Christine A. Tsingos | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. |
Norman D. Schwartz | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. |
John Hertia | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. |
Annette Tumolo | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. |
Brandon Couillard | Jefferies LLC |
Dan Leonard | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
David Westenberg | C.L. King & Associates, Inc. |
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Bio-Rad Laboratories First Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time.
As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Ms.