<p style="">The sentence in question follows the structure: S + V + SC, where "S" stands for the subject "The objective of this meeting," "V" denotes the verb "is," and "SC" signifies the subject complement "to discuss strategies for ________ the distribution needs of small-to-medium sized businesses."</p><p style="">Now, let's look at the subject complement:</p><p style="">"to discuss strategies for ________ the distribution needs of small-to-medium sized businesses."<br></p><p style="">The blank calls for a form of the verb that goes with "the distribution needs." Since (A) "satisfaction" is a noun, it's not a suitable choice. After the preposition "for," we typically expect a gerund, which is the verb in its -ing form. Thus, the appropriate fill for the blank is (C) "satisfying".</p><p style="">(A) "satisfaction" would result in the phrase "...strategies for satisfaction the distribution needs..." which is grammatically awry because "satisfaction" cannot serve the verb function required here.</p><p style="">(B) "to satisfy" is the infinitive form and is not congruous in this context.</p><p style="">(D) "satisfied" is in the past participle form and doesn't fit syntactically in this instance.</p>