Wienerberger AG (WBRBY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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My name is Judith and I'm your operator for today. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in a listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, you may click on the raise your hand button. If you're connected via phone, please press star key nine to enter the queue and star key six to unmute yourself afterwards. We are looking forward to the presentation and with this I hand over to the Senior Officer Investor Relations, Alfredo Sebelia. Thank you Judith and good morning everyone. Welcome to the call. Just a couple of words from my side. I just recently joined the Investor Relations team. I've been with the company for a little over three and a half years and I look forward to working with my interview on the call. Before we get into the results, I hand it over to the chair of the supervisory board, Mr. Peter Steiner, for some opening remarks. Thank you. Thank you, Alfredo. And hello, everyone. Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, wherever you are joining us from. I know it is not the usual format. The chairman of the supervisory board does not typically open an analyst call. So let me explain why I'm here. Before Gerhard and Dagmar take you through the key developments and numbers, I want to address the announcement we've made the day before yesterday, and you deserve it to hear it from me personally. On Monday, we announced that our CEO Heimo Scheuch had asked the supervisory board to accept the early termination of his mandate to allow him to fully focus on his personal health. The supervisory board accepted his decision and we appointed Gerhard Hanke, who was deputy CEO of Wienerberger and will now act as interim CEO with immedia...