SuRo Capital Corp.

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Awesome, thank you for joining us today on today's call. I'm joined today by chairman and chief executive officer of Sero Capital, Mark Klein, and chief financial officer, Alison Green. Please note that a slide presentation corresponding to today's prepared remarks by management is available on our website at .serocat.com under investor relations, events and presentations. Today's call is being recorded and broadcast live on our website, .serocat.com. Information is included in our press release issued today. This call is the property of Sero Capital and the unauthorized reproduction of this call in any form is strictly prohibited. I would also like to call your attention to the customary disclosures in today's earnings, press release regarding forward-looking information. Statements made in today's conference call and webcast may constitute forward-looking statements, which relates to future events or our future performance or financial condition. These statements are not guarantees of our future performance or future financial condition or results, involve a number of risks, estimates and uncertainties, including the impact of any market volatility that may be detrimental to our business, our portfolio companies, our industry and the global economy. That can cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including but not limited to those described from time to time in the company's filings with SEC. Management does not undertake updates such forward-looking statements unless required to do so by law. To obtain copies of Sero Capital's latest SEC filings, please visit our website at .serocap.com or the SEC's website at sec.gov. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Mark Klein.

Thank you,