Timothy FitzGerald | CEO & Director |
Bryan Mittelman | CFO |
David Brewer | EVP & COO |
James Clement | The Buckingham Research Group |
Walter Liptak | Seaport Global Securities |
Mircea Dobre | Robert W. Baird & Co. |
Joel Tiss | BMO Capital Markets |
Lawrence De Maria | William Blair & Company |
Jeffrey Hammond | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
George Godfrey | CL King & Associates |
Jason Rodgers | Great Lakes Review |
Welcome to The Middleby Corporation Second Quarter Conference Call. With us from management today are Chief Executive Officer, Jim Fitzgerald; Chief Financial Officer, Bryan Mittelman; and Chief Operating Officer, David Brewer. [Operator Instructions].
Now I'd like to turn the call over to Mr. Fitzgerald.