Heritage Financial Corporation (HFWA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by. My name is Angela and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Heritage Financial 2026 K1 earnings call. All lines are in place only to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one in your telephone keypad. I would like to – if you would like to withdraw your question, press star 1 again. Thank you. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Brian McDonald, President and CEO. You may begin. Thank you, Angela. Welcome and good morning to everyone who called in and those who may listen later. This is Brian McDonald, CEO of Heritage Financial. Attending with me are Don Hinson, Chief Financial Officer, and Tony Chalfant, Chief Credit Officer. Our first quarter earnings release went out this morning pre-market, and hopefully you have had the opportunity to review it prior to the call. In addition to the earnings release, we have also posted an updated first quarter investor presentation on the investor relations portion of our corporate website, which includes more detail on our deposits, loan portfolio, liquidity, and credit quality. We will reference this presentation during the call. As a reminder, during this call, we may make forward-looking statements which are subject to economic and other factors. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are disclosed within the earnings release and the investor presentation. We closed the merger with Olympic Bank Corp. during the first quarter, better positioning our company for growth in the Puget Sound...