SLR Investment Corp.

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q3 2021 SLR Investment Corp Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, please press star 0. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. Michael Gross, Chairman and Co-CEO. Thank you, and please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to SLR Investment Corp's earnings call for the third fiscal quarter ended September 30th, 2021. I'm joined here today by Bruce Bowler, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Richard Pertica, our Chief Financial Officer. Rich, before we begin, would you please start off by covering the webcast and forward-looking statements?

Thanks, Michael. I would like to remind everyone that today's call and webcast are being recorded. Please note that they are the property of SLR Investment Corp and that any unauthorized broadcasts in any form are strictly prohibited. This conference call is being webcast from the Investors tab on our website at www.slrinvestmentcorp.com. Audio replays of this call will be made available later today as disclosed in our earnings press release. I would also like to call your attention to the customary disclosures in our press release regarding forward-looking information. Statements made in today's conference call and webcast may constitute forward-looking statements which relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition. These statements are not guarantees of our future performance, financial condition, or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. including impacts from COVID-19. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Actual results may differ materially as a result of a number of factors, including those from time to time in our filings with the SEC. SLR Investment Corp. undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements unless required to do so by law. To obtain copies of our latest SEC filings, please visit our website or call us at At this time, I'd like to turn the call back to our chairman and co-CEO, Michael Gross.