David Stasse | Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations |
Christopher Pappas | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Barry Niziolek | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Dylan Campbell | Goldman Sachs |
Frank Mitsch | Wells Fargo Securities |
Hassan Ahmed | Alembic Global Advisors |
Matthew Blair | Tudor, Pickering, Holt &Co. |
Vincent Andrews | Morgan Stanley |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Trinseo Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results Conference Call. We welcome the Trinseo management team, Chris Pappas, President and CEO; Barry Niziolek, Executive Vice President and CFO; and David Stasse, Vice President of Treasury and Corporate Finance. Today’s conference call will include brief remarks by the management team, followed by a question-and-answer session. The company distributed more detailed remarks on its financial results, along with a press release and presentation slides at the close of market yesterday. These documents are posted on the company’s Investor Relations website and by means of a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.