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we have the store available on the platform for this uh you can select the interpretation button through the globe icon at the bottom part of your screen and choose your language of preference portuguese or english we would also like to know that this earnings call is being recorded and it's going to be provided on the company's website, ir.sia.com.br, where you can already find the earnings release. And then we'll have our off, and soon after we'll begin the Q&A session. To submit questions, select the Q&A icon in the bottom part of the screen, write your name, company, and language, enter the queue. and as you're announced a request to activate your uh and so then you should um activate your mic to submit questions and we'd like to let you know that all questions should be submitted at once information contained in this presentation and possible statements that could be made during the earnings call related to business perspectives projections and operational targets and financial targets represent assumptions and beliefs of the company, as well as information that's currently available. And so future statements are not a guarantee of performance, and they involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as they relate to future events and rely on circumstances that could or not occur. investors must comprehend that economic conditions generally and market conditions and other factors can also affect the future performance at SAE and lead to results that differ materially from those listed in future statements. Now, we're going to pass on the word to Gabriel Lillo, the Investor Relations Director. Thank you. Hi, good morning, everyone. Thank you for participating in our earnings call for the third quarter. I'm going to present our executives here today with us today. Gomi Dugomis is our CEO. Aymar is our CFO. And Anderson Cachilou is our Operations VP. Granville Desangeus is our Logistics MVP. And Sandra Vicari is our People and Sustainability Manager. I'm going to pass the phone to Bill Meader for his initial comments and presentation. And so, thank you, Grebby. Thank you, directors, for keeping up with us. Good morning, everyone. We're going to talk about our numbers in the third quarter. This is a very challenging quarter, the first page here of the presentation. And from a very positive perspective, the company's firm and its trajectory for deleveraging, even in this very restricted environment. We're going to talk about this stuff ahead, but ever since the beginning, the company has been going through deleveraging and reaching a level of debt that is the lowest when it comes to the EBITDA ratio, what we've been registering ever since 2021. and the company has been very strong with this in line with an important margin advance and especially in this third quarter due to major rigid control in the levels of expense um

And during 2025, we had a result when it comes to expenses in this third quarter.

We brought in, as you can see, the release and the presentation, the vision of sales in the quarter. Well, is that because October was better? No. This vision is a fair vision because it brings in the effects of our campaign, and last year we brought in this. strong campaign, which was the anniversary of 50 years at Asahi. And this year, it was in the third quarter. And this year, we were able to perform the displacement into the month of October, which is our anniversary month. And that was positive because that was very...