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Apollo Investment's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

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Apollo Investment (AINV)

Q2 2012 Earnings Call

November 04, 2011 11:00 am ET

Executives

Richard L. Peteka - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer

Patrick J. Dalton - President of Apollo Investment Corporation and Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation

Elizabeth Besen - Director of Investor Relations

James Charles Zelter - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Analysts

Jasper Burch - Macquarie Research

Richard B. Shane - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division

Greg Mason - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division

Casey J. Alexander - Gilford Securities Inc., Research Division

John Stilmar - SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Research Division

Johanne Hawk

Presentation

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to Apollo Investment Corporation's Second Quarter 2012 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Jim Zelter, Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation. Mr. Zelter, you may begin your conference.

James Charles Zelter

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. I'm joined today by Patrick Dalton, Apollo Investment Corporation's President and Chief Operating Officer; Richard Peteka, our Chief Financial Officer; and Elizabeth Besen, our new Investor Relations Manager.

Elizabeth, before we begin, would you start off by disclosing some general conference call information and include the comments about forward-looking statements?

Elizabeth Besen

Thanks, Jim. I'd like to advise everyone that today's call and webcast are being recorded. Please note that they are the property of Apollo Investment Corporation and that any unauthorized broadcast in any form is strictly prohibited. Information about the audio replay of this call is available in our earnings press release. I'd also like to call your attention to the customary Safe Harbor disclosure in our press release regarding forward-looking information.

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