Driven Brands Holdings Inc.

Good morning.

My name is Karina. I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Driven Brands Q1 2024 earnings call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you'd like to withdraw your question, press the star followed by the number two. Thank you. I will now turn the call over to Joel Arnaio, SVP of Finance. Joel, you may begin your conference.

Good morning and welcome to Driven Brands' first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. The earnings release and the leverage ratio reconciliation are available for download on our website at investors.drivenbrands.com. On the call today with me are Jonathan Fitzpatrick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Danny Rivera, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Gary Ferreira, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In a moment, Jonathan, Danny, and Gary will walk you through our financial and operating performance for the quarter. Before we begin our remarks, I'd like to remind you that management will refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. You can find the reconciliations to most directly comparable gap financial measures on the company's investor relations website and in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. During the course of this call, we may also make forward-looking statements in regard to our current plans, beliefs, and expectations. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from the results and events contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Please see our earnings release and our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information. Today's prepared remarks will be followed by a question and answer session. We will ask you to limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. Now, I'll turn it over to my partner, Jonathan.