John Stilmar | MD, Public IR & Communications |
Kipp DeVeer | CEO & Director |
Penni Roll | CFO |
Mitchell Goldstein | Senior Partner, Partner, Co-President & Co-Head of Ares Credit Group |
Kort Schnabel | Partner, Co-President and Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending |
Jana Markowicz | Chief Operating Officer |
Melissa Wedel | JPMorgan |
Finian O'Shea | Wells Fargo Securities |
Arren Cyganovich | Citi |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Kenneth Lee | RBC Capital Markets |
Casey Alexander | Compass Point |
Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
Mark Hughes | Truist Securities |
Bryce Rowe | B. Riley |
Erik Zwick | Hovde Group |
John Rowan | Janney Montgomery Scott |
Good morning. Welcome to Ares Capital Corporation's Second Quarter June 30, 2023 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
I will now turn the call over to Mr.