Ashland Inc. (ASH) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Ashland's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are on a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask the question during the session, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone. You would then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 11 again. I would now like to hand the conference over to Sandy Klugman, Director of Investor Relations. You may begin. Thank you. Hello, everyone. Welcome to Ashland's first quarter fiscal year 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. My name is Sandy Klugman, and I'm Ashland's Director of Investor Relations. Joining me on the call today are Guillermo Novo, Chair and CEO, William Whitaker, CFO, as well as our business unit leaders, Alessandra Fasin, Life Sciences and Intermediates, Jim Minicucci, Personal Care, and Dago Caceres, Specialty Additives. Please note that we will be referencing slides during today's call. We encourage you to follow along with the webcast materials available at Ashland.com under Investor Relations. As a reminder, Today's presentation aims at forward-looking statements regarding our fiscal 2026 outlook and other matters, as detailed on slide 2 and in our Form 10Q. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause future results to differ materially from today's projections. We believe any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, but there is no assurance these expectations will be achieved. We will also reference certain adjusted financial metrics, both actual and projected, which are non-GAAP measures. We present these adjusted figures to provide additi...