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Reports Q4 revenue $98.5M, two est. $95.56M. Joseph B. Armes, CSW Industrials' Chairman, President, and CEO, commented, "Our sustainable business model drove strong results in fiscal 2020, with outstanding top and bottom-line growth resulting from increased volumes across both segments and contributions from our recent acquisitions. Impressive cash flow generated by continuing operations enabled us to return $34.6 million to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends during the year, and to end the year with $18.3 million of cash and the full revolver capacity available. Our strong financial results in fiscal 2020 are directly attributable to the diligence and professionalism of each of the over 700 employees of CSWI. We recognize the challenges that the pandemic has posed to all of our stakeholders, including our employees, customers, and suppliers, and our focus has been on safety, continuity of service, and support throughout a changing environment for our businesses. We are committed to our strong, employee-centric culture, where the safety and wellbeing of our employees are top priorities, and we redoubled our efforts in this regard as the pandemic unfolded. A few examples of our actions include procuring and requiring the use of additional personal protective equipment, ensuring incremental cleaning and sanitizing of our work sites, and modifying work schedules and processes. Our employees deserve our utmost respect and sincere gratitude as they have shown tremendous resiliency and courage in maintaining business continuity throughout this period, as we continue to support our customers and the critical infrastructure needs of our economy. As we look ahead to fiscal year 2021, most of the end markets we serve expect to experience temporary, but significant, demand degradation resulting from COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. We expect this will cause declines in demand for our products and services. While visibility is limited, we currently expect revenue and earnings in the first half of our fiscal year to be meaningfully lower than the prior year, with some recovery expected in the second half, assuming a successful reopening of the economy. We are monitoring demand through both macroeconomic data and, more importantly, direct conversations with our customers. We have initiated several prudent cost control measures across the Company to manage short-term pressures but we do not anticipate these actions will fully offset the impact from expected revenue declines in the near term. Our highly experienced management team and Board of Directors, comprised of accomplished leaders adept at managing through economic cycles, are focused on the factors we can control, and supported by our strong balance sheet, we remain dedicated to long-term value creation."