Exhibit 2.1
SEPARATION AGREEMENT
By and Between
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
and
ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
Dated as of [ ], 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II THE SEPARATION
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Section 2.01 Separation Transactions
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Section 2.02 Certain Agreements Govern
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Section 2.03 Termination of Agreements
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Section 2.04 Transfer of Agreements; Consent
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Section 2.05 Certain Licenses and Permits
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Section 2.06 Lease Amendments
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Section 2.07 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
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Section 2.08 Inadvertent or Incorrect Transfers or Omissions of Assets or Liabilities
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ARTICLE III ACTIONS PENDING THE DISTRIBUTION
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Section 3.01 Actions Prior to the Distribution
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Section 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Distribution
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ARTICLE IV THE DISTRIBUTION
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Section 4.01 The Distribution
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Section 4.02 Sole Discretion of OCWEN
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ARTICLE V MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 5.01 Release of Pre-Closing Claims
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Section 5.02 Indemnification by ALTISOURCE
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Section 5.03 Indemnification by OCWEN
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Section 5.04 Indemnification of Third Party Claims
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Section 5.05 Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts
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Section 5.06 Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims
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Section 5.07 Additional Matters
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Section 5.08 Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.09 Survival of Indemnities
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Section 5.10 Limitation on Liability
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ARTICLE VI EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY
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Section 6.01 Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives
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Section 6.02 Ownership of Information
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Section 6.03 Compensation for Providing Information
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Section 6.04 Limitations on Liability
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Section 6.05 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information
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Section 6.06 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation
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Section 6.07 Confidentiality
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Section 6.08 Protective Arrangements
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ARTICLE VII DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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Section 7.01 Disputes
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Section 7.02 Escalation; Mediation
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Section 7.03 Court Actions
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ARTICLE VIII FURTHER ASSURANCES AND ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
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Section 8.01 Further Assurances
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Section 8.02 Insurance Matters
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ARTICLE IX TERMINATION
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Section 9.01 Termination
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Section 9.02 Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01 Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power
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Section 10.02 Governing Law
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Section 10.03 Assignability
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Section 10.04 Third Party Beneficiaries
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Section 10.05 Notices
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Section 10.06 Severability
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Section 10.07 Publicity
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Section 10.08 Expenses
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Section 10.09 Headings
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Section 10.10 Survival of Covenants
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Section 10.11 Waivers of Default
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Section 10.12 Specific Performance
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Section 10.13 Amendments
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Section 10.14 Interpretation
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Section 10.15 Jurisdiction; Service of Process
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Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial
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SCHEDULE I Separation Transactions
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SEPARATION AGREEMENT
SEPARATION AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2009, between OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a
Florida corporation (
OCWEN
), and ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A., a société anonyme
organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned subsidiary of OCWEN
(formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à. r.l.) (
ALTISOURCE
). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in
Article
I
.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the board of directors of OCWEN has determined that it is in the best interests of
OCWEN and its shareholders to separate the existing businesses of OCWEN into two independent
businesses, to contribute the ALTISOURCE Business to ALTISOURCE, and to distribute all of the
capital stock of ALTISOURCE to the shareholders of OCWEN;
WHEREAS, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE have prepared, and ALTISOURCE has filed with the Commission, the
Form 10, which includes the Information Statement and sets forth disclosure concerning ALTISOURCE
and the Distribution;
WHEREAS, the Distribution is intended to qualify as a tax-free spin-off under Section 355 of
the Code; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and to set forth certain aspects of their ongoing
relationship after the Separation and the Distribution, the Parties, and certain of their
respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, are entering into this Agreement and/or the Ancillary
Agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained
in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Action
means any demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding
or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any federal, state, local, foreign or
international arbitration or mediation tribunal.
Affiliate
of any Person means a Person that controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such Person. As used herein, control of any entity means the possession,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting
securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise.
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Agent
means the distribution agent to be appointed by OCWEN to distribute to the
shareholders of OCWEN, pursuant to the Distribution, the shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock held by
OCWEN.
Agreement
means this Separation Agreement.
ALTISOURCE
has the meaning set forth in the caption.
ALTISOURCE Business
means the knowledge process outsourcing business (consisting of
the mortgage servicing business, the financial servicing business and the technology products
business) conducted (i) prior to the Separation, by OCWEN and certain members of the OCWEN Group
and (ii) from and after the Separation, by the ALTISOURCE Group, including the businesses
contributed by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE pursuant to
Article II
, which, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall not include the businesses currently conducted by BMS Holdings, Inc. and Global
Servicing Solutions LLC.
ALTISOURCE Common Stock
means the common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of
ALTISOURCE.
ALTISOURCE Group
means ALTISOURCE and any Subsidiary of ALTISOURCE immediately after
the Distribution.
ALTISOURCE Indemnitees
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.03
.
Ancillary Agreements
means the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services
Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Intellectual Property Agreement, the Data Center and
Disaster Recovery Agreement, the Services Agreements and any instruments, assignments and other
documents and agreements executed in connection with the implementation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including
Article II
.
Assets
means assets, properties and rights (including goodwill), wherever located
(including in the possession of vendors or other third parties or elsewhere), whether real,
personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or contingent, in each case whether or not recorded or
reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements
of any Person, including the following:
(a) all accounting and other books, records and files, whether in paper, microfilm,
microfiche, computer tape or disc, magnetic tape or any other form;
(b) all apparatus, computers and other electronic data processing equipment, fixtures,
machinery, furniture, office and other equipment, automobiles, trucks, aircraft, rolling stock,
vessels, motor vehicles and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test
devices, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property;
(c) all inventories of materials, parts, raw materials, supplies, work-in-process and finished
goods and products;
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(d) all interests in real property of whatever nature, including easements, whether as owner,
mortgagee or holder of a security interest in real property, lessor, sublessor, lessee, sublessee
or otherwise;
(e) all interests in any capital stock or other equity interests of any Subsidiary or any
other Person; all bonds, notes, debentures or other securities issued by any Subsidiary or any
other Person; all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any
Subsidiary or any other Person; and all other investments in securities of any Person;
(f) all license agreements, leases of personal property, open purchase orders for raw
materials, supplies, parts or services, unfilled orders for the manufacture and sale of products
and other contracts, agreements or commitments and all rights arising thereunder;
(g) all letters of credit, performance bonds and other surety bonds;
(h) all written technical information, data, specifications, research and development
information, engineering drawings, operating and maintenance manuals and materials and analyses
prepared by consultants and other third parties;
(i) all domestic and foreign patents, copyrights, trade names, domain names, trademarks,
service marks, registrations and applications for any of the foregoing, databases, mask works,
Information, inventions (whether or not patentable or patented), processes, know-how, procedures,
other proprietary information, and licenses from third parties granting the right to use any of the
foregoing;
(j) all computer applications, programs and other software, including operating software,
network software, firmware, middleware, design software, design tools, systems documentation,
manuals and instructions;
(k) all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, supplier records,
customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, correspondence and lists, product
literature, artwork, design, development and manufacturing files, vendor and customer drawings,
formulations and specifications, quality records and reports and other books, records, studies,
surveys, reports, plans and documents;
(l) all prepaid expenses, trade accounts and other accounts and notes receivables;
(m) all claims or rights against any Person arising from the ownership of any Asset, all
rights in connection with any bids or offers and all claims, choses in action or similar rights,
whether accrued or contingent;
(n) all rights under insurance policies and all rights in the nature of insurance,
indemnification or contribution;
(o) all licenses (including radio and similar licenses), permits, approvals and authorizations
that have been issued by any Governmental Authority;
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(p) cash or cash equivalents, bank accounts, lock boxes and other deposit arrangements; and
(q) interest rate, currency, commodity or other swap, collar, cap or other hedging or similar
agreements or arrangements.
Assigned Contract
means (a) any contract that in OCWENs sole judgment relates
exclusively to the ALTISOURCE Business (
Exclusive Assigned Contracts
) and (b) with
respect to any contract that relates, but does not in OCWENs sole judgment relate exclusively, to
the ALTISOURCE Business (
Partial Assigned Contracts
), the portion, if any, of such
Partial Assigned Contract that, in OCWENs sole judgment, relates to the ALTISOURCE Business (the
ALTISOURCE Portion
).
Assignee
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.04(c)
.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consents
means any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements
to, any Person other than a member of either Group.
Data Center and Disaster Recovery Agreement
means the Data Center and Disaster
Recovery Agreement to be entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
Distribution
means the distribution, on a pro rata basis, by OCWEN to the Record
Holders of all the outstanding shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock owned by OCWEN on the Distribution
Date.
Distribution Date
means the date determined in accordance with
Section 3.02
on which the Distribution occurs.
Employee Matters Agreement
means the Employee Matters Agreement to be entered into
between OCWEN and Solutions.
Escalation Notice
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.02
.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Form 10
means the registration statement on Form 10 filed by ALTISOURCE with the
Commission to effect the registration of ALTISOURCE Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act in
connection with the Distribution, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented
from time to time.
Governmental Approvals
means any notices, reports or other filings to be given to or
made with, or any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained
from, any Governmental Authority.
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Governmental Authority
shall mean any federal, state, local, foreign or
international court, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or other
legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or governmental authority, including the NASDAQ.
Group
means either the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group, as the context requires.
Indemnifying Party
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.05(a)
.
Indemnitee
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.05(a)
.
Indemnity Payment
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.05(a)
.
Information
means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in
written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including
studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts,
know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes,
samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, algorithms, computer programs
or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including
attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or
under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee
or business information or data.
Information Statement
means the Information Statement to be sent to each holder of
OCWEN Common Stock in connection with the Distribution.
Insurance Policies
means the insurance policies written by insurance carriers,
including those (if any) affiliated with OCWEN, pursuant to which ALTISOURCE or one or more of its
Subsidiaries after the Distribution Date (or their respective officers or directors) will be
insured or self-insured parties after the Distribution Date.
Insurance Proceeds
means those monies:
(a) received by an insured (or its successor-in-interest) from an insurance carrier;
(b) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured (or its successor-in-interest); or
(c) received (including by way of set off) from any third party in the nature of insurance,
contribution or indemnification in respect of any Liability;
in any such case net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively
rated premium adjustments) and net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof.
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Intellectual Property Agreement
means the Intellectual Property Agreement to be
entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
Intercompany Accounts
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(a)
.
NASDAQ
means The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
Liabilities
means any and all claims, debts, demands, actions, causes of action,
suits, damages, obligations, accruals, accounts payable, reckonings, bonds, indemnities and similar
obligations, agreements, promises, guarantees, make whole agreements and similar obligations, and
other liabilities and requirements, including all contractual obligations, whether absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or
unknown, whenever arising, and including those arising under any law, rule, regulation, Action,
threatened or contemplated Action (including the costs and expenses of demands, assessments,
judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys fees and any and all costs
and expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
such Actions or threatened or contemplated Actions), order or consent decree of any Governmental
Authority or any award of any arbitrator or mediator of any kind, and those arising under any
contract, commitment or undertaking, including those arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, in each case, whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or
reflected on the books and records or financial statements of any Person), of any nature or kind,
whether or not the same would properly be reflected on a balance sheet.
OCWEN
has the meaning set forth in the caption.
OCWEN Business
means (a) the business and operations of OCWEN and its Subsidiaries
and other Affiliates (including the businesses currently conducted by BMS Holdings, Inc. and Global
Servicing Solutions LLC) immediately after the Distribution and (b) except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, any terminated, divested or discontinued businesses or operations of OCWEN and its
Subsidiaries and other Affiliates.
OCWEN Common Stock
means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of OCWEN.
OCWEN Group
means OCWEN and each of its Subsidiaries and other Affiliates
immediately after the Distribution.
OCWEN Indemnitees
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.02
.
Party
shall mean either party hereto, and Parties shall mean both parties hereto.
Person
means an individual, a general or limited partnership, a corporation, a
trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a limited liability entity, any other
entity and any Governmental Authority.
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Record Date
means the close of business on the date to be determined by the OCWEN
board of directors as the record date for determining the shares of OCWEN Common Stock in respect
of which shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock will be distributed pursuant to the Distribution.
Record Holders
has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(b)
.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Separation
means (a) any actions to be taken pursuant to
Article II
and
(b) if not addressed by
Article II
, any transfers of Assets and any assumptions of
Liabilities, in each case, between a member of one Group and a member of the other Group, provided
for in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Services Agreements
means the Services Agreement and the Technology Products
Services Agreement, each to be entered into between OCWEN and Solutions.
Solutions
means Altisource Solutions S.à r.l., a private limited liability company
organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
ALTISOURCE.
Specified Documents
means the Form 10, the Information Statement and any other
registration statement filed with the Commission in connection with the Distribution by or on
behalf of ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE Group.
Subsidiary
of any Person means any corporation or other organization whether
incorporated or unincorporated of which at least a majority of the securities or interests having
by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors
or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by any one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries;
provided
,
however
, that no Person that is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by any other Person
shall be a Subsidiary of such other Person unless such other Person controls, or has the right,
power or ability to control, that Person.
Tax Matters Agreement
means the Tax Matters Agreement to be entered into between
OCWEN and Solutions.
Taxes
has the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
Third Party Claim
means any assertion by a Person (including any Governmental
Authority) who is not a member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group of any claim, or the
commencement by any such Person of any Action, against any member of the OCWEN Group or the
ALTISOURCE Group.
Transaction Indemnitees
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.04
.
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Transaction Third Party Claim
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.04
.
Transfer
means to sell, assign, transfer, convey and/or deliver.
Transition Services Agreement
means the Transition Services Agreement dated as of
the Distribution Date between OCWEN and Solutions.
ARTICLE II
The Separation
Section 2.01
Separation Transactions
. On or prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN
shall, and shall cause ALTISOURCE and each other Subsidiary and controlled Affiliate of OCWEN to,
effect each of the transactions and Transfers set forth on
Schedule I
, which transactions
and Transfers shall be accomplished in the order described on and subject to the limitations set
forth on
Schedule I
.
Section 2.02
Certain Agreements Govern
. Each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE agrees on behalf
of itself and its Subsidiaries that the provisions of the (i) Tax Matters Agreement shall
exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to Taxes, (ii) the Employee
Matters Agreement shall exclusively govern the allocation of Assets and Liabilities related to the
existing U.S. and Indian employee benefits and pension plans of OCWEN, which plans cover employees
and former employees of members of both the OCWEN Group and the ALTISOURCE Group and (iii) the
Intellectual Property Agreement shall exclusively govern the transfer and licensing by OCWEN to
ALTISOURCE of certain specified intellectual property.
Section 2.03
Termination of Agreements
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.03(b)
, in furtherance of the releases and other
provisions of
Section 5.01
, each of ALTISOURCE, on the one hand, and OCWEN, on the other
hand, shall terminate, or cause to be terminated, effective as of the Distribution Date, any and
all agreements, arrangements, commitments and understandings (including all intercompany accounts
payable or accounts receivable (
Intercompany Accounts
) accrued as of the Distribution
Date) whether or not in writing, between or among ALTISOURCE and/or any other member of the
ALTISOURCE Group, on the one hand, and OCWEN and/or any other member of the OCWEN Group, on the
other hand. No such terminated Intercompany Account, agreement, arrangement, commitment or
understanding (including any provision thereof that purports to survive termination) shall be of
any further force or effect after the Distribution Date.
(b) The provisions of
Section 2.03(a)
shall not apply to any of the following
agreements, arrangements, commitments, understandings or Intercompany Accounts (or to any of the
provisions thereof): (i) this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (and each other agreement,
arrangement, commitment, understanding or Intercompany Account expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be entered into by either Party or
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any other member of its Group); and (ii) any other agreements, arrangements, commitments,
understandings or Intercompany Accounts set forth on
Schedule 2.03(b)
.
Section 2.04
Transfer of Agreements; Consent
. On or prior to the Distribution Date:
(a) OCWEN shall Transfer or cause to be Transferred all of the rights, title and interest in
and to all of the Exclusive Assigned Contracts to ALTISOURCE.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this
Section 2.04
and the terms of the Ancillary
Agreements, with respect to Partial Assigned Contracts, (i) OCWEN shall use reasonable efforts to
cause each such Partial Assigned Contract to be divided into separate contracts for each of the
OCWEN Business and the ALTISOURCE Business or (ii) if such a division is not possible, OCWEN shall
cause the ALTISOURCE Portion of such Partial Assigned Contract to be assigned to ALTISOURCE, or
otherwise to cause the same economic and business terms to govern with respect to such ALTISOURCE
Portion (by subcontract, sublicense or otherwise).
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not
constitute an agreement to assign any Assigned Contract, in whole or in part, or any rights
thereunder if the agreement to assign or attempt to assign, without the consent of a third party,
would constitute a breach thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights of the assignor or the
assignee (the
Assignee
) thereof. Until such consent is obtained, or if an attempted
assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights of any party hereto so
that the Assignee would not, in fact, receive all such rights, the parties will cooperate with each
other in any alternative arrangement designed to provide for the Assignee the benefits of, and to
permit the Assignee to assume liabilities under, any such Assigned Contract. The Parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts (which shall not require the payment of money to the counterparty
to any such Assigned Contract) to obtain required consents to assignment of Assigned Contracts
hereunder.
Section 2.05
Certain Licenses and Permits
. On or prior to the Distribution Date, all
licenses, permits and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities which exclusively relate to
the ALTISOURCE Business but which are held in the name of OCWEN or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than ALTISOURCE or any of its Subsidiaries), or any of their respective employees, officers,
directors, stockholders, agents, or otherwise, on behalf of ALTISOURCE (or its Subsidiaries) shall,
to the extent Transferable and to the extent not requiring a consent, approval or authorization for
such Transfer, be Transferred by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE (or its Subsidiaries).
Section 2.06
Lease Amendments
. On or prior to the Distribution Date, each of OCWEN
and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to execute amendments to each of the leases (to the
extent that the counterparties to such leases are agreeable to such amendments) to which OCWEN is a
party and which provide for the lease of real or personal property representing exclusively
ALTISOURCE Assets or relating exclusively to the ALTISOURCE
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Business, which amendments will provide for the substitution of ALTISOURCE for OCWEN as lessee
or lessor, as the case may be, and to the extent agreeable to the other party to the lease excuse
OCWEN from any further Liabilities or responsibilities with respect thereto.
Section 2.07
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
. Each of OCWEN (on behalf
of itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group) and ALTISOURCE (on behalf of itself and each
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group) understands and agrees that, except as expressly set forth
herein or in any Ancillary Agreement, no party to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any
other agreement or document contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, is
representing or warranting in any way as to any Assets, businesses or Liabilities transferred or
assumed as contemplated hereby or thereby, as to any consents or approvals required in connection
therewith, as to the value or freedom from any security interests of, or any other matter
concerning, any Assets of such party, or as to the absence of any defenses or right of setoff or
freedom from counterclaim with respect to any claim or other asset, including any accounts
receivable, of any such party, or as to the legal sufficiency of any assignment, document or
instrument delivered hereunder to convey title to any asset or thing of value upon the execution,
delivery and filing hereof or thereof. Except as may expressly be set forth herein or in any
Ancillary Agreement, any such assets are being transferred on an as is, where is basis, and the
respective transferees shall bear the economic and legal risks that (a) any conveyance shall prove
to be insufficient to vest in the transferee good and marketable title, free and clear of any
security interest, and (b) any necessary Governmental Approvals or other Consents are not obtained
or that any requirements of laws or judgments are not complied with.
Section 2.08
Inadvertent or Incorrect Transfers or Omissions of Assets or Liabilities
.
(a) In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an inadvertent or
incorrect omission of the Transfer or assignment by or on behalf of one Party to or on behalf of
the other Party of any Asset or Liability that, in the sole judgment of OCWEN, had the Parties
given specific consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution, would have
otherwise been listed on an appropriate Schedule hereto or otherwise caused to be so Transferred or
assigned pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then upon such a determination by
OCWEN, the Parties shall promptly effect such Transfer or assignment of such Asset or Liability,
without payment of separate consideration therefor.
(b) In the event that it is discovered after the Distribution that there was an inadvertent or
incorrect Transfer or assignment by or on behalf of one Party to or on behalf of the other Party of
any Asset or Liability that, in the sole judgment of OCWEN, had the Parties given specific
consideration to such Asset or Liability prior to the Distribution, would have otherwise not been
listed on an appropriate Schedule hereto or otherwise would not have been so Transferred or
assigned pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then upon such a determination by
OCWEN, the Parties shall promptly unwind such Transfer or assignment of such Asset or Liability and
return such Asset to, or cause the assumption of such Liability by, the appropriate Party, without
payment of separate consideration therefor.
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(c) The Parties hereby agree that to the extent any such Transfer or assignment, or any such
unwind of Transfer of assignment, as provided pursuant to
Section 2.08(a)
or
Section
2.08(b)
above, is effected after the Distribution Date, such Transfer or assignment or such
unwind of Transfer or assignment shall be given effect for all purposes as if such action had
occurred as of the Distribution Date.
ARTICLE III
Actions Pending the Distribution
Section 3.01
Actions Prior to the Distribution
. (a) Subject to
Section 3.02
and
Section 4.02
, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to consummate the
Distribution, including by taking the actions specified in this
Section 3.01
.
(b) Prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN shall mail the Information Statement to the Record
Holders.
(c) ALTISOURCE shall prepare and file, and shall use reasonable efforts to have approved prior
to the Distribution Date, an application for the listing of the ALTISOURCE Common Stock to be
distributed in the Distribution on NASDAQ or another national securities exchange, subject to
official notice of distribution.
(d) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall use reasonable efforts to take all such action, if any, as may
be necessary or appropriate under the state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(e) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall cooperate in preparing, filing with the Commission and causing
to become effective any registration statements or amendments thereof which are necessary or
appropriate in order to effect the transactions contemplated hereby or to reflect the establishment
of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans contemplated by the Employee Matters
Agreement requiring registration under the Securities Act.
(f) Prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN shall duly elect, as members of the ALTISOURCE board
of directors, the individuals listed as members of the ALTISOURCE board of directors in the
Information Statement, and such individuals shall continue to be members of the ALTISOURCE board of
directors on the Distribution Date.
(g) Immediately prior to the Distribution Date, the articles of incorporation of ALTISOURCE,
in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Form 10, shall be in effect.
Section 3.02
Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Distribution
. The
obligations of the Parties to consummate the Distribution shall be conditioned on the satisfaction,
or waiver by OCWEN, of the following conditions:
(a) Each Ancillary Agreement shall have been executed by each party thereto and shall be in
force and effect.
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(b) The Form 10 shall have been filed with the Commission and declared effective by the
Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect, no
proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission and the
Information Statement shall have been mailed to Record Holders.
(c) The ALTISOURCE Common Stock shall have been accepted for listing on NASDAQ or another
national securities exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(d) A favorable opinion from OMelveny & Myers LLP in form and substance satisfactory to OCWEN
in its sole discretion shall have been obtained that, among other things, confirms (i) the
Distributions tax-free status under Section 355 of the Code and (ii) for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, the non-recognition of gain or loss by, and the non-inclusion in the income of, any
shareholder of OCWEN Common Stock upon the receipt by such shareholder of shares of ALTISOURCE
Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution, except to the extent such shareholder receives cash in
lieu of fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock.
(e) The Separation shall have been completed.
(f) Any material Governmental Approvals and any other material Consents necessary to
consummate the Separation and the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and
effect.
(g) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Authority of competent
jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Separation
or the Distribution shall be in effect, and no other event outside the control of OCWEN shall have
occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of the Separation or the Distribution.
(h) There shall not be pending any litigation or other proceeding: challenging or seeking to
restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Separation or the Distribution; seeking to limit the
effect of the Separation or the Distribution or the operation of the OCWEN Business or ALTISOURCE
Business after the Separation or the Distribution; or seeking material damages from either OCWEN or
ALTISOURCE.
(i) No other events or developments shall have occurred prior to the Distribution Date that,
in the judgment of the board of directors of OCWEN, would result in the Distribution having a
material adverse effect on OCWEN or on the shareholders of OCWEN.
(j) The actions set forth in
Section 3.01(b)
,
(d)
,
Section 3.01(f)
,
and
Section 3.01(g)
shall have been completed.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of OCWEN and shall not give rise to or create any
duty on the part of OCWEN or the OCWEN board of directors to waive or not waive such conditions or
in any way limit the right of OCWEN to terminate this Agreement as set forth in
Article XI
or alter the consequences of any such termination from those specified in such Article. Any
determination made by the OCWEN board of directors prior to the Distribution concerning
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the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in this
Section 3.02
shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE IV
The Distribution
Section 4.01
The Distribution
. (a) ALTISOURCE shall cooperate with OCWEN to
accomplish the Distribution and shall, at the direction of OCWEN, promptly take any and all actions
necessary or desirable to effect the Distribution. OCWEN shall select any manager in connection
with the Distribution, as well as any financial printer, solicitation and/or exchange agent and
financial, legal, accounting and other advisors for OCWEN. OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, as the case may
be, will provide, or cause the applicable member of its Group to provide, to the Agent all share
certificates and any information required in order to complete the Distribution.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) on or prior to the
Distribution Date, OCWEN shall deliver to the Agent for the benefit of holders of record as of the
Distribution Date of all the shares of OCWEN Common Stock that were outstanding on the Record Date,
including any Person to whom any holder of shares of OCWEN Common Stock as of the Record Date
Transfers, after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, such shares of OCWEN Common
Stock (all such holders of record as of the Distribution Date, the
Record Holders
), all
the issued and outstanding shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock then owned by OCWEN or any other
member of the OCWEN Group and book-entry transfer authorizations for such shares and (ii) on the
Distribution Date, OCWEN shall instruct the Agent to distribute, by means of a pro rata dividend,
to each Record Holder (or such Record Holders bank or brokerage firm on such Record Holders
behalf) electronically, by direct registration in book-entry form, one share of ALTISOURCE Common
Stock for every three shares of OCWEN Common Stock held by such Record Holder, subject to
Section 4.01(c)
below. The Distribution shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. New York City
time on the Distribution Date. On or immediately following the Distribution Date, the Agent will
mail an account statement indicating the number of shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock that have been
registered in book-entry form in the name of each Record Holder that holds physical share
certificates representing its shares of OCWEN Common Stock and that is the registered holder of the
shares represented by those certificates (and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares as
provided in
Section 4.01(c)
below).
(c) OCWEN shareholders who, after aggregating the number of shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock
(or fractions thereof) to which such shareholder would be entitled on the Record Date, would be
entitled to receive a fraction of a share of ALTISOURCE Common Stock in the Distribution, will
receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock will not be
distributed in the Distribution nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Agent shall, as soon as
practicable after the Distribution Date (a) determine the number of whole shares and fractional
shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock allocable to each other holder of record or beneficial owner of
OCWEN Common Stock as of close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all such fractional
shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions at
then prevailing
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trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share
interests, and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial
owner, such holders or owners ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the
average gross selling price per share of ALTISOURCE Common Stock after making appropriate
deductions for any amount required to be withheld for United States federal income tax purposes.
OCWEN shall bear the cost of brokerage fees and transfer taxes incurred in connection with these
sales of fractional shares, which such sales shall occur as soon after the Distribution Date as
practicable and as determined by the Agent. None of OCWEN, ALTISOURCE or the applicable Agent will
guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of ALTISOURCE Common Stock. Neither
OCWEN nor ALTISOURCE will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The
Agent will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the
aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares.
Neither the Agent nor the selected broker-dealers will be Affiliates of OCWEN or ALTISOURCE. Any
ALTISOURCE Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect to ALTISOURCE Common
Stock that remains unclaimed by any holder of record one hundred-eighty (180) days after the
Distribution Date shall be delivered to ALTISOURCE. ALTISOURCE shall hold such ALTISOURCE Common
Stock and/or cash for the account of such holder of record and any such holder of record shall look
only to ALTISOURCE for such ALTISOURCE Common Stock and/or cash, if any, in lieu of fractional
share interests, subject in each case to applicable escheat or other abandoned property laws.
Section 4.02
Sole Discretion of OCWEN
. OCWEN shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion, determine the Distribution Date and all terms of the Distribution, including the form,
structure and terms of any transactions and/or offerings to effect the Distribution and the timing
of and conditions to the consummation thereof. In addition and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, OCWEN may at any time and from time to time until the completion of the
Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the Distribution,
including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the
Distribution.
ARTICLE V
Mutual Releases; Indemnification
Section 5.01
Release of Pre-Closing Claims
. (a) Except as provided in
Section
5.01(c)
, effective as of the Distribution Date, ALTISOURCE does hereby, for itself and each
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the
OCWEN Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution
Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the
ALTISOURCE Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), release and forever
discharge OCWEN and the other members of the OCWEN Group, their respective Affiliates (other than
any member of the ALTISOURCE Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior
to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any
member of the OCWEN Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities
whatsoever, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising
under any contract or agreement, by
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operation of law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or
failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing
or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the
transactions and all other activities to implement the Separation or the Distribution.
(b) Except as provided in
Section 5.01(c)
, effective as of the Distribution Date,
OCWEN does hereby, for itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group, their respective Affiliates
(other than any member of the ALTISOURCE Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any
time prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the OCWEN Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such),
release and forever discharge ALTISOURCE, the other members of the ALTISOURCE Group, their
respective Affiliates (other than any member of the OCWEN Group), successors and assigns, and all
Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Date have been shareholders, directors, officers,
agents or employees of any member of the ALTISOURCE Group (in each case, in their respective
capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns,
from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at law or in equity (including any right of
contribution), whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of law or otherwise,
existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have
occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or
before the Distribution Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other
activities to implement the Separation or the Distribution.
(c) Nothing contained in
Section 5.01(a)
or
(b)
shall impair any right of any
Person to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any agreements, arrangements,
commitments or understandings that are specified in
Section 2.03(b)
not to terminate as of
the Distribution Date, in each case in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained in
Section
5.01(a)
or
(b)
shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability provided in or resulting from any agreement among any members of the
OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group that is specified in
Section 2.03(b)
as not to
terminate as of the Distribution Date, or any other Liability
specified in such
Section
2.03(b)
as not to terminate as of the Distribution Date;
(ii) any Liability, contingent or otherwise, assumed, transferred, assigned or
allocated to the Group of which such Person is a member in accordance with, or any other
Liability of any member of any Group under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(iii) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or
contribution pursuant to this Agreement for claims brought against the Parties or the
members of their respective Groups or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or
any of the respective directors, officers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing by
third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this
Article V
and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements; or
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(iv) any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other
than a Person released pursuant to this
Section 5.01
.
In addition, nothing contained in
Section 5.01(a)
shall release OCWEN from honoring its
existing obligations to indemnify any director, officer or employee of ALTISOURCE or any of its
Subsidiaries on or prior to the Distribution Date who was a director, officer or employee of OCWEN
or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Distribution Date, to the extent such director,
officer or employee becomes a named defendant in any litigation involving OCWEN or any of its
Subsidiaries and was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations.
(d) ALTISOURCE shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the ALTISOURCE Group
to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any
claim of contribution or any indemnification, against OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group,
or any other Person released pursuant to
Section 5.01(a)
, with respect to any Liabilities
released pursuant to
Section 5.01(a)
. OCWEN shall not, and shall not permit any other
member of the OCWEN Group, to make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim
or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification against ALTISOURCE or any
other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, or any other Person released pursuant to
Section
5.01(b)
, with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to
Section 5.01(b)
.
(e) It is the intent of each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, by virtue of the provisions of this
Section 5.01
, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities
existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have
occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or
before the Distribution Date, between or among ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE
Group, on the one hand, and OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group, on the other hand
(including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among
any such members on or before the Distribution Date), except as expressly set forth in
Section
5.01(c)
. At any time, at the reasonable request of the other Party, each Party shall cause
each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions
hereof.
Section 5.02
Indemnification by ALTISOURCE
. Except as provided in
Section
5.05
, ALTISOURCE shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless OCWEN, each other member of the
OCWEN Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and
each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
OCWEN Indemnitees
), from and against any and all Liabilities of the OCWEN Indemnitees
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) the ALTISOURCE Business, including the failure of ALTISOURCE or any other member of the
ALTISOURCE Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Liability
relating to or arising out of or resulting from the ALTISOURCE Business in accordance with its
terms, whether prior to or after the Distribution Date or the date hereof; and
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(b) any breach by ALTISOURCE or any other member of the ALTISOURCE Group of this Agreement or
any of the Ancillary Agreements.
