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I would like to remind you that all participants will be in listen-only mode and the conference being recorded. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question from the webinar, you may click the Q&A button on the left side of your screen and then click raise your hand button. If you are connected via phone, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad. For operator assistance, please press operator assistance button on the bottom left side on your screen or star zero on the telephone. At this time, it's my pleasure to hand over to Thomas Altmann, Senior Vice President, Corporate Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Sergen. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the earnings call for the full year 2024. On the call with me today are our CEO, Dr. Christian Kohlfein, and our CFO, Dr. Christine Neumann. They will walk you through today's presentation, which is followed by a Q&A session. We are also joined today by Thomas Heysen, who will assume the CFO role as of April 1st and who will shortly introduce himself. Our relevant documents have been published this morning on our website and can be found at brandhack.com in the investor relations section. In that same area, you will also find a replay of today's call. Before we begin, allow me to point you to the safe harbor statement, which you will find at the end of the slide deck. With that, I will hand over to our CEO, Christian, over to you.

Yes, sir. Thank you, Thomas, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Before we start talking about current affairs and the details of our business performance last year, I also warmly welcome Thomas Wright, who is joining us in this call today. Thomas is a well-respected interculturally executive, and with his experience in corporate transformation, he is an excellent addition to our management team. Thomas, thanks a lot for being here.