The Standard Register Company Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Executives

Joseph P. Morgan Jr. - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Robert J. Cestelli – Investor Relations

Craig J. Brown – Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Jamie Clement - Sidoti

Charles Strauzer - CJS Securities

Robert Nicholson - Pine Cobble Capital LLC

Kevin Sonich - R.K. Capital Management

Presentation

Operator

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to The Standard Register’s Fourth Quarter and Full year 2008 Conference Call. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder the presentation slides for today’s conference are available by accessing the Investor Center section of The Standard Register website at www.standardregister.com/investorcenter. I will now turn the conference over to Bob Cestelli, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Bob Cestelli

Good morning and welcome to our Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Earnings Conference Call. Joining me are Joe Morgan, President and Chief Executive Officer and Craig Brown, Chief Financial Officer. Please let me remind you that this conference call contains forward-looking statements including language concerning future projections. These projections should be considered in conjunction with the Safe Harbor Statement contained in our earnings news release as well as the Safe Harbor Statement that can be found by accessing the home page of the Investor Center on the company’s website.

Joe has a few opening comments regarding the quarter and the year, followed by a review of some key issues for the company. This will be followed by Craig’s review of our financials. We will then address your questions.

Now let me turn the call over to Joe. read more