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Thank you. Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the ATN International Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 1 again.

Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Michelle Citrowski, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everyone. I'm joined today by Najee Khoury, ATN's Chief Executive Officer, and Carlos D'Oglioli, ATN's Chief Financial Officer. This morning, we'll be reviewing our second quarter, 2026, results and reaffirming our our 2026 outlook. As a reminder, we announced our 2026 second quarter results yesterday after the market closed. Investors can find the earnings release and conference call slide presentation on our investor relations website. Our earnings release and the presentation contain certain forward-looking statements concerning our current expectations, objectives, underlying assumptions regarding our future operations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and that could cause actual results to differ from those described.

Also, in an effort to provide useful information for investors, our comments today include non-GAAP financial measures. For details on these measures and reconciliations to comparable gap measures, and for further information regarding the factors that may affect our future operating results, please refer to our earnings release on our website at ir.atni.com for the 8-K filing provided to the SEC. I would now like to turn the call over to Najee. Thank you, Michelle, and good morning, everyone.

Before we turn to the slides, I would like to take a moment to share a high-level perspective to my first three months at ATM. During this time, I've had the opportunity to visit our markets, meet with team members, customers, stakeholders, and investors, and spend meaningful time understanding the strength of our platform. What I have seen gives me a high degree of confidence in ATN's future. We have experienced management teams, capable operating organizations, strong infrastructure assets and customer relationship that have been built over many years. And like any other providers, we have room to improve and optimize our operations. Now, turning to slide three, our second quarter results demonstrate continued progress across the business. Our segments delivered positive revenue growth and adjusted EBITDA growth while expanding adjusted EBITDA margin by approximately 170 basis points year-over-year.

This follows a 200 basis point year-over-year margin improvement in the first quarter and reflects the early benefit of our focus on operating discipline, execution, and profitable growth. Other highlights from the quarter include the initial closing on the US Tower portfolio sale. the receipt of $268 million in cash, which has significantly increased our liquidity, financial flexibility, and optionality. In addition, we entered into an agreement to sell certain new Aspectum licenses for up to $41 million, with the transaction expected to close in 2027. Lastly, and most recently, the Board expanded our share repurchase authorization to 30 million, reflecting our confidence in the outlook for the business, the strength of the company, and the ability to continue to grow. strength of our financial position, and our commitment to disciplined capital allocation to create shareholder value. Turning on to the international segment on slide four. Across our international markets, we have a combination of stable operating platform and meaningful growth opportunities. Bermuda remains a stable and well-established market, while Guyana, the Cayman Islands, and the U.S.

Virgin Islands offer attractive runways for continued fiber expansion, market share gain, and brand-led growth. In Guyana, we continue to see the benefits of a very dynamic economic environment. The country's oil and gas driven expansion is supporting broader economic activity and We are beginning to see that translate into stronger demand for broadband services. improving penetration, and continued migration from prepaid to postpaid mobile subscribers. We are replacing legacy subscribers with fiber subscribers, and in more remote or lower density areas, we are using fixed wireless technology where it is the more efficient solution. The ability to deploy both fiber and fixed wireless gives us a flexible toolkit to serve customers and expand our adjustable market. We currently cover more than three-quarters of households with fiber. In the Cayman Islands, we continue to expand the fiber footprint, increase penetration, and gain share across both the consumer and enterprise markets.

We have had several important enterprise wins recently and we are pleased with the team's execution. In the US Virgin Islands, we operate an HFC network and are beginning the process of upgrading portions of that network to fiber. This is an important modernization opportunity, and we will continue to take a disciplined approach as we evaluate the pace and economics of that transition. In Bermuda, we concluded a memorandum of understanding with Google to become a strategic partner to facilitate access to their new subsea cables in Bermuda which are expected to go live in the second half of 2027. Now turning to slide five, our U.S. segment includes two distinct operating areas, Alaska and the Southwest, which includes New Mexico and the Four Corners region. These markets have different growth profiles, but both are central to our strategy of modernizing infrastructure, expanding customer reach, and migrating customers from legacy networks to higher-speed technologies over time. HomePass growth in the U.S. segment is being driven by a combination of fiber deployment and fixed wireless technology.

In both Alaska and New Mexico, we are also leveraging available government funding to further expand our footprint and bring high-speed connectivity to additional home and businesses. I was recently in Alaska, and the growth opportunity there is significant. The opportunity is centered on combining government-supported infrastructure funding with our own targeted investment to expand our reach and replace legacy copper infrastructure over time. We have already made meaningful progress and there is more work ahead. As we previously announced, we have appointed the new CEO, Cortland Maddock for Alaska, who will begin in September. Today, most of our Alaska revenue comes from carrier and business customers, which provide a stable foundation. Looking forward, we see the growth opportunity is primarily in the residential market, where continued network expansion, copper replacement, and stronger commercial execution support higher penetration over time.

Similar opportunities exist across our Southwest markets including New Mexico and the Four Corners region. There, we remain focused on expanding our fiber footprint and improving penetration as the network grows. We are actively constructing fiber this year under the series of government grants, and we believe these investments will strengthen our competitive position, improve service quality, and support long-term customer growth. Across both Alaska and the Southwest, we are particularly excited about the opportunities created by government broadband initiatives, including approximately $150 million BEAT funding available within our footprint later this year and into 2027. a proven experience deploying and operating telecom infrastructure We are well positioned to capitalize on this program. We expect these funds to help reduce the cost of serving rural America while enabling fiber expansion to communities and businesses that have historically been uneconomical to reach, creating meaningful long-term growth opportunities. With that, let me turn it over to Carlos to discuss the financials.

Thank you, Kineji, and good morning, everyone. Let me walk you through the second quarter of 2026 results and review our full year outlook. Turning to slide six, total revenue for the second quarter was $184.5 million, an increase of 2% year-over-year. excluding the impact of reduced construction revenues and the expected loss of the subsidy in the US Virgin Islands, Revenue growth was 3% year-over-year. During the quarter, we saw top-line growth in both of our business segments. and across multiple product lines. I'll walk through the segment details in the next few slides. Operating income for the quarter was $240 million, which reflects the $230 million gain related to the initial closing of our U.S. Tower portfolio sale. Excluding this gain and the associated transaction-related charges of $6.3 million, with the delivered operating income of approximately $16.1 million for the quarter.

