Gladstone Capital Corporation

Greetings. Welcome to the Gladstone Capital Corporation's first quarter earnings call. At this time, all participants are in 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 from your telephone keypad. Please note, this conference is being recorded. At this time, I will turn the conference over to Mr. David Gladstone, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gladstone, please go ahead.

Well, thank you, Rob. Nice introduction and good morning, everybody. This is David Gladstone, chairman, and this is the earnings conference call for Gladstone Capital for the quarter ending December 31st, 2022. Thank you all for calling in. We're always happy to talk with our shareholders and analysts and welcome the opportunity to provide the update for the company. Now we'll hear from our general counsel, Michael Lacalce, who will give a statement regarding certain forward-looking statements. Michael.

Thanks, David, and good morning, everybody. Today's report paintings forward-looking statements on the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those regarding our future performance. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are based on our current plans, which we believe to be reasonable. And many factors may cause our actual results to be materially different from future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including all risk factors Our form is 10Q10K and other documents we file with the SEC. You can find them on the Investors page of our website, www.gladstonecapital.com. You can also sign up for our email notification service. You can also find the documents on the SEC's website. That's sec.gov. Now, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of these photos and statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. today's call is an overview of our results, so we ask that you review our press release and Form 10-Q, both issued yesterday, for more detailed information. Again, you can find those on the Investors page of our website. With that, I'll turn it over to Bob Markoff. Bob?