Heritage Global Inc.

Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Heritage Global Inc second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. During the presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards we will conduct a question and answer session. At that time if you have a question please press the 1 followed by the 4 on your telephone. If at any time during the conference you need to reach an operator please press star and zero. As a reminder this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to John Nesbitt of IMS Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to change based on various important factors. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as the date of this conference call. For more details on facts that could affect these expectations, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Heritage Global's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ross Dove. Ross?

Thanks, John, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to our second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. We will start today's call with Brian Cobb, VP of Finance, who will discuss the financial performance of the quarter. Brian, you're up.