Carlyle Secured Lending Inc. (NASDAQ:CGBD) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 5, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Nishil Mehta - Head of Shareholder Relations
Justin Plouffe - Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Hennigan - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Finian O'Shea - WFS
Melissa Wedel - JP Morgan

Operator

Good day and thank you for standing by and welcome to the Carlyle Secured Lending Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Nishil Mehta, Head of Shareholder Relations. Please go ahead.

Nishil Mehta

Good morning, and welcome to Carlyle Secured Lending's conference call to discuss the earnings result for the second quarter 2024 and the proposed merger of CGBD with Carlyle Secured Lending III. I'm joined by Justin Plouffe, our Chief Executive Officer; and Tom Hennigan, our Chief Financial Officer.

This morning, we issued a press release with our presentation of our results, which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website. In addition to our quarterly earnings press release, we issued a release announcing that Carlyle Secured Lending has entered into a merger agreement with Carlyle Secured Lending III.

Throughout today's call, Carlyle Secured Lending will be referred to as CGBD and Carlyle Secured Lending III will be referred to as CSL III. CGBD has posted a presentation outlining the transaction on the Investor Relations section of its website, which has also been filed with the SEC and which will be referenced on today's call. Following our remarks today, we will hold a question-and-answer session for analysts and institutional investors. This call is being webcast and a replay will be available on our website.

Any forward-looking statements made today do not guarantee future performance and any undue reliance should not be placed on them. Today's conference call may include forward-looking statements reflecting our views with respect to, among other things, the timing or likelihood of the closing of the proposed merger, the expected synergies associated with the proposed merger, the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed merger and our future operating results and financial performance.

These statements are based on current management expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including those identified in the Risk Factors section of our 10-K and our 10-Q which will be filed for the quarter following the market closed today. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. CGBD assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements at any time.