Cal Dive's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Cal Dive International Inc. (DVR)

Q2 2012 Results Earnings Call

August 2, 2012 10:00 AM ET

Executives

Quinn Hébert – President and CEO

Brent Smith – Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Buchanan – General Counsel

John Abadie – Chief Operating Officer

Analysts

Jim Rollyson – Raymond James

Martin Malloy – Johnson Rice

Joe Gibney – Capital One

Presentation

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to your Q2 2012 Cal Dive International Earnings Conference Call. My name is [Bela], and I will be your operator today. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. We will conduct a question-and-answer session towards the end of this conference. (Operator Instructions)

As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Quinn Hébert, President and CEO. Please proceed, sir.

Quinn Hébert

Okay. Let’s get started. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Cal Dive’s second quarter 2012 earnings call. With me this morning is Brent Smith, our Chief Financial Officer; Lisa Buchanan, our General Counsel; and John Abadie, our Chief Operating Officer. To follow along this morning in our presentation, the presentation can be found on our website at www.caldive.com, and it’s under the Investor Relations hot button.

Right now I’ll turn to slide two. Our General Counsel has a forward-looking statements message.

Lisa Buchanan

Thanks, Quinn. This conference call includes forward-looking statements, particularly with respect to any statements that we make regarding our earnings expectations. The forward-looking statements made during this call are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.