Max Tunnicliff | Senior Director of Investor Relations |
Marc Bitzer | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
James Peters | Chief Financial Officer |
David MacGregor | Longbow Research LLC |
Samuel Darkatsh | Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
Michael Rehaut | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Susan Maklari | Credit Suisse Securities |
Curtis Nagle | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Michael Dahl | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
Kenneth Zener | KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. |
Good morning, and welcome to Whirlpool Corporation's First Quarter 2019 Earnings Release Call. Today's call is being recorded.
For opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Senior Director of Investor Relations, Max Tunnicliff.
Thank you, and welcome to our first quarter 2019 conference call.
Joining me today are Marc Bitzer, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Jim Peters, our Chief Financial Officer.