Bruce Thorn | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Jonathan Ramsden | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer |
Spencer Hanus | Wolfe Research |
Peter Keith | Piper Sandler |
Joe Feldman | Telsey Advisory Group |
Jason Haas | Bank of America |
Anthony Chukumba | Loop Capital |
Brad Thomas | KeyBanc Capital Markets |
Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the Big Lots Second Quarter Conference Call. [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 on the call involve risks and uncertainties that are subject to the company’s Safe Harbor provisions as stated in the company’s press release and SEC filings and that actual results can differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The company would like to also point out that our applicable commentary today is focused on adjusted non-GAAP results.