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Good morning, and welcome to Franklin Resources Earnings Conference Call for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. Statements made in this conference call regarding Franklin Resources, Inc., which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These and other risks, uncertainties and other important factors are described in more detail in Franklin’s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Risk Factors and MD&A sections of Franklin’s most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q filings.

Operator

Good morning. My name is Brenda, and I’ll be your call operator today. (Operator Instructions) And as a reminder, this conference is being recorded. At this time, I’d like to turn the conference over to Franklin Resources Chairm