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Welcome to the OMB's group third quarter 2024 results conference call and webcast. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 and 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automatic message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 and 1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to refer you to the disclaimer which includes our position on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on beliefs, estimates, and assumptions currently held by an information currently available to OMV. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that will or may occur in the future and are outside of the control of OMV. Therefore, recipients are cautious not to place any reliance on these forward-looking statements. OMB disclaims any obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, revised assumptions and expectations, and future developments and events. This presentation does not contain any recommendation or invitation to buy or sell securities in OMB. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Florian Greger, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Mr. Greger.

Yes, thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to OMV's earnings call for the third quarter of 2024. With me on the call are OMV's CEO, Alfred Stern, and our CFO, Reinhard Florey. As always, Alfred will walk you through the highlights of the quarter and will discuss OMV's financial performance. Following his presentation, both gentlemen are available to answer your questions.

And with this, I'll hand it over to Alfred.