Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Noah Fields, Head of Investor Relations at Butterfield. Please go ahead.

Noah Fields
Head of Investor Relations

Thank you, operator, and good morning from Barbados. Thank you all for joining us this morning to discuss Butterfield's proposed acquisition of the controlling interest in CIBC Caribbean from CIBC. Today, I am joined by Michael Collins, Butterfield's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Michael Schrum, President and Chief Financial Officer; Bri Hidalgo, Chief Risk Officer; and Alex Twerdahl, Head of Strategy and Corporate Development. During today's call, we will make forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of federal securities laws.

For a list of factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, please refer to Slide 2 of the investor presentation as well as the disclosures contained within our SEC filings. I will now turn the call over to Michael Collins.

Michael Collins
Chairman & CEO

Thank you, Noah, and thanks to everyone joining the call today to discuss the exciting transaction we announced this morning. Butterfield's