Douglas Brown
Good morning, women and gents. My identify is Doug Brown. I am the Chairman of the Board of Fluence, and I will likely be chairing the assembly at the moment. It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the Annual Basic Assembly of Fluence Company Restricted. We advise that we now have complied with the related necessities for convening this assembly and {that a} quorum is current. I due to this fact declare the assembly open.
I want to introduce my fellow administrators who’re current on-line at the moment: Ben Fash, who’s the corporate’s CEO; Paul Donnelly, who’s the corporate’s Lead Unbiased Director; Mel Ashton, who’s a Non-Govt Director; and Nikolaus Oldendorff, who’s additionally a Non-Govt Director. We even have some members of our senior executives, the Chief Monetary Officer, Osvaldo Llanes; and Chief Authorized and Expertise Officer, Spencer Smith. I’d additionally wish to introduce our Assistant Firm Secretary, Sophia Huang. Our auditor, BDO, represented by Kathy Robertson, can also be in attendance on-line.
As discover of this — because the discover convening this assembly was despatched to all shareholders on the Fluence Company Restricted register in accordance with the corporate’s structure, except there are any objections, I intend to take the discover of assembly and explanatory assertion as learn. We’re conducting at the moment’s assembly utilizing a digital methodology. Shareholders who’re attending on-line will have the ability to take part and consider a reside webcast of the assembly, ask questions and if appointed by — as proxy, forged votes on the acceptable time whereas the assembly is in progress.
The format of at the moment’s assembly will likely be a presentation on the operations of the enterprise from Ben Fash, our
