David Stasse | VP, Treasury and IR |
Chris Pappas | President and CEO |
Barry Niziolek | Executive Vice President and CFO |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Aziza Gazieva | Wells Fargo |
Dylan Campbell | Goldman Sachs |
Nicholas Cecero | Jefferies |
Hassan Ahmed | Alembic Global |
Vincent Andrews | Morgan Stanley |
Michael Leithead | Barclays |
Matthew Blair | Tudor, Pickering, Holt |
Eric Petrie | Citi |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Trinseo First Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call. We welcome the Trinseo management team, Chris Pappas, President and CEO; Barry Niziolek, Executive Vice President and CFO; David Stasse, Vice President, 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 details remarks on this financial results along with a press release and presentation slide at close of market yesterday. These documents are posted on the company's Investor Relations website, and by means of a Form 8-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.