Element Solutions Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Element Solutions Q2 2021 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session. You can register to ask a question at any time by pressing star and one on your touchtone phone. Please note this call may be recorded. I will be standing by if you should need any assistance. I will now turn the call over to Varun Gokarn, Senior Director of Strategy and Finance. Please go ahead.

Good morning, and thank you for participating in our second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Joining me are Executive Chairman Sir Martin Franklin, CEO Ben Glicklich, and CFO Kerry Dorman. In accordance with Regulation FD or Fair Disclosure, we are webcasting this conference call. Any redistribution, retransmission, or rebroadcast of this call in any form without the express written consent of Element Solutions is strictly prohibited. During today's call, we will make certain forward-looking statements that reflect our current views about the company's future performance and financial results. These statements are based on assumptions and expectations of future events that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please refer to our earnings release, supplemental slides, and most recent SEC filings for a discussion of material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations and predictions. These materials can be found on the company's website in the investor section under news and events. These materials also include financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Please refer to the earnings release and supplemental slides for definitions and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to comparable GAAP financial measures. It is now my pleasure to introduce Ben Glicklich, CEO of Element Solutions.

Thank you, Varun, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining.