New Mountain Finance Corporation

Good morning and welcome to today's New Mountain Finance Corporation second quarter 2022 earnings call. My name is Candice and I will be your moderator for today's call. All lines have been placed on mute during a presentation portion of the call with an opportunity for question and answer at the end. If you would like to ask a question please press start followed by one on your telephone keypad. I would now like to hand the conference over to our host Mr. Robert Hanley, CEO of New Mountain Finance Corporation, to begin.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to New Mountain Finance Corporation's second quarter earnings call for 2022. On the line with me here today are Steve Klinski, Chairman of NMFC and CEO of New Mountain Capital, John Klein, President of NMFC, Laura Holson, COO of NMFC, and Shiraz Khaji, CFO of NMFC. 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 webcast 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 August 8th 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 will 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, NMFC's Chairman, We'll give some highlights beginning on page five of the slide presentation. Steve?