Operator
Operator
Greetings, and welcome to the QCR Holdings, Inc., First Quarter 2018 Conference Call. This morning, QCR distributed its first quarter earnings press release, as well as the press release announcing its agreement to enter the Springfield, Missouri market by merging with Springfield Bancshares Inc. Both of these press releases are available on the Company’s Web site at www.qcrh.com. In addition, the Company has developed a slide presentation with additional information on the Springfield transaction. You can actually see slides in the Investor Relations section of our Web site. With us today from management are Doug Hultquist, President and CEO and Todd Gipple, Executive Vice President, COO and CFO. Management will provide a brief summary of the proposed Springfield Bancshares transaction and the quarterly results, and then we will open up the call to questions from analysts. Before we begin the call, I would like to remind everyone that some of the information management will be providing today falls under the guidelines of forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of these guidelines, I must point out that any statements made during this call concerning the Company's hopes, beliefs, expectations and predictions of the future, are forward-looking statements and actual results could differ materially from those projected. Additional information on these factors is included from time-to-time in the Company's 10-K and 10-Q filings, which may be obtained on the Company's Web site or the SEC's Web site. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded and will be available for replay through May 02, 2018, starting this afternoon approximately one hour after the completion of this call. It will also be accessible on the Company’s Web site. At this time, I will now turn the call to Mr. Doug Hultquist at QCR.