Linda Southern-Heathcott
Executive Chair

Well, it is 10:00 on the dot. And so we'll commence the morning. Good morning. My name is Linda Southern-Heathcott, I am the Chair of AKITA Drilling. And it is my pleasure to welcome you to the company's 33rd Annual General Meeting.

We would like to acknowledge that what we call Alberta is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaty 6, 7 and 8, namely the Blackfoot Confederacy, Kainai, Piikani, Siksika, The Cree, Dene, Saulteau, Nakoda Su, Stoney Nakoda and Tsuut'ina Nation and the Metis Peoples of Alberta. This includes the Metis settlements and the 6 regions of the Metis Nation of Alberta with historical Northwest Metis Homeland.

We acknowledge the many First Nations Metis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional knowledge keepers and elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgment as an active reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.

We are hosting our AGM through a virtual meeting platform, which is accessible to all shareowners and guests. I officially call the meeting to order and appoint Odyssey Trust to act as scrutineer.

The owners of Class A nonvoting shares and Class B common shares as well as the holders of valid proxies are entitled to participate and ask questions at this annual meeting. However, only the owners of Class B common shares and the holders of valid proxies for those shares are entitled to vote on the election of