Emily Liu | IR, FTI Consulting |
Edward Heffernan | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Charles Horn | Chief Financial Officer |
Sanjay Sakhrani | Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc. |
Ramsey El-Assal | Jefferies LLC |
Daniel Perlin | RBC Capital Markets LLC |
Andrew Jeffrey | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey |
Robert Napoli | William Blair & Company, LLC |
David Togut | Evercore ISI |
David Scharf | JMP Securities |
Jason Deleeuw | Piper Jaffray |
Jeffrey Meuler | Robert W. Baird & Co. |
Good morning and welcome to Alliance Data's First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all parties have been placed on a listen-only mode.
Following today's presentation the floor will be open for your questions. [Operator Instructions] In order to view the Company's presentation on their website, please remember to turn off the pop-up blocker on your computer. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Ms.