North West Company Inc. (The)

All participants, please stand by. Your meeting is ready to begin. Welcome to the Northwest Company, Inc. Third Quarter Results Conference call. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Mr. Don McConnell, President, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McConnell, please go ahead.

Hi, thank you, and good morning. Welcome to the Northwest Company Third Quarter Conference call. I'm joined here today by John King, our Chief Financial Officer, and Alexis Cloutier, our VP of Legal and Corporate Services. I am going to start the meeting by asking Alexis to read our disclosure statement.

Thank you, Dan. Before we begin today, I remind you that certain information presented may constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Northwest's current expectations, estimates, projections, and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are not guaranteed a future performance and are subject to certain risks, which could cause actual performance and financial results in the future. to vary materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are current only as of the date they're made, and the company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future results, or otherwise, other than what's required by law. For additional information on these risks, please see Northwest Annual Information Form, and its MD&A under the heading Risk Factors.