Operator

Welcome to the Essentra plc Annual General Meeting proceedings. [Operator Instructions] I'd now like to hand over to the Board of Essentra plc. Good afternoon.

Stephen Paul Good

Hello, and welcome to Essentra plc 2026 Annual General Meeting. I am Steve Good, Chairman of your Board, and it's my pleasure to chair this Annual General Meeting. It's now 1:00 p.m. We have a quorum present, so I declare the meeting open. I am joined by my Board colleagues, Scott Fawcett, Rowan Baker, Mary Reilly, Senior Independent Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee; Kath Durrant, Chair of Remuneration Committee; and Non-Executive Directors, Adrian Peace and Klaus Goldenbot. Klaus joined the Board in September 2025 and was recently appointed Chair of the ESG Committee.

The format for today's meeting is that we'll first deal with the formal business, then our Chief Executive, Scott Fawcett, will provide a business update. Once this meeting concludes, please join us for a buffet lunch. Before going any further, however, I have to hand over to my colleague, Chris Butler, our Operations Director, who will brief you on what we have to do in the event of a fire or other safety matter. Chris, over to you.

Chris Butler

Thank you, Steve. Welcome, everybody. So the most important thing today, while you're on site is your welfare and health and safety. So just a couple of things for you all. Hopefully, everybody has a visitor's badge. So I can remind you all when you leave site today, if you could please return your badge to reception. The other thing is there are no planned fire roll calls today. So in the unlikely event