Section 5.03
Indemnification by OCWEN
. Except as provided in
Section 5.05
,
OCWEN shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless ALTISOURCE, each other member of the ALTISOURCE
Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and each
of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
ALTISOURCE Indemnitees
), from and against any and all Liabilities of the ALTISOURCE
Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without
duplication):
(a) the OCWEN Business, including the failure of OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group
or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Liability relating to,
arising out of or resulting from the OCWEN Business in accordance with its terms, whether prior to
or after the Distribution Date or the date hereof; and
(b) any breach by OCWEN or any other member of the OCWEN Group of this Agreement or any of the
Ancillary Agreements.
Section 5.04
Indemnification of Third Party Claims
. Except as provided in
Section
5.05
and subject to any contrary provision in any Ancillary Agreement, each Party shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party, each other member of such other Partys Group
and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and employees, and each of the
heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
Transaction Indemnitees
), from and against any Liabilities of the Transaction Indemnitees
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Third Party Claim as to which such Transaction
Indemnitees are entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, including any Third Party Claim
relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Specified Document or any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact in any Specified Document required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading (any such Third Party Claim, a
Transaction Third Party
Claim
).
Section 5.05
Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts
.
(a) The Parties intend that any Liability subject to indemnification or reimbursement pursuant to
this
Article V
will be net of Insurance Proceeds that actually reduce the amount of, or are
paid to the applicable Indemnitee in respect of, such Liability. Accordingly, the amount that
either Party (an
Indemnifying Party
) is required to pay to any Person entitled to
indemnification hereunder (an
Indemnitee
) will be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds
theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related
Liability. If an Indemnitee receives a payment (an
Indemnity Payment
) required by this
Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability and subsequently receives
Insurance Proceeds in respect of such Liability, then the Indemnitee will pay to the Indemnifying
Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the
Indemnity Payment that would have been due if such Insurance Proceeds had been received, realized
or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.
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(b) An insurer that would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the
responsibility with respect thereto or have any subrogation rights with respect thereto by virtue
of the indemnification provisions hereof, it being expressly understood and agreed that no insurer
or any other third party shall be entitled to a wind-fall (i.e., a benefit they would not be
entitled to receive in the absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the
indemnification provisions hereof. Nothing contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
shall obligate any member of any Group to seek to collect or recover any Insurance Proceeds.
Section 5.06
Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims
. (a) If an
Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of a Third Party Claim with respect to which an
Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 5.02
,
Section 5.03
or
Section 5.04
or any other Section of this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, such Indemnitee shall give such Indemnifying Party written
notice thereof within 10 days after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim. Any such notice
shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
failure of any Indemnitee or other Person to give notice as provided in this
Section
5.06(a)
shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Article V
, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such
failure to give notice.
(b) An Indemnifying Party may elect to defend, at such Indemnifying Partys own expense
(subject to the requirement to share expenses related to the defense of Transaction Third Party
Claims pursuant to
Section 5.04
) and by such Indemnifying Partys own counsel, any Third
Party Claim. Within 20 days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with
Section 5.06(a)
(or sooner, if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), the
Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee of its election as to whether the Indemnifying Party
will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying
Party to an Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, such
Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control)
the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but (subject to
Section 5.04
) the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be the expense of such Indemnitee, except that the Indemnifying
Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnitee for any
period during which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense of such Third Party Claim
(other than during any period in which the Indemnitee shall have failed to give notice of the Third
Party Claim in accordance with
Section 5.06(a)
).
(c) If an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party
Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnitee of its election as provided in
Section 5.06(b)
,
such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party
(subject to the requirement to share expenses related to the defense of Transaction Third Party
Claims pursuant to
Section 5.04
).
(d) If an Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall agree to any settlement, compromise or
discharge of such Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party may recommend and that by its terms
obligates the Indemnifying Party to pay the full amount of the
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liability in connection with such Third Party Claim and that releases the Indemnified Party
completely in connection with such Third Party Claim.
(e) No Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement
of any Third Party Claim without the consent of the applicable Indemnitee or Indemnitees if the
effect thereof is to permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other nonmonetary
relief to be entered, directly or indirectly, against any Indemnitee.
(f) Whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, no
Indemnitee shall admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such
Third Party Claim without the Indemnifying Partys prior written consent.
(g) The provisions of
Section 5.06
(other than this
Section 5.06(g)
) and
Section 5.07
shall not apply to Taxes (which are covered by the Tax Matters Agreement).
Section 5.07
Additional Matters
. (a) Any claim on account of a Liability that does
not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnitee to
the related Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of 30 days after the
receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not
respond within such 30-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have refused to
accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such
30-day period or rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnitee shall be free to pursue
such remedies as may be available to such party as contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
(b) In the event of payment by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnitee in
connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall
stand in the place of such Indemnitee as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such
Indemnitee may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any
claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such
Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and
expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.
(c) In the event of an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if
either the Indemnitee or Indemnifying Party shall so request, the Parties shall endeavor to
substitute the Indemnifying Party for the, or add the Indemnifying Party as an additional, named
defendant, if at all practicable. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any
reason or is not requested, the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the
Action as set forth in this Section, and the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named
defendant against all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a
court, attorneys fees, experts fees and all other external expenses), the costs of any judgment
or settlement and the cost of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement.
Section 5.08
Remedies Cumulative
. The remedies provided in this
Article V
shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of
Article VIII
, shall not preclude
assertion by
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any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any
Indemnifying Party.
Section 5.09
Survival of Indemnities
. The rights and obligations of each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE and their respective Indemnitees under this
Article V
shall survive the sale or
other transfer by any party of any assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities.
Section 5.10
Limitation on Liability
. Except as may expressly be set forth in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, none of OCWEN, ALTISOURCE or any other member of either Group
shall in any event have any Liability to the other or to any other member of the others Group, or
to any other OCWEN Indemnitee or ALTISOURCE Indemnitee, as applicable, for any incidental,
indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages, whether or not caused by or resulting from
negligence or breach of obligations hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement and whether or not
informed of the possibility of the existence of such damages,
provided
,
however
,
that the provisions of this Section shall not limit an Indemnifying Partys indemnification
obligations hereunder or in any Ancillary Agreement with respect to any Liability any Indemnitee
may have to any third party not affiliated with any member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE
Group for any incidental, indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages.
ARTICLE VI
Exchange of Information; Confidentiality
Section 6.01
Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives
. (a) Each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE, on behalf of its Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Group,
at any time before the Distribution Date or until the sixth anniversary thereof, as soon as
reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under
the control of such Group that the requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting,
disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting Party or any member of its Group
(including under applicable securities or tax laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over the requesting Party or such member, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory,
administrative, tax or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims,
regulatory, litigation, tax or other similar requirements, in each case other than claims or
allegations that one Party to this Agreement has against the other, or (iii) to comply with its
obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
provided
,
however
,
that in the event that either Party determines that any such provision of Information could be
commercially detrimental, violate any law or agreement or waive any attorney-client privilege, the
Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a
manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.
(b) After the Distribution Date, until the sixth anniversary thereof, each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time) to the
documents that relate, in the case of OCWEN, to the OCWEN Business that are located in archives
retained or maintained by ALTISOURCE or, in the case of ALTISOURCE, to the ALTISOURCE Business that
are located in archives retained or
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maintained by OCWEN. Each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE may obtain copies (but not originals) of
documents for
bona
fide
business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition
purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for
bona
fide
business purposes,
provided
that the party receiving such objects shall cause any such
objects to be returned promptly in the same condition in which they were delivered to such party
and that each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE shall comply with any rules, procedures or other
requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions (including prohibitions on removal of
specified objects), that are then applicable to the other. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
restrict the access of any member of the OCWEN Group or ALTISOURCE Group to any such documents or
objects or to impose any liability on any member of the OCWEN Group or the ALTISOURCE Group, as
applicable, if any such documents are not maintained or preserved by OCWEN or ALTISOURCE, as
applicable.
(c) Until the sixth anniversary of the date hereof, each of OCWEN and ALTISOURCE (i) shall
maintain in effect at its own cost and expense adequate systems and controls to the extent
necessary to enable the members of the other Group to satisfy their respective reporting,
accounting, audit and other obligations and (ii) shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
other Party in such form as such other Party shall reasonably request, at no charge to the
requesting Party, all financial and other data and information as such requesting Party reasonably
determines necessary or advisable in order to prepare its financial statements and reports or
filings with any Governmental Authority.
Section 6.02
Ownership of Information
. Any Information owned by one Group that is
provided to a requesting Party pursuant to
Section 6.01
shall be deemed to remain the
property of the providing Party. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such
Information.
Section 6.03
Compensation for Providing Information
. Except as set forth in
Section 6.01(c)
, the Party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for
the reasonable costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the extent
that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting Party. Except as may be otherwise
specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other agreement between the Parties,
such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Partys standard methodology and
procedures.
Section 6.04
Limitations on Liability
. Neither Party shall have any liability to the
other Party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement that
is an estimate or forecast, or that is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate
in the absence of willful misconduct by the Party providing such Information. Neither Party shall
have any liability to the other Party if any Information is destroyed after reasonable efforts by
such Party to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.01
.
Section 6.05
Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information
. The rights and
obligations granted under this
Article VI
are subject to any specific limitations,
qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention or confidential
treatment of Information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.
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Section 6.06
Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation
. (a) After the
Distribution Date, except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against the other
Party, each Party shall use reasonable efforts to make available to the other Party, upon written
request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents
of the members of its Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its
control or that it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person
(giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel
and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any
Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such
Action is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting
Party shall, except as otherwise required by
Article V
, bear all costs and expenses in
connection therewith.
(b) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to seek to compromise or settle any Third
Party Claim, the other Party shall make available to such Indemnifying Party, upon written request,
the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the
members of its Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or
that it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving
consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and
agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such
defense, compromise or settlement, and shall otherwise cooperate in such defense, compromise or
settlement.
(c) Without limiting any provision of this Section, each of the Parties agrees to cooperate,
and to cause each member of its Group to cooperate, with the other Party in the defense of any
infringement or similar claim with respect to the Intellectual Property (as defined in the
Intellectual Property Agreement), including any claim of infringement of any mark using the word
Ocwen, Altisource or any derivation thereof and shall not acknowledge, or permit any member of
its Group to acknowledge, the validity or infringing use of any intellectual property of a third
Person in a manner that would hamper or undermine the defense of such infringement or similar
claim.
(d) The obligation of the Parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this
Section 6.06
is intended to be interpreted to facilitate cooperation and shall include the obligation to provide
as witnesses inventors and other officers without regard to whether the witness or the employer of
the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the exception set forth in the
first sentence of
Section 6.06(a)
).
(e) In connection with any matter contemplated by this
Section 6.06
, the Parties will
enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent
practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege or work product immunity of any member of
either Group.
Section 6.07
Confidentiality
. (a) Subject to
Section 6.08
, each of OCWEN and
ALTISOURCE, on behalf of itself and each other member of its Group, agrees to hold, and to cause
its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies
to
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confidential and proprietary information of OCWEN pursuant to policies in effect as of the
Distribution Date, all Information concerning the other Group that is either in its possession
(including Information in its possession prior to the Distribution Date) or furnished by the other
Group or its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or otherwise, and
shall not use any such Information other than for such purposes as shall be expressly permitted
hereunder or thereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information has been (i) in
the public domain through no fault of such Party or any other member of such Group or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and
representatives, (ii) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party (or any other member
of such Partys Group), which sources are not known by such Party to be themselves bound by a
confidentiality obligation, or (iii) independently generated without reference to any proprietary
or confidential Information of any member of the other Group.
(b) Each Party agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any
such Information (excluding Information described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of
Section
6.07(a)
) to any other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants,
counsel and other advisors and representatives who need to know such Information (who shall be
advised of their obligations hereunder with respect to such Information), except in compliance with
Section 6.08
. Without limiting the foregoing, when any Information is no longer needed for
the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, each Party will promptly,
after request of the other Party, either return the Information to the other Party in a tangible
form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or certify
to the other Party that any Information not returned in a tangible form (including any such
Information that exists in an electronic form) has been destroyed (and such copies thereof and such
notes, extracts or summaries based thereon).
Section 6.08
Protective Arrangements
. In the event that either Party or any other
member of its Group either determines on the advice of its counsel that it is required to disclose
any Information pursuant to applicable law or receives any demand under lawful process or from any
Governmental Authority to disclose or provide Information of the other Party (or any other member
of the other Partys Group) that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof, such Party
shall, to the extent permitted by law, notify the other Party as soon as practicable prior to
disclosing or providing such Information and shall cooperate, at the expense of the requesting
Party, in seeking any reasonable protective arrangements requested by such other Party. Subject to
the foregoing, the Person that received such request may thereafter disclose or provide Information
to the extent required by such law (as so advised by counsel) or by lawful process or such
Governmental Authority.
ARTICLE VII
Dispute Resolution
Section 7.01
Disputes
. Subject to
Section 10.12
and except as otherwise
specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the procedures for discussion, negotiation and
mediation set forth in this
Article VII
shall apply to all disputes, controversies or
claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or
arise under or in
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connection with, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby on or prior to the date hereof), or the commercial or economic relationship of
the parties relating hereto or thereto, between or among any members of the OCWEN Group, on the one
hand, and any members of the ALTISOURCE Group, on the other hand.
Section 7.02
Escalation; Mediation
. (a) It is the intent of the Parties to use
reasonable efforts to resolve expeditiously any dispute, controversy or claim between or among them
with respect to the matters covered hereby that may arise from time to time on a mutually
acceptable negotiated basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, a Party involved in a dispute,
controversy or claim may deliver a notice (an
Escalation Notice
) demanding an in-person
meeting involving representatives of the Parties at a senior level of management (or if the Parties
agree, of the appropriate strategic business unit or division within such entity). A copy of any
such Escalation Notice shall be given to the General Counsel, or like officer or official, of the
Party involved in the dispute, controversy or claim (which copy shall state that it is an
Escalation Notice pursuant to this Agreement). Any agenda, location or procedures for such
discussions or negotiations between the Parties may be established by the Parties from time to
time;
provided
,
however
, that the Parties shall use reasonable efforts to meet
within 30 days of the Escalation Notice.
(b) If the Parties are not able to resolve the dispute, controversy or claim through the
escalation process referred to above, then the matter shall be referred to mediation. The Parties
shall retain a mediator to aid the Parties in their discussions and negotiations by informally
providing advice to the Parties. Any opinion expressed by the mediator shall be strictly advisory
and shall not be binding on the Parties or be admissible in any other proceeding. The mediator may
be chosen from a list of mediators previously selected by the Parties or by other agreement of the
Parties. Costs of the mediation shall be borne equally by the Parties involved in the matter,
except that each Party shall be responsible for its own expenses. Mediation shall be a
prerequisite to the commencement of any Action by either Party against the other Party.
(c) In the event that any resolution of any dispute, controversy or claim pursuant to the
procedures set forth in
Section 7.02(a)
or
(b)
in any way affects an agreement or
arrangement between either of the Parties and a third party insurance carrier, the consent of such
third party insurance carrier to such resolution, to the extent such consent is required, shall be
obtained before such resolution can take effect.
Section 7.03
Court Actions
. (a) In the event that either Party, after complying with
the provisions set forth in
Section 7.02
, desires to commence an Action, such Party may
submit the dispute, controversy or claim (or such series of related disputes, controversies or
claims) to any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Parties will continue to provide service and honor
all other commitments under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement during the course of
dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this
Article VII
with respect to all
matters not subject to such dispute, controversy or claim.
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ARTICLE VIII
Further Assurances and Additional Covenants
Section 8.01
Further Assurances
. (a) In addition to the actions specifically provided
for elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall, subject to
Section 3.02
and
Section 4.02
, use reasonable efforts, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, to
take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things, reasonably
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws, regulations and agreements to consummate and
make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, each Party
shall cooperate with the other Party, without any further consideration, but at the expense of the
requesting Party, (i) to execute and deliver, or use reasonable efforts to execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including any bills of sale, stock powers,
certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of conveyance, assignment and
transfer as such Party may reasonably be requested to execute and deliver by the other Party,
(ii) to make, or cause to be made, all filings with, and to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all
consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person under any
permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument, (iii) to obtain, or cause to be
obtained, any Governmental Approvals or other Consents required to effect the Separation or the
Distribution and (iv) to take, or cause to be taken, all such other actions as such Party may
reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effect the provisions and purposes of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and any transfers of Assets or assignments and assumptions
of Liabilities hereunder or thereunder and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(c) On or prior to the Distribution Date, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE, in their respective capacities
as direct and indirect shareholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each ratify any actions
that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by ALTISOURCE or any other Subsidiary of
OCWEN, as the case may be, to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Parties agree to take any reasonable actions necessary in order for the Distribution,
the Separation and any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
that is intended by the Parties to be tax-free to qualify as a tax-free transaction pursuant to
Sections 355, 361(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code.
(e) Prior to the Distribution Date, if either Party identifies any commercial or other service
that is needed to assure a smooth and orderly transition of its business in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that is not otherwise governed by the
provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the Parties will cooperate in determining
whether there is a mutually acceptable arms-length basis on which the other Party will provide
such service.
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Section 8.02
Insurance Matters
. (a) OCWEN and ALTISOURCE agree to cooperate in good
faith to provide for an orderly transition of insurance coverage from the date hereof through the
Distribution Date and for the treatment of any Insurance Policies that will remain in effect
following the Distribution Date on a mutually agreeable basis. In no event shall OCWEN, any other
member of the OCWEN Group or any OCWEN Indemnitee have liability or obligation whatsoever to any
member of the ALTISOURCE Group or any ALTISOURCE Indemnitee in the event that any Insurance Policy
or other contract or policy of insurance shall be terminated or otherwise cease to be in effect for
any reason, shall be unavailable or inadequate to cover any Liability of any member of the
ALTISOURCE Group or any ALTISOURCE Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever or shall not be renewed or
extended beyond the current expiration date.
ARTICLE IX
Termination
Section 9.01
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated by OCWEN at any time, in
its sole discretion, prior to the Distribution Date.
Section 9.02
Effect of Termination
. In the event of any termination of this Agreement
prior to the Distribution Date, neither Party (or any of its directors or officers) shall have any
Liability or further obligation to the other Party.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
Section 10.01
Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power
. (a) This Agreement and
each Ancillary Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by facsimile or by
e-mail delivery of a .pdf format data file, all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party
hereto or thereto and delivered to the other parties hereto or thereto.
(b) This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the exhibits, schedules and appendices hereto
and thereto contain the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof, supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings,
commitments and conversations with respect to such subject matter and there are no agreements or
understandings between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those set
forth or referred to herein or therein.
(c) OCWEN represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the OCWEN Group, and
ALTISOURCE represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the ALTISOURCE Group, as
follows:
(i) each such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has
taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver
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and perform each of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and
(ii) this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party has been (or,
in the case of any Ancillary Agreement, will be on or prior to the Distribution Date) duly
executed and delivered by it and constitutes, or will constitute, a valid and binding
agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 10.02
Governing Law
. This Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein,
each Ancillary Agreement, shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed wholly in
such State and irrespective of the choice of law principles of the State of New York, as to all
matters (other than with respect to the corporate action of the OCWEN board of directors attendant
to the declaration and payment of the dividend of the ALTISOURCE Common Stock, which shall be
governed by the law of the State of Florida.)
Section 10.03
Assignability
. Except as set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, this
Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns;
provided
,
however
, that no party hereto or thereto may assign its rights or delegate its obligations
under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement without the express prior written consent of the
other parties hereto or thereto.
Section 10.04
Third Party Beneficiaries
. Except for the indemnification rights under
this Agreement of any OCWEN Indemnitee or ALTISOURCE Indemnitee in their respective capacities as
such, (a) the provisions of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit
of the parties hereto or thereto and are not intended to confer upon any Person except the parties
hereto or thereto any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder and (b) there are no third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and neither this Agreement nor any
Ancillary Agreement shall provide any third person with any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Section 10.05
Notices
. All notices or other communications under this Agreement or
any Ancillary Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when (a) delivered
in person, (b) sent by telecopier (except that, if not sent during normal business hours for the
recipient, then at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient) to the fax
numbers set forth below or (c) deposited in the United States mail or private express mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows:
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If to OCWEN, to:
Ocwen Financial Corporation
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100
West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: (561) 471-4264
If to ALTISOURCE to:
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
2-8 Avenue Charles De Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: [ ]
Either Party may, by notice to the other Party, change the address to which such notices are
to be given.
Section 10.06
Severability
. If any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof or
thereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other
than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case may be, is not
affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon any such determination, the
Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable provision
to effect the original intent of the Parties.
Section 10.07
Publicity
. Prior to the Distribution, each of ALTISOURCE and OCWEN
shall consult with each other prior to issuing any press releases or otherwise making public
statements with respect to the Distribution or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby
and prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.
Section 10.08
Expenses
. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any
Ancillary Agreement, all third party fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with
the Separation and the Distribution will be paid by OCWEN.
Section 10.09
Headings
. The article, section and paragraph headings contained in this
Agreement and in the Ancillary Agreements are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Section 10.10
Survival of Covenants
. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, (a) the covenants in this Agreement and the liabilities for the breach
of any obligations in this Agreement and (b) any covenants, representations or warranties contained
in any Ancillary Agreement and any liabilities for the breach of any
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obligations contained in any Ancillary Agreement, in each case, shall survive each of the
Separation and the Distribution and shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10.11
Waivers of Default
. Waiver by any party hereto or to any Ancillary
Agreement of any default by any other party hereto or thereto of any provision of this Agreement or
such Ancillary Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving party of any subsequent or
other default.
Section 10.12
Specific Performance
. Subject to
Section 4.02
and
notwithstanding the procedures set forth in
Article VII
, in the event of any actual or
threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, the party or parties who are to be hereby or thereby aggrieved shall
have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under
this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at
law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The other party or parties
shall not oppose the granting of such relief. The parties to this Agreement and any Ancillary
Agreement agree that the remedies at law for any breach or threatened breach hereof or thereof,
including monetary damages, are inadequate compensation for any loss and that any defense in any
action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate is waived. Any requirements
for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are waived.
Section 10.13
Amendments
. No provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
shall be deemed waived, amended, supplemented or modified by any party hereto or thereto, unless
such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification is in writing and signed by the authorized
representative of the party against whom it is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement
or modification.
Section 10.14
Interpretation
. Words in the singular shall be held to include the
plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other genders as the
context requires. The terms hereof, herein, and herewith and words of similar import, unless
otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary
Agreement as a whole (including all of the schedules, exhibits and appendices hereto or thereto)
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement. Article,
Section, Exhibit, Schedule and Appendix references are to the articles, sections, exhibits,
schedules and appendices of or to this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary Agreement unless
otherwise specified. Any reference herein to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, unless
otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as permitted by
Section 10.14
and the terms of any applicable provision in any Ancillary Agreement. The word including and
words of similar import when used in this Agreement (or the applicable Ancillary Agreement) shall
mean including, without limitation, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise
specified. The word or shall not be exclusive. There shall be no presumption of interpreting
this Agreement or any provision hereof against the draftsperson of this Agreement or any such
provision.
Section 10.15
Jurisdiction; Service of Process
. Any action or proceeding arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall be brought in the courts of
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the State of New York located in the County of New York or in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York (if any party to such action or proceeding has or can acquire
jurisdiction), and each of the parties hereto or thereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of each such court in any such action or proceeding, waives any objection it may now
or hereafter have to venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the
action or proceeding shall be heard and determined only in any such court and agrees not to bring
any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement in
any other court. The parties to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement agree that any of them
may file a copy of this paragraph with any court as written evidence of the knowing, voluntary and
bargained agreement between the parties hereto and thereto irrevocably to waive any objections to
venue or to convenience of forum. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the first
sentence of this Section may be served on any party to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
anywhere in the world.
Section 10.16
Waiver of Jury Trial
. EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
INTENTIONALLY, WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE
SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Separation Agreement to be executed as of the
date first written above by their duly authorized representatives.
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Schedule I
Separation Transactions
1.
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NCI Holdings, Inc. will change its name to Altisource US Holdings, Inc.
(
Altisource US Holdings
) and form a new, wholly-owned Delaware corporation named
Altisource Solutions, Inc. (
Altisource Solutions
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Altisource US Holdings forms a new, wholly-owned Georgia corporation named Altisource
US Data, Inc. (
Altisource US Data
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Altisource US Holdings forms one or more new, wholly-owned corporations (under the
jurisdictions required for licensing reasons) named [Altisource US Broker/Trustee Corp.]
(
Altisource US Broker/Trust
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Ocwen Fulfillment Operations LLC (
Ocwen Fulfillment
) changes its name to
Altisource Fulfillment Operations LLC (
Altisource Fulfillment
) and Ocwen Asset
Investment Corp. (
Ocwen Asset Invest Co.
) dividends cash in an amount equal to
(or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair value
purchase price of Altisource Fulfillment (the
Fulfillment Purchase Amount
) to
Investors Mortgage Insurance Holding Company (
Investors Mortgage Co.
).
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Investors Mortgage Co. dividends the Fulfillment Purchase Amount to Ocwen.
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6.
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Ocwen contributes the Fulfillment Purchase Amount to Altisource US Holdings.
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7.
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Altisource US Holdings purchases Altisource Fulfillment by paying the Fulfillment
Purchase Amount to Ocwen Asset Invest Co. in exchange for its equity interest in Altisource
Fulfillment.
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8.
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Ocwen contributes its equity interests in (i) Premium Title Services, Inc.
(
Premium Title
) and (ii) REALHome Services and Solutions, Inc.
(
REALHome
) to Altisource US Holdings.
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RMSI, Inc. (
RMSI
) dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required
to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair value purchase price of
Portfolio Management Outsourcing Solutions, LLC (
Portfolio Mgt
) (the
Portfolio Purchase Amount
) to Ocwen.
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10.
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Ocwen purchases Portfolio Mgt by paying the Portfolio Purchase Amount to RMSI in
exchange for its equity interest in Portfolio Mgt.
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11.
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Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (
Ocwen Loan Srvc
) dividends cash in an amount equal
to (or otherwise required to achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) the fair
value purchase price of the assets of the Ocwen Recovery Group (the
Recovery Purchase
Amount
) to Ocwen.
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Ocwen contributes the Recovery Purchase Amount to Altisource US Holdings.
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Altisource US Holdings contributes the Recovery Purchase Amount to Nationwide Credit,
Inc. (
Nationwide
).
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14.
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Nationwide purchases the Ocwen Recovery Group assets by paying the Recovery Purchase
Amount to Ocwen Loan Srvc in exchange for the assets of the Ocwen Recovery Group.
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Ocwen forms a new, wholly-owned Delaware limited liability company named Altisource
Holdings, LLC (
Altisource Holdings
) and contributes an amount of cash equal to
not less than 00.01% of the fair value purchase price of Ocwen Outsourcing Solutions (100%
of such fair value purchase price being the
Solutions Purchase Amount
).
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16.
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Ocwen Capital Management, LLC (
Ocwen Capital Mgt
) and Ocwen Loan Srvc form
Altisource Outsourcing Solutions S.R.L. (
Altisource Outsourcing Solutions
), with
Ocwen Capital Mgt owning a 99.99% interest and Ocwen Loan Srvc owning a 0.01% interest.
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17.
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Ocwen Capital Mgt dividends cash in an amount equal to (or otherwise required to
achieve based on otherwise-available cash on hand) 99.99% of the Solutions Purchase Amount
to Ocwen.
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18.
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Altisource Holdings purchases 0.01% of the equity interest in Altisource Outsourcing
Solutions by paying 0.01% of the Solutions Purchase Amount to Ocwen Loan Srvc.
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19.
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Ocwen purchases 99.99% of the equity interest in Altisource Outsourcing Solutions by
paying 99.99% of the Solutions Purchase Amount to Ocwen Capital Mgt.
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20.
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Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à r.l. (formerly Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l.) converts
to a Société Anonyme (
Altisource
).
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21.
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Ocwen Business Solutions Private Limited changes its name to Altisource Business
Solutions Private Limited (
ABSPL
) and the Altisource Solutions business of Ocwen
Financial Solutions Private Limited (
OFSPL
) is demerged into ABSPL.
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22.
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ABSPL issues shares to Ocwen Asia Holdings Ltd. (the shareholder of OFSPL) as
consideration for the demerger.
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23.
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Altisource forms Altisource Solutions S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company (
Altisource
Solutions
).
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24.
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Altisource Solutions forms Altisource Asia Holdings Ltd., a Mauritius company
(
Altisource Asia Holdings
).
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25.
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Altisource purchases ABSPL for fair value (the
ABSPL Purchase Amount
) from
Ocwen Asia Holdings.
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26.
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Ocwen Asia Holdings distributes the ABSPL Purchase Amount to Altisource.
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Altisource contributes ABSPL to Altisource Solutions.
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28.
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Altisource Solutions contributes ABSPL to Altisource Asia Holdings.
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29.
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Ocwen transfers intellectual property of the Altisource Solutions business to
Altisource Solutions in exchange for shares in Altisource Solutions.
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30.
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Ocwen contributes its shares in Altisource Solutions to Altisource in exchange for
shares in Altisource.
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31.
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Ocwen purchases Ocwen Asia Holdings for fair value (the
Ocwen Asia Holdings
Purchase Amount
) from Altisource.
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32.
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Altisource distributes the Ocwen Asia Holdings Purchase Amount to Ocwen.
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33.
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Ocwen forms Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l. II, a Luxembourg company (
Ocwen Lux
II
), and contributes Ocwen Asia Holdings to Ocwen Lux II.
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34.
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Ocwen contributes to Altisource its equity interests in (i) Altisource US Holdings,
(ii) Western Progressive Trustee, LLC (
Western Progressive
), (iii) Portfolio Mgt,
(iv) Altisource Outsourcing Solutions (its 99.99% interest) and (v) Altisource Holdings in
exchange for additional shares of Altisource.
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35.
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Altisource contributes to Altisource Solutions its equity interests in (i) Altisource
US Holdings, (ii) Western Progressive, (iii) Portfolio Mgt, (iv) Altisource Outsourcing
Solutions (its 99.99% interest) and (v) Altisource Holdings in exchange for additional
shares of Altisource Solutions.
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Exhibit 10.2
TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
By and Between
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
and
ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.À R.L.
Dated as of [ ], 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
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ARTICLE II
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ALLOCATION OF TAX LIABILITIES
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SECTION 2.01
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General Rule
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SECTION 2.02
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Allocations of Taxes
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SECTION 2.03
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Certain Transaction and Other Taxes
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ARTICLE III
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PRORATION OF TAX ITEMS
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ARTICLE IV
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PREPARATION AND FILING OF TAX RETURNS
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SECTION 4.01
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General
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SECTION 4.02
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OFCs Responsibility
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SECTION 4.03
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Altisources Responsibility
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SECTION 4.04
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Tax Accounting Practices
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SECTION 4.05
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Consolidated or Combined Tax Returns
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SECTION 4.06
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Right To Review Tax Returns
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SECTION 4.07
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Altisource Carrybacks and Claims for Refund
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SECTION 4.08
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Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes
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ARTICLE V
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TAX PAYMENTS
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SECTION 5.01
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Payment of Taxes With Respect to Tax Returns Reflecting Taxes of the Other Company
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SECTION 5.02
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Indemnification Payments
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ARTICLE VI
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TAX BENEFITS
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SECTION 6.01
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Tax Refunds in General
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SECTION 6.02
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Timing Differences and Reverse Timing Differences
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SECTION 6.03
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Altisource Carrybacks
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ARTICLE VII
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TAX-FREE STATUS
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SECTION 7.01
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Tax Opinions and Representation Letters
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SECTION 7.02
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Restrictions on Altisource
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SECTION 7.03
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Liability for Tax-Related Losses
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ARTICLE VIII
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ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION
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SECTION 8.01
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Assistance and Cooperation
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SECTION 8.02
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Income Tax Return Information
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SECTION 8.03
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Reliance
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TAX RECORDS
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SECTION 9.01
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Retention of Tax Records
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SECTION 9.02
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Access to Tax Records
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ARTICLE X
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TAX CONTESTS
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SECTION 10.01
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Notice
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SECTION 10.02
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Control of Tax Contests
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EFFECTIVE DATE; TERMINATION OF PRIOR INTERCOMPANY TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENTS
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ARTICLE XII
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SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS
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TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS; TAX GROSS UP
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SECTION 13.01
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Treatment of Tax Indemnity and Tax Benefit Payments
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SECTION 13.02
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Tax Gross Up
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SECTION 13.03
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Interest Under This Agreement
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DISAGREEMENTS
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ARTICLE XV
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LATE PAYMENTS
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ARTICLE XVI
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EXPENSES
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ARTICLE XVII
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION 17.01
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Addresses and Notices
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SECTION 17.02
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Binding Effect
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SECTION 17.03
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Waiver
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SECTION 17.04
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Severability
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SECTION 17.05
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Authority
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SECTION 17.06
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Further Action
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SECTION 17.07
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Integration
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SECTION 17.08
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Construction
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SECTION 17.09
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No Double Recovery
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SECTION 17.10
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Counterparts
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SECTION 17.11
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Governing Law
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Jurisdiction
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Amendment
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SECTION 17.15
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Successors
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TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT (this
Agreement
) entered into as of [ ], 2009, by and between
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (
OFC
), and ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.À
R.L., a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of OFC (
Altisource
).
