Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Patrick Industries Incorporated Fourth Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Hilda and I will be your operator for today’s call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the prepared remarks, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Julie Ann Kotowski from Investor Relations. Ms. Kotowski, you may begin.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Patrick Industries fourth quarter 2014 conference call. I am Julie Ann Kotowski, Patrick’s Director of Investor Relations, and I am joined on the call today by Todd Cleveland, President and CEO and Andy Nemeth, CFO. On the call this morning, we are going to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2014 results and provide an update on our business outlook and the markets that we serve. However, before we do so, it is my responsibility to inform you that certain statements made in today’s conference call regarding Patrick Industries and its operations may be considered forward-looking statements under the securities laws. As a result, I must caution you that there are number of factors, many of which are beyond the company’s control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors are identified in our press releases, our Form 10-K for the year ended 2013, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Also please note that certain financial numbers we may use on this call, such as adjusted net income and the related diluted earnings per share amounts are non-GAAP measures. We undertake no obligation to update these statements after this call. I would now like to turn the call over to Todd Cleveland.

Thank you, Julie Ann and thank you all for joining us on the call today. This morning, I would like to briefly discuss the company’s fourth quarter and full year results for 2014. And then provide an update on the major markets we serve. Andy will then provide specific details on our financial performance and I will conclude by providing an update on our business outlook. The company continued to perform well during the quarter with increased revenues, improved profitability and cash flows and market share gains. On the top-line, our net sales for the fourth quarter increased 29% over the prior year and 24% on a year-to-date basis. On the bottom-line, we reported net income per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2014 of $0.69 compared to $0.47 in 2013. For the comparable 12-month periods, our net income per diluted share was $2.87 versus $2.23. Overall, we were pleased with our revenue and market share growth in all three of the primary end markets we serve on both the full year and seasonal basis. We continue to add capacity throughout the year where appropriate in advanced and projected demand to ensure our ability to meet customer demand, and we continue to leverage our fixed cost over our sales base consistent with our core business model. From a more detailed market perspective, on a seasonal basis, we saw shipment levels for both the RV and MH industries continue to trend in line with expectations for both the quarter and full year and our increased industrial presence allowed us to continue to capture market share in both existing and new territories. The RV industry in particular saw increased shipment levels in each of the 12 months of 2014 versus the comparable 2013 periods and reached an eight-year best of approximately…

Thanks Todd, and welcome everyone. I would like to review some highlights of our financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014. Our net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 increased $42 million or 29% over the prior year period to $190 million, primarily reflecting a combination of industry and acquisition growth. Specifically the four acquisitions that we completed in 2014 as Todd mentioned earlier, which I projected annualized sales of $126 million contributed approximately $29 million and $56 million through our fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014 net sales respectively. Our RV revenue base, which accounts for approximately 74% of our fourth quarter sales was up approximately 36% in the fourth quarter of 2014 over the fourth quarter of 2013, reflecting an 18% increase in wholesale unit shipments during the quarter, coupled with continued organic and acquisition growth. Our RV unit content on a TPM basis grew 15% from $1,338 per unit in 2013 to $1,536 per unit in 2014. Our MH revenue base, which accounts for approximately 16% of fourth quarter sales, increased 24% for the quarter and 13% for the year on shipment improvements of 8% and 7% respectively. And our content per unit continues to strengthen and show positive trending as we are well positioned for improvement in this market sector when the MH industry begins to recover. Our MH unit content on a TPM basis increased 7% for $1,582 per unit in 2013 to $1,692 per unit in 2014 reflecting additional market share gains and penetration with our existing customer base. Our industrial revenue base which accounts for the remaining 10% of fourth quarter sales was relatively flat compared to the prior year fourth quarter, primarily due to normal seasonal patterns and project oriented business which can fluctuate from quarter to quarter.…

Thanks Andy. Overall, our financial results in 2014 were strong as we had anticipated and consistent with our 2014 operating plan. We continue to execute on our strategy plan and capital allocation strategy that will drive our business over the next five-year period. Our strategic plan also includes continued investment back into the business, new and existing product development, go-through acquisition and diversification into similar markets in our core business and adjacent markets where appropriate. In terms of our business outlook for 2015, our execution goals continue to be focused around driving our organizational strategic agenda and utilizing our capital allocation strategy to increase our top-line both organically and through acquisitions and generating improved operating income, net income, earnings per share and cash flow. The RV industry continued to grow at a faster pace than other consumer discretionary industries reflecting favorable demographics, in particular the growing popularity of the RV lifestyle in the rising number of Baby boomers hitting retirement age. The RV OEMs also provide an ample mix of size, amenities and price point for all age groups and income levels of the RV consumer. In addition, we believe expected demand levels as well as overall economic improvement would bode well for the promising future in the RV industry in 2015, barring any significant unforeseen economic disruptions. Our continued progress in 2014 would not be possible without the continued support of our customers who we are privileged to serve and the hard work, passion, dedication and leadership exhibited by each of our Patrick team members who we are extremely proud to work with. I’m excited about the opportunities that exist in the marketplace and I’m confident that our abilities execute and the abilities of our team members to continue to serve our customers at the highest level. This is the end of our prepared remarks. Thank you for your time today. We’re now ready to take questions.

