Operator
Good morning. My name is Jennifer, and I will be your conference facilitator today for the BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation s fourth-quarter 2020 earnings call. Hosting the call will be James Keenan, chairman and interim chief executive officer; Nik Singhal, president of the company; Abby Miller, chief financial officer and treasurer; Laurence Paredes, general counsel and corporate secretary of the company; Marshall Merriman, head of portfolio management; and Jason Mehring, managing director and member of the company s investment committee. [Operator instructions] Thank you.
Mr. Paredes, you may begin the conference.
Laurence Paredes
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Good morning, and welcome to the fourth-quarter and year-end 2020 earnings conference call of BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation or BCIC. Before we begin our remarks today, I would like to point out that certain comments made during this conference call and within corresponding docume