TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Executives

Mark Oswald - Director IR

John Plant - President and CEO

Joe Cantie - EVP and CFO

Analysts

Christopher Ceraso - Credit Suisse

Rahul Chadha - JP Morgan Chase

Rod Lache - Deutsche Bank

Patrick Archambault - Goldman Sachs

Douglas Karson - Banc of America Securities

Presentation

Operator

Good morning and welcome to the TRW Conference Call. All lines have been placed on listen-only mode. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. Presentation material for today's call was posted to the company's website this morning at trw.com/results. Please download the material now if you have not already done so. After the speakers' remarks there will be a question and answer period. Due to today's limitation on time, the company requests that participants limit follow-up questions to one per caller. (Operator Instructions)

I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference call, Mark Oswald, Director of Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.

Mark Oswald

Thank you, Mandy. I would like to welcome everyone to our fourth quarter and full year 2008 financial results conference call.

Joining me today as usual are John Plant, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Cantie, our Chief Financial Officer. On today's call, John will provide an overview of the current automotive environment, its impact on TRW and what's being done to mitigate the challenges in front of us.

John will also provide a brief summary of the financial results and discuss other related business matters. After John's comment, Joe will provide an expanded review of our financial information. And then we will open the call to your questions.
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