PennantPark Investment Corporation

Good afternoon and welcome to the Pennant Park Investment Corporation's third fiscal quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode. The call will be open for a question and answer session following the speaker's remarks. If you would like to ask a question at that time, simply press star 1 on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, press star 2 on your telephone keypad. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Eric Penn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Penn and Park Investment Corporation. Mr. Penn, you may begin your conference.

Good morning, everyone. I'd like to welcome you to Penn and Park Investment Corporation's third fiscal quarter 2021 earnings conference call. I'm joined today by Richard Chung, our new Chief Financial Officer. Richard joined us in June from Guggenheim Partners, where he was head of Alternative Investment Accounting for many years. Prior to Guggenheim, he was at E&Y. We are thrilled that Richard has joined us and are confident that his extensive experience will be a tremendous asset to the company. We thank Aviv Efrat for all his contributions to PNNT since inception and are grateful that he is continuing with Penn and Park, focusing on strategic initiatives. Richard, please start off by disclosing some general conference call information and included discussion about forward-looking statements.

Thank you, Aud. I'd like to remind everyone that today's call is being recorded. Please know that this call is the property of Penn and Park Investment Corporation and that any unauthorized broadcast of this call in any form is strictly prohibited. Audio replay of the call will be available by using the telephone numbers and PIN provided in our earning press release as well as on our website. I'd also like to call your attention to the customary safe harbor disclosure in our press release regarding forward-looking information. Today's conference call may also 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 of different materiality from these projections. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements unless required by law. To obtain copies of our latest SEC filings, please visit our website at PennandPark.com or call us at 212-901-1000. At this time, I'd like to turn a call back to our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Art Penn.