Symrise Ag Ord (SYIEF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our telephone conference today on the business results for the fiscal year 2025. Thank you very much for joining us. All the relevant documents, including the press release and the presentation, are available in the financial results area on our website. In this call, our board chairman, Jean-Yves Parizeau, as well as our finance chairman, Olaf Klinger, will speak to you and then, as just said, will be available for your questions. And with that, I hand over the floor to Jean-Yves. Thank you. Thank you very much, Marc. Also, I would like to welcome you to our media call. We will now give you the results for the business year 2025, an update on our One Team strategy and the One Team Transformations program. Finally, I will explain to you our outlook on the entire year 2026. Explaining. 25 was a decisive year for Simrace. On our Capital Market Day in November 2021, we presented our One Team strategy. In the past year, we have now implemented this strategy into concrete measures. Our goal remains very clear. We want to achieve sustainable growth over the market average and at the same time structurally improve profitability. However, the year 2025 was characterized by a weak demand in certain markets and an aging regional volatility. Before this interruption, we also focused on what we ourselves have in mind, namely the implementation of our strategic goals. These included efficiency improvement, cash discipline and strategic transformation. We have achieved a lot. Our core businesses, Flavor and Fragrance, have once again shown our resilience as well as the strength of our portfolio with our good customer relationships. In Food and Beverages, in the area of alcohol-free drinks, we have repeatedly achieved outstanding resul...