ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 17, 2022 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Kate Lowrey - Vice President, Investor Relations

Vic Richey - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chris Tucker - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Bryan Sayler - President, Utility Solutions Group

Conference Call Participants

Jon Tanwanteng - CJS Securities

John Franzreb - Sidoti

Operator

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2022 ESCO Technologies Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Today’s call is being recorded. On the call today, we have Vic Richey, Chairman and CEO; Chris Tucker, Senior Vice President and CFO; and Bryan Sayler, President, Utility Solutions Group.

And now I would like to turn the conference over to your first speaker today, Kate Lowrey, Vice President of Investor Relations. Kate, you may now have the floor.

Kate Lowrey

Thank you. Statements made during this call, which are not strictly historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, and actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties that exist in the company’s operations and business environment, including, but not limited to, the risk factors referenced in the company’s press release issued today, which will be included as an exhibit to the company’s Form 8-K to be filed. We undertake no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by applicable laws or regulations.

In addition, during this call, the company may discuss some non-GAAP financial measures in describing the company’s operating results. A reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures can be found in the press release issued today and found on the company’s website at www.escotechnologies.com under the link Investor Relations.

Now I’ll turn the call over to Vic.

Vic Richey

Thanks, Kate, and thank you, everyone, for joining today’s call. We have got a lot to cover today, but I want to start off by introducing everybody to Bryan Sayler. But now you’ve all seen a press release from September 12 and also the commentary from the release we issued today. Bryan is about to take over as CEO on January 1 and is joining us on today’s call. I really feel good about our transition plan, and we thought this call would be a good chance for Bryan few words and to start to engage in a quarterly earnings process.