John Baugh
Vice President of Investor Relations
Good morning. Welcome to the PROG Holdings 2026 Investor Day. It’s great to see so many familiar faces here today, and a warm welcome to those who have joined us via the webcast.
My name is John Baugh. I’m the Vice President of Investor Relations at PROG Holdings. I joined the company in the fall of 2020, that was about 3 months before the Aaron’s business was spun. Before that, I spent 37 years on Wall Street as an equity research analyst, covering multiple industries, including furniture, bedding, floor covering, building products, hardline retailers and the predecessor company to Progressive Aaron’s.
A couple of housekeeping items before we get underway. This is the safe harbor statement. We will be making forward-looking statements today. I urge you to read the safe harbor statement. I will spare you reading it myself. We do have our entire senior leadership team here today. And if there’s anything I’m excited about, it’s for you to get a chance to meet them for the first time. I also need to tell you that we’re going to webcast this event. It will be taped and there will be an archived replay available after the