Nike (NKE) Q1 2015 Earnings Results Conference Call Transcript

Nike’s (NKE) CEO Mark Parker discusses Q1 2015 earnings results in a conference call held on September 25, 2014.

Edited Transcript of Nike (NKE) Q1 2015 Results Earnings Conference Call

Company: Nike (NKE)

Event Name: Q1 2015 Results Earnings Conference Call

Date: September 25 2014 5:00 PM ET

Operator

Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to Nike’s fiscal 2015 first quarter conference call. For those who need to reference today’s press release, you will find it at http://investors.nikeinc.com. Leading today’s call is Kelley Hall, Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer.

Before I turn the call over to Ms. Hall, let me remind you that participants on this call will make forward-looking statements based on current expectations, and those statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.

These risks and uncertainties are detailed in the reports filed with the SEC, including Forms 8-K, 10-K, and 10-Q. Some forward-looking statements concern future orders that are not necessarily indicative of changes in total revenues for subsequent periods due to mix of futures and at-once orders, exchange rate fluctuations, order cancellations, changes in the timing of shipments, discounts, and returns, which may vary significantly from quarter to quarter.

In addition, it is important to remember a significant portion of Nike Inc.’s continuing operations including equipment, Nike Golf, Converse, and Hurley are not included in these future numbers.

Finally, participants may discuss non-GAAP financial measures, including references to wholesale equivalent sales. References to wholesale equivalent sales are only intended to provide context as to the overall current market footprint of the brands owned by Nike Inc. and should not be relied upon as a financial measure of actual results.

Participants may also make references to other non-public financial and statistical information and to non-GAAP financial measures. Discussion of non-public financial and statistical information and presentations of comparable GAAP measures and quantitative reconciliations can be found at Nike’s website, http://investors.nikeinc.com.

Now I would like to turn the call over to Kelley Hall, vice president, corporate finance and treasurer.