Sundaram Nagarajan

“Before we begin, I would like to welcome Matt Matejka to our call in his new role of Senior Director, Investor Relations. As we announced in a previous press release, Matt has assumed Investor Relations responsibilities from Lara Mahoney, who has taken on a new role within Nordson.”

“I'm very pleased to report a strong second quarter where all three segments contributed to our organic growth performance, surpassing the midpoint expectations of last quarter's sales and earnings guidance.”

“With that I'll turn to slide four and turn the call over to Naga good morning everyone thank you for joining North since fiscal 2026 first quarter conference call we entered 2026 optimistic about end market demand trends and we achieved a record first quarter sales of 669 million dollars.”

“In October 2024, we announced our 2025 to 2029 performance targets. In 2029, when we look back on our financial performance for that period, we expect to to deliver an average annual growth of 6% to 8% in revenue, balanced between organic and acquisitive growth, and 10% to 12% in adjusted EPS growth.”

“In the quarter, the Nordsen team responded effectively to dynamic demand conditions in the key end markets. This generated sales of $742 million, which is above the midpoint of our guidance with solid contribution from both organic and inorganic growth.”