Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, and thank you for standing by, and welcome to the HALMAT Aerospace Earnings First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Today, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance during today's call, please signal for a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your telephone keypad. To a drier question, please press star, then two. Please note that today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Paul Luther, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Thank you, Chris. Good morning and welcome to the HowMod Aerospace First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call. I'm joined by John Plant, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Patrick Winterlich, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. After comments by John and Patrick, we will have a question and answer session. I would like to remind you that today's discussion will contain forward-looking statements relating to future events and expectations. You can find the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these projections listed in today's presentation in earnings press release and in our most recent SEC filings. In today's presentation, references to EBITDA, operating income, and EPS mean adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income, and adjusted EPS. As noted in today's materials, we have removed the term excluding special items from the titles of non-GAAP financial measures, as well as simplified the definitions of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBIT. While the titles and definitions have been simplified, current and prior period calculations have...