Cynthia Hiponia | Symantec Corp. |
Gregory S. Clark | Symantec Corp. |
Nicholas R. Noviello | Symantec Corp. |
Good afternoon. My name is Ian and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Symantec Corporation's Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 (sic) [2018] (00:11) Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. I'd now like to turn the call over to Ms. Hiponia. Cynthia begin. may you Ma'am,
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