Oil-Dri of America's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Oil-Dri of America (NYSE:ODC) Q4 2011 Earnings Call October 13, 2011 11:00 AM ET

Executives

Jeffrey M. Libert - Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer
Daniel S. Jaffee - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Member of Executive Committee
Ronda Williams - IR

Analysts

Robert Smith - The Center for Performance
Ethan Starr - Private Investor
David Zelman - Zelman & Associates, LLC

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen , and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Oil-Dri Corporation of America Earnings Conference Call. My name is Ann, and I will be your coordinator for today's call. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the presentation over to Mr. Dan Jaffee, President and CEO. Please proceed, sir.

Daniel S. Jaffee

Thank you, Ann, and welcome, everybody to the fourth quarter and fiscal year-end teleconference. I hope you all have had a chance to review the news release. I guess before I do my pre-comments, let me introduce who's here with me: Jeff Libert, our CFO; Doug Graham, our General Counsel; and Ronda Williams, our Director of Investor Relations, who will do the Safe Harbor.

Ronda Williams

Yes, I will. Thanks, Dan. Welcome, everyone. On today's call, comments may contain forward-looking statements regarding the company's performance in future periods. Actual results in those periods may materially differ. In our press release and our SEC filings, we highlight a number of important risk factors, trends and uncertainties that may affect our future performance. We ask that you review and consider those factors in evaluating the company's comments and in evaluating any investment in Oil-Dri stock. Thank you.

Daniel S. Jaffee

Thank you. And before I turn it over to Jeff for a detailed review of the quarter and the year, now