Braskem S.A. (NYSE:BAK) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Rosana Avolio - Director of IR, Strategic Planning and Corporate Market Intelligence
Roberto Bischoff - CEO
Pedro Freitas - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Rodrigo Almeida - Santander
Vicente Falanga - Bradesco BBI
Henrique Drumond - BTG Pactual
Anne Milne - Bank of America
Gabriel Barra - Citi
Luiz Carvalho - UBS

Operator

Good morning everyone and thank you for waiting. Welcome to Braskem’s Results Conference Call to discuss Second Quarter of 2024. We have us here today Mr. Roberto Bischoff, CEO of Braskem, Mr. Pedro Freitas, CFO of Braskem and Mrs. Rosana Avolio, Investor Relations, Strategic Planning and Corporate Market Intelligence Director.

We inform you that this event is being recorded. The presentation will be held in Portuguese, with simultaneous translation into English. All participants can choose which language to listen to and see the presentation, using the show captions and interpreting options at the bottom of your screen. After Braskem remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. At that time further instructions will be given.

The audio of this event will be made available on the Investor Relations website after it ends. We remind you that participants will be able to submit questions for Braskem, which will be answered after the end of the conference, by the IR department.

Before proceeding, we would like to clarify that any statements that may be made during this conference call, regarding Braskem's business prospects, projections, operational and financial goals or constitute beliefs and assumptions of the Company's management, as well as information currently available to Braskem. Future considerations are not a guarantee of performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, as they refer to future events and, therefore, depend on circumstances that may or may not occur. Investors and analysts should understand that general conditions, industry conditions and other operational factors may affect Braskem's future results, and may lead to results that differ materially from those expressed in such future conditions.

Now, I’ll turn the conference over to Rosana Avolio, Investor Relations, Strategic Planning and Corporate Market Intelligence Director. Mrs. Avolio, you may begin your presentation.

Rosana Avolio

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for participating in Braskem's earnings call. Today we will present the results for the second quarter of 2024. According to the agenda on slide number 3, we will begin with the company's main financial highlights for the period, which can be found on slide number 4.