Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders of VIQ Solutions, Inc. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. I would like to introduce Larry Taylor, who will chair the meeting today. Mr. Taylor, the floor is yours.

Larry Taylor
CEO & Director

Good morning, everyone. I'm Larry Taylor, Chief Executive Officer and Director of VIQ Solutions. Welcome to our Annual General and Special Meeting. The meeting will now come to order.

With the approval of the meeting, I will act as Chair of the meeting. We have the following matters of business to conduct today: one, presentation of the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025; two, the election of 4 directors; three, the appointment of MNP LLP as the corporation's auditors and authorizing the Board to fix their remuneration; four, the confirmation and adoption of the corporation's 2021 Omnibus and Senate Equity Incentive Plan; and five, the creation of a new control person.

With the meeting's approval, I will ask our Corporate Counsel, Andreas Kloppenborg from Dentons to act as Secretary of the meeting; and Rosa Garofalo of TSX Trust Company to act as scrutineer of this meeting. In order that the meeting covers all of the business items within a reasonable period of time, we have prepared -- prearranged and prepared movers and seconders for the applicable resolutions.

This procedure is not an attempt to discourage participation, but merely a way to expedite proceedings in a virtual environment. We have previously mailed the meeting materials to registered shareholders. Accordingly, I direct that copies of the documents mailed to the shareholders be kept by