Operator
Operator
Good morning and welcome to Crown Holdings Second Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call. Your lines have been placed on a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session. Please be advised that this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. John Conway, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Sir, you may begin. John W. Conway - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Thank you very much. Good morning, everyone. With me on the call are Tim Donahue, President and Chief Operating Officer; and Tom Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. I will make some brief introductory comments regarding the company's performance in the second quarter and then turn it over to Tom Kelly, who will take you through the numbers and give you some additional detail. Tim Donahue will review carefully the performance of the various businesses and discuss our views as we look ahead. Let me remind you that on this call, as in the earnings release, we will be making a number of forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially from such statements. Additionally, information concerning factors that could cause actual results to vary is contained in the press release and in our SEC filings, including comments in the section titled Management's Discussion and Analysis, the Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Form 10-K for 2014 and in subsequent filings. Everything considered the company had a strong second quarter which was generally in line with our overall plan for 2015 performance; in fact, somewhat ahead of it at $1.03 per share. On a constant currency basis, sales for the quarter increased 5.7% and segment income improved 6%. Some of the adverse trends we experienced earlier in the year moderated, such as the regional aluminum premiums, which were not…