Humm Group Limited (HUM) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Hum Group first half 2026 results call. At this time all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. For operator assistance throughout the call please press star zero and additionally I would like to advise all participants that this call is being recorded. I'd now like to welcome Angela Damasi, Chief Executive Officer to begin the conference. Angela, over to you. Thank you very much, and good morning, all, and thank you for joining us today as we release HUM Group's interim results for half-year ending 31 December 2025. I'm Angelo DiMasi, the Group Chief Executive Officer, and joining me today is Tony Taylor, HUM Group's Interim Chief Financial Officer. On slide three, you'll see the agenda that we'll run through this morning, and Tony and I will walk you through the InvestorPAC highway presentation as we go. We'll go through the group's performance, our strategic execution, business segment outcomes, and how we are positioned for the remainder of this financial year. Turning to side five, where we've highlighted the key group forms metrics for the half, this half represents another step forward in our multi-year transformation. Despite external headwinds, our business delivered statutory profit after tax of $13.9 million. Importantly, this includes adjustments to the foreign finance litigation provision related to arrangements entered into between 2018 and 2021 following the recent Federal Court judgment and other specific items. These specific items are considered irregular in nature and are included in the calculation of statutory profit after tax in accordance with the prescribed accounting standards. I'll leave it to Tony to explain the shift to statutory accounting measures for reporting profit ...