VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ:VEON) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 3, 2022 9:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Nik Kershaw - Group Director of Investor Relations
Kaan Terzioğlu - Chief Executive Officer
Serkan Okandan - Group Chief Financial Officer
Nik Kershaw
Good morning and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to VEON's Third Quarter Trading Update for the Period Ending 30 September 2022. I'm Nik Kershaw of VEON's Group Direct of Investor Relations. I'm pleased to be joined in the room today by Kaan Terzioğlu, our Group CEO; as well as Serkan Okandan, our Group CFO.
Today's presentation will begin with an operational overview from Kaan, following by a financial review from Serkan, and then Kaan will come back and close before we move to the Q&A. All participants will be in listen only mode, and the question-and-answer session today will be facilitated through the Q&A function in the web link. If you could please share any questions you have in the Q&A function. We will look to answer as many of the questions we can in the time allotted.
Before getting started, I would like to remind you that we may make forward-looking statements during today's presentation, which involve certain risks and uncertainties. These statements relate in part to the company's anticipated performance and operational guidance, future market developments and trends, operational network development and network investments, and the company's ability to realize its targets and commercial and strategic initiatives, including current and future transactions.
Certain factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the risks detailed in the company's annual report on Form 20-F and other recent public filings made by the company with the SEC. The trading update and the presentation can be downloaded from our website.
With that, let me hand over to Kaan.
Kaan Terzioğlu
Thank you, Nik. Once again, we started today with a song from Pakistan. We condemn the assassination attempt to Imran Khan and wish him quick recovery. Good morning and good afternoon to all and welcome to the presentation of our third quarter trading update. The third quarter has been another quarter of solid operational execution, despite the numerous macro and geopolitical challenges. Our teams continue to show exceptional focus, and our business as a whole continues to deliver growth as we will share with you in today's presentation.
Before starting, I would like to thank all of our teams, especially our colleagues in Ukraine, who are keeping Kyivstar's customers and the broader community is connected at home and abroad. I would like to also thank our shareholders and investors for their continued confidence in our business. You would also have seen our announcement from yesterday that VEON is conducting a competitive sales process in relation to its Russian operations. This is being done in a manner that we hope will ensure that an optimal outcome is achieved for all relevant stakeholders.