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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Vantage Drilling International's first quarter 2023 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you'll need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising you your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Douglas Stewart, CFO, General Counsel. Please go ahead.

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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Vantage Drilling International first quarter 2023 earnings conference call. On the call today is also Ehab Thoma, our CEO. This morning, we released our earnings announcement for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The earnings release is available on our website, advantagedrilling.com. Please note that any comments we make today about our expectations of future events and projections are forward-looking statements pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. We have based forward-looking statements on management's current expectations and assumptions and not on historical facts. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, our expectations regarding future results including expectations regarding our liquidity position, future costs and expenses related to upgrades and out-of-service work, as well as contract preparation costs and expenses. Forward-looking statements in today's call are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections made in today's conference call. We refer you to our earnings release and SEC filings available on our website. Vantage does not undertake the updating of any such statement or risk factor that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations. We have pre-recorded our prepared remarks and are participating in the call remotely to manage the question and answer session segment of the call. In the event there are issues with sound quality or of a similar nature, please accept our apologies in advance and thank you for your understanding. Now let me turn over the call to our CEO, Mr. E. Aptoma.