Rich Meeusen | Chairman, President and CEO |
Rick Johnson | SVP, Finance & CFO |
Ken Bockhorst | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |
Richard Eastman | Robert W. Baird |
Chip Moore | Canaccord Genuity |
Nathan Jones | Stifel |
Ryan Connors | Boenning and Scattergood, Inc |
Jose Garza | Gabelli and Company |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Q4 2017 Badger Meter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Rick Johnson, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Sir, you may begin.