Umicore SA (OTCPK:UMICF) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2025 3:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Bart Sap – CEO & Chairman of Management Board
Wannes Peferoen – CFO & Member of Management Board
Conference Call Participants
Chetan Udeshi – JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Geoffrey Robert Haire – UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Georgina Fraser – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Ranulf Orr – Citigroup Inc., Research Division
Sebastian Christian Bray – Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division
Stijn Demeester – ING Groep N.V., Research Division
Thea Mary Badaro – BNP Paribas Exane, Research Division
Tristan Lamotte – Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division
Operator
Welcome to the Umicore Half Year 2025 Results Conference Call. My name is Alan, and I will be your coordinator for today’s event. Please note, this call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand you over to your host, Bart Sap, CEO, to begin today’s conference. Thank you.
Bart Sap
Hello. A very good morning, everyone, and welcome to the H1 2025 results for Umicore. I do realize that for many of you, it’s a very busy season and very busy week. So I highly appreciate for you being here in the call. As usual, we have an interesting agenda for you. On the first point, I wanted to take us back to the core strategy in a first snapshot, so a small reminder of our CMD. Then we’ll have a look at our key figures and highlights. I’ll cover the business review. Wannes will then go through the financial review. I’ll be back with the outlook 2025. We’ll wrap it up, and then we’ll open the floor for Q&A.
So let’s have a look at our core strategy, which we launched in March 2025. Now as you might remember, we are