Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (The) (SMG) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Welcome to Scott's Miracle-Gro's third quarter 2026 earnings webcast. I'm Brad Chelton, head of investor relations. Speaking today are President and CEO Nate Baxter and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer Mark Scheiwer. Nate will provide a strategic overview and Mark will follow with a review of our financial results. In conjunction with our Please review our earnings release, 8K filing, 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. A live Q&A session will promptly follow the earnings video. 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 An archived version will be published on our website. For further discussion after the call, please email or call me directly. With that, let's get started with Nate's update. Good morning, everyone. I'll start with how honored I am to lead Scott's Miracle-Gro at such a pivotal time for us. The CEO transition is moving smoothly, and I am fully committed to building upon our legacy to deliver greater shareholder value. I want to thank all of our associates for their hard work this season. The results speak for themselves. We have entered an exciting chapter. Our multi-year SMG 2.0 strategy is not just about adapting to the changing consumer and retail environment. It's about proact...