Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Ares Capital Corporation's First Quarter Ended 03/31/2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Tuesday, 04/28/2026. I will now turn the call over to Mr. John Stillmar, Partner of Ares Public Markets Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, and good morning, everybody. Let me start with some important reminders. Comments made during the course of this conference call and webcast as well as the accompanying documents contain forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company's actual results could differ materially from those expressed in such forward looking statements for any reason, including those listed in its SEC filings. Ares Capital Corporation assumes no obligation to update any such forward looking statements. Please also note that past performance or market information is not a guarantee of future results. During this conference call, the company may discuss certain non GAAP measures as defined by SEC Regulation G, such as core earnings per share or core EPS. The company believes that core EPS provides useful information to investors regarding financial performance because it's one method the company uses to measure its financial condition and results of operation. A reconciliation of GAAP net income per share, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to core EPS can be found in the accompanying slide presentation for this call. In addition, the reconciliation of these measures may also be found in our earnings release filed this morning with the SEC on Form eight ks. Certain information discussed in this conference call and the accompanying slide presentation, including...