Manchester United plc (NYSE:MANU) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call September 22, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Corinna Freedman - Head of Investor Relations

Richard Arnold - Chief Executive Officer

John Murtough - Football Director

Collette Roche - Chief Operating Officer

Philip Lynch - Chief Executive Officer of Media

Victoria Timpson - Chief Executive Officer, Alliances & Partnerships

Cliff Baty - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Randy Konik - Jefferies

Xian Siew - BNP Paribas

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Manchester United Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] We would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded.

I will now turn the call over to Corinna Freedman, Head of Investor Relations for Manchester United.

Corinna Freedman

Thank you, Roger. Hello, everyone and welcome to Manchester United's Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2022 Earnings Call. A press release containing our financial results was issued earlier today and can be accessed on our Investor Relations website. This call is being recorded and webcast and a replay of this call will be available on our website for 30 days.

Before we begin and as a matter of formality, we would like to remind everyone that this conference call will include estimates and forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these statements. Any such estimates or forward-looking statements should be considered along with the disclosures included with our earnings release as well as additional risk factor discussions contained in our filings with the SEC. Members of our executive leadership team participating on the call today include Richard Arnold, our Chief Executive Officer; Football Director, John Murtough; Collette Roche, COO; Phil Lynch, CEO of Digital Products and Experiences; Victoria Timpson, CEO of Alliances and Partnerships and Cliff Baty, our CFO. We will begin with our prepared remarks. We will then open up the call to your questions. Investors are also invited to e-mailing questions to our general IR inbox at ir@manutd.co.UK.

I will now turn the conference call over to Richard Arnold, our Chief Executive Officer, for his opening remarks. Richard?

Richard Arnold

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to everyone joining. Clearly, our on-pitch performance and finishing sixth in the Premier league last season fell short of our aims and expectations. In response, we've made important and necessary changes, including new leadership for the men's third team under Erik ten Hag and the strengthening of the playing squad during the summer transfer window. We also continue to develop our Women's Squad which now contains 4 of the England Lionesses, who are victorious in this year's UEFA European Championship.