Operator
Operator
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the TransForce Fourth Quarter 2017 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 your 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 Tuesday, February 20, 2018. I will now turn the conference over to Alain Bédard, Chairman, President and CEO. Please go ahead. Alain Bédard: Well thank you operator and thank you everyone for joining us on this evenings call. So we released our fourth quarter 2017 results today and if you need a copy please visit the Investor Relations section of our website. 2017 was a year of strong progress on our main initiatives at TIF International. Overall we are most focused on creating shareholder value, unlocking it for our investors and then returning excess capital to our shareholders as appropriate. On a more granular level this means many things, we look to drive operating efficiency and strive for an asset like business model. We seek accretive bolt-on acquisition in a disciplined manner and we maintain a strong balance sheet to remove such as last year's strategic sales and leaseback transaction. I'm pleased to report we generated 376 million of free cash flow from continuing operations during 2017. In terms of allocating this capital all year long we worked on reducing that which furthers our ability to be nimble in the…