James Bishop
Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Good morning, everyone. My name is James Bishop. I'm Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of High Liner Foods, Inc. Welcome to our Annual General Meeting, and thank you for joining us today.

Before our Chair calls the meeting to order, I would like to remind everyone that similar to previous years, our Annual General Meeting is being broadcast live over the Internet, allowing those with Internet access to view and listen to the meeting online and allowing registered shareholders with a control number to participate online.

We are also pleased to offer a toll-free conference call number as a way for those shareholders without Internet access to listen to the webcast and ask questions. For those unable to join us this morning, the recorded proceedings will be available on our corporate website at www.highlinerfoods.com. Before we begin, I need to remind you of our position with respect to any forward-looking statements that may be made during our presentations this morning.

Please take a moment to review the -- the company reports its consolidated financial information in U.S. dollars and any financial information discussed today is stated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. The common shares of High Liner Foods trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and are quoted in Canadian dollars.

Investors are reminded for purposes of calculating financial ratios, including dividend payout and share price to earnings ratios to take into consideration that the company's share price and dividend rate are reported in