Our strong fourth-quarter earnings results reflect the solid growth of our portfolio and the quality of our new investments.

Archie has a breadth of knowledge gained from serving on various boards over the years and is particularly strong in the area of corporate governance. His depth of experience further strengthens our board and we welcome the opportunity to receive his counsel.

We extended our track record for double-digit earnings growth to a fourth consecutive year even while integrating Bell Atlantic and Nynex following our merger,

The key thing that's going on in our market is great growth. We've started to accelerate our investments to get ahead of the curve.

We needed to have more room to move around. We've just been seeing a lot of growth of the business over the years.

Most of our growth and investors' excitement in the company comes with the close of those two deals,