IP GROUP PLC (IPO) — Annual General Meeting

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WEBVTT NOTE Transcription provided by Deepgram Request Id: 01a04310-7c9f-7b02-885e-65dd3ea0a6b9 Created: 2026-08-27T11:52:36.126Z Duration: 3199.581 Channels: 1 00:00:00.399 -- 00:00:03.040 Twenty six Annual General Meeting of IP GROUP 00:00:03.040 -- 00:00:04.400 PLC open. 00:00:04.400 -- 00:00:06.879 First of all, welcome to everyone in the 00:00:06.879 -- 00:00:09.599 room for joining us and those online, welcome 00:00:09.840 -- 00:00:11.360 to you. I'm going to say 00:00:11.679 -- 00:00:15.040 just a few words before I hand over 00:00:14.445 -- 00:00:16.525 to Greg and to Michael, and that'll be 00:00:16.605 -- 00:00:17.965 and then there'll be an opportunity 00:00:18.045 -- 00:00:18.685 to 00:00:19.164 -- 00:00:21.005 ask questions. For those of you who don't 00:00:21.005 -- 00:00:23.244 know me, I'm Douglas Fent, the Chairman of 00:00:23.244 -- 00:00:24.125 IP GROUP. 00:00:24.445 -- 00:00:25.085 I 00:00:25.404 -- 00:00:27.404 also want to extend a warm welcome to 00:00:27.404 -- 00:00:28.925 Michael Queen, who's sitting 00:00:29.539 -- 00:00:30.820 two to my left, 00:00:31.539 -- 00:00:33.940 who was appointed by the Chair as a 00:00:33.940 -- 00:00:37.460 Non Executive Director and Chair Designate of IP 00:00:37.460 -- 00:00:38.739 GROUP last 00:00:38.820 -- 00:00:39.540 month. 00:00:40.420 -- 00:00:43.575 So also with me, Greg Smith, who's the 00:00:43.575 -- 00:00:46.135 Chief Executive Officer David Baines on my right, 00:00:46.135 -- 00:00:48.935 the Chief Financial and Operating Officer and all 00:00:48.935 -- 00:00:51.335 four of our other nonexecutive 00:00:51.335 -- 00:00:53.735 directors. I'll ask them to sort of raise 00:00:53.735 -- 00:00:55.255 their hands so you know who they are. 00:00:56.200 -- 00:00:58.680 Doctor Caroline Brown, there we go, 00...