Linde plc

And thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Lindy PLC fourth quarter 2021 earnings teleconference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Juan Perez, head of investor relations. Please go ahead.

Thanks, Christina. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for attending our 2021 fourth quarter earnings call and webcast. I am Juan Pelaez, head of investor relations, and I'm joined this morning by Sanjeev Lamba, chief operating officer, and Matt White, chief financial officer. Today's presentation materials are available on our website at lindy.com in the investor section. Please read the forward-looking statement disclosure on page two of the slides and note that it applies to all statements made during this teleconference. The reconciliations of the adjusted numbers are in the appendix to this presentation. Sanjeev will provide some opening remarks, and then Matt will give an update on Linde's fourth quarter financial performance and outlook, after which we will wrap up with Q&A. Let me turn the call over to Sanjeev.

Thanks, Suhan, and good morning, everyone. By all measures, 2021 was another successful year for Linde. Our employees around the world delivered strong financial results, while exemplifying Linda's core values every day. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them for their tireless efforts to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective supply of critical products and services to our customers. Slide three provides full-year highlights by four key areas of focus. Of course, this list is not exhaustive. There are many more we manage every day. However, these represent the overarching priorities that I view as important to our continuing success.