Peak Resorts Inc (SKIS) Q2 FY2015 Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript

Below is the transcript of the conference call of Peak Resorts, Inc (NASDAQ:SKIS) held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 9:00 am EST.

Peak Resorts, Inc (NASDAQ:SKIS) is a leading owner and operator of high-quality, individually branded ski resorts in the U.S. They currently operate 13 ski resorts primarily located in the Northeast and Midwest, 12 of which we own. The majority of their resorts are located within 100 miles of major metropolitan markets, including New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and St. Louis, enabling day and overnight drive accessibility.

Participants:

Tim Boyd, President and C.E.O. Peak Resorts.

Steve Mueller, Vice President and C.F.O. Peak Resorts.

Heather Wietzel, Peak Resorts Inc Investor Relations.

Dick Deutsch, Vice President of Business and Real Estate Development.

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to Peak Resorts, 2015, 2nd Quarter Investors Call, All participants would be in the listen-only mode until the question and answer session begins. This call is being recorded at the request of Peak Resorts. If anyone has any objection, you may disconnect at this time. I would now like to introduce Ms. Heather Wietzel. Ms Wietzel, you may proceed.

Heather Wietzel, Peak Resorts.

Thank you very much Dan. Good Morning and welcome to Peak Resorts’ first ever investor conference call following their initial public offering in November. I’m Heather Wietzel and I work with Peak on investor outreach activity. The company has filed its mutual 10-Q regarding results for the three and six months periods ending October 31, 2014, for the second quarter in the year today for the company’s 2015 fiscal year. These materials are available on the company’s website, if you have not yet seen a copy. On the call today from Peak’s management are Tim Boyd, President and C.E.O,  Steve Mueller, Vice President and C.F.O. and Dick Deutsch, Vice President – Business and Real Estate Development.

After the accompanying details Tim and Steve will offer some thoughts on the results and Peak’s business strategy and outlook and then we will open the call for questions. But before I turn the call over to Tim and Steve I need to know on behalf of Peak Resorts, some of the materials that would be discussed today constitute forward-looking information in the meaning of the Private Security Litigation Act. Please see the release on the company’s SEC filings for information on the risk and uncertainty that may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information provided. The company is not responsible for transcripts of this call made by independent third party. Finally, reconciliation of non-GAAP information which is required by regulation G is provided with the release and also is available on the company’s website and in the company’s SEC filings. Yes, Tim.