Express Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call September 6, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Tim Baxter - Chief Executive Officer

Jason Judd - Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Greg Johnson - Vice President, Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group

Eric Beder - Small Cap Consumer Research

Marni Shapiro - Retail Tracker

Operator

Good morning. My name is Jean Louis and I will be your conference operator today. I would like to welcome everyone to the Express Inc. conference call to discuss our second quarter 2023 earnings.

All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again press star, one.

I would now like to hand the call over to Greg Johnson, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Greg Johnson

Thank you Operator. Good morning and welcome to EXPR’s second quarter 2023 earnings conference call.

Our second quarter 2023 earnings release and presentation can be found at our Investor Relations website. These items will be archived and our call will be available for replay.

I’d like to open by reminding you of the company’s Safe Harbor provisions. Today’s call may contain forward-looking statements. Any statements made during this conference call except those containing historical facts may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual future results may differ materially from those suggested in forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties.

For a description of the risks that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, please refer to our 2022 Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC, which are posted on our Investor Relations website. These risks and uncertainties are further detailed in our earnings press release that was issued this morning. These statements represent our current judgment. Express assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

In addition, we may refer to certain non-GAAP measures. You can locate a reconciliation of any non-GAAP measures discussed in our comments to amounts reported under GAAP in our earnings release and in the corresponding presentation. We will also be providing financial comparisons to prior fiscal periods, and our prepared remarks today refer to comparisons to the corresponding periods in 2022 unless otherwise noted. Please see the explanatory notes in the earnings release for additional details regarding the definition of certain items.