Cloetta AB (publ) (CLA_B) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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A warm welcome and thank you for joining Cloretta's Q3 interim report presentation. I'm Laura Lindholm, the Director of Communications and Investor Relations. Our CEO, Katarina, and CFO, Frans, will first go through our results, after which we will move to the Q&A, where you either have the possibility to dial in and ask questions live or alternatively post your question through the chat. The chat has now opened for questions. Over to you, Katarina. Thank you, Laura. I'm very proud to present our third quarter results. We have now successfully established a strong uplift in profitability. We are steadily approaching our midterm target of an EBIT margin of at least 12% by 2027, and this quarter is an important milestone on our continued focus on driving profitable growth. But first over to the agenda. Today it looks as following. I will start with Greta in a brief. Then I recap on our strategic framework and our updated financial targets that we shared earlier this year. After that, I move over to our Q3 highlights. Our CFO France will then walk you through our Q3 financials. And as always, we wrap up with a Q&A. For any new listeners on the call, let me start to tell you a bit about Clueta. Today, we are the leading confectionery company in Northern Europe. We were founded in 1862 and have for over 160 years been spreading joy through our iconic brands. And we are planning to stick around for at least another 160 years. We have grown a lot since the early days and now we have operation in 11 countries. In 2024, we hit 8.6 billion Swedish crowns in sales and our operating margin was 10.6%. As I already mentioned, we have now established a strong uplift from this profitability level, which we will talk more about today. Over half of our sales come from our 10 biggest b...