John Stilmar | IR |
Kipp deVeer | CEO |
Mitch Goldstein | Co-President |
Penni Roll | CFO |
Ryan Lynch | KBW |
Jonathan Bock | Wells Fargo |
Rick Shane | JP Morgan |
John Hecht | Jefferies |
Doug Mewhirter | SunTrust |
Derek Hewett | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
Henry Coffey | Wedbush |
Casey Alexander | Compass Point Research and Trading |
Christopher Testa | National Securities |
Chris York | JMP Securities |
Good afternoon. Welcome to Ares Capital Corporation’s Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. I will now turn the call over to Mr.