Michelle Gass | CEO |
Bruce Besanko | CFO |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Matthew Boss | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Randy Konik | Jefferies |
Chuck Grom | Gordon Haskett Research Advisors |
Mark Altschwager | Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. |
Paul Trussell | Deutsche Bank |
Michael Bonetti | Credit Suisse |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Kohl's First Quarter 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. Certain statements made on this call, including projected financial results are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Kohl's intends forward-looking terminology such as believes, expects, may, will, should, anticipates, plans, or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause Kohl's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.