Mitchell Goldhar
Executive Chairman & CEO

Good afternoon. I think it's good morning.

Michael Young

Morning.

Mitchell Goldhar
Executive Chairman & CEO

I want to thank you all for joining us today. This is the Annual General Meeting of the holders of units and special voting units of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust. The meeting will now come to order. Before we begin, kindly turn off your mobile devices. My name is Mitchell Goldhar, and I am the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SmartCentres and a trustee. Before we start the formal portion of the meeting, I would like to introduce other trustees and officers of SmartCentres. In addition to myself, our current trustees are Janet Bannister, Neil Cunningham, Garry Foster, Greg Howard, Sylvie Lachance, Sharm Powell and Michael Young to my left.

In addition to myself, our officers are Peter Slan, Chief Financial Officer; Rudy Gobin, Chief Portfolio and Asset Management Officer; Allan Scully, Executive Vice President, Development; Paula Bustard, Executive Vice President, Development; Dan Markou, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Culture Officer.

After the formal meeting, there will be a brief management presentation and an opportunity to ask questions about SmartCentres. Michael Young is the Lead Independent Trustee of SmartCentres, and will be the Chairman for this meeting. Michael?

Michael Young

Thanks, Mitch. As this meeting is being held in person and online via live webcast, I will first set out a few matters to facilitate the orderly conduct of the meeting. Registered unitholders and policyholders who wish to vote at the meeting and cast a vote in person may do so. Ballots were