Nahla Azmy | Vice President-Investor Relations |
Jim Gentilcore | Executive Chairman |
Belgacem Chariag | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Mike Crews | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Matt Skowronski | Nomura Instinet |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Christopher Parkinson | Credit Suisse |
Dylan Campbell | Goldman Sachs |
John McNulty | BMO Capital Markets |
Jeff Zekauskas | JP Morgan |
Connor Cloetingh | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Scott Goldstein | Citi |
Good day, and welcome to the PQ Group Holdings' Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Nahla Azmy, Vice President of Investor Relations. Ma'am, the floor is yours.