Ecovyst Inc.

Good morning.

My name is Beau and I'll be your conference operator today. Welcome to ECOVIS fourth quarter 2023 earnings conference call and webcast. Please note today's call has been recorded and should run approximately one hour. Currently, all participants have been placed in listen-only mode to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. Later, you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session And you may register to ask a question at any time by pressing star one on your telephone keypad. You may also withdraw yourself from the queue by pressing star two. Now at this time, I'll turn things over to Mr. Gene Shields, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, operator. Good morning and welcome to the ECBIS fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings call. With me on the call this morning are Kurt Bidding, ECBIS Chief Executive Officer, and Mike Pien, ECOSIS Chief Financial Officer. Following our prepared remarks this morning, we'll take your questions. Please note that some of the information shared today is forward-looking information, including information about the company's financial and operating performance, strategies, our anticipated in-use demand trends, and our 2024 financial outlook. This information is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results and the implementation of the company's plans to vary materially. Any forward-looking information provided today speaks only as of this date. These risks are discussed in the company's filings with the SEC. Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures mentioned in today's call with their corresponding GAAP measures can be found in our earnings release and in presentation materials posted on the investor section of our website at Ecovist.com. I'll now turn the call over to Kurt Bidding. Kurt?