Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ:FWRD) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 7, 2024 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Tony Carreño - Senior Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations
Shawn Stewart - Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Pierson - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Bruce Chan - Stifel
Bascome Majors - Susquehanna
Scott Group - Wolfe Research
Christopher Kuhn - Benchmark
Stephanie Moore - Jefferies

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen thank you for standing by and welcome to the Forward Air Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode and the floor will be open for your questions following the presentation. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Tony Carreño, Senior Vice President of Treasury and Investor Relations. Mr. Carreño, please go ahead sir.

Tony Carreño

Thank you, operator and good afternoon everyone. Welcome to Forward Air's second quarter 2024 earnings conference call.

Before we begin, I'd like to point out that both the press release and webcast presentation for this call are accessible on the Investor Relations section of Forward Air's website at forwardair.com. With us this afternoon are Shawn Stewart, chief executive offer and Jamie Pierson, Chief Financial Officer.

By now you should have received the press release announcing Forward Air's second quarter 2024 results, which was also furnished to the SEC on Form 8K. We have also filed a slide presentation outlining second quarter 2024 earnings highlights and a business update.

Please be aware that certain statements in the company's earnings release announcement and on this conference call are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This includes statements, which are based on expectations, intentions and projections regarding the company's future performance, anticipated events or trends and other matters that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our fiscal year 2024.

These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For additional information concerning these risks and factors, please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the press release and webcast presentation relating to this earnings call.

Listeners are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this call. The company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law.