MSA Safety Incorporated

Good day and welcome to the MSA Safety First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, you will have an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Chris Hepler.

Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to MSA's first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. This is Chris Hepler, Executive Director of Corporate Development. I'm joined by Nish Vartanian, Chairman and CEO, Steve Blanco, President and COO, Lee McChesney, Senior Vice President and CFO, and Stephanie Sciullo, President of our America segment. Larry DeMaria, who we recently announced as Executive Director of Investor Relations, is also with us this morning. During today's call, we will discuss MSA's first quarter financial results and provide an update on our full year 2024 outlook. On slide two, I'd like to remind everyone that matters discussed during this call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to all projections and anticipated levels of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors are detailed in our SEC filings. MSA Safety undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements made on this call except as required by law. Turning to slide three, we have included certain non-GAAP financial measures as part of our discussion this morning. The non-GAAP reconciliations are available in the appendix of today's presentation. The presentation and press release are available on our investor relations website at investors.msasafety.com. I'd now like to turn the call over to Nish Vartanian. Nish.

Thanks, Chris, and good morning, everyone. As you're aware, on February 22nd, we announced a CEO succession plan. On May 10th, I'll be turning over the CEO role to my colleague, Steve Blanco. I'm thrilled the board has selected Steve for the role following a rigorous multi-year succession planning process. Many of you know Steve already, but those of you who don't, Steve is an outstanding leader with deep expertise in MSA's business and our industry. He's passionate about MSA's mission and values, and he puts the customer at the center of everything we do. Steve and I have worked closely together since he joined the company in 2012. He's been an invaluable partner over this time, and together we have significantly improved the performance of MSA. As we enter the 110th year of our great company, MSA has never been in a better position. With this foundation of strength and resilience, I have the utmost confidence in Steve's ability to lead MSA and continue the momentum we've achieved together to drive value for all stakeholders in the years ahead. With that, let me turn it over to Steve to take you through the quarter. Steve?