Power Corporation of Canada

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Power Corporation Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions will be provided at that time for you to queue up for a question. If anyone has any difficulties hearing the conference, please press star then zero for operator assistance at any time. I would like to remind everyone that this call is being recorded on Thursday, May 9th, 2024. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Jeffrey Orr, President and Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, operator, and welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining us for our quarterly results call this morning, and I'll kick it right off. We've got our title page here, and I'm going to move into the most exciting part of the presentation, the disclaimers on forward-looking information and non-IFRS information. information on the first couple of pages. Joining me today in his first official capacity on his first call as CFO is Jake Lawrence, and Jake, welcome to the call.

Thanks, Jeff, and good day, everyone. Before we get into the results and I turn it back over, Jeff, I just want to take a moment to express how fortunate and how honored I am to be the CFO of PowerCorp. It's a fantastic job I've learned in my past eight weeks, and I also want to acknowledge the great groundwork that's been laid by my predecessor, Greg Tretiak. Greg had a very impressive 40-year career at the Power Group. The last 10 is CFO at PowerCorp. So I obviously wish Greg and the rest of the team wishes Greg as well in his continued recovery. Looking ahead, as I've shared with many of you, I'm very excited about the opportunities that I see for Power. I look forward to bringing my experience and skill set to both complement and partner with Jeff, as well as the broader PowerCorp team and group of companies to help create further value for our shareholders in the coming years. Since I started back in March, I've had the opportunity to meet and speak with many of the investors that are on the call today, and as we move forward in this journey, I look forward to further engaging with all of you. Great.