Matthew Eaken | Vice President, Corporate Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer |
F. Quinn Stepan Jr. | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Mike Harrison | Seaport Global Securities |
David Stratton | Great Lakes Review |
Curt Siegmeyer | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call.
During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, Tuesday, April 24, 2018. It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Matthew Eaken, Vice President, Corporate Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer.