Gladstone Capital Corporation

Greetings and welcome to the Gladstone Capital Corporation second quarter earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief 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. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, David Gladstone, Chief Executive Officer. Thank you, sir. You may begin.

And thank you, LaTanya, for that 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 March 31, 2023. We're here in Plain, Virginia. It's a cool 45 degrees. We're outside of Washington, DC. But Bob and Nicole, come on in a minute and warm you up with a good report. Thank you all for calling in. We're always happy to talk to our shareholders and the analysts that follow us and welcome the opportunity to update you about this fine company. Now we hear from our General Counsel, Michael Lacalce, who will make a statement regarding forward-looking statements. Michael.

Thanks, David. Good morning, everybody. Today's report may include forward-looking statements under 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. Now, many factors may cause our actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including all the risk factors listed in our Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and other documents that we file with the SEC, and you can find them on the Investors page of our website at GladstoneCapital.com. Now, while you're there, you can also sign up for our email notification service, And you can also find the documents on the SEC's website, which is www.sec.gov. Now, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. We remind everyone that 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, those are found on the investor's page of our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to Gladstone Capital's president, Bob Marcotte.