Hubert Marleau
Chairman & CEO
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m President declared of the assembly, and I will conduct this meeting in French and in English.
(Foreign Language) Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, and welcome to the — this Annual General and Special Meeting of the Shareholders of Nio Strategic Metals. My name is Hubert Marleau, and I have the pleasure of being the Chairman of the Board of Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nio Strategic Metals. I declare the assembly open.
I am accompanied by Jean-Sebastien Blanchette, our Chief Financial Officer; and Bruno Dumais, President and Chief Operating Officer, who will act as Secretary of this meeting; as well as the directors, Julie Lemieux, Christoph Ebeling, Hubert Vallee, Alexandre Triquet and Sylvain Menard.
(Foreign Language) For those of you who wish to address the assembly, we ask you to draw my attention by using the box provided for this purpose on the website. I would like to emphasize and remind you that only registered shareholders of the company as of May 13, 2026, or their proxy holders are entitled to ask question, propose and support resolution at this meeting. In order to follow a greater number of shareholders to participate in this meeting and to reduce the related costs, and we have decided to hold assembly by teleconference only. Shareholders were able to exercise their rights by filling out a proxy form in order to be used at the meeting, the proxy had to be received by the company’s transfer agent and registrar, Computershares Inc., on or before June 15, 2026. Please note that the voting will not be possible during this meeting.
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