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 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. 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 meeting is held both at Linklaters premises in 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York and virtually. We are pleased to have with us Ana Gois, as Inspector of Elections; [indiscernible] of Linklaters; and Jose Roque, General Counsel of the company and Secretary of the Board of Directors. So will the meeting please come to order? Thank you. I report the 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 30, 2024, 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 card is made available to the members. I report that the holders of 45,432,694 shares of the common stock are present or represented at this meeting, which shares represent approximately 71.45% 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 of the company's consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended June 30, 2024, and approve the company's consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended June 30, 2024. 45,380,099 votes had been cast in favor of Proposal #1. 48,649 votes against it and 3,946 votes have abstained. Proposal #2. Consider and vote upon a proposal to appoint the following 6 directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the company until the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the company or until their respective successors are duly appointed and qualified. Federico Trucco, 38,649,127 votes have been cast in favor; 6,783,567 votes have been withheld. Enrique Lopez Lecube, 38,313,210 votes have been cast in favor; 7,119,484 votes have been withheld. Gloria Montaron Estrada, 42,727,448 votes have been cast in favor, 2,705,246 votes have been withheld. Keith McGovern, 45,235,507 votes have been cast in favor, 197,187 votes have been withheld. Natalia Zang, 43,514,637 votes have been cast in favor, 1,918,067 votes have been withheld. Yogesh Mago, 47,429,487 votes have been cast in favor, 2,003,207 votes have been withheld. Proposal #3. Consider and vote upon the ratification of appointment of Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company. 43,247,370 votes have been cast in favor of Proposal #3. 2,185,042 votes against it and 282 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 being no further matters to discuss, we thank you for attending, and the meeting is adjourned.