Charles Lambert | Managing Director |
Edward K. Aldag, Jr. | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer |
Steven Hamner | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Derek Johnston | Deutsche Bank |
Chad Vanacore | Stifel |
Michael Lewis | SunTrust |
Michael Carroll | RBC Capital |
Karin Ford | MUFG Securities |
Sarah Tan | JPMorgan |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Second Quarter Medical Properties Trust Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we’ll conduct a question-and-answer session, and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.
I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Charles Lambert, Managing Director.