Operator
Good day, and welcome to The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company s second-quarter earnings conference call. As a reminder, today s call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Jim King. Please go ahead.
Jim King
Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President
Good morning, everyone. I m Jim King, and I d like to welcome you to the Scotts Miracle-Gro second-quarter earnings conference call. Joining me this morning is our chairman and CEO, Jim Hagedorn; our interim chief financial officer, Cory Miller, as well as, our president and chief operating officer, Mike Lukemire; and Chris Hagedorn, group president of Hawthorne. In a moment, Jim and Cory will share some prepared remarks and then we ll open the call to your questions.