Nathan Annis | Director of Investor Relations |
Jim Snee | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jim Sheehan | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Lavery | Piper Jaffray |
Robert Moskow | Credit Suisse |
Thomas Palmer | JPMorgan |
Akshay Jagdale | Jefferies |
Eric Larson | Buckingham Research Group |
Adam Samuelson | Goldman Sachs |
Benjamin Theurer | Barclays |
Jeremy Scott | Mizuho |
Heather Jones | Vertical Group |
Robert Moskow | Credit Suisse |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hormel Foods Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. I would like to turn the conference over to Nathan Annis, Director of Investor Relations.