Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Mettler-Toledo Quarterly Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Ms. Mary Finnegan. Please go ahead. Mary T. Finnegan -- Head of Internal Relations and Treasurer Thank you, and good evening, everyone. I'm Mary Finnegan. I'm responsible for Investor Relations at Mettler-Toledo and happy to welcome you to the call. I'm joined on the call today with Patrick Kaltenbach, our CEO; and Shawn Vadala, our Chief Financial Officer. Let me cover just a couple of administrative matters. This call is being webcast and is available for replay on our website. A copy of the press release and the presentation that we will refer to on today's call is also available on the website.