bpost NV/SA (BPOSY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, hello and welcome to the Bnode second quarter 2026 analyst conference call. On today's call, we have Mr. Chris Peters, CEO, and Mr. Philippe Dartienne, CFO. Please note, this call is being recorded, and for the duration of the call, your line will be on listen only. However, you will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the call. This can be done by pressing pound key 5 on your telephone keypad to register your question. If you wish to withdraw your question, please dial pound key 6 on your telephone keypad. I will now hand over to your host Mr. Chris Peters, CEO, to begin today's conference. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you. Good morning ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us today. As CEO of Binode, I'm pleased to welcome you to our second quarter results presentation. Joining me today are Philippe, our CFO, as well as Alexandra and Antoine from Investor Relations. The presentation materials were published on our website earlier this morning. We will first take you through the presentation and will then be happy to answer your questions. As always, we kindly ask you to limit yourself to two questions each to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate during the call. Philippe will first take you through our Q2 financial performance. I will then come back to provide an update on the progress of our key strategic and transformation initiatives during the first half of the year and conclude with our outlook for the remainder of 2026. Philippe, over to you. Thank you Chris and good evening everyone. As you can see from the highlights on page 3, Group Operating Income for the second quarter amounted to 1 billion 46 million. representing a year-on-year decrease of 46 million or 4%. Most of the decline was driven by p...