Symrise Ag Ord (SYIEF) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome and thank you for attending the Investor and Analyst Conference Call on the publication of Simrace AG's Half-Year Results 2024. I am Alice, the Conference Call Operator. I would like to remind you that all participants will be listed on the mode any conference has been 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 does not be recorded for publication or broadcast. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Tobias Erfurt, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you very much, Alice. A good and sunny day from Holzminton, and welcome to our Today's Tim Royce call. All materials have been published on our website this morning, and the replay of the call will be available later today. Today's call will be held by our new CEO, Jean-Yves Parizeau, and our CFO, Olaf Klinger. After the presentations, we are open for your questions. I now hand over to Jean-Yves Parizeau. Please start. Thank you, Tobias. Good morning. Good morning to all of you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome from my side to our Investor and Analyst Conference call, presenting our results for the first half of 2024. And thank you for taking the time to join us today. Let us start with our agenda for today, slide two. Together with you, I would like to look at the half-year results, and Olaf Klinger will provide a deep dive into the financials, and I will conclude by highlighting our growth and strategic initiatives and giving you an update of our outlook for the remaining year. In the ongoing challenging political and economic environment, Simrise was able to continue its growth trajectory in the fir...