Laura Scheland
Management
Hi, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Laura Scheland, General Counsel of Oil Dri Corporation. This year is the first year that the Annual Meeting is available via phone line and webcast, so hence opening the lines. Our agenda for today is, I will first conduct the Annual Meeting of Stockholders covering the Election of Directors and other stockholder voting items. I'll try to move through this quickly and [indiscernible]; so we can move on to the more interesting point part of the meeting. Next, will be the presentation and business review followed by time for Q&A. So we ask that you hold your questions until the Q&A portion of the meeting. It is now 09:31 on December 11, 2018, and I now call to order the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Oil Dri Corporation of America. While I conduct the meeting, Tony Parker, the Assistant Secretary of Oil Dri will record the minutes for the meeting. As you enter the meeting room, you should have received an agenda and the rules of conduct that will govern this meeting. We ask that you adhere to these rules. Stockholders who previously voted by proxy using the internet, telephone or mail may not cast ballot today unless they wish to change their vote on the proxy. We'll provide ballots to those who desire them at the appropriate time. Oil Dri has appointed Gary Farrar of Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. to serve as the Inspector of Elections for the meeting. He is present and has taken the oath [ph]. Commencing on October 31, 2018, a notice regarding the availability of proxy materials or a copy of the proxy materials was mailed to all Oil Dri stockholders of record as of close of business on October 15, 2018, which is the record date…