Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. Please note the meeting is being recorded. I'd like to introduce Michael Novogratz, who will be acting as chair of this meeting. Mr. Novogratz, the floor is yours.
Good morning, everyone, well, I would like to welcome all of you to this annual meeting, the meeting of shareholders for 2023. I'm Michael Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings. The meeting is being held as a hybrid event, both physically in person and virtually online via webcast. We've ensured that the virtual portion of the meeting offers shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders the opportunity to participate, submit questions, and vote the meeting through the online platform. We'd like to set out the following rules for the orderly conduct of this meeting. 1, for the purpose of this meeting, voting on all matters will be conducted for those attending in person by a ballot, which you will have completed upon entering the meeting, and those wishing to change their vote can ask the secretary for a new ballot.
2, for those attending virtually by electronic ballot through the TSX Trust virtual meeting platform. Only registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders who have properly logged up in with their control number will be able to vote on each business item. Beneficial shareholders who appointed themselves as proxy holders would have needed to register in advance to receive a control number. Once the polls are open, click the Voting icon on the left side of your screen. To vote, simply select your voting direction from the options shown on the screen and submit. A confirmation message will appear to show your vote has been received. If you have additional control numbers to vote, click I Have Additional Control Numbers at the top to enter the additional credential. To change your vote, simply click Refresh Voting Resolutions. Voting will remain open until the polls have been closed.
The votes you have submitted on each polling item at the time of the poll closes will be recorded. Totals in favor or against, or withheld as the case may be, for each resolution, will be tallied by the scrutineer once the voting is completed, and the chair will report on the preliminary outcome of all motions based on the proxies provided prior to the meeting and the preliminary scrutineer's report. The final report will be posted on SEDAR shortly after the meeting. We remind you that if you are a registered shareholder and you have already voted by proxy, you do not need to vote again unless you wish to change your vote. Any votes cast by poll during the meeting will supersede any votes previously submitted by proxy.
Therefore, we recommend that shareholders who have already voted by proxy do not vote on polls taken during the meeting. Those in attendance who have registered as guests are not able to move motions, submit any questions, vote, or take any other action. For specific vote tabulations, please see the report of voting results, which will be posted to the company's SEDAR profile shortly after the meeting. Messages can be submitted at any time during the Q&A session, up until the chair closes the session. If you would like to ask a question, select Ask a Question icon to the left. Type your message within the chat box in this messaging screen. Once you are happy with your message, click Ask Now button. Questions sent via the TSX Trust virtual meeting platform will be moderated before being sent to the chair. At this meeting...
At this time, I call the meeting to order. Unless there's objection, I now propose that in order to expedite the meeting, we will dispense with the need to second any motions requested by the chair. If you have an objection, you have a few seconds to submit your objection via the Ask a Question button. Hearing none, we will proceed with the business of the meeting. In accordance with the Articles of Association, I preside as chair of the meeting. With the consent of the meeting, I appoint Francesca DonAngelo, corporate secretary of the meeting, to act as secretary of the meeting. The company's registrar and transfer agent is TSX Trust Company. Steve Nguyen is present and will act as scrutineer for the meeting.
Under the company's Articles of Association, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders of the company consists of two or more shareholders holding at least 25% in par value of the ordinary shares and are entitled to vote at such general meeting, being individuals present or by proxy, or if a company or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy. The scrutineer has provided me with a preliminary report regarding shareholder attendance and representation at this meeting. I confirm that there is a quorum present for this meeting. The secretary has advised me of the notice calling the meeting together with a form of proxy and management information circular have been duly sent to the shareholders on June sixth, 2023. Additional copies of these materials are also available electronically under Galaxy's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Accordingly, unless there is an objection, I will dispense with the reading of the notice calling the meeting. If you have an objection, you have five seconds to submit. Notice having duly given and a quorum being present, I declare that this meeting is duly constituted for the transaction of business. In the interest of expediting the business of this meeting, I will move all motions with respect to the business for which this meeting has been called and as set out in the notice of meeting. For efficiency, we will be opening the polls on the matters that will be voted at the beginning of the meeting, and we'll close the polls after the last matter has been dealt with. We will now turn to the business of today's meeting. I declare the polls now open.
Galaxy's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the report of the auditors thereon are placed before the meeting. These audited financial statements are available upon request electronically under Galaxy's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. The next item of business is the election of directors. The following nominee of management are proposed for election as directors: Michael Novogratz, Bill Koutsouras, Dominic Doherty, Michael Daffey, Jane Dietze, Damien Vanderwilt, Richard Tavoso. If there are no further nominations, I now declare the nominations to be closed. If there are any objections, please raise them now. Those attending virtually have 5 seconds to submit a question via the Ask a Question button.
I now move that the seven nominees be elected as directors of the company to hold office until next annual general meeting of the company, or until their successors are elected or appointed, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association and Cayman Islands law. Please proceed by the way of poll on this motion. As noted earlier, voting results will be summarized at the end of the meeting. Final voting results will be made available on SEDAR shortly after the meeting. I now move on to the next item of business. The next item of business is to support the auditors of Galaxy for the ensuing year.
I hereby move that KPMG LLP be appointed as auditors of Galaxy for the ensuing year, or until their successors are duly appointed, and such remuneration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and that past appointment of KPMG as the auditor be ratified. Please proceed by way of poll on this motion. As noted earlier, the preliminary results will be summarized at the end of the meeting, final voting results will be made available on SEDAR shortly after the meeting. I will now move to the voting results. You will have 10 seconds to submit your votes before the polls close. The polls are now closed. Based on the proxies provided prior to the meeting and the preliminary scrutiny received, I can confirm that all resolutions have passed by the requisite number of votes in favor.
Detailed voting results will be included in the press release to be filed following the meeting, together with reports on voting results to be filed on SEDAR. Is there any other business that may be properly be brought before this meeting? That concludes the formal business brought before the meeting, as set out in the notice of meeting. If you'd like to raise any further business at this meeting, you have 10 seconds to do so using the Ask a Question button. There's no further business, I now propose the meeting be concluded, unless there's an objection. If you have an objection, you have 5 seconds to submit via the Ask a Question button. Hearing none, I now declare this meeting to be terminated. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank you for attending today.
Thank you, everyone, for attending today's meeting. You may now disconnect.