Mark Graff | Bloomin' Brands, Inc. |
Elizabeth A. Smith | Bloomin' Brands, Inc. |
David Deno | Bloomin' Brands, Inc. |
Michael W. Gallo | C.L. King & Associates, Inc. |
Gregory R. Francfort | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Jeffrey Bernstein | Barclays Capital, Inc. |
John William Ivankoe | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Alexander Russell Slagle | Jefferies LLC |
Jason West | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
John Glass | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Karen Holthouse | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Brian M. Vaccaro | Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
Matthew DiFrisco | Guggenheim Securities LLC |
Sharon Zackfia | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Andrew Strelzik | BMO Capital Markets (United States) |
Greetings and welcome to the Bloomin' Brands' Fiscal Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow management's prepared remarks. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Mark Graff, Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you.