Roland Wilms
Chief Financial Officer
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Cts Eventim Ag & Co Kgaa (OTC: CEVMF) Q1 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-05-28. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.058 Good evening to everybody, and good morning to our participants from the United 00:00:05.058 -- 00:00:10.244 States. Welcome to CDS Eventim's earnings call for the first quarter 00:00:10.244 -- 00:00:11.787 of 2026. 00:00:11.787 -- 00:00:17.234 Thank you very much for joining, and I sincerely hope that you can understand me well. 00:00:17.234 -- 00:00:21.379 I'm Roland Wilms, as mentioned, Chief Financial Officer of CDS Eventim, and I'm delighted 00:00:21.379 -- 00:00:24.803 to take you through our first quarter results today. 00:00:24.803 -- 00:00:29.048 On my side is Marco Heckermann, our Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate 00:00:29.048 -- 00:00:32.092 Development and Strategy. Hello, everyone. 00:00:32.092 -- 00:00:36.417 Before we dive into the details, please allow me a brief word on the structure of the 00:00:36.417 -- 00:00:43.126 call. As usual, today we will focus exclusively on our Q1 2026 financial 00:00:43.126 -- 00:00:47.852 results and performance. I will walk you through the headline numbers, segment results, 00:00:47.852 -- 00:00:52.918 and certain P&L drivers. And at the end of the presentation, we will be happy to 00:00:52.918 -- 00:00:55.820 open the floor for your questions. 00:00:55.820 -- 00:01:00.585 Let me start with the headline KPIs for Q1 2026. 00:01:00.585 -- 00:01:02.407 In summary, 00:01:02.407 -- 00:01:07.973 we keep on growing. Group revenue came in at Euro 630 00:01:07.973 -- 00:01:13.719 million, up 23% versus Q1 2025. This reflects 00:01:13.719 -- 00:01:19.105 a robust start into the year. Adjusted EBITDA grew by 18.5% 00:01:19.105 -- 00:01:21.345 to Euro 119 00:01:22.768 -- 00:01:27.440 million. And our EBIT grew by 23.7%, 00:01:27.782 -- 00:01:32.026 benefiting from the operational ...