Rentokil Initial plc (RTO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.837 -- 00:00:06.083 Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on today's Rent-A-Kill Q1 Trading 00:00:06.083 -- 00:00:10.088 Update. My name is Drew, and I'll be the operator on the call today. 00:00:10.088 -- 00:00:13.733 After the prepared remarks, we will have a Q&A session. 00:00:13.733 -- 00:00:17.398 If you would like to ask a question during that time, please press star followed by one 00:00:17.398 -- 00:00:22.205 on your telephone keypad. And to withdraw your question, it's star followed by two. 00:00:22.205 -- 00:00:25.490 With that, it's our pleasure to hand over to Paul Edgecliff-Johnson to begin. 00:00:25.490 -- 00:00:28.271 Please go ahead when you're ready. 00:00:29.140 -- 00:00:34.769 Thanks Drew. Good morning everyone and welcome to our first quarter conference call. 00:00:34.769 -- 00:00:39.317 Before we begin, I'd like to draw your attention to the usual cautionary statement contained 00:00:39.317 -- 00:00:43.144 in our trading update, which also applies to this call. 00:00:43.144 -- 00:00:46.990 I'll start by making some brief remarks on trading and then I'll be happy to take your 00:00:46.990 -- 00:00:51.858 questions. As we only reported on performance and strategy last month, today's announcement 00:00:51.858 -- 00:00:55.094 is a short update on revenue performance in the first quarter. 00:00:55.094 -- 00:01:01.541 As a reminder, all commentary is on a constant currency basis unless otherwise stated. 00:01:01.805 -- 00:01:06.313 So we've made a good start for the year with group revenue of $1.7 billion, representing 00:01:06.313 -- 00:01:08.917 organic growth of 3.4%. 00:01:08.917 -- 00:01:13.705 This is driven by continued momentum in North America, which delivered 3.9% organic growth 00:01:13.705 -- 00:01:19.158 and ...