Welcome to the 2026 annual stockholder meeting for Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. Our host for today's call is Scott Gordon, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Investment Officer. I will now turn the call over to your host. Mr. Gordon, you may begin. Thank you. Good morning, welcome to the 2026 annual stockholders meeting of Chicago Atlantic BDC. I'm Scott Gordon, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the company, and I will be presiding as the Chairman of this meeting. We are holding this morning's meeting virtually via webcast, which allows for wider stockholder participation. The rules of conduct and procedures for the meeting are available to view in the meeting materials section of the meeting webpage. Please note that this meeting is being recorded. No one attending via the webcast is permitted to use any audio recording device. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that certain statements that are not based on historical facts made during the meeting, including any statements relating to financial guidance, may be deemed forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We encourage you to refer to our most recent SEC filings for information on some of these risk factors. The company assumes no obligation or responsibility to update any forward-looking statements. Please note that the information reported at this meeting speaks only as of today, June 24, 2026. You are advised that time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate at the time of any replay or transcript reading. The meeting is now called to order. In addition to myself, certain members of the Chicago Atlantic BDC, Inc. Board of Directors are also in attendance. Please welcome Mike Chorske, Americo Da Corte, Supurna VedBrat, and Tracey Brophy Warson. We also have a number of our officers present today, including Umesh Mahajan, our Co-Chief Investment Officer and Secretary, Peter Sack, our Chief Executive Officer, Dino Colonna, our President, and Thomas Geoffroy, our Interim Chief Financial Officer. Umesh Mahajan will act as Secretary of the meeting. We are also joined here today by BDO, our independent auditors. As described in the proxy statement for the annual meeting, you are entitled to participate in and vote at this meeting if you were a stockholder as of the close of business on April 27, 2026, which is the record date for this annual meeting. If you have your 16-digit control number and wish to vote during this meeting, once the polls are open, you may do so by clicking the Vote Here button on the meeting page. With that, I'll turn it over to Umesh Mahajan. Thank you, Scott. Good morning, everyone. This annual meeting is being held in accordance with the company's bylaws and Maryland law. An agenda that outlines the order of business for the meeting is displayed on the screen. During the annual meeting, we'll address the matters described in the company's proxy statement dated April 29, 2026, including relevant questions or comments from stockholders on the matter. Voting will be completed, an announcement will be made regarding the results, the formal meeting will be adjourned. If you're eligible to vote and have not yet submitted your ballot or proxy, or if you want to change your vote, you may cast your vote after we open the polls via the Vote Here button on the meeting page. The votes cast today will be counted in the final tally, along with the proxies previously received. We'll announce the preliminary results of the voting at the end of the meeting. We'll now proceed with the formal business of the meeting. I have received an affidavit of mailing stating that either, one, a notice of internet availability of the notice of meeting, the proxy statement, and our annual report, or two, those documents themselves were mailed on or around May 4, 2026, to all stockholders of record as of the record date for this annual meeting. The affidavit will be filed with the minutes of the meeting. We have appointed Christopher Woods, a representative of American Election Services, LLC, to act as Inspector of Election for this annual meeting. Mr. Woods, thank you for joining us today. The Inspector of Election has signed an oath of office, which will be filed with the minutes of this meeting. The stockholder list shows that as of April 27, 2026, record date, there were 22,820,956 shares of the company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at this annual meeting of stockholders. Each stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of such common stock. Scott Gordon, Peter Sack, Thomas Geoffroy, and I are acting as proxies and representatives of the holders of record of 12,815,874 shares of the common stock of the company. There are, thus, at least 12,815,874 shares present in person, virtually, or by proxy, a quorum is present. Therefore, the annual meeting is duly constituted, we may proceed with business. It is now 10:06 A.M. Eastern Time, the polls are open. Stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon the following two proposals at this meeting. First, stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to reelect two members of the company's board of directors, Americo Da Corte and Tracey Brophy Warson, to serve until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Information concerning the backgrounds of Mr. Da Corte and Ms. Warson and their service with this company is contained in the proxy statement. Second, stockholders are being asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the selection of BDO to serve as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Other information concerning each proposal is contained in the proxy statement. Our board of directors recommends that stockholders vote to approve each proposal. I'll now describe the voting procedure. Voting is by proxy and digital ballot. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. I'll remind you that if you've already sent in your signed proxy or voted via telephone or internet, there is no need for you to cast a ballot now unless you wish to change your vote. The individual's name in the proxy or any of them will vote your shares as indicated on the proxy that you've already mailed or delivered to us. As a reminder, if you're voting today, please make sure that you have your 16-digit control number and click Vote Here on the meeting page. We'll now provide some additional time for the submission of voting and to address any relevant questions or comments on the proposal. It is now 10:08 A.M. Eastern Time. The polls for each matter to be voted on at this meeting are now closed. No additional ballots, proxies, or votes, no changes or revocations will be accepted. The proxies and ballots will now be tabulated by the Inspector of Election. Based on the preliminary information provided by the Inspector of Election, I can report that each proposal has been approved by the stockholders. The final results of voting, including any ballots or proxies recorded during this annual meeting, will be set forth in the report of the Inspector of Election and will be included in the minutes of the meeting. The final results will also be reported in a Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four business days following this annual meeting. Scott? Thank you, Umesh. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of Chicago Atlantic BDC Inc. is now adjourned. Thank you all for your attendance today and for your continued interest in and your support of Chicago Atlantic BDC Inc. We look forward to continuing to work hard on your behalf. We will be back in touch for our next quarterly earnings call. Thank you. This now concludes the meeting. Thank you for joining. Have a pleasant day.