Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSKE) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call November 9, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Traci Graham - Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations

Jonathan Shepko - Chief Executive Officer

Aaron Coley - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Bert Subin - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

Jason Seidl - Cowen and Company

Ryan Sigdahl - Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC

Operator

Good morning, and thank you for participating in today's conference to discuss Daseke's Financial Results for the Third Quarter ended September 30, 2022 as well as Daseke's 2022 Full-Year Outlook. With us today are Jonathan Shepko, Chief Executive Officer and Board member; Aaron Coley, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Traci Graham, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. After their prepared remarks, the management team will take your questions.

As a reminder, you may now download a PDF of the presentation slides that will accompany the remarks made on today's conference call as indicated in the press release issued earlier today. You may access these slides in the Investor Relations section of our website.

Before we go further, I would like to turn the call over to Traci Graham, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, who will read the Company's Safe Harbor statement that provides important cautions regarding forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Ms. Traci, please go ahead.

Traci Graham

Thanks, Norma. Please turn to Slide 2 for a review of our Safe Harbor and non-GAAP statements. Today's presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Projected financial information, including our guidance outlook, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, including those with respect to revenues, earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of Daseke's business are based on management's current estimates, projections and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections.

I encourage you to read our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of the risks that can affect our business, and to not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. During the call, there will also be a discussion of some items that do not conform to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP, including but not limited to adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating ratio, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income or loss, free cash flow and net debt.