Pearson plc (PSON) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning everyone and welcome to Pearson's 2025 full year results. Today's session will consist of a presentation followed by a Q&A. There will be three ways to ask questions. For those of you joining us in person, please raise your hand at the end of the presentation. For those joining virtually who wish to ask a question live, please use the numbers displayed on screen. These lines will follow the main presentation. Alternatively, you can submit questions using the questions tab at the top right of the event platform and we'll address them in turn at the end. And with that, I'll hand over to Omar. Thank you, Alex. I've been looking forward to seeing you all. Welcome and thank you for joining. We appreciate you being with us. Let me begin with the three things I want you to take away from today's presentation. First, we continue to be very excited for the future of Pearson thanks to mega trends driving strong secular demand for exactly what Pearson offers. And because of Pearson's unique characteristics and enduring competitive strengths. Second, 2025 was another good year of financial delivery and significant strategic progress. Third, we will continue to make progress on our strategy in 2026 with a financial profile that improves further on 2025. I will outline our business progress before handing over to Sally to provide an overview of our financial results for 2025 and expectations for 2026. And then we'll move to Q&A with Art, Tom, Sharon, Michelle, and Tony alongside Sally and me. For those of you in person, we have a series of product demos focused on our most recent releases that will be available after the main presentation just out there. Let me now tell you why I'm confident for the future of Pearson and why we are positioned to succeed. Two factors p...