Antoine Frerot

Ladies and gentlemen, shareholders, welcome to each and every one of you. I am so happy once again to see you all here for our Annual Shareholder Meeting. This is the first time that we are meeting here in Aubervilliers, Veolia's head office, our home for the past 10 years. Here, we have all of our operational functional teams. And we wanted to create a space where everyone can feel that they can work together hand-in-hand, striving towards the same objective. It is this unique way of working together that makes Veolia such a strong company, at least for the past 10 years.

I'd like to warmly thank all of our shareholders here in the room today and those who have sent in their votes remotely. I would also like to thank those people who are joining us remotely to follow this via the live feed. Here for the Bureau, we have Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO and Director. We have Ms. Emmanuelle Menning, Deputy CEO in charge of Finance. And we also have Mr. Helman le de Sécheval, General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors.

I suggest beginning immediately by handing over to Helman to introduce us all to the legal formalities for opening our meeting. Helman, over to you.

Helman le Pas de Sécheval
General Counsel & Overseeing Italy BU

Thank you, Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, dear shareholders. Now before proceeding with opening formalities, allow me to just quickly give you some safety instructions for the room. Emergency exits