Forest Laboratories Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/08) Earnings Call ...

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Forest Laboratories Inc. ( FRX )
F4Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/08) Earnings Call
July 22, 2008 10:00 am ET
Executives
Frank Perier, Jr - SVP, Finance and CFO
Larry Olanoff - President and COO
Analysts
Rich Silver - Lehman Brothers
Greg Gilbert - Merrill Lynch
Frank Pinkerton - Banc of America Securities
Corey Davis - Natixis Bleichroeder
Annabel Samimy -- UBS
Marc Goodman - Credit Suisse
Tim Chiang - FTN Midwest
David Buck - Buckingham Research Group
Dave Windley - Jefferies & Company
Gary Nachman - Leerink Swann & Company
Gene Mac - HSBC
Presentation
Operator
At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the ForestLaboratories first quarter fiscal '09 Earnings Call. All lines havebeen placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After thespeakers remarks there will be a question and answer session.(Operator Instructions) Thank you.
Mr. Frank Perier, you may begin your conference.
Frank Perier, Jr
Thank you, operator and good morning everyone. This is FrankPerier. Thanks for joining us today for the first quarter fiscal2009 conference call. Joining me today is Larry Olanoff, ourPresident and Chief Operating Officer.
By now each of you should have seen the earnings release that weput on the wires around eight a.m. this morning. The release isalso available at our website www.frx.com.
By way of the Safe Harbor statement let me add that various remarksthat we may make about future expectations, plans and prospects forthe company, constitute forward-looking statements, within themeaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 andactual results may be different.
That being said, let me turn the call over to Larry, who willcomment on the business during the quarter.
Larry Olanoff
Good morning all. I will start today