Pearson plc (PSON) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.171 -- 00:00:04.872 Good morning everyone and welcome to Pearson's 2026 interim results. 00:00:04.872 -- 00:00:08.473 Today we will host a presentation followed by a Q&A session. 00:00:08.473 -- 00:00:11.093 There will be two ways to submit your questions. 00:00:11.093 -- 00:00:15.054 If you'd like to ask your questions personally please use the numbers that are displayed 00:00:15.054 -- 00:00:19.194 on screen. These lines will open following the main presentation. 00:00:19.194 -- 00:00:23.135 Alternatively please type your questions into the questions tab at the top right of the 00:00:23.135 -- 00:00:26.396 screen and we will address them in turn at the end. 00:00:26.396 -- 00:00:30.278 And with that I'll hand over to Omar. Thank you, Alex. 00:00:30.278 -- 00:00:32.779 Good morning. It's a pleasure to be with you again today. 00:00:32.779 -- 00:00:36.902 I've really been looking forward to it. I'm pleased to be joined by Simon Robson, our 00:00:36.902 -- 00:00:41.985 great new CFO. Simon will run you through our financial results for the first half, alongside 00:00:41.985 -- 00:00:46.707 his initial reflections following early engagement with the Pearson teams and many of 00:00:46.707 -- 00:00:51.670 you in the investment community as well. And as usual, we'll be joined by our colleagues 00:00:51.670 -- 00:00:55.860 Art, Tom, Vishal and Sharon for Q&A. 00:00:55.860 -- 00:01:00.041 Let me start with the key takeaways from today's presentation. 00:01:00.182 -- 00:01:06.206 First, we have delivered a good H1 financial result, with revenue up 4%, 00:01:06.206 -- 00:01:11.428 profit up 14%, and EPS up 19%, alongside 00:01:11.428 -- 00:01:15.449 continued strong cash flow strength. 00:01:17.011 -- 00:01:21.175 Second, we are on track to deliver our guidanc...