Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE:MTX) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 3, 2023 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Lydia Kopylova - Head of Investor Relations

Doug Dietrich - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Erik Aldag - Chief Financial Officer

D.J. Monagle - Group President, Specialty Minerals and Household and Personal Care

Brett Argirakis - Group President, Performance Materials and Refractories

Conference Call Participants

Daniel Moore - CJS Securities

Mike Harrison - Seaport Research Partners

Steve Ferazani - Sidoti

David Silver - CL King

Operator

Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2022 Minerals Technologies Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded.

At this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Lydia Kopylova, Head of Investor Relations for Minerals Technologies. Please go ahead, Ms. Kopylova.

Lydia Kopylova

Thank you, Anna. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our fourth quarter 2022 earnings conference call.

Today's call will be led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Doug Dietrich; and Chief Financial Officer, Erik Aldag. Following Doug and Erik's prepared remarks, we'll open it up to questions.

As a reminder, some of the statements made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Please note, the cautionary language about forward-looking statements contained in our earnings release and on this slide. Our SEC filings disclose certain risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements.

Please also note that some of our comments today refer to non-GAAP financial measures, a reconciliation of GAAP financial measures can be found in our earnings release, which is posted on the website.

Now, I will turn it over to Doug.

Doug Dietrich

Thanks, Lydia, and good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining the call.

First off, I'd like to welcome and congratulate both Lydia Kopylova and Erik Aldag on their new roles. Lydia is Vice President of Investor Relations and Erik is Senior Vice President, Finance and our Chief Financial Officer. Many of you have met Erik over the past few years, and I know Lydia looks forward to meeting our investors and coverage analysts in the coming months.

Okay. Got quite a bit to go over today, so let's get started. Quick outline for today's call. I'll begin by giving you some context on the fourth quarter and then review the highlights of our full year. Erik will take you through the details of our financial results by segment and give you a look into the first quarter.