CHAPEL DOWN GROUP PLC (CDGP) — Year End Results Presentation

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the CHAPEL DOWN GROUP PLC year end results investor presentation. Throughout the quarter presentation, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged, and they can be submitted at any time by the q and a tab situated in the right hand corner of your screen. Simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question it receives in the meeting itself. However, the company can review the questions submitted today and publish responses where it's appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I'd like to submit the following poll. I'd now like to play a short video before we begin. I'd now like to hand you over to James CEO. Good afternoon to you, sir. Thank you, Alessandro, and a very good afternoon, and thank you to all our investors who are on this call. As hopefully you know, I'm James Pennyfeather, and I've been at CHAPEL DOWN now for two months, and I'm loving being here. The previous twenty five years of my career have been spent in the world of single malt whiskey, and I found great similarities with CHAPEL DOWN's focus on building a high quality, high margin global brand, which is still firmly rooted in its local terroir. Even though I cannot personally claim any of the credit for the significant strategic and operational progress that the company made in 2024, I'm delighted to have the opportunity to present you CHAPEL DOWN's 2024 performance results as well as update you on our exciting ambition for the future. I'm joined today by our chief financial officer, Rob Smith, And between us, we'll take you through this afternoon's agenda, which covers the market opportunity, brand, operations, financials, and our outlook. So starting with my first impressions, it's clear that CH...