Pearson plc (PSON) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.398 -- 00:00:06.322 Good morning everyone and welcome to Pearson's 2025 interim results. 00:00:06.322 -- 00:00:09.986 Today we will host a presentation followed by a Q&A session. 00:00:09.986 -- 00:00:12.588 There will be two ways to submit your questions. 00:00:12.588 -- 00:00:16.311 If you'd like to ask your question personally, please use the numbers that are displayed 00:00:16.311 -- 00:00:21.015 on screen. These lines will be open following the main presentation. 00:00:21.015 -- 00:00:25.079 Alternatively, please type your questions into the questions tab at the top right of 00:00:25.079 -- 00:00:28.222 the screen and we will address them in turn at the end. 00:00:28.222 -- 00:00:31.300 And with that, I'll hand over to Omar. 00:00:31.300 -- 00:00:35.104 Thank you, Alex. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be with you again today. 00:00:35.104 -- 00:00:39.628 I've been looking forward to it. As well as hearing from Sally and me, we'll be joined 00:00:39.628 -- 00:00:46.253 later today by our colleagues Art, Tom, Vishal, Sharon, and Tony for Q&A. 00:00:46.355 -- 00:00:50.699 Now, we're very aware that the external world has changed significantly since our prelims 00:00:50.699 -- 00:00:55.243 in February, so I wanted to first provide a view of the market dynamics that are relevant 00:00:55.243 -- 00:00:58.823 for our business and our perspective on these. 00:00:58.823 -- 00:01:02.588 I'll then move on to an update of the strategic and operational progress that we've made 00:01:02.588 -- 00:01:07.255 so far this year. Before handing over to Sally, we'll give you an overview of our interim 00:01:07.255 -- 00:01:09.398 financial results. 00:01:09.398 -- 00:01:12.662 And then we'll open up as usual for your questions. 00:01:12.662 -- 00:01:17.967 But befor...