Valmont Industries, Inc.

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Thank you and good morning. Welcome to Belmont Industries' first quarter 2023 earnings call. With me today are Steve Konieski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Abner Applebaum, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Jean Padgett, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. This morning, Steve will provide a brief summary of our first quarter results, commenting on our markets and long-term business strategy. Abner will review our financial performance and provide our current outlook and indications for 2023 with closing remarks from Steve. This will be followed by Q&A. A live webcast of the presentation will accompany today's call and is available for download from the webcast or on the investor site at valmont.com. A replay will be available on our website later this morning. Please note that this call is subject to our disclosure on forward-looking statements, which applies to today's discussion, is outlined on slide two of the presentation, and will be read in full at the end of today's call. Finally, if you would like to be notified when Belmont publishes news releases and other information, please sign up for email alerts through our investors' site. We also encourage investors and others interested in our company to follow Belmont and our brand on the social media channels listed on our website. I will now turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Konieski.

Thank you, Renee.