Bryan DeBoer | President & CEO |
John North | SVP & CFO |
Christopher Holzshu | EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer |
Steve Dyer | Craig-Hallum |
Rick Nelson | Stephens |
James Albertine | Consumer Edge Research |
Bret Jordan | Jefferies |
John Murphy | Bank of America |
Brett Hoselton | KeyBanc |
Armintas Sinkevicius | Morgan Stanley |
Chris Bottiglieri | Wolfe Research |
David Whiston | Morningstar |
Andrew Fung | Berenberg Capital Markets |
Good morning, and welcome to the Lithia Motors Third Quarter 2017 Conference Call. Management may make statements about future events, including financial projections and expectations about the company's products, markets, and growth. Such statements are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. The company discloses material risks and uncertainties in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company urges you to carefully consider these disclosures and not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.