Claes Westerlind
CEO
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NKT A/S (OTC: NRKBY) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-08-14. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

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Welcome to NKT's interim report for the first half of the 2026 conference call. For the first part of this call, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the Q&A, please press 5-star on your telephone keypad. Today's call is being recorded. I'll now hand it over to the speakers, CEO Claes Westerlind and CFO Michael Young. Please begin. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the presentation of NKT's Interim Report for the first half of 2026. My name is Claes Westerlind, the CEO, and here in the room together with me, I also have our CFO, Michael Young. As usual, I will take you through the key developments, business highlights and performance for the second quarter and first half of the year. Then I will hand over to Michael, who will walk you through the financials, and we will conclude the call by looking at the updated outlook for the year and open up for Q&A. Please turn to slide number three. Before we begin, please take a moment to study this disclaimer concerning that the presentation and our related comments contain forward-looking statements and actual developments and results may differ from expectations due to uncertainties and risks, including factors which are beyond our control. Now, let's move on to the key messages for the quarter on slide four. Let me start with the key messages for the second quarter of 2026. Overall, Q2 was another quarter with solid financial and operational execution. Activity remained high across the business and we continued the diligent execution of our strategic priorities under our new strategy, Charging Forward. This includes both execution of the project portfolio and the ongoing investment projects to expand capacity and capabilities....