BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation

Good morning. My name is Ginny and I will be your conference facilitator today for the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation second quarter 2023 earnings call. Hosting the call will be James Keenan, Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Nick Singel, President, Chapala Day Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Lawrence Peretti, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Jason Maring, Managing Director and member of the company's investment committee. Lines have been placed on mute. After the speakers complete their update, they will open the lines for question and answer session. In order to ask a question, please press star one on your touchtone telephone. Thank you, Mr. Peretti.

You may begin the conference call.

Good morning and welcome to the second quarter 2023 earnings conference call of BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation, or BCIC. Before we begin our remarks today, I would like to point out that certain comments during this conference call and within corresponding documents contain forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties. Many of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as anticipates, believes, expects, intends, will, should, may, and similar expressions. We call to your attention the fact that BCIC's actual results may differ from these statements. As you know, BCIC has filed with the SEC reports which list some of the factors which may cause BCIC's results to differ materially from these statements. BCIC assumes no duty to and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. Additionally, certain information discussed and presented may have been derived from third-party sources and has not been independently verified. Accordingly, BCIC makes no representation or warranty with respect to such information. Please note we've posted to our website an investor presentation that complements this call. Shortly, our management team will highlight some of the information contained in the presentation. The presentation can be accessed by going to our website at www.blackrockbkcc.com, and clicking the August 2023 investor presentation link in the presentation section of the investors page. I would now like to turn the call over to Jim.