John Stilmar | Investor Relations |
Kipp deVeer | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael Smith | Co-President |
Penni Roll | Chief Financial Officer |
Jonathan Bock | Wells Fargo Securities |
John Hecht | Jefferies |
Rick Shane | JPMorgan |
Allison Taylor | Oppenheimer |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
Chris York | JMP securities |
Terry Ma | Barclays |
Doug Mewhirter | SunTrust |
Casey Alexander | Compass Point |
Christopher Testa | National Securities |
Henry Coffey | Wedbush |
Chris York | JMP Securities |
Derek Hewett | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Good afternoon. Welcome to Ares Capital Corporation’s First Quarter Ended March 31, 2018 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. I will now turn the call over to Mr.