Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ:ARCC) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 7, 2023 12:00 PM ET
Company Participants
John Stilmar - MD, Public IR & Communications
Kipp DeVeer - CEO & Director
Penelope Roll - CFO
Kort Schnabel - Co-President
Conference Call Participants
Melissa Wedel - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ryan Lynch - KBW
Casey Alexander - Compass Point Research & Trading
Robert Dodd - Raymond James
Erik Zwick - Hovde Group
Kenneth Lee - RBC Capital Markets
Kevin Fultz - JMP Securities
Mark Hughes - Truist Securities
Operator
Good afternoon, and welcome to Ares Capital Corporation's Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2022 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.
I will now hand the call over to Mr. John Stilmar, Managing Director of Ares Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
John Stilmar
Good afternoon, 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 and 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, core EPS.
The company believes that core EPS provides useful information to investors regarding financial performance because it is one method the company uses to measure its financial condition and results of operation. A reconciliation of core EPS to basic and diluted net income per share, the most directly comparable financial measures 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 8-K. Certain information discussed in this conference call and the accompanying slide presentation including information related to portfolio companies, was derived from third-party sources and has not been independently verified. And accordingly, the company makes no representation or warranty in respect of this information. The company's fourth quarter and year-end December 31, 2022 earnings presentation can be found on the company's website at www.arescapitalcorp.com by clicking on the fourth quarter 2022 earnings presentation link on the home page of the Investor Resources section. Ares Capital Corporation's earnings release and Form 10-K are also available on the company's website.