Operator
Operator
Good morning ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the TransForce 2014 Third Quarter Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Instructions will be provided at that time for you to queue up for questions. (Operator Instructions). Before turning the meeting over to management, please be advised that this conference call will contain statements that are forward-looking and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is being recorded on Friday, October 31, 2014. I will now turn the conference over to Alain Bédard, Chairman, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Alain Bédard: Well, thank you operator and good morning ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday after the market closed, we issued our news release for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. We also issued a news release updating you on our offer for Contrans Group. In a nutshell, we are extending our offer again to November 11 finalize approval under the Competition Act. I will now discuss the highlights of the quarter and then I will provide you with a more in-depth discussion of the performance of our operating segments. In Q3, we achieved a total revenue increase of 206 million, or 27% to $981 million mainly from acquisitions made over the last 12 months. EBIT reached $82.8 million, up from $59 million last year. This 40% improvement is explained by the contribution of acquisition and improvement in our existing operating divisions. This progress was also achieved despite the impact of acquisition-related costs in the amount of $4.7 million tied to the Transport America and the offer to purchase all…