Barnes & Noble Education, Inc

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to BNED's 2021 Virtual Investor Day. I'm Andy Millivoy, Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations for BNED, and I'd like to thank all of you for attending. In addition to the live webcast, I'd like to call everyone's attention to the presentation that's available on our corporate website and can be accessed at investor.bned.com and should be viewed in conjunction with today's comments. Additionally, today's presentation will contain forward-looking statements. These statements include projections that are beliefs of management and that are covered under the safe harbor of the company and are contained in our press releases and SEC filings. Today's agenda includes presentations by our Chairman and CEO, Mike Huseby, who will provide a strategic overview, Jonathan Schaar, EVP of B&ED Retail, who will discuss our initiatives to grow retail sales and increase adoption of our inclusive access model. Mike Miller, EVP Corporate Development and Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, who will discuss how partnerships have helped accelerate our initiatives. David Henderson, President of MBS, who will provide an overview of our wholesale business and how it is supporting our new initiatives. David Nenke, President of DSS, who will provide an update on our direct to student digital businesses and Tom Donoghue, our CFO, who'll provide a financial overview. Following Tom's presentation, there will also be a Q&A session. For those of you who are using the conference call bridge for the Q&A session, please state your name and your firm name when asking your question. And with that, we'll begin the presentation with a brief video.

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