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Question: Konrad Zomer - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: I've got one on the G spectrum motion. It keeps getting delayed and delayed and it may not happen in Q1 next year. It might happen in Q2. Is that
given your leverage of 2.4x, does it have any impact on how you think about the size of the buyback that you might announce for next year?
Question: Konrad Zomer - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: Yes. But if you already know, let's say, in January, February, what the end result of the auction might be, then it might give you another view on
the size of your free cash flow that you still have available for buyback.
Question: Konrad Zomer - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: Right, right. Okay. Maybe just one quick follow-up. You had a EUR 25 million pension contribution in Q4 last year. Do you expect to make another
pension contribution this year?
Question: Usman Ghazi - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: I just had a question on the consumer segment, where I can see that both the legacy revenue declines as well as the decline in the copper revenues
moderated this quarter. And I just wanted to understand if this is kind of a structural expense that we should be looking out for or whether this is
just a quarterly blip?
Question: Usman Ghazi - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: Can I perhaps just maybe ask one more. On the business segment, in the LCE segment, obviously, there's a bit of weakness this quarter. Again, I
mean, does this kind of reflect the macro situation? Or is it something else?
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