AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. (AGAM)

Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

May 6, 2010 8:00 am ET

Executives

John Barr – President and CEO

Brigid Makes – SVP and CFO

Analysts

Larry Biegelsen – Wells Fargo

Rick Wise – Leerink Swann

Bob Hopkins – Banc of America/Merrill Lynch

Matthew Dodds – Citigroup

Tao Levy – Deutsche Bank

Joshua Zable – Natixis

Presentation

Operator

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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the AGA Medical's first quarter 2010 conference call. Hosting the call today is Mr. John Barr, President and CEO of AGA Medical. My name is Amica and I will be your coordinator for today. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. Before we begin, the company has asked me to read the following statement.

The remarks made during this conference call contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that include risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include the expectations, plan and prospects for the company including potential clinic – clinical successes, anticipated regulatory approvals and future product launches and product revenues, margins, earnings and market shares. The statements made by the company are based upon management's current expectations, and are subject to certain risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

These risks and uncertainties include market conditions and other factors beyond the company's control and the risk factors of other cautionary statements described in the company's filings with the SEC, including those described in the Risk Factors and Cautionary Statements sections of the company's most recent earnings release as filed on Form 8-K this morning and its annual report on Form 10-K. The company's does not intent to update this statement and undertakes no duty to any person to provide any such updates under any circumstances.