The $15.9 million improvement versus last year was driven by revenue growth. combined with lower expenses, including restructuring and reorganization, as well as depreciation and amortization. On the bottom line, we reported net income attributable to ATN stockholders of approximately $167 million, or $10.71 per share, on a diluted basis. which includes the gain recorded on the U.S. Tower portfolio sale. This compares to last year's second quarter loss of $7 million, or $0.56 per share. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $49.7 million, at nearly 9% compared to the prior year period. with growth coming from both our international and U.S. segments. Total adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 27% in the quarter, reflecting the revenue growth and the benefits of our ongoing focus on operating efficiency. Let me turn now to segment performance, starting on slide seven. In our international segment, we continued to deliver steady year-over-year revenue growth and margin expansion.

Total revenue increased 1.4% to $96 million, while adjusted EBITDA rose 6.6% to $35.5 million. the associated adjusted EBITDA margin expanded by 180 basis points to 36.9%. Excluding the impact of the expected loss of government support in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which expired at the end of 2025, international revenue grew approximately 3%. We saw growth in most revenue categories, which, combined with our efforts to improve operating efficiencies throughout the business, us to expand our adjusted EBITDA margin. Now turning to slide eight. In our domestic segment, revenue was $88 million, up a little over 2% year-over-year. Growth in carrier services, together with higher fixed business revenue, more than offset the decline in construction revenue during the quarter and the impact of the initial closing of the tower portfolio sale in June. Excluding these two items, U.S. segment revenue increased 4% year-over-year, reflecting the continued strengthening of our core business.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 4.5% year-over-year to 19 million, with margin expanding 50 basis points to 21.6%. The initial closing of the US Tower portfolio sale in early June resulted in reduced revenues of approximately half a million from lost tower rents. combined with a similar increase in costs, generated a net impact of approximately $1 million on adjusted EBITDA. We expect a similar impact recurring in the remaining months of 2026, which is built into our outlook. Now, turning to slide nine, our liquidity and leverage at the end of the quarter benefited from the initial closing of the tower sale during June. which generated $268 million in cash proceeds. As previously announced, we continue to expect subsequent closings to occur over the next 10 months, with the potential for up to an additional $30 million in proceeds from remaining sites deferred at the initial closing. We used 68 million of the cash received at the initial close to pay off the amounts outstanding in the CoBank revolver facility. and ended the quarter with $332 million in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, an increase of $215 million from year end. Total debt declined to $513 million, and our net leverage ratio improved to 0.91 times from 2.36 times at the end of 2025.

The reduction in leverage was driven by the transaction proceeds as well as 4% growth in our trailing four-quarter adjusted EBITDA. As a reminder, approximately two-thirds of our outstanding debt sits at the subsidiary level and is non-recourse to ATM parent. For the first six months of the year, net cash from operating activities decreased by $6.3 million compared to the same period last year, primarily reflecting movements related to the tower sale. Turning to slide 10, capital expenditures for the first six months of the year were $38.3 million, a $3.8 million decrease versus the same period last year. The reimbursable capex spend was $27 million versus $46 million last year. reflecting the variable timing of our government programs. As a reminder, our capital expenditure plans are managed on a full year basis. And while quarterly spending may fluctuate, we continue to expect capital expenditures for the year to remain within our guided range.

Now, turning to slide 11. During the quarter, we announced a 5.5% increase in our quarterly cash dividend to 29 cents per share. In late July, our board authorized an expansion of the SHERA repurchase program to $30 million. These actions underscore our confidence in the long-term outlook for the business and our continued commitment to returning capital to shareholders. Turning now to slide 12 for our outlook for 2026. We reaffirm our full year 2026 adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $193 million to $193 million, which includes the impact of the initial closing of the U.S. Tower portfolio We also expect capital expenditures net of reimbursable spending to remain in the range of $105 million to $115 million for the year. Overall, the organization delivered another quarter of solid execution and continued to make meaningful progress. against our strategic priorities, which remain improving margins, expanding cash flow generation, and maintaining a healthy balance sheet.

With that financial overview, I will now turn the call to the operator to open it up for questions.

Thank you. At this time, we will conduct the question and answer session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star 1-1 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. I'm showing no questions at this time. I would now like to turn it back to Najee for closing remarks.

Thank you again for joining us today and for your continued interest in ATN. We look forward to connecting with many of you at upcoming conferences and to providing an update on our continued progress during our third quarter 2026 earning call in November. Thank you.

Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program. You may now disconnect.

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Hello, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to ATN International's First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference call over to Michele Satrowsky, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations and Treasury for ATN. You may now begin.

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. I'm joined today by Naji Khoury, ATN's new Chief Executive Officer; and Carlos Doglioli, ATN's Chief Financial Officer.

This morning, we'll be reviewing our first quarter 2026 results and reiterating our 2026 outlook. As a reminder, we announced our 2026 first quarter results yesterday afternoon after the market closed. Investors can find the earnings release and conference call slide presentation on our Investor Relations website.

Our earnings release and the presentation contain certain forward-looking statements concerning our current expectations, objectives and underlying assumptions regarding our future operations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described.

Also, in an effort to provide useful information for investors, our comments today include non-GAAP financial measures. For details on these measures and reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures and for further information regarding the factors that may affect our future operating results, please refer to our earnings release on our website at ir.atni.com or the 8-K filing provided to the SEC. I would now like to turn the call over to Naji.

Thank you, Michele. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today. It's a pleasure to be here. It's only been a few weeks since I joined, and I'm very excited about the opportunity. While I will not be providing a financial operational update on today's call, that will be covered by Carlos. I would like to share some initial observations from my early days in the role.

