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BEFORE MOVING ON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SEVERAL OTHER INTRODUCTIONS.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF H.B. FULLER’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ARE ATTENDING OUR MEETING TODAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? JOHN FEENAN, WHO JOINED OUR COMPANY LAST YEAR, IS OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. PATTY JONES SERVES AS OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL. JIM CONATY HEADS OUR GLOBAL ADHESIVES BUSINESS. STEVE LARGE LEADS OUR FULL-VALU AND SPECIALTY GROUP. ED SNYDER IS OUR CHIEF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OFFICER. AND IN CHARGE OF OUR REGIONS ARE: AL LONGSTREET, NORTH AMERICA; JOSE MIGUEL FUSTER, LATIN AMERICA; WALTER NUSSBAUMER, EUROPE; AND BILL MCNELLIS, ASIA PACIFIC.
ALSO, JOHN DESMOND IS HERE ON BEHALF OF PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS. JOHN, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND? PWC SERVED AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS SINCE 1988. JOHN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING.