Linde plc

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Lindy second quarter 2023 earnings teleconference and webcast. 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. And I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Juan Pelayas, head of investor relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Abby. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for attending our 2023 second quarter earnings calling webcast. I'm Juan Pelaez, head of investor relations, and I'm joined this morning by Sanjeev Lamba, chief executive 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 the 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 second quarter financial performance and outlook, after which we will wrap up with Q&A.

Let me now turn the call over to Sanjeev. Thank you, Juan, and a very good morning, everyone.