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Hamza Fodderwala: I am Hamza Fodderwala, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategic Finance. With me on today's call to discuss our fiscal third quarter results are Nikesh Arora, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Dipak Golechha, our chief financial officer, Following our prepared remarks, Lee Klarich, our chief product and technology officer and board member, will join us for the question and answer portion. While there, please click on the link for quarterly results to find the Q3 26 supplemental financials information and Q3 26 earnings presentation, During the course of today's call, we will be making forward looking statements and projections regarding the company's business operations, and financial performance as well as the company's recent acquisitions.

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