...Good morning. I'm Kenichi Hori, CEO. Thank you for joining us today. I will begin with an overview of the first half operating results and the full-year forecast. I will then hand over to Masao Kurihara, General Manager of the Global Controller Division, who will speak on the financials in more detail. First, I would like to provide a summary of the first half of this fiscal year and the forecast for the second half. Our progress was steady against the full year business plan, but core operating cash flow or COCF exceeding 50% for the first half. Progress was almost also made in asset reconfiguration through the sale of large-scale assets and listed stocks and cash inflows expanded from both operations and asset sales. We are encouraged by the progress made in strengthening existing businesses as well as efficiency improvements and turnarounds, which contributed to enhancing base profit. We also worked on strengthening our long-term earnings base through competitive investments for growth,...
