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| Frank Boykin | CFO |
| Jeff Lorberbaum | CEO |
| Chris Wellborn | COO |
| Bob Wetenhall | RBC Capital |
| Stephen Kim | Evercore ISI |
| Mike Dahl | Barclays |
| Susan Maklari | Credit Suisse |
| John Baugh | Stifel |
| Mike Wood | Nomura Instinet |
| John Lovallo | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Sam Eisner | Goldman Sachs |
| Laura Champine | Roe Equity Research |
| Kathryn Thompson | Thompson Research Group |
| Keith Hughes | SunTrust |
| David MacGregor | Longbow Research |
| Stephen East | Wells Fargo |
| Tim Wojs | Baird |
| Eric Bosshard | Cleveland Research |
Good morning. My name is Craig and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Mohawk Industries' Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer period. reminder, Friday, gentlemen, October a being conference As today, recorded XX, Instructions] ladies this and is [Operator XXXX. Thank you. I Mr. would introduce like to Boykin. Frank Mr. Frank your Boykin, begin you conference. may
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