STANDARD LIFE PLC (SDLF) — Investor Presentation

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Phoenix Group Holdings PLC Half Year Results Investor Presentation. Company may not be in a position to answer every question received during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today, and we'll publish those responses on the Investor League company platform. Before we begin, we'd like to submit the following poll, and I'm sure the company will be most grateful for your participation. And I'd now like to hand over to Andy Briggs, CEO. Andy, good afternoon. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Pfenex's 2025 half year results. Today, I'll start with a summary of the progress we've made. Nick will then take you through the first half financial performance, and I will close with an overview of some of the strategic developments we'll be delivering over the coming months before taking your questions. Last March, I set out our vision to become The UK's leading retirement savings and income business, helping more people on their journey to and through retirement. Today marks the halfway point of our three year strategy, and there are three key messages I'd like you to take away. The first is that we're making strong progress on executing against our strategic priorities. We're meeting more of our customers' needs and driving organic growth. Second, I'm particularly pleased that this set of results evidences that the balance sheet pivot is beginning to show. We can confidently say we're on track to deliver all of our financial targets. And third, what I'm most excited about is that we're uniquely positioned to capture the momentum in our structurally growing markets. Progress towards achieving our vision is delivered through our strategic priorities of grow, optimize and enhanc...