New Mountain Finance Corporation

Good morning and welcome to the New Mountain Finance Corporation's third quarter 2021 earnings call. All participants will be in this anonymous mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your questions, please press star, then two. Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to hand over the conference to Rob Henry. Please go ahead.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to New Mountain Finance Corporation's third quarter earnings call for 2021. On the line with me here today are Steve Klinsky, Chairman of NMFC and CEO of New Mountain Capital, John Klein, President and COO of NMFC, and Shiraz Khaji, CFO of NMFC. We hope that everyone is doing well and that you and your families remain in good health. Steve is going to make some introductory remarks, but before he does, I'd like to ask Shiraz to make some important statements regarding today's call.

Thanks, Rob. Good morning, everyone. Before we get into the presentation, I would like to advise everyone that today's call and webcasts are being recorded. Please note that they are the property of New Mountain Finance Corporation and that any unauthorized broadcast in any form is strictly prohibited. Information about the audio replay of this call is available in our November 3rd earnings press release. I would also like to call your attention to the customary safe harbor disclosure in our press release and on page two of the slide presentation regarding forward-looking statements. Today's conference call and webcast may include forward-looking statements and projections, and we ask that you refer to our most recent filings with the SEC for important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements and projections. we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements or projections unless required to by law. To obtain copies of our latest SEC filings and to access the slide presentation that we'll be referencing throughout this call, please visit our website at www.newmountainfinance.com. At this time, I'd like to turn the call over to Steve Klinsky, NMSC's Chairman, who will give some highlights beginning on page 5 of the slide presentation. Steve?