Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc (NYSE:PLYM) Q2 2020 Earnings Conference Call - Final Transcript

Good morning, and welcome to the Plymouth Industrial REIT Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Tripp Sullivan, Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Good morning. Welcome to the Plymouth Industrial REIT conference call to review the company's results for the second quarter of 2020. On the call today will be Jeff Witherell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Pen White, President and Chief Investment Officer; Dan Wright, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Jim Connolly, Executive Vice President of Asset Management; and Anne Harit, General Counsel.

Our results were released this morning in our earnings press release, which can be found on the Investor Relations section of our website, along with our Form 10-Q and supplemental filed with the SEC. A replay of this call will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call through August 13th, 2020. The numbers to access the replay are provided in the earnings press release. For those who listen to the replay of this call, we remind you that the remarks made herein are as of today, August 6, 2020, and will not be updated subsequent to this call.

During this call, certain comments and statements we make may be deemed forward-looking statements within the meaning prescribed by the securities laws, including statements related to the future performance of our portfolio, our pipeline of potential acquisitions and other investments, future dividends and financing activities. All forward-looking statements represent Plymouth's judgment as of the date of this conference call and are subject to risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. Investors are urged to carefully review various disclosures made by the company, including the risk and other information disclosed in the company's filings with the SEC.

We will also discuss certain non-GAAP measures including, but not limited to, FFO, AFFO and adjusted EBITDA [Indecipherable]. Definitions of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in our filings with the SEC.

I'll now turn the call over to Jeff Witherell. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Tripp. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. The global pandemic has presented all of us with a number of challenges over the past several months, and I'm pleased to note that our team has been able to stay focused on the things we do best here at Plymouth, which is combined a long heritage as real estate operators with the insight to make some enhancements to our long-term strategy.

Some key notes here. We work closely with our tenants, providing them great service and responsiveness. As a result, we were able to collect 99% of our expected rent for the quarter and have already collected 97% for July. We have continued to lease our properties with attractive cash rent increases and have a strong start on our 2021 expirations. We also maintain an active