Asm International Nv

Good afternoon, this is the Coruscall Conference Operator. Welcome and thank you for joining the ASM Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. As a reminder, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Should anyone need assistance during the conference call, they may signal an operator by pressing star and zero on their telephone. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Victor Parreño, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, operator. Good afternoon and welcome everyone to our Q2 earnings call. I'm joined here today by our CEO, Michel Massat, and our CFO, Paul Verhagen. ASM issued its second quarter 2024 results yesterday at 6 p.m. Central European Time. For those of you who have not yet seen the press release, it is accessible on our website, along with our latest investor presentation. As always, we remind you that this conference call may contain information relating to ASM's future business and results, in addition to historical information. For more information on the risk factors related to such forward-looking statements, please refer to our company's press releases and financial reports which are available on the website. Please note that the profitability measures mentioned in this call will be primarily based on adjusted non-IFRS figures. For the reported figures, as well as the reconciliation between IFRS and adjusted results, please refer to the quarterly results press release. And with that, I'll now hand the call over to Vishen Asad, CEO of ASAM.

Thank you, Victor. And thanks to everyone for attending our second quarter, 2024 results conference call. It's a real pleasure to talk to you today. And as most of you know, I took over as CEO last May. I already met many of you in our previous investor days and at other occasions. And I look forward to meeting many more of you in our upcoming investor conferences and root shows. For today's call, Paul will first review our second quarter financial results. I will then continue with the discussion of the market plans and the outlook, followed by the Q&A, as usual. Over to you, Paul.