Global Water Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GWRS) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 5, 2022 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Joanne Ellsworth - Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Ron Fleming - President and Chief Executive Officer

Mike Liebman - Chief Financial Officer

Chris Krygier - Chief Strategy Officer

Operator

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Global Water Resources, Inc. 2022 First Quarter Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would like to remind everyone that this call is being recorded on May 5, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. I would now like to turn the conference over to Joanne Ellsworth, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs. Please go ahead.

Joanne Ellsworth

Welcome, everyone and thank you for joining us on today’s call. Yesterday, we issued our first quarter 2022 financial results by press release, a copy of which is available on our website at www.gwresources.com.

Speaking today is Ron Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer; Mike Liebman, Chief Financial Officer; and Chris Krygier, Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Fleming will summarize the key operational events of the quarter, Mr. Liebman will review the financial results for the first quarter and Mr. Krygier will review strategic initiatives and business development for the quarter. Mr. Fleming, Mr. Liebman and Mr. Krygier will be available for questions at the end of the call.

Before we begin, I would like to remind you that certain information presented today may include forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company’s current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions regarding future events. These forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks, uncertainties, estimates and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s views as of the date hereof and are not guarantees of future performance. For additional information regarding factors that may affect future results, please see the section Risk Factors in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included within our latest Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Such filings are available at www.sec.gov.

Certain non-GAAP measures may be included within today’s call. For a reconciliation of these measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the tables included in yesterday’s earnings release, which is available on our website.

I will now turn the call over to Mr. Fleming.

Ron Fleming

Thank you, Joanne. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us today. We are very pleased to report the results for the first quarter of 2022. 2022 is off to a positive start for our company, and there are many highlights worth mentioning. But first, I want to thank all of our employees, partners and shareholders for their efforts and support that together produced these results.