Michael J. Monahan | Ecolab, Inc. |
Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Ecolab, Inc. |
Daniel J. Schmechel | Ecolab, Inc. |
John Roberts | UBS Securities LLC |
David E. Ridley-Lane | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
John P. McNulty | BMO Capital Markets (United States) |
Tim M. Mulrooney | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Hamzah Mazari | Macquarie Capital (NYSE:USA), Inc. |
Manav Patnaik | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
Laurence Alexander | Jefferies LLC |
David I. Begleiter | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Vincent Stephen Andrews | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Christopher S. Parkinson | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
Andrew John Wittmann | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Dmitry Silversteyn | Longbow Research LLC |
Shlomo H. Rosenbaum | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Jeffrey J. Zekauskas | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Scott Goldstein | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Scott Schneeberger | Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) |
Michael Joseph Harrison | Seaport Global Securities LLC |
Rosemarie Jeanne Morbelli | Gabelli & Company |
Greetings and welcome to the Ecolab second quarter 2018 earnings release conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mike Monahan.