Over the past several weeks, I've had the chance to spend time with our team across many of our markets and throughout the organization. I am encouraged by what I've seen so far, and it's evident to me that the organization has a solid operating foundation in place and meaningful business momentum to build upon. At the same time, I see further opportunities to simplify the way we operate, which I believe will help us optimize performance across each of our business and segments.

I can say that we will remain focused on disciplined capital allocation and ensuring that our investments are aligned with long-term value creation. Now as it relates to our intended use of our proceeds from the sale of the tower portfolio, we continue to expect to use approximately $70 million of the initial proceeds to repay the outstanding balance of our revolving credit facility. This will allow us to maintain liquidity and financing flexibility.

Beyond that, we're still evaluating our options for the remaining proceeds, which will include potential investments in existing operations as well as advancing select growth opportunities. I expect to provide more detail as appropriate in the months ahead.

Throughout my many years in the telecom industry, I've seen firsthand that consistent operational and strategic execution is essential to create long-term value. It's early in my assessment process, and I will have more to share with you as we translate these early observations into more concrete plan. I am excited about the opportunity to build on the progress our teams have delivered so far. With that, let me now turn it over to Carlos to walk through the quarter and discuss the financials in more detail.

Thank you, Naji, and good morning, everyone. Before I get started, I would like to thank our teams across all our markets as well as the broader organization for their continued commitment to building value as reflected on our first quarter performance.

Turning now to our first quarter 2026 results. Overall, we are pleased with how the year started. We saw improved performance during the quarter across both our U.S. and international segments, with year-over-year growth in total revenue, operating income and adjusted EBITDA. Our base of high-speed broadband homes passed expanded year-over-year, largely due to a fixed wireless deployment in Alaska during the second half of 2025, and our high-speed subscribers expanded year-over-year, driven by improved penetration in our Guyana fiber network. Our mobility subscriber base was up slightly versus last year as we saw growth in postpaid subscribers, which offset slight declines in our prepaid subscribers related to billing system conversions.

Total revenue for the quarter was $182 million, up nearly 2% from a year ago. Adjusting our base revenues to exclude construction and the impact of the previously announced loss of the high-cost support subsidy, core telecom revenues grew 3% year-over-year. The improvement was driven primarily by increases in business, carrier services and other ancillary revenues, which helped offset the expected subsidy-related decline.

We delivered operating income of $11.7 million for the quarter, up $9 million versus last year. This improvement was largely driven by revenue growth, our ongoing cost management efforts and reduced depreciation and amortization expense. We incurred approximately $2 million of restructuring and reorganization expenses in the first quarter and expect to incur an additional $1 million to $2 million of these costs in the second quarter. As we previously stated, these actions are embedded in our adjusted EBITDA outlook.

On the bottom line, we reported a net loss attributable to ATN stockholders of $3 million or $0.29 per share, an improvement of approximately $6 million compared to last year's first quarter loss of $9 million or $0.69 per share. Across both our international and U.S. segments, we achieved growth in the quarter, bringing total adjusted EBITDA to $49 million for the quarter, up 10% year-over-year. Total adjusted EBITDA margin improved 200 basis points to 26.7% compared to the prior year period. This improvement reflects our continued focus on cost discipline and margin expansion across the business.

Let me turn now to segment performance. In our International segment, we continue to see steady top line growth and margin expansion. Total revenue increased 2% to $96 million, and adjusted EBITDA was $34 million, up 6% from the same period last year. The revenue increase reflects growth in carrier services and other ancillary revenues, combined with increases in business and postpaid consumer mobility subscribers, which offset the decline in prepaid mobility subs.

Fixed consumer revenue declined year-over-year due to the anticipated end of the government support in the USDA. On a like-to-like basis, revenues grew 3% when normalizing the impact of the support revenue. Higher revenue combined with lower costs drove the increase in adjusted EBITDA and expanded the adjusted EBITDA margin by 140 basis points from 34.3% to 35.7% for the first quarter.

In our Domestic segment, revenue was $86 million, up about 2% year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA increased 11% in the quarter to $19 million. Higher carrier services revenue resulting from steady progress in some of our key projects, combined with an increase in fixed business revenues more than offset the absence of construction revenues in the quarter. Normalizing the impact of construction revenues, revenues were up 3% year-over-year. Higher revenue levels, combined with cost discipline drove the increase in profitability.

Now turning to the balance sheet and cash flow. We ended the quarter with a total of $123 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, up $6 million from year-end. Total debt was $570 million, up $5 million from the end of 2025. Our net debt ratio improved to 2.3x from 2.36x at the end of 2025, benefiting from higher adjusted EBITDA. Approximately 3/4 of our outstanding debt sits at the subsidiary level and is nonrecourse to ATN parent.

Net cash from operating activities decreased by approximately $6 million compared to Q1 last year, primarily driven by higher working capital requirements related to the timing of certain government program payments. First quarter capital expenditures were flat at $21 million versus the same period last year. Reimbursable CapEx spend declined to $14 million versus $22 million last year. It's worth noting that we manage our capital expenditures on an annual basis, and we expect spending to remain in line with our guided range for 2026.

Turning now to our outlook for 2026. As a reminder, in February, we announced that our Comnet subsidiaries entered into an agreement to sell a portfolio of 214 towers and related operations in the Southwestern U.S. for up to $297 million. We remain on track for an initial closing in the second quarter with expected gross cash proceeds in the same range of $250 million to $270 million as initially communicated. Additional closings totaling $27 million to $47 million are anticipated over the following 12 months tied to construction and operational milestones.

Excluding any impact from the tower transaction, we expect full year 2026 adjusted EBITDA to increase modestly from 2025 levels in the range of $190 million to $200 million. Following the initial tower sale close in the second quarter, we would expect a reduction in annual adjusted EBITDA of approximately $6 million to $8 million. We plan to reassess and update as appropriate, the 2026 full year outlook after the initial closing.

We also expect capital expenditures net of reimbursable spending to remain in the range of $105 million to $115 million for the year. Overall, we experienced momentum and saw progress in the first quarter. Looking ahead, our financial priorities remain the same: improving margins, expanding cash flow generation and maintaining a healthy balance sheet. We're encouraged by our recent performance, and our 2026 outlook reflects the commitment towards those goals.

