Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 7, 2024 8:00 AM ET
Company Participants
William Whitaker - VP, Finance and Director, IR
Guillermo Novo - Chair and CEO
Kevin Willis - SVP and CFO
Alessandra Faccin - SVP and GM, Life Sciences and Intermediates
Jim Minicucci - SVP and GM, Personal Care
Dago Caceres - SVP and GM, Specialty Additives
Conference Call Participants
Michael Sison - Wells Fargo
James Cannon - UBS
John Roberts - Mizuho
Mike Harrison - Seaport Research Partners
Operator
Thank you for standing by. My name is Hermione and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to Ashland Inc. Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to turn the call over to William Whitaker. Please go ahead.
William Whitaker
Hello everyone and welcome to Ashland's fourth quarter fiscal year 2024 earnings conference call webcast. My name is William Whitaker, Vice President of Finance and Director of Investor Relations. Joining me on the call today are Guillermo Novo, Ashland's Chair and Chief Executive Officer; and Kevin Willis, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
In addition, I want to welcome our three General Managers, which will cover the performance of their respective business units. Alessandra Faccin, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Life Sciences and Intermediates; Jim Minicucci, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Personal Care; Dago Caceres, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Additives.
Ashland released results for the quarter ended September 30th, 2024, at approximately 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time yesterday, November 6th. The news release issued last night was furnished to the SEC on a Form 8-K.
During today's call, we will reference slides that are currently being webcast on our website, ashland.com, under the Investor Relations' section. We encourage you to follow along with the webcast during the call.
Please turn to Slide 2. As a reminder, during today's call, we'll be making forward-looking statements on several matters, including our financial outlook for full year fiscal 2025. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from today's projections.
We believe any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions that cannot assure that expectations will be achieved. Please refer to Slide 2 of the presentation for an explanation of those risks and uncertainties and the limits applicable to forward-looking statements. You can also review our most recent Form 10-K under Item 1A for a comprehensive discussion of the risk factors impacting our business.