Smith & Wesson Holding's CEO Discusses F1Q 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation. (SWHC)

Fiscal Q1 2013 Earnings Call

September 6, 2012 5:00 p.m. EDT

Executives

Liz Sharp – VP, IR

James Debney – President and CEO

Jeff Buchanan – CFO

Analysts

Reed Anderson – Northland Securities

Cai von Rumohr – Cowen & Co.

Mike Greene – Benchmark Company

Scott Hamann – KeyBanc Capital Markets

Presentation

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the First Quarter 2013 Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation Earnings Conference Call. My name is [Colby] and I will be your operator for today.

[Operator Instructions]. And as a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes.

I would now like to turn the call over to Liz Sharp, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please proceed, ma'am.

Liz Sharp

Thank you and good afternoon. Our comments today may contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements. Our use of words like anticipate, project, estimate, expect, intend and other similar expressions is intended to identify those forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding sales margins, expenses and earnings for future periods, our product development and strategies and liquidity, and anticipated cash needs and availability. Our forward-looking statements represent our current judgment about the future and they are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

Risk factors and other considerations that could cause our actual results to be materially different are described in our securities filings, including our Forms S3, 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q. You can find those documents as well as the replay of this call on our website at smith-wesson.com.