Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Lowe's Company's third quarter 2021 earnings conference call. My name is Sherry, and I will be your operator for today's call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Kate Perlman, Vice President of Investor Relations.

Thank you, and good morning. Here with me today are Marvin Ellison, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Boltz, our Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Joe McFarland, our Executive Vice President, Storrs, and Dave Denton, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. I would like to remind you that our notice regarding forward-looking statements is included in our press release this morning, which can be found on Lowe's Investor Relations website. During this call, we will be making comments that are forward-looking, including our expectations for fiscal 2021. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied as a result of various risks, uncertainties, and important factors. including those discussed in the Risk Factors, MD&A, and other sections of our annual report on Form 10-K and our other SEC filings. Additionally, we'll be discussing certain non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of these items to U.S. GAAP can be found in the Quarterly Earnings section of our Investor Relations website. Before we turn to our third quarter results, I would like to announce that we will be hosting a Lowe's 2022 Financial Outlook virtual investor event on Wednesday, December 15th from 8 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time. We would like to provide greater transparency around our 2022 expectations in this still uncertain operating environment. Marvin will speak to the key growth initiatives in our total home strategy, while Dave will outline our 2022 financial targets and priorities to assist with your modeling. After our prepared remarks, we will host a Q&A session. With that, I'll turn the call over to Marvin.