David Lockwood
Chief Executive Officer, Babcock International
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Babcock International Group PLC (BAB) Q2 2026 Earnings Call
Babcock International Group PLC (LSE: BAB) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2025-11-21. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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WEBVTT 00:00:01.853 -- 00:00:06.779 So good morning everyone and welcome to the half year results 00:00:06.779 -- 00:00:12.826 for the period to 30th September 2025. My name is David Lockwood, CEO of Babcock. 00:00:12.826 -- 00:00:14.888 We've got a 00:00:14.888 -- 00:00:20.274 very exciting 29 and a half minutes coming and then a super exciting minute after that 00:00:20.274 -- 00:00:24.939 because apparently there is a fire alarm test which may or may not be cancelled because 00:00:24.939 -- 00:00:30.068 obviously health and safety comes first in our company and if it does happen 00:00:30.068 -- 00:00:32.772 it will go on for a minute 00:00:32.772 -- 00:00:34.772 so 00:00:35.255 -- 00:00:39.621 you need to pay attention for 29 and a half minutes and then you can do your emails for 00:00:39.621 -- 00:00:45.268 a minute okay so and if you're online and the fire alarm test happens 00:00:45.268 -- 00:00:49.832 I hope they're going to mute it for you but if they don't I'm sorry 00:00:50.034 -- 00:00:52.034 so 00:00:53.120 -- 00:00:55.566 What to say about this half? It's been a really good half. 00:00:55.566 -- 00:01:00.176 It's been a good half to be part of actually because all of the groundwork we've put 00:01:00.176 -- 00:01:05.573 in place over the last few years we're really seeing come to bear. 00:01:05.573 -- 00:01:11.300 good momentum across all of the business in the defense area, 00:01:11.300 -- 00:01:14.765 driving some really strong financial results 00:01:14.765 -- 00:01:19.190 with year-on-year increases across all of our metrics that David has decided he wants 00:01:19.190 -- 00:01:22.572 to explain to you, but they are really good. 00:01:23.836 -- 00:01:28.779 Constantly delivering to customers. When I come back up, I think it's this, we always 00:01:28...