SMITHS NEWS PLC (SNWS) — Interim Results

Investor webinar replay

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the SMITHS NEWS PLC interim results investor presentation. Throughout this recorded presentation, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged and can be submitted at any time by the q and a tab situated in the right hand corner of your screen. Just simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question received in the meeting itself. Have the company can review all the questions submitted today and publish responses where it is appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I'd like to make the following poll. I'd now like to hand you over to Jonathan Bunting, CEO. Good afternoon to you, sir. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to SMITHS NEWS PLC's interim results for the first half of twenty twenty four. I'm delighted to report another robust performance from the business over the last six months. Furthermore, we have this morning announced our new finance facility and revised capital allocation policy, and I look forward to discussing this in more detail alongside our progress to date with you this morning. Today's presentation will follow our usual format. I will cover a summary of the highlights. Paul Baker, our chief financial officer, will then review our financial results before I return to discuss progress of our wider strategy. As always, we will welcome any questions you may have, and we'll take these at the end of the presentation. Finally, a copy of the presentation will be available to view on the investors section of our website later this afternoon. Turning to the headlines. Let me start by saying how pleased we are to have announced today that we have successfully concluded our debt refinancing agreement, which not only reinforces the group's strong financial...