DCC plc (DCC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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the hour. I will now be transferring you to the main call. There will be a brief pause followed by my introduction and then I will hand over to Donald Murphy so you can play the recording. Transferring you through in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Good morning and welcome to DCC's Strategy Update and our interim results. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining the DCC PLC Strategy Update and Interim Results Presentation. My name is Marie, and I will be coordinating your call today. During the presentation, you can register your question by pressing star followed by one on your telephone keypad. If you change your mind, please press star followed by two. I will now hand over to your host, Donald Murphy, Chief Executive, to begin. Donald, please go ahead. Good morning and welcome to DCC's strategy update and our interim results presentation for the first half of FY25. Thank you all for joining us this morning on our webcast. I'm delighted to be joined today by our Group CFO, Kevin Lucey. Here's our standard disclaimer. Thankfully, I don't have to read it out. Here's our agenda for today. I will outline the strategic action we are announcing to maximise shareholder value. Kevin will cover off the financial considerations of the strategic action we are taking. Kevin will also give you an overview of the group's performance in the first half of FY25. We finish with our outlook statement and a summary before we open up the session for your questions and answers. So let's get started with an overview of the strategic action plan we are announcing today. Today, we are announcing a strategic plan to maximise shareholder value by one, focusing solely on the compelling opportunity in our energy business and two, simplifying the group's operations through portfolio action. We are taking deci...