Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.

Good morning. This is Dennis, and I will be your conference facilitator today. I would like to welcome everyone to the Goldman Sachs BDC Inc. First Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. Please note that all participants will be in listen-only mode until the end of the call when we will open up the line for questions. Before we begin today's call, I would like to remind our listeners that today's remarks may include forward-looking statements. These statements represent the company's belief regarding future events that, by their nature, are uncertain and outside of the company's control. The company's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from what is indicated in those forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time with the company's SEC filings. This audio cast is copyrighted material of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. and may not be duplicated, reproduced, or rebroadcast without our consent. Yesterday, after the market closed, The company issued an earnings press release and posted a supplemental earnings presentation, both of which can be found on the homepage of our website at www.goldmansaxbdc.com under the Investor Resources section. These documents should be reviewed in conjunction with the company's Form 10-Q filed yesterday with the SEC. This conference call is being recorded today, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, for replay purposes. I'll now turn the call over to Brendan McGovern. Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs BDC.

Thank you, Dennis. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our first quarter earnings conference call. I'm joined on the call today by John Yoder, our Chief Operating Officer, and Jonathan Lamb, our Chief Financial Officer. I'll begin the call by providing an overview of our first quarter results, including comments regarding our portfolio and COVID-19, and the potential implications for the investment environment going forward. John Yoder will then discuss our portfolio in more detail with respect to the current environment before turning it over to Jonathan Lamb to walk through our financial results in more detail. Finally, I'll conclude with some closing remarks before we open the line for Q&A. Before beginning this morning, all of us at Goldman Sachs BDC would like to send our best wishes for the health and safety of everybody listening to this call and to all of your loved ones. We also want to send our deepest thanks to all the frontline and essential workers around the world, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, and hospital staff, and all the police, fire and sanitation workers, supermarket and pharmacy employees, and many others whose work every day allows the rest of us to stay safely at home. We are grateful to you for your inspiring example of courage and dedication. I'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary resilience and professionalism of the entire Goldman Sachs team that manages and supports the Goldman Sachs BDC. While not surprising, it was nevertheless amazing to watch the speed at which the team was able to absorb the reality of this unprecedented economic environment, re-underwrite every single investment in light of this new reality, and seamlessly shift to working from home while maintaining unwavering focus on everything we do to manage our shareholders' capital. I'm very proud to be your colleague and part of this extraordinary Goldman Sachs team. As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded over the last two months, we know that our shareholders are revaluating their own portfolios. And therefore, we have made it a priority to communicate information to you about Goldman Sachs GSBD quickly and transparently. Can you hear me?

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