With that, I'll turn the call back to Naji for closing comments before we open it up for questions.

Thank you, Carlos. As you've heard, we started the year on a good note. And as stated at the beginning of the call, I am encouraged by the strength of our teams, the solid foundation across the business and the revenue and profitability gains in the quarter. I see clear opportunities to simplify how we operate, sharpen execution and continue to ensure disciplined capital allocation. I am confident our team will deliver on our priorities. My focus will be to translate these observations into concrete actions that support long-term value creation.

With that, we'll now open the call for questions.

[Operator Instructions]

Our first question comes from the line of Greg Burns of Sidoti.

Just in regards to your disclosures, why did you stop disclosing total broadband homes passed and subscribers?

This is Carlos. Yes, we felt that it included a number of the legacy products that we were actively decommissioning. So we thought that kind of like focusing on the high-speed subs, which is where we're putting all the efforts and investment was more appropriate.

Okay. And then in terms of monetization of all the investment you've made over the last couple of years in your network, what do you think has been the biggest bottleneck in terms of driving faster growth or adoption in some of your markets? Has it been like increased competition, has it been pricing pressure? Like why haven't you've been able to drive that kind of the stronger subscriber growth now that you've kind of moved past the investment phase and we're in the monetization phase, why hasn't that monetization been stronger?

Yes. So look, we believe that there's been a good amount of monetization, Greg. When you look at the revenue trends, we've seen growth year-over-year. Certainly, there's been additional competition, especially on the mobility side of things. But we believe that things are tracking in the right direction. I don't know, Naji, if you want to add any comments.

Greg, I think also we have to focus on migration from subscribers in our copper network as well. So there's a bit of execution on the ground, but everything indicates that we're heading in the right direction. So at this stage, I'm not worried about our ability to add subscribers to fiber network.

Okay. And then any update around BEAD or other government subsidy programs, maybe the pipeline of opportunities there or the timing on awards that you've won, the timing of like build and monetization of the awards you've already won?

Yes. I think we're working through some of the programs that we already had and that we talked about in previous calls, which are in the range of a couple of hundred million bucks. In addition to that, then we have the provisional awards of BEAD that are over -- around $140 million in total between the Southwest and Alaska, and we're very excited. We believe that those are good areas that we were awarded and that they will give us access to around 10,000 or so homes and obviously, whatever we're able to access on our way to some of those locations. So we're excited about that.

Does your full year guidance for this year contemplate, I guess, the beginning of revenue monetization of some of these previous programs you've been awarded? And would BEAD be more of like a '27, '28 incremental opportunity?

Yes. So BEAD is going to be more like the next -- the coming years. It's not going to have any significant impact or impact on 2026. We -- there's still a process to be completed before that gets going. So we'll see that in the future years.

This concludes the question-and-answer session. I would now like to turn it back to Naji Khoury, Chief Executive Officer, for closing remarks.

Thank you again for joining us today and for your questions. Our team looks forward to continuing the dialogue through upcoming conferences and in one-on-one meetings and updating you on our progress as we move through 2026. Thank you.

Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program. You may now disconnect.

Hello, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to ATN International Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to Michele Satrowsky. You may begin.

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. I'm joined today by Brad Martin, ATN's Chief Executive Officer; and Carlos Doglioli, ATN's Chief Financial Officer. This morning, we'll be reviewing our fourth quarter and full year 2025 results and providing our 2026 outlook. As a reminder, we announced our 2025 fourth quarter results yesterday afternoon after the market closed. Investors can find the earnings release and conference call slide presentation on our Investor Relations website. Our earnings release and the presentation contains certain forward-looking statements concerning our current expectations, objectives and underlying assumptions regarding our future operations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and that could cause actual results to differ from those described.

Also, in an effort to provide useful information for investors, our comments today include non-GAAP financial measures. For details on these measures and reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures and for further information regarding the factors that may affect our future operating results, please refer to our earnings release on our website at ir.atni.com or the 8-K filing provided to the SEC. Now I'll turn the call over to Brad.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us to discuss ATN's fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. Before I get into the details, I want to recognize the exceptional work of our teams across all of our markets. The progress we delivered this year, both in our financial performance and the underlying health of the business, reflects their commitment to operational excellence and to building long-term value for our customers and shareholders. Our fourth quarter results show the continued execution of our strategic plan and further validate the operational improvements we have been implementing across our business segments. In the quarter, we grew revenue, expanded adjusted EBITDA and improved operating income while continuing to expand our base of high-speed broadband homes passed and high-speed subscribers.

For the full year, debt execution translated into higher operating profitability stronger cash generation and a business that is better aligned with our strategic focus on mobility, high-speed data and differentiated carrier and enterprise solutions. While there's still more work ahead to fully optimize the business, I believe we are on the right track. 2025 was a turning point for ATN as we shifted from stabilizing the business to clearly demonstrating progress against our strategy. We increased net cash provided by operating activities, reduced capital intensity while continuing to invest in our networks and grew and improved the quality and durability of our mobility and high-speed subscriber bases across our markets. At the same time, we improved operating income, expanded full year adjusted EBITDA and held revenues essentially flat year-over-year.

Together with the recently announced pending sale of our Southwest U.S. portfolio of towers, this positions us to enter 2026 with greater resilience, more flexibility and with a clear focus on our core strategic objectives. Let me take a moment to review the performance of our 2 business segments in the fourth quarter. In our International segment, our network investments and focus on service quality are driving growth in mobility and high-speed data subscribers and contributing to adjusted EBITDA expansion.

We are seeing the benefits in better network performance, stronger customer retention and higher data usage, which together support a more durable earnings profile in these markets. We remain focused on deepening customer relationships, continuing to upgrade our networks and optimizing our operations to further enhance profitability and long-term value. In our U.S. segment, we are seeing tangible benefits from the strategic shift we've been executing in response to changing industry dynamics, particularly in combat.

