Darling Ingredients Inc.

Hello everyone.

Thank you for joining us and welcome to the Darling Ingredients Incorporated conference call to discuss the second quarter 2026 financial results. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I will now hand the conference over to Ms. Suann Guthrie, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

and it will be joined by a transcript of this call once it is available. You can also find reconciliations and disclosures with respect to non-GAAP financial measures in our earnings news release and slide presentation. During this call, we'll be making forward-looking statements which are predictions, projections or other statements about future events. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results can materially differ because the factors discussed in today's press release and the comments made during this conference call and in the risk factor sections of our Form 10-K, 10-Q, and other reported filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements. Now, I will hand the call over to Randy.