ASSURA PLC (AGR) — Annual General Meeting

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the ASSURA PLC Annual General Meeting. Throughout this recorded meeting, attendees online will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged and can be submitted at any time using the Q and A tab situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Just please simply type in your questions at any time and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question submitted today. However, all questions will be reviewed with responses published on the Investor Meet company platform. I'd now like to hand over to United States Chief Chairman, Ed Smith. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. And it is, as has been said now, 11:00, and there is a quorum present. And it's particularly nice to have four shareholders present with us in the room this morning as well as those viewing live via the investor meet platform. Investors watching the meeting via this platform are able to see and hear the a AGM, but are not seen or heard by the board and and has made clear in the notice of the AGM, are unable to vote via that platform. Questions may be submitted in writing over the platform and will be addressed at relevant points during the AGM. I'm joined here today by all of my fellow directors, and I'll just briefly introduce them to you before we begin. Company secretary on my left, all are Louise Hauer, Jonathan Davis, Jane Cotton, Jonathan Murphy, Noel Gordon, four of our shareholders, Laura, is a board fellow under a board fellowship program we are jointly investing in Sam Barrel and Emma Karriaga. Jonathan, you'll now provide us with a brief overview of the first quarter results, which were announced this morning. Yes. Thanks, Ed, and good morning, everyone, and glad to wel...