Beyond Meat, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Beyond Meat, Inc. 2020 First Quarter Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 1 on your telephone. If you require operator assistance during the program, please press star then 0. I would now like to introduce for this conference call, Luby Katun, you may begin.

Thank you.

Good afternoon and welcome to Beyond Meat's first quarter 2020 earnings conference call and webcast. On today's call are Ethan Brown, founder, president, and chief executive officer, and Mark Nelson, chief financial officer and treasurer. By now, everyone should have access to the company's first quarter earnings press release and investor presentation filed today after market close. These documents are available on the investor relations section of Beyond Meat's website at www.beyondmeet.com. Before we begin, please note that all the financial information presented on today's call is unaudited, and during the course of this call, management may make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Federal Securities Law's These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements. Please refer to today's press release, the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2020. The company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2020, to be filed with the SEC and other filings with the SEC for a detailed discussion of the risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made today. Please note that on today's call, management will refer to adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. While the company believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information for investors, the presentation of this information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to today's press release for a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to its most comparable measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Now, I'd like to turn the call over to Ethan Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of BeyondMeet.