Operator
Welcome to the Compass Minerals First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. Your host, Douglas Kris, Senior Director of Investor Relations.
Douglas A. Kris
Senior Director of Investor Relations
Good morning, and welcome to the Compass Minerals First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. Today, we discuss our recent results and our outlook for the balance of 2021. We will begin with prepared remarks from our President and CEO, Kevin Crutchfield; and our CFO, Jamie Standen. Joining in for the Q&A session are Brad Griffith, our Chief Commercial Officer; as well as George Schuller, our Chief Operations Officer. Before we get started, I will remind everyone that remarks made today represent our view of financial and operational outlooks as of today s date, May 5, 2021. These expectations involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the company s actual results to differ materially. A discussion of these results can be found in our filings with the SEC located online