WHEREAS, the board of directors of OFC has determined that it is in the best interests of OFC
and its shareholders to separate the Altisource Business (as defined below) from OFC.
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, OFC is the common parent of an affiliated group of
corporations, including Altisource, which has elected to file consolidated United States Federal
income tax returns;
WHEREAS, OFC and Altisource have entered into the Separation Agreement (as defined below),
pursuant to which OFC agreed to contribute and otherwise transfer to Altisource, and Altisource
agreed to receive and assume, the assets and liabilities then associated with the Altisource
Business.
WHEREAS, OFC intends to distribute to shareholders of OFC all the outstanding shares of
Altisource Capital Stock;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Distribution (as defined in the Separation Agreement), Altisource and
its subsidiaries will cease to be members of the affiliated group (as that term is defined in
Section 1504 of the Code (as defined below)) of which OFC is the common parent; and
WHEREAS the Companies (as defined below) desire to provide for and agree upon the allocation
between the Companies of liabilities for Taxes (as defined below) arising prior to, as a result of,
and subsequent to the Distribution, and to provide for and agree upon other matters relating to
Taxes.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the Companies
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definition of Terms
For purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the following terms have the
following meanings, and capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Separation Agreement:
Accountant
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(b).
Accounting Cutoff Date
means, with respect to Altisource, any date as of the end of
which there is a closing of the financial accounting records for Altisource.
Active Trade or Business
means the active conduct (within the meaning of Section
355(b) of the Code and the regulations thereunder) by Altisource of the Altisource Business.
Adjustment Request
means any formal or informal claim or request filed with any Tax
Authority, or with any administrative agency or court, for the adjustment, refund or credit of
Taxes, including (a) any amended Tax Return claiming adjustment to the Taxes as reported on the Tax
Return or, if applicable, as previously adjusted, (b) any claim for equitable recoupment or other
offset and (c) any claim for refund or credit of Taxes previously paid.
Affiliate
means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by either the
person in question or an Affiliate of such person. For purposes of the definition of Affiliate,
control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
Agreement
shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement.
Altisource
shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement.
Altisource Affiliated Group
shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
Altisource Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return
.
Altisource Business
means the knowledge process outsourcing business, as defined in
the Separation Agreement.
Altisource Capital Stock
means all classes or series of capital stock of Altisource,
including (i) the Altisource Common Stock, (ii) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire
such capital stock and (iii) all instruments properly treated as stock in Altisource for U.S.
Federal income tax purposes.
Altisource Carryback
means any net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax
credit or other similar Tax item of any member of the Altisource Group that may or must be carried
from one Tax Period to another prior Tax Period under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.
Altisource Common Stock
has the meaning set forth in the Separation and Distribution
Agreement.
Altisource Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return
means any United States (or any
foreign country) Federal income Tax Return for the affiliated group (as that term is defined in
Section 1504 of the Code) of which Altisource (or a subsidiary thereof) is the common parent (the
Altisource Affiliated Group
).
Altisource Group
means Altisource and its Subsidiaries, as determined immediately
after the Distribution.
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Altisource Separate Return
means any Separate Return of Altisource or any member of
the Altisource Group.
Ancillary Agreements
means the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services
Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Intellectual Property Agreement, the Data Center and
Disaster Recovery Agreement, the Services Agreements and any instruments, assignments and other
documents and agreements executed in connection with the implementation of the transactions
contemplated by the Separation Agreement, including
Article II
.
Base Rate
shall be the rate as set forth in Article XV.
Board Certificate
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(d).
Closing Date
means the date of the Distribution.
Code
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Companies
means OFC and Altisource, collectively, and
Company
, as the
context requires, means either OFC or Altisource.
Contribution
means the contribution of assets and liabilities by OFC itself directly
to Altisource itself pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 2.05 of the Separation
Agreement.
Distribution
has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
Distribution-Related Proceeding
means any Tax Contest in which the IRS, another Tax
Authority or any other party asserts a position that could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the Tax-Free Status.
Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for
purposes of Sections 355(d) and (e) of the Code.
Filing Date
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(c).
Final Determination
means the final resolution of liability for any Tax, which
resolution may be for a specific issue or adjustment or for a taxable period, (a) by IRS Form 870
or 870-AD (or any successor forms thereto), on the date of acceptance by or on behalf of the
taxpayer, or by a comparable form under the laws of a State, local, or foreign taxing jurisdiction,
except that a Form 870 or 870-AD or comparable form shall not constitute a Final Determination to
the extent that it reserves (whether by its terms or by operation of law) the right of the taxpayer
to file a claim for refund or the right of the Tax Authority to assert a further deficiency in
respect of such issue or adjustment or for such taxable period (as the case may be); (b) by a
decision, judgment, decree or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction, which has become
final and unappealable; (c) by a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Sections
7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under the laws of a State, local or foreign
taxing jurisdiction; (d) by any allowance of a refund or credit in respect of an
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overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of all periods during which such refund may
be recovered (including by way of offset) by the jurisdiction imposing such Tax; (e) by a final
settlement resulting from a treaty-based competent authority determination; or (f) by any other
final disposition, including by reason of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations
or by mutual agreement of the parties.
Group
means the OFC Group or the Altisource Group, or both, as the context requires.
High-Level Dispute
means any dispute or disagreement (a) relating to liability under
Section 7.03 of this Agreement or (b) in which the amount of the liability in dispute exceeds [$2
million].
Indemnitee
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.03.
Indemnitor
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.03.
IRS
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Joint Return
means any Tax Return that includes at least one member of the OFC Group
and at least one member of the Altisource Group.
Notified Action
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(e).
OFC
shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement.
OFC Affiliated Group
shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
OFC
Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return
.
OFC Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return
means any United States Federal income
Tax Return for the affiliated group (as that term is defined in Section 1504 of the Code and the
regulations thereunder) of which OFC is the common parent (the
OFC Affiliated Group
).
OFC Group
means OFC and its Subsidiaries, excluding any entity that is a member of
the Altisource Group.
OFC Separate Return
means any Separate Return of OFC or any member of the OFC Group.
OFC State Combined Income Tax Return
means a consolidated, combined or unitary State
Income Tax Return that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the OFC
Group together with one or more members of the Altisource Group.
Past Practices
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).
Payment Date
means (i) with respect to any OFC Federal Consolidated Income Tax
Return, the due date for any required installment of estimated taxes determined under
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Section 6655 of the Code, the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing
the return determined under Section 6072 of the Code, and the date the return is filed, and (ii)
with respect to any other Tax Return, the corresponding dates determined under the applicable Tax
Law.
Person
means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof,
without regard to whether any entity is treated as disregarded for U.S. Federal income tax
purposes.
Post-Closing Period
means any Tax Period that, to the extent it relates to a member
of the Altisource Group, begins after the Closing Date.
Pre-Closing Period
means any Tax Period that, to the extent it relates to a member
of the Altisource Group, ends on or before the Closing Date.
Privilege
means any privilege that may be asserted under applicable law, including
any privilege arising under or relating to the attorney-client relationship (including the
attorney-client and work product privileges), the accountant-client privilege and any privilege
relating to internal evaluation processes.
Proposed Acquisition Transaction
means a transaction or series of transactions (or
any agreement, understanding or arrangement, within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and
Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7, or any other regulations promulgated thereunder, to enter into
a transaction or series of transactions), whether such transaction is supported by Altisource
management or shareholders, is a hostile acquisition, or otherwise, as a result of which Altisource
would merge or consolidate with any other Person or as a result of which one or more Persons would
(directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, from Altisource and/or one or more
holders of outstanding shares of Altisource Capital Stock, a number of shares of Altisource Capital
Stock that would, when combined with any other changes in ownership of Altisource Capital Stock
pertinent for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, comprise 40% or more of (A) the value of all
outstanding shares of stock of Altisource as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a
series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series, or (B) the total combined
voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock of Altisource as of the date of such
transaction or, in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such
series. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Proposed Acquisition Transaction shall not include (A)
the adoption by Altisource of a shareholder rights plan or (B) issuances by Altisource that satisfy
Safe Harbor VIII (relating to acquisitions in connection with a persons performance of services)
or Safe Harbor IX (relating to acquisitions by a retirement plan of an employer) of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.355-7(d). For purposes of determining whether a transaction constitutes an
indirect acquisition, any recapitalization resulting in a shift of voting power or any redemption
of shares of stock shall be treated as an indirect acquisition of shares of stock by the
non-exchanging shareholders. This definition and the application thereof is intended to monitor
compliance with Section 355(e) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. Any clarification
of, or change in, the statute or regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be
incorporated in this definition and its interpretation.
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Representation Letters
means the representation letters and any other materials
delivered or deliverable by OFC, Altisource or others in connection with the rendering by Tax
Advisors of any opinions in connection with the Transactions.
Responsible Company
means, with respect to any Tax Return, the Company having
responsibility for preparing and filing such Tax Return under this Agreement.
Ruling
means any private letter ruling issued by the IRS in connection with the
Transactions or any similar ruling (including any supplemental ruling) issued by any Tax Authority
other than the IRS in connection with the Transactions.
Section 7.02(d) Acquisition Transaction
means any transaction or series of
transactions that is not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction but would be a Proposed Acquisition
Transaction if the percentage reflected in the definition of Proposed Acquisition Transaction were
25% instead of 40%.
Separate Return
means (a) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the
Altisource Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary return), any such Tax Return that
does not include any member of the OFC Group and (b) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of
the OFC Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary return), any such Tax Return that
does not include any member of the Altisource Group.
Separation Agreement
means the Separation and Distribution Agreement, as amended
from time to time, by and between OFC and Altisource dated as of [ ], 2009.
Signing Group
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.
State Income Tax
means any Tax imposed by any State of the United States or by any
political subdivision of any such State (or by the District of Columbia) that is imposed on or
measured by net income, including state and local franchise or similar Taxes measured by net
income, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the
foregoing.
Supplier Group
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.03.
Tax
or
Taxes
means any income, gross income, gross receipts, profits,
capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation,
unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service,
sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, alternative minimum, estimated
or other tax (including any fee, assessment or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax)
imposed by any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, penalties,
additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.
Tax Advisor
means a United States tax counsel or accountant of recognized national
standing.
Tax Arbitrator
shall have the meaning set forth in Article XIV.
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Tax Arbitrator Dispute
shall have the meaning set forth in Article XIV.
Tax Attribute
or
Attribute
means a net operating loss, net capital loss,
unused investment credit, unused foreign tax credit, excess charitable contribution, general
business credit, Tax basis or any other Tax Item that could reduce a Tax.
Tax Authority
means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political
subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of
such Tax for such entity or subdivision.
Tax Benefit
means any refund, credit or other reduction in otherwise required Tax
payments.
Tax Contest
means an audit, review, examination or other administrative or judicial
proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or
judicial review of any claim for refund).
Tax Detriment
means any increase in required Tax payments (or, without duplication,
the reduction in any refund or credit).
Tax-Free Status
means the qualifications of (i) the Distribution and Contribution,
taken together, as a reorganization described in Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and
(ii) the Transactions in which OFC, Altisource and the shareholders of OFC recognize no income or
gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than in the case of the shareholders of OFC, to
the extent of any cash received in exchange for fractional shares, and in the case of OFC, taxation
under Section 367 of the Code.
Tax Item
means, with respect to any income Tax, any item of income, gain, loss,
deduction or credit.
Tax Law
means the law of any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof
relating to any Tax.
Tax Opinions
means the opinions of Tax Advisors deliverable to OFC in connection
with the Transactions.
Tax Period
means, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is reported
as provided under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.
Tax Records
means Tax Returns, Tax Return workpapers, documentation relating to any
Tax Contests and any other books of account or records required to be maintained under the Code or
other applicable Tax Laws or under any record retention agreement with any Tax Authority.
Tax-Related Losses
means (i) all Federal, state and local Taxes (including interest
and penalties thereon) imposed pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or
otherwise; (ii) all reasonable accounting, legal and other professional fees and court costs
incurred in connection with such Taxes; and (iii) all reasonable costs and expenses and all
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damages associated with shareholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by OFC (or
any Affiliate of OFC) or Altisource (or any Affiliate of Altisource) in respect of the liability of
shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Tax Authority, in each case,
resulting from the failure of the Transactions to have Tax-Free Status.
Tax Return
or
Return
means any report of Taxes due, any claim for refund
of Taxes paid, any information return with respect to Taxes, or any other similar report,
statement, declaration or document required to be filed under the Code or other Tax Law, including
any attachments, exhibits or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any
amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.
Transactions
means the Distribution, Contribution and the other transactions
contemplated by the Separation Agreement.
Treasury Regulations
means the regulations promulgated from time to time under the
Code as in effect for the relevant Tax Period.
Unqualified Tax Opinion
means an opinion of a Tax Advisor, which Tax Advisor is
reasonably acceptable to OFC, on which OFC may rely to the effect that a transaction will not
affect the Tax-Free Status. Any such opinion must assume that the Transactions would have
qualified for Tax-Free Status if the transaction in question did not occur.
ARTICLE II
Allocation of Tax Liabilities
SECTION 2.01
General Rule
. (a)
OFC Liability
. OFC shall be liable for,
and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Altisource Group from and against any liability for,
Taxes that are allocated to OFC under this Article II.
(b)
Altisource Liability
. Altisource shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and
hold harmless the OFC Group from and against any liability for, Taxes that are allocated to
Altisource under this Article II.
SECTION 2.02
Allocations of Taxes
. Except as provided in Section 2.03, Taxes shall
be allocated as follows:
(a)
Allocation of Taxes to OFC
. OFC shall be responsible for:
(i) any and all Taxes due or required to be reported on any Joint Return or OFC
Separate Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination);
and
(b)
Allocation of Taxes to Altisource
. Altisource shall be responsible for any and
all Taxes due or required to be reported on any Altisource Separate Return (including any increase
in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination)
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SECTION 2.03
Certain Transaction and Other Taxes
. (a)
Altisource
Liability
. Altisource shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the OFC Group
from and against any liability for:
(i) any Tax resulting from a breach by Altisource of any covenant in this Agreement,
the Separation Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and
(ii) any Tax-Related Losses for which Altisource is responsible pursuant to Section
7.03
(b)
OFC Liability
. OFC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Altisource Group from and against any liability for:
(i) any Taxes imposed pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of foreign, State or local Tax law) on any member of the Altisource Group solely
as a result of such members being a member of the OFC Affiliated Group (or similar group
under foreign, State or local Tax law);
(ii) any Taxes imposed pursuant to Section 367 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder as a consequence of the Transactions;
(iii) any Tax resulting from a breach by OFC of any covenant in this Agreement, the
Separation Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; and
(iv) any Tax-Related Losses for which OFC is responsible pursuant to Section 7.03.
ARTICLE III
Proration of Tax Items
(a)
General Method of Proration
. Tax Items shall be apportioned between Pre-Closing
Periods and Post-Closing Periods in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-76(b) as reasonably interpreted and applied by OFC. No election shall be made under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii) (relating to ratable allocation of a years items).
If the Closing Date is not an Accounting Cutoff Date, the provisions of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(iii) will be applied to allocate ratably the items (other than
extraordinary items) for the month that includes the Closing Date.
(b)
Transactions Treated as Extraordinary Items
. In determining the apportionment of
Tax Items between Pre-Closing Periods and Post-Closing Periods, any Tax Items relating to the
Transactions shall be treated as extraordinary items described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii)(C) and shall (to the extent occurring on or prior to the Closing Date) be
allocated to Pre-Closing Periods, and any Taxes related to such items shall be treated under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(iv) as relating to such extraordinary items and shall
(to the extent occurring on or prior to the Closing Date) be allocated to Pre-Closing Periods.
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ARTICLE IV
Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns
SECTION 4.01
General
. Except as otherwise provided in this Article IV, Tax Returns
shall be prepared and filed when due (including extensions) by the person obligated to file such
Tax Returns under the Code or applicable Tax Law. The Companies shall provide, and shall cause
their Affiliates to provide, assistance and cooperation to one another in accordance with Article
VIII with respect to the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, including providing information
required to be provided in Article VIII.
SECTION 4.02
OFCs Responsibility
. OFC has the exclusive obligation and right to
prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed:
(a) OFC Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns for all Tax Periods;
(b) OFC State Combined Income Tax Returns and any other Joint Returns that OFC reasonably
determines are required to be filed (or that OFC chooses to be filed) by the Companies or any of
their Affiliates for all Tax Periods; provided, however, that OFC shall provide written notice (no
later than 60 days prior to the date such Returns are due, including extensions) of such
determination to file such OFC State Combined Income Tax Returns or other Joint Returns to
Altisource; and
(c) OFC Separate Returns and Altisource Separate Returns that OFC reasonably determines are
required to be filed by the Companies or any of their Affiliates for Tax Periods ending on, before
or after the Closing Date (limited, in the case of Altisource Separate Returns, to such Returns as
are filed on or prior to the Closing Date).
SECTION 4.03
Altisources Responsibility
. Altisource shall prepare and file, or
shall cause to be prepared and filed, all Altisource Separate Returns other than those Tax Returns
filed on or prior to the Closing Date. The Tax Returns required to be prepared and filed by
Altisource under this Section 4.03 shall include (a) any Altisource Federal Consolidated Income Tax
Return and (b) Altisource Separate Returns required to be filed for Tax Periods ending after the
Closing Date.
SECTION 4.04
Tax Accounting Practices
. (a)
General Rule
. Except as
provided in Section 4.04(b), with respect to any Tax Return that Altisource has the obligation and
right to prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, under Section 4.03, for any
Pre-Closing Period (and the portion, ending on the Closing Date, of any Tax Period that includes
but does not end on the Closing Date), such Tax Return shall be prepared in accordance with past
practices, accounting methods, elections or conventions (
Past Practices
) used by OFC and
its Subsidiaries with respect to the Tax Returns in question (unless there is no reasonable basis
for the use of such Past Practices) solely to the extent a change in such Past Practice could
reasonably be expected to cause OFC to incur a Tax Detriment, and to the extent any items are not
covered by Past Practices (or in the event that there is no reasonable basis for the use of such
Past Practices), in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices. Except as provided in
Section 4.04(b), OFC shall prepare any Tax Return that it has the obligation and right to prepare
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and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, under Section 4.02, in accordance with reasonable
Tax accounting practices selected by OFC.
(b)
Reporting of Transaction Tax Items
. Altisource and OFC shall file all Tax Returns
consistent with the Tax treatment of the Transactions set forth in the Tax Opinions. To the extent
there is a Tax treatment relating to the Transactions that is not covered by the Tax Opinions, the
Tax treatment shall be determined by OFC with respect to such Tax Return, and Altisource shall
agree to such treatment and shall file all Tax Returns for which it is responsible consistently
with such treatment, unless either (i) there is no reasonable basis for such Tax treatment or (ii)
such Tax treatment is inconsistent with the Tax treatment contemplated in the Tax Opinions.
(c)
Detrimental Tax Positions
. Neither Altisource nor OFC shall take a position on
any Tax Return that is reasonably expected to cause a Tax Detriment to the other party without
agreeing first in writing to bear all Tax-Related Losses associated with such Tax Detriment.
SECTION 4.05
Consolidated or Combined Tax Returns
. Altisource shall elect and
join, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to elect and join, in filing any OFC State Combined
Income Tax Returns and any Joint Returns that OFC files pursuant to Section 4.02(b).
SECTION 4.06
Right to Review Tax Returns
. (a)
General
. The Responsible
Company with respect to any material Tax Return shall make such Tax Return and related workpapers
available for review by the other Company, if requested, to the extent (i) such Tax Return relates
to Taxes for which the requesting party would reasonably be expected to be liable, (ii) the
requesting party would reasonably be expected to be liable in whole or in part for any additional
Taxes owing as a result of adjustments to the amount of such Taxes reported on such Tax Return,
(iii) such Tax Return relates to Taxes for which the requesting party would reasonably be expected
to have a claim for Tax Benefits under this Agreement or (iv) the requesting party reasonably
determines that it must inspect such Tax Return to confirm compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Responsible Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such Tax Return
available for review, including by delivering such materials to the requesting party at the
requesting partys expense, as required under this paragraph sufficiently in advance of the due
date (including extensions) for filing of such Tax Return to provide the requesting party with a
meaningful opportunity to analyze and comment on such Tax Return.
(b)
Execution of Returns Prepared by Other Party
. In the case of any Tax Return that
is required to be prepared and filed by the Responsible Company under this Agreement and that is
required by law to be signed by the other Company (or by its authorized representative), the
Company that is legally required to sign such Tax Return shall be required to sign such Tax Return
unless there is no reasonable basis for the Tax treatment of an item reported on the Tax Return or
the Tax treatment of an item reported on the Tax Return should, in the opinion (reasonably
acceptable in form and substance to the Responsible Company) of a Tax Advisor, subject the other
Company (or its authorized representatives) to material penalties.
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SECTION 4.07
Altisource Carrybacks and Claims for Refund
. (a) Altisource hereby
agrees that, unless OFC consents in writing, no Adjustment Request with respect to any Tax Return
for the Pre-Closing Period shall be filed;
provided
,
however
, that upon the
reasonable request of Altisource, OFC shall use reasonable best efforts to make, at Altisources
expense, an Adjustment Request claiming a refund of Taxes for the Pre-Closing Period with respect
to a Altisource Carryback arising in a Post-Closing Period related to U.S. Federal or State Taxes
(any such Adjustment Request to be prepared and filed by OFC) where, in OFCs reasonable
discretion, such Adjustment Request will not materially impair the ability of OFC to use Tax
Attributes. OFC shall not take any action that would impair the use of any Tax Attribute by a
member of the Altisource Group without the prior written consent of Altisource.
(b) Altisource, upon the request of OFC, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Altisource
(plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Tax Authority) in the event
OFC is required to repay such refund to such Tax Authority.
SECTION 4.08
Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes
. OFC shall
in good faith advise Altisource in writing of the portion, if any, of any earnings and profits, Tax
Attribute or other consolidated, combined or unitary attribute that OFC determines shall be
allocated or apportioned to the Altisource Group under applicable law. Altisource and all members
of the Altisource Group shall prepare all Tax Returns in accordance with such written notice. As
soon as practicable after receipt of a written request from Altisource, OFC shall provide copies of
any studies, reports and workpapers supporting such allocations and apportionments. In the event
of a subsequent adjustment by the applicable Tax Authority to such allocations and apportionments,
OFC shall promptly notify Altisource in writing of such adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt,
OFC shall not be liable to any member of the Altisource Group for any failure of any determination
under this Section 4.08 to be accurate under applicable Tax Law.
ARTICLE V
Tax Payments
SECTION 5.01
Payment of Taxes With Respect to Tax Returns Reflecting Taxes of the Other
Company
. In the case of any Tax Return reflecting Taxes allocated hereunder to the Company
that is not the Responsible Company:
(a)
Computation and Payment of Tax Due
. At least 3 business days prior to any Payment
Date for any Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall compute the amount of Tax required to be
paid to the applicable Tax Authority (taking into account the requirements of Section 4.04 relating
to consistent accounting practices) with respect to such Tax Return on such Payment Date. The
Responsible Company shall pay such amount to such Tax Authority on or before such Payment Date (and
provide notice and proof of payment to the other Company).
(b)
Computation and Payment of Liability With Respect to Tax Due
. Within 30 days
following the earlier of (i) the due date (including extensions) for filing any such Tax Return
(excluding any Tax Return with respect to payment of estimated Taxes or Taxes due with a request
for extension of time to file) or (ii) the date on which such Tax Return is filed, if OFC
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is the Responsible Company, then Altisource shall pay to OFC the amount allocable to the
Altisource Group under the provisions of Article II, and if Altisource is the Responsible Company,
then OFC shall pay to Altisource the amount allocable to the OFC Group under the provisions of
Article II, in each case, plus interest computed at the Base Rate on the amount of the payment
based on the number of days from the earlier of (A) the due date of the Tax Return (including
extensions) or (B) the date on which such Tax Return is filed to the date of payment.
(c)
Adjustments Resulting in Underpayments
. In the case of any adjustment pursuant to
a Final Determination with respect to any such Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall pay to the
applicable Tax Authority when due any additional Tax due with respect to such Tax Return required
to be paid as a result of such adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination. The Responsible
Company shall compute the amount attributable to the Altisource Group in accordance with Article II
and Altisource shall pay to OFC any amount due OFC (or OFC shall pay Altisource any amount due
Altisource) under Article II within 30 days from the later of (i) the date the additional Tax was
paid by the Responsible Company or (ii) the date of receipt of a written notice and demand from the
Responsible Company for payment of the amount due, accompanied by evidence of payment and a
statement detailing the Taxes paid and describing in reasonable detail the particulars relating
thereto. Any payments required under this Section 5.01(c) shall include interest computed at the
Base Rate based on the number of days from the date the additional Tax was paid by the Responsible
Company to the date of the payment under this Section 5.01(c).
SECTION 5.02
Indemnification Payments
. All indemnification payments under this
Agreement shall be made by OFC directly to Altisource and by Altisource directly to OFC; provided,
however
, that if the Companies mutually agree with respect to any such indemnification
payment, any member of the OFC Group, on the one hand, may make such indemnification payment to any
member of the Altisource Group, on the other hand, and vice versa.
ARTICLE VI
Tax Benefits
SECTION 6.01
Tax Refunds in General
. Except as set forth below, OFC shall be
entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of
Taxes for which OFC is liable hereunder, Altisource shall be entitled to any refund (and any
interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Taxes for which Altisource is
liable hereunder and a Company receiving a refund to which another Company is entitled hereunder
shall pay over such refund to such other Company within 30 days after such refund is received
(together with interest computed at the Base Rate based on the number of days from the date the
refund was received to the date the refund was paid over).
SECTION 6.02
Timing Differences and Reverse Timing Differences
. (a) If as a result
of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the OFC Group
is liable hereunder (or Tax Attribute of a member of the OFC Group) a member of the Altisource
Group could realize a current or future Tax Benefit that it could not realize but for such
adjustment (determined on a with and without basis), or if as a result of an adjustment
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pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a member of the Altisource Group is
liable hereunder (or Tax Attribute of a member of the Altisource Group) a member of the OFC Group
could realize a current or future Tax Benefit that it could not realize but for such adjustment
(determined on a with and without basis), Altisource or OFC, as the case may be, shall make a
payment to either OFC or Altisource, as appropriate, within 30 days following the date of a written
notice and demand from OFC or Altisource, as appropriate, for payment of the amount due,
accompanied by evidence of such adjustment and describing in reasonable detail the particulars
relating thereto. Any payment required under this Section 6.02(a) shall include interest on such
payment computed at the Base Rate based on the number of days from the date of such written notice
to the date of payment under this Section 6.02(a). In the event that OFC or Altisource disagrees
with any such calculation described in this Section 6.02(a), OFC or Altisource shall so notify the
other Company in writing within 30 days of receiving the written calculation set forth above in
this Section 6.02(a). OFC and Altisource shall endeavor in good faith to resolve such
disagreement.
(b) If a member of the Altisource Group actually realizes in cash pursuant to a Final
Determination any Tax Detriment as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to
any Taxes for which a member of the OFC Group is liable hereunder (or Tax Attribute of a member of
the OFC Group) (in such circumstance, OFC being the
Adjusted Party
) and such Tax
Detriment would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a with and without basis),
or if a member of the OFC Group actually realizes in cash pursuant to a Final Determination any Tax
Detriment as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination to any Taxes for which a
member of the Altisource Group is liable hereunder (or Tax Attribute of a member of the Altisource
Group) (in such circumstance, Altisource being the
Adjusted Party
) and such Tax Detriment
would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a with and without basis), the
Adjusted Party shall make a payment to the other party within 30 days following the later of such
actual realization of the Tax Detriment and the Adjusted Partys actual realization of the
corresponding Tax Benefit, in an amount equal to the lesser of such Tax Detriment actually realized
in cash and the Tax Benefit, if any, actually realized in cash by the Adjusted Party pursuant to
such adjustment (which would not have arisen but for such adjustment), plus interest on such amount
computed at the Base Rate based on the number of days from the later of the date of such actual
realization of the Tax Detriment and the Adjusted Partys actual realization of the corresponding
Tax Benefit to the date of payment of such amount under this Section 6.02(b). No later than 30
days after a Tax Detriment described in this Section 6.02(b) is actually realized in cash by a
member of the OFC Group or a member of the Altisource Group, OFC (if a member of the OFC Group
actually realizes such Tax Detriment) or Altisource (if a member of the Altisource Group actually
realizes such Tax Detriment) shall provide the other Company with a written calculation of the
amount payable pursuant to this Section 6.02(b). In the event that OFC or Altisource disagrees
with any such calculation described in this Section 6.02(b), OFC or Altisource shall so notify the
other Company in writing within 30 days of receiving the written calculation set forth above in
this Section 6.02(b). OFC and Altisource shall endeavor in good faith to resolve such
disagreement.
SECTION 6.03
Altisource Carrybacks
. Altisource shall be entitled to any refund
actually received in cash that is attributable to, and would not have arisen but for (determined on
a with and without basis), an Altisource Carryback pursuant to the proviso set forth in Section
4.07, provided that the refund is a refund of Taxes for the Tax Period to which
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the Altisource Carryback is carried or the first or second immediately following Tax Periods.
Any such payment of such refund made by OFC to Altisource pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be
recalculated in light of any Final Determination (or any other facts that may arise or come to
light after such payment is made, such as a carryback or carryforward of a OFC Group Tax Attribute
to a Tax Period in respect of which such refund is received) that would affect the amount to which
Altisource is entitled, and an appropriate adjusting payment shall be made by Altisource to OFC
such that the aggregate amounts paid pursuant to this Section 6.03 equals such recalculated amount
(with interest computed at the Base Rate based on the number of days from the date of the actual
receipt of such refund to the date of payment of such amount under this Section 6.03).
ARTICLE VII
Tax-Free Status
SECTION 7.01
Tax Opinions and Representation Letters
. Each of Altisource and OFC
hereby represents and agrees that (i) it has examined the Representation Letters prior to the date
hereof and (ii) all information contained in such Representation Letters that concerns or relates
to such Company or any member of its Group will be true, correct and complete.
SECTION 7.02
Restrictions on Altisource
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(a) Altisource agrees that it
will not take or fail to take, or permit any Altisource Affiliate to take or fail to take, any
action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any
material, information, covenant or representation in any Representation Letters or Tax Opinions.
Altisource agrees that it will not take or fail to take, or permit any Altisource Affiliate to take
or fail to take, any action that prevents or could reasonably be expected to prevent (i) the
Tax-Free Status or (ii) any transaction contemplated by the Separation Agreement that is intended
by the parties to be tax-free from so qualifying, including issuing any Altisource Capital Stock
that would prevent the Distribution from qualifying as a tax-free distribution within the meaning
of Section 355 of the Code.
(b) Altisource agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year
anniversary of the Closing Date, it will (i) maintain its status as a company whose separate
affiliated group, within the meaning of Section 355(b)(3) of the Code, is engaged in the Active
Trade or Business and (ii) not engage in any transaction that would result in it ceasing to be a
company whose separate affiliated group is so engaged in the Active Trade or Business.
