Molson Coors Beverage (TAP) 30 Apr 242024 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good day, and welcome to the Molson Coors Beverage Company First Quarter Earnings Conference Call.

You can find related slides on the Investor Relations page of the Molson Coors website. With that, I'll hand over to Greg Tierney, Vice President of FP&A Commercial Finance and Investor Relations.

All right. Thank you, operator, and hello, everyone.

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the inception in approximately the already repurchased have shares total of plan cost fourth quarter for XXXX, the Since $XXX million. X.X of of a million we

discuss our outlook. Now let's

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I'll of the in the primary while highlight ones. metrics detailed list Now and release earnings slides, is our

a constant Mid-single-digit per basis, on constant or billion, currency We growth share minus continue expect underlying pretax of earnings free underlying low growth $X.X cash sales and flow plus to currency a net growth mid-single-digit XX%. on income underlying basis. single-digit revenue

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question from of Bank from next America. Spillane Our comes Brian

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