Paige Magness | Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications |
Howard Willard | Chief Executive Officer |
Billy Gifford | Chief Financial Officer |
Chris Growe | Stifel |
Pamela Kaufman | Morgan Stanley |
Michael Lavery | Piper Jaffray |
Owen Bennett | Jefferies |
Bonnie Herzog | Wells Fargo |
Vivien Azer | Cowen. |
Steve Powers | Deutsche Bank |
Gaurav Jain | Barclays |
Nik Modi | RBC |
Judy Hong | Goldman Sachs |
Adam Spielman | Citi |
Good day, and welcome to the Altria Group First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is scheduled to last about one hour including remarks by Altria's management and a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Ms. Paige Magness, Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications for Altria Client Services. Please go ahead ma'am.