Clas Ohlson AB (publ) (CLAS_B) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.537 -- 00:00:06.305 Good morning everyone and welcome to the Klaus Olsson Q4 and year end report presentation. 00:00:06.305 -- 00:00:10.471 My name is Kristoffer Tonstrand and I'm the president and CEO and I'm here together with 00:00:10.471 -- 00:00:13.295 Pernilla Walfridsson, our CFO. 00:00:13.295 -- 00:00:17.721 So looking at the agenda for today, we will review a business update, go through the 00:00:17.721 -- 00:00:22.027 financial development from the quarter and the year, then cover the events after the 00:00:22.027 -- 00:00:26.643 reporting period, summarize and then move into Q&A. 00:00:26.643 -- 00:00:31.809 So highlighting the fourth quarter and the year, we can conclude that we are 00:00:31.809 -- 00:00:35.631 closing the year from a position of strength. 00:00:35.874 -- 00:00:41.000 Q4 is a strong finish to a strong year. We have seen very solid organic growth 00:00:41.000 -- 00:00:46.026 above our targets. We have reported record sales and record earnings, 00:00:46.026 -- 00:00:51.213 as well as strong cash generation and our balance sheet remains strong, which is also 00:00:51.213 -- 00:00:56.258 reflected in the proposed increased dividend that we will come back to. 00:00:56.258 -- 00:01:01.453 And we've also started the new year strongly with 9% organic 00:01:01.453 -- 00:01:05.545 growth in May. We will also come back to that. 00:01:05.545 -- 00:01:11.530 So moving into the business updates and looking at the strategy execution following Q4. 00:01:11.530 -- 00:01:15.656 The business continues to develop in line with our strategy. 00:01:15.656 -- 00:01:20.864 We see progress across all the strategic pillars and also growth across 00:01:20.864 -- 00:01:23.424 all the prioritized 00:01:23.447 -- 00:01:25.310 niches, 00:01:25.310 -- 00:...