Eastman Chemical Company

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the third 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, Joel, and good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us. On the call with me today are Mark Costa, Board Chair and CEO, Willie McLain, Executive Vice President and CFO, Jake Leroux, Director of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, and Mason Tencher, Investor Relations Manager. Yesterday after market closed, we posted our third 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 third quarter 2026 financial results news release. During this call in the preceding slides and prepared remarks and in our filings with the SEC including the form 10-K filed for full year 2025 and the form 10-Q to be filed for third quarter 2026. Second, earnings referenced in this presentation excludes 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 2026 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. Joel, please, let's start with our first question.

Thank you so much. We will now take our first question from Vincent Andrews with Morgan Stanley. Your line is now open. Please go ahead.