VOLEX PLC (VLX) — Annual General Meeting

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the VOLEX PLC Annual General Meeting. Throughout this recorded meeting, attendees will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged, and they can be submitted at any time using the Q and A tab situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question received during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and publish responses where it is appropriate to do so. I would now like to hand you over to the Board of VLX PLC. Good afternoon. Great. Thanks, Alex. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to VOLEX PLC's twenty twenty five annual general meeting. My name is John Bowden, chief financial officer of VOLEX, and I will be chairing the annual general meeting, which I confirm is correct. Before we move to the items of business, I'm pleased to provide a brief update on trading for the first quarter of f y twenty twenty six as announced this morning. Positive start to the financial year underpins full year expectations. VOLEX has delivered a strong start to the new financial year with the first quarter trading performance in line with management's expectations. The positive momentum outlined at the group's FY twenty twenty five results has continued into FY twenty twenty six despite uncertain macroeconomic conditions, reinforcing confidence in the strategy and outlook for the full year. Q1 FY twenty twenty six constant currency organic revenue increased by 10.4% year on year. This strong growth reflects the continued momentum in the electric vehicles and complex industrial technology end markets, notably among data center customers as well as good growth in off highway. Operational execut...