Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.

Good evening and welcome to the first quarter 2024 Groupo Bimbo results and conference call. All participants are in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key, followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Daniel Ceviche, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Ashley and everyone. Thank you for joining us. Connected on the line today is our CFO, Diego Gargiola, Rafael Pamias, our current COO and future CEO, and Mark Bendix, Executive Vice President and several members of our finance team. After more than 100 calls, wow, that's incredible, today is my last earnings call. Having just turned 65 years old and after 43 years of working full-time in Grupo Bimbo, I want to take a step forward and have made a decision to pass the CEO baton and become the executive chair of Grupov. On top of being the chairman of the board, I will continue to be highly involved on all aspects of the strategy and execution of the company. I will focus on our growth strategy, competitiveness, and long-term view, while promoting the culture and focusing on talent development of generations to come. We will continue to double down on quality, innovation, and R&D. Having said that, we have appointed and the Board has approved Rafael Pamias as the new CEO of the company. He's an excellent operator and strategist with a global vision. I thank Rafa for having accepted this great challenge, and I am sure that he will do a magnificent job in this responsibility, and he has all my support and guidance to accompany him on this new, exciting path. Now, Rafa, if you want to share a few words, please go ahead.

Hello, thank you, Daniel. I hope everybody is listening correctly. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. I am very excited and deeply honored to have been assigned this great responsibility. Grupo Bimbo is an amazing company with a brilliant future. And I will make sure that we continue this path of success with a long-term view while preserving our culture and philosophy. We are and will continue to be a humane company with an optimistic vision of humanity, consumer-centric, sustainable, and highly productive. You will be listening to me now every quarter. I hope to meet each one of you soon. Thank you, Daniel, for this great opportunity. And with that, I leave you to it.