The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. (MICC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Good morning and welcome to the Magnum Ice Cream Company webcast for first half 2026 results. 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 question one by one. With that, I'm pleased to turn the call over to Lloyd Midwinter, Head of Investor Relations. Lloyd, please go ahead. Hello, and welcome to the webcast for the H1 2026 results of the Magnum Ice Cream Company. My name is Lloyd Midwinter, Head of Investor Relations, and I'm here with our CEO, Peter Ter Kulve, and our CFO, Abhijit Bhattacharya. Our press release and this presentation are published on our investor relations website, where a replay and transcript to this webcast will also be made available. Before we start, I would like to draw your attention to the cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements and assumptions. This applies to the presentation and webcast, including the Q&A session. In a moment, Peter will share some key highlights on our business performance, showing how we are executing on our strategy. Abhijit will then run through our financial results and outlook. We will then be happy to address your questions. So, Peter, over to you. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining. Lloyd, it's nice to have you with us. Welcome to TMICC. Let's start with the headline first. We delivered a solid first half. The ice cream category keeps growing and we outperformed it by achieving growth of 4.7%. Growth was balanced across volume and value, every region and each of our global brands. Importantly,...