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Raising 6 billion swiss francs for new capital. I wanted to take capital off the table so that when we meet we can talk about our business. Shares in syngenta jump on the news that the ceo will step down months after santos take over bid. A solid set of profits and upbeat outlook. All right. Welcome to the program, everybody. Just a glance at what happened to the asian markets in the overnight session there because we saw some money coming out of markets there. There were reports about some capex concerns for some of the bigger industrial companies. Hong kong being closed for market holiday but some of the bigger lenders also under some pressure in asia. So just to be aware of that. Part of that could be feeding through and could be one of the reasons for a slightly softer opening here in europe. The ecb meeting is to be held tomorrow. Quite a lot to look forward to here toward the latter part of the week. As you mentioned, all the factors keeping european markets in the red as we spea ....