Laurence Paredes | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
James Keenan | Chairman & Interim CEO |
Michael Pungello | Interim CFO & Interim Treasurer |
Richard Shane | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Finian O'Shea | Wells Fargo Securities |
Good morning. My name is Cody, and I'll be your conference facilitator today for the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation's Second Quarter 2019 Earnings Call. Hosting the call will be Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, James Keenan; Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Michael Pungello; General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the company, Laurence Paredes; Marshall Merriman, Head of Portfolio Management for BlackRock's U.S. Private Capital Group; Jason Mehring, Chairman of the U.S. Private Capital Group's Investment Committee; and Nik Singhal, Head of Investor Relations and Business Strategy.