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Operator

Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Q3 2018 Sealed Air Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time.

As a reminder, this conference call may be recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to your host, Ms. of President Vice Chaitman, Investor Relations. Lori

begin, may ma'am. You

Lori C. Chaitman

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Edward L. Doheny II

conference Sealed to Welcome Lori. call. you, third Air's quarter Thank

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William G. Stiehl

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Edward L. Doheny II

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Lori C. Chaitman

Operator?

Operator

Thank our George And from Bank first Merrill Lynch. question Staphos with you. America comes of

You may proceed.

Molly Baum

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Edward L. Doheny II

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Lori C. Chaitman

next please. question Operator,

Operator

And our comes Ghansham next with question Baird. Panjabi from

You may proceed.

Ghansham Panjabi

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Edward L. Doheny II

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Lori C. Chaitman

Operator, please? next question,

Operator

And our next Sachs. with Goldman question comes from Brian Maguire

may proceed. You

Brian Maguire

Good Hey. everyone. morning,

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Edward L. Doheny II

we're at and do business. looking SKU on all, the of many see that. now the We're level seeing We the first as synergies I'm business. way see so definitely we're And We pulled down off it Diversey Sure. even clearly Care. always portfolio, the actually that in the analyzing we our Care – actually Product Food all to entire analyzing

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synergies see So, those actually the we across company.

Lori C. Chaitman

next please. Operator, question

Operator

Gaffner Scott Barclays. comes our And with next from question

You may proceed.

Scott L. Gaffner

Good morning, Bill. Thanks. Good morning, Ted.

Edward L. Doheny II

morning. Good

William G. Stiehl

Good morning.

Scott L. Gaffner

do costs, think product those talk think costs? buckets? most the channel And the than Thanks. do you about Just ROIC? buckets or outlined, to for going order maybe four Can SG&A, years you Ted, is – market Bill in rank Which speed now can last why you back of and those the to buckets you four drive optimization. step one change different

Edward L. Doheny II

Sure. go I'll one. through each

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Lori C. Chaitman

question, please. next Operator,

Operator

Anthony Citi. And our from with Pettinari next comes question

You may proceed.

Bryan Burgmeier

actually in for is This Hi. sitting Anthony. Bryan Burgmeier

Care Just its margins get volume the you for term, there what any now? to thinking this back longer legacy can't range in consider Product why normalized business XX% is growth be reason and would to

Edward L. Doheny II

Product For productivity costs, four the can to we first I absolutely. faster. get those we're question, want the as buckets business, The And get outlined Care we there. think there the going after and on we

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a So, about we business beating we that forward, going we should have think marginally be GDP.

Lori C. Chaitman

Operator, next question, please.

Operator

question And Research. with from our next comes Vertical Chip Dillon

You proceed. may

Salvator Tiano

on is filling This America. question My guys. Chip. for in is Salvator Tiano Latin Hi,

color XXXX? terms in Mexico what there more far noted well things to us of be so are countries in course up you Brazil. went in volumes and over and the for Can very expected good performance seems to shape things how two of You give some XXXX given these

Lori C. Chaitman

didn't just Did you Mexico? repeat think that? Can about your about I question. ask hear America. you're you sorry. and I'm – I specifically Latin talking Brazil I

Salvator Tiano

Yeah. sorry. Sure, yeah. I'm

how and shaping these Mexico we into and XXXX? So, how up regions are well should you think Brazil about looking we in go are noted as volumes that things

Lori C. Chaitman

want take that? do to Bill, you

William G. Stiehl

Yes.

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Edward L. Doheny II

And meat presence Mexico, where of the one market, America up piece red on trade with issues going in has U.S. and tariffs opened had the specifically Having global helped in other we've some strong base Pacific has Asia on us Latin a some just the in and our and forth the Brazil tariff that, issues. fresh back and to

Our helped and help Brazil has going growth presence in that us should on forward. their

Lori C. Chaitman

question? next Operator,

Operator

And Daniel question from Rizzo our with Jefferies. next comes

may You proceed.

Daniel Rizzo

Hi.

the most index, the or improvement just next vitality was in years. do the I I over doubling five mentioned sorry, You over you years wondering segment see think next it. opportunity of for I'm sub-segment the couple which that.

Edward L. Doheny II

of automation. them pretty actually exciting on, look both on the it are see We some things innovation, focused are going in both. If and we at our of pipeline

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pull need problems really in the faster. and significant to quicker innovations where some we So we market solve just can those

Lori C. Chaitman

please? question, next Operator,

Operator

Shah Capital our from with Anojja BMO comes And Markets. question next

proceed. may You

Anojja Shah

Care that morning. of you generally pause of processing out ask repurchases just you're on while parallel putting focus are and wanted how or how and just you Hi. about to M&A? about a Product thinking on thinking you Good about it you sort I M&A taking on or share cost right are Are now.

Edward L. Doheny II

of for with is obviously, for we're Part side our share far our allocation, of Product has Care. in Product portfolio the The faster. part buyback. On on grow the of we've the price opportunistic, that accretive be we can looking where capital the the so looking M&A that our been Care where it's fixed to part M&A done

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So allocation to structure with we comparing where be capital opportunistic we're those our can.

Lori C. Chaitman

please. next Operator, question

Operator

comes Morbelli Company. question next Gabelli & with our And from Rosemarie

You proceed. may

Rosemarie Jeanne Morbelli

Latin index Thank America, North beef that of was talk of in could versus Australia, I low XX%, is target you. the about if then morning, of America. everyone. wondering lot a you your and Good companies. vitality at And cycle kind looking

So, the and then step, a like you can to is higher move forward level XX%? XX%, first that

Edward L. Doheny II

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Lori C. Chaitman

please. Operator, next question

Operator

JPMorgan. Tyler And comes next with from question Langton our

You may proceed.

Tyler J. Langton

morning. Thank Good you.

think, I Product on volumes volumes, XX% business. Just I think, I guess the around mentioned, I Care guess sort of were of X%, utility down and you follow-up that's,

the the volumes business to details up? that rest kind is of saying So, of the any on sort sort of of the sort of business. I Just kind kind guess, just flat outside maybe of, modestly is in of utility

Edward L. Doheny II

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business in the utility called a we what commodity shrink, – So, hit actually our is we the had the got year-over-year by decline. we've in

William G. Stiehl

that is a et our year-to-date And on Korrvu up automated inflatable our business systems, value-added So, our Wrap, XX%. basis, Bubble includes cetera. e-commerce actually,

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Lori C. Chaitman

business next piece, shrink move Product that to hope still of the is Operator, which that can question, that. outside is XX% utility of that please? and is And Care roughly we I XX%. clarifies

Operator

comes our next question with And from Rodriguez Edlain UBS.

may You proceed.

Edlain Rodriguez

to I if Good been Care. it, Maybe you. but shift a in I morning, in guys. that. missed did, Thank there's apologies Clearly, Product strategy

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Edward L. Doheny II

what a in deliver value the on need I is say it's strategy, get shift We raising price not and to cost. we Yeah. the have work we to on the out. wouldn't for cost harder That rising strategy.

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William G. Stiehl

a pricing mix by and weakness volume Care have business true side. volume we because had a a you've have spread low our several price Care the quarters. think of such It some a have be cost business. can that on that lot our in both we the we Product and seen strong discipline And discipline, and Food I for strong explained And is that very seen high

Lori C. Chaitman

please? next Operator, question,

Operator

And our with next question Gabriel comes Securities. Hajde from Wells Fargo

You may proceed.

Gabe S. Hajde

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Edward L. Doheny II

Yeah.

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Lori C. Chaitman

Operator, please. next question

Operator

from our Arun And question with next Viswanathan RBC comes Capital Markets.

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Arun Viswanathan

Good competitors there morning, thanks. utility well, understand to in headwinds guess as much guess, seeing those do more not gives the why you? more areas, I to in areas, or of if price? in Thanks. or ability Yeah, costs, freight two had just input changes as the to seeing be And you are challenge form I necessarily for them that's they well. I and may you and your have what be FX, wanted going some pressure a over year bit you are, a the next think or any still little competitive be on guys,

Edward L. Doheny II

we've wrapping markets I about, shrink saying – have to the that that pull really which have think that the It's competitors. declining. been for shrink have at our little been Selling CD, film one markets on the shrink a it's contracting. that more been magazine DVD, markets it's the film utility is we in If primary talked you if business, film actually than it's look focusing markets. the

not necessarily a it growing the losing to we've direct that to So market. it's to got competition,

has film the significantly lower that what anybody at Also a do it FloWrap. we a box, can goes and shrink into our instance, For who to is wrap shrink film use our cost.

our As with to film. we that actually packaging need that go faster we pulls our drive through automated shrink automated solution,

necessarily for it's to at got products. pointing we're losing competition. it So, not be that the markets those growing to We've

William G. Stiehl

full a we On going basis, have to level we company that for some million. were in FX saw have seen EBITDA the definitely When guidance tailwinds $XX out at FX, the from year rolled mean, total there. the our headwinds adjusted I we we of of XXXX

it's headwinds $XX million. of Now

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Lori C. Chaitman

we the can Operator, to please? move question, next

Operator

follow-up of from a Staphos Bank And George America question of Merrill we Lynch. have

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Lori C. Chaitman

more question Molly? queue one think George? two. or Operator, we maybe I have in

Operator

from question And follow-up Scott another we Barclays. with have Gaffner

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Scott L. Gaffner

my Thanks for taking follow-up.

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Edward L. Doheny II

Okay.

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Scott L. Gaffner

consolidation Product of and seen away that Sure, on we've Air. level from Sealed the really it's Care

more the commodity of some the the within competitive lot I in of think there's a Product industry. changed utility within Care? consolidation significantly Has that players been landscape

Edward L. Doheny II

If the can we to value go think business. get in our to we sure that of take of out (XX:XX). need going differentiated right, that to yes. believe we truly some to cost-based to pretty to it space. But I that strong But to products, do get that our we automation to have a and why costs compete. to so we cost what get business, channel the so, fix – I with And take have that is our make the our again we need competitive part got a find opportunities work distributors. there. get we to that's cost for also, work out be we're with we it's got We can't need part to also, – If side

Scott L. Gaffner

Ted. Thanks,

Operator

Thank and.... you. Ladies

Lori C. Chaitman

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Sealed Air (SEE) 1 Nov 182018 Q3 Earnings call transcript