Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) (SMG) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Welcome to Scott's Miracle-Gro's second quarter 2025 earnings webcast. I'm Brad Shelton, head of investor relations. Speaking today are chairman and CEO Jim Hagedorn and chief financial officer and chief accounting officer Mark Scheuer. Jim will provide a business update, followed by Mark with a review of our financial results. In conjunction with our commentary today, please review our earnings release and supplemental financial presentation slides, which were published on our website at investor.scotts.com prior to this webcast. During our review, we will make forward-looking statements and discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please be aware that our actual results could differ materially from what we share today. Please refer to our Form 10-K filed with the SEC for details of the full range of risk factors that could impact our results. Following the webcast, President and Chief Operating Officer Nate Baxter and Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff Chris Hagedorn will join Jim and Mark for an audio-only Q&A session. To listen to the Q&A, simply remain on this webcast. To participate, please join by the audio link shared in our press release. As always, today's session will be recorded. An archived version will be published on our website at investor.scotts.com. For further discussion after the call, please email or call me directly. Hello and good morning. I'm Martha Stewart and I would like to welcome all of you to the Scotts Miracle-Gro earnings call. You know, spring is probably one of my favorite times of the year. Everything is coming alive and I personally can't wait to get my gardens fully planted. It's one of the many reasons why I love my role as Chief Gardening Officer. I'm working with the team to bring gardeners, including...