left, dave shav and kathy diskin and matthew callahan, bj kank, james hinkle and matthew thorson for their incredibly hard work and assistan assistance. we wouldn't be here but for all their dedication and hard work and also want to thank the many staff attorneys at the securities and exchange commission at the enforcement division with whom we've worked closely on so many aspects of this investigation and coordinated nicely with them as we always do. i want to thank and acknowledge the dedicated career prosecutors to my right who have made today possible ar lo brown, antonio apps and john zac, they're handling the prosecution on the criminal side. also christine magdo and mikea smith for their work on the forfeiture assets of the case and sharon cohen levin. let me take just a couple of minutes to go through and talk about the particulars of today's agreement with the sac capital companies. let me first make clear we are -- what we are announcing today is that the government and the defendants have reached an agreement with one another. it is now for the courts to independently cons