Valmont Industries, Inc.

Greetings and welcome to the Valmont Industries Inc. Third Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. We ask that you please limit yourself to one question and one brief follow-up question and return to the queue. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Renee Campbell, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications. Ms. Campbell, you may begin.

Thank you and good morning. Welcome to Belmont Industries' third quarter 2021 earnings call. With me on today's call are Steve Konieski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Abner Appelbaum, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Tim Francis, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. This morning, Steve will provide a brief summary of our third quarter results and comment on our strategy and long-term business outlook. Abner will review our financial performance and provide an outlook for the balance of 2021 with closing remarks from Steve. This will be followed by Q&A. A live webcast of the presentation will accompany today's discussion and is available for download from the webcast or on the investors page at Belmont.com. A replay of today's call will be available for the next seven days. Please also note that this call is subject to our disclosure on forward-looking statements, which applies to today's discussion and is outlined on slide two of the presentation. It will also be read in full at the end of today's call. I would now like to turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Konieski.

Thank you, Renee. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, I would like to begin by sharing some opening comments and then provide a brief overview of the quarter. Before I do that, I want to take a moment to recognize the contributions of Walter Scott Jr., who served on our board for more than 40 years and passed away late last month. Walter was an incredible individual whose wisdom and leadership were critical to Belmont's success over the years. His loss is felt deeply by those who knew him and the entire Omaha community.