John Walbrecht | President |
Aaron Kuehne | Chief Financial Officer |
Cody Slach | Investor Relations |
Andrew Burns | D.A. Davidson |
Peter McGoldrick | Stifel |
[Starts Abruptly] …the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon the company’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the company and therefore involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The company cautions you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results of operations or financial condition of the company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements used in this call, include but are not limited to the overall level of consumer spending on the company’s products; general economic conditions and other factors affecting consumer confidence; disruption and volatility in the global capital and credit markets; the financial strength of the company's customers. The company's ability to implement its growth strategy, including its ability to organically grow each of its historical product lines, the ability of the company to identify potential acquisition or investment opportunities as part of its acquisition strategy; the company’s ability to successfully execute its acquisition strategy or that any such strategy will result in the company’s future profitability; the company’s exposure to product liability or product warranty claims and other loss contingencies; the stability of the company's manufacturing facilities and foreign suppliers; the company's ability to successfully integrate Sierra Bullets, changes in governmental regulation, legislation or public opinion relating to the manufacture and sale of bullets by our Sierra segment, and the possession and use of firearms and ammunition by our customers.