Origin Enterprises plc (OGN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Origin Enterprises PLC Preliminary Results Call 2025. Just a reminder that this call is being webcast live on the internet and the presentation is available to view on the Origin website. I will now pass over to Sean Coyle, CEO of Origin Enterprises PLC. Please go ahead sir. thank you and uh good morning everyone welcome to the 2025 preliminary results call um i'm joined this morning by my colleagues colin purcell our cfo tj kelly the divisional managing director of our living landscapes business and brendan corcoran our head of investor relations um we're delighted to announce a strong set of results this morning and really these set of numbers are showcasing the two key strengths in the origin model, the resilient nature of our agriculture business and strong cash generation coming from the agriculture business and the fantastic growth opportunity within our living landscapes business. You can see in the boxes on the top right of the page, the agriculture business grew by two and a half percent in the period. pretty much driven by a strong recovery in the performance of our Ireland UK businesses. And our living landscapes business grew by almost 40%, about one third of that coming from organic growth and roughly two thirds coming from the acquisitions that we had in the period, plus a couple of acquisitions which were not reporting for a full year period in 2024. A number of our metrics have improved and Colm will touch on those a little bit later on. And the business continues to see growth in strategic outlook from the point of view of additional leadership strengthening within the business. We've commissioned a new glasshouse facility within our Throes Farm Research Centre, which will accelerate our investment...