Pearson plc (PSON) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.398 Good morning everyone and welcome to Pearson's 2025 nine-month trading update. 00:00:05.398 -- 00:00:07.580 There will be two ways to submit your questions today. 00:00:07.580 -- 00:00:11.966 If you'd like to ask your questions personally, please use the numbers that are displayed 00:00:11.966 -- 00:00:16.431 on screen. These lines will be open following the prepared remarks. 00:00:16.431 -- 00:00:20.176 Alternatively, please type your questions into the questions tab at the top right of 00:00:20.176 -- 00:00:23.580 the screen and we will address them in turn at the end. 00:00:23.580 -- 00:00:26.457 And with that, I'll hand over to Omar. 00:00:26.457 -- 00:00:30.782 Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for our 2025 nine month trading 00:00:30.782 -- 00:00:34.486 update. I'm here in London with our CFO, Sally Johnson. 00:00:34.486 -- 00:00:38.731 And as always, I appreciate your time and interest in Pearson's journey as we continue 00:00:38.731 -- 00:00:43.756 to renew this company by executing against the three key priorities that we set out at 00:00:43.756 -- 00:00:48.081 the start of the year. You'll have seen this morning's announcement already, so I'll 00:00:48.081 -- 00:00:53.845 just pick out a few points on our progress and then we'll open it up for Q&A. 00:00:54.088 -- 00:00:59.467 Firstly, on our financial performance. Sales growth accelerated a 4% in Q3, 00:00:59.467 -- 00:01:03.892 and I'm pleased with the broad-based execution across our teams that they're showing, 00:01:03.892 -- 00:01:07.696 and in particular, the way that we're navigating the market headwinds that are outlined 00:01:07.696 -- 00:01:09.699 at our interim results. 00:01:09.699 -- 00:01:14.724 When we look at the business units, vi...