RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.

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We're just going to give this a few more seconds as we wait for some more listeners to join, and then we will be getting this started. Looks like we can go ahead and get this started. Greetings and welcome to RCI Hospitality Holdings second quarter 2Q24 sales call. You can find the company's presentation on RCI's website. Go to the investor relations section and all of the links are at the top part of that page. Please turn with me to slide two of our presentation. I'm Mark Moran, CEO of Equity Animal. I'm the host of our call. I'm coming to you from New York City today. Eric Langen, President and CEO of RCI Hospitality Holdings, and CFO Bradley Shea are coming to you from Houston today. Please turn with me to slide three. To ask a question, you'll need to join the X space with a mobile device. To listen only, you can join the X space on a personal computer. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. A question and answer session will follow. This conference is being recorded. Please turn with me to slide four. You may hear or see forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. We disclaim any obligation to update information disclosed in this call as a result of developments that occur afterwards. Now I'm pleased to introduce to you Eric Langen, President and CEO of RCI Hospitality. Eric, take it away.