(c) Altisource agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the two-year
anniversary of the Closing Date, it will not (i) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction
or, to the extent Altisource has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction, permit
any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur (whether by (A) redeeming rights under a shareholder
rights plan, (B) finding a tender offer to be a permitted offer under any such plan or otherwise
causing any such plan to be inapplicable or neutralized with respect to any Proposed Acquisition
Transaction or (C) approving any Proposed Acquisition Transaction, whether for purposes of Section
203 of the DGCL or any similar corporate statute,
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any fair price or other provision of Altisources charter or bylaws or otherwise), (ii)
merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (iii) in a single
transaction or series of transactions sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory
in the ordinary course of business) 60% or more of the gross assets of the Active Trade or Business
or 60% or more of the consolidated gross assets of Altisource and its Affiliates (such percentages
to be measured based on fair market value as of the Closing Date), (iv) redeem or otherwise
repurchase (directly or through a Altisource Affiliate) any Altisource Capital Stock, except to the
extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior
to the amendment of such Revenue Procedure by Revenue Procedure 2003-48), (v) amend its certificate
of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a
shareholder vote or otherwise, affecting the relative voting rights of Altisource Capital Stock
(including, without limitation, through the conversion of any Altisource Capital Stock into another
class of Altisource Capital Stock) or (vi) take any other action or actions (including any action
or transaction that would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with any representation made in
the Representation Letters or the Tax Opinions) that in the aggregate (and taking into account any
other transactions described in this subparagraph (c)) would be reasonably likely to have the
effect of causing or permitting one or more persons (whether or not acting in concert) to acquire
directly or indirectly stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in Altisource or
otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status, unless prior to taking any such action set forth in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), (A) Altisource shall have requested that OFC obtain a Ruling in
accordance with Sections 7.02(e) and (f) to the effect that such transaction will not affect the
Tax-Free Status and OFC shall have received such a supplemental Ruling in form and substance
satisfactory to OFC in its sole and absolute discretion, which discretion shall be exercised in
good faith solely to preserve the Tax-Free Status (and in determining whether such a Ruling is
satisfactory, OFC may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying
assumptions and managements representations made in connection with such Ruling), or (B)
Altisource shall provide OFC with an Unqualified Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to
OFC in its sole and absolute discretion, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith solely
to preserve the Tax-Free Status (and in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, OFC may
consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and managements
representations if used as a basis for the opinion and OFC may determine that no opinion would be
acceptable to OFC) or (C) OFC shall have waived the requirement to obtain such ruling or opinion.
(d)
Certain Issuances of Altisource Capital Stock
. If Altisource proposes to enter
into any Section 7.02(d) Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent Altisource has the right to
prohibit any Section 7.02(d) Acquisition Transaction, proposes to permit any Section 7.02(d)
Acquisition Transaction to occur, in each case, during the period from the date hereof until the
first day after the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date, Altisource shall provide OFC, no
later than ten days following the signing of any written agreement with respect to the Section
7.02(d) Acquisition Transaction, with a written description of such transaction (including the type
and amount of Altisource Capital Stock to be issued in such transaction) and a certificate of the
Board of Directors of Altisource to the effect that the Section 7.02(d) Acquisition Transaction is
not a Proposed Acquisition Transaction or any other transaction to which the requirements of
Section 7.02(c) apply (a
Board Certificate
).
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(e)
Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings
. If Altisource notifies OFC that it
desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 7.02(c) (a
Notified Action), OFC and Altisource shall reasonably cooperate to attempt to obtain the ruling
or opinion referred to in Section 7.02(c), unless OFC shall have waived the requirement to obtain
such ruling or opinion.
(f)
Rulings or Unqualified Tax Opinions at Altisources Request
. OFC agrees that at
the reasonable request of Altisource pursuant to Section 7.02(c) OFC shall cooperate with
Altisource and use reasonable best efforts to seek to obtain, as expeditiously as possible, a
Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion for the purpose of permitting Altisource to take the Notified
Action. In no event shall OFC be required to file any request for a Ruling under this Section
7.03(f) unless Altisource represents that (A) it has read the request for the Ruling and (B) all
information and representations, if any, relating to any member of the Altisource Group contained
in the request for the Ruling are (subject to any qualifications therein) true, correct and
complete. Altisource shall reimburse OFC for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the OFC
Group in obtaining a Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion requested by Altisource within 10 business
days after receiving an invoice from OFC therefor.
(g)
Rulings or Unqualified Tax Opinions at OFCs Request
. OFC shall have the right to
obtain a supplemental Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion. If OFC determines to obtain a supplemental Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion,
Altisource shall (and shall cause each Affiliate of Altisource to) cooperate with OFC and take any
and all actions reasonably requested by OFC in connection with obtaining the Ruling or Unqualified
Tax Opinion (including, without limitation, by making any representation or reasonable covenant or
providing any materials or information requested by the IRS or Tax Advisor; provided that
Altisource shall not be required to make (or cause any Affiliate of Altisource to make) any
representation or covenant that is inconsistent with historical facts or as to future matters or
events over which it has no control). OFC and Altisource shall each bear its own costs and expenses
in obtaining a Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion requested by OFC.
(h) Altisource hereby agrees that OFC shall have sole and exclusive control over the process
of obtaining any Ruling, and that only OFC shall apply for a Ruling. In connection with obtaining
a Ruling pursuant to Section 7.02(c), (A) OFC shall keep Altisource informed in a timely manner of
all material actions taken or proposed to be taken by OFC in connection therewith; (B) OFC shall
(1) reasonably in advance of the submission of a request for a Ruling provide Altisource with a
draft copy thereof, (2) reasonably consider Altisources comments on such draft copy and (3)
provide Altisource with a final copy; and (C) OFC shall provide Altisource with notice reasonably
in advance of, and Altisource shall have the right to attend, any formally scheduled meetings with
the IRS (subject to the approval of the IRS) that relate to such Ruling. Neither Altisource nor
any Altisource Affiliate shall seek any guidance from the IRS or any other Tax Authority (whether
written, verbal or otherwise) at any time concerning the Transactions (including the impact of any
transaction on the Transactions).
SECTION 7.03
Liability for Tax-Related Losses
. (a) Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement or the Separation Agreement to the contrary, Altisource shall be responsible for,
and shall indemnify and hold harmless OFC and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers,
directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-
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Related Losses that are attributable to or result from any one or more of the following: (A)
the acquisition of all or a portion of the stock or assets of any member of the Altisource Group by
any means whatsoever by any Person, (B) any negotiations, understandings, agreements or
arrangements by Altisource with respect to transactions or events (including, without limitation,
stock issuances, pursuant to the exercise of stock options or otherwise, option grants, capital
contributions or acquisitions, or a series of such transactions or events) that cause the
Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire directly
or indirectly stock of Altisource representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any
action or failure to act by Altisource after the Distribution (including, without limitation, any
amendment to Altisources certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), whether
through a shareholder vote or otherwise) affecting the relative voting rights of any class of
Altisource Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of any class of
Altisource Capital Stock into another class of Altisource Capital Stock), (D) any act or failure to
act by Altisource or any Altisource Affiliate described in Section 7.02 (regardless whether such
act or failure to act is covered by a Ruling, Unqualified Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause
(A), (B) or (C) of Section 7.02(c) or a Board Certificate described in Section 7.02(d)) or (E) any
breach by Altisource of its agreement and representation set forth in Section 7.01.
(b) For purposes of calculating the amount and timing of any Tax-Related Loss for which
Altisource is responsible under this Section 7.03, Tax-Related Losses shall be calculated by
assuming that OFC, the OFC Affiliated Group and each member of the OFC Group (i) pay Tax at the
highest marginal corporate Tax rates in effect in each relevant taxable year and (ii) have no Tax
Attributes in any relevant taxable year.
(c) Altisource shall pay OFC the amount of any Tax-Related Losses for which Altisource is
responsible under this Section 7.03: (A) in the case of Tax-Related Losses described in clause (i)
of the definition of Tax-Related Losses no later than 2 business days prior to the date OFC files,
or causes to be filed, the applicable Tax Return for the year of the Distribution (the
Filing
Date
) (provided that if such Tax-Related Losses arise pursuant to a Final Determination
described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of
Final Determination
, then
Altisource shall pay OFC no later than 2 business days after the date of such Final Determination
with interest calculated at the Base Rate, from the date that is 2 business days prior to the
Filing Date through the date of such Final Determination) and (B) in the case of Tax-Related Losses
described in clause (ii) or (iii) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, no later than 2 business
days after the date OFC pays such Tax-Related Losses.
ARTICLE VIII
Assistance and Cooperation
SECTION 8.01
Assistance and Cooperation
. (a) After the Distribution, the Companies
shall cooperate (and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate) with each other and with each
others agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, in connection with Tax matters
relating to the Companies and their Affiliates including (i) preparation and filing of Tax Returns,
(ii) determining the liability for and amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the
right to and amount of any refund of Taxes, (iii) examinations of Tax Returns and (iv) any
administrative or judicial proceeding in respect of Taxes assessed or proposed to be
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assessed. Such cooperation shall include making all information and documents in their
possession relating to the other Company and its Affiliates available to such other Company as
provided in Article IX. Each of the Companies shall also make available to the other, as
reasonably requested and available, personnel (including officers, directors, employees and agents
of the Companies or their respective Affiliates) responsible for preparing, maintaining and
interpreting information and documents relevant to Taxes, and personnel reasonably required as
witnesses or for purposes of providing information or documents in connection with any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to Taxes.
(b) Any information or documents provided under this Article VIII shall be kept confidential
by the Company receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in
connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any administrative or judicial
proceedings relating to Taxes.
SECTION 8.02
Income Tax Return Information
. Altisource and OFC acknowledge that
time is of the essence in relation to any request for information, assistance or cooperation made
by OFC or Altisource pursuant to Section 8.01 or this Section 8.02. Altisource and OFC acknowledge
that failure to conform to the deadlines set forth herein or reasonable deadlines otherwise set by
OFC or Altisource could cause irreparable harm.
(a) Each Company shall provide to the other Company information and documents relating to its
Group required by the other Company to prepare Tax Returns. Any information or documents the
Responsible Company requires to prepare such Tax Returns shall be provided in such form as the
Responsible Company reasonably requests and in sufficient time for the Responsible Company to file
such Tax Returns on a timely basis.
(b) In the event that a party fails to provide any information requested by the other party
pursuant to Section 8.01 or this Section 8.02, within the deadlines as set forth herein, a party
shall have the right to engage a nationally recognized public accounting firm of its choice (the
Accountant
), in its sole and absolute discretion, to gather such information directly
from the other party. The parties agree, and will cause all other members of their Group to agree,
upon 10 business days notice, in the case of a failure to provide information pursuant to Section
8.01 or this Section 8.02, to permit any such Accountant full access to all records or other
information requested by such Accountant during reasonable business hours. Such other party agrees
promptly pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the requesting party in connection with
the engagement of such Accountant.
SECTION 8.03
Reliance
. If any member of one Group (the
Supplier Group
)
supplies information to a member of the other Group (the
Signing Group
) in connection
with a Tax liability and an officer of a member of the Signing Group signs a statement or other
document under penalties of perjury in reliance upon the accuracy of such information, then upon
the written request of such member of the Signing Group identifying the information being so relied
upon, the chief financial officer of the Supplier Group (or any officer of the Supplier Group as
designated by the chief financial officer of the Supplier Group) shall certify in writing that to
his or her knowledge (based upon consultation with appropriate employees) the information so
supplied is accurate and complete. The Company that is a member of the Supplier Group agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Signing Group and
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its directors, officers and employees from and against any fine, penalty or other cost or
expense of any kind attributable to a member of the Supplier Group having supplied, pursuant to
this Article VIII, a member of the Signing Group with inaccurate or incomplete information in
connection with a Tax liability.
ARTICLE IX
Tax Records
SECTION 9.01
Retention of Tax Records
. Each Company shall preserve and keep all
Tax Records exclusively relating to the assets and activities of its Group for Pre-Closing Periods
(and the portion, ending on the Closing Date, of any Tax Period that includes but does not end on
the Closing Date), and OFC shall preserve and keep all other Tax Records relating to Taxes of the
Groups for Pre-Closing Periods until the later of (i) the expiration of any applicable statutes of
limitation, and (ii) 7 years after the Closing Date. After such earlier date, each Company may
dispose of such records upon 90 days prior written notice to the other Company. If, prior to the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitation or such seven-year period, a Company reasonably
determines that any Tax Records that it would otherwise be required to preserve and keep under this
Article IX are no longer material in the administration of any matter under the Code or other
applicable Tax Law and the other Company agrees, then such first Company may dispose of such
records upon 90 days prior notice to the other Company. Any notice of an intent to dispose given
pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall include a list of the records to be disposed of describing in
reasonable detail each file, book or other record accumulation being disposed. The notified
Company shall have the opportunity, at its cost and expense, to copy or remove, within such 90-day
period, all or any part of such Tax Records.
SECTION 9.02
Access to Tax Records
. The Companies and their respective Affiliates
shall make available to each other for inspection and copying (or delivery, at the requesting
partys expense) during normal business hours upon reasonable notice all Tax Records in their
possession to the extent reasonably required by the other Company in connection with the
preparation of Tax Returns, audits, litigation or the resolution of items under this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
Tax Contests
SECTION 10.01
Notice
. Each of the parties shall provide prompt notice to the other
party of any written communication from a Tax Authority regarding any pending or threatened Tax
audit, assessment or proceeding or other Tax Contest of which it becomes aware related to Taxes for
Tax Periods for which it is indemnified by the other party hereunder. Such notice shall attach
copies of the pertinent portion of any written communication from a Tax Authority and contain
factual information (to the extent known) describing any asserted Tax liability in reasonable
detail and shall be accompanied by copies of any notice and other documents received from any Tax
Authority in respect of any such matters.
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SECTION 10.02
Control of Tax Contests
. (a)
OFC Returns
. In the case of
any Tax Contest with respect to any (i) OFC Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, (ii) OFC State
Combined Income Tax Return, (iii) any other Joint Return or (iv) any OFC Separate Return, OFC shall
have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any
settlement of Tax liability arising from such Tax Contest. OFC shall keep Altisource informed in a
timely manner regarding such Tax Contests to the extent relating to the Altisource Business, the
Altisource Group or the assets transferred to Altisource pursuant to the Transactions insofar as
such Tax Contests would reasonably be expected to affect the Altisource Group.
(b)
Altisource Separate Returns
. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to an
Altisource Separate Return, Altisource shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including
exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of Tax liability arising from such Tax Contest.
(c)
Distribution-Related Proceedings
. In the event of any Distribution-Related
Proceeding as a result of which Altisource could reasonably be expected to become liable for any
Tax-Related Losses that OFC is entitled to control under this Article 10, (A) OFC shall consult
with Altisource reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such
Distribution-Related Proceeding, (B) OFC shall consult with Altisource and offer Altisource a
reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in
connection with such Distribution-Related Proceeding, (C) OFC shall defend such
Distribution-Related Proceeding diligently and in good faith and (D) OFC shall provide Altisource
copies of any written materials relating to such Distribution-Related Proceeding received from the
relevant Tax Authority.
ARTICLE XI
Effective Date; Termination of Prior Intercompany Tax Allocation Agreements
This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, all prior
intercompany Tax allocation agreements or arrangements relating to one or more members of the OFC
Group, on the one hand, and one or more members of the Altisource Group, on the other hand, shall
be terminated, and no member of any Group shall have any right or obligation in respect of any
member of the other Group thereunder.
ARTICLE XII
Survival of Obligations
The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be
unconditional and absolute and shall remain in effect without limitation as to time.
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ARTICLE XIII
Treatment of Payments; Tax Gross Up
SECTION 13.01
Treatment of Tax Indemnity and Tax Benefit Payments
. In the absence
of any change in Tax treatment under the Code or other applicable Tax Law:
(a) any Tax indemnity payments made by a Company under Article V shall be reported for Tax
purposes by the payor and the recipient as distributions or capital contributions, as appropriate,
occurring immediately before the Distribution (but only to the extent the payment does not relate
to a Tax allocated to the payor in accordance with Section 1552 of the Code or the regulations
thereunder or Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-33(d) (or under corresponding principles of other
applicable Tax Laws)) or as payments of an assumed or retained liability, and
(b) any Tax Benefit payments made by a Company under Article VI, shall be reported for Tax
purposes by the payor and the recipient as distributions or capital contributions, as appropriate,
occurring immediately before the Distribution (but only to the extent the payment does not relate
to a Tax allocated to the payor in accordance with Section 1552 of the Code or the regulations
thereunder or Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-33(d) (or under corresponding principles of other
applicable Tax Laws)) or as payments of an assumed or retained liability.
SECTION 13.02
Tax Gross Up
. If, notwithstanding the manner in which Tax indemnity
payments and Tax Benefit payments were reported, there is an adjustment to the Tax liability of a
Company as a result of its receipt of a payment pursuant to this Agreement, such payment shall be
appropriately adjusted so that the amount of such payment, reduced by the amount of all income
Taxes payable with respect to the receipt thereof (but taking into account all correlative Tax
Benefits resulting from the payment of such income Taxes), shall equal the amount of the payment
that the Company receiving such payment would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to this
Agreement.
SECTION 13.03
Interest under This Agreement
. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, to the extent one Company (
Indemnitor
) makes a payment of interest to
another Company (
Indemnitee
) under this Agreement with respect to the period from the
date that the Indemnitee made a payment of Tax to a Tax Authority to the date that the Indemnitor
reimbursed the Indemnitee for such Tax payment, the interest payment shall be treated as interest
expense to the Indemnitor (deductible to the extent provided by law) and as interest income by the
Indemnitee (includible in income to the extent provided by law). The amount of the payment shall
not be adjusted under Section 13.02 to take into account any associated Tax Benefit to the
Indemnitor or Tax Detriment to the Indemnitee.
ARTICLE XIV
Disagreements
The Companies mutually desire that collaboration will continue between them. Accordingly,
they will try, and they will cause their respective Group members to try, to resolve in an amicable
manner all disagreements and misunderstandings connected with their
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respective
rights and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendments hereto. In furtherance
thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement (other than a High-Level Dispute) (a
Tax
Arbitrator Dispute
) between the Companies as to the interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement or the performance of obligations hereunder, the Tax departments of the Companies shall
negotiate in good faith to resolve the Tax Arbitrator Dispute. If such good faith negotiations do
not resolve the Tax Arbitrator Dispute, then the matter, upon written request of either Company,
will be referred to a tax lawyer or accountant acceptable to each of the Companies (the
Tax
Arbitrator
). The Tax Arbitrator may, in its discretion, obtain the services of any
third-party appraiser, accounting firm or consultant that the Tax Arbitrator deems necessary to
assist it in resolving such disagreement. The Tax Arbitrator shall furnish written notice to the
Companies of its resolution of any such Tax Arbitrator Dispute as soon as practical, but in any
event no later than 45 days after its acceptance of the matter for resolution. Any such resolution
by the Tax Arbitrator will be conclusive and binding on the Companies. Following receipt of the
Tax Arbitrators written notice to the Companies of its resolution of the Tax Arbitrator Dispute,
the Companies shall each take or cause to be taken any action necessary to implement such
resolution of the Tax Arbitrator. In accordance with Article XVI, each Company shall pay its own
fees and expenses (including the fees and expenses of its representatives) incurred in connection
with the referral of the matter to the Tax Arbitrator. All fees and expenses of the Tax Arbitrator
in connection with such referral shall be shared equally by the Companies. Any High-Level Dispute
shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article VII of the Separation Agreement.
Nothing in this Article XIV will prevent either Company from seeking injunctive relief if any delay
resulting from the efforts to resolve the Tax Arbitrator Dispute through the Tax Arbitrator (or any
delay resulting from the efforts to resolve any High-Level Dispute through the procedures set forth
in Article VII of the Separation Agreement) could result in serious and irreparable injury to
either Company.
ARTICLE XV
Late Payments
Any amount owed by one party to another party under this Agreement that is not paid when due
shall bear interest at three (3) month London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR), compounded
semiannually, from the due date of the payment to the date paid. To the extent interest required
to be paid under this Article XV duplicates interest required to be paid under any other provision
of this Agreement, interest shall be computed at the higher of the interest rate provided under
this Article XV or the interest rate provided under such other provision.
ARTICLE XVI
Expenses
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party and its Affiliates shall bear their
own expenses incurred in connection with preparation of Tax Returns, Tax Contests, and other
matters related to Taxes under the provisions of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE XVII
General Provisions
SECTION 17.01
Addresses and Notices
. All notices or other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when (a) delivered in
person or (b) deposited in the United States mail or private express mail, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
If to OFC, to:
Ocwen Financial Corporation
1661 Worthington Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: (561) 471-4264
If to Altisource to:
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
2-8 Avenue Charles de Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: [ ]
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Either party may, by notice to the other party, change the address to which such notices are
to be given.
SECTION 17.02
Binding Effect
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
SECTION 17.03
Waiver
. Waiver by any party hereto of any default by any other party
hereto of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving party of any
subsequent or other default.
SECTION 17.04
Severability
. If any provision of this Agreement or the application
thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such
provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been
held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the
transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either party.
Upon any such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a
suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of the parties.
SECTION 17.05
Authority
. Each of the parties represents to the other that (a) it
has the corporate or other requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this
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Agreement, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, (c) it has duly and validly executed and
delivered this Agreement, and (d) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and general
equity principles.
SECTION 17.06
Further Action
. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents,
provide all information, and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate
to achieve the purposes of this Agreement, including the execution and delivery to the other
parties and their Affiliates and representatives of such powers of attorney or other authorizing
documentation as is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with Tax Contests (or
portions thereof) under the control of such other parties in accordance with Article X.
SECTION 17.07
Integration
. This Agreement, together with each of the exhibits and
schedules appended hereto, constitutes the final agreement between the parties, and is the complete
and exclusive statement of the parties agreement on the matters contained herein. All prior and
contemporaneous negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to the matters
contained herein are superseded by this Agreement, as applicable. In the event of any
inconsistency between this Agreement and the Separation Agreement, or any other agreements relating
to the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement, with respect to matters addressed
herein, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
SECTION 17.08
Construction
. The language in all parts of this Agreement shall in
all cases be construed according to its fair meaning and shall not be strictly construed for or
against any party. The captions, titles and headings included in this Agreement are for
convenience only, and do not affect this Agreements construction or interpretation. Unless
otherwise indicated, all Section and Article references in this Agreement are to sections and
articles of this Agreement.
SECTION 17.09
No Double Recovery
. No provision of this Agreement shall be
construed to provide an indemnity or other recovery for any costs, damages, or other amounts for
which the damaged party has been fully compensated under any other provision of this Agreement or
under any other agreement or action at law or equity. Unless expressly required in this Agreement,
a party shall not be required to exhaust all remedies available under other agreements or at law or
equity before recovering under the remedies provided in this Agreement.
SECTION 17.10
Counterparts
. The parties may execute this Agreement in multiple
counterparts, each of which constitutes an original as against the party that signed it, and all of
which together constitute one agreement. This Agreement is effective upon delivery of one executed
counterpart from each party to the other party. The signatures of both parties need not appear on
the same counterpart. The delivery of signed counterparts by facsimile or email transmission that
includes a copy of the sending partys signature is as effective as signing and delivering the
counterpart in person.
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SECTION 17.11
Governing Law
. This Agreement and, unless expressly provided
therein, each Ancillary Agreement, shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed
wholly in such State and irrespective of the choice of law principles of the State of New York, as
to all matters (other than with respect to the corporate action of the OFC board of directors
attendant to the declaration and payment of the dividend of the Altisource Common Shares, which
shall be governed by the law of the State of Florida.)
SECTION 17.12
Jurisdiction
. [Any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall be brought in the courts of the State of New
York located in the County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York (if any party to such action or proceeding has or can acquire jurisdiction),
and each of the parties hereto or thereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each
such court in any such action or proceeding, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to
venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding
shall be heard and determined only in any such court and agrees not to bring any action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement in any other
court. The parties to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement agree that any of them may file a
copy of this paragraph with any court as written evidence of the knowing, voluntary and bargained
agreement between the parties hereto and thereto irrevocably to waive any objections to venue or to
convenience of forum. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the first sentence of
this Section may be served on any party to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement anywhere in
the world.]
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SECTION 17.13
Amendment
. No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed waived,
amended, supplemented or modified by any party hereto, unless such waiver, amendment, supplement or
modification is in writing and signed by the authorized representative of the party against whom it
is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification.
SECTION 17.14
Altisource Subsidiaries
. If, at any time, Altisource or OFC,
respectively, acquires or creates one or more subsidiaries that are includable in the Altisource
Group or the OFC Group, respectively, they shall be subject to this Agreement and all references to
the Altisource Group or OFC Group, respectively, herein shall thereafter include a reference to
such subsidiaries.
SECTION 17.15
Successors
. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the
benefit of any successor by merger, acquisition of assets, or otherwise, to any of the parties
hereto (including but not limited to any successor of OFC or Altisource succeeding to the Tax
Attributes of either under Section 381 of the Code), to the same extent as if such successor had
been an original party to this Agreement.
SECTION 17.16
Injunctions
. The parties acknowledge that irreparable damage would
occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance
with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. The parties hereto shall be
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entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court having
jurisdiction, such remedy being in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at
law or in equity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives as of the date set forth above.
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Exhibit 10.4
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT
This
AGREEMENT made this ___ day of _______________, by and between OCWEN FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (
OFC
) and ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.à r.l., a private
limited liability company organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
(
ALTISOURCE
S.à r.l.).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, OFC and Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (formerly known as Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.à r.l., formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l.), the sole parent of ALTISOURCE S.à
r.l. (
ALTISOURCE Parent
), are parties to a Separation Agreement dated as of [____________],
2009 (the
Separation Agreement
), pursuant to which OCWEN will (i) separate the ALTISOURCE
Business (as defined in the Separation Agreement) and (ii) distribute (the
Separation
) to
the holders of shares of OCWENs outstanding capital stock all of the outstanding capital stock of
ALTISOURCE Parent;
WHEREAS, following the Separation, ALTISOURCE (as defined below) will operate the ALTISOURCE
Business, and OCWEN (as defined below) will operate the OCWEN Business (as defined in the
Separation Agreement);
WHEREAS, as part of the separation of the ALTISOURCE Business pursuant to the Separation
Agreement, OCWEN is to contribute the ALTISOURCE IP (as defined below) to ALTISOURCE;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, this Intellectual Property Agreement (this
"
Agreement
) will govern the contribution of the ALTISOURCE IP to ALTISOURCE;
WHEREAS, in addition to this Agreement and the Separation Agreement, OCWEN and ALTISOURCE are
also entering into a Transition Services Agreement, a Services Agreement, and a Technology Products
Services Agreement (collectively, the
Services Agreements
), by which ALTISOURCE will
provide various services to OCWEN (and, in the case of the Transition Services Agreement, OCWEN
will provide certain services to ALTISOURCE); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, this Agreement shall govern the licensing of
the Licensed Intellectual Property and the OCWEN IP, both as defined below, necessary for the
Parties to enjoy the services to be provided under the Services Agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE
,
in consideration of the foregoing Recitals, the mutual promises contained in
this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
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1.
Definitions
a) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to
such terms in the Separation Agreement.
b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"
Agreement
means this Intellectual Property Agreement, including schedules and
exhibits hereto.
"
ALTISOURCE
shall mean ALTISOURCE Parent and the members of the ALTISOURCE Group.
"
ALTISOURCE Indemnitees
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15
below.
"
ALTISOURCE IP
shall mean all Intellectual Property to be owned by ALTISOURCE
following the Separation and includes, but is not limited to, the Intellectual Property set forth
on
Schedule I
hereto.
"
ALTISOURCE Parent
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.
"
ALTISOURCE S.à r.l.
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
"
Confidential Information
means information that constitutes trade secrets or
confidential proprietary information, regardless of medium in which the information is stored,
whether now known or to be developed in the future, including but not limited to all written
technical information, data, specifications, research and development information, engineering
drawings, operating and maintenance manuals and materials, analyses prepared by consultants and
other third parties, all cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists,
supplier records, customer and supplier lists, customer and vendor data, development and
manufacturing files, vendor and customer drawings, formulations and specifications, quality records
and reports, and financial records and reports.
"
Disclosing Party
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10(b)
below.
"
Effective Date
means the Separation Date.
"
Intellectual Property
means all domestic and foreign patents, copyrights, trade
names, domain names, trademarks, service marks, registrations and applications for any of the
foregoing, databases, mask works, Confidential Information, inventions (whether or not patentable
or patented), processes, know-how, procedures, computer applications, programs and other software,
including operating software, network software, firmware, middleware, design software, design
tools, systems documentation, manuals, and instructions, other proprietary information, and
licenses from third parties granting the right to use any of the foregoing.
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"
Initial Term
means the term of this Agreement that begins on the Effective Date and
ends on the eighth anniversary of the Effective Date.
"
Invoiced Amount
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b)
below.
"
IP Fee Letter
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a)
below.
"
Licensed Intellectual Property
means the Intellectual Property being licensed to
OCWEN hereunder, including the Intellectual Property contained in Schedule II attached hereto, as
that schedule may be amended from time to time in ALTISOURCEs sole discretion.
"
Licensed Marks
means the trademarks and service marks identified as Trademarks in
Schedule II to this Agreement, as that schedule may be modified by ALTISOURCE in its sole
discretion, and used in conjunction with the offering and provision of the licensed goods or
services.
"
Licensed Technology
means all Licensed Intellectual Property, excluding the Licensed
Marks, necessary for OCWEN to enjoy the benefit of the Services.
"
Licensed Software
means any of the following software programs: RealServicing,
RealTrans, RealResolution, RealPortal, RealDoc, RealSynergy and any other software developed after
the date hereof licensed from ALTISOURCE to OCWEN that is integral to OCWENs operations.
"
Licensee
shall mean the Party who has been granted a right to use the other Partys
Intellectual Property.
"
Licensor
shall mean the Party who has granted the other Party a right to use its
Intellectual Property.
"
OCWEN
shall mean OFC and the members of the OCWEN Group.
"
OCWEN Competitor
means any Person (other than OCWEN), together with its Affiliates,
that provides residential loan servicing services in the United States. For purposes of this
definition, Person includes any group as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and beneficial ownership shall have the meaning provided in
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"
OCWEN Indemnitiees
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15 below.
"
OCWEN IP
shall mean any Intellectual Property owned by OCWEN following the
Separation and used in conjunction with any services provided by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE under the
Transition Services Agreement.
"
OFC
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
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Party shall mean a party to this Agreement, and Parties shall mean all parties to this
Agreement.
"
Receiving Party
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b) below.
"
Renewal Terms
means any one or more subsequent five-year renewal terms of this
Agreement, or such shorter subsequent period if this Agreement is terminated.
"
Section
means any enumerated paragraph of this Agreement.
"
Services
means the ALTISOURCE-Provided Services as defined in the Transition
Services Agreement, the Services as defined in the Service Agreement and the Services as
defined in the Technology Products Services Agreement.
"
Software Change of Control
means at any time, with respect to ALTISOURCE, the
occurrence of any of the following: (a) ALTISOURCE transfers all or substantially all of its rights
and title to (i) any of the Licensed Software or (ii) any other Licensed Intellectual Property, the
effect of which is material and adverse to Ocwen, in either case to an OCWEN Competitor, or (b) any
OCWEN Competitor, (i) acquires (whether through legal or beneficial ownership, by contract or
otherwise), directly or indirectly, the right to vote more than 50% of the total voting power of
all common stock of
Altisource
S.à r.l. or Altisource Parent then outstanding, or (ii)
shall have elected, or caused to be elected, a sufficient number of its or their nominees to the
board of directors of
ALTISOURCE
S.à r.l. or ALTISOURCE Parent such that the nominees so
elected (regardless of when elected) shall collectively constitute a majority of the board of
directors of
ALTISOURCE
S.à r.l. or ALTISOURCE Parent.
"
Term
means the Initial Term and any Renewal Terms.
"
Territory
means the United States and its territories.
2.
Transfer of ALTISOURCE IP
a) OCWEN will Transfer or cause to be Transferred all right, title and interest in and
to the ALTISOURCE IP owned by OCWEN to ALTISOURCE effective on the Effective Date free and
clear of all liens and encumbrances. To accomplish this, OCWEN will execute an assignment
in form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit A, including all exhibits
thereto.
b) Upon the request of ALTISOURCE, OCWEN, on its own behalf and on behalf of the
members of the OCWEN Group, will execute or cause to be executed such further documents and
will do such further acts or will cause such further acts to be done as are necessary to
accomplish the full and complete Transfer of all ALTISOURCE IP to ALTISOURCE.
c) The Parties will cooperate with one another to the extent necessary to accomplish
the full and complete Transfer of ALTISOURCE IP to ALTISOURCE, including the recordation of
all appropriate documents reflecting ALTISOURCEs
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ownership of the ALTISOURCE IP with government agencies having jurisdiction over such
matters.
d) Section 2.08 of the Separation Agreement concerning Inadvertent or Incorrect
Transfers or Omissions of Assets or Liabilities shall apply to the transfer of the
ALTISOURCE IP to ALTISOURCE.
3.
