Bechtle Ag (BHTLF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to the Bechtle Ag's Conference Call. We would like to point out that you are in a listen only mode and the session is being recorded. After the presentation, you may ask questions. Now I'd like to turn the conference over to Doctor. Thomas Olemann. Yes, thank you very much, and welcome to our press and analyst conference for the Bechtle Ag Second Quarter and First Half of twenty twenty six. I'm very delighted by your interest shown in our conference call. Certainly, you've all seen our ad hoc announcement of July 28, in which we already announced the key figures for our operational performance in the second quarter and, in particular, an increase in our guidance. Today, we would like to take a closer look and analyze this very positive development in greater depth. Because I would like to say something upfront, the framework conditions have not improved, they remain challenging. Despite these challenging conditions, Bechtle has performed very positively. We have a traditional proximity to our customers and a close partnership with all relevant technology vendors, and this is paying off. Our business model is broadly diversified geographically and also across customer groups in our portfolio, and this contributes to our success that we would like to talk about today. Let us have a look at our agenda. We have three main sections. We're going to start with an intense more detailed look at our business performance and development and the key figures of the second quarter of the current fiscal year and also the first half of this year. And this will be presented to you by my colleague, Christian Giele. The second part is going to cover the latest news and current updates on important strategic events and topics, so to speak, that ...