Antje Kelbert
Head of Investor Relations

A warm welcome ladies and gentlemen. I would like to warmly welcome you on behalf of HORNBACH Group and the Investor Relations team. Welcome both to Frankfurt and on the webcast for this year's analyst and investor conference.

I would also like to warmly welcome our members of the Board: Albrecht Hornbach; Erich Harsch and Dr. Joanna Kowalska, the latter for the first time. To begin with, Mr. Albrecht Hornbach is going to give you an overview on the general development of the HORNBACH Group. Before Erich Harsch is going to share his insights into HORNBACH Baumarkt AG. Following that, Dr. Joanna Kowalska is going to reflect these developments in her figures. [Operator Instructions] At the beginning of the Q&A session, I'm going to give you some more detailed information.

Before handing over to Albrecht Hornbach, I would like to briefly point out that this conference is going to be recorded. The conference language in this room is German, but feel free to ask any questions you may have in English on the chat, and we have simultaneous translation and interpretation for the webcast. Towards the end, there will be a transcript of our conference, so you can look at all up in detail. [Operator Instructions] Please note our disclaimer. It applies to both the presentations and the Q&A session.