ALTISOURCE Grant of License; Reservation of Rights
a) ALTISOURCE hereby grants and confirms to OCWEN the non-exclusive license and
non-exclusive right to use that portion of the Licensed Intellectual Property necessary to
use and enjoy the Services or otherwise necessary for OCWEN to perform its residential loan
servicing operations, for itself and for the OCWEN Group, solely in the Territory, and the
limited, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, nontransferable, revocable right to access or to
otherwise use, for the term of this Agreement, all Intellectual Property owned by or, to the
extent permitted by the applicable license, licensed to ALTISOURCE solely to the extent
necessary for ALTISOURCE to perform its obligations to supply any services to OCWEN under
the Services Agreements anywhere in the world, subject to ALTISOURCEs rights of approval
and control under this Agreement, which approval will not be unreasonably delayed or
withheld.
b) To the extent that ALTISOURCE ceases to provide any particular Services, the license
granted hereunder for the Licensed Intellectual Property pertinent to such Services will
likewise cease, unless and to the extent that the same Licensed Intellectual Property is
required for OCWENs enjoyment of any other Services being provided by ALTISOURCE for the
benefit of OCWEN at the time of cessation or in the future.
c) The Parties agree that it is critical that the Licensed Intellectual Property be
protected and enhanced, and toward this end, OCWEN agrees, both during the Term and
thereafter, not to:
i) combine any name or names, service marks, or trademarks with the Licensed Marks;
ii) use any other name or names, service marks, or trademarks in association with
the Licensed Marks in any advertising, promotion, publicity, labeling, packaging or
printed matter of any kind utilized by OCWEN without ALTISOURCEs prior express written
consent;
iii) do or suffer to be done any act that may in any way adversely affect any
rights of ALTISOURCE in and to the Licensed Intellectual Property or any registrations
thereof or which, directly or indirectly, may reduce the value of the Licensed
Intellectual Property or detract from them or the reputation of ALTISOURCE;
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iv) challenge the title or rights of ALTISOURCE in or to the Licensed Intellectual
Property;
v) apply to register or maintain any application or registration respecting the
Licensed Intellectual Property or any other mark or domain name confusingly similar to
the Licensed Marks, or domain names licensed hereunder, except with the consent and
direction of ALTISOURCE and in the name of ALTISOURCE, unless otherwise directed by
ALTISOURCE;
vi) use any colorable imitation of any of the Licensed Marks or any variant form
(including variant design forms, logos, colors, or type styles) not specifically
approved by ALTISOURCE;
vii) misuse the Licensed Intellectual Property or take any action that would tend
to destroy or diminish the value of the Licensed Intellectual Property; or
viii) make use of the Licensed Technology beyond the internal enjoyment and
exploitation of the Services.
d) The Parties agree that all use by OCWEN of the Licensed Intellectual Property under
the terms of this Agreement inures to the benefit of ALTISOURCE.
e) OCWEN agrees to: (i) cooperate fully with ALTISOURCE in securing and maintaining the
ownership and goodwill of ALTISOURCE in the Licensed Intellectual Property; and (ii) to
assist ALTISOURCE, at ALTISOURCEs direction, in the protection, enhancement, maintenance,
and enforcement of ALTISOURCEs rights in the Licensed Intellectual Property.
f) ALTISOURCE reserves all rights in and to the Licensed Intellectual Property, and
ALTISOURCE may exercise such rights at any time. In that regard, nothing herein shall be
deemed to prevent ALTISOURCE, at any time, from using and granting to third parties the
right to use the Licensed Intellectual Property in the Territory or elsewhere in connection
with the Services.
g) OCWEN shall not exploit the Licensed Intellectual Property licensed hereunder
outside the Territory or for any purpose beyond its use and enjoyment of the Services
without the prior express written consent of ALTISOURCE.
h) Nothing herein shall be deemed to be a grant to OCWEN of the right to use or exploit
any Licensed Intellectual Property beyond that licensed hereunder.
4.
OCWEN Grant of License; Reservation of Rights
a) OCWEN hereby grants and confirms to ALTISOURCE the non-exclusive license and
non-exclusive right to use that portion of OCWEN IP necessary to use and enjoy the services
OCWEN is to provide ALTISOURCE under the Transition Services Agreement or otherwise
necessary for ALTISOURCE to perform its mortgage services, financial services or technology
products operations, for itself and for the ALTISOURCE
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Group, and the limited, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, nontransferable, revocable right
to access or to otherwise use, for the term of this Agreement, all Intellectual Property
owned by or, to the extent permitted by the applicable license, licensed to OCWEN solely to
the extent necessary for OCWEN to perform its obligations to supply any services to
ALTISOURCE, subject to OCWENs rights of approval and control under this Agreement, which
approval will not be unreasonably delayed or withheld.
b) To the extent that OCWEN ceases to provide any particular services to ALTISOURCE,
the license granted hereunder for the OCWEN IP pertinent to such services will likewise
cease, unless and to the extent that the same OCWEN IP is required for ALTISOURCEs
enjoyment of any other services being provided by OCWEN for the benefit of ALTISOURCE at the
time of cessation or in the future.
c) The Parties agree that it is critical that the OCWEN IP be protected and enhanced,
and toward this end, ALTISOURCE agrees, both during the Term and thereafter, not to:
i) combine any name or names, service marks, or trademarks with any marks included
in the OCWEN IP;
ii) use any other name or names, service marks, or trademarks in association with
any marks among the OCWEN IP in any advertising, promotion, publicity, labeling,
packaging or printed matter of any kind utilized by ALTISOURCE without OCWENs prior
express written consent;
iii) do or suffer to be done any act that may in any way adversely affect any
rights of OCWEN in and to the OCWEN IP or any registrations thereof or which, directly
or indirectly, may reduce the value of the OCWEN IP or detract from them or the
reputation of OCWEN.
iv) challenge the title or rights of OCWEN in or to the OCWEN IP;
v) apply to register or maintain any application or registration respecting the
OCWEN IP or any other mark or domain name confusingly similar to any marks included in
the OCWEN IP, except with the consent and direction of OCWEN and in the name of OCWEN,
unless otherwise directed by OCWEN;
vi) use any colorable imitation of any of the marks included in the OCWEN IP or any
variant form (including variant design forms, logos, colors, or type styles) not
specifically approved by OCWEN; or
vii) misuse the OCWEN IP or take any action that would tend to destroy or diminish
the value of the OCWEN IP.
viii) make use of any technology contained within the OCWEN IP beyond the internal
enjoyment and exploitation of the services to be provided to ALTISOURCE by OCWEN.
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d) The Parties agree that all use by ALTISOURCE of the OCWEN IP under the terms of this
Agreement inures to the benefit of OCWEN.
e) ALTISOURCE agrees to: (i) cooperate fully with OCWEN in securing and maintaining the
ownership and goodwill of OCWEN in the OCWEN IP; and (ii) to assist OCWEN, at OCWENs
direction, in the protection, enhancement, maintenance, and enforcement of OCWENs rights in
the OCWEN IP.
f) OCWEN reserves all rights in and to the OCWEN IP, and OCWEN may exercise such rights
at any time. In that regard, nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent OCWEN, at any time,
from using and granting to third parties the right to use the OCWEN IP.
g) Nothing herein shall be deemed to be a grant to ALTISOURCE of the right to use or
exploit any OCWEN IP beyond that licensed hereunder.
5.
Royalties
a) In consideration of the rights granted to the respective Parties under this
Agreement, each Party shall provide reports and pay the other Party the royalties set forth
in that certain fee letter between OCWEN and ALTISOURCE dated as of the date hereof (the
IP Fee Letter
).
b) Each Party, as Licensor, shall submit statements of account to the other Party, as
Licensee, on a monthly basis with respect to all amounts payable by the Licensee to the
Licensor hereunder (the
Invoiced Amount
), setting out the royalty amount billed to
the Licensee. The Licensee shall pay the Invoiced Amount to the Licensor by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to an account or accounts specified by the Licensor, or in
such other manner as specified by the Licensor in writing, or as otherwise reasonably agreed
to by the Parties hereto, within 30 days of the date of delivery to the Licensee of the
applicable statement of account;
provided
, that, in the event of any dispute as to
an Invoiced Amount, the Licensee shall pay the undisputed portion, if any, of such Invoiced
Amount in accordance with the foregoing, and shall pay the remaining amount, if any,
promptly upon resolution of such dispute.
6.
Term and Renewal
Subject to the provisions of Sections 3(b), 4(b) and 11, this Agreement will survive
for the Initial Term and will automatically renew for four two-year increments following the
Initial Term, provided that (a) each Party has fully complied with its obligations under
this Agreement and has maintained a performance standard acceptable to the other Party
during the prior term and (b) the Agreement has not been terminated.
7.
Quality Control
a) The Parties recognize and acknowledge that the offering of goods or services of
inferior quality under the any licensed marks hereunder may damage the
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business reputation of the Parties and the goodwill associated with such marks.
Accordingly, in order to maintain the respective Parties reputation for quality, the
Licensee will provide products and/or services under the licensed marks of a quality no less
than its current quality. And all promotional material utilizing the licensed marks must be
approved in writing by the Licensor prior to use.
b) The Licensee shall at all times and in all places permit the Licensor, by
representatives designated by the Licensor, to inspect the use made of the Licensed
Intellectual Property and the OCWEN IP, respectively, under this Agreement. At all times,
the Licensee shall comply with the reasonable quality control procedures furnished or
approved, from time to time, by the Licensor concerning use of the licensed marks and the
quality of any goods or services offered thereunder. Upon reasonable prior notice, the
Licensor may inspect and review the offices and records of the Licensee during normal
business hours for compliance with this or any other provision of this Agreement.
c) The Licensee shall use and display the licensed marks only in such form and manner
as are specifically approved in advance by the Licensor.
d) The Licensee shall cause to appear the legends, markings, and notices that the
Licensor may direct on all material used by the Licensee in connection with the Licensed
Intellectual Property and OCWEN IP, respectively, and on any printed matter on which the
Licensee elects to have licensed marks appear.
e) The Licensee shall be permitted to use any designs, materials, packages, labels,
promotional materials and advertising materials in relation to any goods or services
approved by the Licensor;
provided
,
however
, that in the event that, after
the Effective Date, any such design, material, package, label, promotional material or
advertising material is materially modified, or the manner in which any of the foregoing is
used is proposed to be materially modified, the Licensee shall obtain the written approval
of the Licensor (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) for such design, material,
package, label, promotional material, advertising material or such modified use thereof
prior to any use thereof.
8.
Advertising and Promotion
The Licensee shall provide to the Licensor, free of charge for its permanent archives,
copies or representative samples of all advertising and promotional materials bearing any
licensed marks.
9.
Intellectual Property Rights Ownership
a) OCWEN acknowledges that ALTISOURCE is the owner of all right, title and interest in
and to the ALTISOURCE IP and the Licensed Intellectual Property and is also the owner of the
goodwill related to or that shall become related to any marks included in the ALTISOURCE IP
and the Licensed Marks.
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b) ALTISOURCE acknowledges that OCWEN is the owner of all right, title and interest in
and to the OCWEN IP and is also the owner of the goodwill related to or that shall become
related to the marks included in the OCWEN IP.
c) At the Licensors request, the Licensee shall execute any documents reasonably
required by the Licensor to confirm the Licensors ownership of all rights in and to, for
ALTISOURCE as Licensor, the ALTISOURCE IP and the Licensed Intellectual Property, and, for
OCWEN as Licensor, the OCWEN IP and the respective rights of ALTISOURCE and OCWEN pursuant
to this Agreement. The Licensee shall cooperate with the Licensor in connection with the
filing and prosecution by the Licensor of applications to register, for ALTISOURCE, the
ALTISOURCE IP and Licensed Intellectual Property and, for OCWEN, the OCWEN IP, and in
connection with the maintenance and renewal of any such registrations that may issue.
d) The Licensee shall use the licensed Intellectual Property strictly in compliance
with the legal requirements obtaining in the Territory or wherever the services in
connection with which the licensed Intellectual Property may be rendered and shall use such
markings in connection therewith as may be required by applicable law.
e) Any challenge by the Licensee to the rights of the Licensor in the licensed
Intellectual Property or any attempt to register licensed Intellectual Property in the
Licensees or any other partys name shall be deemed a material and incurable default
hereunder.
f) OCWEN, pursuant to Section 3, shall not use, and shall not cause or permit any third
party to use, the Licensed Intellectual Property in any unlawful or deceptive manner or in
any other way that is likely to directly or indirectly tarnish, dilute, denigrate, diminish,
lessen the value of or invalidate any of Licensed Intellectual Property.
g) ALTISOURCE, pursuant to Section 4, shall not use, and shall not cause or permit any
third party to use, the OCWEN IP in any unlawful or deceptive manner or in any other way
that is likely to directly or indirectly tarnish, dilute, denigrate, diminish, lessen the
value of or invalidate any of the OCWEN IP.
h) Any technology or Intellectual Property jointly developed by the Parties shall
become the property of ALTISOURCE and shall constitute ALTISOURCE IP. OCWEN shall cooperate
with ALTISOURCE in connection with the filing and prosecution by ALTISOURCE of applications
to register, for ALTISOURCE, any such jointly developed technology and Intellectual
Property, and in connection with the maintenance and renewal of any such registrations that
may issue.
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i) Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that (i) OCWEN will continue to own all
of its loan servicing data, and (ii) OCWEN will grant to ALTISOURCE free access to such loan
servicing data, including, without limitation, allowing ALTISOURCE to backup such loan
servicing data in accordance with ALTISOURCEs reasonable standard practices, and nothing in
this Agreement shall limit ALTISOURCEs ability to use any such data.
j) Within 120 days of the date hereof, ALTISOURCE shall establish and maintain a copy
of the source code and the object code for all Licensed Software, along with programmers
notes and other materials sufficient to permit OCWEN to understand the design and operation
of the Licensed Software (collectively, all such material the Escrow Material) in escrow
with a recognized escrow agent on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to OCWEN,
including, but not limited to, identifying the occurrence of a Software Change of Control
following which OCWENs rights to the Licensed Software are materially and adversely
impaired as a release condition for the affected Licensed Software (such agreement for
escrow shall be referred to as the Escrow Agreement). On the last day of each calendar
quarter or such other period as the Parties may jointly agree, ALTISOURCE shall deposit into
such escrow, Escrow Material corresponding to any new release or upgrades of existing
Licensed Software or new Licensed Software that has been licensed to OCWEN during the
preceding quarter, if any. None of the Escrow Material shall contain devices of any kind
that would prevent the use of the Escrow Material; provided, however, that, if the Licensed
Software normally includes password protection, the use of software keys or other devices
that disable or limit its use, then the Escrow Material shall include: (1) the passwords,
software keys and any other items necessary to allow a party to fully utilize the Licensed
Software; (2) instructions for the use of such passwords, software keys and other items: and
(3) the means to generate additional passwords, software keys and other such items for
subsequent licensees. OCWEN may at any time request verification of the Escrow Material in
accordance with the verification procedures set forth in the Escrow Agreement, and
ALTISOURCE shall comply with their verification obligations set forth in the Escrow
Agreement.
10.
Confidentiality
a)
Confidential Information
. The Parties acknowledge that information to be
shared between ALTISOURCE and OCWEN may be Confidential Information.
b)
Duty of Confidentiality.
To the extent a Party (
Disclosing Party
)
shares Confidential Information with the other Party (
Receiving Party
), the
Receiving Party agrees to secure and protect the confidentiality of the Disclosing Partys
Confidential Information in a manner consistent with the maintenance of the Disclosing
Partys rights therein, using at least as great a degree of care as the Receiving Party uses
to maintain the confidentiality of its own Confidential Information of a similar nature, but
in no event using less than a commercially reasonable degree of care. The Receiving Party
shall not disclose, disseminate, or otherwise publish or communicate the Disclosing Partys
Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, or other third party without the
prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, except to the Receiving Partys direct and
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indirect employees, consultants, and representatives who have a need to know and who
have been informed of and made subject to obligations corresponding to the Receiving Partys
obligations hereunder.
c)
Breach of Confidentiality.
The Parties agree that in the event of a breach
of this Section by a Receiving Party or its direct or indirect employees, consultants, or
representatives, the Disclosing Party may suffer irreparable damage for which monetary
relief may be inadequate. Accordingly, in addition to any other remedies available to it,
the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to equitable relief, including specific performance
and other injunctive relief, without the necessity of posting a bond.
11.
Termination
a) If either Party materially defaults in the performance of any provision of this
Agreement and such default is not cured within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of
such default from the non-defaulting Party, the non-defaulting Party shall be entitled to
terminate this Agreement effective immediately upon delivery of final written notice to the
defaulting Party.
b) If a Party (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) files a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency,
is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent or files any petition or answer seeking reorganization,
readjustment or arrangement of its business under any law relating to bankruptcy or
insolvency, or if a receiver, trustee or liquidator is appointed for any of the property of
the Party and within 60 days thereof such Party fails to secure a dismissal thereof or (iii)
makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, then and in that event only, the Party
that is not the subject of such proceedings may terminate this Agreement immediately upon
written notice.
12.
Post-Termination; Expiration of Rights and Obligations
a) If this Agreement is terminated for any cause or no cause or expires, all rights to
use the Licensed Intellectual Property granted under this Agreement shall forthwith revert
to ALTISOURCE, and OCWEN and its receivers, representatives, trustees, agents,
administrators, successors, or permitted assigns shall have no right after the effective
date of termination to use or exploit any Licensed Intellectual Property, including no right
to use, sell, ship, market, or distribute products, services, or promotional materials
bearing the Licensed Marks, unless they have received the prior written approval of
ALTISOURCE. All materials bearing the Licensed Marks and all copies of materials embodying
or incorporating the Licensed Intellectual Property shall be destroyed or disposed of in a
manner authorized by ALTISOURCE. Upon ALTISOURCEs request, OCWEN shall provide evidence
satisfactory to ALTISOURCE of destruction or other disposition of such materials and things.
OCWEN must do all things necessary to withdraw all filings that reflect OCWEN as a
registered, licensed, or authorized user of any Licensed Intellectual Property.
b) If this Agreement is terminated for any cause or no cause or expires, all rights to
use the OCWEN IP granted under this Agreement shall forthwith revert to
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OCWEN, and ALTISOURCE and its receivers, representatives, trustees, agents,
administrators, successors, or permitted assigns shall have no right after the effective
date of termination to use or exploit any OCWEN IP, including no right to use, sell, ship,
market, or distribute products, services, or promotional materials bearing the marks
contained in the OCWEN IP, unless they have received the prior written approval of OCWEN.
All materials bearing the marks contained in the OCWEN IP and all copies of materials
embodying or incorporating the OCWEN IP shall be destroyed or disposed of in a manner
authorized by OCWEN. Upon OCWENs request, ALTISOURCE shall provide evidence satisfactory
to OCWEN of destruction or other disposition of such materials and things. ALTISOURCE must
do all things necessary to withdraw all filings that reflect ALTISOURCE as a registered,
licensed, or authorized user of any OCWEN IP.
c) If this Agreement is terminated for any cause or no cause or expires, all materials
containing Confidential Information of a Disclosing Party shall be destroyed or disposed of
in a manner authorized by the Disclosing Party. Upon the Disclosing Partys request, the
Receiving Party shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Disclosing Party of destruction
or other disposition of such materials and things.
d) Upon termination, all payments due a Licensor shall become immediately due and
payable.
13.
Notice of Infringement and Cooperation
a) ALTISOURCE, if it so desires, may commence to prosecute any proceedings, claims, or
suits to protect the Licensed Intellectual Property in ALTISOURCEs own name or in the name
of OCWEN or join OCWEN as a party thereto. OCWEN agrees to supply ALTISOURCE with such
information as ALTISOURCE may reasonably request, including information regarding sales and
promotion, to aid ALTISOURCE in the acquisition, maintenance, and renewal of applications
and registrations of the Licensed Intellectual Property, in the recordal of this Agreement,
in the entry of OCWEN as a registered or authorized user of the Licensed Intellectual
Property, or in furtherance of any other purpose related to the acquisition, preservation,
protection, or defense of the Licensed Intellectual Property.
b) OCWEN, if it so desires, may commence to prosecute any proceedings, claims, or suits
to protect the OCWEN IP in OCWENs own name or in the name of ALTISOURCE or join ALTISOURCE
as a party thereto. ALTISOURCE agrees to supply OCWEN with such information as OCWEN may
reasonably request, including information regarding sales and promotion, to aid OCWEN in the
acquisition, maintenance, and renewal of applications and registrations of the OCWEN IP, in
the recordal of this Agreement, in the entry of ALTISOURCE as a registered or authorized
user of the OCWEN IP or in furtherance of any other purpose related to the acquisition,
preservation, protection, or defense of the OCWEN IP.
c) Each Licensee agrees to notify the Licensor promptly in writing in the event it
becomes aware of any third party infringing, misusing, or otherwise violating any of the
rights of the Licensor in its Intellectual Property, or who the Licensee believes is,
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or may be infringing, diluting, or otherwise derogating the Intellectual Property of
the Licensor. The Licensor may, in its sole discretion, take action against such third
party to enforce its interests in its Intellectual Property, and in such event shall be
entitled to retain all monetary recovery from any such third party by way of judgment,
settlement, or otherwise. The Licensee agrees to cooperate promptly and fully with any such
effort, provided, however, that the Licensor shall reimburse the Licensee for all of its
out-of-pocket expenses, not including attorneys fees, incurred as a result of such
assistance.
14.
Dispute Resolution
.
a) It is the intent of the Parties to use reasonable best efforts to resolve
expeditiously any dispute, controversy or claim between or among them with respect to the
matters covered hereby that may arise from time to time on a mutually acceptable negotiated
basis. In furtherance of the foregoing, a Party involved in a dispute, controversy or claim
may deliver a notice (an
Escalation Notice
) demanding an in-person meeting
involving representatives of the Parties at a senior level of management (or if the Parties
agree, of the appropriate strategic business unit or division within such entity). A copy
of any such Escalation Notice shall be given to the General Counsel, or like officer or
official, of the Party involved in the dispute, controversy or claim (which copy shall state
that it is an Escalation Notice pursuant to this Agreement). Any agenda, location or
procedures for such discussions or negotiations between the Parties may be established by
the Parties from time to time;
provided
,
however
, that the Parties shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to meet within 30 days of the Escalation Notice.
15.
Indemnification
a) OCWEN shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless ALTISOURCE, each other member of the
ALTISOURCE Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and
employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the
ALTISOURCE Indemnitees
) with legal counsel reasonably
acceptable to ALTISOURCE from and against all demands, claims, injuries, losses, damages,
actions, suits, causes of action, proceedings, judgments, liabilities, and expenses,
including attorneys fees, court costs, and other legal expenses, arising out of or
connected with the violation of the proprietary rights of any third party through OCWENs
actions, including, but not limited to, liability due solely to the negligence or
recklessness of OCWEN, or of a breach of any representation or warranty made by OCWEN in
this Agreement. ALTISOURCE shall give to OCWEN notice of any such claim or suit as soon as
possible and afford OCWEN the opportunity to defend the claim at its own expense through
counsel of its own choice. Unless approved in writing, OCWEN, its representatives, agents,
and assigns shall not voluntarily settle any such claim or suit in a manner that might in
any way adversely affect or be in derogation of any rights of ALTISOURCE in and to the
Licensed Intellectual Property or constitute any admission in respect thereof or otherwise.
Nothing herein shall preclude ALTISOURCE from participating in any manner through counsel of
its own choosing at its own expense, and no approval by ALTISOURCE of any action by OCWEN
shall
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affect any right of ALTISOURCE to indemnification hereunder. ALTISOURCE agrees to
cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary to reduce or eliminate the indemnified
liability.
b) ALTISOURCE shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless OCWEN, each other member of the
OCWEN Group and each of their respective former and current directors, officers and
employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing
(collectively, the
OCWEN Indemnitees
) with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to
OCWEN from and against all demands, claims, injuries, losses, damages, actions, suits,
causes of action, proceedings, judgments, liabilities, and expenses, including attorneys
fees, court costs, and other legal expenses, arising out of or connected with the violation
of the proprietary rights of any third party through ALTISOURCEs actions, including, but
not limited to, liability due solely to the negligence or recklessness of ALTISOURCE, or of
a breach of any representation or warranty made by ALTISOURCE in this Agreement. OCWEN
shall give to ALTISOURCE notice of any such claim or suit as soon as possible and afford
ALTISOURCE the opportunity to defend the claim at its own expense through counsel of its own
choice. Unless approved in writing, ALTISOURCE, its representatives, agents, and assigns
shall not voluntarily settle any such claim or suit in a manner that might in any way
adversely affect or be in derogation of any rights of OCWEN or constitute any admission in
respect thereof or otherwise. Nothing herein shall preclude OCWEN from participating in any
manner through counsel of its own choosing at its own expense, and no approval by OCWEN of
any action by ALTISOURCE shall affect any right of OCWEN to indemnification hereunder.
OCWEN agrees to cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary to reduce or eliminate the
indemnified liability.
16.
Representations and Warranties
a) OCWEN represents on behalf of itself and each member of the OCWEN Group, and
ALTISOURCE represents on behalf of itself and each member of the ALTISOURCE Group, as
follows:
i) each Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has
taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform
each of this Agreement to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby; and
ii) this Agreement will be on or prior to the Separation Date duly executed and
delivered by it and constitutes, or will constitute, a valid and binding agreement of it
enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof.
17.
DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES
a) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, ALTISOURCE HAS NOT MADE, AND IS NOT
MAKING, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY TO OCWEN, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT
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TO THE LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THE SERVICES, OR THE PROSPECTS OF THE BUSINESS
TO BE CONDUCTED BY OCWEN. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY WARRANTED HEREIN, ALTISOURCE EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND DURABILITY; ANY WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT; AND ANY
WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. ALTISOURCE DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT ANY SOFTWARE OR SERVICES COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL MEET ALL OF OCWENS
REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE USE OF ANY SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED (FOR WHATEVER REASON), BE
FREE FROM PROGRAMMING OR OTHER ERRORS, OR WILL BE SAFE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS OR SECURITY
BREACHES. ALTISOURCE HAS NOT AUTHORIZED AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE ANY
WARRANTIES ON ALTISOURCES BEHALF.
b) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, OCWEN HAS NOT MADE, AND IS NOT
MAKING, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY TO ALTISOURCE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE OCWEN
IP, THE ALTISOURCE IP, THE SERVICES IT WILL PROVIDE TO ALTISOURCE, OR THE PROSPECTS OF THE
BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED BY ALTISOURCE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY WARRANTED HEREIN, OCWEN
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND DURABILITY; ANY WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INFRINGEMENT; AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. OCWEN
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SOFTWARE OR SERVICES COVERED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL MEET ALL OF
ALTISOURCES REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE USE OF ANY SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED (FOR
WHATEVER REASON), BE FREE FROM PROGRAMMING OR OTHER ERRORS, OR WILL BE SAFE FROM VIRUSES,
WORMS OR SECURITY BREACHES. OCWEN HAS NOT AUTHORIZED AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE
ANY WARRANTIES ON OCWENS BEHALF.
18.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OR NATURE OF ANY ACTION, CAUSE OF ACTION, OR CLAIM, UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL A PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR TREBLE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER; ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF
USE, LOSS OF BUSINESS REVENUE, LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOSS OF BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY; FAILURE TO REALIZE EXPECTED SAVINGS; OR COSTS OF COVER, ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
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LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THE OCWEN IP, OR THE ALTISOURCE IP, EVEN IF THE PARTY HAS
BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
19.
Costs and Expenses
a) Each Party shall bear and pay all costs and expenses arising in connection with its
performance under this Agreement.
b) In the event that a Licensee does not make any payment required under the provisions
of this Agreement to a Licensor when due in accordance with the terms hereof, the Licensor
may, at its option, charge the Licensee interest on the unpaid amount at the rate of 2% per
annum above the prime rate charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or its successor). In
addition, the Licensee shall reimburse the Licensor for all costs of collection of overdue
amounts, including any reasonable attorneys fees.
c) Should either Party incur any costs, including attorneys or experts fees, as a
result of a material breach of this Agreement by the other Party, the breaching Party shall
be liable to the non-breaching Party for all such costs in addition to any other relief to
which the non-breaching Party may be entitled.
20.
Miscellaneous
a)
Counterparts; Entire Agreement; Corporate Power
.
i) This Agreement and each other Ancillary Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, including by facsimile, all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by
each party hereto or thereto and delivered to the other parties hereto or thereto.
ii) This Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto contain the entire
agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, supersede all
previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings, commitments
and conversations with respect to such subject matter, and there are no agreements or
understandings between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof other than
those set forth or referred to herein or therein.
b)
Governing Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed wholly in such State and irrespective of the choice of
law principles of the State of New York, as to all matters.
c)
Assignability
. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party
hereto may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations
hereunder without the prior written approval of the other party hereto;
provided
,
however,
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that either Party may assign this Agreement without the consent of the other party to
any third party that acquires, by any means, including by merger or consolidation, all or
substantially all the consolidated assets of such Party, subject to Section 9j in the case
of a Software Change of Control. Further, any assignee of any licensed Intellectual Property
hereunder or any Person who acquires any right or title to any licensed Intellectual
Property following a Software Change of Control or otherwise shall take such licensed
Intellectual Property subject to the license set forth herein. Any purported assignment in
violation of this
Section 20(c)
shall be void and shall constitute a material breach
of this Agreement.
d)
Third-Party Beneficiaries
. Except for the indemnification rights under this
Agreement of any OCWEN Indemnitee or ALTISOURCE Indemnitee in their respective capacities as
such, (a) the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto
and are not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties hereto any rights or
remedies hereunder and (b) there are no third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this
Agreement shall not provide any third person with any remedy, claim, liability,
reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference
to this Agreement.
e)
Notices
. All notices or other communications under this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when (a)
delivered in person, (b) sent by telecopier (except that, if not sent during normal business
hours for the recipient, then at the opening of business on the next business day for the
recipient) to the fax numbers set forth below or (c) deposited in the United States mail or
private express mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to OCWEN, to:
Ocwen Financial Corporation
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100
West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: (561) 471-4264
If to ALTISOURCE to:
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
2-8 Avenue Charles De Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Fax No.: [
]
Either Party may, by notice to the other Party, change the address to which such notices are
to be given.
f)
Severability
. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof
to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
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invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof or thereof, or the
application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than
those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case
may be, is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon any such
determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a
suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of the Parties.
g)
Headings
. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
h)
Survival of Covenants
. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the
covenants in this Agreement and the liabilities for the breach of any obligations in this
Agreement contained in Sections 2, 3, 4, 7b, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and
20 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
i)
Waivers of Default
. Waiver by any Party hereto of any default by any other
Party hereto of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving
Party of any subsequent or other default.
j)
Specific Performance
. In the event of any actual or threatened default in,
or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the Party or
Parties who are to be hereby or thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific
performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under this Agreement, in
addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights
and remedies shall be cumulative. The other Party or Parties shall not oppose the granting
of such relief. The Parties to this Agreement agree that the remedies at law for any breach
or threatened breach hereof, including monetary damages, are inadequate compensation for any
loss and that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would
be adequate is waived. Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such
remedy are waived.
k)
Amendments
. No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed waived,
amended, supplemented or modified by any Party hereto, unless such waiver, amendment,
supplement or modification is in writing and signed by the authorized representative of the
Party against whom it is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement or
modification.
l)
Interpretation
. Words in the singular shall be held to include the plural
and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other genders as the
context requires. The terms hereof, herein, and herewith and words of similar import,
unless otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole (including
all of the schedules and exhibits hereto) and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. Section, Exhibit, and Schedule references are to the sections, exhibits, and
schedules of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference herein
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to this Agreement, unless otherwise stated, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, as permitted by
the terms hereof. The word including and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall mean including, without limitation, unless the context otherwise requires
or unless otherwise specified. The word or shall not be exclusive. There shall be no
presumption of interpreting this Agreement or any provision hereof against the draftsperson
of this Agreement or any such provision.
m)
Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Limitations
. Any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the courts of the State of
New York located in the County of New York or in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York (if any party to such action or proceeding has or can acquire
jurisdiction), and each of the Parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of each such court in any such action or proceeding, waives any objection it
may now or hereafter have to venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in
respect of the action or proceeding shall be heard and determined only in any such court and
agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in
any other court. The Parties to this Agreement agree that any of them may file a copy of
this paragraph with any court as written evidence of the knowing, voluntary and bargained
agreement between the Parties hereto irrevocably to waive any objections to venue or to
convenience of forum. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the first sentence
of this Section may be served on any Party to this Agreement anywhere in the world. Neither
Party hereto may bring an action against the other under this Agreement (whether for breach
of contract, negligence or otherwise) more than twelve months after that Party becomes aware
of the cause of action or one year after the termination of this Agreement, whichever is
shorter.
n)
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY,
WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE
SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
o)
Relationship
. The Parties are independent contractors and none of the
Parties is an employee, partner or joint venturer of the other. Under no circumstances
shall any of the employees of a Party be deemed to be employees of the other Party for any
purpose. No Party shall have the right to bind any other Party to any agreement with a
third party or to represent itself as a partner or joint venturer of the other by reason of
this Agreement.
p)
Compliance with Laws
. The Parties shall each comply with all applicable
laws and regulations and shall obtain all appropriate government approvals pertaining to
their respective operations.
q)
Force Majeure
. If the performance of this Agreement is interfered with by
any circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the Party affected, including without
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limitation governmental authority to grant any consent, approval, waiver, or
authorization, or any delay on the part of any governmental authority in granting any
consent, approval, waiver, or authorization, manufacturer or equipment vendor delays or
deficiencies including ability to process correctly calendar date-related data, delays in
repair or maintenance of sites due to restricted access by third parties, delays or barriers
to construction or coverage resulting from local zoning restrictions or frequency
coordination issues with incumbent wireless users, acts of God, such as fire, flood,
earthquake, or other natural cause, terrorist events, riots, insurrections, war or national
emergency, or strikes, boycotts, lockouts or other labor difficulties, the Party affected by
the force majeure is excused on a day-by-day basis to the extent of the interference;
provided that such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove the
causes of such nonperformance.
r)
Incorporation of Schedules and Exhibits
. The Parties agree that Schedules I
and II and Exhibit A are a part of this Agreement and may be modified to add, delete, or
otherwise change the terms of this Agreement from time to time. Such modified or additional
schedules and exhibits shall become a part of this Agreement from the date of such
modification.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, the Parties have caused this Intellectual Property Agreement to be
executed as of the date first written above by their duly authorized representatives.
