PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI) CEO Rob Friel on Q1 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI) Q1 2019 Earnings Conference Call April 25, 2019 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Bryan Kipp - Vice President, Investor Relations
Rob Friel - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Prahlad Singh - President & Chief Operating Officer
Jamey Mock - Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Steve Willoughby - Cleveland Research
Patrick Donnelly - Goldman Sachs
Chris McCabe - Cowen
Brandon Couillard - Jefferies
Paul Knight - Janney
Mitch Petersen - Barclays
Luke Sergott - Evercore
Tycho Peterson - JPMorgan
Mike Sarcone - Deutsche Bank

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the PerkinElmer First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call may be recorded.

I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Mr. Bryan Kipp, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.

Bryan Kipp

Thank you, Joel. Good afternoon, and welcome to PerkinElmer's first quarter 2019 earnings conference call. With me on the call are; Rob Friel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Prahlad Singh, President and Chief Operating Officer; Jamey Mock Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

If you have not received a copy of our earnings press release, you may get one from the Investors section of our website at www.perkinelmer.com. Please note this call is being webcast live and will be archived on our website until May 9.

Before we begin, we need to remind everyone of the Safe Harbor statements that we have outlined in our earnings press release issued earlier this afternoon and also those in our SEC filings. Any forward-looking statements made today represent our views only as of today. We disclaim any