Operator
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the hummgroup’s First Half 2026 Results Call. [Operator Instructions] and additionally, I would like to advise all participants that this call is being recorded.
I’d now like to welcome Angelo Demasi, Chief Executive Officer, to begin the conference. Angelo, over to you.
Angelo Demasi
Group Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much, and good morning all, and thank you for joining us today as we release hummgroup’s interim results for half year ending 31 December 2025. I’m Angelo Demasi, the Group Chief Executive Officer; and joining me today is Tony Taylor, hummgroup’s Interim Chief Financial Officer.
On Slide 3, you’ll see the agenda that we’ll run through this morning. And Tony and I will walk you through the investor pack follow the presentation as we go. We will go through the Group’s performance, our strategic execution, business segment outcomes and how we are positioned for the remainder of this financial year.
Turning to Slide 5, where we have highlighted the key group performance metrics for the half. This half represents another step forward in our multiyear transformation. Despite external headwinds, our business delivered statutory profit after tax of $13.9 million. Importantly, this includes adjustments to the Forum Finance litigation provision related to arrangements entered into between 2018 and 2021, following the recent Federal Court judgment and other specific items. These specific items are considered irregular in nature and are included in the calculation of statutory profit after tax in accordance with the prescribed accounting standards. I will leave it to Tony to explain the shift to statutory accounting measures for reporting profit metrics, and he will walk you through these specific
