Element Solutions Inc.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Element Solutions Q1 2022 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, you will have an opportunity to ask questions during the question-and-answer session. You may register to ask a question at any time by pressing the star and 1 on your touchtone phone. Please note this call may be recorded, and I will be standing by should you need any assistance. I would now like to 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 first quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Joining me are Executive Chairmen 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 can cause actual results to differ from our expectations and predictions. These materials can be found on the company's website at www.elementsolutionsinc.com in the investor section under news and events. Today's 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 Sir Martin Franklin, Executive Chairman of Element Solutions.

Thank you, Varun, and good morning, everyone. Before turning the call to Ben and Carrie, I wanted to take a moment to recognize this leadership team and all our colleagues at Element Solutions for navigating a complicated backdrop to the quarter very well. Demand has been strong. The megatrends and semiconductor proliferation, 5G and electronic vehicles continue to see great momentum. However, Due to raw material scarcity, ongoing COVID lockdowns, and logistics unavailability, serving our customers was at times challenging, but a challenge that this company has managed deftly. This time, this team is investing for the long term in culture, capabilities, and people, while delivering on its commitments in the short term, and I'm very proud of their performance. With that, let me send it over to Ben.