Operator
Operator
Good morning. Thank you for joining the Sherwin-WilliamsCompany's review of the Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results and expectationsfor the Fourth Quarter and Full Year. With us on today's call are Chris Connor, Chairman and CEO.Shaun Hennessy, Senior VP, Finance and CFO. John Ault, Vice President andCorporate Controller and Bob Wells, Vice President Corporate Communications. The company has provided information regarding the thirdquarter and first nine months financial results. Business segments sales andprofits, balance sheet items and selected statistical data an their website,www.sherwin.com, under Investor Relations third quarter press release. Pleaseaccess this to supplement comments made on this call. This conference call will include certain forward-lookingstatement as defined under U.S. Federal Security Laws with respect to sales,earnings and other matters. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of thedate on which such statement is made and the company takes no obligation toupdate or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of newinformation, future events or otherwise. A further declaration regarding forward-looking statementsis provided in the company's release transmitted earlier this morning. Thiscall is being webcast simultaneously in listen-only mode via the Internet at www.sherwin.com. An archive replay of this webcast will be availableapproximately two hours after this conference call concludes. It can beaccessed at www.sherwin.com and will be available until Friday November 9th,2007 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. After the company's opening remarks we willopen this session to questions. I will now turn the call over to Bob Wells.