Peter Tonagh

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm your Chair, Peter Tonagh, and I'd like to welcome you to the General Meeting of Nine Entertainment Company.

I'd like to start today by acknowledging the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. Today's meeting is being held on the land of the Cammeraygal people of the Eora Nation.

This meeting is being held as a hybrid meeting. We've got some shareholders here with us in person, thank you for joining us. And others participating virtually. Shareholders will be able to watch the meeting in real time, submit questions and vote on the resolution online at the meeting today. If we encounter significant technical problems during the meeting, we may adjourn the meeting until 3:00 p.m. to ensure all shareholders have an opportunity to participate. And of course, we'll notify the ASX if that happens.

It's now shortly after 9:00 a.m. and I'm advised that this is a properly constituted meeting and as a quorum of at least 2 shareholders for a general meeting is present in person or by proxy, I declare the general meeting open. I propose to take the Notice of Meeting as read.

The notice of meeting, independent experts report and a virtual meeting guide were provided to all shareholders in advance of this meeting. They are also available on the company's website and on the ASX announcements platform.

Before we start, I'll run through some mechanics for the meeting. For people participating online, at the top of the screen, you'll see the