Celanese Corporation

Greetings and welcome to the Celanese Corporation's second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce Brandon Ayash, Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin.

Thank you, Daryl. Welcome, everyone, to the Celanese Corporation's second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. My name is Brandon Ayosh, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me today on the call are Lori Ryerkirk, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Scott Richardson, Chief Financial Officer. Celanese Corporation distributed its second quarter earnings release via Business Wire and posted prepared comments about the quarter on our Investor Relations website yesterday afternoon. As a reminder, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures today. You can find definitions of these measures as well as reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures on our website. Today's presentation will also include forward-looking statements. Please review the cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements, which can be found at the end of the press release as well as prepared comments. Form 8K reports containing all of these materials have also been submitted to the SEC. Because we published our prepared comments yesterday, we'll now go ahead and open the line for your questions. Darrell, go ahead and please open the line.

Thank you. We will now be conducting the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star 2 if you would like to remove your question from the queue. We ask that you please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up question. One moment, please, while we poll for your questions. Our first questions come from the line of Duffy Fisher with Barclays. Please proceed with your questions.