Jeff Holy | VP and Treasurer |
Albert Chao | President and CEO |
Steven Bender | EVP and CFO |
Stephen Byrne | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Robert Gordon | Goldman Sachs |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Michael Leithead | Barclays |
Eric Petrie | Citi |
Hassan Ahmed | Alembic Global |
Kevin McCarthy | Vertical Research |
Arun Viswanathan | RBC Capital Markets |
Matt Skowronski | Nomura Instinet |
Lucas Beaumont | UBS |
Jonas Oxgaard | Bernstein |
Donald Carson | Susquehanna |
Jim Sheehan | SunTrust |
Matthew Blair | Tudor Pickering Holt |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Westlake Chemical Corporation First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call.
During the presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder ladies and gentlemen this conference is being recorded today May the 2nd, 2019.