Anoori Naughton
Vice President of Investor Relations
Good morning, and welcome to the prerecorded dialogue of The Hershey Firm Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Outcomes. I am Anoori Naughton, Vice President of Investor Relations.
Becoming a member of me right now are Hershey’s President and CEO, Kirk Tanner; and Hershey’s Senior Vice President and CFO, Steve Voskuil. Along with these remarks, we’ll host an analyst Q&A-only session at 8:30 a.m. Jap on the morning of July 30. A replay of this webcast and our subsequent Q&A session shall be accessible on the Investor Relations part of our web site, together with their corresponding transcripts. In the course of the course of right now’s dialogue, administration will make forward-looking statements which can be topic to varied dangers and uncertainties.
These statements embrace expectations and assumptions relating to the corporate’s future operations and monetary efficiency. Precise outcomes might differ materially from these projected.
The corporate undertakes no obligation to replace these statements based mostly on subsequent occasions. An in depth itemizing of such dangers and uncertainties might be present in right now’s press launch and the corporate’s SEC filings. Lastly, please observe that in right now’s dialogue, we’ll consult with sure non-GAAP monetary measures that we consider will present helpful info for traders.
The presentation of this info will not be meant to be thought-about in isolation or as an alternative to the monetary info offered in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations to the GAAP outcomes are included on this morning’s press launch, which is on the market on the Investor Relations web page of our web site. It’s now my pleasure to introduce our President and CEO, Kirk Tanner.