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Thank you so much and good morning everyone and welcome to SEED's earnings calls. I hope you all have access and can see the presentation on the webcast, but if not, it's also accessible on our homepage under the investor relations section. So on the content slide, you will find today's agenda, and we will start off with a summary of the first three months of the year, followed by a financial update. We will then reiterate our guidance for the year before we're finishing off with the key takeaways. After the presentation, we will give you the opportunity, as always, to ask questions. I will now hand over to our CEO, Helmut Becker.

Thanks, Jonas. Good morning. So first of all, we're happy that we've received the GAINS license from the German regulator. I will touch on the GAINS business plan in a second. We've also made a good start in 2023 with double digit top line growth. We have increased our EBITDA compared to previous year. Furthermore, the World Lottery Association, the WLA, has accepted Ziel as a member. This is a great signal towards our key stakeholders, our partners, and potential partners in the industry. As the German market leader for our lotteries, we take our responsibility in the areas of compliance, security, and risk management very seriously, and attach great importance to social commitments as well. So we are pleased to be part of that important organization. Two days ago, Deal was able to hold again a physical general meeting in Germany, first time after nine years. Among other things, the dividend proposal of €3.60 was approved.

The payment of the dividend will start next week on May 17th. So page five, let me give you an update on regulation.