Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN) 3 Nov 222022 Q3 Earnings call transcript

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Beacon Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Megan, and I will be your coordinator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Binit Sanghvi, President, Capital Markets and Treasurer.

Thank you, Megan. thank our taking call and join time everybody on us today. afternoon, you the for to Good Julian Francis, remarks Beacon’s Investor our the Chief Chief deck Relations Executive Officer, Officer, slide website. begin and section will of with to prepared posted that Beacon’s follow Financial will the Frank Lonegro, call will questions. After that, for we open the

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Thanks, Binit and everyone. afternoon, good

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