Euronav NV (NYSE:EURN) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 2, 2023 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Gallagher - Head of Investor Relations, Research & Communications

Hugo De Stoop - Chief Executive Officer

Lieve Logghe - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Omar Nokta - Jefferies

Frode Morkedal - Clarksons Securities

Jon Chappell - Evercore ISI

Thijs Berkelder - ABN AMRO

Chris Robertson - Deutsche Bank

Chris Tsung - Webber Research & Advisory

Chris Wetherbee - Citigroup

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Euronav Fourth Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I'd now like to turn the conference over to Brian Gallagher, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Brian Gallagher

Thank you. Good morning and afternoon to everyone, and thanks for joining Euronav's Q4 2022 earnings call.

Before I start, I would like to say a few words. The information discussed on this call is based on information as of today, Thursday, the February 2, 2023 and may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements reflect current views with respect to future events and financial performance and may include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, performance, underlying assumptions and other statements, which are not statements of historical facts. All forward-looking statements attributable to the company or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on our own company's website at www.euronav.com. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of that particular statement, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Please take a moment to read our safe harbor statement on Page 2 of the slide presentation.

With that, I will now pass over to Chief Executive, Hugo De Stoop to start with the conference slide on Slide 3. Hugo?

Hugo De Stoop

Thank you, Brian, and good morning or afternoon to wherever you are, and welcome to our call. I will run through the Q4 highlights before passing on to Lieve Logghe, our CFO, who will then highlight key factors over the quarter and important work the finance team have done in increasing, again, our liquidity through sustainable financing. After that, Brian will run you through some current market trends before I return to summarize our strategy and where we believe we are in the current cycle and outlook.