Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (BIOX) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is Federico Trucco speaking, President and CEO of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. and Chairman of the meeting. I would like to welcome you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bioceres Crop Solutions. We are webcasting and recording this morning's proceedings so that we can prepare a complete transcript for shareholders and employees unable to attend the meeting. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions and to protect the health and safety of our shareholders and employees, this meeting is held both at Linklaters premises in 1290 Avenue in Americas, New York and virtually. We hope to meet you in person next year. We are pleased to have with us [ Erna Lois ] as inspector of elections; Alejandro Gordano in Linklaters; Jose Roque, General Counsel of the company; and Florencia Bottero, Secretary of the Board of Directors. So will the meeting please come to order? Thank you. I report that notice of the meeting and the relevant meeting materials have been delivered to all members of record of the company by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the transfer agent and registrar of the company's common stock. The affidavit proxy materials and other documents are directed to be filed with the records of the company. I also present a list of the members of the company's common stock as at the close of business on September 17, 2021, the record date for this meeting, as prepared and certified by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to be filed with the records of the company. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company has computed the number of shares represented under the proxy cards made available to the members. I report that the holders of 26,903,361 shares of the common stock are present or represented at this meeting, which shares represent approximately 64.72% of the shares entitled to vote at this meeting, and a quorum is therefore present. Accordingly, I declare the meeting duly constituted. The meeting will now proceed to the proposals and its voting results. Proposal #1. Consider and vote the report of the Board of Directors of the company and the report of the independent auditor on the company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, and approve the company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. 26,901,772 votes have been cast in favor of proposal #1 and 1,586 votes have abstained. Proposal #2. Consider and vote upon a proposal to appoint the following 8 directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the company until the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the company or until their respective successors are duly appointed and quantified. Federico Trucco. 26,382,518 votes have been cast in favor, 520,843 votes have been withheld; Gloria Montaron Estrada. 26,616,683 votes have been cast in favor, 286,678 votes have been withheld; Enrique Lopez Lecube. 26,616,503 votes have been cast in favor, 286,858 votes have been withheld. Kyle Bransfield. 26,142,058 votes have been cast in favor, 761,303 votes have been withheld; Natalia Zang. 26,627,160 votes have been cast in favor, 276,201 votes have been withheld; Ari Freisinger. 26,378,197 votes have been cast in favor, 525,164 votes have been withheld; Carlos Camargo de Colon. 26,824,591 votes have been cast in favor, 70,770 votes have been withheld; Fabian Onetti. 26,616,503 votes have been cast in favor, 286,858 votes have been withheld. Proposal #3. Consider and vote upon the ratification of appointment of Price Waterhouse as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company. 26,380,446 votes have been cast in favor of proposal #3, 522,815 votes against it and 100 votes have abstained. We inform people attending virtually that you can submit questions and the company will give you reply in the shortest time. There have been no further matters to discuss. We thank you for attending, and the meeting is adjourned.