David Stasse | VP, Treasury and IR |
Christopher Pappas | President and CEO |
Barry Niziolek | Executive Vice President and CFO |
Frank Mitsch | Wells Fargo Securities |
David Begleiter | Deutsche Bank |
Hassan Ahmed | Alembic Global |
Bob Koort | Goldman Sachs |
Nick Cecero | Jefferies |
Matthew Blair | Tudor, Pickering, Holt |
Eric Petrie | Citi |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Trinseo Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results Conference Call. We welcome the Trinseo management team, Chris Pappas, President and CEO; Barry Niziolek, Executive Vice President and CFO; and David Stasse, Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations. Today’s conference call will include brief remarks by the management team, followed by a question-and-answer session. The company distributed more detailed remarks on its financial results, along with a press release and presentation slides at close of market yesterday. These documents are posted on the Company's Investor Relations website and by means of a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.