Ryman Healthcare Limited

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Ryman Healthcare Half Year Results Briefing. All participants are in a listen-only mode. There will be a presentation followed by a question and answer session. If you wish to ask a question, you will need to press the star key followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Richard Umbers, Group CEO. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I'm Richard Umbers. I'm the Group Chief Executive Officer at Ryman Healthcare, and I'm delighted to present our half-year results for the six months to the 30th of September, 2023. Here with me today, I have Rob Woodgate, our new Group CFO, who joined us on the 13th of November, as well as former Group CFO and our new Chief Strategy Officer, Dave Bennett. Given that Rob has only been in the role for a very short period of time, Dave will be presenting the result alongside me today. We will be happy to answer questions at the end of the presentation and I'm hoping that we'll be able to wrap up within 60 minutes. Before we get into it, I'd like to hand over briefly to Rob to introduce himself.

Thanks, Richard, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be on board with the team here at Ryman, although this is only my third week. As many of you know, I've moved from Fulton Hogan, where I was Group CFO, leading the finance, treasury, risk, IT, and shared service functions. I've also held similar positions across NZEC's listed entities, cooperatives, and private companies, including PG Rights Limited and Silverton Farms. In the last few weeks, I had a chance to meet my team and the executive, Getting out to a couple of villages in Christchurch has given me an early feel for the business. I'm really encouraged by the capability of the teams I've met and the strong sense of purpose throughout the organisation. Thank you and I'll pass you back to Richard. Thanks and welcome again, Rob.