Paul Douglas
Good morning, and welcome to the First Capital REIT’s Special Meeting of Unitholders. I’m Paul Douglas, the Chair of First Capital REIT’s Board of Trustees. Our meeting today is being held in a hybrid format, virtually through the Lumi platform and in person at the offices of Stikeman Elliott in Toronto. I will chair the meeting, and Alison Harnick will act as Secretary.
First, we would like to discuss how voting and questions will be answered or addressed and answered in this hybrid format. Usually, and this year is no exception, the vast majority of unitholders submit proxies or voting instructions in advance of the meeting, with only a small number of unitholders opting to vote their units at the meeting. Registered unitholders or duly appointed proxy holders who wish to vote at the meeting may vote either in person or online through the online platform. Registered unitholders who submitted a valid proxy in advance of the meeting do not need to vote again by electronic ballot or at the meeting.
If you do not vote at the meeting, your previously submitted proxy will continue to be counted in the vote tabulation. Voting in person on all matters will take place by the ballot that was provided to you when you arrived today. The ballots distributed to you includes each of the items of business being voted on today. You will be given the opportunity to vote on each business item after the presentation of all such business items. Please do not return your ballot until told to do
