Brian P. McKeon | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. |
Jonathan W. Ayers | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. |
Michael Ryskin | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Ryan S. Daniels | William Blair & Co. LLC |
Erin Wilson Wright | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Jonathan David Block | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Mark Anthony Massaro | Canaccord Genuity, Inc. |
David Westenberg | C.L. King & Associates, Inc. |
Good morning and welcome to the IDEXX Laboratories' Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call.
As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded. Participating in the call this morning are Jon Ayers, Chief Executive Officer; Brian McKeon, Chief Financial Officer; and Kerry Bennett, Vice President-Investor Relations. IDEXX would like to preface the discussion today with a caution regarding forward-looking statements. Listeners are reminded that our discussion during the call will include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed today.