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Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of VerticalScope Holdings Inc. Please note that the meeting is being recorded. I would like to introduce Diane Yu, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the company, who will provide some introductory remarks before the formal portion of this meeting. Diane, please go ahead.

Diane Yu
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

Good afternoon, and welcome to the 2026 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of VerticalScope Holdings, Inc. My name is Diane Yu, and I am the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the company.

Before we begin the formal proceedings, I would like to introduce the following members of our Board who are present at today's meeting. We have Robert Laidlaw, Wayne Bigby, Michael Washinushi, Cory Janssen and Neil Oliver. In addition to myself, the following members of management are present for today's meeting: Chris Goodridge, the Chief Executive Officer; and Vince Bellissimo, the Chief Financial Officer.

This meeting is being held as a completely virtual meeting. The meeting will be conducted in the same manner as an in-person meeting, and our goal is to replicate the experience you would have had if we were able to come together today in-person.

We would like to remind you that only registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders who have signed in using a control number, are able to ask questions during the meeting. Instructions on how to ask questions are on your screen.

In order for us to run the meeting efficiently, the Chair