Melissa Poole | Vice President-Investor Relations |
Michele Buck | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Patricia Little | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Ken Goldman | JPMorgan |
Bryan Spillane | Bank of America |
Robert Moskow | Credit Suisse |
Jonathan Feeney | Consumer Edge |
Steven Strycula | UBS |
David Driscoll | Citi |
John Baumgartner | Wells Fargo |
Rob Dickerson | Deutsche Bank |
Ken Zaslow | BMO |
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to The Hershey Company's First Quarter 2019 Results Conference Call. My name is Catherine, and I'll be your conference operator today. All participants have been placed in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] This call is scheduled to end at about 09:30 AM.