Andrew Cross
[Foreign Language] Good morning, and welcome to Chorus’ 2025 Annual Shareholders Meeting. I’m Mark Cross, Chorus’ Chair. We’re joining you virtually this morning from the Chorus Network Lab in Auckland. On the information conveyed to me, I confirm that a quorum of shareholders is present and declare the meeting open. The minutes of the last Annual Shareholders’ Meeting have been approved. The Notice of Meeting, including the explanatory notes, has been circulated to all shareholders, and I intend to take it as read.
We have a fairly short agenda today in terms of the formal business of the meeting. As the video clip we played just before shows, our network helps Kiwis across the countries meet every day so we think it’s only appropriate that we showcase our own technology for today’s meeting.
On to today’s agenda. I’ll start today’s agenda with a short summary of the year and some of the things the Board has been focused on to deliver value to shareholders. Chief Executive, Mark Aue, will then cover what’s happening at an operational and market level. After that, we’ll move to resolutions, questions and voting.
First, some information on how to ask questions and vote. Shareholders and proxies have the ability to ask questions and submit votes. If you have a question submit during the live meeting, the Q&A is always open, so please feel free to submit questions throughout the meeting. These will be addressed at the relevant time. To submit a question, simply select the Q&A tab on the right half of your screen, type your question into the field and press submit. Please be as concise as possible and ensure they relate directly
