Solvay Sa Act (SVYSF) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Good day and welcome to today's Solvay 2024 Full Year Results Conference Call. Throughout today's recorded presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question and answer session. You may register for questions at any time by pressing star 1 on your telephone keypad. And now, I'd like to hand the call over to Geoffroy Dutremont, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Solvay's 2024 earnings call. My name is Jean-Paul Outremont, Head of Investor Relations, and I'm joined here today on the call by our CEO, Philippe Queren, and our CFO, Alexandre Blum. This call is being recorded and will be accessible for replay on the Investor Relations section on Solvay's website later today. I would like to remind you that the presentation includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risk and uncertainty. The slides presented in today's call are also available on the website. In today's call, we will discuss our full-year earnings, and Philippe will also give you his perspective on the first year of the new survey and remind you who we are. Philippe? Thank you, Geoffroy, and hello, everyone. As usual, we will start with a word on safety. And unfortunately, after the loss of one of our colleagues in August last year, we have to report two new losses in the fourth quarter of 2024, one in Bulgaria and another one in Spain. These are very tragic and sad news, and I would like to express my deepest sympathies and thoughts to the families and colleagues of the three contractors who lost their lives. Safety is above everything we do at Solvay. All of us should return home safely after our day's work. We've made important steps in line with our strive for zero accidents. We've launched w...