HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (HBBHF) Presents at Mwb Research Online Conference German Select VII Transcript

Unknown Analyst

Good afternoon, everybody. We are down to the last presentation, the 11th presentation of our German Select Conference. And the slot goes, last but not least, to HORNBACH Holding, which will be presented by Antje Kelbert, Head of IR. As always, we’ll have a 30-minute slot, 20 minutes roughly a presentation, 10 minutes Q&A. If you have questions in the presentations before, please use the chat box to enter them and we will address them during the following Q&A after the presentation. And in case you did like this format, please feel free to join us on April 23 for our Austrian Select Conference. We will share the link to that shortly in the chat box as well.

That’s all I have, and I will now hand it over to you, Antje, to share your insights on HORNBACH Holding.

Antje Kelbert
Head of Investor Relations

Well, thank you very much for your kind introduction, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to welcome you today here and to present HORNBACH Holding to you. So HORNBACH is a company characterized by resilient business model, sustainable growth prospects and continuous innovation.

As said, my name is Antje Kelbert, and I’m Head of Investor Relations. So here’s some disclaimer remarks, but now jumping directly, what are we doing and who are we? HORNBACH is one of European’s leading brand when it comes to home improvement and the DIY sector. And many of you, I’m probably sure, are already familiar with HORNBACH, whether through your own projects you’ve made or also our marketing and advertising activities.

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