Storskogen Group AB (publ) (STOR_B) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the presentation of Storskogen's report for the fourth quarter and full year of 2025. I'm Christer Ahnsson, CEO of Storskogen and with me today is Lena Glader, our CFO. As we close the year, operational execution has remained our top priority. We have continued to strengthen our balance sheet and financial position throughout the year, while navigating an uncertain macro environment, and we are now in the new phase where we are able to increasingly focus on achieving long-term growth. Storskogen is a diversified international business group with sales of approximately 33 billion SEK over the last year and adjusted EBITDA of approximately 3.1 billion SEK spread across our three business area services, trade and industry. At year end, the group consists of 114 business units with an average annual sales of around 290 million SEK. On this slide, you may note a new face. Jesper Kronstrand has joined the group as head of business area services, and he is succeeding Peter Ahlgren, Storskogen's first employee beyond the founders and a key architect of the group. We are very pleased to welcome Jesper, who most recently served as the CEO of our business unit, Suvant. I will return to some additional management comments later in the presentation. Turning to the highlights for the quarter and the full year. I'm pleased that we, for the first time since 2022, conclude the year with organic sales growth in the quarter of 5% and 2% for the full year. On the other hand, in terms of profitability, the picture is mixed across the business areas. For the quarter and the full year, we had the decline of 5% of the adjusted EBITDA, which includes significant FX transaction effects. During the quarter, we completed four acquisitions with combined annual sales o...