United States Steel Corporation (X) Q1 2024 Earnings Call

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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the United States Steel Corporation and Nippon Steel Corporation joint corporation call and webcast. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I'll now hand the call over to Emily Chiang, Investor Relations Officer. Thank you, Operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on short notice today for U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel's joint conference call to discuss the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel Corporation. Joining me on today's call is U.S. Steel President and CEO Dave Barrett and Representative Director of NSC Takahiro Mori. For Q&A, we will also have Senior Vice President and CFO Jessica Graziano and Kevin Lewis, Vice President, Finance, joining. Please note that the slides we will reference today and the related press release are posted on the U.S. Steel Investor Relations page under the Overview section. Before we start, let me remind you that information provided during this call may include forward-looking statements that are based on certain assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, as described in our SEC filings. Please review the cautionary statements and other legal information starting on slide 22 for further information. With that, I would now like to turn the conference call over to U.S. DEAL CEO, Dave Burrock, who will begin on slide 2. Thank you, Emily, and good morning to all of you joining us. Today is an exciting day for U.S. Steel and for our industry. By bringing together U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, we are enhancing competitive and innovative steelmaking in America. Today's announcement follows the conclusion of a successful and very robust strategic alternatives review process conducted by our board of directors. After thoroughly reviewing numerous...