New Mountain Finance Corporation

Good morning, and welcome to the New Mountain Finance Corporation fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode today, and should you need any assistance during the call, 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 question, please press star, then two. Please note that this event is being recorded today. I would now like to turn the conference over to John Klein, President and Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to New Mountain Finance Corporation's fourth quarter 2022 earnings call. On the line with me here today are Steve Klinsky, Chairman of NMFC and CEO of New Mountain Capital, Robert Hamwe, Vice Chairman of NMFC, and Shiraz Khaji, CFO of NMFC. Laura Holson, our COO, is on maternity leave and will return on next quarter's earnings call. 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, John. 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 February 27th 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 you to 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 did 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 Kalinske, NMSC's chairman, who will give some highlights beginning on page four of the slide presentation. Steve.