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National Instruments' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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National Instruments Corporation (NATI)

Q1 2012 Earnings Conference Call

April 26, 2012 17:00 ET

Executives

David Hugley – Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dr. James Truchard – President, Chief Executive Officer, and Cofounder

Alex Davern – Chief Operating Officer

Pete Zogas – Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

Analysts

Zach Larkin – Stephens

Anthony Luscri – JPMorgan

Richard Eastman – Robert W. Baird

Mark Douglass – Longbow Research

Patrick Newton – Stifel Nicolaus

Presentation

Operator

Good day everyone and welcome to the National Instruments' First Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. You may refer to your press packet for the replay dial-in number and pass code. With us today are David Hugley, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Alex Davern, Chief Operating Officer; Dr. James Truchard, President, CEO, and Cofounder; and Pete Zogas, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

For opening remarks, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. David Hugely, Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary. Please go ahead sir.

David Hugley – Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Good afternoon. During the course of this conference call, we shall make forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future revenue growth, guidance for Q2 earnings per share, operating expenses, and future success in large accounts. We wish to caution you that such statements are just predictions and that actually events or results may differ materially. We refer you to the documents that company files regularly with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed February 7, 2012. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements.

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