Ashland Inc. (ASH) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.259 Hello, and welcome to Ashland's second quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings conference 00:00:05.259 -- 00:00:07.402 call and webcast. 00:00:07.402 -- 00:00:11.087 At this time, all participants are on a listen-only mode. 00:00:11.087 -- 00:00:15.574 After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. 00:00:15.574 -- 00:00:20.701 To ask the question during the session, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone. 00:00:20.701 -- 00:00:24.567 You will then hear an automatic message advising your hand is raised. 00:00:24.567 -- 00:00:28.938 To withdraw your question, please press star 11 again. 00:00:28.938 -- 00:00:32.522 I would now like to turn the conference over to William Whitaker. 00:00:32.522 -- 00:00:34.645 Sir, you may begin. 00:00:34.645 -- 00:00:39.731 Hello, everyone, and welcome to Ashland's second quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings conference 00:00:39.731 -- 00:00:44.617 call and webcast. My name is William Whitaker, Ashland Investor Relations. 00:00:44.617 -- 00:00:49.543 Joining me on the call today are Guillermo Novo, Ashland Chair and CEO, Kevin Willis, 00:00:49.543 -- 00:00:54.529 Ashland CFO, and our business unit leaders, Alessandro Piscine, Jim Minacucci, and Dago 00:00:54.529 -- 00:00:56.140 Caceres. 00:00:56.140 -- 00:01:00.624 During today's call, we'll reference slides being webcast on our website, Ashland.com, 00:01:00.624 -- 00:01:04.548 under the Investor Relations section. We encourage you to follow along. 00:01:04.548 -- 00:01:09.754 Please turn to slide two. We'll be discussing forward-looking statements on several matters, 00:01:09.754 -- 00:01:14.318 including our fiscal 2025 outlook, which involve risks and uncertainties as detailed 00:01:14.318 -- 00:01:19.323 on slide t...