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ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.à R.L.
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SCHEDULE I
ALTISOURCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Part A to Schedule I of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Patents
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Patents
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Issued
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U.S.
PTO Patent No.
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Issue Date
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Title
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7,412,418
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8/12/2008
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Expense Tracking,
Electronic Ordering,
Invoice Presentment,
and Payment System
and Method
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William C. Erbey, Russell Bulman,
Robert J. Leist, Mary Edgecomb,
Donald Vetal, Armand Bonola,
Stephanie Hudson, Jeffrey Neufeld,
Debra Toussaint-Blackman, Rosemary
Weaver, Sandra Blum, Federico Bucspun
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U.S.
10/918,699
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8/16/2004
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Method and System for
Providing Customer
Relations Information
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William C. Erbey, Scott
Paul Conradson
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U.S.
10/937,879
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9/10/2004
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Method and System for
Vendor Management
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Ralph J. Behmoiras
William C. Erbey
Arthur J. Castner
Christopher Kennedy
Keith S. Reno
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U.S.
09/512,845
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2/25/2000
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Method for Workflow
Processing Through
Computer Network
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Ravi Ramanathan
Edmund M. Johnson
Michael A. Graves
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U.S.
10/408,079
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4/4/2003
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Method and Apparatus for
Providing Selective
Access to Information
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Scott William Anderson
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10/102,104
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3/19/2002
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Management and Reporting
System and Process for Use
with Multiple Disparate
Database
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Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
10/957,689
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10/5/2004
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Management and
Reporting System and
Process for Use with
Multiple Disparate
Database
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Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
11/141,209
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6/1/2005
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Call Center Services
System and method
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Dale Pickford
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U.S.
11/301,247
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12/13/2005
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Product Optimizer
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Christopher Kennedy
William Erbey
Bryan Hurley
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U.S.
11/727,225
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4/4/2003
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Method and Apparatus
for Providing Selective
Access to Information
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Scott William Anderson
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U.S.
11/803,306
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5/22/2006
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Method and system for
Loan Closing
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William Erbey
Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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U.S.
11/802,308
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5/22/2007
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Method And System
For Exchange
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William Erbey
Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
Andrew Combs
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U.S.
12/111,714
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04/29/2008
(parent filing
12/08/2003)
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Expense Tracking,
Electronic
Ordering,
Invoice Presentment,
and Payment System
and Method
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William C. Erbey
Russell Bulman
Robert J. Leist
Mary Edgecomb
Donald Vetal
Armand Bonola
Stephanie Hudson
Jeffrey Neufeld
Debra Toussaint-Blackman
Rosemary Weaver
Sandra Blum
Federico Bucspun
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U.S.
12/335,196
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12/15/2008
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Vendor Assurance
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Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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U.S.
utility
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Unfiled
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
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William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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U.S.
12/334,168
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12/12/2008
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Ocwen Exchange
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Christopher Kennedy
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25
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Pending
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Ser. No.
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
12/404,958
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3/16/2009
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EXPENSE TRACKING,
ELECTRONIC ORDERING,
INVOICE PRESENTMENT,
AND PAYMENT SYSTEM
AND METHOD
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Russell Bulman;
Sandra Blum
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U.S.
60/163,228
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3/25/2009
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APPARATUS AND
METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN
ATTRIBUTES
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SALUJA, Amanjeet;
GUPTA,Ankush;
DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
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IN
2743 MUM 2008
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12/31/2008
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
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William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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IN
979 MUM 2009
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4/15/2009
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APPARATUS AND
METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN
ATTRIBUTES
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SALUJA, Amanjeet;
GUPTA, Ankush;
DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
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Part B to Schedule I of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Trademarks
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Trademarks
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Registered
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Country
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Trademark
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Reg. No.
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Class
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European Community
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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6380951
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09 , 36, 38
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European Community
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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6380943
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09 , 36 , 38
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European Community
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REALTRANS
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1174531
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38
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European Community
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REALTRANS & Arrow Design
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1174515
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38
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European Community
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REALTRANS.COM
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1174440
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38
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European Community
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WWW.REALTRANS.COM
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1174473
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38
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Japan
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REALSAMM
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4690653
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09
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Switzerland
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REALPORTAL
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578928
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09 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALSAMM
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578931
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09
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Switzerland
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REALSERVICING
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578930
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09 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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569462
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09
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Switzerland
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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569461
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09
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Switzerland
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REALTRANS
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578929
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38
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Taiwan
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REALSAMM
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092007306
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09
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United States of America
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REALPORTAL
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3333964
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09 , 42
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3083245
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09
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3283741
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38
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3493927
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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REALSAMM
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2863435
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09
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United States of America
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REALSERVICING
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2813709
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09 , 42
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United States of America
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REALSYNERGY
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2729544
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09
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United States of America
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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3481637
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09
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United States of America
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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3334360
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09
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United States of America
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REALTRANS
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2470168
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38
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United States of America
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WE MAKE YOUR LOANS WORTH MORE
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3410572
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35 , 36
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Benelux
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ALTISOURCE
*
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1179382
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Benelux
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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1179383
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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27
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Pending
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Country
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Mark
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App. No.
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Class
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European Community
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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8210155
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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European Community
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REALDOC
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8216673
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09 , 39, 42
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India
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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1804060
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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India
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REALDOC
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1807108
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09 , 39, 42
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India
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REALPORTAL
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1701114
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09 , 42
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India
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REALREMIT
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1701116
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38
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India
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REALSAMM
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1701113
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09
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India
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REALSERVICING
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1701115
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09 , 42
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India
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REALSYNERGY
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1701111
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09
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India
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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1613797
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09
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India
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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1613796
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09
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India
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REALTRANS
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1701112
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38
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Norway
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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Switzerland
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALDOC
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506092009
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09 , 39, 42
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Switzerland
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REALREMIT
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583202008
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38
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*
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|
Denotes intellectual property that is owned
by Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (formerly known as Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.à r.l., formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l.) prior to the
Separation. Such intellectual property is being included on this Schedule for
clarification purposes.
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Pending
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Country
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Mark
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App. No.
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Class
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Switzerland
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REALSYNERGY
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583182008
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09
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Turkey
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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United States of America
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HELPING HOMEOWNERS IS WHAT WE DO!
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77/103348
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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REALDOC
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77/596166
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09 , 39, 42
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United States of America
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THE LEADER IN LOSS MITIGATION!
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77/125656
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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77/593386
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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Uruguay
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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401.096
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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Benelux
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS & Design
*
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1182601
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Canada
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ALTISOURCE
*
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1437569
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Canada
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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1437570
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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European Community
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ALTISOURCE
*
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8226177
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 45
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European Community
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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8226185
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42, 45
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India
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ALTISOURCE
*
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Awaiting
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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India
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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Awaiting
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Mauritius
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ALTISOURCE
*
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MUM0909355
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Mauritius
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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MUM0909356
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Norway
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ALTISOURCE
*
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200904134
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Norway
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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200904135
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Switzerland
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ALTISOURCE
*
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54711/2009
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Switzerland
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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54708/2009
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Turkey
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ALTISOURCE
*
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Awaiting
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Turkey
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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Awaiting
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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United States of America
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ALTISOURCE
*
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77/726139
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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United States of America
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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS
*
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77/726143
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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Uruguay
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ALTISOURCE
*
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401631
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09, 35, 36, 38, 39, 42
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*
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Denotes intellectual property that is owned
by Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (formerly known as Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.à r.l., formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l.) prior to the
Separation.
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Part C to Schedule I of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Domain Names
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Domain Names
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alti-ltd.com
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altiportfoliosolutions.com
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alti-ps.com
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altisource.ch
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altisourcelimited.com
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altisource-ltd.com
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altisourceportfoliosolution.com
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altisource-ps.com
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altisource-pslimited.com
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altisourceus.com
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ora-rmsi.com
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pmos-llc.com
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premiumtitleservices.com
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realportal.com
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realremit.com
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realsamm.biz
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realsamm.com
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realservicing.biz
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realservicing.net
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realtrans.biz
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realtrans.com
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realtrans.info
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realtrans.net
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synergysoftware.com
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Alitsourcebid.com
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Alitsourcebid.org
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Alitsourcebid.us
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Altisourcehomes.com
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Altisourcehomes.net
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altisource.eu
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altisourceportfoliosolutions.eu
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altisource.lu
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altisource.co.nz
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altisource.ru
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altisource.net
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31
Part D to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Copyrights
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Registered
Copyrights
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Title of Work
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Registration No.
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Registration Date
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IMAP software
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TXu000999586
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May 22, 2001
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Unregistered Copyrights
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Title of Material
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Location
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BROCHURES/GUIDES/PAPERS
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Outsourcing for Maximum Returns:
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Four rules for moving beyond cost
cutting to strategic market
advantage
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
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Hybrid Outsourcing Solutions: A
case study on what one top loan
originator did to slash
underwriting costs
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
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Mortgage Industry Outsourcing
Survey: What the Mortgage Industry
Players Really Think
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
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Commercial Outsourcing White Paper
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_resources.cfm
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Monthly newsletters
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/
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Your Guide to Understanding Mortgage
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/Servicing_Brochure.pdf
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Money Management 101
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/UandM_Credit.pdf
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Making Timely Mortgage Payments
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/Timely_Payments.pdf
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Understanding Your Credit Score
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/em_credit_score.cfm
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Ocwens 15 Point Loan Servicing
Customer Commitment Plan
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/cp_cc.cfm
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Global Servicing Solutions Canada
Corp. Secures First Master
Servicing Contract
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/OCN-08-02f.pdf
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Global Servicing Solutions LLC
Establishes Loan and Real Estate
Servicing Office in Canada
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/ocn1118f.pdf
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Global Servicing Solutions Canada
Corp. Receives S&P Commercial
Mortgage Servicer Rating
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/ocn0223f.pdf
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US Structured Finance Servicer
Evaluation Commercial Mortgage
Servicer : Ocwen
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/OcwenV3.pdf
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Ocwen Live Wire Newsletters (June
2007 October 2007)
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/June2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/July2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/August2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/September2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/October2007_Livewire.doc
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SOFTWARE
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REALTrans
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Ocwen-India
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REALSAMM
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Ocwen-India
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REALSynergy
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Ocwen-India
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REALPortal
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Ocwen-India
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REALRemit
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Ocwen-India
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REALServicing
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Ocwen-India
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REALResolution
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Ocwen-India
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REALDoc
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Ocwen-India
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CIS (Customizable Imaging System)
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Ocwen-India
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WEBSITES
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globalservicingsolutions.com
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ora-rmsi.com
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realportal.com
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realtrans.com
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33
Part E to Schedule I of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Trade Secrets
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Trade Secrets
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REALTrans
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ORA Web Portal
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REALB2B
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REALRemit
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REALSAMM
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REALSynergy
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REALPortal
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REALServicing
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REALResolution (including Loss Mitigation, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Eviction,
Title Resolution, Mortgage Insurance, Accretion, Mortgage Insurance Reporting,
LRM, HMP, REO)
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REALDoc
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CIS (Customizable Imaging System)
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Collection Scripting System
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ACCESS Collection System
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Integrated Telephony Solution (includes IVR integration)
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Customer Relationship Expert (CRE)
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Property Manager
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Appraisal Manager (part of REALTrans extension)
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REALBid (Bid, Auction and Listing site)
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Stage V Reporting database and data transformations
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Integrations to Ocwen.com website from REAL applications
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Matrix
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Collateral Management System
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PMO (Project Management Office)
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SharePoint Repository
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Integration of REAL applications with external applications
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Full U.S. application based on 61/064,605 (00153) titled Expense Tracking,
Electronic Ordering and Payment System and Method; inventors R. Bulman and S.
Blum (due date for filing March 14, 2009)
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Method and System for Collections Optimization (unfiled patent);
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Pre-payment and Default Model (unfiled patent);
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Housing Price Index Model
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AVRM Model
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Behavioral sciences-based call
scripting
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Strategic tracting and reporting
dashboard
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Collector effectiveness model for
training and personnel selection
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Account scoring model for unsecured
collections
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Segmentation model for unsecured
collections
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Optimal resolution model for
unsecured collections
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34
SCHEDULE II
LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Part A to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Patents
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Patents
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Issued
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U.S. PTO Patent No.
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Issue Date
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Title
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Inventors
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7,412,418
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8/12/2008
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Expense Tracking, Electronic
Ordering, Invoice
Presentment, and Payment
System and Method
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William C. Erbey,
Russell Bulman,
Robert J. Leist,
Mary Edgecomb,
Donald Vetal,
Armand Bonola,
Stephanie Hudson,
Jeffrey Neufeld,
Debra Toussaint-Blackman,
Rosemary
Weaver,
Sandra Blum,
Federico
Bucspun
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Pending
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Ser. No.
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
10/918,699
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8/16/2004
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Method and System for
Providing Customer Relations
Information
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William C. Erbey,
Scott Paul
Conradson
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U.S.
10/937,879
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9/10/2004
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Method and System for Vendor
Management
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Ralph J. Behmoiras
William C. Erbey
Arthur J. Castner
Christopher Kennedy
Keith S. Reno
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U.S.
09/512,845
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2/25/2000
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Method for Workflow
Processing Through Computer
Network
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Ravi Ramanathan
Edmund M. Johnson
Michael A. Graves
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U.S.
10/408,079
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4/4/2003
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Method and Apparatus for
Providing Selective Access to
Information
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Scott William Anderson
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35
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Pending
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Ser. No.
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
10/102,104
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3/19/2002
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Management and Reporting
System and Process for Use
with Multiple Disparate
Database
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Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
10/957,689
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10/5/2004
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Management and Reporting
System and Process for Use
with Multiple Disparate
Database
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|
Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
11/141,209
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6/1/2005
|
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Call Center Services System
and method
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Dale Pickford
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U.S.
11/301,247
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12/13/2005
|
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Product Optimizer
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Christopher KennedyWilliam
ErbeyBryan Hurley
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U.S.
11/727,225
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4/4/2003
|
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Method and Apparatus for
Providing Selective Access to
Information
|
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|
Scott William Anderson
|
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U.S.
11/803,306
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5/22/2006
|
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Method and system for Loan
Closing
|
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William Erbey
Christopher
Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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36
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Pending
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Ser. No.
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
11/802,308
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5/22/2007
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Method And System For Exchange
|
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William Erbey
Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
Andrew Combs
|
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U.S.
12/111,714
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|
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04/29/2008 (parent
filing 12/08/2003)
|
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Expense Tracking, Electronic
Ordering, Invoice
Presentment, and Payment
System and Method
|
|
|
William C. Erbey
Russell Bulman
Robert J. Leist
Mary Edgecomb
Donald Vetal
Armand Bonola
Stephanie Hudson
Jeffrey Neufeld
Debra Toussaint-Blackman
Rosemary Weaver
Sandra Blum
Federico Bucspun
|
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U.S.
12/335,196
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12/15/2008
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Vendor Assurance
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Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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U.S.
utility
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Unfiled
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
|
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|
William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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U.S.
12/334,168
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12/12/2008
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Ocwen Exchange
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Christopher Kennedy
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37
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Pending
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Ser. No.
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
12/404,958
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3/16/2009
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EXPENSE TRACKING, ELECTRONIC
ORDERING, INVOICE
PRESENTMENT, AND PAYMENT
SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Russell Bulman;
Sandra Blum
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U.S.
60/163,228
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3/25/2009
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN ATTRIBUTES
|
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|
SALUJA, Amanjeet;
GUPTA,
Ankush; DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
|
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IN
2743 MUM 2008
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12/31/2008
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
|
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|
William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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IN
979 MUM 2009
|
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4/15/2009
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN ATTRIBUTES
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SALUJA, Amanjeet;
GUPTA,
Ankush; DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
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38
Part B to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Trademarks
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European Community
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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6380951
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09 , 36, 38
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European Community
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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6380943
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09 , 36 , 38
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European Community
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REALTRANS
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1174531
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38
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European Community
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REALTRANS & Arrow Design
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1174515
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38
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European Community
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REALTRANS.COM
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1174440
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38
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European Community
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WWW.REALTRANS.COM
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1174473
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38
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Japan
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REALSAMM
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4690653
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09
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Switzerland
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REALPORTAL
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578928
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09 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALSAMM
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578931
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Switzerland
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REALSERVICING
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578930
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09 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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569462
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09
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Switzerland
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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569461
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09
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Switzerland
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REALTRANS
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578929
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38
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Taiwan
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REALSAMM
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092007306
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09
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United States of America
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REALPORTAL
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3333964
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09 , 42
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3083245
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09
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3283741
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38
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3493927
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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REALSAMM
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2863435
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09
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United States of America
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REALSERVICING
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2813709
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09 , 42
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United States of America
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REALSYNERGY
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2729544
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09
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United States of America
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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3481637
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09
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United States of America
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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3334360
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09
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United States of America
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REALTRANS
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2470168
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38
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United States of America
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WE MAKE YOUR LOANS WORTH MORE
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3410572
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35 , 36
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39
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Pending
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Country
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Mark
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App. No.
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Class
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European Community
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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8210155
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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European Community
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REALDOC
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8216673
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09 , 39, 42
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India
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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1804060
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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India
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REALDOC
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1807108
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09 , 39, 42
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India
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REALPORTAL
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1701114
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09 , 42
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India
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REALREMIT
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1701116
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38
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India
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REALSAMM
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1701113
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09
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India
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REALSERVICING
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1701115
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09 , 42
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India
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REALSYNERGY
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1701111
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09
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India
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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1613797
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09
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India
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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1613796
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09
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India
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REALTRANS
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1701112
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38
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Norway
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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42
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Switzerland
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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42
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Switzerland
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REALDOC
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506092009
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09 , 39, 42
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Switzerland
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REALREMIT
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583202008
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38
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Switzerland
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REALSYNERGY
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583182008
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09
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Turkey
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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United States of America
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HELPING HOMEOWNERS IS WHAT WE DO!
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77/103348
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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REALDOC
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77/596166
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09 , 39, 42
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United States of America
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THE LEADER IN LOSS MITIGATION!
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77/125656
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35 , 36
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United States of America
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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77/593386
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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Uruguay
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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401.096
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09 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 42
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40
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Unregistered
Trademarks
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Location
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/nci.cfm#,
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RECOVER MORE!
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/bs_loanprocessing.cfm,
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CLOSE MORE LOANS!
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/
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GSS LOGO
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/
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GLOBAL SERVICING SOLUTIONS
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/
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GLOBAL EXPERIENCE ... LOCAL EXPERTISE
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/
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REALSynergy
PLUS
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/technology.html
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REALResolution
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/pdf/Moody_s.pdf
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41
Part C to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Domain Names
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Domain
Names
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ora-rmsi.com
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pmos-llc.com
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premiumtitleservices.com
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realportal.com
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realremit.com
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realsamm.biz
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realsamm.com
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realservicing.biz
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realservicing.net
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realtrans.biz
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realtrans.com
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realtrans.info
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realtrans.net
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synergysoftware.com
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42
Part D to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Copyrights
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Registered
Copyrights
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Title of Work
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Registration No.
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Registration Date
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IMAP software
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TXu000999586
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May 22, 2001
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43
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Unregistered
Copyrights
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Title of Material
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Location
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BROCHURES/GUIDES/PAPERS
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Outsourcing for Maximum Returns: Four
rules for moving beyond cost
cutting to strategic market
advantage
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
|
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Hybrid Outsourcing Solutions: A
case study on what one top loan
originator did to slash
underwriting costs
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
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Mortgage Industry Outsourcing
Survey: What the Mortgage Industry
Players Really Think
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_bpo.cfm#
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Commercial Outsourcing White Paper
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/BPO/bs_resources.cfm
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Monthly newsletters
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http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/
|
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Your Guide to Understanding Mortgage
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/Servicing_Brochure.pdf
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Money Management 101
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/UandM_Credit.pdf
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Making Timely Mortgage Payments
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/documents/pdf/Timely_Payments.pdf
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Understanding Your Credit Score
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/em_credit_score.cfm
|
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Ocwens 15 Point Loan Servicing
Customer Commitment Plan
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http://www.ocwencustomers.com/cp_cc.cfm
|
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Global Servicing Solutions Canada
Corp. Secures First Master
Servicing Contract
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/OCN-08-02f.pdf
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Global Servicing Solutions LLC
Establishes Loan and Real Estate
Servicing Office in Canada
|
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/ocn1118f.pdf
|
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Global Servicing Solutions Canada
Corp. Receives S&P Commercial
Mortgage Servicer Rating
|
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/ocn0223f.pdf
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US Structured Finance Servicer
Evaluation Commercial Mortgage
Servicer : Ocwen
|
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http://www.globalservicingsolutions.com/Press/OcwenV3.pdf
|
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Ocwen Live Wire Newsletters (June
2007 October 2007)
|
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|
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/June_2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/July_2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/August_2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/September_2007_Livewire.doc;
http://www.ocwenbusiness.com/documents/doc/October_2007_Livewire.doc
|
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SOFTWARE
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REALTrans
|
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Ocwen-India
|
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REALSAMM
|
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Ocwen-India
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REALSynergy
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Ocwen-India
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REALPortal
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Ocwen-India
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REALRemit
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Ocwen-India
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REALServicing
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Ocwen-India
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REALResolution
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Ocwen-India
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REALDoc
|
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Ocwen-India
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CIS (Customizable Imaging System)
|
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Ocwen-India
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WEBSITES
|
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globalservicingsolutions.com
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ora-rmsi.com
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realportal.com
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realtrans.com
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44
Part E to Schedule II of Intellectual Property Agreement:
Trade Secrets
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Trade Secrets
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REALTrans
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ORA Web Portal
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REALB2B
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REALRemit
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REALSAMM
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REALSynergy
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REALPortal
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REALServicing
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REALResolution (including Loss Mitigation, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Eviction,
Title Resolution, Mortgage Insurance, Accretion, Mortgage Insurance Reporting,
LRM, HMP, REO)
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REALDoc
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CIS (Customizable Imaging System)
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Collection Scripting System
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ACCESS Collection System
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Integrated Telephony Solution (includes IVR integration)
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Customer Relationship Expert (CRE)
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Property Manager
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Appraisal Manager (part of REALTrans extension)
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REALBid (Bid, Auction and Listing site)
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Stage V Reporting database and data transformations
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Integrations to Ocwen.com website from REAL applications
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Matrix
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Collateral Management System
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PMO (Project Management Office)
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SharePoint Repository
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Integration of REAL applications with external applications
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Full U.S. application based on 61/064,605 (00153) titled Expense Tracking,
Electronic Ordering and Payment System and Method; inventors R. Bulman and S.
Blum (due date for filing March 14, 2009)
|
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Method and System for Collections Optimization (unfiled patent);
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Pre-payment and Default Model (unfiled patent);
|
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Housing Price Index Model
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AVRM Model
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Behavioral sciences-based call
scripting
|
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Strategic tracting and reporting
dashboard
|
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Collector effectiveness model for
training and personnel selection
|
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Account scoring model for unsecured
collections
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Segmentation model for unsecured
collections
|
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Optimal resolution model for
unsecured collections
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EXHIBIT A
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS, OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, (
ASSIGNOR
), having a
place of business at:
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, FL 33409, USA
,, is
either the direct or indirect owner of all right, title, and interest in and to certain
intellectual property, consisting of all domestic and foreign patents, copyrights, trade names,
domain names, trademarks, service marks, registrations and applications for any of the foregoing,
databases, mask works, inventions, processes, know-how, procedures, computer applications, programs
and other software, including operating software, network software, firmware, middleware, design
software, design tools, systems documentation, manuals, and instructions, and other proprietary
information, technical and other data, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information,
lists, documents, and other proprietary rights, including without limitation those contained on the
attached schedule and those set forth in Exhibits A-D (collectively, the
Intellectual
Property
) used in connection with ASSIGNORs business as it relates to business process and
knowledge process outsourcing; and
WHEREAS,
ALTISOURCE Solutions S.à r.l.
, a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the
laws of Luxembourg (
ASSIGNEE
), seeks to acquire all right, title, and interest in and to
the Intellectual Property, including the goodwill represented thereby, and all applications and
registrations for the Intellectual Property;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, Assignor does hereby assign to Assignee all right, title, and interest in and
to the Intellectual Property, including all applications and registrations for the Intellectual
Property, together with the goodwill of the business symbolized by the Intellectual Property, and
the right to sue for and collect all awards, proceeds, and compensation accruing for past
infringements of the Intellectual Property. In furtherance hereof, Assignor and Assignee hereby
agree to execute all necessary documents to accomplish this Assignment, including executing
documents that are substantially in the forms attached hereto as follows:
Exhibit I Assignment of Patents
Exhibit II Assignment of Trademarks
Exhibit III Assignment of Copyrights
Exhibit IV Assignment of Domain Names
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EXHIBIT I
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
Company To Company Assignment
(WORLDWIDE PATENT RIGHTS)
WHEREAS,
Ocwen Financial Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as ASSIGNOR),
having a place of business at:
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, FL 33409,
USA
, is the owner of the entire right, title and interest in and to U.S. and foreign Patent
Applications and/or U.S. and foreign Patents attached hereto as Schedule A (the Patent Rights)
and the inventions claimed therein (the Inventions); and
WHEREAS,
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
(hereinafter referred to as ASSIGNEE),
having a place of business at:
2-8 Avenue Charles De Gaulle, L-1653 Luxembourg
, is desirous
of acquiring the full and exclusive right in and to said Inventions and all documents and things
relating to the conception, reduction to practice and/or practice of the Inventions (the Related
Documents) and the entire right, title and interest in and to said Patent Rights, including any
Letters Patent which may be granted therefor, in the United States and its territorial possessions
and in any and all foreign countries, including any and all divisions, continuations,
substitutions, renewals, re-examination, extension and reissues thereof, and any other applications
claiming priority thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00), the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, and for other good and valuable consideration, ASSIGNOR, by these presents,
does sell, assign and transfer unto said ASSIGNEE the full and exclusive right in and to said
Inventions, Patent Rights, and Related Documents in the United States and its territorial
possessions and in all foreign countries and the entire right, title and interest, including the
right to sue for past infringement, if any, and all rights pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §154, in and to
any and all Letters Patent which may be granted therefor in the United States and its territorial
possession and in any and all foreign countries and in and to any and all divisions, continuations,
substitutions, renewals, re-examination, extension and reissues thereof, and any other applications
claiming priority thereto;
ASSIGNOR hereby authorizes and requests the Patent Office Officials in the United States and
its territorial possessions and in any and all foreign countries to issue any and all of said
Letters Patent, when granted, to said ASSIGNEE as the assignee of the entire right, title and
interest in and to the same, for the sole use and behoof of said ASSIGNEE and said
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ASSIGNEEs successors and assigns, to the full end of the term for which said Letters Patent may be
granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held by ASSIGNOR had this assignment and
sale not been made.
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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ASSIGNEE:
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ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.à R.L.
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SCHEDULE A
TO
Company To Company Assignment
(WORLDWIDE PATENT RIGHTS)
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Patents
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Issued
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U.S. PTO Patent No.
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Issue Date
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Title
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Inventors
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7,412,418
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8/12/2008
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Expense Tracking, Electronic
Ordering, Invoice
Presentment, and Payment
System and Method
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William
C. Erbey,
Russell Bulman,
Robert J. Leist,
Mary Edgecomb,
Donald Vetal,
Armand Bonola,
Stephanie Hudson,
Jeffrey Neufeld,
Debra Toussaint-Blackman,
Rosemary
Weaver,
Sandra Blum,
Federico
Bucspun
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Pending
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
10/918,699
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8/16/2004
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Method and System for
Providing Customer Relations
Information
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William C. Erbey,
Scott Paul
Conradson
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U.S.
10/937,879
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9/10/2004
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Method and System for Vendor
Management
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Ralph J. Behmoiras
William C. Erbey
Arthur J. Castner
Christopher Kennedy
Keith S. Reno
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U.S.
09/512,845
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2/25/2000
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Method for Workflow
Processing Through Computer
Network
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Ravi Ramanathan
Edmund M. Johnson
Michael A. Graves
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U.S.
10/408,079
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4/4/2003
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Method and Apparatus for
Providing Selective Access to
Information
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Scott William Anderson
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Pending
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U.S.
10/102,104
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3/19/2002
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Management and Reporting
System and Process for Use
with Multiple Disparate
Database
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Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
10/957,689
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10/5/2004
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Management and Reporting
System and Process for Use
with Multiple Disparate
Database
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Christopher M. Ruby
Chase N. Tessman
Michael R. Langolf
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U.S.
11/141,209
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6/1/2005
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Call Center Services System
and method
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Dale Pickford
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U.S.
11/301,247
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12/13/2005
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Product Optimizer
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Christopher KennedyWilliam
ErbeyBryan Hurley
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U.S.
11/727,225
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4/4/2003
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Method and Apparatus for
Providing Selective Access to
Information
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Scott William Anderson
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U.S.
11/803,306
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5/22/2006
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Method and system for Loan
Closing
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William Erbey
Christopher
Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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50
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Pending
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Filing Date
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Title
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U.S.
11/802,308
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5/22/2007
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Method And System For Exchange
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William Erbey
Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
Andrew Combs
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Expense Tracking, Electronic
Ordering, Invoice
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William C. Erbey
Russell Bulman
Robert J. Leist
Mary Edgecomb
Donald Vetal
Armand Bonola
Stephanie Hudson
Jeffrey Neufeld
Debra Toussaint-Blackman
Rosemary Weaver
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U.S.
12/111,714
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04/29/2008 (parent
filing 12/08/2003)
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Presentment, and Payment
System and Method
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Sandra Blum
Federico Bucspun
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U.S.
12/335,196
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12/15/2008
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Vendor Assurance
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Christopher Kennedy
Bryan Hurley
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U.S.
utility
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Unfiled
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
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William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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U.S.
12/334,168
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12/12/2008
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Ocwen Exchange
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Christopher Kennedy
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Pending
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Filing Date
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Title
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Inventors
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U.S.
12/404,958
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3/16/2009
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EXPENSE TRACKING, ELECTRONIC
ORDERING, INVOICE
PRESENTMENT, AND PAYMENT
SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Russell Bulman; Sandra Blum
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U.S.
60/163,228
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3/25/2009
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN ATTRIBUTES
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SALUJA, Amanjeet; GUPTA,
Ankush; DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
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IN
2743 MUM 2008
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12/31/2008
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Method and System for
Collections Optimization
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William C. Erbey
Ron Faris
Ashish Pandey
Amanjeet Saluja
Deepak Dhayanithy
Saurav Chawla
Seth Carter
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IN
979 MUM 2009
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4/15/2009
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
MODELING LOAN ATTRIBUTES
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SALUJA, Amanjeet; GUPTA,
Ankush; DHAYANITHY, Deepak;
GUGLANI, Raman;
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EXHIBIT II
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS,
Ocwen Financial Corporation
, a Florida corporation, having a place of business at
1661 Worthington Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
(hereinafter
ASSIGNOR
), is the
owner of all right, title, and interest in, under and to the trademarks listed in Schedule A
attached hereto (hereinafter the Trademarks); and
WHEREAS
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
, a société à responsabilité limitée organized and
existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having a place of business at
2-8 Avenue Charles De Gaulle,
L-1653 Luxembourg
(hereinafter
ASSIGNEE
), is desirous of acquiring said Trademarks and
the registrations and applications therefor, along with the goodwill of the business pertaining
thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, for the sum of FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, said ASSIGNOR does hereby assign unto
the said ASSIGNEE all right, title and interest in, under and to the said Trademarks, together with
the goodwill of the business symbolized by the trademarks, the right to bring suit and recover
damages for past infringement, and the registrations and applications therefor. ASSIGNOR hereby
agrees to execute any additional documents to accomplish this Assignment.
