Albert Chao | executive |
M. Bender | executive |
John McNulty | analyst |
Patrick Cunningham | analyst |
Jeff Holy | executive |
Frank Mitsch | analyst |
Vincent Andrews | analyst |
Aleksey Yefremov | analyst |
Hassan Ahmed | analyst |
Kevin McCarthy | analyst |
Michael Sison | analyst |
Joshua Spector | analyst |
Matthew Blair | analyst |
Arun Viswanathan | analyst |
David Begleiter | analyst |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Westlake Corporation First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, this conference is being recorded today, May 1, 2024. I would now like to turn the call over to today's host, John Zeller, Westlake's Vice President and Treasurer. Sir, you may begin.