Ares Capital Corporation

Thank you all for joining and welcome to the ARIES Capital Corporation's third quarter ended September 30, 2022, Earnings Conference School. My name is Brieca and I will be your operator. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. I will now turn the call over to Mr. John Stillmar, Managing Director of Investor Relations.

Let me start with some important reminders.

Comments made during the course of this conference call and webcast, as well as the accompanying documents, contain forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company's actual results could differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements for any reason. including those listed in its SEC filing. Therese Capital Corporation assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. Please also note that past performance or market information is not a guarantee of future results. During this conference call, the company may discuss certain non-GATT measures as defined by SEC Regulation G, such as core earnings per share or core EPS. The company believes that core EPS provides useful information to investors regarding financial performance because it's one method the company uses to measure its financial condition and results of operation. A reconciliation of core EPS to GAAP net income per share, the most commonly directly comparable GAAP financial measure, can be found in the accompanying slide presentation for this call. In addition, the reconciliation of these measures may also be found in our earnings release filed this morning with the SEC on Form 8K. All per share information discussed during this call is basic per share information. see the company's form 10-Q filed with the SEC this morning for such information. Certain information discussed in this call and the accompanying slide presentation, including information related to portfolio companies, was derived from third-party sources and has not been independently verified. And accordingly, the company makes no such representations or warranties with respect to this information. The company's third quarter ended September 30th, 2022 earnings presentation can be found on the company's website at www.arescapitalcorp.com by clicking on the third quarter 2022 earnings presentation link on the homepage of the investor resources section. Ares Capital Corporation's earnings release and 10Q are also available on the company's website. I'll now turn the call over to Mr. Kiftevir, Ares Capital Corporation's Chief Executive Officer.