MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE:MSA) Q2 2022 Results Conference Call July 28, 2022 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Chris Hepler - Executive Director, Corporate Development and IR

Nish Vartanian - Chairman, President and CEO

Ken Krause - SVP, CFO and Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Stanley Elliott - Stifel

Larry De Maria - William Blair

Rob Mason - Baird

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the MSA Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call. [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, Chad. Good morning, and welcome to MSA’s Second Quarter 2022 Conference Call. This is Chris Hepler, Executive Director of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. I’m here with Nish Vartanian, Chairman, President and CEO; and Ken Krause, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer.

Before we begin, I’d like to remind everyone that 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 include 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 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 and the non-GAAP reconciliations as well as our second quarter press release are available on our Investor Relations website at investors.msasafety.com.

Moving on to today’s agenda. Nish will discuss key highlights of the quarter and then turn the call over to Ken to discuss our financial performance. Nish will then provide 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

Thank you, Chris, and good morning, everyone. Before getting into the details of the quarter, I’ll start today’s call by sharing some information that has all of us at MSA, very excited. Within the past several weeks, we were able to finalize significant breathing apparatus contracts with 2 of the most recognized fire departments in the world.

As you may have read in our recent press release, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has selected the G1 SCBA as its new respiratory protection system. Then following up that exciting news, we learned that the London Fire Brigade selected the MSA M1 SCBA as its new breathing apparatus of choice. You can find more information on that contract in our press release issued Tuesday.