Gladstone Investment Corporation

Welcome to Gladstone Investment Corporation first quarter earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Gladstone, Chairman. Thank you. You may begin.

Well, thank you for that nice introduction. This is David Gladstone, Chairman. This is the earnings conference call for the first quarter ending June 30, 2026. This is for our shareholders and for any of the analysts that are on the line for Gladstone Investment. It's listed on NASDAQ trading symbol GAIN. Easy to remember because we're always triggering capital gains. You can keep up with us by listening to this and following us online. That's for the common stock. We do have some registered notes, three of them. You can buy our notes as well. This is a multifaceted company and I want to thank you all for calling in. We're happy to provide updates to our shareholders and analysts and provide our view of the current business environment and the two goals really are to help you understand what just happened to us and what's happened to us over the last so Thank you, David, and good morning everyone. Today's call may include forward-looking statements.

which are based on management's estimates, assumptions, and projections. There are no guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements due to various uncertainties including the risk factors set forth in our SEC filings which you can find on the investors page of our website gladstoneinvestments.com. We assume no obligation to update any of these statements unless required by law. Please visit our website for a copy of our form Thanks, Catherine, and welcome to everyone on the phone call.