Brian Shipman | Senior Vice President of Investor Relations |
John Lynch | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Joseph Abbott | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
William Warmington | Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
George Tong | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
David Pang | Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Brian Shipman, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you.