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ASSIGNOR:
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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Date:
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Title:
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ASSIGNEE:
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ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS S.à R.L.
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Date:
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Title:
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53
SCHEDULE A
TO
TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT
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Trademarks
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Registered
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Trademark
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Class
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European Community
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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6380951
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European Community
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REALSynergy Logo (Black & White)
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European Community
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REALTRANS
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1174531
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European Community
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REALTRANS & Arrow Design
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1174515
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European Community
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REALTRANS.COM
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1174440
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European Community
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WWW.REALTRANS.COM
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1174473
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Japan
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REALSAMM
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4690653
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Switzerland
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REALPORTAL
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578928
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09 , 42
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Switzerland
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REALSAMM
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578931
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Switzerland
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REALSERVICING
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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REALSAMM
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092007306
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REALPORTAL
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09 , 42
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3083245
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3283741
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United States of America
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REALREMIT
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3493927
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United States of America
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REALSAMM
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2863435
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United States of America
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REALSERVICING
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United States of America
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REALSYNERGY
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REALSynergy & Design (Black & White)
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United States of America
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WE MAKE YOUR LOANS WORTH MORE
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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THINKING AHEAD. DELIVERING TODAY.
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REALDOC
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HELPING HOMEOWNERS IS WHAT WE DO!
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EXHIBIT III
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT
WHEREAS,
Ocwen Financial Corporation
, a Florida corporation, having a place of business
at
1661 Worthington Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409
(hereinafter
ASSIGNOR
) owns the
copyright in and to the work(s) shown on the attached Schedule A (hereinafter the Work(s)) and
has agreed to transfer to
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
, a société à responsabilité limitée
organized and existing under the laws of Luxembourg, having a place of business at
2-8 Avenue
Charles De Gaulle, L-1653 Luxembourg
(hereinafter
ASSIGNEE
) all right, title, and
interest in and to the Work(s); and
NOW, THEREFORE, for FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, ASSIGNOR hereby assigns and transfers to
ASSIGNEE, its successors and assigns, the entire right, title, and interest that ASSIGNOR owns or
may be deemed to own in and to the copyright(s) in the Work(s) throughout the world, and the right
to sue for and collect all awards, proceeds, and compensation accruing for past infringements of
the copyright(s) in the Work(s). In furtherance hereof, ASSIGNOR hereby agrees to execute any
additional documents to accomplish this transfer.
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EXHIBIT IV
TO
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT
DOMAIN NAME ASSIGNMENT
WHEREAS,
Ocwen Financial Corporation
, a Florida corporation (
ASSIGNOR
), has
registered and is the current owner of the domain names listed in Schedule A (the
Domain
Names
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WHEREAS, ASSIGNOR desires to transfer to
Altisource Solutions S.à r.l.
, a société à
responsabilité limitée of Luxembourg (
ASSIGNEE
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said Domain Names; and
WHEREAS, ASSIGNEE is desirous of acquiring said Domain Names.
NOW, THEREFORE, for the sum of FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00) and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, ASSIGNOR hereby assigns, transfers,
and conveys to ASSIGNEE, its successors, transferees, and assignees, all of ASSIGNORs right,
title, and interest in and to said Domain Names. ASSIGNOR hereby agrees to execute any additional
documents to accomplish this Assignment.
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SCHEDULE A
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DOMAIN NAME ASSIGNMENT
Domain
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alti-ltd.com
altiportfoliosolutions.com
alti-ps.com
altisource.ch
altisourcelimited.com
altisource-ltd.com
altisourceportfoliosolution.com
altisource-ps.com
altisource-pslimited.com
altisourceus.com
ora-rmsi.com
pmos-llc.com
premiumtitleservices.com
realportal.com
realremit.com
realsamm.biz
realsamm.com
realservicing.biz
realservicing.net
realtrans.biz
realtrans.com
realtrans.info
realtrans.net
synergysoftware.com
Alitsourcebid.com
Alitsourcebid.net
Alitsourcebid.org
Alitsourcebid.us
Alitsourcebid.biz
Altisourcebid.com
Altisourcebid.net
Altisourcebid.org
Altisourcebid.us
Altisourcebid.biz
Altisourcehomes.com
Altisourcehomes.net
Altisourcehomes.us
Altisourcehomes.org
Altisourcehomes.biz
Altisource-homes.com
Altisource-homes.net
Altisource-homes.us
Altisource-homes.org
Altisource-homes.biz
AltisourceHome.com
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Altisourcehome.net
Altisourcehome.us
Altisourcehome.org
Altisourcehome.biz
altisource.eu
altisourceportfoliosolutions.eu
altisource.lu
altisourceportfoliosolutions.lu
altisourceportfoliosolutions.ch
altisource.in
altisourceportfoliosolutions.in
altisource.ca
altisourceportfoliosolutions.ca
altisource.com.mx
altisourceportfoliosolutions.com.mx
altisource.cn
altisourceportfoliosolutions.cn
altisource.tw
altisourceportfoliosolutions.tw
altisource.hk
altisourceportfoliosolutions.hk
altisource.co.nz
altisourceportfoliosolutions.co.nz
altisource.ru
altisourceportfoliosolutions.ru
altisource.net
altisourceportfoliosolutions.net
altisource.org
altisourceportfoliosolutions.org
altisourceportfoliosolution.com
globalservicingsolutions.com
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Exhibit 99.1
[ ],
2009
Dear Shareholders of Ocwen Financial Corporation:
In November 2008, Ocwen Financial Corporation, which we refer to
as Ocwen, announced a plan to separate into two focused
companies. To accomplish this, we will consolidate most of the
Ocwen Solutions operations into an existing subsidiary, which
upon the separation will become a separate public company. After
the separation, this new business will conduct its operations as
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., which we refer to as
Altisource.
Altisource provides a robust suite of real estate mortgage
portfolio management and related technology products and asset
recovery and customer relationship management services. After
the separation, Ocwen will remain committed to providing high
quality asset management and loan servicing.
The separation of Altisource is expected to occur on
[ ],
2009, subject to certain closing conditions, by way of a pro
rata stock distribution to Ocwen shareholders. Each Ocwen
shareholder will receive one share of Altisource common stock
for every three shares of Ocwen common stock held as of the
close of business on
[ ],
2009, the record date of the separation.
As a holder of Ocwen common stock, you will automatically
receive Altisource common stock unless you sell your Ocwen
shares before the Separation Date in the regular way
market as described in the enclosed information statement. If
the number of shares of Ocwen common stock that you own is not a
multiple of three, you will receive a cash payment in lieu of
any fractional share that you otherwise are entitled to receive.
The number of shares of Ocwen common stock that you currently
own will not change as a result of the separation. Shareholder
approval of the separation is not required and is not being
sought. You do not need to take any action or pay any
consideration to receive the shares of Altisource in the
separation. Please do not send us certificates representing your
shares of Ocwen common stock.
The separation is also conditioned upon the receipt of a
favorable opinion of counsel confirming the transactions
tax-free status under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue
Code. A transaction that qualifies as a tax-free spin-off under
Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code is not taxable to
Ocwen, Altisource or Ocwen shareholders, except to the extent
that you receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Altisource
common stock.
Altisource has applied to list its common stock on The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC under the symbol ASPS. The common
stock of Ocwen will continue to trade on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol OCN.
The enclosed information statement, which is being mailed to all
Ocwen shareholders, describes the separation in detail and
contains important information about Altisource. We encourage
you to read this information statement carefully.
We believe the separation will enable Ocwen and Altisource
management to maximize strengths of their respective core
businesses. We are proud of what we have built at Ocwen and want
to ensure that we continue to capitalize on innovative ideas and
business opportunities. This is an exciting time for Ocwen and
Altisource and we believe this separation is in the best
interest of Ocwen shareholders. We remain committed to working
on behalf of you, our shareholders, to build long-term value.
Sincerely,
William C. Erbey
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
[ ],
2009
Dear Prospective Shareholders of Altisource Portfolio Solutions:
We look forward to welcoming you as a shareholder of Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.A., which we refer to as Altisource. We
believe that our independence will allow us to focus on our core
businesses and provides us with the financial and operational
flexibility to take advantage of opportunities in the knowledge
process outsourcing marketplace. At Altisource, we are committed
to enhancing our customers performance and profitability
by automating high value, knowledge-based job functions with
cutting edge solutions that improve our performance, resulting
in higher quality, faster delivery and increased margins for
both ourselves and our customers.
We expect Altisource to become a stand-alone newly-public
company on or about
[ ],
2009 upon receipt of all required approvals and satisfaction of
all other conditions. We anticipate that Altisources
shares will be listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the
symbol ASPS. Altisource will include the majority of
the operations within Ocwens Mortgage Services, Financial
Services and Technology Products business segments.
I encourage you to learn more about Altisource and the
objectives we will pursue as a stand-alone public company by
reading the enclosed information statement. It describes the
separation in detail including the conditions to the separation.
We look forward to creating long-term shareholder value for you
our shareholders.
Sincerely,
William B. Shepro
Chief Executive Officer
Information
contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
Registration Statement on Form 10 relating to these
securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE [ ], 2009
INFORMATION
STATEMENT RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMMON STOCK
OF
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
by
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
to Shareholders of Ocwen Financial Corporation
Ocwen Financial Corporation, which we refer to as Ocwen, has
decided to separate its Ocwen Solutions business (the
Restructuring) and to distribute all of our common
stock to Ocwens shareholders (the
Distribution). We refer to the Restructuring and the
Distribution collectively as the Separation. Immediately after
the Separation is completed, Altisource will be a stand-alone,
publicly traded company.
For every three shares of Ocwen common stock, par value $0.01
per share, which we refer to as Ocwen common stock, that you
hold as of the close of business on
[ ],
2009, the record date for the Distribution (the Record
Date), you will receive one share of Altisource common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, which we refer to as
Altisource common stock or our common stock. We expect Ocwen to
distribute shares of our common stock to Ocwens
shareholders on or about
[ ],
2009 (the Separation Date). As discussed more fully
in this information statement, if you sell shares of Ocwen
common stock in the regular way market, and the sale
of the shares settles before the Separation Date, you will be
selling your right to receive shares of Altisource common stock
in the Separation. See The Separation Trading
Before the Separation Date.
Because it is not required, we are not requesting that Ocwen
shareholders vote on the Separation, and you do not have to take
any other action in order to receive shares of Altisource common
stock. You will not be required to pay anything for the
Altisource common stock or to surrender any of your Ocwen common
stock. Please do not send us certificates representing your
shares of Ocwen common stock. We are not asking you for a proxy
and request that you do not send a proxy.
All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are currently
owned by Ocwen. Accordingly, there is no current trading market
for our common stock. We expect, however, that a limited trading
market for our common stock, known as a when issued
trading market, will develop two days prior to the Separation
date, and we expect regular way trading of our
common stock will begin the first trading day after the
Separation Date. We expect to list the Altisource common stock
on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol ASPS.
In reviewing this information statement, you should carefully
consider the matters described under the caption Risk
Factors beginning on page [11].
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved these
securities or determined if this information statement is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
This information statement does not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
The date of
this information statement is
[ ],
2009.
This
information statement was first mailed to Ocwen shareholders on
or about
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2009.
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We are furnishing this information statement solely to
provide information to Ocwen Financial Corporation shareholders
who will receive shares of our common stock in the Separation.
It is not and should not be construed as an inducement or
encouragement to buy or sell any of our securities or any
securities of Ocwen. This information statement describes our
business, the relationship between Ocwen and Altisource
Portfolio Solutions and how the Separation affects Ocwen and its
shareholders, and it provides other information to assist you in
evaluating the benefits and risks of holding or disposing of our
common stock that you will receive in the Separation. You should
be aware of certain risks relating to the Separation, our
business and ownership of our common stock, which are described
under the heading Risk Factors.
You should not assume that the information contained in this
information statement is accurate as of any date other than the
date on the cover. Changes to the information contained in this
information statement may occur after that date, and we
undertake no obligation to update the information except in the
normal course of our public disclosure obligations and
practices.
The information statement refers to certain trademarks and
service marks, including Altisource Portfolio Solutions,
Altisource, the REAL- family of trademarks and service marks,
including
REALTrans
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REALTrans
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REALSynergy
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and REALDoc, Nationwide Credit, Inc.(NCI) and NCI.
SUMMARY
This summary highlights selected information contained
elsewhere in this information statement relating to the
separation of Altisource Portfolio Solutions from Ocwen
Financial Corporation and the distribution of Altisource common
stock by Ocwen Financial Corporation to Ocwens
shareholders. This summary may not contain all of the
information that is important to you. To better understand the
Separation and Altisource Portfolio Solutions, you should
carefully read this entire information statement including the
risks described in Risk Factors and the combined
consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto
beginning on
page F-1.
All financial data and information in this information statement
that do not relate to compensation or share data is reported in
thousands, unless otherwise indicated.
We describe in this information statement the business to be
transferred to Altisource Portfolio Solutions in the Separation
as if the transferred business were Altisources business
for all historical periods described. We generally intend for
references in this information statement to Altisources
historical assets, liabilities, products, business or activities
of its business to refer to the historical assets, liabilities,
products, business or activities of the transferred business as
the business was conducted as part of Ocwen Financial
Corporation and its subsidiaries prior to the Separation.
In connection with the Separation, an existing Luxembourg
subsidiary of Ocwen Financial Corporation, Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.à r.l. (formerly known as Ocwen Luxembourg
S.à r.l.) converted to a Luxembourg société
anonyme on June 5, 2009 and revised its name accordingly to
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. Except as
otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
Altisource, Altisource Portfolio
Solutions, we, us, our
and the Company refer to Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.A., a Luxembourg public limited company and its
subsidiaries; all references to Ocwen are to Ocwen
Financial Corporation, a Florida corporation, and its
subsidiaries.
Why Ocwen
Financial Corporation Sent This Document to You
Ocwen sent this document to you because you are the holder of
Ocwen common stock on the Record Date for the distribution of
shares of Altisource common stock. On November 18, 2008,
Ocwen announced its intention to pursue a plan to consolidate
most of the business operations comprising Ocwens mortgage
services business, financial services business and technology
products business into an existing Ocwen subsidiary and then
separate such subsidiary into a standalone publicly-traded
company through a tax-free spin-off. Accordingly, upon
consummation of the Separation, you will be entitled to receive
one share of Altisource common stock for every three shares of
Ocwen common stock that you held on the Record Date. We expect
the Separation to occur on or about
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2009.
Shareholder approval of the Separation is not required and is
not being sought. No action is required by you in order to
participate in this Separation and you do not have to surrender
or exchange your shares of Ocwen stock or pay cash or any other
consideration to receive your shares of Altisource common stock.
The number of shares of Ocwen common stock that you currently
own will not change as a result of the Separation.
This information statement describes the business of Altisource,
Altisources relationship with Ocwen and how this
transaction affects Ocwen and its shareholders. In addition, it
provides other information to assist you in evaluating the
benefits and risks of holding or disposing of the Altisource
common stock that you will receive in the Separation.
Altisources
Business
Altisource provides real estate and mortgage portfolio
management and related technology products and asset recovery
and customer relationship management services.
Our competitive advantage is the ability to manage high value,
knowledge-based job functions efficiently while reducing
operating variability. In general, we utilize integrated
technology solutions that include pre-determined call scripts
for our customer service personnel based on psychological
principles and decision models. We operate our technology
platforms to manage large scale distributed networks of vendors.
This allows our customers to improve their business processes
while reducing costs. Along with expanding our use of integrated
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technology solutions, a central tenet to our strategy is a focus
on selling output or solutions, thereby enabling us to convert
operational efficiency gains into higher margins and
profitability per employee.
We conduct portions of our operations in all 50 states and
in four additional countries through three reporting segments:
Mortgage Services, Financial Services, and Technology Products.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, we generated revenues
of $160,363 and net income of $9,219.
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Our Mortgage Services business includes due diligence,
valuation, real estate sales, default processing services,
property inspection and preservation services, homeowner
outreach, closing and title services and knowledge process
outsourcing services. Mortgage Services supports mortgage
originators and servicers, insurance companies, hedge funds and
commercial banks. Our services span the lifecycle of a mortgage
loan from origination services through the disposition of real
estate owned properties (REO). For the year ended
December 31, 2008, this segment generated $54,956 in
revenue;
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customer relationship management services to the financial
services, consumer products, telecommunications and utilities
industries. In June 2007, we acquired Nationwide Credit, Inc.,
referred to as NCI, a leading accounts receivable
and customer relationship management company. NCI is one of the
ten largest receivables management companies in the United
States as reported in independent third party industry polls
conducted in 2007 and 2008. For the year ended December 31,
2008, this segment generated $73,835 in revenue; and
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Our Technology Products business consists of products and
services utilized in the mortgage industry including our REAL
suite of applications that provide technology products to serve
the needs of servicing and origination businesses. Our offerings
include commercial and residential loan servicing and loss
mitigation software, vendor management and a patented vouchless
payable system and information technology solutions to manage
and oversee payments to large-scale vendor networks. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, this segment generated
$45,283 in revenue.
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For the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately $41,635
of the Mortgage Services, $21,435 of the Technology Products and
$1,181 of the Financial Services segment revenues were from
services to Ocwen businesses not included in the Separation or
services derived from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio. We
consider certain services to be derived from Ocwens loan
servicing portfolio rather than provided to Ocwen because such
services are charged to the mortgagee
and/or
the
investor and are not expenses to Ocwen. These services included
residential property valuation, residential due diligence,
residential fulfillment support services, real estate management
and sales, property inspection and preservation, closing and
title services, core technology back office support and multiple
business technologies including our REAL suite of products. In
addition, our 2008 revenues include approximately $6,600 from
third-party customers that utilize our services primarily to
optimize their order and payment processes with Ocwen.
Ocwen and Altisource expect to enter into long-term servicing
contracts with up to eight year terms (subject to termination
rights), pursuant to which Altisource will provide Ocwen with
mortgage servicing and technology products services as described
above. We also expect to enter into a transition services
agreement under which Ocwen will provide to Altisource, and vice
versa, certain short-term transition services, such as human
resources, vendor management, corporate services, six sigma,
quality assurance, quantitative analytics, treasury, accounting,
risk management, legal, strategic planning, compliance and other
areas. We expect that all services provided pursuant to the
long-term service contracts will be based on market rates or
otherwise on arms-length terms that are materially consistent
with the rates we currently charge to Ocwen for these services.
We believe these rates to be market rates as they are consistent
with one or more of the following: the fees we charge to other
customers for comparable services; the rates Ocwen pays to other
service providers; market surveys prepared by unaffiliated
firms; and prices being charged by our competitors. We expect
that the transition services agreement will be based on
fully-allocated costs. These arrangements may involve, or may
appear to involve, conflicts of interest. See the
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detailed discussion in the Risk Factors,
Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation, Affiliate Relationships and Related
Party Transactions and Business sections of
this document.
Altisources
Competitive Strengths
Altisources strengths are:
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Altisource focuses on
selling process outputs and solutions instead of seats. Process
outputs and solutions are the number of units managed on behalf
of our client. Seats refer to charging a set rate per outsourced
employee or per minute of talk time. For example, in our
Mortgage Services business we generally charge for each
valuation, property inspection, title search and real estate
asset sold. In our Financial Services business, we generally
charge a percentage of the amount we collect on delinquent
consumer receivables on behalf of our clients. In our Technology
Products business, we generally charge our clients based upon
the number of the clients loans processed on the
Altisource licensed system, or based on the number of our
clients employees that are using the applicable systems.
Unlike a business model that sells all of its services on a per
person basis, this allows us to improve our margins as we become
more efficient in providing our services.
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We are well regarded in
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By utilizing
psychological principles, scripts, decision models and workflow
management, we believe that Altisource is able to reduce
variability and improve performance resulting in higher quality,
faster delivery and increased margins for both ourselves and our
customers.
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We have a cohesive management
team with significant experience. Our disciplined recruiting
practices include cognitive testing, personality screening and
behavioral interviewing for all levels of the Company.
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Strategy and Opportunities
At Altisource, we help our customers through automation of high
value, knowledge-based job functions utilizing technology
solutions that include psychological principles, scripts,
decision models and workflow management. Through automation, we
strive to reduce variability and improve our performance
resulting in higher quality, faster delivery and increased
margins for both ourselves and our customers. Central to our
strategy is our focus on selling output or solutions, rather
than seats, thereby enabling us to convert operational
efficiency gains into higher profitability per employee.
Provided below are our business strategies by segment:
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We believe our Mortgage
Services segment is poised to grow its revenue and earnings by
providing products and services primarily related to loans in
default and real estate serviced and or owned by Ocwen and third
parties. Currently, Ocwen pays approximately $400,000 per year
to vendors for various services primarily associated with
residential loan servicing and default management for its own
use or on behalf of the trusts and investors for which it
services. We believe that we will be able to capture additional
revenue annually over the next few years from recently launched
services including real estate sales, default processing
services, property inspection and preservation services,
homeowner outreach and title services. After firmly establishing
our capabilities in these services for Ocwen, we intend to sell
the same services to third parties.
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Financial Services.
Technology integration,
right-sizing U.S. infrastructure, data-driven variability
reduction initiatives including scripting based upon
psychological principles and focusing on core customers are some
of the initiatives we believe will allow us to lower
variability, reduce costs, improve margins and provide better
performance to current and future customers in our asset
recovery and customer relationship management business. We
believe we can use many of the same methods and processes that
enabled Ocwen to become one of the most efficient mortgage loan
servicers to generate growth and margin expansion in our
Financial Services segment.
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Technology Products.
Our Technology Products
segment supports the business lines within Mortgage Services and
drives operational excellence in the Financial Services segment.
We intend to sell our REAL suite of products as part of an
overall service solution that forms part of the business lines
of Mortgage Services. Technology Products supports Ocwens
information technology needs and where relevant, Technology
Products will be sold on a stand-alone basis to external
customers.
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Reasons
for the Separation
Ocwens Board of Directors determined that separating the
Altisource knowledge processing business from Ocwens loan
servicing business is in the best interests of Ocwens
shareholders. In arriving at its decision, the board considered,
among other factors, that the Separation will:
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Allow each of Ocwen and Altisource to separately focus on their
core business and be better able to respond to initiatives and
market challenges;
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Better position Altisource to pursue business opportunities with
other servicers;
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Provide Altisource the option of offering its stock as
consideration to potential acquisition targets (subject to
certain limitations, as for a period of two years following the
Separation, issuances of 50% or more of our common stock to one
entity may cause the Distribution to lose its tax-free treatment
for Ocwen; however, we believe that the impact of such loss of
the tax-free treatment for Ocwen would be mitigated
substantially because Ocwen shall recognize substantially all of
its gain in the Altisource business in connection with the
Restructuring as more fully described under Certain United
States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Separation);
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Grant Altisource flexibility in creating its own capital
structure which may include a subsequent raise of equity or
debt; and
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Allow potential investors to choose between the contrasting
business models of knowledge processing or servicing, each of
which may be valued differently by the equity markets.
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The Board of Directors of Ocwen believes that the Separation as
structured, with minimal Altisource debt, will give Altisource
the financial and operational flexibility to take advantage of
opportunities in the knowledge process outsourcing marketplace.
Regulatory
Approval
Apart from the registration under United States federal
securities laws of the Altisource common stock that will be
issued in the Separation, and the related Nasdaq Global Market
listing requirements, we do not believe that any other material
governmental or regulatory filings or approvals will be
necessary to consummate the Separation.
No
Appraisal Rights
Ocwen shareholders will not have appraisal rights in connection
with the Separation.
Risk
Factors
You should carefully consider the matters discussed under the
heading Risk Factors of this information statement.
Corporate
Information
Altisource is incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Altisource conducts its global operations in the United States,
Canada, Uruguay, Luxembourg and India. Our principal executive
offices are located in the City of Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, and our main telephone number is
407-737-5419.
Our corporate Web site is located at www.altisource.com. The
information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our
Web site is not part of this information statement.
The
Separation
We describe in this information statement the operations of
Altisource that will be contributed by Ocwen in connection with
the Restructuring as if Altisource were a separate business for
all historical periods presented. The
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operations represent the majority of Ocwens knowledge
process outsourcing line of business at the date of the
Separation. For additional information see
Introduction THE SEPARATION.
References in this information statement to our historical
assets, liabilities, services, businesses, employees or
activities generally refer to the historical assets,
liabilities, services, businesses, employees or activities of
the contributed businesses as they were conducted as part of
Ocwen and its subsidiaries before the Separation. Our historical
financial results contained in this information statement may
not be indicative of our financial results in the future as a
stand-alone company or reflect what our financial results would
have been had we been a stand-alone company during the periods
presented.
Questions
and Answers about Altisource and the Separation
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What assets, liabilities and
operations
will
comprise Altisource
in
connection with
the Separation?
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The majority of Ocwens knowledge process outsourcing
business (consisting of mortgage services, financial services
and technology products businesses) will be consolidated into
Altisource prior to the Distribution. Ocwens interest in
BMS Holdings, Inc., an equity investment which we refer to as
BMS, and Global Servicing Solutions, LLC, which we refer to as
GSS, will remain with Ocwen after the Separation. In connection
with the Separation, we expect to enter into a Separation
Agreement with Ocwen that will contain the key provisions
relating to the transaction including identification of the
assets to be transferred, liabilities to be assumed and
contracts to be assigned to us by Ocwen and will describe the
material terms of when and how these transfers, assumptions and
assignments will occur. In addition, we expect to enter into a
Tax Matters Agreement setting out each partys
rights and obligations with respect to federal, state, local and
foreign taxes for tax periods before the Separation and related
matters, certain indemnification rights and obligations with
respect to taxes for tax periods before the Separation and for
any taxes and associated adverse consequences resulting from the
transaction and certain restrictions designed to preserve the
tax-free status of the Distribution. See Risk
Factors Risk Factors Related to the
Separation. In connection with the Separation, we also
expect to enter into an Employee Matters Agreement
with Ocwen providing for the allocation of assets, liabilities
and responsibilities with respect to certain employee benefit
plans, policies and compensation programs. See Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Agreements With Ocwen.
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What will Altisources
Relationship
with
Ocwen be after the
Separation?
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In connection with the Separation, we expect to enter into a
two-year Transition Services Agreement under which
Ocwen and we will provide each other with certain services on an
interim basis. Post Separation, Altisources largest
customer will be Ocwen, and we will enter into long-term
servicing contracts for up to eight years with Ocwen. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, Ocwen represented 75.8% of
revenues for Mortgage Services, 47.3% for Technology Products,
1.6% for Financial Services or 40.1% of total Altisource
revenues. There are other arrangements between us and Ocwen that
will continue following the Separation. See Relationship
Between Ocwen and Us Following the Separation for
additional details of these agreements.
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Although Ocwen is a separate company, Ocwen and we will have the
same Chairman, William C. Erbey. Mr. Erbey currently owns
27.1% of Ocwen and will own 27.1% of our stock following the
Separation. This arrangement with Ocwen may involve, or may
appear to involve,
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conflicts of interest. See Certain Relationships and
Related Party Transactions.
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Will Altisource be subject to any
Anti-Takeover
Effects?
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Our formation and governance documents (under Luxembourg law,
our articles of incorporation) do not include many of the
typical provisions that would be considered to have an
anti-takeover effect (e.g., staggered board of directors, poison
pill or shareholder rights plan, etc.). However, approximately
27.6% of the voting power of our outstanding voting stock was
held by our directors and executive officers as of the record
date. This concentration of voting power could encourage or
discourage third parties from making proposals involving an
acquisition or change in control of Altisource since it could be
easier or more difficult for third parties to obtain any
requisite shareholder approval for acquisition or change in
control.
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See Business Government Regulation,
Description of Capital Stock and Anti-Takeover
Provisions.
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What are the United States Federal
Income
Tax
Consequences of the
Separation?
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The Distribution is conditioned upon the receipt of an opinion
of OMelveny & Myers LLP confirming the tax-free
status under Section 355 of the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The
opinion will be based on the assumption that, among other
things, the representations made, and information submitted, in
connection with each are accurate. Altisource has agreed to
indemnify Ocwen for tax liabilities resulting from the
Distribution under particular circumstances. Although the
Separation involves the use of existing Ocwen entities, as part
of the Restructuring, any assets that are transferred to
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. or
non-U.S.
subsidiaries will be taxable to Ocwen pursuant to
Section 367(a) of the Code.
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You are not expected to recognize any gain or loss for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a result of the Distribution,
except for any gain or loss attributable to the receipt of cash
in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock. See The
Separation Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences of the Separation for a more detailed
description of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the
Distribution.
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Each shareholder is urged to consult a tax advisor as to the
specific tax consequences of the Distribution to that
shareholder, including the effect of any U.S., state, local or
foreign tax laws and of changes in applicable tax laws.
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What are the risks associated with
Altisource and the
Separation?
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You should review the risks relating to the Separation, our
business and ownership of our common stock described in
Risk Factors.
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What will I receive as a result of the
Separation?
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For every three shares of Ocwen common stock that you owned on
the Record Date, you will receive one share of Altisource common
stock which we refer to as the Separation Ratio. If
you would be entitled to a fractional Altisource share of common
stock, you will receive instead a check for the market value
thereof. See The Separation Treatment of
Fractional Shares.
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When will the Separation occur?
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Ocwen currently anticipates completing the Separation on or
about
[ ],
2009, which we refer to as the Separation Date.
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What is the Record Date for the
Separation?
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The Record Date is
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2009, and ownership of Ocwen common stock was determined as of
5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on that date. When we refer to the
Record Date, we are referring to that date and time.
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Are there any conditions to the
Separation?
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The Separation is subject to certain conditions including but
not limited to confirmation of the tax-free treatment of the
spin-off, necessary regulatory approvals, any required lender
counterparty consents and final approval by the Ocwen Board of
Directors.
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Is shareholder approval required
for the
Separation?
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Shareholder approval is not required for the Separation. The
Separation will be accomplished by distributing all of the
shares of Altisource common stock to holders of Ocwen common
stock, which has been approved by the Ocwen Board of Directors
pursuant to its statutory authority under Florida law.
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What do I have to do to receive my shares
of
Altisource common
stock?
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Nothing. Your shares of Altisource common stock will be either
reflected in an account statement that our transfer agent,
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, will
send to you shortly after
[ ],
2009 or credited to your account with your broker or nominee on
or about
[ ],
2009.
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When will I receive my shares of
Altisource
common
stock?
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If you hold your Ocwen shares in your own name, then your
account statement reflecting the Altisource shares will be
mailed to you on or about
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2009. You should allow several days for the mail to reach you.
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If you hold your Ocwen shares through your broker or other
nominee, you are probably not a shareholder of record, and your
receipt of Altisource shares depends on your arrangements with
the nominee that holds your Altisource shares for you. Ocwen
anticipates that brokers and other nominees generally will
credit their customers accounts with Altisource shares on
or about
[ ],
2009, but you should check with your broker or other nominee.
See The Separation When and How You Will
Receive Altisource Common Stock.
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How will shares of Altisource common
stock
be distributed
to me?
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Ocwen will distribute the Altisource common stock by book entry.
If you were a record holder of Ocwen common stock on the record
date, then you will receive from our transfer agent shortly
after
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2009 a statement of your book entry account for the shares of
Altisource common stock that are distributed to you. You will
not receive physical stock certificates for your Altisource
common stock. If you were not a record holder of Ocwen common
stock on the record date because your shares are held on your
behalf by your broker or other nominee, then your shares of
Altisource common stock should be credited to your account with
your broker or nominee on or about
[ ],
2009.
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Will Ocwen distribute
fractional
shares?
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Fractional shares of Altisource common stock will not be issued
in the Separation. If you would be entitled to receive a
fractional share in the Separation, then you will instead
receive a cash payment in lieu of the fractional share which
cash payment may be taxable to you. See The
Separation Treatment of Fractional Shares.
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Will the Separation affect the market
price
of my Ocwen
shares?
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Following the Separation, Ocwen common stock will continue to be
listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol OCN.
