CION Investment Corporation (NYSE:CION) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 12, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jeehae Linford - Investor Relations

Mark Gatto - Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Michael Reisner - Co-Founder & Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Gregg Bresner - President & Chief Investment Officer

Keith Franz - Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Jenaro Cardona-Fox - North Ground Capital

Operator

Greetings and welcome to the CION Investment Corp. First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Jeehae Linford, a company representative. Thank you. You may begin.

Jeehae Linford

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to CION Investment Corporation's First Quarter ended March 31, 2022 Earnings Conference Call. An earnings press release was distributed earlier this morning before market opened. A copy of the press release, along with the supplemental earnings presentation is available on the company's website at www.cionbdc.com in the Investor Resources section and should be reviewed in conjunction with the company's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.

As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded for replay purposes. Please note that today's conference call may contain forward-looking statements which are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described in the company's filings with the SEC. We caution you to not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which reflects management's view only as of the date of this call. CION Investment Corporation undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements unless required by law.

Speaking on today's call will be Mark Gatto and Michael Reisner, CION Investment Corporation's Co-Chief Executive Officers; Gregg Bresner, President and Chief Investment Officer; and Keith Franz, Chief Financial Officer.

With that, I would now like to turn the call over to Mark Gatto. Please go ahead, Mark.

Mark Gatto

Thank you, Jeehae. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us today. I will start our call today with an overview of our first quarter results. Michael will discuss our long-term corporate strategy and where we stand to date. Gregg will review our investment activity during the quarter and Keith will provide additional detail on our financial results.