Operator
Girls and gents, welcome to the Evonik Industries AG Q3 2025 Earnings Convention Name. I am Mattilde, the Refrain Name operator. [Operator Instructions] The convention is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] The convention should not be recorded for publication or broadcast.
Right now, it is my pleasure at hand over to Christian Kullmann, CEO. Please go forward.
Christian Kullmann
CEO & Chairman of the Govt Board
Thanks rather a lot, and welcome to our Q3 earnings name. Trying round in our boardroom, I see a really completely different setup right here at present. To start with, welcome to To start with, welcome to Claus Rettig, our interim CFO, who’s sitting left to me. A lot of you already know him. In his earlier roles, he represented Evonik at many investor conferences and Capital Markets Day. His intensive expertise and data of our firm helps us on this new function whereas the seek for our CFO is ongoing.
I wish to take the chance right here at present to thank Maike Schuh for a few years in several roles at Evonik. She has left the corporate at her personal request in September. And whereas this was very sudden, we’ve got to simply accept that. I wish to thank her for her efforts and the optimistic affect she had on our group.
Second, after 49 — worthwhile to repeat, after 49 reported quarters as a public