John Stilmar | IR |
Kipp DeVeer | CEO |
Mitchell Goldstein | Co-President |
Michael Smith | Co-President |
Penelope Roll | CFO |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Rick Shane | JPMorgan |
John Hecht | Jefferies |
Casey Alexander | Compass Point |
Fin O'Shea | Wells Fargo Securities |
Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
Christopher Testa | National Securities Corporation |
Good morning. Welcome to the Ares Capital Corporation's Fourth Quarter and Year-Ended December 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 Tuesday, February 12, 2019. I will now turn the call over to Mr.