John Baker
Management
Good morning, and thank you for joining our investors conference call. I'm John Baker, Executive Chairman and CEO of FRP Holdings. And with me on the line are David deVilliers Jr., our President. And with me, in person, are John Baker III, our CFO; John Klopfenstein, our Chief Accounting Officer; and John Milton, our Corporate Counsel. As a reminder, investors are cautioned that any statements made on this call, which relate to the future are, by their nature, subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause the actual results and events to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors discussed in our SEC filings could also cause such differences and should be considered by the investors. Our net income for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $2,453,000 or $0.25 per share versus $706,000 or $0.07 per share in the same period last year. For the year, our earnings were $16,177,000 or $1.63 per share versus $124,472,000 or $12.32 per share in 2018. Both years included building sales, though, obviously, the warehouse sale to Blackstone in 2018 was much more significant. Some of the highlights of this past year were the purchase of 169,000 shares of our common stock at $48.51 per share, an expenditure of approximately $8.2 million; the beginning of construction of our Bryant Street mixed-use development in Washington, D.C.; the investment in the Half Street mixed-use joint venture with our longtime partner, MRP, this gives us yet another project in Anacostia Riverfront district in D.C.; the investment in the joint venture in Greenville, South Carolina to build 2 apartment projects in an opportunity zone; the record year in our Royalty Lands segment and our continued strong cash position, which stands at $164 million at year-end down from $188 million a year ago. This small decline is despite $84 million in investments in new buildings and joint ventures during the year and the $8.2 million share repurchase discussed above. Key reasons for the strong cash position were the sale of a warehouse and office building during the year, a $26 million tax refund as a result of our opportunity fund investments. And of course, the interest and gains in our bond portfolio. Let me now turn it over to our President, David deVilliers to get into more detail about the year.