you will be speaking with the company's ceo patrice caine later today.t is an exclusive conversation at 1:00 p.m. cet. >>> bayer posting a net profit of 1.3 billion euro in the fourth quarter. that stock is down 0.6% this morning. that is more than double the level by analysts. the ceo saidthe pharma firm will focus on improving performance and ruling out short-term changes. annette is joining us. if you tell the investor community that you are restructuring the business, but just not now, you are creating a self fulfilling prophecy, aren't you? >> reporter: perhaps. perhaps not. it can depend on which investors are you talking to here. that is what the ceo of bayer is saying. long-term investors are willing to give bayer enough time. what the ceo is asking for is another 24-to-36 months to actually turn the business around. the short-term fix would have been news on the consumer unit. it was expected, at least part of the market was speculating that this option or this unit could actually be for sale. the ceo is now saying it is not not for sale forever