Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome to the 2026 Annual General Meeting of Deutsche Lufthansa AG at Messe Frankfurt.

[Presentation]

Operator

Speaking to you now is the Chairman of the Meeting and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley.

Karl-Ludwig Kley

Shareholders, ladies and gentlemen, I hereby open the 73rd Annual General Meeting of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft. Warmly welcome you here in the meeting hall and also welcome those joining us online. For our shareholders, the Annual General Meeting will be broadcast in full via our online service. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board are all present in person. Also with us is notary, Carsten Angersbach, who will be taking the minutes of the Annual General Meeting. He's been doing so for many years, and he's doing a very good job.

As always, we'll start with a few formalities. Without bureaucracy, nothing is possible in Germany, as everyone knows. Your admission tickets have been exchanged for general meeting card at the accreditation desk. Please keep the card safe. You will need it to take part in the voting later on. If you wish to speak here, you must register at the speakers' table, which is located to your left of the stage and is already accepting requests to speak. Some of you have done so already.

The order of the speakers will be determined in the course of this meeting. We will hold a general debate on all items on the agenda. If you leave the AGM in advance, please take a look at the rear of your card. If you want to authorize proxies from the company to vote for