Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 9, 2022 6:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Karen Haller – President and Chief Executive Officer

Paul Daily – President, Chief Executive Officer of Centuri

Greg Peterson – Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Justin Brown – Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Boyd Nelson – Vice President of Strategy, Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Richard Sunderland – JPMorgan

Julien Dumoulin-Smith – Bank of America

Ryan Levine – Citi

Operator

Please stand by. Your program is about to begin. Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Southwest Gas Holdings First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the prepared remarks. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Boyd Nelson, Vice President Strategy and Investor Relations for Southwest Gas. Please go ahead, sir.

Boyd Nelson

Thank you, David. Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the Southwest Gas Holdings First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. Throughout the call, we will be referencing presentation slides, which we have posted on our IR website. I am joined on today's call by Karen Haller, new President and CEO of Southwest Gas Holdings. Paul Daily, President and CEO of Centuri. Greg Peterson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. And Justin Brown, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Southwest Gas Corporation.

Please note that on today's call, the company will address certain factors that may impact this coming year's earnings and provide some longer-term guidance. Further, our attorneys have asked me to remind you that some of the information that will be discussed today contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's assumptions which may or may not come true, and you should refer to the language on slides 34 and 35 of this presentation, as well as in the press release, and also our SEC filings for a description of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are made as of today. And we assume no obligation to update any such statement. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Karen.

Karen Haller

Thanks, Boyd. And good afternoon, everyone. I'm pleased to join you today as President and CEO of Southwest Gas to discuss the Company's first quarter results and provide an update on our strategic alternatives process and announcements we made last week. First off, turning to Slide 5. John Hester has retired as President, CEO, and board member of the Company. And I have been appointed by the Board to serve as President and CEO. I've worked with John for many years, and I know I speak for all Southwesters in thanking him for his leadership and service to our community. Looking to the future, I'm excited to step into this role at such an important time for the Company. Before I begin discussing the Company, I'd like to briefly cover our agreement to settle the proxy contest with Mr. Icahn and its affiliates, covered on Slide 6.