Heineken Holding (HEINY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Good morning all and welcome to today's Heineken half-year 2026 results call. My name is Seb and I'll be the operator for your call today. If you would like to ask a question during the Q&A session, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star 2. In the interest of time and fairness, we ask that you limit yourself to one question and one follow-up each. I will now hand you over to Tristan Van Strien, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you, Seb. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, everyone from Amsterdam. Thank you for joining us for today's live webcast on our 2026 half-year results. Your host will be our CFO and member of the Executive Board, Harold van den Broek. Following the presentation, we will be happy to take your questions, as Seb mentioned. The presentation includes expectations based on management's current views and of all known and unknown risks and uncertainties. And it is possible that the actual results may differ materially. For more information, please refer to the disclaimer on the first page of this presentation. I will now turn over the call to Harold. Thank you, Tristan, and good day to you all. Let me take you through the results for the first half of 2026. First, a brief reminder of our Evergreen 2030 strategy. To create sustainable value, we focus on three strategic priorities, growth, productivity, and future-fitting Heineken. Growth is our number one priority, and we build balanced, sustainable growth through our global and local power brands and prioritize markets where we see the greatest long-term potential. Productivity and capital efficiency are important enablers to fund the right growth investment, strengthen profitability, and improve sha...