Paul Manning | Chairman, President and CEO |
Stephen Rolfs | SVP and CFO |
Michael Sison | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Brett Hundley | The Vertical Group |
Francesco Pellegrino | Sidoti & Company |
Fintan Ryan | Berenberg |
Curtis Siegmeyer | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Good morning everyone and welcome to the Sensient Technologies Corporation 2017 Fourth Quarter and Year End Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks, I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Steve Rolfs. Please go ahead sir.