Sonova Holding AG (0QPY) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sonova Holding AGE Out-of-Year Results 2023-24 Conference Call and Live Webcast. I'm Sascha, the course call operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be listening most 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 31 on your telephone. For operator assistance, please press star and zero. The conference must not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it is my pleasure to hand over to Mr. Arndt Kaldowski, CEO, Cisco Head, sir. Thank you, Sascha, for starting us off here. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the half-year results presentation from us for the fiscal year 2023-24. In the room, I have Birgit with me, Thomas, and Jessica from the IR team. We're planning to voiceover the presentation call in 30 to 40 minutes, and then we have ample time for the Q&A, which we know some already have registered their first questions. Page two is the regular disclaimer, which you're all well aware about. Please take note of it. If we go to page three, before we go into the Half year results, we wanted to use the opportunity to orient us all on the strategy, but also our continued conviction into our ability to drive profitable growth, because on the one hand, we see the opportunity in the market, and secondarily, we've lined our strategy up in line with that. If we move to page four, Not a significant change, but just wanted to reiterate when we look at the market as well as our own position, we do see an attractive value creation opportunity for us as for NOVA. I think attractive market, yes, last year with the high inflation, we had unusual headwinds, which we normally don't see if it's a recession witho...