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Question: Henrik Herbst - Morgan Stanley - Analyst
: Hello. Hi, thanks very much. II just had a question the disruptions in the Red Sea. If you could maybe talk about what type of charges you're seeing
and to what extent you're, I guess, you're contracting starting or at some point we'll need to contract right or shipping for beyond Q3. What type
of rate compared to what you're seeing now? We would -- you need to do that? Thank you.
Question: Henrik Herbst - Morgan Stanley - Analyst
: Great. Thanks very much.
Question: Thomas Duran - LA Maria - Analyst
: Hello, good morning. Thank you for, thank you for taking my question. Can you comment on like for like in January? Do you see positive like for
like in Pepco in Poland and CE? Thank you.
Question: James Anstead - Barclays - Analyst
: Yeah, good morning, Andy. Just a couple of questions. Firstly, I think in the press release, you highlight your performance in pound and clothing,
which I think as I understand it's partly due to some changes as a result of the sourcing and some disruption at deals, general merchandise because
of the change in sourcing there.
I mean, how quickly do you think those issues will be remedied? Is one question and then just as a follow up on Poland and appreciating you're
not going to comment on current trading, but for the people sitting a bit further away than, than, than Poland. Can you just remind us what has
happened since the start of the year in terms of child benefits, et cetera? And how quick do you think that might be through the sales trends?
Question: James Anstead - Barclays - Analyst
: That's very helpful. Just one quick clarification on the first point about the pound and clothing. So just to be 100% clear, I mean, clearly you need
to make sure people kind of get the new range and like it and et cetera. But my impression from the statement was that there was an element of,
let's say operational disruption as well in the first.
Question: James Anstead - Barclays - Analyst
: Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. No. Okay. That's very helpful. Thank you.
Question: Olexi Soroka - IMG - Analyst
: Yes, apologies. I hope you can hear me now and, and you know, I apologize if I missed the comment. I was going to ask about the current trade in,
but you didn't comment previously with regards to, to January, but perhaps you can talk about December how it played out in your format.
Question: Olexi Soroka - IMG - Analyst
: Okay. All right.
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