Quebecor Inc. (QBR.A) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day everyone and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Québécois Inc.'s financial results for the second quarter 2026 conference call. I would like to introduce Hugues Simard, Chief Financial Officer of Québécois Inc. Please go ahead. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. to our conference call this morning. My name is Hugues Simard, and joining me to discuss our financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2026 is Pierre Karl Peladeau, our CEO. Anyone unable to attend the conference call will be able to access the recorded version by logging on to the webcast available on our website until the 4th of November. As usual, I also want to inform you that certain statements made on the call today may be considered forward-looking, and we would refer you to the risk factors outlined in today's press release and reports filed by the corporation with the regulatory authorities. Let me now turn the floor to Pierre Karl. Merci, Hugues, and good morning, everyone. So I'm happy to report once again Solid operational and financial results for Quebecor in the second quarter of 2026. In all our business sectors, we're continuing to improve our performance quarter after quarter through disciplined execution and rigorous management, resiliently delivering on our expansion plan, growing our wireless market share in all markets across Canada, generating consistently strong cash flows and maintaining the best balance sheet of the industry. On a consolidated basis in the second quarter of 2026, Quebecois continued to improve all its key financial indicators. Free cash flow increased by 44 million or 12% to 419 million. EBITDA Excluding stock-based compensation improved by 62 million or 10% to 691 million and net income attributable to shareholders grew by 53 million or 24...