West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (NYSE:WFG) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call April 29, 2022 11:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Ray Ferris - President and Chief Executive Officer
Chris Virostek - Chief Financial Officer
Chris McIver - Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development
Conference Call Participants
Sean Steuart - TD Securities
Hamir Patel - CIBC Capital Markets
Mark Wilde - BMO
Paul Quinn - RBC Capital Markets
Operator
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to West Fraser’s Q1 2022 Results Conference Call. Please note that all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.
During this conference call, West Fraser’s representatives will be making certain statements about West Fraser’s future financial and operational performance, business outlook, and capital plans. These statements may contain forward-looking information or forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian and United States Securities law. Such statements involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause West Fraser’s actual or future results and performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied in these statements.
Additional information about these risks, factors and assumptions is included both in the accompanying webcast presentation and in our 2021 Annual MD&A and Annual Information Form, which can be accessed on the West Fraser’s website or through SEDAR for Canadian investors or EDGAR for United States investors. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Thank you. Mr. Ferris, you may now begin the conference.
Ray Ferris
Well, thank you, Sylvie. Good morning and thank you for everyone for joining our first quarter 2022 earnings call. My name is Ray Ferris, West Fraser’s President and CEO and I am joined today by Chris Virostek, our Chief Financial Officer. Chris McIver, Senior VP of Marketing and Corporate Development and a number of other members of our executive team.
Before we get into the results today, I’d like to mention couple of housekeeping items. And then after I will pass the call to Chris who will provide Chris Virostek will provide an update to our Q1 results and before wrapping up and moving to Q&A. Today, we will limit the scope of our comments to those already provided in our Q1 disclosures. And we will refrain from addressing any questions related to our company or market outlook beyond what has been provided in those disclosures.
Further, after this morning’s call and in the absence of any material developments that would require a news release, we do not intend to make any additional comments to investors or analysts after our substantial – until after our substantial issuer bid expires, which is currently expected to be June 2, 2022.