Smiths Group plc (SMGKF) CEO Andy Reynolds Smith on Q4 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Smiths Group plc (OTCPK:SMGKF) Q4 2020 Earnings Conference Call September 24, 2020 4:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Andy Reynolds Smith - CEO
John Shipsey - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Mark Davies Jones - Stifel
Andy Wilson - JPMorgan
Andre Kukhnin - Credit Suisse
Robert Davis - Morgan Stanley
William Turner - Goldman Sachs
Jonathan Hurn - Barclays

Andy Reynolds Smith

Thanks very much and good morning everyone. Really appreciate you joining us for the Results Call today. I very much hope that you and your loved ones have all been managing to stay safe and well since we last spoke.

I'm joined here today by John Shipsey, our Chief Financial Officer. And I'd like to make a start by giving you an overview of our performance in FY 2020 and how we're feeling about how we did over the last 12 months, and of course, about our confidence going forwards.

I'll then let John take you through the numbers in a little bit more detail before talking about the work that we've been doing to further improve our potential for the future and the big value levers in the Smiths story.

This all started with our dream to create a leading technology company that was growing sustainably based on leading positions in attractive markets, technology solutions, our customers valued world-class execution, and the very best people inspired to win. All of our efforts over the last few years have been focused on achieving that.

2020 so far has been a year that none of us will forget, with profound, unprecedented, and broad based impact on our lives, our societies, and our businesses. And much of that impact has become longer term or permanent in nature, with new approaches and answers to the challenges for the future emerging all the time.