Banc of California, Inc.

Hello and welcome to Bank of California's first quarter earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing star then zero on your telephone keypad. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Today's call is being recorded. and a copy of the recording will be available later today on the company's investor relations website. Today's presentation will also include non-GAAP measures. The reconciliation for these and additional required information is available in the earnings press release, which is available on the company's investor relations website. The reference presentation is also available on the company's investor relations website. Before we begin, we would like to direct everyone to the company's Safe Harbor Statement on forward-looking statements included in both the earnings release and the earnings presentation. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Jared Wolf, Bank of California's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Good morning, and welcome to the Bank of California First Quarter Earnings Call. Joining me on today's call are Joe Kemp, CFO and Bill Black, our head of strategy. We executed the first full quarter as a combined company. For those of you who have followed Bank of California for the past several years, you have heard us talk about our commitment to demonstrating success by methodically making continuous progress on key initiatives and consistently moving the ball down the field. Excuse me.

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