The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. (MICC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Good morning and welcome to the Magnum Ice Cream Company webcast for the Q1 2026 trading update. My name is Razia and I will be your operator for today's call. Before we begin, please note that today's presentation is being recorded. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will move into the Q&A session. Instructions for the Q&A session will be provided at that time and we will take your questions one by one. With that, I'm pleased to turn the call over to Michelle Nege. Michelle, please go ahead. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Mecklenburg Ice Cream Company's Q1 Trading Update webcast. My name is Michelle Nege, Head of Investor Relations, and I'm here today with our CEO, Peter Tarkova, and our CFO, Abhijit Bhattacharya. The press release and investor presentation were published on our Investor Relations website this morning. The replay and full transcripts of this webcast will be made available after the call. Before we start, I want to draw your attention to our cautionary statement on the screen. You will also find this statement in the presentation published on the website. In a moment, Peter will take a few minutes to talk you through the highlights of our top-line performance during the first quarter of 2026. After that, we will open the floor for Q&A with Peter and Abhijit. And with that, Peter, over to you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Q1 Trading Update. I'm pleased to share that we had an encouraging start to 2026. Before I get into the details, let me give you the headline. The ice cream category continues to grow. We are executing well on our strategy. And whilst we are mindful of the heightened uncertainty in the global environment, particularly in the Middle East, we are reaf...