RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RICK) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call December 14, 2023 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Mark Moran - Chief Executive Officer, Equity Animal

Eric Langan - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Bradley Chhay - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Scott Buck - H.C. Wainwright

Anthony Lebiedzinski - Sidoti & Company

Robert McGuire - Granite Research

Adam Wyden - ADW Capital Management

Mark Moran

Greetings and welcome to RCI Hospitality Holdings Fourth Quarter and Year-End Fiscal 2023 Earnings Call. You can find the company's presentation on RCI's website. Click Company and Investor Information under the RCI logo. That will take you to the company and investor info page, scroll down and you'll find all the necessary links.

Please turn to Slide 2 of our presentation. I'm Mark Moran, CEO of Equity Animal. I'll be the host of our call today. I'm here in New York with Eric Langan, President and CEO of RCI Hospitality. CFO, Bradley Chhay is coming to us from Houston.

Please turn to Slide 3. If you aren't doing so already, it is easy to participate in the call on Twitter Spaces. Go to @RicksCEO and select a space titled Rick RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc 4Q '23 Earnings Call. To ask a question, you will need to join the Twitter space with a mobile device. To listen only, you can join the Twitter space on a personal computer. RCI is also making this call available for listen only through traditional landline and webcast. [Operator Instructions] This conference call is being recorded.

Please turn to Slide4. I want to remind everybody of our safe harbor statement. You may hear or see forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. We disclaim any obligation to update information disclosed in this call as a result of developments that occur afterwards.

Please turn to Slide 5., I also direct you to the explanation of Rick's non-GAAP financial measures. Finally, I'd like to invite everyone listening in the New York City area to join Eric and me tonight at 7 o'clock to meet management at Rick's Cabaret, New York, one of RCI's top generating clubs. Rick's is located at 50 West 33rd Street between 5th Ave and Broadway, a little in from Herald Square. If you haven't RSVPed ask for us at the door.

Now, I'm pleased to introduce Eric Langan, President and CEO of RCI Hospitality. Eric, take it away.