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Watco Companies provides transportation services to hundreds of customers, in 47 profit centers, in 17 states on a daily basis. We provide Switching Services, Mechanical Services, Railroad Services, Warehousing Services and Leasing Services. We offer our customers the most comprehensive and diversified array of services found any where in the rail transportation industry. That's something of which we should all be proud. In today's world, the availability of information sharing through the use of technology requires us to provide ever-improving levels of service. This is a business fact today and must be a part of our future. The availability of real time information sharing is nothing but faster paced communication, which requires us to be flexible and nimble in how we serve our customers. Because of our original focus on achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction, we are embracing the use of technology in order to reach new levels of customer satisfaction, efficiency and profitability. Technology will never replace the need for us to perform our services with the utmost concern to satisfy our customers, but it will enhance it tremendously. Because we are grounded in the rich Watco Companies' traditions of customer satisfaction, efficiency and profitable change and have embraced the use of technology, the future holds tremendous potential for greater success. I have said many times that back in 1983, as we began providing service to our first customer in DeRidder, Louisiana, none of us imagined the level of success we would achieve in our first 17 years of service. We didn't realize at the time that by providing a focus on putting the customer first balanced with our own needs to be profitable we would achieve 35% annual growth. We must understand those core values are still as important today and will be more so tomorrow. Our full potential is yet to be realized which creates wonderful opportunities for all of us. With your help in continuing to improve our reputation for customer service and profitability, I see a brilliant future for Watco Companies.