Nomad Foods Limited

Good day and welcome to Nomad Foods first quarter 2021 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. To join the question queue, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. Should you need assistance during the conference call, you may signal an operator by pressing star and zero. Today's conference call is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Thabo Shbari, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you for joining us to review our first quarter 2021 earnings results. With me on the call today are Chief Executive Officer Stefan Descheemaeker and Chief Financial Officer Sami Zaykow. Before we begin, I would like to draw your attention to the disclaimer on slide two of our presentation. This conference call may make forward-looking statements that are based on our view of the company's prospects, expectations, and intentions at this time, including considerations related to the impacts of COVID-19. Actual results may differ due to risks and uncertainties which are discussed in our press release, our filings with the SEC, and this slide in our investor presentation which includes cautionary language. We will also discuss non-IFRS financial measures during the call today. These non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered a replacement for and should be read together with IFRS results. Users can find the IFRS to non-IFRS reconciliations within our earnings release and in the appendices at the end of the slide presentation available on our website. Please note that certain financial information within this presentation represents adjusted figures for 2020 and 2021. All adjusted figures have been adjusted for exceptional items, acquisition-related, share-based payment, and related expenses, as well as non-cash, FX, gains, or losses. And all comments from here on will refer to those adjusted numbers. With that, I will hand you over to Stefan.

Thank you, Tapos, and thank you all for joining us on the call today. Earlier today, we reported first quarter 2021 results, which represent the highest quarterly revenues, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EPS in our company's history. We're pleased to report a strong start to the year as we anniversary accelerate the demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.