Eastman Chemical Company

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the third quarter 2021 Eastman Chemical Conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. This call is being broadcast live on the Eastman's website, www.eastman.com. We will now turn the call over to Mr. Greg Riddle of Eastman Chemical Company, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Mary, and good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us. On the call with me today are Mark Costa, Board Chair and CEO of William McClain, Senior Vice President and CFO, and Jake Leroux, Manager, Investor Relations. Yesterday, after market closed, we posted our third quarter 2021 financial results news release and SEC 8K filing, as well as our slides and the related prepared remarks in the investor section of our website, www.eastman.com. Now, before we begin, I'll cover two items. First, during this presentation, you will hear certain forward-looking statements concerning our plans and expectations. Actual events or results could differ materially. Certain factors related to future expectations are or will be detailed in our third quarter 2021 financial results news release, during this call, in the preceding slides and prepared remarks, and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the form T&Q filed for second quarter 2021. and the Form 10-Q to be filed for third quarter 2021. Second, earnings referenced in this presentation exclude certain non-core and unusual items. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and other associated disclosures, including a description of the excluded and adjusted items, are available in the third quarter 2021 financial results news release. As we posted the slides and accompanying prepared remarks on our website last night, we will now go straight into Q&A. Mary, please let's start with our first question.

Thank you. We'll now take our first question from Vincent Andrews of Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.