Michael J. Monahan | Ecolab, Inc. |
Douglas M. Baker, Jr. | Ecolab, Inc. |
Daniel J. Schmechel | Ecolab, Inc. |
David E. Ridley-Lane | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Manav Patnaik | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
John Roberts | UBS Securities LLC |
Chip Moore | Canaccord Genuity, Inc. |
Tim M. Mulrooney | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Scott Goldstein | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Christopher S. Parkinson | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Laurence Alexander | Jefferies LLC |
Vincent Stephen Andrews | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Mario Cortellacci | Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. |
Scott Schneeberger | Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. |
Christopher Evans | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Dmitry Silversteyn | Longbow Research LLC |
Shlomo H. Rosenbaum | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Michael Joseph Harrison | Seaport Global Securities LLC |
Rosemarie Morbelli | Gabelli & Company |
Andrew John Wittmann | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Greetings and welcome to the Ecolab First Quarter 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mike Monahan, Senior Vice President, External Relations.