BICO Group AB (publ) (BICO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Welcome to BICO Q2 2025 report presentation. For the first part of the presentation, participants will be in listen-only mode. During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing pound key five on their telephone keypad. Now I will hand the conference over to the speakers, CEO Maria Force and CFO Jacob Thordenberg. Please go ahead. Hello and welcome to Beico's earnings call where we will present the second quarter of 2025. My name is Maria Fors and I'm the President and CEO of Beico and I will together with Beico's CFO Jakob Thorndenberg present the report. Here's today's agenda. First the summer of the quarter to be followed by group financial performance and after that a deep dive into our two business areas, lab automation and life science solutions. This is the first quarter where we report our new business area structure, post the divestment of Matic and Visigol. And I will also give some concluding remarks before the Q&A. The sections before the Q&A will be in listening only mode. And the earnings hall host will be back with further instructions if you wish to participate in our Q&A. I will start to summarize the second quarter of 2025 for the group and comment on the market sentiment and other important events from the past quarter. In the beginning of the second quarter, in early April, we announced an agreement to divest Matek and Visicol to Sartorius. The closing took place July 1st, after customary regulatory approval was obtained. This transaction significantly strengthens our balance sheet, which means that we now have a net cash position. Jakob will give you some more details in a few slides. When looking at the performance for the second quarter, it's a mixed picture for the group, which means that I need to comm...