Eastman Chemical Company

now turn the call over to Mr. Greg Riddle, Eastman Investor Relations.

Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, Becky, and good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us. On the call with me today are Mark Costa, Board Chair and CEO, Willie McLean, Executive Vice President and CFO, and Jake Leroux and Emily Alexander from the Investor Relations team. Yesterday, after market closed, we posted our second quarter 2025 financial results news release and SEC 8K filing. our slides and the related prepared remarks in the investor section of our website eastman.com 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 second quarter 2025 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 10-K, filed for full year 2024, and the Form 10-Q to be filed for second quarter 2025. Second, earnings referenced in this presentation exclude certain non-core 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 second quarter 2025 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. Becky, let's go ahead and start with our first question, please.

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