Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.

Good morning and welcome to the SQM fourth quarter 2022 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, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would like to turn the call to Irina Axenova of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Antonio. Good morning.

Welcome for joining SQM's earnings conference call for the fourth quarter of 2023. This conference call will be recorded and is being webcast live. Our earnings press release and a presentation with a summary of the results have been uploaded to our website, where you can also find a link to the webcast. Speaking on the call today will be Ricardo Ramos, Chief Executive Officer, and Gerardo Illanes, Chief Financial Officer. Carlos Diaz, Executive Vice President of Lithium, Felipe Smith, Commercial Vice President of Lithium, and also Juan Pablo Belolio, Commercial Vice President of Iodine, will be also available to answer any questions. 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 synergies, and product and service line growth, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements, and that term is defined under federal securities laws. Any forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting the best judgment of SQM based on currently available information and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.