Banner Corporation

Good day and welcome to the Banner Corporation first quarter 2021 conference call and webcast. All participants will be in a listen only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on a touch tone phone. To withdraw your question, press star then two. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mark Grescovich, President and CEO. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Tom, and good morning, everyone. I would also like to welcome you to the first quarter of 2021 earnings call for Banner Corporation. As is customary, joining me on the call today is Peter Conner, our Chief Financial Officer, Jill Rice, our Chief Credit Officer, and Rich Arnold, our Head of Investor Relations. Rich, would you please read our forward-looking safe harbor statement? I will, Mark. Good morning.

Our presentation today discusses Banner's business outlook and will include forward-looking statements. Those statements include descriptions of management's plans, objectives or goals for future operations, products or services, forecasts of financial or other performance measures, and statements about Banner's general outlook for economic and other conditions. We also may make other forward-looking statements in the question and answer period following management's discussion. Additionally, we provided an investor presentation that could be found in the investor relations section of our website, bannerbank.com. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those discussed today. Information on the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ are available from the earnings press release that was released yesterday and a recently filed form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2020. Forward-looking statements are effective only as of the day that they are made and Banner assumes no obligation to update information concerning its expectations. Mark.