Dennis Nelson | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Tom Heacock | Senior Vice President-Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Tiffany Kanaga | Deutsche Bank |
Steve Marotta | C.L. King & Associates |
Jon Braatz | Kansas City Capital |
Jenifer Taylor | MAC Fund |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to Buckle’s First Quarter Earnings Release. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
Members of Buckle’s management on the call today are Dennis Nelson, President and CEO; Tom Heacock, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and CFO; Kelli Molczyk, Vice President of Women’s Merchandising; Bob Carlberg Senior Vice President of Men’s Merchandising; and Brady Fritz, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
As they review the operating results for the first quarter, which ended May 2, 2020, they would like to reiterate their policy of not giving future sales or earnings guidance and have the following Safe Harbor statement; Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements made by the company involve material risk and uncertainties and are subject to change based on factors, which may be beyond the company’s control.