Michael Hara | Senior Director, Investor Relations |
Manuel Henriquez | Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
David Lund | Interim Chief Financial Officer |
Gerald Waldt | Corporate Controller and Interim Chief Accounting Officer |
John Hecht | Jefferies |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Tim Hayes | B. Riley FBR |
Aaron Deer | Sandler O'Neill & Partners |
Christopher Nolan | Ladenburg Thalmann |
Casey Alexander | Compass Point Research |
Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
Henry Coffey | Wedbush |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Hercules Capital Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions].
As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Michael Hara, Senior Director of Investor Relations.