The Bidvest Group Limited

G'day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Bidvest Annual Results presentation. All attendees will be in a listen-only mode. There will be an opportunity to ask questions when prompted. If you should need assistance during the call, please signal an operator by keying in star and then zero. Please note that this event is being recorded. I will now hand over to the Corporate Affairs Executive, Ilza Roo. Please go ahead ma'am.

Thank you, Judith. Good afternoon, everyone, and good morning to my colleagues towards the west of us. My name is Ilza Roo, the corporate affairs executive, and I have the pleasure of welcoming you on the call today. Thank you for your interest in Bidvest. I understand it's a busy time for everyone in the market. These results are underpinned by excellent cash generation and show delivery against our communicated priorities. We would love to share them with you today. As the ex-customer, Pumi Madita, Group CEO, will make some high-level remarks before Mark Stain, Group CFO, delves deeper into the numbers. Pumi will then follow with a detailed review of each division's performance and close with some outlook and priority comments. There will be an opportunity to ask some questions at the end of the session. But before I hand over to Pumi, the Bidvest Chair, Mr. Mohale, would like to say a few words. Sorry for scuffing that up, Chair.

Good day, colleagues. and I kindly add my appreciation to all of you for joining this results conversation this afternoon. This time of year is always very important and exciting for Bidvest as we get to share our hard work, our significant efforts and input over the course of this year. But we also take this opportunity to share our future prospects and the many and varied external effects that currently play in the world today. Once again, the team, as always, has delivered a strong performance. It is very pleasing to see that this performance reflects this management team's startling clarity, power, and pathos. Clear delivery against our FY2026 commitments. The simple and clear strategy implemented over recent years is working well and in unison to continue to deliver value. I remain in awe on how Sissunumpu Melelo and her leadership team continually demonstrate agility, resilience, in repositioning our business for success, especially in response to the most difficult, dynamic and often confusing world around us today, always advancing bidvest's attractive prospects. I thank every single solitary one of you for making time in your busy schedule to join us for this important conversation. I now hand over to my boss, Sissinom Pumere.