Carpenter Technology Corporation

And welcome to the Carpenter Technology Corporation second quarter 2024 fiscal conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero on your telephone keypad. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then 1 on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, if need be, please press star then 2. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to John Hewitt, Vice President of Investor Relations.

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Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Carpenter Technology Earnings Conference call for the fiscal 2024 second quarter, ended December 31st, 2023. This call is also being broadcast over the internet along with presentation slides. Please note, for those of you listening by phone, you may experience a time delay in slide movement. Speakers on the call today are Tony Tain, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Tim Lane, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Statements made by management during this earnings presentation that are forward-looking statements are based on current expectations. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements can be found in Carpenter Technologies' most recent SEC filings. including the company's report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2023, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, and the exhibits attached to those filings. Please also note that in the following discussion, unless otherwise noted, when management discussed the sales or revenue, that reference excludes surcharge. When referring to operating margins, That is based on adjusted operating income excluding special items and sales excluding surcharge. I will now turn the call over to Tony.