Monster Beverage Corporation

Good day and welcome to the Monster Beverage Corporation second quarter 2026 financial results conference call. All participants will be in 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. In the interest of time, please limit yourself to one question. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Hilton Schlosberg, CEO. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for attending this call. I'm Hilton Schlosberg, 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, Mark Rodriguez, our COO, and Emelie Tirre, our Chief Strategy Officer. Mark Astrachan, our SVP of Investor Relations and Corporate Development, will now read our cautionary statements.

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 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 forward-looking statements made during this call. Thank you very much. I would also like to note that an explanation of the non-GAAP measures, which we refer to as adjusted where 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 August 6, 2026. A copy of this information is also available on our website, www.monsterbevcorp.com, in the financial information section. Please note regional scanner data is included in an exhibit filed with our AK. 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 Schlosberg.