Operator

Good day, everyone. Welcome to the TELUS 2026 Q2 Earnings Conference Call. I would like to introduce your speaker, Ian McMillan. Please go ahead.

Ian McMillan
Director of Investor Relations

Thank you, Karl, and hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Our second quarter 2026 news release, MD&A, financial statements and detailed supplemental investor information were posted on our website earlier this morning.

Today’s agenda will include opening remarks from Victor Dodig, President — TELUS President and Chief Executive Officer; and Gopi Chande, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. After the presentation, there will be a question-and-answer period, followed by brief closing remarks by Victor.

Turning to Slide 2. Prepared remarks, slides and answers to questions contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary from these statements. Additionally, please note that all dollar amounts referenced today are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. The assumptions on which they are based and the material risks that could cause them to differ are outlined in our public filings with securities commissions in Canada and the United States, including our Q2 2026 and 2025 annual MD&A.

With that, let me turn the meeting over to Victor beginning on Slide 3.

Victor Dodig
CEO, President & Director

Thank you, Ian. Hello, everyone, and thank you

Maharashtra-based manufacturer GSM Foils on Friday announced that its Managing Director Mohansingh Parmar has been injured in a firing incident and police took one of its whole time directors in custody.

In an exchange filing, GSM Foils said the firing incident took place in the Naikpada area in Vasai-Virar, located near Mumbai. After getting injured in the incident, the company said that Parmar received prompt medical attention and is presently under proper medical care. His health condition was reported to be stable and improving.

Sagar Bhanushali, a whole time director of the company, was then taken into police custody in relation to the ongoing investigation into the firing case. The company said it is extending full cooperation to the investing authorities.

The senior management team has taken the necessary steps to ensure continuity of the company’s operations. At present, the company’s manufacturing facilities at Vasai and Ahmedabad, Plant continue to function normally,’ it added.

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GSM Foils share price

GSM Foils shares crashed 20% to close at Rs 192 apiece on NSE. Notably, the exchange filing came in the post market hours of Friday.

GSM Foils manufactures blister foils and aluminium pharma foils for the pharma industry. The sharp fall in the share price came prior to that as media reports around the incident surfaced.

US stock market losses behind murder plot?

Bhanushali plotted the attack to evade repaying Parmar Rs 32 crore and gain complete control over the company, Times of India reported. According to police officials cited by the report, Bhanusali suffered massive financial losses during a sharp selloff in the US stock market, leaving him burdened with debts running into crores.
The report quoted investigators as saying that Bhanusali had persuaded Parmar to purchase his stake in the company and took nearly Rs 32 crore. Instead of repaying the said amount, he allegedly conspired to kill Parmar, thinking this death would wipe out the liability and enable him to take complete control of the company.The attack took place on July 24 at the company’s premises when two motorcycle-borne hitmen opened fire at the 46-year old Parmar, who was hit in the shoulder by the first bullet.

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MUMBAI: Assetz, a Bengaluru-based real estate developer, is expected to confidentially file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for a Rs 1,200 crore initial public offering (IPO) in the coming days, according to people familiar with the development.

The proposed IPO is likely to be a combination of a fresh equity issuance and an offer for sale (OFS) by existing shareholders.

JM Financial, BofA Securities India and Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors are the book-running lead managers to the issue.

Email queries to the company and the bankers went unanswered.

In the confidential IPO filing route, issuers are allowed to keep their initial draft prospectus confidential from the public domain until the regulatory review process reaches an advanced stage.

J.P. Morgan, Aditya Birla Capital, Motilal Oswal Alternates and HDFC Ltd have been investors in projects of Assetz, founded by Ben Salmon and Rajpal Singh Chaudhary in 2006.
Bengaluru’s residential property market has remained one of the strongest in the country, driven by sustained demand from technology professionals, Global Capability Centres (GCCs), startups and a steadily expanding white-collar workforce. Robust employment generation, rising incomes and continued infrastructure development have supported healthy home sales despite higher property prices.Developers have remained focused on premium housing and large integrated townships, while the city’s deep end-user demand and improving connectivity have encouraged continued land acquisitions, new project launches and institutional investments.