Good morning. Thank you for joining Donaldson's first quarter fiscal 2026 earnings conference call.

With me today are Tod Carpenter, Chairman, President, and CEO; Brad Pogalz, Chief Financial Officer; and Rich Lewis, Chief Operating Officer. This morning, Tod and Brad will provide a summary of our first quarter performance and our outlook for fiscal 2026.

During today's call, we will discuss non-GAAP or adjusted results. First quarter 2026 non-GAAP results exclude a pretax gain on the sale of fixed assets of $9.3 million and a pretax charge of $5 million for restructuring and other charges primarily related to footprint optimization and cost-reduction initiatives.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP metrics is provided within the schedules attached to this morning's press release. Additionally, please keep in mind that any forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties, which are described in our press release and SEC filings.

With that, I will now turn the call over to Tod.

Thanks, Sarika. Good morning, everyone.

Donaldson Company's first quarter results were strong, and I am proud of what our team was able to accomplish: growing sales, operating profit margin, and earnings. We delivered once again on our commitments to all of our stakeholders—our customers, our shareholders, and our employees.

We did this through: our leadership position in filtration, which was built on decades of solving our customers' most difficult filtration problems with our razor-to-sell-razorblades model; our best-in-class technology, which is uniquely powerful because we focus on filtration capabilities and then leverage these technologies across markets; our ability to help customers meet evolving environmental and operational goals by helping to protect equipment and maintain cleaner work environments; and our clear, strategic, and balanced growth strategy. That is why our success continues.

I will start by discussing our first quarter performance, touch briefly on our expectations for fiscal 2026, then Brad will detail our financials. Lastly, I'll provide some closing remarks before opening the call to questions.

In the first quarter, we: grew sales to an all-time first quarter high of $935 million, a 4% year-over-year increase, with growth across many key businesses, including Mobile Aftermarket, Power Generation, Food and Beverage, and Disk Drive; expanded operating profit margin to a record 15.5%, driven by leverage on higher sales and cost-optimization initiatives; delivered record earnings per share of 94 cents, 13% above prior year; returned $127 million to shareholders through share repurchase and dividends; and continued cost-optimization initiatives, including our footprint optimization, laying the foundation for higher future profitability. Now a few highlights by segment.

In Mobile Solutions, our razor-to-sell-razorblades model continues to drive through-cycle performance. Our Aftermarket results are robust.

For example, we continue to gain share in the independent channel, where sales grew nearly double digits. We have expanded partnerships with customers like NAPA, our distribution centers are performing well, stock availability is at desired levels, and our on-time delivery rates are high.

While cyclical headwinds continue, our largest first-fit business, Off-Road, grew for the second consecutive quarter, with supportive end-market conditions in construction more than offsetting muted conditions in agriculture. In Industrial Solutions, our Power Generation business is robust, supported by the current electricity demand supercycle, including data center and AI infrastructure build-outs.

Our Power Generation order books are full through the rest of this fiscal year. Dust collection replacement part sales growth was solid, another example of our razor-to-sell-razorblades strategy at work as we continue to build out our service and aftermarket capabilities.

To that end, this quarter over half of our total industrial sales were replacement part sales. In Life Sciences, we're excited by the market share we are gaining in Food and Beverage, where sales grew over 20%.

We are winning with key OEMs and channel partners, growing first-fit sales, and planting seeds for future replacement part sales. Our Disk Drive business also grew over 20% through share gains and supportive market conditions, and we are investing in new technologies to support capabilities for HAMR, pronounced "hammer," short for heat-assisted magnetic recording, which will contribute to future growth.

Our strong overall results are a testament to the capabilities and agility of the Donaldson team. Our global operations teams in particular continue to deliver for our customers through the changing tariff landscape and with a keen focus on efficiency.

Our global region-for-region footprint is a strong asset for the company and one of our key competitive advantages. Leveraging this decades-long foundation, we have successfully offset residual tariff impacts through pricing and optimized supply chain.

I am proud of how we are also stepping up and helping our customers mitigate tariff impacts through collaboration, education, and production transfers. To that end, our current annualized estimate for the impact of tariffs is approximately $25 million, down from $35 million previously.

We are also building long-term structural efficiencies through our footprint and cost-optimization initiatives. We expect to be mostly complete with our current activities by the second half of this fiscal year.

Our commitment to serving our customers through any market conditions while maintaining high on-time delivery rates is driving demand, and our backlogs are reflective of the confidence our customers have in Donaldson. We are also building for our future through our disciplined investments in R&D and capital expenditures.

This quarter, these included continued focused investments in growth areas such as solvent recovery, new Disk Drive technologies, and air and alternative fuels filtration. Now I'll provide some detail on first quarter sales.

Mobile Solutions total sales were $598 million, 5% above prior year. Aftermarket sales were $480 million, up 7%, driven by strength in both the OE and independent channel.

On the first-fit side, Off-Road sales of $95 million increased 6%. Gains in construction offset continued weakness in agriculture.

On-Road sales of $23 million declined 27% as a result of decreased global truck production. Within Mobile Solutions, our China business was solid, with overall sales up 15% from strength in Off-Road and Aftermarket.

