Eastman Chemical Company

good day everyone and welcome to the first quarter 2026 eastman conference call today's conference is being recorded this call is being broadcast live on the eastman website at www.eastman.com i will 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, Senior Manager, Corporate Analysis and Investor Relations. Yesterday after market closed, we posted our first quarter 2026 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 first quarter 2026 financial results news release, during this call, in the preceding slides and prepared remarks, and in our filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-Q to be filed for first quarter 2026 and the Form 10-K filed for full year 2025. 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 first quarter of 2026 financial results news release. As we posted the slides and the accompanying prepared remarks on our website last night, we will now go straight into questions. Becky, please let's start with our first question.

Thank you. We'll now take our first question from Vincent Andrews from Morgan Stanley. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.