Dina Bartolacci Seely

Good afternoon. My name is Dina Bartolacci Seely from Emera's Corporate Affairs team. Thank you for joining us for Emera's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Please note, certain statements made in today's presentations and during the question-and-answer session afterwards may be forward-looking or may include non-GAAP financial measures and should be received with caution.

Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions contained in applicable securities laws. Actual results and financial performance could differ materially from historic results or any conclusions, forecasts or projections in the forward-looking statements. Certain material factors or assumptions were applied in drawing the conclusions or making the forecasts or projections as reflected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information about the material factors that could cause actual financial performance to differ materially from the conclusions, forecasts or projections in the forward-looking statements can be found in Emera's latest MD&A and financial statements, which are available on SEDAR+ and EDGAR.

Today's meeting is taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is located in Mi'gma'gi, the ancestral and unseated territory of the Mi'gma'gi people. Emera seeks to build deep and meaningful relationships with indigenous peoples and organizations across Mi'gma'gi and in all other regions where we operate.

Thank you. I'll now turn the meeting over to Karen Sheriff, Chair of the Emera Board of Directors.

Karen Sheriff

Thank you very much, Dina, and good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Emera's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This year's meeting is virtual through live webcast with a video feed. The virtual meeting format is designed to ensure that opportunities and rights for shareholders to