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Question: Nicolas David - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] Good morning, Cyril. Good morning, Etienne. I have 3 questions. The first is, could we speak a little bit about the timing, the slowdown
in the quarter? We feel like perhaps it's slightly below what we might have imagined in previous conferences. Obviously, we've seen the slowdown
that come in September. We've seen the banking sector, which has been impacted in France. I'm just wondering about the timing of the slowdown
in the quarter.
And then the next question regards recruitment, net recruitment over the quarter. What are you expecting for Q4?
And then my last question regards the U.K. so -- on growth in Q4. Is this very much linked to a recovery in private sector. So obviously, given
macroeconomic factors or is the growth more linked to the public sector?
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Question: Nicolas David - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] So for U.K., so in terms of weighting, is it [50-50]? Or -- what -- we're just -- what's having the greatest impact, so private sector, public
sector.
Question: Nicolas David - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] Is there a recovery in the banking sector? Are you -- are you worried about the budget at the end of the year in the banking sector?
Question: Nicolas David - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] Okay, clear. And then for recruitment, so obviously, I understand your growth recruitment numbers, but I'm a little bit surprised by
this reduction in headcount. Have we seen a slowdown -- or so did you miss your recruitment targets for September or -- are we seeing a drop in
headcount or is headcount lowering towards the end of the year, obviously, taking into account the growth that you're planning for the end of
the year, what's the impact here? I'm struggling to reconcile both.
Question: Gregory K. Ramirez - Bryan Garnier & Co Ltd, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] So I've got a few questions. The first, can we have an idea of growth rate and the companies recently acquired, where do we stand
with CS Group and Tobania. So obviously, these acquisitions have been made very recently, so we have an idea. What's been -- what happened
since the start of October and start of integration as well?
And then 2 other questions. So on the partnership -- so for cloud certification in 2024, we spoke about positioning for banking and there's other
certifications in this domain. But could we just have -- just have some more information on this partnership, see how that's ramping up.
Question: Gregory K. Ramirez - Bryan Garnier & Co Ltd, Research Division - Analyst
: [Interpreted] And then one last question, just to come back to prices -- prices and salaries. With regards to 2024, I don't know if you've mentioned
previously, what you're considering in terms of salary increases with regard how does this compare to 2023?
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