Earnings Call Excerpt
Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA)
Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
April 30, 2009 10:00 am ET
Executives
Mark Deasy – Director, Global Public Relations
Bill Lambert – President and CEO
Dennis Zeitler – SVP and CFO
Joe Bigler – VP and President, MSA North America
Rob Cañizares – EVP and President, MSA International
Analysts
Edward Marshall – Sidoti & Company
Keith Kostek [ph] – Morgan, Keegan
Richard Eastman – Robert W. Baird
Greg Halter – Great Lakes Review
Walt Liptak – Barrington Research
Dick Ryan – Dougherty & Company
Presentation
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the MSA first quarter earnings conference call. At this time, all the participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Mark Deasy. Mr. Deasy, you may begin.
Mark Deasy
Thank you, Kim [ph], and good morning, everybody. As Kim said, I’m Mark Deasy, Communications Director. And on the call with us today are Bill Lambert, President and Chief Executive Officer; Dennis Zeitler, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Joe Bigler, President of MSA North America; and, Rob Cañizares, Executive Vice President and President of MSA International.
Our first quarter earnings release was issued this morning at 8:30, and we hope that everybody has had an opportunity to review it. The release is posted on the home page of the MSA Web site, which is at www.msanet.com.
This morning, Bill Lambert will provide commentary on the first quarter. He will be followed by Dennis, who will review our financials. And after Dennis' comments, we will open up the call for questions and plan to adjourn by about 10:45.
Before we begin, I need to remind everyone that the matters discussed on this call, with the exception of historical information, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, including without limitation, all projections and anticipated levels of future performance, involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed here. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors are detailed from time to time and our filings with the SEC, including our most recent Form 10-K, which were filed on February 26, 2009.
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