The Rank Group Plc (RNK) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.051 -- 00:00:05.295 Good morning all. Thank you to every joining online and a warm welcome to everyone 00:00:05.295 -- 00:00:07.878 that's here with us today. 00:00:07.878 -- 00:00:13.322 It is of course my first set of results as Chief Executive and I'm grateful to our board, 00:00:13.322 -- 00:00:17.786 our major shareholder for their support and for this opportunity. 00:00:17.786 -- 00:00:22.330 Rank is a great business and I'm delighted to share with you the story of another year 00:00:22.330 -- 00:00:24.750 of strong performance. 00:00:25.032 -- 00:00:29.889 To set out in a bit more detail how I see the opportunities for the group 00:00:29.889 -- 00:00:34.470 and why I think we're really well positioned for future success. 00:00:35.032 -- 00:00:40.294 I'm also delighted to be joined for the first time by Cliff Basie, our interim CFO. 00:00:40.294 -- 00:00:45.076 I'm gonna start with the key highlights for the year before handing over to Cliff for 00:00:45.076 -- 00:00:47.577 the financial review. 00:00:48.538 -- 00:00:53.360 So once again, there was strong revenue and underlying profit growth in the year. 00:00:53.360 -- 00:00:58.343 It was great to see all businesses contributing to improvement and that's despite some 00:00:58.343 -- 00:01:00.343 headwinds. 00:01:01.614 -- 00:01:06.697 During the year, we took decisive action to mitigate the impact of higher RGD on our 00:01:06.697 -- 00:01:09.798 UK digital-facing business. 00:01:09.979 -- 00:01:15.343 And the performance in digital was therefore encouraging at plus 12% in Q4, 00:01:15.343 -- 00:01:20.365 particularly given the material reductions in above-the-line marketing. 00:01:20.746 -- 00:01:26.049 We started the new financial year in a similar fashion, so that's pleasing to. 00:01:26.950...