Monster Beverage Corporation

Good day and welcome to the Monster Beverage Corporation fourth quarter 2025 financial results conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star, then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Hilton Shostberg, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead, sir.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending this call. I'm Hilton Shostberg, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Also on the call are Tom Kelly, our Chief Financial Officer, Rob Gehring, our CEO of the Americas, Guy Carling, our CEO of EMEA and OSP, and Emily Thierry, our Chief Strategy Officer. As you saw in the press release, these are new roles and responsibilities for Rob, Guy, and Emily, and I would like to congratulate each on their new position and for their contribution to Monster's ongoing success. Mark Astrakhan, ISVP of Investor Relations and Corporate Development, will now read our cautionary statement.

Before we begin, I would like to remind listeners that certain statements made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements with the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended and are based on currently available information regarding the expectations of management with respect to revenues, profitability, future business, future events, financial performance, and trends. Management cautions that these statements are based on our current knowledge and expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of the company, that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made during this call. Please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2025, and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including the sections contained therein entitled Risk Factors and Forward-Looking Statements for discussion on specific risks and uncertainties that may affect our performance. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. I would also like to note that an explanation of the non-GAAP measures, which we refer to as adjusted or applicable, mentioned during the course of this call is provided in the notes in the condensed consolidated statements of income and other information attached to the earnings release dated February 26, 2026. A copy of this information is also available on our website, www.monsterpepcorp.com, in the financial information section. Please note that like last quarter's scanner data, which was previously provided on earnings calls, is included in the exhibit filed with our 8K. We point out that certain market statistics that cover single months or four-week periods may often be materially influenced positively or negatively by promotions or other trading factors during those periods. I would now like to hand the call over to Hilton Schlossberg.