PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI) CEO Rob Friel on Q2 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

PerkinElmer, Inc. (PKI) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call July 29, 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

Patrick Donnelly - Goldman Sachs
Steve Willoughby - Cleveland Research
Chris Lin - Cowen
Brandon Couillard - Jefferies LLC Research Division
Derik DeBruin - BofA Merrill Lynch
Catherine Schulte - Robert W. Baird
Luke Sergott - Evercore
Andrew Wald - Barclays

Operator

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Quarter Two 2019 PerkinElmer 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]

I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Mr. Bryan Kipp. Please go ahead.

Bryan Kipp

Thanks, Don. Good afternoon, and welcome to the PerkinElmer's second 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; and Jamey Mock, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

If you have not received a copy of our earnings press release, you may do so 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 August 12, 2019.

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 as of today. We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the future even if our estimates change. So