Michael Rechin | President and CEO |
Mark Hardwick | COO and CFO |
John Martin | Chief Credit Officer |
Damon DelMonte | KBW |
Nathan Race | Piper Jaffray |
Terry McEvoy | Stephens |
Brian Martin | Janney Montgomery Scott |
Will Curtiss | Hovde Group |
Good afternoon and welcome to the First Merchants Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].
This presentation contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Such forward-looking statements can often be identified by the use of words like believe, expect or may and include statements relating to First Merchants’ goals, business plan, growth strategies, loan and investment portfolio, asset quality, risks and future costs and benefits.
These statements are subject to significant uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in such statements, including changes in economic and business conditions, the ability of First Merchants to integrate recent acquisitions and attract new customers, changes in laws, regulations and requirements of the Company’s regulators, the costs and other effects of legal and administrative cases, changes in the credit worthiness of customers and the impairment of collectability of loans, fluctuations in market rates of interest and other risks and factors identified in First Merchants’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.