James T. Hippel | Bio-Techne Corp. |
Charles R. Kummeth | Bio-Techne Corp. |
Puneet Souda | Leerink Partners LLC |
Daniel Arias | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Dan Leonard | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Amanda L. Murphy | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Emily G. Stent | Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. |
Matthew G. Hewitt | Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC |
Tim C. Evans | Wells Fargo Securities LLC |
Paul Richard Knight | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC |
Good morning and welcome to the Bio-Techne Earnings Conference Call for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode, and the call will be opened for questions following management's prepared remarks. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Jim Hippel, Bio-Techne's Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead, sir.