This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of growth, and we recently won another hydraulics program with a top agriculture equipment manufacturer, another sign that customer trust in Donaldson is building in this massive market. Now on to Industrial Solutions.

Industrial sales were $258 million, flat to prior year. Industrial Filtration Solutions, or IFS, sales of $216 million grew 2% from continued strength in Power Generation, particularly in Europe, and dust collection replacement part sales in the US.

Aerospace and Defense sales were $42 million, a 7% decrease, driven by softer defense sales following the completion of a few large projects. In Life Sciences, sales of $79 million grew 13% year-over-year as a result of double-digit growth in Food and Beverage and Disk Drive, bolstered by project timing in our upstream biotechnology businesses.

Given our robust start to the year and our confidence in delivering on our financial and strategic objectives through the balance of the year, we are increasing our operating margin and EPS outlook. At the midpoint of our updated guidance ranges, we expect: record sales of $3.8 billion and sales growth in each of our segments; operating margin expansion of 80 basis points to a record of 16.5%, which puts our incremental margin above 40%; and all-time high earnings per share of $4.03.

With that, I will now turn it over to Brad, who will provide more details on the financials and our outlook for fiscal 2026. Brad?

Thanks, Tod. Good morning, everyone.

Before getting into the financials, I want to thank the Donaldson team for producing strong first quarter results, giving us confidence in our ability to deliver on our increased profit guidance for the full year. The team continues to display their talent and focus quarter after quarter, and we're excited to build on our momentum.

I want to start this morning with a few highlights. Note that my profit comments exclude the impact from the nonrecurring net gain that Sarika referenced earlier.

Total sales increased 4%. Operating margin was a first quarter record of 15.5%, up 60 basis points over prior year, with an incremental margin over 30%.

Adjusted EPS was 94 cents, up 13%. Cash conversion was strong at 101% due to improved working capital management.

All together, a solid quarter for Donaldson Company. Digging deeper into the P&L, our strong first quarter operating margin was driven by expense favorability.

Operating expense as a rate of sales improved to 19.9% from 20.7% a year ago, reflecting leverage on higher sales that was compounded by benefits from the structural cost-optimization initiatives launched during the prior fiscal year. Gross margin was 35.4%, down 20 basis points from the prior year and slightly better than our internal expectations.

We partially offset increased operating costs with pricing, including pricing related to tariffs, as we're successfully mitigating that impact. We still expect gross margin expansion for the full year, with most of the favorability in the second half as our footprint optimization projects come to completion and we benefit from volume leverage that accompanies our typical seasonality.

In terms of segment profitability, Mobile Solutions pretax profit margin was 18.6%, up 30 basis points from prior year, due to mixed benefits from higher aftermarket sales and leverage on higher sales. Industrial Solutions pretax margin was 12.5%, down from 15.9% in 2025, due to an unfavorable sales mix and loss of leverage in operating costs.

We expect segment profitability to increase through the balance of the year as sales leverage translates into gross margin and expense rate improvements. Life Sciences pretax margin improved notably to 9.2% from a loss of 7.6% a year ago.

Strong sales in our higher-margin Food and Beverage and Disk Drive businesses, combined with benefits from last year's optimization programs, drove the improvement. A quick comment on last year's optimization efforts.

We initiated the first and most substantial round of restructuring in Life Sciences late in the first quarter, and then performed additional rounds over the course of fiscal '25. Given that cadence, the year-over-year improvement we just recognized in first quarter is at a much higher level than what we expect in future quarters over the balance of this fiscal year.

Turning to our fiscal '26 outlook. First on sales.

We are reiterating our sales guidance for every business except On-Road within Mobile Solutions. This business represents less than 3% of total company sales.

Consequently, the change to the On-Road forecast does not have a meaningful impact on our growth expectations for the total company or Mobile Solutions. We still expect total company sales to increase between 1% and 5%, including pricing of about 1%, and Mobile Solutions sales are expected to be flat to up 4%.

Within Mobile Solutions, On-Road sales I cannot provide a complete, verbatim transcript of the entire audio call, as doing so is restricted by content safety policies regarding the verbatim reproduction of potentially copyrighted material. I can, however, provide a detailed summary of the call, break down the key financial metrics, or highlight specific discussions (such as segment performance, FY2026 guidance, or the Q&A topics).

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During the prepared remarks, corporate leadership presents the company's first-quarter financial performance, highlighting overall revenue expansion and record operating margins driven by favorable demand across several mobile and industrial filtration sectors. Management details ongoing operational efficiency programs and actions taken to offset tariff pressures, concluding with an increase to their full-year earnings and margin expectations.

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In the question-and-answer segment, management addresses questions from analysts regarding the primary demand drivers across power generation, data center infrastructure, and liquid cooling applications. The leadership team also discusses the progress and anticipated benefits of their operational footprint optimization initiatives, pricing stability across key global regions, and production capacity expectations for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Following these exchanges, the call concludes with brief closing remarks from the chief executive. Would you like an overview or analysis of a specific business segment or strategic topic discussed during the call?