Owens & Minor, Inc.

good morning my name is chris and i'll be your conference operator today at this time i'd like to welcome everyone to the owens minor fourth quarter 2022 financial results conference call all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise after the speaker's remarks there will be a question and answer session if you would like to ask a question during this time simply press star then the number one on your telephone keypad to withdraw your question please press star one again I'll hand it over to Alex Jost, Director of Investor Relations.

You may begin. Thank you.

Hello and welcome to the Owens & Miner fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings call. Our comments on the call will be focused on the financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2022, as well as our outlook for 2023, all included in today's press release. The press release, along with the supplemental slides, are posted on the investor relations section of our website. Please note that during this call, we will make forward-looking statements. The matters addressed in these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results that differ materially from those projected or implied here today. Please refer to our SEC filings for a full description of these risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors section of our annual report on Form 10-K. In our discussion today, we will reference certain non-GAAP financial measures, and information about these measures and reconciliations for the most comparable GAAP financial measures are included in our press release. Today, I'm joined by Ed Tasica, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Alex Bruni, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. I will now turn the call over to Ed.