Good morning and congratulations on an exceptional year.

Thanks Dan.

Thank you.

Just looking at the acquisition sort of most recent, better way in Charleston, both of them taking into new vertical and marine. Do you anticipate additional acquisitions to gain skill and penetration in that vertical? And maybe what are some of the challenges to doing so relative - as a relative new comer.

Sure, I’ll take that one Dan, this is Todd. Yes, I think that’s something that we’re going to continue to have some focus on, that is a different market. The sales channels are slightly different. But I think the presence that we’ve established with Charleston and also now Better Way definitely give us that sales line to continue to move in that direction. And as you know, the boarding [ph] industry has not moved quite along quite as quickly as some of the other consumer discretionary. So we hope that is going to be a solid product base and customer base portion in the future.

Very good. And just looking at Better Way, paid about little just slightly higher revenue multiples than you had in the past, about 0.8 times revenue. Can you talk a little bit about the margin profile of that business and some of the factors that give you comfort with purchase price?

Sure Dan, this is Andy, I’ll handle that one. The margin profile is fairly similar to Patrick’s margin profile overall. We’ve got a little bit better operating margins. And so while the multiple as a percentage of sales is a little bit higher than historical, there is operating margin potential there that we saw as well. There is, opportunities within both Better Way and Charleston to execute on some synergies from a cost perspective. So we saw a little bit more strategic value there and therefore justifying the increase multiple.

Excellent. And then, one more and I’ll jump back in queue. Q4 shipments were obviously extremely strong. To what extent was there perhaps a little bit of a pull-forward in demand from Q1 as manufacturers sort of leveled off their seasonal manufacturing patterns or do you still see obviously continued strength into Q1?

This is Todd, Dan. I would say that we continue to see strength. But I think time will tell us as it relates to whether some of the OEMs took the latter half of Q4 to kind of build things up. I think we all learned a pretty valuable lesson related to driver shortages, some challenging weather conditions last year that put all kind of behind the ‘08 mark. So, from my perspective I think the OEM reserve probably trying to be proactive on what their - what the opportunities are, and don’t want to miss the selling season that obviously really starts to take off in early March.

Perfect, I appreciate it. I will jump back in queue.

[Operator Instructions]. Our next question comes from Scott Stember from Sidoti.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning, Scott.

You guys put up some really impressive numbers in the manufacturer housing space, up 26% versus the industry’s 8%. Can you maybe just talk about how much contribution in that segment came from acquisitions versus organic growth and then maybe just touch base on what is driving the organic growth in that segment? Thanks.

Sure Scott, this is Andy, I’ll handle that one. We picked up some additional business in the MH space in late Q3 more or less let’s call it mid-Q3 which carried fully into Q4. It’s almost purely organic. I would tell you, but we do have a little bit of MH acquisition increment in there but we did pick up additional business run on organic basis in Q3 and Q4.

Great. And can you just remind us the level of incremental profit that comes from this segment with you guys not having nearly the same capacity utilization as you do in the RV side?

Right. So, we’ve got capacity in a number of our facilities, particularly our outlying facilities. And we look to be able to leverage that with improved volumes as we can see need to move forward. Some of this business is direct ship, so we’re moving paperwork. It’s got a little bit lower margin profile but we don’t have to do a lot. But certainly from a capacity perspective, we’ve got capacity inside our plants to accommodate a large up-tick in the MH industry on the go-forward basis.

Got you. And on the operating expenses, ‘14 was a year of investment in people and infrastructure. Can you talk about what we could look for, for 2015 and as far as whether there will be an increase or we’ll see a flattening out from what we saw in ‘14?

Yes, we expect to see our ability to be able to leverage off some of the costs that we incurred in 2014 into 2015. So, our expectation is to continue to drive operating margins. We feel like we’re in pretty good place today from a staffing perspective, from an overhead perspective. And so we’re really setup to move into ‘15 and utilize those resources to be able to capitalize on our overhead structure.

Great. That’s all I have for now. I’ll jump back into the queue.

Thank you.

[Operator Instructions]. We have a follow-up question from Daniel Moore.

