Saf Holland Se (SFHLF) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the SAF Holland SE Q3 2025 results. Today's presenters are CEO Alexander Gais and CFO Frank Lorenz-Dietz. The presentation slides are available on the SAF Holland corporate website. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Please note, this conference call will be recorded and published on the corporate website of SAF Holland SE. Everything spoken through the unmuted microphone will be processed during the online meeting and published on the website of SAF Holland SE. If a participant does not wish to be recorded, they should refrain from participating in the Q&A session and keep the microphone muted. The Q&A session is exclusively for institutional investors and analysts. All other participants of the conference call are kindly asked to contact the investor relations team directly if they have any questions. Mr. Geis, the floor is yours. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our conference call on our Q3 25 results. Let me begin with the Q3 25 financial highlights on page three, please. Good. The past quarter was again characterized by a challenging market environment. which SRF Holland mastered well thanks to its resilient business model and operational discipline. In numbers, group sales declined organically by 2.5% and ultimately reached 417.2 million euro, which is around 5% below the prior year. Despite softer demand from OE customers and additional tariff-related expenses, we were able to maintain a solid profitability of 9.1% and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.2%. And in addition, the company generated a solid operating free cash flow of plus 38.5 million Euro. That's a clear improvement compared to the second quarter. Leverage remained stable at 2.4 times due to the cash outflow for the dividend p...