Roland Sackers

“I don't think that I want to distinguish between the different parts of it, but I do think it's very fair to say, and John, I think I was alluding to that right now, there's clearly a path A and there's a path of plan B. And again, one thing is also very clear.”

“No, I think, as I know, we have since 2012, I would say, long-standing capital allocation policy. First and foremost, we're happy to invest in organic growth opportunities.”

“As Thierry highlighted, we delivered a better-than-expected second quarter exceeding our outlook for both sales and adjusted diluted EPS while maintaining a high level of profitability.”

“It's a long trip, but it's for sure a best-wilder trip. And again, thanks for having us two days fully booked. But I do think what is important, and you mentioned it, that yesterday we released the proxy for the upcoming AGM.”

“Let me now take you through the financial details behind this announcement and later through our updated outlook. As we said, Q1 was a mixed quarter. The heat or outlook for adjusted EPS through distributed execution, while sales were slightly below target.”