Prady Iyyanki
Analyst · Tudor, Pickering, Holt
Thanks, Cris. Good morning, everyone. The first quarter market conditions were challenging, as the market deteriorated faster than we expected with a sharp decline in rig count, and in addition operators not completing the wells. I'm proud of our team's execution in the first quarter, we were proactive and decisive on aggressively reducing our cost structure. We have made several tough decisions and we are seeing the impact of our efforts in margins and in our results. On pricing, we continue to work with our customers to help them reduce their cost. Our discussions have been collaborative and have resulted in pricing discounts with our strategic customers, especially when we have secured volume. We expect to have continued discussions on pricing, and we will feel more of the impact of pricing on margins, starting in the second quarter. However, our procurement efforts are gaining momentum, providing tangible savings and helping to preserve margins in the mid-teens. On the opportunistic front, our customer and new product focus areas has resulted in adding several new customers across the product lines. We also identified several strategic customers, where we are leveraging our existing relationship to pull-through other Forum products, and we are getting momentum in this area. We will continue to align our cost structure, the areas of direct and indirect cost, procurement and SG&A to respond to market conditions, including restructuring, footprint consolidation and manufacturing efficiency. Our decisive actions on cost structure, financial strength, our offensive plays, and their ability to scale our operations will position us to compete well. Now, our CFO, Jim Harris, will now discuss our financial results in greater detail. Jim?