Daseke, Inc. (DSKE) CEO Chris Easter on Q3 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Daseke, Inc. (DSKE) Q3 2019 Results Conference Call November 12, 2019 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Chris Easter - COO and Interim CEO
Brian Bonner - Executive Chairman
John Michell - VP, Operations Strategy
Brooks Hamilton - Alpha IR Group

Conference Call Participants

Jason Seidl - Cowen and Company
Matt Brooklier - Buckingham Research
Ryan Sigdahl - Craig-Hallum Capital
Greg Gibas - Northland Securities

Operator

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for participating in today's conference call to discuss Daseke’s Financial Results for the Third Quarter ended September 30, 2019. Delivering today's prepared remarks are Chris Easter, COO and Interim CEO; Brian Bonner, Executive Chairman; and John Michell, Vice President of Operations Strategy. After their prepared remarks, the management team will take your questions.

As a reminder, you may now download a PDF of the presentation slides that will accompany their remarks made on today's conference call as indicated in the press release we issued earlier today. You may access these slides in the Investor Relations section of our website.

Before we go further, I would like to turn the call over to Brooks Hamilton with the Alpha IR Group, who will read the Company's Safe Harbor statement within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that provides important cautions regarding forward-looking statements.

Brooks, please go ahead.

Brooks Hamilton

Thanks, Nora.

Please turn to slide two for a review of our Safe Harbor and non-GAAP statements. Today's presentation contains forward-looking statements as within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Projected financial information, including our guidance outlook are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, including those with respect to revenues, earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of Daseke's business are based on management's current estimates, projections and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially