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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to participate in the Q1 FY2018 results briefing for OMRON today. Before we get started, I would like to introduce our management team. Koji NITTO, Senior Managing Executive Officer, CFO and Senior General Manager, Global Strategy HQ; Takayoshi OUE, Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Global Finance and Accounting HQ; Seiji TAKEDA, Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Global Strategy HQ; and Shunji OKUMURA, General Manager of Investor Relations Department, Global Investor & Brand Communications HQ. Finally, I am Kaori ITAGAKI, of the Investor Relations Department; I will be the MC for today’s proceedings. Today’s agenda is as follows: We will begin with a presentation of around 20 minutes from CFO Nitto, covering the Q1 FY2018 results, our full-year forecasts and our initiatives for sustainable corporate value creation. We will then open the floor to questions. We have set aside between 20 to 30 minutes for Q&A. Due to the venue arrangements, we aim to wind up by around 5:00PM. Please be advised that streaming video of this briefing, including the Q&A session, will be made available in its entirety on our website. We thank you in advance for your understanding. In addition, along with today’s materials, we have, as always, included a feedback sheet. We welcome your feedback. Now, let’s begin. Good afternoon, everyone. I am CFO Nitto. First, please allow me to thank you all for your participation in the Q1 FY2018 results briefing. I will start with OMRON’s results, followed by a discussion of our initiatives for sustainable corporate value creation from the standpoint of my role as CFO. Before I begin, I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of the recent earthquake north of Osaka, and to all those recently affected by torrential rains in Western Japan. The impact of the North Osaka earthquake on OMRON was thankfully quite limited. However, our Environmental Solutions business, which produces PV inverters for use in solar power generation, has been affected by the torrential rains in Western Japan and the resulting extensive flood damage to the manufacturing facilities of a production partner based in the city of Ozu, Ehime Prefecture. We have had to halt some shipments due to the damage. We are currently preparing to restart production as quickly as possible. We believe there will be minimal impact on OMRON’s overall earnings but we are still in the process of assessing the situation. Please note that none of our other businesses have been seriously affected.