Maximus, Inc.

Greetings and welcome to the Maximus Fiscal 2021 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are on 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. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, James Francis, Vice President of Investor Relations for Maximus. Thank you. Please go ahead.

Good morning, and thanks for joining us. With me today is Bruce Caswell, President and CEO, Rick Nadeau, CFO, and David Mutrin, Senior Vice President of Finance. I'd like to remind everyone that a number of statements being made today will be forward-looking in nature. Please remember that such statements are only predictions. Actual events and results may differ materially as a result of risks we face, including those discussed in Item 1A of our most recent Forms 10Q and 10K. We encourage you to review the information contained in our earnings press release today and our recent filings with the SEC, including our annual report to be released shortly. The company does not assume any obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. Today's presentation also contains non-GAAP financial information. Management uses this information internally to analyze results and believes it may be informative to investors in gauging the quality of our financial performance, identifying trends, and providing meaningful period-to-period comparisons. For reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures presented, please see the company's most recent earnings press release. And with that, I'll hand the call over to Rick and David.

Thank you, James, and good morning. As we announced in January, I will retire at the end of this month. and David Mutrin will become the Chief Financial Officer on December 1st. I am confident that David is the right person to succeed me as CFO to help guide Maximus in the future. It has been a privilege to be the CFO for Maximus and a great place to finish my career. I am proud of all that we accomplished together as a team during my time here. While we have been diligently reporting our contributions to shareholders, We have not discussed in this forum the substantial commitments to ESG and our accomplishments in this area over the last five years. Maximus is a unique company dedicated to delivering better than average returns to all stakeholders while simultaneously aligned with core ESG principles by making vital government services more accessible to millions of people. If you look at our progression on the MSCI framework, We began with a B rating in 2016 and currently hold a triple B rating for 2021. While triple B is a good score, we believe there is more progress to be made. Our commitment to ESG is a journey of continuous improvement. We view our ISS governance score of two as solid, and we are quite pleased with our latest ISS social score of one, both as of October 2021. Our recent ESG report includes our updated ESG materiality assessment and ongoing commitment to provide essential services to the most vulnerable citizens in the communities we serve. Thank you to everyone who I have worked with during my time at Maximus for a wonderful and fulfilling experience. David.