Heritage Global Inc.

Greetings and welcome to Heritage Global Inc. Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during a conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Ross Stubb, Chief Executive Officer. Thank you. You may begin.

Thank you and good afternoon, everyone. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that this conference call contains forward-looking statements based on our 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 a date of this call. For more details and factors 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 Duff. Go ahead, Ross.

Thank you, John. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all for joining. Welcome to our 2023 second quarter earnings conference call. Today we'll start the call with Brian Cobb, our CFO. Brian, go ahead. You're up.