Hillman Solutions Corp.

Hillman is committed to delivering exceptional customer service, innovative products, and dependable solutions to its customers and regularly earns vendor of the year recognition from top customers. With over 4,000 employees across North America, Hillman's mission is to empower its customers with industry-leading products and the highest level of service to meet the needs of people who fix, build, and create. Together, We are Built Hillman Strong. Thank you. Thank you. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Hillman is a leading provider of hardware and related products serving retail, pro-distribution and industrial MRO customers. Over the last six decades, Hillman has built a legacy of service and growth by forming strategic partnerships with North America's leading home improvement, hardware and farm and fleet retailers. Hillman differentiates itself from the competition with its dedicated field sales team of 1,200 associates, direct-to-store distribution capabilities and world-class global sourcing and supply chain expertise. Hillman offers an extensive product portfolio of more than 111,000 SKUs, including fasteners, hardware, project gear and supplies, and keys and engraving services, Hillman is committed to delivering exceptional customer service, innovative products, and dependable solutions to its customers and regularly earns vendor of the year recognition from top customers. With over 4,000 employees across North America, Hillman's mission is to empower its customers with industry-leading products and the highest level of service to meet the needs of people who fix, build, and create. Together, We are Built Hillman Strong. ¶¶ We want to introduce you to the Hillman Group. Who we are, what we do, and the customers we serve. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Hillman is a leading provider of hardware and related products serving retail, pro-distribution and industrial MRO customers. Over the last six decades, Hillman has built a legacy of service and growth by forming strategic partnerships with North America's leading home improvement, hardware and farm and fleet retailers. Hillman differentiates itself from the competition with its dedicated field sales team of 1,200 associates, direct-to-store distribution capabilities, and world-class global sourcing and supply chain expertise. Hillman offers an extensive product portfolio of more than 111,000 SKUs, including fasteners, hardware, project gear and supplies, and keys and engraving services, Hillman is committed to delivering exceptional customer service, innovative products, and dependable solutions to its customers and regularly earns vendor of the year recognition from top customers. With over 4,000 employees across North America, Hillman's mission is to empower its customers with industry-leading products and the highest level of service to meet the needs of people who fix, build, and create. Together, We are Built Hillman Strong. Thank you.

Good morning and welcome to the third quarter 2026 results presentation for Hillman Solutions Corp. My name is Grace and I will be your conference call operator today. Before we begin, I would like to remind our listeners that today's presentation is being recorded and simultaneously webcast. The company's earning release and presentation were issued yesterday and the 10Q was issued this morning. These documents and a replay of today's presentation can be accessed on Hillman's investor relations website at ir.hillmangroup.com. I would now like to turn the call over to Michael Koehler with Hillman.

Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Hillman's third quarter 2026 results presentation. I am Michael Koehler, Vice President of Corporate Development, Investor Relations, and Treasury. Joining me on today's call are Hillman's President and Chief Executive Officer, Jon Michael Adinolfi, or JMA as we call him, and our Chief Financial Officer, Rocky Krause. I would like to remind our audience that certain statements made today may be considered forward looking and are subject to the safe harbor provisions of applicable securities laws. These forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, many of which are beyond the company's control and may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such statements. Some of the factors that could influence our results are contained in our periodic and annual reports filed with the SEC. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties, please see slide 2 in our earnings call slide presentation, which is available on our website, ir.hillmangroup.com. In addition on today's call, we will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Information regarding our use of and reconciliations of these measures to our GAAP results are available in our earnings call slide presentation. Jay May will begin today's call by discussing our strong quarterly results and providing an update on our guidance. Thereafter, he will discuss the market, the traction we are seeing with our initiatives, and our performance by business. Rocky will then walk through our financials and guidance before turning the call back over to JMA for some closing comments. Then we will open the call up for your questions. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to our President and CEO, Jon Michael Adinolfi. JMA?