Euronav NV (NYSE:EURN) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 3, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Gallagher - Head, Investor Relations, Research & Communications

Hugo De Stoop - Chief Executive Officer

Conference Call Participants

Jon Chappell - Evercore ISI

Chris Robertson - Deutsche Bank

Omar Nokta - Jefferies

Chris Wetherbee - Citigroup

Frode Morkedal - Clarksons Securities

Chris Tsung - Webber Research

Thijs Berkelder - ABN AMRO

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Euronav Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I’d now like to turn the conference over to Brian Gallagher. Please, go ahead.

Brian Gallagher

Thank you. Good morning and afternoon to everyone and thanks for joining our Q3 2022 earnings call. Before I start, I would like to say a few words. The information discussed on this call is based on the information as of today, Thursday, the 3rd of November, 2022, 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 especially qualified in their entirety by reference to the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in the company’s with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the 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 the 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 two of the slide presentation.

With that I'll now pass over to our Chief Executive, Hugo De Stoop, to start with the content slide on slide three. 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 Q3 highlights before passing back on to Brian Gallagher, our Head of IR, who will then highlight some key and current trends in the winter market before I return to summarize our strategy, where we are in the current cycle and our outlook.