SouthState Bank Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Brent and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the South State Corporation second quarter 2023 earnings 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 at that time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star one. Thank you. It is now my pleasure to turn today's call over to the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Will Matthews. Sir, please go ahead.

Good morning and welcome to South State's second quarter 2023 earnings call. This is Will Matthews. And I'm here with John Corbett, Steve Young, and Jeremy Lucas. John and I will provide some brief prepared remarks, and then we'll open it up for questions. As always, a copy of our earnings release and presentation slides are on our investor relations website. Before we begin our remarks, I want to remind you that comments we make may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and regulations. Any such forward-looking statements we may make are subject to the safe harbor rules. Please review the forward-looking disclaimer and safe harbor language in the press release and presentation for more information about our forward-looking statements and risks and uncertainties which may affect us. Now I'll turn the call over to John Corbett, our CEO.

Thank you, Will. Good morning, everyone.