Mercedes-Benz Unsp / Adr

Welcome to the investor and analyst global conference call of Mercedes-Benz. At the request of our customers, this conference call will be recorded. The replay of the call will be available as an on-demand audio webcast in the investor relations section of the Mercedes-Benz website. The short introduction will be followed directly by a Q&A session. If you are connected online and listening via the web interface, please click the telephone handset button and then the raised hand icon. This will allow you to ask your question verbally as well. If you have joined by telephone and would like to ask a question, please dial star 9 pound key on your telephone keypad. You will hear the announcement your question has been received. If you would like to withdraw your question, please dial star 3 pound key. You will hear the announcement your question has been withdrawn. Once you hear the announcement, you may now speak. You can ask a question. After your question has been answered, your line will be muted again. You will be called upon by the moderator. Please bear with us for a moment while we register your questions. I would like to remind you that this teleconference is governed by the safe harbor wording included in our published results documents. Please note that our presentation contains forward-looking statements which reflect management currents views with respect to future events. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. If any of the assumptions underlying these statements prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Forward-looking statements speak only to the date on which they are made. With that, I would now like to hand over to Christina Schenck, Head of Mercedes-Benz Investor Relations, Digital and Communications. Thank you very much.

Yeah, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is Christina Schenck speaking. On behalf of Mercedes-Benz, I would like to welcome you all both on the telephone and online to our Q3 results conference call. I'm very pleased to have with me today Ola Kallenius, our CEO, and Harald Wilhelm, our CFO. To allow more time for your questions, Ola will give a brief introduction and Harald will walk you through the financials as usual. We will then move directly into our Q&A session. The corresponding presentation is available on the Mercedes-Benz Investor Relations website and can also be accessed via the webcast in the web interface. With that, I will hand over to Ola.

Thank you, Christina, and welcome everybody. As Christina said, Harald will go through the Q3 results in a minute. And of course, we're happy to answer your questions. But I would like to start by giving you a bit of context.