GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to GEN Restaurant Group Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, you will conduct a question and answer session. If at any time during this call you require immediate assistance, please press the star zero for the operator. This call is being recorded on Thursday, May 14, 2026. And now I would like to turn the conference over to Tom Kroll, the company's chief financial officer. You may begin.

Thank you, operator, and good afternoon. By now, everyone should have access to our first quarter 2026 earnings release. If not, it can be found at www.genkoreanbbq.com in the investor relations section. Before we begin our formal remarks, I need to remind everyone that our discussions today will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal security laws, including but not limited to statements regarding growth plans and potential new store openings, as well as those types of statements identified in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2025, and our subsequent reports filed with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore you should not put undue reliance on them. These statements represent our views only as of the date of this call and are also subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we currently expect. We refer you to our recent SEC filings, including our annual report on Form 10K and quarterly reports on Form 10Q for a more detailed discussions of the risks that could impact our future operating results and financial condition. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. During today's call, we will discuss some non-GAAP financial measures which we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable gap financial measures are available in our earnings press release and our SEC filings, which are available in the investor relations section of our website. Now, I'd like to turn it over to our chairman and CEO, David Kim.