Viki Blinderman | Investor Relations |
Mel Payne | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Ben Brink | Chief Financial Officer |
Christopher McGinnis | Sidoti & Company |
Duncan Brown | Wells Fargo |
Dan Bellehsen | Columbia Thread Needle |
Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Carriage Services 2018 Prerelease Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode and later we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would like to introduce your host for today's conference, Ms. Viki Blinderman.