Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Hello, and welcome to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. Please note that today's meeting is being recorded. This annual meeting webcast is the property of Gran Tierra Energy. Any copying or rebroadcasting of this webcast is expressly forbidden without the written consent of Gran Tierra Energy. It is now my pleasure to turn today's meeting over to Robert Hodgins, Chair of Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. Mr. Hodgins, the floor is yours.

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, and welcome to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Gran Tierra Energy, Inc., which was previously adjourned on May 5, 2021. My name is Robert Hodgins, and I'm Chair of the Board of Directors of Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. and will act as Chair of the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. I'm pleased to have you join this webcast, and I want to open by thanking Gran Tierra's Board of Directors, all of whom are joining us virtually today, and thank you to the members of Gran Tierra management team and staff. The management team has joined us and the staff are certainly, we'd like to thank them for their contributions in this last calendar year. Diane Phillips, our corporate Secretary, will act as Secretary for this meeting. It is 01:30, and the meeting will now officially come to order. We will proceed with the formal business of the meeting as set forth in your notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. If you need a copy of the annual report or the proxy statement, the links are provided online. The agenda and rules of conduct have been provided on the virtual meeting website and outlined how we will proceed with today's meeting. As stated in the rules of the conduct, if you would like to submit a question related to the proposals being presented at today's meeting, you may do so by following the instructions on the meeting website. Will the Secretary please report at this time with respect to the record date, stockholders list and the mailing of notice of the annual meeting?

We have received an affidavit signed by Computershare that notice of this meeting, along with related proxy and annual report materials, which were mailed or made available on March 25, 2021 to Gran Tierra's stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 9, 2021, our record date. A list of stockholders as of the record date is available for inspection by stockholders using the registered shareholder list link found on this webcast page.

At this time, I'd like to confirm that Dmitriy Podolny of Computershare will act as Inspector of Election at this meeting. The function of the Inspector of Election is to decide upon the qualifications of the voters, accept their votes and when balloting on all matters is completed, to tally the final votes. The polls are now open for those who have not yet voted, and it will close in a few minutes after the presentation of business matters. If you've previously voted via the Internet, the phone or mail, you do not need to take any additional action. If you voted previously, and you wish to change your vote, please do so before the closing of the polls using the voting buttons on the portal. Will the Secretary please report at this time with respect to the existence of a quorum?

We've been informed by the Inspector of Elections that proxies have been received for 198,008,595 shares of the outstanding shares of Gran Tierra Energy Inc. common stock. Collectively, the votes for which these proxies were received represent approximately 54% of the total number of votes that may be cast by the outstanding shares. This constitutes a quorum for the meeting today.