Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ALL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Aristocrat's half-year 2026 result presentation. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask questions during the session, you need to press star 1 and 1 on the telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. This will advise that today's call is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to James Coghill, General Manager, Investor Relations. Thank you. Please go ahead. Good morning and thank you for joining Aristocrats off year 26 results presentation. I'm James Coghill, General Manager, Investor Relations. I'm joined by Trevor Croker, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director and Sally Demby, Chief Financial Officer. Kerber will start by covering some key highlights from the first half and in each of our businesses. He will then discuss strategic progress and how we are strengthening aristocrats' foundations through AI deployment. Sally will then take you through the group's financial results and balance sheet in more detail and discuss our outlook. This will be followed by a Q&A session. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are presented in reported currency. Please note the usual disclaimer at the back of the presentation. With that I will now hand over to Trevor. Thanks James and good morning everyone. The first half of FY26 was another period of clear progress for Aristocrat. We delivered a strong first half performance gaining market share across all key segments and setting us up well to deliver on our full year commitments and to continue to grow into the future. Our focus on active and disciplined capital management continued in the half, including accele...