Sika Ag Adr (SXYAY) Q3 2024 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the SICA 9 Months 2024 Results Conference Call and Live Webcast. I'm Sandra, the Chorus Call Operator. I would like to remind you that all participants have been listened 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 broadcasting. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Dominik Schlappnig, Head of Communication and Investor Relations of SICA. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, Sandra, and good afternoon, and welcome to our nine-month results conference call. Present on the call with me today is Thomas Hasler, CEO, Adrian Widmer, CFO, and Christine Kukan, Head of IR, plus Yomi Lemmermann, HR Manager. We published our nine-month figures this morning at 5 o'clock. The presentation to the nine-month results is as well published on our website. With this, Thomas Hasler and Adrian Wittner will provide further details on the results and the outlook. Afterwards, we will be ready to take your questions. I hand now over to Thomas to start with the highlights of the first nine months. Thank you, Dominik, and good afternoon. for all joining this call. It's a pleasure to present insights into our nine-month results. As highlighted also in our morning disclosure, we have reached in many aspects new record heights as a company. We are proud of the results overall. They are in line with our expectation and with our guidance. I think starting here, On the top, with 8.9 billion in sales, 5.5% growth in Swiss francs, we have delivered according to our expectation and guidance. A lot of that coming from the NB...