Evonik Industries Ag (EVKIF) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Evonik Industries AG Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call. I am Mathilde, the course call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference is being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. You can register for questions at any time by pressing star and 1 on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and 0. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Christian Kohlmann, CEO. Please go ahead. Thanks a lot and welcome to our Q3 earnings call. Looking around in our boardroom, I see a very different setup here today. First of all, welcome to Klaus Rettig, our interim CFO, who is sitting left to me. Many of you already know him. In his previous roles, he represented Evonik at many investor conferences and capital markets days. His extensive experience and knowledge of our company is helping us, helping us in his new role while the search for our CFO is ongoing. I would like to take the opportunity here today to thank Maike Schuh for many years in different roles at Evonik. She has left the company at her own request, in September. And while this was very sudden, we have to accept that. I would like to thank her for her efforts and the positive impact she had in our organization. Second, after 49, worthwhile to repeat, after 49 reported quarters as a public listed company, Tim is not sitting on the right side of this table anymore. For more than a decade, He has built an investor relations program, which is highly regarded by all of you out there. Now, he's taking a well-deserved sabbatical. Thank you, Jim, for your lasting commitment to the Evonik Equity story. Christoph, whom all...