Wolters Kluwer Nv (WOLTF) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to our VultrSchooler half-year 2024 results presentation. Today's earnings release and the presentation are available on our website for download, vultrschooler.com. On the call with me today are Nancy McKinstry, our CEO, and Kevin Entrichen, our CFO. We're dialing in to this call from various locations, so thank you in advance and understanding in case we experience any delays. Nancy and Kevin will shortly discuss the important features of our first half results. Following their comments, we'll open the call to your questions. Before we start, I'll remind you that some statements we make today may be forward-looking. We caution that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the statements. Factors that could affect our future financial results are discussed in Note 2 of today's release and in our 2023 Anna report. As usual in the presentation today, we'll refer to adjusted profits, which exclude non-benchmark items. We'll refer to growth in constant currencies, which excludes the effect of exchange rate movements. And we'll refer to organic growth, which excludes both the effect of currency and the effect of acquisitions and disposals. Reconciliations to IFRS can be found in Note 4 of today's release. At this time, I would like to hand the call over to our CEO, Nancy McKinstry. Thank you, Meg, and hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this call. In keeping with the usual practice, I will start with the highlights of the first half and then turn it over to Kevin, who will discuss the financial results in more detail. After that, I'll come back and discuss our divisional developments and the progress that we're making against our strategic g...