Michael J. Monahan | Ecolab, Inc. |
Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Ecolab, Inc. |
Daniel J. Schmechel | Ecolab, Inc. |
Gary Bisbee | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
John Quealy | Canaccord Genuity, Inc. |
David E. Ridley-Lane | Bank of America/Merrill Lynch |
Manav Patnaik | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
John Roberts | UBS Securities LLC |
Scott Goldstein | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Daniel Rizzo | Jefferies LLC |
David I. Begleiter | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Christopher S. Parkinson | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Tim M. Mulrooney | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Vincent Stephen Andrews | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Hamzah Mazari | Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. |
Michael Joseph Harrison | Seaport Global Securities LLC |
Scott Schneeberger | Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. |
Dmitry Silversteyn | Longbow Research LLC |
Justin P. Hauke | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Rosemarie Jeanne Morbelli | Gabelli & Company |
Dan Dolev | Instinet LLC |
Robert Koort | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Greetings and welcome to the Ecolab third quarter 2017 earnings release conference call.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mike Monahan, Senior Vice President of External Relations. Thank you, Mr. Monahan, you may now begin.