DFDS Group (DFDDF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the DFDS Q2 Report 2026 conference call. I'm Lorenzo, the chorus call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star and 1 on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and zero. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Michael Hansen, CEO. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you very much. Good morning and welcome everyone to the DFDS Q2 call. I'm Michael Hansen, the CEO of DFDS, and today I'm joined here by our CFO, Karen Boesen, and our Head of Investor Relations, Soren Brondholt. So today is my first conference call together with all of you in GFGS, so just a brief introduction. I've spent most of my career in international operationally complex B2B businesses, most recently as CEO of Hemble, and before that almost 20 years with the April Moller Merce Group. Much of that work has been about transformation, performance improvement, and making clear choices about where a company can create the most value. So my leadership style is quite straightforward. Facts, transparency, accountability, and then listening, but listening that leads to decisions and actions. So I've been with DSTS for a little over a month now. Obviously not long enough to have all the answers, but on the other hand, long enough to have some initial views. And I see a company with very strong assets, leading positions in important markets, strong customer relationships, Great operational capabilities and a lot of talented people. At the same time, we have also very clear challenges around our perform...