Brian Campbell | VP, Treasurer IR and Tax |
William Rhodes | Chairman, President and CEO |
Jamere Jackson | EVP and CFO |
Bret Jordan | Jefferies |
Simeon Gutman | Morgan Stanley |
Christopher Horvers | JPMorgan |
Michael Lasser | UBS |
Scot Ciccarelli | RBC Capital Markets |
Zach Fadem | Wells Fargo |
Katy Hallberg | D.A. Davidson |
Brian Nagel | Oppenheimer |
Certain statements contained in this presentation constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements typically use words such as believe, anticipate, should, intend, plan, will, expect, estimate, project, position, strategy, seek, may, could, and similar expressions. These are based on assumptions and assessments made by the company’s management in light of experience or perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors that the company believe to be appropriate. These forward looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, product demand, energy prices, weather, competition, credit market conditions, cash flows, access to available and feasible financing, future stock repurchases, the impact of recessionary conditions, consumer debt levels, changes in laws or regulations, risk associated with self-insurance, war and the prospect of war including terrorist activity, the impact of public health issues, such as the ongoing global pandemic of a novel strain of the coronavirus COVID-19, inflation, the ability to hire, train and retain qualified employees, construction delays to compromising confidentiality, availability or integrity of information, including cyber-attacks, historic growth rate, sustainability, downgrade of the company’s credit ratings, damage to the company’s reputation, challenges in international markets, failure or interruption of the company’s information technology systems origin and raw material cost of suppliers, disruption in the company’s supply chain due to public health epidemics or otherwise, impact of tariffs, anticipated impact of new accounting standards and business interruptions. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in more detail in the Risk Factors section contained in Item 1A under Part I of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 29, 2020, and these Risk Factors should be read carefully.