As our large carrier customers, have expanded and matured their own product offerings. Our approach has been to deepen our role as a partner to increase carrier managed services, while steadily pivoting away from legacy subsidized and lower-margin consumer offerings in certain Southwest consumer markets. This strategy is gaining traction and we are seeing improved performance as a result, particularly in the second half of 2025. We have a durable presence in Alaska in New Mexico anchored by fiber and fiber-fed fixed wireless infrastructure, that's supporting growth in the consumer broadband and carrier services.

Over the past year, the number of homes passed by high-speed broadband increased 25%, driven primarily by Alaska's deployment of fiber-fed fixed wireless solutions across Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juno and the Kenai Peninsula. These efforts contributed to fourth quarter revenue growth and create opportunity for additional subscriber growth. At the same time, our structural cost actions drove higher operating income and improved margins, particularly in the second half of 2025.

Domestically, our broadband infrastructure expansion continued to progress as planned with several government-supported projects advancing through key milestones during the quarter. These investments remain central to our long-term U.S. growth strategy, enhancing our network capabilities and creating new revenue opportunities as deployments are completed. We continue to leverage available government funding, including federal broadband programs while maintaining a careful, disciplined approach to capital deployment and aligning spend with the highest return opportunities.

We also recently advanced several important strategic initiatives. First, we received notice of provisional BEAD awards and preliminary commitments totaling more than $150 million in key markets such as New Mexico and Alaska, expanding our opportunity to pass additional homes with fiber and high-speed broadband in underserved communities and reinforcing our position as a partner of choice in these regions. We're approaching these programs selectively and expect to invest approximately 10% to 15% of total project costs with our own capital, ensuring that BEAD supported builds align with our financial return thresholds and long-term infrastructure strategy.

We currently expect these initiatives to begin contributing to our business results in 2027 and beyond. In addition, we completed the sale of certain U.S. spectrum assets, allowing us to unlock value and further optimize our operations, reinforcing our focus on infrastructure and service-based revenue streams. Taken together, these actions support the long-term growth potential of our U.S. business and demonstrate our ability to attract incremental government funding for network expansion and monetize non-core assets in a disciplined way.

Just after year-end, we took another important step with the announced pending sale of our Southwest U.S. tower portfolio for up to $297 million in total cash consideration. Upon full completion, we expect the divestiture to modestly reduce revenue and EBITDA associated with those assets while providing meaningful proceeds to strengthen our balance sheet and support our long-term growth plans. This transaction unlocks value from an asset we've built over many years and importantly, allows us to sharpen our focus across ATN on our mobility, broadband and carrier services business.

Combined with the operational improvements we delivered in 2025, the tower sale increases our financial flexibility and enhances our ability to invest in sustainable long-term value creation. Throughout 2025, we did what we said we would do, advance our strategic plan to improve the profitability and cash generation of our operations, maintain high-quality revenue streams and customer relationships, optimize our operating structure and strengthen the balance sheet. We also grew our mobility and high-speed subscriber base across our markets. These outcomes reinforce our confidence that we are building a stronger, more efficient ATN.

Looking ahead, we are encouraged by the steady momentum across our business segments and remain focused on disciplined execution. Our priority for 2026 is to convert the network and system investments we have made over the past several years into margin expansion, cash flow and further balance sheet strength. We are entering the year with positive momentum in both our International and U.S. business segments with a more efficient operating model. We are maintaining a disciplined approach to capital allocation and leveraging available government funding to support continued network growth while enhancing returns. The pending tower sale is a key milestone in unlocking asset value and strengthening of our balance sheet, and we intend to use the added flexibility to support our highest priority growth opportunities.

Before I turn it over to Carlos for a detailed review of our financial performance, I want to leave you with a clear takeaway. Our 2025 results show that ATN is stronger, more efficient and better positioned than it was a year ago. We remain confident in our ability to build on this progress and generate long-term value for our shareholders. With that, I'll hand it over to Carlos for a detailed review of our financial performance.

Thank you, Brad, and good morning, everyone. Let me walk you through the 2025 results and provide some context on our 2026 outlook. Our fourth quarter capped a year of improved financial performance, especially in the second half of the year. Total revenues for the fourth quarter grew 2% to $184.2 million compared with $180.5 million in the prior year quarter. Excluding construction and other revenues, communication service revenues increased 3% driven by growth across multiple service offerings.

For the full year, revenues were essentially flat at $728 million and in line with our expectations. Increases in carrier services, construction and other revenues offset decreases in mobility and fixed revenues driven in part by our transition away from legacy offerings in our U.S. markets. Operating income was $15.7 million in the fourth quarter, up from $8.7 million in the same period last year. The improvement reflects the benefit of cost management efforts, including reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses and gains on asset dispositions.

For the full year, operating income increased to $28.4 million compared with an operating loss of $0.8 million in 2024, which included a $35.3 million goodwill impairment charge. Net loss attributable to ATN stockholders in the fourth quarter was $3.3 million or $0.32 per share compared with net income of $3.6 million or $0.14 per diluted share in the prior year quarter. The change reflects the absence of an $8.9 million tax benefit that positively impacted Q4 2024, along with higher other expense resulting from marking a minority equity investment to market in 2025.

For the full year, our net loss narrowed to $14.9 million or $1.38 per share versus a net loss of $26.4 million or $2.10 per share in 2024. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter was $50 million, up 8% from $46.2 million in the prior year quarter. For the full year, adjusted EBITDA increased 3% to $190 million compared with $184.1 million in 2024. The year-over-year growth in both the quarter and the full year reflects our ongoing focus on cost management and margin improvement.

Turning now to segment performance. Our International segment continued to deliver top line growth and margin expansion in 2025. The combination of targeted capital investments in support of our commercial progress and disciplined cost management, contributed to higher adjusted EBITDA even as we navigated heightened competitive dynamics in certain markets. Specifically for the fourth quarter, International revenues increased nearly 3% to $97.3 million from $94.8 million in the prior year quarter. And for the full year 2025, revenue was up 1% to $381.9 million from $377.5 million for full year 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA for the International segment increased 1% to $32.7 million for the fourth quarter and approximately 4% to $131.6 million for the full year. In our domestic segment, during the fourth quarter, revenues increased 1% to $86.9 million from $85.8 million in the prior year quarter. And for the full year 2025, revenue declined just under 2% to $346.1 million compared with $351.6 million for full year 2024. Adjusted EBITDA for the domestic segment increased 11% to $21.6 million for the fourth quarter and declined approximately 2% to $78.5 million for the full year.

