Ashland Inc. (ASH) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Ashland's Second Quarter twenty twenty six Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising that your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press 11 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Sandy Klugman, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Ashland's second quarter fiscal twenty twenty six earnings conference call and webcast. My name is Sandy Klugman, and I am 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 Fascin, Life Sciences and Intermediates Jim Minigucci, 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 webcast materials available at ashland.com under Investor Relations. Please turn to slide two. As a reminder, today's presentation contains forward looking statements regarding our fiscal twenty twenty six outlook and other matters as detailed on slide two and in our Form 10 Q. 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 fin...