Operator

Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the First Quarter Results 2026 Analyst Conference Call for FUCHS SE. This conference will be recorded. [Operator Instructions]. May I now hand over to Andreas Schaller, Head of Investor Relations at FUCHS SE, who will start the meeting today. Please go ahead.

Andreas Schaller
Head of Investor Relations

Thank you, Heidi. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Andreas Schaller speaking. On behalf of FUCHS SE, I wish you a very warm welcome to today's conference call and the results of the first quarter 2026.

With me on the call today is our CEO, Stefan Fuchs; and our CFO, Esma Saglik; and the IR team with Theresa Landau and Maximilian Seidel. Maximilian is the successor of Niclas and is with us since 2 weeks now. So also a warm welcome to the conference call Maximilian. We are very happy to have you with us.

Unknown Executive

Thank you very much.

Andreas Schaller
Head of Investor Relations

As always, Esma and Stefan will run you through the presentation, which is then followed by a Q&A session. All the documents for this call are available on our homepage, and we assume that you have them in front of you. Please be also