Franklin Resources, Inc.

Welcome to Franklin Resources Earnings Conference Call for the quarter ended June 30th, 2024. Hello, my name is Sylvie and I will be your call operator today. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded and at this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. And I would like to turn the conference over to your host, Celine Oh, Chief Communications Officer and Head of Investor Relations for Franklin Resources. You may begin.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us today to discuss your quarterly results.

Statements made on this conference call regarding Franklin Resources, Inc., which are not historical facts or forward-looking statements, was in the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These and other risks, uncertainties, and other important factors are just described in more detail in Franklin's recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the risk factors and the MD&A sections of Franklin's most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q filings. Now, I'd like to turn the call over to Jenny Johnson, our President and Chief Executive Officer.