Growthpoint Properties Australia Stapled Securities (GRWPF) Shareholder/Analyst Call Prepared Remarks Transcript
Andrew Fay
Good morning, everyone. I’m Andy Fay, Chair of Growthpoint Properties Australia. On behalf of the Board, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the Annual General Meeting of Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited and a meeting of the unitholders of Growthpoint Properties Australia Trust, which are being held concurrently here in Melbourne and also being webcast. On a housekeeping side, can I ask that all mobile devices are set to silence and inform you that should the meeting extend to 11:00 a.m. being Remembrance Day, I will pause the meeting and observe a minute silence. With a quorum present, I’m pleased to officially declare these meetings open. I’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, water and community.
Today, we meet on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples joining us today.
Today, I’m joined by my fellow directors and from my far right, Michelle Tierney, Panico Theocharides, Josephine Sukkar, Estienne de Klerk, Deborah Page, Norbert Sasse, Tonianne Dwyer; and Ross Lees, our Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director; and Jacquee Jovanovski, our Company Secretary and Chief Operating Officer. Tonianne and I will address you later in the meeting in relation to our reelections. Members of the leadership team are in attendance in the front row, Melinda Ch’ng, our Chief Financial Officer; Nathan Thomas, our Chief Investment Officer; Sam Sproats, our Executive Director of Funds Management; and Nick Kost, Group Executive Head of Property. Katie Struthers also joins us as lead audit partner of EY. Turning to today’s agenda, I will begin with a few procedural items, then say a
