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Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX<\/span>) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 30, 2025 8:30 AM ET<\/p>\n

Company Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kurt Niemietz – VP, IR & Treasurer
David Grzebinski – CEO
Raj Kumar – CFO
Christian O\u2019Neil – President & COO<\/p>\n

Conference Call Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reed Seay – Stephens
Benjamin Nolan – Stifel
Adam Roszkowski – Bank of America
Sherif Elmaghrabi – BTIG
Greg Wasikowski – Webber Research<\/p>\n

Operator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good morning, and welcome to the Kirby Corporation 2024 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded.<\/p>\n

I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Kurt Niemietz, Kirby’s Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer. Please go ahead.<\/p>\n

Kurt Niemietz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good morning, and thank you for joining the Kirby Corporation 2024 fourth quarter earnings call. With me today are David Grzebinski, Kirby’s Chief Executive Officer; Christian O’Neil, Kirby’s President and Chief Operating Officer; and Raj Kumar, Kirby’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A slide presentation for today’s conference call as well as the earnings release, which was issued earlier today can be found on our website.<\/p>\n

During this conference call, we may refer to certain non-GAAP or adjusted financial measures. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in our earnings press release and are also available on our website in the Investor Relations section.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, statements contained in this conference call with respect to the future are forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s reasonable judgment with respect to future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various factors. A list of these risk factors can<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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