John Stilmar | Investor Relations |
Kipp deVeer | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael Smith | President |
Penni Roll | Chief Financial Officer |
Jonathan Bock | Wells Fargo Securities |
John Hecht | Jefferies |
Rick Shane | JPMorgan |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Doug Mewhirter | SunTrust |
Chris York | JMP Securities |
Leslie Vandegrift | Raymond James |
Terry Ma | Barclays |
Christopher Testa | National Securities |
Scott Sher | LMJ Capital |
Good afternoon and welcome to Ares Capital Corporation’s Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Thursday, November 2, 2017. I will now turn the conference call over to Mr. John Stilmar of Investor Relations.