The Weir Group PLC (WEIR) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Good morning everyone and welcome to the call. I appreciate you all joining at short notice. As you've seen, we've announced a very exciting acquisition this morning and in conjunction decided that we should pull forward and deliver our 2024 full year results announcement at the same time. Please note the usual cautionary notice on forward looking statements. Today I'm joined by our CFO Brian Puffer and after the presentation will run an extended Q&A session. The presentation will consist of an introduction from me, then Brian will take you through the detailed 2024 financial results. I'll then give a quick overview of our strategic progress in 2024 before covering the acquisition of Micromine in detail. Brian will discuss the financial effects of the deal before I wrap up. So let me start with a reminder of our transformation journey to deliver on WEIR's compelling long-term value creation opportunity. Firstly, through our portfolio transformation, we created a focused mining technology leader with unique capabilities. Our world-class engineering solutions, combined with intensive global aftermarket support, keep our customers' minds running and solve their biggest challenges. we are deeply embedded in their operations and have a large installed base of mission-critical equipment with high barriers to entry. The combination of these elements have underpinned our track record of consistent delivery both financially and strategically. Secondly, through performance excellence, we have optimized our business, creating an ever leaner and more efficient weir, reducing cost and complexity in our operations, and driving margin expansion. We have now created the scalable platform that will deliver compounding growth in the future. And we're currently ahead of plan on those a...