Hans Vanden Noort
Management
Thanks, Paul. Let’s start on page 3 with the overall financial highlights. As Paul noted, the second quarter was very solid, with sales of $372 million, operating income of $99 million, and net income of $69 million or $0.54 per share. On the bottom of page 3, we provided an outline of capital resources and liquidity. Our year-to-date cash flow was strong with EBITDA of $249 million, cash available for distribution of $141 million. We ended the quarter with approximately $1 billion of debt and $189 million in cash. So on a net debt basis, we finished at $829 million. Overall, we feel very comfortable with our current balance sheet and liquidity. Let’s now run through variance analyses. On page 4, we prepared our typical sequential quarterly variance analysis. In Forest Resources, second quarter operating income was comparable to the first quarter, as improved pricing in the Gulf States and Northern regions offset higher logging and transportation cost in Washington. In Real Estate, our operating income was comparable. Moving to Performance Fibers, you can see significant price improvement in cellulose specialties, reflecting the full realization of a 2012 price increases and improved product mix. However, our cost increased, led by higher depreciation and maintenance. Our Wood Products business improved by $3 million, which was all price-driven. Our other operations, which is log trading, also improved primarily due to foreign exchange gains. Corporate and other expenses were $7 million below last quarter when results were negatively impacted by the timing of stock-based incentive compensation expenses associated with the prior CEO’s retirement. We also benefitted from a $2 million insurance recovery this quarter. Let’s move now to page 5, in the year-over-year variances. The second quarter and the year-to-date variances compared to last year basically have similar drivers. Our Forest Resources results reflect lower prices in volumes in the Northwest, driven by weaker export demand partially offset by improved prices and volumes in the Atlantic and Gulf State regions in the absence of a fire loss accrual recorded in the second quarter of 2011. Also, logging cost were higher in the Northwest this year. Real estate results were comparable for both periods. In Performance Fibers, cellulose specialty prices strengthened, offsetting lower absorbent material prices; however, input and labor costs were above last year. Finally, wood products results improved reflecting higher lumber prices. Turning now to page 6 where we reconciled from cash provided by operating activities, which is a GAAP measure, to our non-GAAP metric of cash available for distribution or CAD. Our year-to-date cash flow was strong with CAD of a $141 million, above last year and well above our dividend payout of $98 million to date. With that, let me turn the conference over to Lynn Wilson.