Compass Minerals Intl Inc

Good morning. My name is Chris and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Compass Minerals fiscal third quarter 2023 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star one again. Thank you. Brandon Collins, VP of Investor Relations. You may begin.

Thank you, operator. Good morning and welcome to the Compass Minerals fiscal 2023 third quarter earnings conference call. Today, we will discuss our recent results and update our outlook for the remainder of 2023. We'll begin with prepared remarks from our president and CEO, Kevin Crutchfield, and our CFO, Lauren Crenshaw. Joining in for the question and answer portion of the call will be George Schuller, our Chief Operations Officer, Jamie Standen, our Chief Commercial Officer, and Chris Yandel, our Head of Lithium. Before we get started, I will remind everyone that the remarks that we make today reflect financial and operational outlooks as of today's date, August 9, 2023. These outlooks entail assumptions and expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially.

A discussion of these risks can be found at investors.compassminerals.com.