Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 9, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Steve Delahunt – Vice President-Investor Relations and Treasurer

Sean Keohane – President and Chief Executive Officer

Erica McLaughlin – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Jeff Zekauskas – JPMorgan

Josh Spector – UBS

Chris Kapsch – Loop Capital

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Third Quarter 2022 Cabot Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this call is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the call over to Steve Delahunt, Vice President-Investor Relations and Treasurer. You may begin.

Steve Delahunt

Thanks, Michelle. Good morning. I would like to welcome you to the Cabot Corporation third quarter earnings teleconference. With me today are Sean Keohane, CEO and President; and Erica McLaughlin, Senior Vice President and CFO.

Last night, we released results for our third quarter of fiscal 2022, copies of which are posted in the Investor Relations section of our website. The slide deck that accompanies this call is also available on the Investor Relations portion of our website and will be available in conjunction with the replay of the call.

During this conference call, we will make forward-looking statements about our expected future operational and financial performance. Each forward-looking statement is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such statements. Additional information regarding these factors appears in the press release we issued last night and in our 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, in our 10-Q for our fiscal quarter end March 31, 2022, which are also available on the company's website.

In order to provide greater transparency regarding our operating performance, we refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures that involve adjustments to GAAP results. Any non-GAAP financial measures referenced on this call are reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure in a table at the end of our earnings release issued last night and available in the Investors section of our website.

I will now turn the call over to Sean, who will discuss the third quarter highlights and provide an update on our progress in the areas of Battery Materials and ESG. Erica will review the company and business segment results, along with some corporate financial details. Following this, Sean will provide some closing comments and open the floor to questions. Sean?