...Unidentified Participant 1 Good afternoon. I wanted to knowledge Gerard Cassidy and the awesome work that he puts in to make this conference a success. Thank you, Gerard. I am here to introduce Synovus Financial, an $8 billion market cap, $60 billion asset bank that is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia and operates in five states in the Southeast: Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Synovus traces its roots to 1888 when a cotton mill began safeguarding workers' money and paying interest on the savings. You may have noticed that Synovus' stock was up 17.5% yesterday, which was the 15th largest one day move in the stock over the past 30 years and the largest move in what I will describe as non-panic rallies. So of the 15 other than yesterday, 11 were during the GFC, two were during COVID March '20, and the other one was during the Asian meltdown in November of '97. Since presenting at our conference last year on November 2. Synovus' stock has outperformed the KRE by...
