Sika Ag Adr (SXYAY) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the SICA Half Year 2025 Results Conference Call and Life webcast. I am Shari, the Chorus 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 Mr. Dominic Slapnick, Head Communications and Investor Relations of SICA. Please go ahead. Yes, good afternoon, everyone, and a warm welcome to our half-year conference call. I'm delighted to be joined today by Thomas Hasler, our CEO, Adrian Wittmer, our CFO, and Christine Kukang, Head of Investor Relations, plus Yomi Lemmermann, IR Manager. We are excited to share with you the performance highlights and key developments for the first half of the year. Earlier today, we published our half-year results and made the supporting presentation available on our website. Thomas and Adrian will shortly walk you through the main achievements, financial results, and provide insights into our outlook. Following their remarks, we look forward to answering your questions. At this point, I will pass the floor to Thomas, who will commence with an overview of our key highlights. Thank you, Dominik, and welcome also from my side. And I would like to start the half-year reflection with where we took off in January, February, with momentums that continued to deliver as expected in the Americas, as well as in EMEA, and with a softer market in China. Through the duration of the half-year, we have seen input factors that have been very challenging ...