EnerSys

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Q2 2021 Inter-System Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask the question during this session, you will need to press star then 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star then 0. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker for today. This is Dave Schaefer, President and CEO. Sir, you may begin.

Thanks, Tawanda. Good morning, and thank you for joining us for our second quarter 2021 earnings call. On the call with me this morning is Mike Schmidlein, our Chief Financial Officer. Last evening, we posted slides on our website that we will be referencing during the call this morning. If you didn't get a chance to see this information, you can go to the webcast tab in the investor section of our website at www.enersys.com. I'm going to ask Mike to cover information regarding forward-looking statements.

Thanks, Dave. Good morning, everyone. As a reminder, we will be presenting certain forward-looking statements on this call that are based on management's current expectations and views regarding future events and operating performance. and are subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Our actual results may differ materially from forward-looking statements for a number of reasons. Our forward-looking statements are applicable only as of the date of this presentation for a list of factors which could affect our future results, including our earnings estimates. Seeing forward-looking statements included in Item 2, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation, set forth in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 4, 2020, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, we will also be presenting certain non-GAAP financial measures. For an explanation of the differences between the comparable GAAP financial information and the non-GAAP information, please see our company's Form 8-K, which includes our press release dated November 11, 2020, which is located on our website at www.intersys.com. Now let me turn it back to you, Dave.