Mac Livingston | Vice President, Investor Relations |
Howard Willard | Chief Executive Officer |
Billy Gifford | Chief Financial Officer |
Chris Growe | Stifel |
Michael Lavery | Piper Jaffray |
Robert Rampton | UBS |
Steve Powers | Deutsche Bank |
Owen Bennett | Jefferies |
Pam Kaufman | Morgan Stanley |
Nik Modi | RBC |
Gaurav Jain | Barclays |
Vivien Azer | Cowen |
Michael Lavery | Piper Jaffray |
Robert Rampton | UBS |
Adam Spielman | Citi |
Steve Powers | Deutsche Bank |
Petros Voulgaris | Goldman Sachs |
Angelica LaVito | CNBC |
Jennifer Maloney | Wall Street Journal |
Good day, and welcome to the Altria Group 2019 Third Quarter 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 Mr. Mac Livingston, Vice President of Investor Relations for Altria Client Services.