Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Stepan Company First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Ruben Velasquez, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Stepan Company. Mr. Velasquez, please go ahead.

Ruben Velasquez
VP & Chief Financial Officer

Thanks, Victor. Good morning, and thank you for joining Stepan Company's First Quarter 2026 Financial Review. Before we begin, please note that information in this conference call contains forward-looking statements, which are not historical facts. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, prospects for our foreign operations, global and regional economic conditions and factors detailed in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

In addition, this conference call will include discussions of adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, which are non-GAAP measures. We provide reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures in the earnings presentation and press release, which we have made available at www.stepan.com under the Investors section of our website. Whether you are joining us online or over the phone, we encourage you to review the investor slide presentation. We make these slides available at approximately the same time as when the earnings release is issued, and we hope that you find the information as perspectives contained therein helpful.

With that, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Luis