Euronav NV (NYSE:EURN) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 4, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brian Gallagher - Head of Investor Relations

Hugo De Stoop - Chief Executive Officer

Lieve Logghe - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Greg Lewis - BTIG

Jon Chappell - Evercore ISI

Omar Nokta - Jefferies

Frode Morkedal - Clarksons Securities

Chris Tsung - Webber Research

Anders-Redigh Karlsen - Kepler Chevreux

Chris Robertson - Deutsche Bank

Quirijn Mulder - ING

Operator

Good day and welcome to the Euronav Q2 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 a question. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Brian Gallagher, Head of Investor Relations at Euronav. Please, go ahead.

Brian Gallagher

Thank you. Good morning and afternoon to everyone, and thanks for joining our Euronav’s Q2 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 4th of August, 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 website -- with the SEC, and which are available free of charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our own company’s website at Euronav, 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.

It’s now my pleasure to pass on to our Chief Executive, Hugo De Stoop, to start with the content slide on slide three. Hugo, over to you.

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 Q2 highlights before passing on to Lieve Logghe, our CFO, to give more details on the financial with specific focus on the FSO. Brian Gallagher, the Head of IR, will then highlight some key and current trends in the wider tanker market, before I return to summarize our strategy and outlook.