LB Foster Company Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

LB Foster (FSTR)

Q4 2008 Earnings Call

January 30, 2009 1l:00 am ET

Executives

Stan Hasselbusch - Chief Executive Officer and President

David Russo - Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Liam Burke - Janney Montgomery Scott

Mark Zinski - 21st Century Equity Research

Scott Blumenthal - Emerald Advisers, Inc.

Tom Spiro - Spiro Capital

Presentation

Operator

Thank you for your patience, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter, 2008, LB Foster Earnings Conference Call. My name is Candice, and I’ll be your coordinator for today. (Operator instructions).

I would now like to turn the presentation over to your host for today’s conference, Chief Financial Officer, Mr. David Russo. Sir, you may proceed.

David Russo

Thank you Candice. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us for LB Foster Company’s Earnings Conference Call to review the company’s fourth quarter, 2008 operating results. My name is David Russo and I’m the Chief Financial Officer of LB Foster. Also on the call today is Mr. Stan Hasselbusch, LB Foster’s President and CEO.

This morning, Stan will provide an overview of the company’s fourth quarter performance, give an update on critical business issues and discuss market conditions. Afterward I will review the earning’s press release issued earlier this morning, and then we will open up the session for questions.

Means to access this conference call via webcast were disclosed in our earnings press release, and were posted on the LB Foster company website under the investor relations page. This webcast will be archived and available for seven days.

Today’s call includes forward looking statements and information within the meeting of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements relate to future events and expectations, and include known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Future actual results may differ greatly from these statements and expectations that are expressed today.

All participants are encouraged to refer to LB Foster’s annual report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007; as well as to other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for additional information about LB Foster.
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