Our results for this segment reflect the impact of transitioning away from legacy and subsidy-driven revenue streams in the first half of the year and the benefit of stronger performance in carrier solutions in the second half supported by continued margin improvement efforts. Let me now turn to the balance sheet and cash flow highlights. Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash increased to $117.2 million at December 31, 2025, compared with $89.2 million at the end of 2024. Total debt was $565.2 million versus $557.4 million a year ago, resulting in a net debt ratio of 2.36x as of year-end, an improvement from 2.54x at December 31, 2024.

Just as a reminder, approximately 60% of total debt resides at the subsidiary level and is nonrecourse to ATN parent. Net cash provided by operating activities increased 5% year-over-year to $133.9 million driven in part by improved working capital management. Capital expenditures for the full year were $90 million, net of $84.6 million in reimbursable capital expenditures compared with $110.4 million, net of $108.5 million in reimbursement in 2024.

Our capital spending for the year was in the lower end of our guidance range, driven by the timing of some investments that are now expected and incorporated in our 2026 outlook. The year-over-year reduction in net capital spending also reflects our commitment to maintaining more normalized levels of CapEx. We maintained our quarterly dividend of $0.275 per share paid on January 9, 2026, to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025. We did not repurchase any shares during the quarter.

Turning to the 2026 outlook. As Brad mentioned, earlier this month, we announced that our Comnet subsidiaries agreed to sell a portfolio of 214 Southwestern U.S. towers and related operations to an affiliate of Everest infrastructure partners were up to $297 million in an all-cash transaction. We continue to expect the initial closing to occur in the second quarter of 2026, with gross proceeds of approximately $250 million to $270 million with additional closings occurring over the following 12 months tied to construction and operational milestones.

For full year 2026 and excluding any impact from the pending sale of our U.S. tower portfolio, we expect adjusted EBITDA to increase modestly from 2025 levels to a range of $190 million to $200 million. Our 2026 outlook incorporates a headwind of approximately $5 million related to the conclusion of high-cost funding support for our U.S. Virgin Island market. Based on current expectations of the second quarter timing of the initial closing for the tower sale, we would anticipate a reduction of approximately $6 million to $8 million to that annual adjusted EBITDA outlook. We also expect capital expenditures to remain within a disciplined range of $105 million to $115 million net of reimbursable expenditures and reflective of the timing of some investments initially expected in 2025.

Together, with available government funding, this supports continued network growth while maintaining our focus on cash generation and managing leverage. We plan to revisit and update our 2026 outlook as appropriate after the initial closing of the tower portfolio sale. Before handing the call back to Brad, let me provide some insight into how we expect the quarters to play out in 2026.

In the first quarter, we expect adjusted EBITDA to improve compared with the prior year period, and we expect the second half of the year to deliver the majority of our annual results, consistent with our typical business seasonality. As part of the actions embedded in our plan to achieve our adjusted EBITDA outlook for the year, we expect to incur restructuring and reorganization expenses of $3 million to $4 million in the first half, with most of those costs occurring in the first quarter.

Looking ahead, our financial focus remains unchanged: drive operating efficiencies to support margin expansion, continue to allocate capital in a disciplined way, maintain a healthy balance sheet and expand cash flow. We believe our 2025 results and 2026 outlook show progress toward our long-term objectives and in line with maximizing shareholder value. With that financial overview, I will turn the call back to Brad for closing comments before we open it up for questions.

Thanks, Carlos. To summarize, we closed 2025 with solid operating momentum, stronger cash generation and a more focused, higher quality revenue mix that supports our long-term strategy. We are entering 2026 with a healthier balance sheet, more efficient cost structure and a clear line of sight to further benefits of our strategic initiatives and the pending tower transaction. With that, we'll now open the call for questions.

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Greg Burns with Sidoti.

Could you just help us understand maybe how the sale of the tower assets might impact the -- your business model in the U.S., does that in any way impact your ability to provide managed services to carriers?

Yes. So really it's an unchanged business model. Today, we provide our carrier-related services on third-party towers and owned towers, almost about half and half. So really, the continuation of the business model will remain we'll just be doing more on third-party towers.

All right. Great. And then I see you continuing to grow your high-speed data subscribers, total broadband subscribers continue to decline. Are we getting to -- are we nearing a point where maybe some of these legacy services that you're turning down or deemphasizing stop -- stopped detracting from the overall growth of that business? Or what should we expect next year in terms of maybe your view on the broadband subscriber growth?

So Greg, yes, as you mentioned, some of the broadband reductions have been, from us, shutting down legacy services. That is inclusive of legacy copper services in some markets where we've overbuilt and shutdown services and decided not to rebuild in areas. And similarly, in areas in the Southwest where we've taken down where we had unprofitable areas, and we decided to not necessarily compete at the consumer level, as we mentioned in my prepared remarks. We will be continuing to partner with major carriers.

We do have BEAD outcomes, I spoke to in my remarks. We do expect that to be a key driver in the out years to expand our high-speed subscriber base and obviously expand our assets and facilities.

Okay. And with the expansion of the high-speed data, the reach of your network in Alaska. Can you just talk about maybe some of the changes you've made in your go-to-market or sales strategy to kind of start to accelerate maybe the penetration and growth of your services?

Yes. So Alaska -- our Alaska market has been historically heavily weighted towards enterprise and carrier. In this past year, we announced a pretty large build-out of a fixed wireless solution. We have been building fiber facilities, fiber to the home in certain areas in Alaska as well. We do have a new leadership team in Alaska in the last couple of years. We do have -- we are investing in back office platforms to make our -- to effectively enhance the customer interaction. So it's something we're targeting and continuing to focus on improving our ability to execute there.

But we have work to do. We did see some progress in the back half of the year on subscriber acquisition, specifically in Alaska, albeit starting on a small base, but we did actually show 11% year-over-year improvement in our high-speed data subscribers.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm showing no further questions in the queue. I would now like to turn the call back over to Brad for closing remarks.

Thank you, operator. Thank you all again for joining us today and for your questions. We're encouraged by the progress we've made in 2025. We're confident in the path that we're on. We're focused on executing against the priorities we've outlined on today's call. weeks and months ahead, our teams have been meeting with many of you at conferences and one-on-one meetings. We look forward to continuing the dialogue and continue updating you on our progress as we move to 2026. Thanks, and have a great day.

Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the ATN International Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Michele Satrowsky, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. I'm joined today by Brad Martin, ATN's Chief Executive Officer; and Carlos Doglioli, ATN's Chief Financial Officer. This morning, we'll be reviewing our third quarter 2025 results and our outlook for the remainder of 2025. As a reminder, we announced our 2025 third quarter results yesterday afternoon after the market closed. Investors can find the earnings release and conference call slide presentation on our Investor Relations website.

Our earnings release and the presentation contain forward-looking statements concerning our current expectations, objectives and underlying assumptions regarding our future operations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described. Also, in an effort to provide useful information for investors, our comments today include non-GAAP financial measures.

For details on these measures and reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures and for further information regarding the factors that may affect our future operating results, please refer to our earnings release on our website, ir.atn.com or the 8-K filing provided to the SEC.

Now I'll turn the call over to Brad.

Good morning, and thank you for joining us to discuss ATN's third quarter 2025 results. Before I dive into our performance, I want to take a moment to recognize the exceptional work of our teams across our markets. Today's results reflect their commitment to operational excellence, their dedication to building long-term value. Our third quarter results show the continued execution of our strategic plan and validate the operational improvements we've been implementing across our business segments. The 3% revenue growth and 9% increase in adjusted EBITDA year-over-year demonstrates the positive momentum we've been building and the effectiveness of our operational efficiency initiatives.

During the third quarter, we grew our high-speed broadband homes path by 8% and increased our total high-speed subscriber base by 1% year-over-year. These operational metrics underscore the value creation potential of our fiber and broadband investments. Let me take a moment to review the performance of our 2 business segments in the third quarter. In our International segment, we continue to make steady progress on our key priorities: enhancing mobile networks, improving service quality and driving operational efficiency. The investments we've made in network quality and data capabilities are translating into measurable results. better customer retention and higher average revenue per user, preparing the segment for sustained profitable growth.

Third quarter revenues were up 1%, with adjusted EBITDA growing 3%. The stronger EBITDA growth reflects the operational leverage we're achieving through improved efficiency initiatives. We remain focused on driving sustainable value across our international markets by deepening customer engagement optimizing operations and enhancing profitability. In our U.S. segment, we're seeing tangible benefits from our investments in carrier and enterprise solutions with new site activations from our carrier-related services efforts, and continued momentum in our fiber-fed deployments. We're particularly encouraged by gains in Alaska's enterprise revenue and consumer fixed wireless wins, demonstrating improved operational execution and stronger pipeline conversion compared with last year.

Third quarter revenues in the U.S. segment increased 4.6% year-over-year with sequential improvement driven primarily by carrier services growth. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was up 19.6% compared with the same quarter last year, reflecting both our strategic transition from legacy revenue streams to higher growth, higher margin services and recovery from a challenging third quarter last year. We remain focused on our key priorities. Expanding fiber and fiber-fed fixed wireless across markets where we have a durable consumer presence, while growing our base of business and carrier solutions. We are aligning our network strategy and capital deployment with this long-term vision. And while the transition continues, we're building the foundation for a more resilient, higher-margin domestic business. Domestically, our broadband infrastructure expansion continues to progress as planned. With several government-funded projects advancing through key milestones during the quarter. These fiber network investments remain central to our long-term U.S. growth strategy. Enhancing our network capabilities while creating new revenue opportunities as deployments reach completion.

We continue to actively monitor federal broadband policy developments and funding mechanisms, including BEAD. Which offer opportunities to further penetrate underserved areas. As always, we're maintaining our careful approach to capital deployment while positioning ATN for additional infrastructure opportunities. Across our international operations, we are tracking geopolitical developments and the conclusion of hurricane season in our Caribbean markets, with business continuity and network resilience remaining key priorities. Our network teams work collaboratively with local authorities and partners to address potential disruptions while maintaining our service standards.

To support these strategic and operational initiatives, we remain focused on the strength of our cash flow from operations to support our business initiatives while preserving the financial flexibility needed to capitalize on growth opportunities. Looking ahead, we're encouraged by the steady momentum across our business segments and remain focused on executing our operational road map. The revenue growth in our domestic operations led by carrier managed services expansion, and targeted enterprise sales execution reinforces our confidence in the direction we've set.

While internationally, we're seeing stabilization in mobility trends and improving operational metrics. With 3 quarters of solid execution behind us, we are refining our adjusted EBITDA outlook while reaffirming our guidance for revenue, capital expenditure and net debt ratio. We're methodically strengthening our operational foundation and improving our cost structure to position the business for sustainable growth as we move towards 2026. We remain confident in our ability to generate long-term value for our shareholders.

With that, I'll turn it over to Carlos for a detailed review of our financial performance.

Thank you, Brad, and good morning, everyone. I would also like to echo Brad's recognition of our team. Their disciplined execution has been critical in our third quarter results as well as in our stabilization efforts to better position us for the future. I'll walk you through our third quarter financial performance in more detail.

Total revenues for the third quarter were $183.2 million, representing a 3% increase from $178.5 million in the prior year quarter. This growth was driven by increases across multiple revenue streams, including fixed services, career services, construction and other revenue categories, which more than offset the expected decline in mobility revenues as we continue our transition away from legacy products. Operating income improved significantly to $9.8 million in the third quarter, compared to an operating loss of $38.4 million in the same quarter last year. While this improvement was primarily driven by a $35.3 million goodwill impairment charge in Q3 2024. Our underlying operational performance improved year-over-year.

