Curt Hartman | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Luke Pomilio | CFO, Principal Accounting Officer and Executive VP of Finance |
David Saxon | Needham & Company, LLC |
Richard Newitter | Leerink Partners LLC |
Jeffrey Cohen | Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. |
Matthew Mishan | KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the CONMED Corporation Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.
Before we begin, let me remind you that during this call, management will be making comments and statements regarding its financial outlook, which represent forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties as those terms are defined under the federal security laws. The company's actual results may differ materially from its current expectations. Please refer to the risk factors and other cautionary factors in today's press release as well as the company's SEC filings for more details on factors that may cause actual results to differ materially.