Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RKT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning everybody and thank you for joining us for Rekit's half-year 2025 results presentation. I'm Nick Ashworth, I head up investor relations here at Rekit and it's great to have you here in person. I know we've also got quite a few people online today as well. So before we start, can I draw your attention to the usual disclaimer in respect of forward-looking information. So presenting today we have our CEO Chris Licht and our CFO Sharon Risenhart. Following the presentation will be the usual Q&A session. So there's going to be three parts to it. So we'll take questions in the room first. We'll then open up the phone lines and take the questions that we have coming in that way. And then if you want to write questions on the webcast into the text box, I'll come through to me and I will read them out. If you have further questions after the event, then please obviously feel free to reach out to me or the team. We'll be around all day and happy to help. So with that said, let's start the presentation. I'll hand over to Russ. Thank you, Nick. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to those of you who have joined us online as well. A year ago, we announced a new strategy to reshape Reckitt into a world-class health and hygiene company. There's still a lot of work to do, but the progress we've made is testament to the strength of our power brands and the increased emphasis on delivery and execution right across the business. Our performance in the first half reflects this momentum. And I'm going to start with some of the highlights before handing over to Shannon to take you through our financial performance in more detail. I will then come back and talk about how our strategy is working in practice and our confidence for the rest of the year and beyond. And after that,...