Key drivers of the year-over-year improvement included a $5.1 million reduction in depreciation and amortization expenses reflecting our disciplined capital allocation strategy and the natural completion of certain asset depreciation schedules, a $3.3 million reduction in transaction-related charges compared to the prior year, and a $1.1 million improvement in cost of services to our ongoing cost reduction and containment initiatives. Net income attributable to ATN stockholders for the third quarter was $4.3 million or $0.18 per share. This compares with the prior year's net loss of $32.7 million or $2.26 per share. Adjusted EBITDA increased 9% to $49.9 million compared to $45.7 million in the prior year quarter. This improvement is the result of the company-wide efforts to improve cost management and drive margin expansion.

Turning now to segment performance. Our International segment continues to deliver solid performance with Q3 revenues up 1% to approximately $95 million adjusted EBITDA growing 3% to $33.3 million. The investments we've made in network quality and data capabilities are translating into measurable results. Retention, sequential increase in postpaid customer base and higher average revenue per user. Combined with our cost management actions, these efforts are positioned in this segment for adjusted EBITDA growth. In the U.S. Telecom segment, third quarter revenues, excluding construction revenues, were $87 million, up 3.5% year-over-year. With improvement driven by carrier services and fixed business revenue growth. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $21.2 million, up 19.6% compared with the same quarter last year. Our balance sheet position strengthened during the quarter. Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash increased to $119.6 million at September 30, 2025, up from $89.2 million on December 31, 2024.

Total debt was $579.6 million, resulting in a net debt ratio of 2.47x, improving sequentially from 2.58x at the end of the second quarter. Our disciplined capital allocation continued during the quarter. Capital expenditures for the 9 months ended September 30, 2025, totaled $60.9 million, net of $67.3 million in reimbursable capital spending. Compared to $85.7 million in CapEx and $71.8 million in reimbursables in the prior year period. We also maintained our totally dividend of $0.275 per share paid in October. This dividend reflects our confidence in sustainable cash flow generation and our commitment to consistent shareholder returns. Based on our improved year-to-date performance and outlook for the fourth quarter, we are refining our adjusted EBITDA guidance for full year 2025, while reaffirming our other key financial metrics.

Revenue, excluding construction revenue is expected to be in line with 2024's results of $725 million. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be flat to slightly above 2024's result of $184 million. Capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $90 million to $100 million net of reimbursements, down from 2024's $110.4 million. Net debt ratio is expected to remain flat with full year 2024 at approximately 2.54x with potential for slight improvement exiting 2025. Our refined guidance reflects our continued focus on cost containment and enhanced capital efficiency initiatives that we have been executing over the past several quarters. We expect some residual activity from these efforts in the fourth quarter, resulting in minor reorganization and restructuring costs anticipated to be less than $1 million.

We remain confident in our execution capabilities and our path towards sustainable long-term value creation.

With that financial overview, I'll turn the call back to Brad for closing comments before we open it up for questions.

Before we open the call for questions, I want to leave you with a clear takeaway. We are focused on disciplined execution, grounded in financial responsibility and confident in the strategic path we set. Our revenue and adjusted EBITDA improvements demonstrate that our key initiatives are gaining traction and translating into stronger performance. These results underscore our ability to execute effectively while adapting to evolving industry dynamics. Our long-term objective remains unchanged: to build a stronger, more efficient and more resilient ATN that delivers sustainable value for our shareholders. The foundation we've built through operational stability and strategic investments positions us well to achieve this goal.

With that, operator, we'd like to open it up for questions.

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Greg Burns of Sidoti.

Are you being impacted in any way by the government shutdown? Is it affecting any -- awards for government subsidy programs or maybe like the rural health care market in Alaska? Are you seeing any impact from the shutdown in any of those areas?

Yes, really all payments. We've not seen any impact with regard to payments on programs, subsidies that we typically participate in. And we expect no impact here really through Q4. On that -- things preventing the future longer, things like permitting, we do a lot on Bureau brand management lands. Permitting things into '26 to pose some challenges. But as of right now, no.

Okay. And it's not delaying the any like new awards? Or is there any other impact to maybe new business development?

No. So I mean, one of the primary areas we referenced in the call is BEAD and BEAD is still in the review cycle under [ NTIA ] expected results from that will be in January. So we're expecting those schedules to be held. But no, no impact does it yet.

Okay. And you kind of mentioned maybe better pipeline conversion or execution in Alaska. Can you just maybe talk about some of the initiatives you put in place over the last year or so? Kind of get the close rates and the improvement in the execution in Alaska up and what you've done and what you're seeing there in terms of results from those initiatives?

Yes. So a couple of fronts there, Greg. And we've had a new team in Alaska. There has been new management in the last year. So with any new leadership team, they come in and really establish their ground game on the ground, and we're happy what the team is doing there. We are, we have been in the process of working with key partnerships. Keep partnerships with the LEO operators to help address more of the -- some of the rural health care opportunities that are in that market, it's a pretty large part of the telecom market in Alaska. And again, and that's some of the progress we're seeing here this year.

Okay. And then just lastly, in terms of cash flow. It's obviously improving nicely this year. What are your priorities going forward -- are you okay with where the leverage is on the business? Or do you want to bring that down? Or do you have other priorities for the improved cash flow that you're seeing?

Greg, this is Carlos. So look, we're happy with the way the cash flow is trending as you say, the operating cash flow is doing well. And with a more normalized level of CapEx, we expect to continue to trend leverage down. And at the same time, we are very pleased with the support that we're getting to the business with some of the grants on reimbursable programs that we have there. So we believe that things are working the way we have been expecting and we should continue to be able to push leverage down.

Thank you. I am showing no further questions at this time. So I would like to turn it back to Brad Martin, Chief Executive Officer, for closing remarks.

Thank you, operator, and thank you all for joining us today. We appreciate your continued engagement as we execute our strategy. We look forward to sharing more progress on our fourth quarter call. Have a great day.

Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This does conclude the program. You may now disconnect.