MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 16, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Chris Hepler - Executive Director, Corporate Development & Investor Relations

Nish Vartanian - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Lee McChesney - Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Stanley Elliott - Stifel

Rob Mason - Baird

Larry De Maria - William Blair

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the MSA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Chris Hepler. Please go ahead.

Chris Hepler

Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to MSA Safety Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Earnings Conference Call. This is Chris Hepler, Executive Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. With me today are Nish Vartanian, Chairman President and CEO; Lee McChesney, Senior Vice President and CFO; and Steve Blanco, Segment President for Americas.

Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that the matters discussed during this call may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all projections and anticipated levels of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are detailed in our SEC filings. MSA Safety undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements made on this call, except as required by law.

We have included certain non-GAAP financial measures as part of our discussion this morning. The non-GAAP reconciliations are available in the appendix of today's presentation. The presentation and press release are available on our Investor Relations website at investors.msasafety.com.

Moving on to today's agenda. First Nish will discuss the key highlights of the quarter and full year. He will then turn the call over to Lee to discuss our financial performance and outlook. Nish will then conclude with closing remarks. Following our prepared remarks, we will open the call for questions.

With that, I'll turn the call over to Nish.

Nish Vartanian

Thanks, Chris, and good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us today. I'll start on slide 4. MSA delivered another strong year with exceptional results in the fourth quarter. This was made possible by our team's unwavering commitment to our mission. Our purpose-driven culture and dedication to protecting the world's workers is at the core of everything we do, and sets the foundation for our strong performance.