Avient Corporation

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to AVN Corporation's webcast to discuss the company's first quarter 2022 results and agreement to acquire DSM Protective Materials. My name is Gigi, and I'll be your operator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. We will have a question and answer session following the company's prepared remarks. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Joe DiSalvo, Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations. Please proceed.

Thank you, Gigi. Good morning to everyone joining us on the call today. Before beginning, we'd like to remind you that statements made during this webcast may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements will give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. They're based on management's expectation and involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statement. Please refer to the investor presentation for this webcast for a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ. During the discussion today, the company will use both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the presentation posted on the Avian website where the company describes non-GAAP measures, and provides a reconciliation for historical non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures. Joining me today is our Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Patterson, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Jamie Beggs. Now, I will turn the call over to Bob.

Well, thanks, Joe, and good morning, everyone. We have record results to share today and exciting news about our agreement to acquire DSM protective materials. Our performance continues to be underpinned by the investments we made to transform our portfolio to one that is more specialized and concentrated in less cyclical high growth end markets. This acquisition will continue that journey we started well over a decade ago. I look forward to sharing more with you about DSM protective materials after Jamie covers our first quarter results.