American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

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Greetings and welcome to the American Eagle Outfitters second quarter 2019 earnings conference 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 the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Ms. Judy Meehan. Thank you. You may begin.

Good morning, everyone. Joining me today for our prepared remarks are Jane Schottenstein, Chief Executive Officer, Tad Kessler, AE Global Brand President, Jen Foyle, Aerie Global Brand President, and Bob Mador, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin today's call, I need to remind you that we will make certain forward-looking statements. These statements are based upon information that represents the company's current expectations or beliefs. The results actually realized may differ materially based on risk factors included in our SEC filings. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise except as required by law. Also, please note that during this call and in the accompanying press release, certain financial metrics are presented on both a GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted basis. Reconciliations of adjusted results to the GAAP results are available in the tables attached to the earnings release. which is posted on our corporate website at aeoinc.com in the investor relations section. Here you can also find the second quarter investor presentation. And now I'd like to turn the call over to Jay.