Operator
Operator
Good morning, and welcome to the Olin Corporation Third Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Joseph Rupp, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead. Joseph D. Rupp - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Thank you, Emily. Good morning, and thanks for joining us today. With me this morning are John Fischer, President and Chief Operating Officer; John McIntosh, Executive Vice President of Olin Chemicals & Ammunition; Todd Slater, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Larry Kromidas, our Assistant Treasurer and Director of Investor Relations. Last night, we announced that income from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2015 was $5.9 million or $0.08 per diluted share, which is consistent with our previous guidance of $0.05 or $0.10 per diluted share. Sales in the third quarter of 2015 were $533.6 million compared to $593.6 million in the third quarter of 2014. Third quarter 2015 results include pre-tax acquisition related financing and other costs of $22.2 million. On October 5, 2015, we completed the acquisition of Dow's chlorine products businesses, consisting of Dow's U.S. chlor-alkali and vinyls, their global epoxy, and global chlorinated organics businesses. This transformational transaction creates a New Olin that is the world's largest integrated chlor-alkali, epoxy, and chlorinated organics producer with top tier low cost facilities. And I'm going to list a few of these advantages for you. Number one, we have advantage in electricity, which is approximately 85% generated from low cost natural gas and hydroelectric power. Number two, we have plant scale, enabling facility fixed cost to be leveraged over significantly greater asset base. Number three, we have proximity to…