Earnings Call Excerpt
Esmark Inc. (ESMK)
F4Q 08 Earnings Call
April 30, 2008; 2:00 pm ET
Executives
Jim Bouchard - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Craig Bouchard - Vice Chairman and President
Paul Mooney - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David Lutdak - Executive Vice President Mill Operations
Tom Modrowski - Executive Vice President Downstream Operations.
Dennis Halpin – Director of Investor Relations
Presentation
Operator
Good day everyone and welcome to the Esmark Incorporated fourth quarter and full year 2007 conference call. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time I would like to turn the conference over to Dennis Halpin; please go ahead sir.
Denis Alban
Thank you André and good afternoon everyone. Welcome to Esmark Incorporated’s conference call and webcast covering the fourth quarter and full year 2007 results. Joining me on the call today are Jim Bouchard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Craig Bouchard Vice Chairman and President; Paul Mooney, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, David Lutdak, Executive Vice President Mill Operations and Tom Modrowski, Executive Vice President Downstream Operations.
Certain comments made on this afternoon’s call may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. Listeners are cautioned that such forward-looking statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and certainties that could cause actual results to differ material from actual future events or results. In addition, any forward-looking statements contained in this conference call represent Esmark’s Incorporated view as of today only and the company does not assume any obligations to updates them.
Also please note that the conference call is open to the public and it is being broadcast live both on our website at www.esmark.com and as well as on www.investorcalendar.com. It does contain time sensitive information and is being recorded for replay through May 7 by dialing 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 and using the pass code 8470714.
Before I pass the call over to our chairman I want to advise you of a little change in todays call format. Given this morning’s announcement regarding Essar and Esmark, coupled with the expected length of time of our prepared remarks, now to include some discussion on this matter we will not hold the question-and-answer session following these prepared remarks. We believe that the content contained in our prepared remarks this afternoon should provide sufficient depth as to not only the calls core purpose but also towards this morning’s news; with that over to Jim.
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