Paul Manning | Chairman, President and CEO |
Stephen Rolfs | SVP and CFO |
Mike Sison | KeyBanc |
Brett Hundley | The Vertical Group |
Francisco Pellegrino | Sidoti & Company |
Fintan Ryan | Berenberg |
Garo Norian | Palisade Capital |
Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Sensient Technologies Corporation First Quarter 2018 Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Steve Rolfs. Please go ahead sir.