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Question: Andrew J. Wilson - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Analyst
: I guess probably, predictably, I'd like to start on China, if possible. Apologies for that, I'm sure. But if we take just your comments on China in 2022,
Henrik, is that a comment talking about being slightly down year-on-year? Is that a comment on new equipment or on the whole China franchise,
so including the service components as well?
Question: Andrew J. Wilson - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Analyst
: Yes. Okay. So I guess, you take that as the new equipment comment. In terms of the -- and I guess it's sort of linked quite nicely to my second
question. It seems that the outperformance from KONE versus the market in China was pretty evident in the Q3. Can you just talk about sort of
what drove the outperformance, if there's anything you particularly flag them? And I guess, where do you think it can continue?
Question: Andrew J. Wilson - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. And maybe if I can just slide one final one in. Just on the comment around the cost headwinds sort of flowing into 2022. I don't know if you
could kind of give us a preliminary idea maybe on what that 2022 headwind might look like, obviously, realizing it's more concentrated on the first
half than the second half?
Question: Joel Adam Spungin - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: Just a couple of questions. Maybe if I can just start on modernization. And obviously, I'm just curious to know, obviously, you grew 1% at constant
currency in the third quarter in modernization, probably a little bit less than I was expecting, certainly. Is there any specific issues that you're
encountering in terms of the modernization business either in terms of delays to orders being executed or anything like that? And do you think
that this is still a market that has space to recover as we move into 2022?
Question: Joel Adam Spungin - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. So it's predominantly a timing effect rather than anything else at this stage?
Question: Joel Adam Spungin - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. And then maybe just one more on China. I was wondering maybe -- I'm sure you're not going to name names, but just in terms of your -- the
risk in the China business from specific developers, are you able to maybe put into context what your exposure either directly or indirectly to
developers who are in breach of the 3 red lines currently is? Is that something you have to end?
Question: Joel Adam Spungin - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: Chinese turnover. Okay.
Question: Tomi Markus Railo - DNB Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: This is Tomi from DNB. On China, I was wondering if you could comment monthly development in the Chinese elevator market July, August,
September. How did you see the markets developing during the quarter monthly? And maybe how has the October started?
Question: Tomi Markus Railo - DNB Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: But in terms of the market, did you sort of -- would it be fair to assume that July was maybe still strong, then you started to see weakening towards
the end of the quarter in the marketplace?
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