Stellus Capital Investment Corporation

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Stellis Capital Investment Corporation's conference call to report financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31st, 2022. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode, and the call will be open for a question and answer session following the speaker's remarks. This conference is being recorded today, March 1st, 2023. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Robert Ladd, Chief Executive Officer of Stellis Capital Investment Corporation. Mr. Ladd, you may begin the conference.

Thank you, Ali, and good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining the call. Welcome to our conference call covering the quarter and year-ended December 31st, 2022 conference. Joining me this morning is Todd Huskinson, our Chief Financial Officer, who will cover important information about forward-looking statements as well as an overview of our financial information.

Thank you, Rob. I'd like to remind everyone that today's call is being recorded. Please note that this call is the property of Stellis Capital 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 number and PIN provided in our press release announcing this call. 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 filing with the SEC for important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these projections. We will not update our forward-looking statements unless required by law. To obtain copies of our latest SEC filings, please visit our website at www.steluscapital.com under the Public Investors link, or call us at 713-292-5400. This time I'd like to turn the call back over to our Chief Executive Officer, Rob Ladd.