CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

question and answer session toward the end of the presentation. To pose a question at any time, please press star then one on your touchtone phone. I would now like to turn the presentation over to the host for today, Mr. Martin Jurasek with CF Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Good morning, and thanks for joining the CF Industries Earnings Conference Call. With me today are Tony Will, President and CEO, Chris Bone, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Greg Cameron, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Burt Frost, Executive Vice President of Sales, Market Development, and Supply Chain. CF Industries reported its results for the first half and second quarter of 2024 yesterday afternoon. On this call, we'll review the results, discuss our outlook, and then host a question and answer session. Statements made on this call and in the presentation on our website that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied in any statements. More detailed information about factors that may affect your performance may be found in our filings with the SEC, which are available on our website. Also, you'll find reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures in the press release and presentation posted on our website. Now let me introduce Tony Wilf.

Thanks, Martin, and good morning, everyone. I want to start with a big welcome to Greg Cameron, who joined the CF Industries team as our Chief Financial Officer in June, this being his first earnings call with us. Greg brings a strong background in executive leadership, finance, and clean energy. He is succeeding Chris Bone, who was promoted to Chief Operating Officer. So welcome, Greg, and congratulations, Chris. Turning to earnings. Yesterday, we posted financial results for the second quarter of 2024, in which we generated adjusted EBITDA of over $750 million. This brought adjusted EBITDA for the first half of this year to $1.2 billion. We're very pleased with our performance during the quarter, both in terms of how well we operated and also the progress we have made on our decarbonization and clean energy projects. With that, Chris is going to provide more detail on our operating results as well as on our strategic initiatives.