Global Partners LP

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and welcome to the Global Partners fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial results conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief 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. With us from Global Partners are President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Eric Swiska, Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Daphne Foster, Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mark Romain, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Mr. Edward Fanuel. At this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Mr. Fanuel for opening remarks. Please go ahead, sir.

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that this morning we will be making forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. These statements may include but are not limited to projections, beliefs, goals, estimates concerning the future financial and operational performance of global partners. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions regarding market conditions, such as the crude oil market, business cycles, demand for petroleum products, including gasoline and gasoline blend stocks and renewable fuels, utilization of assets and facilities, weather, credit markets demand for c-store offerings the regulatory and permitting environment and the forward product pricing curve which could influence quarterly financial results these statements involve significant risks and uncertainties some of which are beyond the partnership's control including without limitation the impact and duration of the coven 19 pandemic Uncertainty around the timing of an economic recovery in the United States, which will impact the demand for the products we sell and the services we provide. Uncertainty around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to our counterparties and our customers and their corresponding ability to perform their obligations and or utilize the products we sell and or the services we provide. uncertainty around the impact and duration of federal, state, and municipal regulations and directives related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from the partnership's historical experience and present expectations or projections. We believe these assumptions are reasonable given currently available information. Our assumptions and future performance are subject to a wide range of business risks and uncertainties. In addition, such performance is subject to risk factors, including but not limited to those described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Partners undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to any forward-looking statements that may be made during today's conference call. With Regulation FD in effect, it is our policy that any material comments, concerning future results of operations will be communicated through news releases, publicly announced conference calls, or other means that will constitute public disclosure for the purposes of Regulation FD. Now it's my pleasure to turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Eric Sliska.