Bunge Global SA (NYSE:BG) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2024 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Ruth Ann Wisener - Vice President, Investor Relations
Greg Heckman - Chief Executive Officer
John Neppl - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Adam Samuelson - Goldman Sachs
Ben Bienvenu - Stephens
Salvator Tiano - Bank of America
Steven Haynes - Morgan Stanley
Tom Palmer - Citi
Heather Jones - Heather Jones Research
Ben Theurer - Barclays
Andrew Strelzik - BMO

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Bunge First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Ruth Ann Wisener. Please go ahead.

Ruth Ann Wisener

Thank you, operator, and thank you for joining us this morning for our first quarter earnings call. Before we get started, I want to let you know that we have slides to accompany our discussion. These can be found in the Investor Center on our website at bunge.com, under Events and Presentations. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are posted on our website as well. I'd like to direct you to slide two and remind you that today's presentation includes forward-looking statements that reflect Bunge's current view with respect to future events, financial performance, and industry conditions.

These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Bunge has provided additional information in its reports on file with the SEC concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in this presentation, and we encourage you to review these factors.

On the call this morning are Greg Heckman, Bunge's Chief Executive Officer; and John Neppl, Chief Financial Officer.

I'll now turn the call over to Greg.

Greg Heckman

Thank you, Ruth Ann, and good morning, everyone. I want to start by thanking the team for delivering another quarter of strong results, which reflect continued focus and great execution. We're off to a good start in 2024 amid a more balanced market environment than we've experienced over the past few years.

Our team's capabilities and our global platform again demonstrated we can navigate shifts in supply and demand with agility and speed. Our focus remains on delivering great value to all stakeholders, while investing to strengthen our business, so that we can provide customers with solutions not only today but over the longer term. We are making excellent progress on integration planning for our announced combination with Viterra. We're very pleased with how well the teams are working together and our confidence in our ability to hit the ground running on day one has only strengthened as we've moved through the planning process.