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Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PDM)

Q1 2022 Results Earnings Conference Call

April 28, 2022, 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Brent Smith – President and Chief Executive Officer

Eddie Guilbert – Executive Vice President of Finance and Treasurer

Bobby Bowers – Chief Financial Officer

George Wells – Chief Operating Officer

Chris Coleman – Executive Vice President of Investments

Conference Call Participants

Michael Lewis – Truist Securities

Anthony Paolone – JPMorgan

Daniel Ismail – Green Street

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Piedmont Office Realty Trust, First Quarter 2022, Earnings Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode. The floor will be opened for questions and comments after the presentation. It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Eddie Guilbert. Sir, the floor is yours.

Eddie Guilbert

Thank you, Operator. And good morning everyone. We appreciate you joining us today for Piedmont's First Quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Last night we filed our Form-10-Q and an 8-K that includes our earnings release and our unaudited supplemental information for the First Quarter is available for your review on our website at piedmontreit.com under the Investor Relations section, during this call, you'll hear from senior officers at Piedmont their prepared remarks followed by answers to your questions will contain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

These forward-looking statements address matters which are subject to risks and uncertainties, and therefore, actual results may differ from those we anticipate and discuss today. The risks and uncertainties for these forward-looking statements are discussed in our press release, as well as our SEC filings. We encourage everyone to review the more detailed discussion related to risks associated with forward-looking statements in our SEC filings. Examples of forward-looking statements include those related to Piedmont's future revenues and operating income dividends and financial guidance, future leasing and investment activity, and the impacts of this activity on the company's financial and operational results.

You should not place any undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. And these statements speak as of the date they are made. Also on today's call, representatives of the company may refer to certain non-GAAP Financial measures such as FFO, core FFO, AFFO, and same-store NOI. The definitions and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures are contained in the earnings release and in the supplemental financial information which we filed last night. At this time, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Brent Smith, will provide some opening comments. Brent.