Clariant AG (0QJS) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is Andrea Schwarzweiler, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to this call. Joining me today are Konrad Kaiser, Clarion's CEO, and Oliver Rittgen, Clarion's CFO. Konrad will start today's call by providing an update on the progress we have made on our purpose-led growth strategy and a summary of the full year 2025 financial highlights and savings program, followed by Oliver, who will guide us through the Q4 and business unit results. Konrad will then conclude with the outlook for the full year 2026. There will be a Q&A session following our presentation. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. I would like to remind all participants that the presentation includes forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Listeners and readers are therefore encouraged to refer to the disclaimer on slide two of today's presentation. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. A replay and transcript of the call will be made available on the investor relations sections of the Clariant website. Let me now hand over to Konrad to begin the presentation. Thank you, Andreas. 2025 was a year that demonstrated the success of our transformation journey. The progress we've made over recent years is bearing fruit. with our purpose-led growth strategy, proving its strengths through effective execution. Built on four strategic pillars, customer focus, innovative chemistry, leading in sustainability, and people engagement, the strategy reflects our integrated approach to creating value for all stakeholders. On our first pillar, customer focus, the execution of our commercial excellence programs delivered further improvement in customer satisfaction, as indicated by the Net Customer Promoter Score, ...