Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC) 13 Dec 232024 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good morning and welcome to Oil-Dri Corporation of America's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. My name is Leslie Garber and I am the Director of Investor Relations at Oil Dri. We're conducting this meeting virtually, a format which enables greater stockholder attendance and participation, improved efficiency, and increases our ability to communicate with stockholders and reduces costs. On your screen under meeting materials, you will find the meeting agenda, rules of contact, list of stockholders of record, and Oil-Dri's proxy statement and annual report.During the meeting today, we will be covering the election of directors and 4 other proposals.

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