Volution Group plc (FAN) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to our FY26 results presentation. I was just working out with Andy there, I think it's my 25th and Andy's 15th and we haven't got wear out, just be clear, that doesn't, it's just longevity not wear out. So we're really pleased to be here this morning and we'll take you through the story in a very similar format that we've done previously, so overview of I've got the relatively easy bit where I'll talk about the overview and what's been happening. Hand over to Andy for a little bit more detail on the financial review. I'll come back on the business review and then summary and outlook and we've got something a little bit different just at the end of the presentation so I'll keep you sort of guessing for that. But look it was another Thank you very much. Organic growth 2.8%, just slightly below the bottom end of our 3-5% range, but demonstrating the benefits of our diverse geographic end market exposure, and we'll cover that in a little bit more detail. Operating margin progression, 90 basis points, now 23.2%, good progress in the second half of the year. Leveraging our scale, our expertise in procurement, engineering and product range. And our second largest acquisition to date, AC Industries Inc. In Australia, that was in February, so that was in the financial year 26. And then right at the beginning of the financial year, first working day, actually second working day of FY27, Getair in Germany, a company that we've courted for many years, delighted to now have that inside our group. But look, continuing to deliver strong returns and compounding growth. A little bit about our clear growth focus. And we talk about organic growth. We believe we've got an agile, decentralized approach, very close, intimate focus on local markets, and organic gro...