Monique N. Dolecki | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Vincent A. Forlenza | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Christopher R. Reidy | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Thomas Polen | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Alberto Mas | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Patrick Kaltenbach | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
Simon Campion | Becton, Dickinson & Co. |
David Ryan Lewis | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Brian David Weinstein | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Isaac Ro | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Robbie J. Marcus | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Bob Hopkins | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Lawrence Biegelsen | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Kristen Stewart | Barclays Investment Bank |
Vijay Kumar | Evercore ISI |
Richard Newitter | Leerink Partners LLC |
William R. Quirk | Piper Jaffray & Co. |
Amit Hazan | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Hello, and welcome to BD's Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2018 Earnings Call. At the request of BD, today's call is being recorded. It will be available for replay through November 13, 2018 on the Investors page of bd.com, or by phone using 800-585-8367 for domestic calls and area code 404-537-3406 for international calls using confirmation number 3197559. I would like to inform all parties that your lines have been placed on a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer segment. Beginning today's call is Monique Dolecki, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations.