Operator

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the EcoSynthetix 2026 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the conference call over to Mr. Jeff Nodland, Chair of the Board of EcoSynthetix. Please go ahead, sir.

Jeffrey Nodland

Thank you, operator. Appreciate that. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Annual and Special Meeting of the Shareholders of EcoSynthetix Inc. The meeting will come to order. My name is Jeffrey Nodland, and I'm Chairman of the Board of EcoSynthetix. And pursuant to the EcoSynthetix bylaws, I will chair this meeting.

Robert Her, the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the company, will act as the Secretary of this meeting. We'd also like to welcome those who are attending via conference call to listen into the meeting today. After the meeting, Jeff MacDonald, our Chief Executive Officer of the company, will make a presentation, after which there will be a period for any questions you may have.

For the purposes of this meeting, I have appointed TSX Trust Company through its representatives, Amanda Dello and Mark Burt to act as the scrutineer. Ms. Dello and Mr. Burt are attending the meeting via conference call.

We will now proceed with the business of the meeting. The company has used notice and access to deliver the meeting materials to the shareholders. I've been advised that on April 20, 2026, the notice and access notifications were mailed to all shareholders of record as of April 2, 2026, in accordance with all applicable laws.

In addition, the meeting materials, including the notice and access notification, notice of the meeting, form of