of directors for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected or appointed. I will now nominate the directors and second the nominations. I nominate each of the persons whose name appears in the Management Information Circular under the heading Election of Directors, to be a director of the company until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are appointed. I also second those nominations. If there are no further nominations, I declare the nominations closed. I will now move and second a resolution appointing the auditors for the current year and authorizing the directors to fix their remuneration.
I move that KPMG LLP Chartered Accountants are appointed auditors of the company to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are appointed, at such remuneration as may be fixed by the directors, and that the directors are authorized to fix such remuneration. I also second the motion. Unless there are any questions, I will move on to the voting process. As I earlier mentioned, voting today will be conducted by electronic ballot. I will now take a moment to ask that the balloting be opened to registered holders and appointed proxy holders.
The polls are now open, and at this point, all registered holders and appointed proxy holders who have properly logged on with their control numbers or their invitation code and wish to vote will be able to see on the screen the election of directors and the appointment of the auditors brought forth at this meeting. Please register your votes by accessing the voting page and selecting the for or withhold buttons next to the name of each proposed director and next to the resolution with respect to the appointment of KPMG as the company's auditors. The voting will be open for three minutes. Once the electronic balloting closes, the voting page will disappear, and your votes will be automatically submitted. The line will now be paused for a three-minute period.
I can now report that based on the proxies received in advance of the meeting, all matters that were put to a vote today have passed. The formal items of business as set out in the notice of meeting have now been dealt with. Are there any questions on the formal portion of the meeting or the company's financial statements? There are not. I move that the meeting be terminated, and I second that motion. I declare the resolution carried and the meeting terminated. The formal agenda for this meeting is now completed. The question-and-answer period for both Topicus and Constellation Software will take place following the annual and special meeting of shareholders of Constellation Software, which will begin at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Instructions regarding how to attend the Constellation Software meeting can be found in our press release dated 29 March , 2022, and on the Topicus and Constellation websites. Thank you, and enjoy the rest of your day.
This concludes the meeting. You may now disconnect.