Ellen Trester | IR |
Dan Florness | President and CEO |
Holden Lewis | CFO |
David Manthey | Robert W. Baird. |
Ryan Cieslak | Northcoast Research Partners |
Christ Dankert | Longbow Research LLC |
Robert Barry | Susquehanna |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fastenal Company Q4 and Fiscal Year 2017 Earnings Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
Following management’s prepared remarks, we will host a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call may be recorded. It is now my pleasure to hand the conference over to Ms.