Ramiro Peru

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is Ramey Peru, Chair of the Board. Welcome to the Elevance Health 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. I will preside as Chair of today's meeting. The meeting is called to order and voting is open through the meeting website. Shareholders of record and their proxy holders can vote online during the formal meeting by clicking on the Q&A icon on the meeting website. After the formal meeting, Gail Boudreaux, President and CEO, will provide a business update, followed by a question-and-answer session. Joining online are our other directors as well as several key Elevance Health executives and representatives from Ernst & Young, our independent auditors. I will now ask Kathy Kiefer, Corporate Secretary, to proceed with the meeting agenda.

Kathleen Kiefer
Chief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary

Thank you, Ramey. The agenda and rules of conduct and procedures for the meeting and question-and-answer session are posted on the meeting website. To conduct an orderly meeting, we ask that you abide by these rules. Pursuant to the rules, the only matters to be acted upon by the shareholders during this meeting are set forth in the agenda. Alisa Zagare and [ Katherine Reyes ] from Computershare have been appointed to act as Inspector of Election for the matters to be voted on during today's meeting.

I will file the oath of office of the Inspector of Election with the minutes of the meeting. A complete list of our shareholders of record is available for review on the meeting website. Most shareholders have