Andy Regrut | VP, IR |
Lisa Bachmann | EVP, Chief Merchandising Officer and COO |
Tim Johnson | EVP, Chief Administrative Officer and CFO |
Anthony Chukumba | Loop Capital Markets |
Patrick McKeever | MKM Partners |
Dan Wewer | Raymond James |
Gabby Carbone | Deutsche Bank |
Vincent Sinisi | Morgan Stanley |
Alvin Concepcion | Citi |
Matthew Boss | JP Morgan |
Peter Keith | Piper Jaffray |
Brian Nagel | Oppenheimer |
Sean Kras | Barclays |
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Big Lots’ Q4 2017 Earnings Conference Call. This call is being recorded.
During this session all lines will be muted until the question-and-answer session of the call. [Operator Instructions]. At this time I would like to introduce today’s first speaker Andy Regrut, Vice President of Investor Relations.