Stephen Goddard

Good morning, and welcome to the JB Hi-Fi 2026 Annual General Meeting. My name is Stephen Goddard. I'm the Chair of the JB Hi-Fi Group, and I'm your Chair for today's meeting. We have a quorum, and I'm pleased to declare the meeting open.

As in recent years, we are holding a hybrid AGM, and I'm delighted to be able to extend a warm welcome to our shareholders, proxies and guests who are attending either in person or through our online meeting platform. Our meeting is being held on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and I wish to acknowledge them as the traditional custodians. I would also like to pay my respects to their elders, past and present.

I would like to introduce my fellow directors, Christy Boyce, Sheila Lines, Mark Powell, Jeff Roberts, Melanie Wilson, Terry Smart, Richard Uechtritz; and our Executive Director, Nick Wells. Our Company Secretary, Doug Smith, is also in attendance, as is Suzana Vlahovic of our auditors, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.…