Robert Stewart, Jr. | President |
Edward Treska | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Clayton Haynes | Chief Financial Officer |
Good afternoon and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Acacia Research 2017 fourth quarter and year-end earnings release conference call. At this time, I would like to inform you that this conference is being recorded and that all participants are in a listen-only mode. I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Rob Stewart. Please go ahead, sir.