Aker Solutions Hldg Asa (AKRTF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, and welcome to Aker Solutions presentation of our first quarter results. My name is Preben Erbeck, and I'm the Head of Investor Relations. With me here today is our CEO, Chetel Digre and our CFO, Idar Eikre. They will take you through the main developments of the quarter. Following the presentation, we will open for questions. Those of you who are following the webcast can submit your questions via the online platform. And with that, I leave the floor to Chetel, Bigde. Thank you, Preben, and welcome to everyone tuning in. As usual, let me start the presentation with the main messages for today. Firstly, we continue to deliver solid financial results as our revenues normalize from peak levels in 2025. A key priority in 2026 is to secure new orders, and I'm happy to report that Aker Solutions also awarded several important long term frame agreements in the first quarter. And our financial position remains highly robust. Mid April, the Annual General Meeting approved the payment of NOK8.6 per share of ordinary and extraordinary dividends, which was distributed to shareholders earlier this week. Our mantra in Aker Solutions is always home safely. But sadly, during Easter we lost a colleague in a fatal accident at our decommissioning site at Stord. This loss is a stark reminder of why our focus on safety is so important every day, in every task. To fully understand what happened and to prevent it from happening again, Aker Solutions has established our own internal investigation and we are collaborating with the police and authorities in their investigations. Moving on to our project portfolio, where we are making good progress with several milestones met on the AKR BP projects. This includes stacking complete for Hugen A and Valhall PWP as well as the sail ...