Netcare Ltd Unsp/Adr (NWKHY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning everyone and a very warm welcome to Netcare Limited's presentation of the audited group results for the year ended the 30th of September 2025. A special word of welcome to our Chair Alex Medice, members of the Netcare Board, our EXCO and our senior management teams. Let me at the outset also express my sincere thanks to all of our management teams and NETCARE staff across all of our divisions for their incredibly hard work, collective efforts and commitment over the past year and also my personal thanks to our board members for their support and sage guidance. I will begin with an overview of the group performance as well as that of the operating divisions before handing over to our Chief Financial Officer, Keith Gibson, who will unpack our financial results in more detail. I will then conclude by providing more detail on the progress we have made on rolling out our strategy and also present our outlook and guidance for the 2026 financial year. Just a quick reminder of the comprehensive and growing array of facilities and services we provide within the NetCare ecosystem across 10 unique divisions. Of course, the most important aspect and most valuable asset there are our people within the NetCare family, more than 18,000. full-time employed healthcare professionals and healthcare workers, and that excludes, or should also exclude, our contracted workers, more than 7,000 caterers, cleaners, and security staff. Looking now at our overall performance, despite a very challenging macroeconomic environment, Netgear has produced a strong financial performance, achieving excellent traction on our strategic projects. This performance was characterised by a robust financial performance with all in-year strategic objectives achieved, strong operating leverage suppo...