ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC (MEGP) — Interim Results

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC interim results investor presentation. Throughout this recorded presentation, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged. They can be submitted at any time via q and a tab that's just situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Please just simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question it receives during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today, and we'll publish those responses where it's appropriate to do so on the Investor Meet company platform. And before we begin, we would just like to submit the following poll and if you'd give that your kind attention, I'm sure the company would be most grateful. And I would now like to hand you over to the team from ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL. And Vlad, good morning, sir. Good morning, and thank you all for joining us. My name is Vladimir Krasventy, I'm Head of IR and UK Commercial Operations, and alongside me is the CFO, Stephane Gervont. Good morning. So today, we report on ME GROUP's interim results for the six months ended 04/30/2024. We will start the presentation with highlights from H1. We'll then briefly remind you about ME GROUP, who we are and what we do. And then Stephane will talk you through the financial performance, and I'll talk you through the business review. Lastly, we will conclude with a summary of the first half performance and the outlook for the remainder of the year. So, turning to the first half highlights. It's been a positive first half for the group with good financial and strategic progress, which put us on track for another record performance in FY 2024. Our laundry business, Wash. Me, is our...