Monster Beverage Corporation

Good day and welcome to the Monster Beverage Corporation first quarter 2026 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 your touchtone 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 Schlossberg, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending this call. I'm Hilton Schlossberg, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Also on the call are Tom Kelly, our Chief Financial Officer, Rob Gearing, our CEO of the Americas, Guy Carling, our CEO of EMEA and OSP, and Emily Thierry, our Chief Strategy Officer. Mark Astrakhan, our Senior VP 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 within the meaning of Act of 1934 is 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. These refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, filed on February 27, 2026, 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 May 7, 2026. A copy of this information is also available on our website, www.monsterbevcorp.com, in the financial information section. Please note that like last quarter, regional scanner data is included in an exhibit file with our 8K. We point that to often be material influence, positively or negatively by promotions or other trading factors during those periods. I would now like to hand the call over to Hilton Schlossberg.