Asm International Nv

Good afternoon, this is the Coruscant Conference Operator. Welcome and thank you for joining the ASM Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen-only mode and after the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Should anyone need assistance during the conference call, they may signal an operator by pressing star and zero on their telephone. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Victor Bareño, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Operator. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining our Q2 earnings call. With me today are our CEO, Hichem M'Saad, and our CFO, Paul Verhaen. ASM issued its second quarter 2026 results yesterday at 6 p.m. Central European Time. For those of you who have not yet seen the press release, It's available on our website together with our latest investor presentation. As always, we remind you that today's conference call may contain forward-looking statements in addition to historical information. For more details on the risk factors relating to such forward-looking statements, please refer to our press releases and financial reports, all of which are available on our website. Please also note that during the call, we will refer to profitability metrics primarily on an adjusted basis. Reconciliations to the reported numbers can be found in the press release and in the investor presentation. And with that, I will now turn the call over to our CEO, Hichem M'Saad.

Thank you, Victor, and thanks to everyone for attending our second quarter 2026 earnings call. We have followed the usual agenda for today's call. Paul will begin with a review of our second quarter financial results. I will then discuss market trends and our outlook Followed by the Q&A session. I will now turn it over to you Paul.