Brian S. Shipman | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. |
John J. Lynch | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. |
Joseph P. Abbott | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. |
Peter P. Appert | Piper Jaffray & Co. |
Jason Boisvert Bazinet | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
George Tong | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Jeffrey D. Goldstein | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
Jeffrey Marc Silber | BMO Capital Markets (United States) |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First Quarter Earnings 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. I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr. Brian Shipman.