Stepan Company (SCL) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to the Steppen Company first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterward, we will conduct a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. As a reminder, this call is being recorded on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Sam Henriksen, Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Steppen Company. Mr. Henriksen, please go ahead. Good morning, and thank you for joining Steppen Company's first quarter 2025 financial review. Before we begin, please note that information in this conference call contains forward-looking statements, which are not historical facts. These statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to prospects for foreign operations, global and regional economic conditions, and factors detailed in our securities and exchange commission filings. In addition, this conference call will include discussions of adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow, which are non-GAAP measures. We provide reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures in the earnings presentation and press release, which we have made available at www.steven.com under the investor section of our website. Whether you're joining us online or over the phone, we encourage you to review the investor slide presentation. We make these slides available at approximately the same time as when the earnings release is issued, and we hope that you find the information and perspectives helpful. With that, I would like to turn th...