Agc Inc Unsp/Adr (ASGLY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Hello everyone, thank you very much for joining us. We will start in three minutes. This is a hybrid briefing session, so if you are joining us remotely, there are several things that I'd like to clarify with. Please make sure to join webinar from one device. and please download the materials from our website. If you have any questions, please call the contact number. The phone number is 03-3218-5096. So please wait for a few more minutes. Thank you. Now I'd like to start the four-year financial results briefing for FY25 for AGC. The moderator is myself. My name is Tamaki of Corporate Communications and IR. Let me introduce the participants from AGC. We have Mr. Yoshinori Hirai, the President and CEO. Executive Vice President, NCFO, Yoshio Takegawa. General Manager of Finance and Control Division, Tomoyuki Shiokawa. So today, first, our CFO, Takegawa, will present the financial results for the four-year 2025. And then our CEO, Mr. Hirai, will talk about toward profitability improvement. And then we take questions. We plan to end this session around 4.45 p.m. So I'd like to ask for your cooperation. Now I'd like to invite Mr. Takegawa to you. Thank you. This is Takegawa CFO. Thank you very much for joining us today. So let me get started. Please go to page three. This shows the key points of FY25 results and FY26 outlook. For the FY25 4-year results, net sales were flat and operating profit rose slightly year-on-year. Improvement of automotive contributed the operating profit increase. Profit attributable to owners of the parent improved significantly. ROE improved to 4.7%. Outlook for FY26. Operating profit is expected to increase, driven by a recovery in life science. Profit attributable to owners of parent is also expected to improve. ROE is expected to improve to ...