Celanese Corporation

Hello, and welcome to the Celanese Q3 2021 earnings call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to Brandon Ayosh, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Kevin. Welcome to the Celanese Corporation's third quarter 2021 earnings conference call. My name is Brandon Ayosh, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me today on the call are Lori Rykerk, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Scott Richardson, Chief Financial Officer. Celanese Corporation distributed its third 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 gap 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 go ahead and open the line for your questions. Kevin, please go ahead and open the line.

Thank you. We'll now be conducting a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. If you'd like to remove your question from the queue, that's star 2. For participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing star 1. We do ask you to ask one question and one follow-up, then return to the queue. Our first question today is coming from Vincent Andrews from Morgan Stanley. Your line is now live.