Jerry Leshne | SVP of IR |
Michael Roth | Chairman and CEO |
Frank Mergenthaler | EVP, CFO, IPG and Chairman, CMG |
Alexia Quadrani | JP Morgan |
Ben Swinburne | Morgan Stanley |
Dan Salmon | the BMO Capital Markets |
Tim Nolan | Macquarie Capital |
Jason Bazinet | Citigroup |
Michael Nathanson | Moffett Nathanson |
David Joyce | Evercore ISI |
Good morning, and welcome to The Interpublic Group First Quarter 2019 Conference Call. All parties are in a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer portion. [Operator Instructions] This conference is being recorded.
If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time. I would now like to introduce Mr.