Takeshi Sano
Representative Executive Officer, President, Director & Global CEO

[Interpreted] Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is Takeshi Sano speaking. I took office as Global CEO at the end of March, and I'm delighted to welcome you to Dentsu Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Earnings Call. Today, Shigeki Endo, our Global CFO, and I will be giving presentations. Following our business and strategic update and Q1 financial update, we will move on to a Q&A session.

Before moving on to the financial results, I would first like to speak about the direction our group is aiming for. Our group's goal is to become a growth partner that realizes clients' medium- to long-term growth. The 3 pillars necessary to achieve this are strengthening client centricity, enhancing agility and accelerating collaboration. At the core of our business is client centricity, a customer-first mindset. The marketing expertise we provide in media, creative and the wider marketing services we offer are not the goal in themselves. They are the means.

The true objective is the sustained growth for our clients' businesses and brands. Therefore, it is critical that we go beyond responding only to today's clients' needs to proactively anticipating challenges they have not yet identified and delivering the most relevant solutions at the right time. To realize this client centricity, agility and collaboration are essential.

On agility, we are accelerating decision-making and reducing the distance between management, the