James T. Hippel | Bio-Techne Corp. |
Charles R. Kummeth | Bio-Techne Corp. |
Catherine Ramsey Schulte | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Puneet Souda | Leerink Partners LLC |
Bryan A. Kipp | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Mike Sarcone | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Robert Amparo | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Matthew G. Hewitt | Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC |
Paul Richard Knight | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC |
Daniel Arias | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Good morning and welcome to the Bio-Techne Earnings Conference Call for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018. At this time, all participants have been placed in listen-only mode and the call will be opened for questions following management's prepared remarks. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Jim Hippel, Bio-Techne's Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.