Operator
Good morning. Thank you for joining the Sherwin-Williams conference to discuss the election of the company’s next Chief Financial Officer announced yesterday and effective January 1, 2026.
With us on today’s call are Heidi Petz, President and CEO; Allen Mistysyn, Chief Financial Officer; Ben Meisenzahl, Senior Vice President Finance; and Jim Jaye, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications.
This conference call is being webcast simultaneously in listen-only mode by ACCESS Newswire via the Internet at www.sherwin.com. An archived replay of this webcast will be available at www.sherwin.com, beginning approximately 2 hours after this conference call concludes.
This conference call will include certain forward-looking statements as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws with respect to sales, earnings and other matters. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A full declaration regarding forward-looking statements is provided in the company’s earnings release transmitted yesterday afternoon. After the company’s prepared remarks, we will open the session to questions.
I will now turn the call over to Heidi Petz.
Heidi Petz
Chairman, CEO & President
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Today is an important and exciting day for Sherwin-Williams. I’m pleased to announce that Ben
