ESSENSYS PLC (ESYS) — Annual General Meeting

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Good morning, and welcome to the ESSENSYS PLC Annual General Meeting. Throughout this recorded meeting, attendees will be in listen only mode. I'd now like to hand you over to chairman John Lee. Good morning to you, sir. Good morning, everyone, and thanks very much for joining us. It's now 09:30, and we have a quorum present. I therefore declare the annual general meeting of ESSENSYS PLC open. My name is John Lee. I'm the chair of the company, and we'd like to welcome you to this annual general meeting. And welcome also to all of you joining online. Joining me today are my fellow board members, James Lowry, CEO Greg Price, CFO Mark Furness, founder and nonexecutive director and Sean Herbert, nonexecutive director. I'll soon move to conduct the formal business of the Annual General Meeting, and we'll then open the poll voting for those in the room with us here. Following the conclusion of the poll, the directors will be available for a Q and A session. Shareholders were given the opportunity to submit questions in advance of the AGM. And as your questions can also be submitted to our team at any time during the meeting. I'll now turn to the formal meet formal business of the meeting. Today's meeting was called by a notice of annual general meetings posted to shareholders on the January 8. That notice explained the various resolutions which are proposed, and today's meeting has been called to consider and, if thought fit, pass those resolutions. Accordingly, the requisite notice of the meeting has been given. I therefore propose that with your consent, the notice of meetings should be taken as read. Is that agreed? Yep. For this meeting, in line with good governance practice, all resolutions will be voted on by a poll. This will ensure the voting wishes of shareholders...