Thank you again. Obviously after both Better Way and Charleston, you’ve completed the number of deals in that step-up. Talk about the pipeline as it looks, at the acquisition pipeline going forward. And you’ve increased your share repurchase of activity and raise the authorization, just talk about your appetite for further repurchases in the short term given the modest up-tick in leverage post deal?

Yes, this is Todd, I’ll take the acquisition question, and I think Andy can follow-up with stock repurchase question. Things continue to be very solid and robust from an acquisition standpoint we’ve continued to review a number of assets in the first half year with the thought of being able to continue to review things throughout the year. I would say it’s, as strong as it’s been and I think both, when you look at it from product acquisitions that would also increase our market there, there is also acquisitions that would broaden our product base both from an internal and external standpoint. So, solid opportunities.

Dan, I’ll talk a little bit about stock repurchase. So, since the inception of the repurchase program we’ve bought back in an average price of just a little over $29. And so, we’re going to continue to utilize our capital allocation strategy and we’re going to continue to balance that. From the leverage perspective, we do have a little bit of an up-tick with Better Way which was certainly expected as we’ve talked about, we expect to see a little bit of an up-tick post acquisition and being able to de-lever based on the cash flow generation of the business model. So I don’t see anything today jeopardizing the balance in our capital allocation strategy. I expect us to continue to take advantage of opportunities in the marketplace that we think are there to both repurchase shares at prices that we deem acceptable and as well continue on the acquisition strategy. So I don’t see any one kind of priority over the other. We’re going to continue to balance and kind of flex that strategy to where the demand meets. And so again from an overall repurchase perspective, we’ve refilled the basket to $20 million for the next year. So, again it’s still part of our capital allocation strategy. And if the opportunity presented, I still see us executing on that.

Perfect. And last question, Todd, in your prepared remarks, I’m just trying to triangulate, you mentioned for MH wholesale shipments or I should say housing starts are projected to be up 16% in ‘15 if I heard correctly. But I also think I heard you say you thought that that market would be flat for you in ‘15. I’m just trying to make sure I heard that right? And maybe triangulate the two?

Andy, can you help me out a little bit on that as it relates to numbers, what we’re looking at?

Sure, we’re expecting continued, I don’t want to say, I won’t say softness in the MH industry, we’re not expecting significant growth year-over-year what position well for that. But at this point again, from an industry perspective, we continue to see a few hurdles in the way to see that industry kind of really take off.

Okay, I’ll follow-up offline, thank you.

Thank you, the next question comes from Scott Stember. Please go ahead.

Still a follow-up Andy, the comments you made about the industrial segment, about the flattish sales in the quarter and about the seasonality. Can you maybe just on that and talk about some of the enthusiasm that you have about the prospects for 2015 and beyond?

Sure. Really from a quarter-over-quarter basis, we are relatively flat. The industrial market was down in the first quarter of 2014 and as we’ve kind of talked about. We generally lag that market sector by six to nine months and so we kind of saw some of that lag in 2Q ‘04. Additionally there is, some of that business is project related so we saw just a little bit of change in the project oriented nature of the business in Q4, nothing to get alarmed about from our perspective. But from an overall forward-looking perspective, we’re very excited and optimistic about the industrial markets, we’ve added new territories. We’ve got some a lot of new business opportunities coming on with those new territories and new salesman. And so, again we’re looking forward to, we don’t view the Q4 flat revenue perspective as anything negative from our perspective today.

Got you. And just one last question about the labor markets, Todd I think you commented how that’s always been a challenge at least for the last couple of years. Could you just talk about how you guys stand right now and what you’re seeing as we progress through 2015?

Sure. The labor market obviously particularly, and Elkhart continues to be very tight. I do believe that there has been the leveling out. I believe everybody I know for a fact ourselves have that core group that’s expanded. And so the turn that we’ve seen over the last couple of years, has softened. So the replacement process has been much easier for those that get due turn with the year, a bit, with while we expect growth, we don’t necessarily expect historical growth at least for the last couple of years in the RV industry. And it’s going to bode well for us continuing to be able to have a stable workforce and making sure that we’re doing what we need to do to improve efficiencies and increase the quality of the product we send to our customers.

Got you. That’s all I had. Thanks guys for taking all of my questions.

Thank you.

Thank you, Scott.

[Operator Instructions]. We have no further questions at this time. I would like to return the presentation back over to Julie Ann Kotowski.

Thanks, Hilda. We appreciate everyone for being on the call today and we look forward to talking to you again at our first quarter 2015 conference call. A replay of today’s call will be archived on Patrick’s website www.patrickind.com under Investor Relations. And I’ll turn the call back over to our operator, Hilda.

Thank you. And ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today’s conference. We thank you for participating. You may now disconnect.