Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.

Good day and welcome to the SQM second quarter 2022 earnings conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your touchtone phone. And 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 Ms. Kelly O'Brien, head of investor relations. Please go ahead, ma'am.

Good morning. Thank you for joining SQM's earnings conference call for the six months ended June 30, 2022. This conference call will be recorded and is being webcast live. Following the call, you will be able to access the webcast at our website, www.sqm.com. Our earnings press release and our presentation with a summary of the results have been uploaded to our website as well. Speaking on the call today will be Ricardo Ramos, CEO, CFO, and Billy Gray Smith, Vice President of Lithium and Iodine Asia Pacific. Before we begin, let me remind you that statements in this conference concerning the company's business outlook, future economic performances, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses, or other financial items, anticipated cost energies, and product or service line growth, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements, as that surely is defined under federal security laws. Any forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting the best judgment of SPM based on the currently available information and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materials from those stated in such statements, including our ability to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Plan. Risks, uncertainties, and factors that could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements are identified in our public filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in our earnings release issued last night. And these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of those factors. We assume no obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future development, or otherwise, except as required by law. I now leave you with our chief executive officer, Ricardo Ramos.

Yeah, Kelly, maybe one extra clarification, but also Felipe Miranda, who is the head of business intelligence, is joining the call.