Bruce Thorn | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jonathan Ramsden | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer |
Spencer Hanus | Wolfe Research |
Joe Feldman | Telsey Advisory Group |
Peter Keith | Piper Jaffray |
Anthony Chukumba | Loop Capital Markets |
Chandni Luthra | Goldman Sachs |
Gaby Carbone | Deutsche Bank |
Renato Basanta | Barclays |
Jason Haas | Bank of America |
Brad Thomas | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, and welcome to the Big Lots Third Quarter Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
On the call today are Bruce Thorn, President and CEO; and Jonathan Ramsden, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.
Before starting today’s call, the company would like to remind you that any forward-looking statements made in the call involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to the company’s safe harbor provisions as stated in company’s press release and SEC filings and the actual results can differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements.