Laurentian Bank of Canada

¶¶ ¶¶ Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to Laurentian Bank Financial Results Call.

Please note that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Raphael Arbeau, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Raphael.

Bonjour à tous. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Today's opening remark will be delivered by Eric Crevaux, President and CEO, and the review of the second quarter financial results will be presented by Yvan Deschamps, Executive Vice President and CFO, after which we'll invite questions from the phone. Also joining us for the question period is Christian Debroux, Executive Vice President and CRO. All documents pertaining to the quarter can be found on our website in the Investor Relations section. I'd like to remind you that during this conference call, forward-looking statements may be made, and it is possible that actual results may differ materially from those projected in such statements. For the complete cashier note regarding forward-looking statements, please refer to our press release or to slide two of the presentation. I would also like to remind listeners that the Bank assesses its performance on a reported and adjusted basis and consider both to be useful in assessing underlying business performance. Eric and Yvan will be referring to adjusted results in their remarks, unless otherwise noted, as reported. I will now turn the call over to Eric.