Ready Capital Corporation

Good morning and welcome to the Ready Capital Corporation first quarter 2022 earnings conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. If you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, or after as soon as you ask questions, please note that this event is being recorded. I'd like to turn the conference over to Mr. Andrew Alborn, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning to those of you on the call. Some of our comments today will be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Such statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we expect. Therefore, you should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on them. We refer you to our SEC filings for a more detailed discussion of the risk that could impact our future operating results and financial condition. During the call, we will discuss our non-GAAP measures, which we believe can be useful in evaluating the company's operating performance. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is available in our first quarter 2022 earnings release and our supplemental information, which can be found in the investor relations section of the Ready Capital website. I will now turn it over to Chief Executive Officer, Tom Capacci.

Thanks, Andrew.