Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.

Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Carlisle Secured Lending Inc. 4th Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you'd like to remove yourself from the queue, simply press star 1-1 again. As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Daniel Hahn, Shareholder Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Good morning, and welcome to Carlyle Secured Lending's fourth quarter 2023 earnings call.

With me on the call this morning is Aaron Lee Kong, our Chief Executive Officer, and Tom Hennigan, our Chief Financial Officer. Last night, we filed our Form 10-K and issued a press release with a presentation of our results. which are available on the investor relations section of our website. Following our remarks today, we will hold a question and answer session for analysts and institutional investors. This call is being webcast, and a replay will be available on our website. Any forward-looking statements made today do not guarantee future performance, and any undue reliance should not be placed on them. These statements are based on current management expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties. including those identified in the risk factor section of our annual report on Form 10-K. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Carlisle Secured Lending assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement at any time. With that, I'll turn the call over to Aaron.