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Hello and welcome to the Solvay Q3 results call. My name is Laura and I will be your coordinator for today's event. Please note this call is being recorded and for the duration of the call, your lines will be on listen only mode. However, you will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the call. This can be done by pressing star 1 on your telephone keypad to register your question. If you require assistance at any point, please press star zero and you will be connected to an operator. I will now hand you over to your host, Jofar De Altamont, Head of Investor Relations, to begin today's conference. Thank you.

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Solvay's Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. My name is Geoffrey Doutremont, Head of Investor Relations, and I'm joined here today on the call by our CEO, Philippe Quérin, and our CFO, Alexandre Blum. The call is being recorded and will be accessible for replay on the Investor Relations section of our website later today. I would like to remind you that the presentation includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The slides presented in today's call are also available on our website. And with that, I will turn the call over to Philippe.

Thank you. Thank you, Geoffroy. And hello, everyone. Happy to be with all of you. Unfortunately, I need to begin today's call with very sad news. On the 27th of August, one of our colleagues, a contractor, who was working on our Torralavega site in Spain, lost his life. His name is Oscar. This is a tragedy. This has a big impact on all of us, and in particular, of course, on our colleagues in Spain. I would like again to express my support to all of them and our deepest sympathies and thoughts to his family and friends. We are undertaking a thorough investigation into what happened and what we can learn from it to prevent this from ever happening again. This terrible incident reminds us how critical it is for Solvay to continue to improve