Operator

Our earnings release and Form 10-Q were issued earlier this morning and are available on our IR website. Our IR website includes a cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements. Today's webcast may include forward-looking statements that we make pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, including regarding the company's future business plans, prospects and financial performance are not historical in nature and are based on management's assumptions regarding the future and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among other factors, economic, geopolitical, operating and industry conditions and decisions and legal and regulatory developments. Refer to our IR website, the earnings release and 10-Q issued today and the risks and uncertainties described in our Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the SEC for more information on risks that could cause results to differ. A reconciliation of certain non-GAAP measures referred to on this webcast to the most comparable GAAP measures is on our IR website.

Benjamin Daniel Swinburne, C.F.A.
Executive Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy

Good morning. Welcome to The Walt Disney Company Fiscal Second Quarter Earnings Call. Thank you for joining us. I'm Ben Swinburne, Executive Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. With me today are Josh D'Amaro, our Chief Executive Officer; and Hugh Johnston, our Chief Financial Officer. While we intend to keep our prepared remarks brief on future earnings calls, as this is Josh's first opportunity to speak to the investment community as CEO, we wanted to take the extra time for you to hear from him