Mike Cieplak | Investor Relations Officer |
Steve Easterbrook | President and CEO |
Kevin Ozan | CFO |
Eric Gonzalez | KeyBanc |
Andrew Charles | Cowen |
Sara Senatore | Bernstein |
David Palmer | RBC |
Karen Holthouse | Goldman Sachs |
Jeff Bernstein | Barclays |
John Glass | Morgan Stanley |
Greg Francfort | Bank of America/Merrill Lynch |
David Tarantino | Baird |
John Ivankoe | JPMorgan |
Hello, and welcome to McDonald's Fourth Quarter 2018 Investor Conference Call. At the request of McDonald's Corporation, this conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Mike Cieplak, Investor Relations Officer for McDonald's Corporation. Mr.