Birkenstock Holding plc Ordinary Shares (BIRK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Birkenstock's second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. Please limit yourself to one question. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. The company has allocated 45 minutes to this conference call and will take as many questions as time allows. I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Megan Kulik, Director, Investor Relations. Hello, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. On the call are Oliver Reichert, Director of Birkenstock Holding PLC and Chief Executive Officer of the Birkenstock Group, and Ivica Krolo, Chief Financial Officer of the Birkenstock Group. Niko Boyov, President of EMEA, and Alexander Koff, VP of Global Finance, will join us for Q&A. Today, we are reporting the financial results for our fiscal second quarter ended March 31st, 2026. You may find the press release and the supplemental presentation connected to today's discussion on our investor relations website at birkenstock-holding.com. Results have been filed on Form 6K with the SEC. We would like to remind you that some of the information provided during this call is forward-looking and accordingly is subject to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from these statements. These risks, uncertainties, and assumptions are detailed in this morning's press release, as well as in our filings...