As a result of the Separation, the trading price of Ocwen shares
immediately following the Separation may be lower than
immediately prior to the Separation. Net operating revenues for
Altisource were approximately $160,363 and $134,906 for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. Until the market has fully analyzed the operations
of Ocwen without Altisources business, the price of Ocwen
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shares may fluctuate significantly. See The
Separation Listing and Trading of the Shares of
Altisource Common Stock.
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Where will my shares of Altisource common
stock trade?
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We expect that the shares of Altisource common stock will be
authorized for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the
trading symbol ASPS following completion of the
Separation. Trading of Altisource common stock will begin on a
when-issued basis on
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2009. See The Separation Listing and Trading
of the Shares of Altisource Common Stock and
Description of Capital Stock Transfer
Restrictions.
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When will I be able to trade shares of
Altisource common
stock?
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Trading of Altisource common stock will begin on a
when-issued basis on
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2009. Regular-way trading will begin on the first
trading day after the Separation Date. In the context of a
spin-off, when-issued trading refers to securities transactions
made on or before the Separation Date and made conditionally
because the securities of the distributed entity have not yet
been distributed. When-issued trades generally settle within
three trading days after the Separation Date. On the first
trading day following the Separation Date, all when-issued
trading, if any, will end, and regular-way trading in shares of
Altisource common stock will begin. Regular-way trading refers
to trading after the security has been distributed and typically
involves a trade that settles on the third full trading day
following the date of the transaction. Shares of Altisource
common stock generally will be freely tradable after the
Separation Date although the share price may be subject to
greater trading volatility than Ocwen shares historically have
experienced. See The Separation Listing and
Trading of the Shares of Altisource Common Stock.
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What is Altisources
dividend
policy?
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We currently do not plan to pay dividends. The timing and amount
of future dividends, if any, will be determined by our Board of
Directors (subject to prior approval of or subsequent
ratification by our shareholders and will be evaluated from time
to time in light of our financial condition, earnings, growth
prospects, funding requirements, financing arrangements,
applicable law and other factors our Board of Directors deems
relevant.
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How will Altisource be managed?
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After the Separation, we will have an initial Board of Directors
consisting of
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William C. Erbey will be Chairman of our Board of Directors. See
Management The Board.
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Our Chief Executive Officer will be William B. Shepro, currently
an Executive Vice President of Ocwen. Our Chief Financial
Officer will be Robert D. Stiles, currently the Chief Financial
Officer of the Altisource businesses. Shekar Sivasubramanian,
currently the President of Mortgage Services and Technology
Products of Ocwen and John T. McRae, II, currently the
Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Credit, Inc. will have the
same titles in our company. Kevin J. Wilcox, currently the
Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of
Ocwen, will be Chief Administration Officer and General Counsel.
See Management Directors and Executive
Officers.
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How will existing stock options be
treated
in the
Separation?
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Currently, stock options are outstanding under Ocwens 2007
Equity Incentive Plan and Ocwens 1991 Non-Qualified Stock
Option Plan. Each outstanding Ocwen stock option will be
adjusted to reflect the
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value of Altisource stock distributed to Ocwen shareholders. At
the Separation Date, all holders of Ocwen stock options,
including Altisource employees and those who will remain with
Ocwen after the Separation, will receive the following:
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a new Altisource stock option (issued by Altisource)
to acquire the number of shares of Altisource common stock equal
to the product of (a) the number of Ocwen stock options
held on the Separation Date and (b) the distribution ratio
of one share of Altisource common stock for every three shares
of Ocwen common stock; and
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an adjusted Ocwen option for the same number of
shares of Ocwen common stock with a reduced exercise price per
stock option.
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We will determine the exercise price of the new Altisource stock
option and the adjusted Ocwen stock option based on the exercise
price ratio. We will calculate the exercise price ratio for each
individual stock option based on the ratio of the grant date
exercise price of the individual stock option to the fair market
value of the Ocwen stock immediately prior to the Separation.
For example, assume that the Ocwen stock trades at $12.00
immediately prior to the Separation, and an employee holds a
stock option with an exercise price of $8.00. The exercise
price ratio for this stock option is 66.7%. We then will apply
this exercise price ratio to the trading value of the Ocwen
stock and the Altisource stock on the date the Altisource stock
begins trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC to determine the
exercise price of the new Altisource stock option and the
adjusted Ocwen stock option.
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How will restricted shares be treated in
the
Separation?
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Holders of outstanding Ocwen restricted stock as of the date of
the Separation will receive one share of restricted stock of
Altisource for every three shares of restricted stock of Ocwen
consistent with the treatment of Ocwen common stock. These new
restricted shares will have the same terms and conditions as the
related Ocwen restricted shares, and the shares will vest on the
same dates that the Ocwen shares vest.
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Do I have appraisal rights in connection
with the Separation?
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No. Holders of Ocwen common stock have no appraisal rights
in connection with the Separation. See The
Separation No Appraisal Rights.
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Who is the transfer
agent for
Altisource
common stock?
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The transfer agent for Altisources common stock is
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. You can
contact the transfer agent at the following address and
telephone number:
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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
Telephone:
718-921-8200
Fax:
718-259-1144
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Please contact the transfer agent with any questions about the
Separation or if you need any additional information.
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Summary
Financial Data
Set forth below are summary selected combined consolidated
financial data for Altisource for each of the three years ended
December 31, 2008. We derived the combined consolidated
balance sheet data as of December 31,
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2008 and 2007 and the combined consolidated statement of
operations data for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2008 from our audited combined consolidated
financial statements included in this information statement. We
derived the combined consolidated balance sheet data as of
December 31, 2006 from unaudited, combined consolidated
financial information that are not included in this information
statement. The unaudited combined consolidated financial
statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited
combined consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion
of our management, include all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation
of the information set forth herein.
The selected historical financial data set forth below should be
read in conjunction with Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
the audited combined consolidated financial statements and the
related notes thereto. The selected historical financial data
reflect Altisources results as we historically have
operated as a part of Ocwen, and these results may not be
indicative of our future performance as a separate company
following the Separation and do not necessarily reflect what our
financial position, results of operations and cash flows would
have been had we operated as a separate, stand-alone public
entity during the periods presented. Operating expenses in the
historical income statements reflect direct expenses of our
business together with allocations of certain Ocwen corporate
expenses that have been charged to Altisource based on use or
other methodologies we believe appropriate for such expenses
(see the combined consolidated financial statements,
Note 1 Description of Business, Separation and
Basis of Presentation). In our opinion, these allocations have
been made on a reasonable and appropriate basis under the
circumstances. We include these allocations in selling, general
and administrative expenses, and they comprise all of the
transactions with related parties within this caption in the
table below. Per share data have not been presented since these
financial statements are prepared on a combined basis.
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As of and for the Years Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Revenue
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$
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160,363
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$
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134,906
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$
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96,603
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Cost of revenue
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115,048
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96,954
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72,163
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Gross profit
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45,315
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37,952
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24,440
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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28,088
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27,930
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17,622
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Income from operations
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17,227
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10,022
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6,818
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Other income (expense), net
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(2,626
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(1,743
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205
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Income before income taxes
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14,601
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8,279
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7,023
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Income tax provision
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(5,382
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(1,564
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(1,616
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Net income
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$
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9,219
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$
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6,715
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$
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5,407
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Total assets
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$
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76,675
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$
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92,845
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$
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22,205
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Total liabilities
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$
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16,129
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$
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17,171
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$
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7,357
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Transactions with related parties included above:
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Revenue
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$
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64,251
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$
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59,350
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$
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51,971
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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$
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6,208
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$
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8,864
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$
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9,103
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Other income (expense), net
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$
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2,269
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$
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965
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$
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503
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The operations of NCI are included in our combined consolidated
financial statements effective June 6, 2007, the date of
acquisition. NCI is a receivables management company
specializing in contingency collections and customer
relationship management for credit card issuers and other
consumer credit providers. The allocation of the purchase price
has resulted in total goodwill and intangibles of $52,124 at
December 31, 2007. NCI revenues and operating expenses
(including both cost of revenue and selling, general and
administrative expenses) for 2008 were $69,623 and $74,763,
respectively. For the 2007 period, NCI revenues and operating
expenses were $35,999 and $38,406, respectively.
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RISK
FACTORS
RISKS
RELATED TO THE SEPARATION:
Our
historical financial information may not be indicative of our
future results as a stand-alone public company.
The historical financial information included in this
information statement may not reflect what our results of
operations, financial condition and cash flows would have been
had we been a stand-alone public company during the periods
presented or be indicative of what our results of operations,
financial condition and cash flows may be in the future when we
are a stand-alone company. This primarily is because:
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the historical financial information does not reflect the
increased costs associated with being a stand-alone company
including maintaining a separate Board of Directors and
obtaining a separate audit as well as changes that we expect in
our tax profile, personnel needs, financing and operations of
the contributed business as a result of the Separation from
Ocwen. We are unable to estimate the amount of such expenses;
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there is no assurance that the transition services agreement and
servicing arrangements with Ocwen will cover all of the related
service costs as anticipated at the time of Separation.
Additionally, there is no assurance that Ocwen will not
terminate the servicing contracts early (which is permitted
under certain circumstances) leaving us with excess
infrastructure and reducing our revenues and earnings; and
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after the Separation, we will maintain our own credit, banking
and vendor relationships and may not be able to procure the
rates and terms that Ocwen historically has been able to obtain
because of its size in comparison to Altisource. Additionally,
because of the tightening of the credit markets, we may not be
able to procure additional cash, if needed, to maintain or grow
the business and fund operations beyond the available cash flow
generated by our businesses.
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have never operated on a stand-alone basis, and our transition
to a standalone operation may adversely affect our ability to
conduct business.
Historically, our business principally operated as business
units of Ocwen. We will need to replicate certain facilities,
systems, infrastructure and personnel to which we will no longer
have access after the Separation. We will incur capital and
other costs associated with developing and implementing our own
support functions in these areas. This transition may constrain
or otherwise adversely affect our ability to conduct business.
Our
status as a foreign corporation may subject us to greater
international risk than Ocwen.
Ocwen is a Florida corporation with its headquarters in the
United States. Altisource is organized under the laws of
Luxembourg and a significant portion of our employees and assets
are located outside the United States. We may be affected by a
number of factors relating to our international operations,
including potential changes in:
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economic conditions from country to country;
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political conditions, trade protection measures, licensing and
other legal requirements;
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tax laws in Luxembourg or India, where we have substantial
operations, or in the United States particularly as they relate
to assets contributed by a U.S. corporation to a
non-U.S. corporation prior to a spin-off; and
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the perception of our existing and potential customers of
non-U.S. companies.
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Altisource
is a Luxembourg company and it may be difficult for you to
enforce judgments against it or its directors and executive
officers.
Altisource is a public limited company organized under the laws
of Luxembourg. As a result, the rights of shareholders are
governed by Luxembourg law and the articles of incorporation of
Altisource. The rights of shareholders under Luxembourg law may
differ from the rights of shareholders of companies incorporated
in other jurisdictions. A significant portion of the assets of
Altisource is located outside the United States. It may be
difficult for investors to enforce in the United States
judgments obtained in U.S. courts against Altisource or its
directors
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based on the civil liability provisions of the
U.S. securities laws, or to enforce in Luxembourg judgments
obtained in other jurisdictions, including the United States.
The
market price and trading volume of our common stock may be
volatile and may be affected by market conditions beyond our
control.
Prior to the Separation, our common stock had no trading market.
We expect to list our common stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market
LLC. We expect trading in our common stock to commence on a
when issued basis on or about
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2009.
Neither we nor Ocwen can assure you as to the trading prices of
our common stock after the Separation. Although we have applied
to list our common stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, an
active trading market in our common stock might not develop or
continue. Unless and until our common stock is fully distributed
and an orderly market develops, the prices at which our stock
trades may fluctuate significantly. In addition, the combined
trading prices of Ocwen common stock and our common stock after
the Separation may, in the aggregate, be less than, equal to or
greater than the trading prices of Ocwen common stock prior to
the Separation. The market price of our common stock may
fluctuate in response to many things including but not limited
to:
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quarterly variations in actual or anticipated results of our
operations;
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changes in financial estimates by securities analysts;
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actions or announcements by our competitors;
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regulatory actions;
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changes in the market outlook for the lending, credit card and
real estate industries;
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technology changes in our business segments; and
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departure of our key personnel.
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The market prices of securities of information technology and
services providers have experienced fluctuations that often have
been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating results of
these companies. These market fluctuations could result in
extreme volatility in the price of our shares of common stock.
Furthermore, our smaller size and different investment
characteristics, including our internationally based
headquarters, may not appeal to the current investor base of
Ocwen which may seek to dispose of large amounts of our common
stock following the Separation. There is no assurance that there
will be sufficient buying interest to offset those sales and,
accordingly, the price of our common stock could be depressed
and/or
experience periods of high volatility.
The
value we attribute to the Ocwen and Altisource common stock for
the purpose of determining the revised exercise price of the
Ocwen stock options and the exercise price of the new Altisource
stock options might not be equivalent to the Ocwen and
Altisource market prices following the Separation.
In connection with the Separation, all holders of Ocwen stock
options will receive: (1) a new Altisource stock option to
acquire the number of shares of Altisource common stock equal to
the product of (a) the number of Ocwen stock options held
on the Separation Date and (b) the distribution ratio of
one share of Altisource common stock for every three shares of
Ocwen common stock; and (2) an adjusted Ocwen option for
the same number of shares of Ocwen common stock with a reduced
exercise price per stock option. We will determine the exercise
price of the new Altisource stock option and the adjusted Ocwen
option based on the exercise price ratio. We will calculate the
exercise price ratio for each individual stock option based on
the ratio of the grant date exercise price of the individual
stock option to the fair market value of the Ocwen stock
immediately prior to the Separation. We then will apply this
exercise price ratio to the trading value of the Ocwen stock and
the Altisource stock on the date the Altisource stock begins
trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC to determine the exercise
price of the new Altisource stock option and the adjusted Ocwen
option. Although the intrinsic value (the difference between the
market price of the stock and the exercise price of the stock
option) of the stock option to its holder will be the same as of
the Separation Date, fluctuations in the market price of the
Ocwen and Altisource common stock may cause
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this ratio to vary greatly following the Separation. In
addition, although the intrinsic value will be the same, the
fair value of the option may be different due to potential
changes in the expected stock price volatility, option life and
other factors we use to determine fair value using the
Black-Scholes options pricing model.
If the
Distribution does not qualify as a tax-free transaction, taxes
could be imposed on Ocwen, Altisource and our shareholders, and
we have indemnified Ocwen for payment of taxes and tax-related
losses.
It is a condition to completing the Separation that Ocwen
receive an opinion from Ocwens special tax advisor
confirming that for United States federal income tax purposes
the Distribution qualifies as a tax-free spin-off under
Section 355 of the Code. A Distribution that so qualifies
will not be taxable to Altisource or its shareholders except to
the extent shareholders receive payment for fractional shares.
Pursuant to Treasury regulations under Section 367(b) of
the Code, Ocwen will recognize a portion of its gain realized
pursuant to the Distribution; however, because the
pre-Distribution Restructuring will be taxable to Ocwen, such
gain should not be material. Altisource has agreed to indemnify
Ocwen for certain tax liabilities, and this indemnity
obligation, if triggered, could have a material adverse effect
on Altisources financial condition and results of
operations. Ocwen will be subject to tax on certain of the asset
transfers within Ocwen that are made in the pre-Distribution
Restructuring, and under the applicable Treasury regulations,
each member of Ocwens consolidated group at the time of
the Separation (including several Altisource subsidiaries) would
be severally liable for such tax liability. If the Distribution
does not qualify as a tax-free transaction for United States
income tax purposes, Ocwen shareholders generally would be
treated as if they received a distribution equal to the full
fair market value of the Altisource common stock on the date of
the Separation.
Even if the Distribution were to otherwise qualify for tax-free
treatment under Section 355 of the Code, it would become
taxable to Ocwen pursuant to Section 355(e) of the Code if
stock representing a 50% or greater interest in Ocwen or
Altisource were acquired by one or more persons, directly or
indirectly, as part of a plan or series of related transactions
that included the Distribution. If the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) were to determine that acquisitions of Ocwen
common stock or Altisources common stock, either before or
after the Distribution, were part of a plan or series of related
transactions that included the Distribution, this determination
could result in the recognition of gain by Ocwen under
Section 355(e). See Certain Relationships and Related
Party Transactions Agreements with Ocwen
Tax Matters Agreement.
The
tax liability to Ocwen as a result of the Restructuring could be
substantial.
In the pre-Distribution Restructuring, any assets that are
transferred to Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. or
non-U.S. subsidiaries
will be taxable pursuant to Section 367(a) of the Code, or
other applicable provisions of the Code and Treasury
regulations. The taxable gain recognized by Ocwen attributable
to the transfer of assets to Altisource will equal the excess of
the fair market value of each asset transferred over
Ocwens basis in such asset. Ocwens basis in some
assets transferred to Altisource may be low or zero which may
result in a substantial tax liability to Ocwen. In addition, the
amount of taxable gain will be based on a determination of the
fair market value of Ocwens transferred assets. The
determination of fair market values of non-publicly traded
assets is subjective and could be subject to closing date
adjustments or future challenge by the IRS which could result in
an increased United States federal income tax liability to Ocwen.
We are
agreeing to certain restrictions to help preserve the tax-free
treatment to Ocwen of the Distribution which may reduce our
strategic and operating flexibility.
In order to help preserve the tax-free treatment of the
Distribution, we have agreed not to take certain actions without
first securing the consent of certain Ocwen officers or securing
an opinion from a nationally recognized law firm or accounting
firm that such action will not cause the Distribution to be
taxable. In general, such actions will include (i) for a
period of two years after the Separation, engaging in certain
transactions involving (a) the acquisition of our stock or
(b) the issuance of shares of our stock and
(ii) repurchasing or repaying our new debt prior to
maturity, other than in accordance with its terms, or modifying
the terms of the debt in any manner.
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The covenants in, and our indemnity obligations under, the Tax
Matters Agreement may limit our ability to pursue strategic
transactions or engage in new business or other transactions
that may maximize the value of our business. These covenants and
indemnity obligations might discourage, delay or prevent a
change of control that could be favorable to our common
shareholders.
We
anticipate that the Distribution will trigger conversion rights
and a change in the conversion rate under Ocwens 3.25%
Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior Notes due 2024 that may
have a dilutive effect on Ocwen shareholders.
Ocwen currently has $56,445 in aggregate outstanding principal
amount of 3.25% Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior Notes
due 2024 that contain certain conversion rights for the holders
of the notes. Conversion rights would be triggered if the value
of the Altisource common stock distributed in the Distribution
has a per share value exceeding 10% of the closing sales price
of the Ocwen common stock on the business day preceding the
announcement of the Separation. We expect the Altisource per
share value to exceed this 10% trigger, and as a result
additional shares of Ocwen common stock may be issued and a
further dilutive effect on Ocwens share price might occur
as a result thereof. In addition, regardless of whether the
conversion rights are triggered, the Distribution will result in
an increase in the conversion rate under the convertible notes,
which is the ratio of the number of shares of Ocwen stock into
which the notes are convertible. This increase in the applicable
conversion rate may have a further dilutive effect.
New
prospective tax regulations, if held applicable to the
Separation, could materially increase tax costs to Altisource
and/or Ocwen.
On June 10, 2009, the IRS issued new regulations under
Section 7874 of the Code. The IRS further indicated that it
intends to issue additional regulations with respect to
transactions where a U.S. corporation contributes assets,
including subsidiary equity interests, to a foreign corporation
and distributes the shares of such corporation, as in the
Separation. Our understanding of the IRSs plans regarding
these forthcoming regulations is that they would apply to the
Separation only if the value of assets held by Ocwens
corporate or partnership subsidiary entities (either currently,
or those that were distributed from such entities as part of the
plan encompassing the Separation) exceeds, in the aggregate, 60%
of the value of Altisource when contributed to Altisource. It is
not certain, however, what these regulations will provide for
once adopted. Prior to completing the Separation, Ocwens
board of directors will require Ocwen and Altisource to receive
a valuation from an independent valuation firm that will enable
the Company to determine whether the value of these assets is
less than 60% of the value of Altisource. Because we believe the
value of these assets does not exceed the 60% threshold, as we
expect to be confirmed by information we derive from the
independent valuation, we do not believe that Code
Section 7874 applies to the Separation. The independent
valuation is not binding on the IRS. If the IRS were to
successfully challenge this valuation, and find that the value
of these assets exceeds 60% of the value of Altisource, then
Ocwen would not be permitted to offset gain recognized on the
transfer of these assets to Altisource with net operating
losses, tax credits or other tax attributes. This could
materially increase the tax cost to Ocwen of the Separation. If
the IRS were to successfully challenge this valuation and find
that the value of these assets exceeded 80% of the value of
Altisource, then instead of recognition of gain on the transfer
of the assets to Altisource, Altisource would be treated as a
U.S. domestic corporation. As such, without further changes to
the Code or to its legal structure, Altisource would pay income
taxes in both the U.S. and Luxembourg with no deduction or
credit for taxes paid to the other country. This would have a
material adverse impact on Altisources worldwide tax
expense.
We
could be required to expend significant money and time in order
to comply with the provisions of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act beginning in 2010.
Although Ocwen is currently subject to Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Altisource will not be subject to the
provisions of the act until 2010. In evaluating the internal
control structure as a separate stand-alone entity, we may be
required to expend significant financial resources and divert
time that management would otherwise have to operate our
business in order to become compliant with the regulations of
the act, which could have an impact on our results of operations.
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RISKS
RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS IN GENERAL:
Our
business is dependent on our ability to grow, and an inability
to attract new customers could adversely affect
us.
Our business is dependent on our ability to grow which is
affected by our ability to retain and expand our existing client
relationships and our ability to attract new customers. Our
ability to retain existing customers and expand those
relationships is subject to a number of risks including the risk
that:
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we do not maintain or improve the quality of services that we
provide to our customers;
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we do not maintain or improve the level of attention expected by
our customers;
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we do not successfully leverage our existing client
relationships to sell additional services; and
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we do not provide competitively priced services.
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We may expend significant resources in order to attract new
customers. Our ability to attract new customers is subject to a
number of risks including:
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the market acceptance of our service offerings;
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the quality and effectiveness of our sales force; and
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the competitive factors within the mortgage and receivables
management industries.
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If our efforts to retain and expand our client relationships and
to attract new customers do not prove effective, it could have a
materially adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and financial condition.
Our
continuing relationship with Ocwen may inhibit our ability to
obtain and retain other customers that compete with
Ocwen.
Our chairman currently owns 27.1% of Ocwens common stock
and will own 27.1% of our common stock as of the Separation
Date, subject to dilution due to stock option exercises or
conversion of some or all of Ocwens 3.25% Contingent
Convertible Unsecured Senior Notes due 2024. We generated
approximately 40.1% of our revenues in 2008 from Ocwen. For up
to two years following the Separation, we and Ocwen will provide
transition services to each other. We also expect to retain
Ocwen as a significant customer for the foreseeable future.
Given this close and continuing relationship with Ocwen, we may
encounter difficulties in obtaining and retaining other
customers who compete with Ocwen. Should these other potential
customers continue to view Altisource as part of Ocwen or as too
closely related to or dependent upon Ocwen, they may be
unwilling to utilize our services and our growth could be
inhibited as a result.
A
substantial part of our revenues and external cash flows will be
generated by providing outsourcing services to Ocwen, and we are
exposed to the risk of Ocwens termination, non-renewal or
inability to pay for such services.
We currently generate approximately 40% of our revenue from
Ocwen. After the Separation, Ocwen will be contractually
obligated to purchase services (subject to termination under
certain provisions) from us as more fully
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described in Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following
the Separation. These services include, but are not
limited to, the following:
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Mortgage Services
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Technology Products
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valuation services
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residential loan servicing software
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residential due diligence
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vendor management and order fulfillment software
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residential fulfillment support services
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default resolution services
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real estate management and sales
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IT infrastructure support
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property inspection and preservation services
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invoice presentment and payment software
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closing and title services
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commercial loan servicing software
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homeowner outreach
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trustee foreclosure services
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mortgage charge-off and deficiency collections
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Ocwen is not restricted from redeveloping these services
internally after the Separation. Furthermore, we expect, at
least in the near term, we may generate an even greater portion
of our revenue from Ocwen. If Ocwen either cancels services
provided by us or is no longer able to pay for our services, it
would have a materially adverse effect on our business, results
of operations and financial condition and cash flows which we
may not be able to survive.
Additionally, Altisource may not identify all or accurately
price the services and transition services provided to Ocwen. We
will have diminished leverage with Ocwen after the Separation
and could achieve lower margins than originally budgeted. We may
not be able to renegotiate executed agreements and
pre-determined rate cards which could result in our earning
lower margins or incurring a loss on services provided. This
situation may result in our being legally required to provide
services at below market rates. The inability to renegotiate
contracts would adversely affect our results of operations and
financial condition.
We are
dependent on certain key customer relationships, the loss or
inability to pay of any of which could reduce our
revenues.
In addition to our relationship with Ocwen described above, we
are dependent on a few key customers for a significant portion
of our revenues, particularly within our Financial Services
segment where American Express accounted for 25.8% of our 2008
revenues. Our relationship with American Express is governed by
an agreement, which generally sets out the guidelines on which
we will provide services to American Express, although each
separate assignment for American Express must be separately
agreed to by American Express and is separate from the
agreement. American Express is not contractually obligated to
continue to use our services at historical levels or at all. The
relationship is terminable by American Express by giving
30 days prior written notice to us. While no other
individual client represents more than 10% of our consolidated
revenues, we are exposed to customer concentration. Most of our
customers are not contractually obligated to continue to use our
services at historical levels or at all. The loss of any of
these key customers or their failure to pay us could reduce our
revenues and adversely affect results of operations.
The
application of our integrated technology solutions to additional
processes may not achieve consistent results, thereby adversely
affecting our results of operations and financial
condition.
Our business plan involves applying our integrated technology
solutions to processes that have not previously had them
applied. There can be no assurance that this expanded use of
integrated technology, including our scripts and decisions
models, will be as successful in our processes as compared to
previous applications to other processes such as servicing. If
we are less successful than anticipated, we could experience a
negative impact on our results of operations and financial
condition.
If we
do not adapt our services to changes in technology or in the
marketplace, or if our ongoing efforts to upgrade our technology
are not successful, we could lose customers and have difficulty
attracting new customers for our services.
The markets for our services are characterized by constant
technological changes, frequent introductions of new services
and evolving industry standards. Our future success will be
significantly affected by our ability to
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enhance our current services and develop and introduce new
services that address the increasingly sophisticated needs of
our customers and their customers. These initiatives carry the
risks associated with any new service development effort
including cost overruns, delays in delivery and performance
monitoring. There can be no assurance that we will be successful
in developing, marketing and selling new services that meet
these changing demands; that we will not experience difficulties
that could delay or prevent the successful development,
introduction and marketing of these services; or that our new
services and their enhancements will adequately meet the demands
of the marketplace and achieve market acceptance, which could
have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of
operations.
We
operate in a competitive business environment, and if we are
unable to compete effectively, our results of operations and
financial condition may be adversely affected.
The markets for our services are intensely competitive. Our
competitors vary in size and in the scope and breadth of the
services they offer. We compete for existing and new customers
against both third parties and in-house capabilities of our
customers. Some of our competitors have substantial resources
and are better known in the marketplace. In addition, we expect
that the markets in which we compete will continue to attract
new competitors and new technologies. There can be no assurance
that we will be able to compete successfully against current or
future competitors or that competitive pressures we face in the
markets in which we operate will not materially adversely affect
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Some
of our contracts contain provisions which, if triggered, could
result in lower future revenues and have a material adverse
effect on our business, results of operation and financial
condition.
Many contracts contain provisions that would require us to pay
penalties
and/or
provide the right to terminate the contract if we do not meet
pre-agreed service level requirements. If we are unable to meet
these requirements, significant penalties may be imposed which
in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business,
results of operations and financial condition.
We
could have conflicts with Ocwen, and the Chairman of our Board
of Directors, and other officers and directors could have
conflicts of interest due to their relationships with Ocwen and
Altisource, which may be resolved in a manner adverse to
us.
Conflicts may arise between Ocwen and Altisource as a result of
our ongoing agreements and the nature of our respective
businesses. Among other things, we will become a party to a
variety of agreements with Ocwen in connection with the
Separation, and we may enter into further agreements with Ocwen
after the Separation. Certain of our executive officers and
directors may be subject to conflicts of interest with respect
to such agreements and other matters due to their relationships
with Ocwen.
William C. Erbey, who will become our non-executive Chairman of
the Board as a result of the Separation, is currently the Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Ocwen. As a
result, he has obligations to us as well as to Ocwen and may
potentially have conflicts of interest with respect to matters
potentially or actually involving or affecting us and Ocwen.
Mr. Erbey owns substantial amounts of Ocwen common stock
and stock options because of his relationships with Ocwen. In
addition, certain of our directors and executive officers,
including Mr. Shepro who also serves as a director, also
own Ocwen stock and stock options due to similar current or past
relationships with Ocwen. Such ownership could create or appear
to create potential conflicts of interest when our non-executive
Chairman of the Board and executive officers are faced with
decisions that involve Ocwen, Altisource or any of their
respective subsidiaries.
Matters that could give rise to conflicts between us and Ocwen
include, among other things:
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our ongoing and future relationships with Ocwen, including
related party agreements and other arrangements with respect to
the administration of tax matters, employee benefits,
indemnification and other matters;
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the quality and pricing of services that we have agreed to
provide to Ocwen or that it has agreed to provide to us; and
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any competitive actions by Ocwen.
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Ocwen is not limited in its ability to compete with us. Although
we derive a substantial portion of our revenues within our
Mortgage Services and Technology Products divisions from Ocwen,
Ocwen is under no obligation to deal exclusively with us.
However, the long-term services agreements contain a right of
first opportunity in the event Ocwen seeks additional related
services, which obligates Ocwen to seek such services from us
before negotiating with other third parties. We will also seek
to manage these potential conflicts through dispute resolution
and other provisions of our agreements with Ocwen and through
oversight by independent members of our Board of Directors.
There can be no assurance that such measures will be effective,
that we will be able to resolve all conflicts with Ocwen or that
the resolution of any such conflicts will be no less favorable
to us than if we were dealing with a third party.
Our
success depends on our senior management team, and if we are not
able to retain them, it could have a material adverse effect on
us.
We are highly dependent upon the continued services and
experience of our senior management team. We depend on the
services of members of our senior management team to, among
other things, continue the development and implementation of our
growth strategies and maintain and develop our client
relationships.
Our
global operations expose us to risks including fluctuations in
currency exchange rates that could adversely affect our results
of operations.
We provide services through global locations primarily in
Canada, India, the United States, Luxembourg and Uruguay. Any
political or economic instability in these countries could
result in our having to replace or reduce our operations which
may impact our costs, including labor costs, and have an adverse
impact on our results of operations. A decrease in the value of
the U.S. dollar in relation to the currencies of the
countries in which we operate could increase our cost of doing
business in those countries. In addition, we expect to expand
our operations in existing as well as other countries and,
accordingly, will face similar risks with respect to the costs
of doing business in such countries including the effect of any
decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to
the currencies of such countries. We currently do not intend to
hedge these risks, and if we do so in the future, there is no
guarantee that we will successfully hedge them.
The
continuing crisis in the credit markets may restrict our
liquidity and may make it difficult or impossible for us to
obtain any required additional financing.
The domestic and international credit markets continue to
experience significant dislocation. In the event that we need
additional financing for our business or for acquisitions, we
may have a difficult time obtaining that financing. In addition,
the crisis in the credit markets may have an adverse effect on
our customers.
We are
dependent on our employees, and an increase in our turnover rate
could have a material adverse effect.
We are dependent on our ability to attract, hire and retain
qualified employees. Our industry, by its nature, is labor
intensive and experiences a high employee turnover rate. Many of
our employees receive modest hourly wages, and some of these
employees are employed on a part-time basis. A higher turnover
rate among our employees would increase our recruiting and
training costs and could adversely impact the quality of
services we provide to our customers. If we were unable to
recruit and retain a sufficient number of employees, we would be
forced to limit our growth or possibly curtail our operations.
Growth in our business requires us to recruit and train
qualified personnel at an accelerated rate from time to time. We
cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to hire,
train and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees to
meet the needs of our business or to support our growth. If we
are unable to do so, our results of operations could be harmed.
Any increase in hourly wages, costs of employee benefits or
employment taxes could also have a materially adverse affect on
our results of operations.
Technology
failures could damage our business operations and increase our
costs.
The financial services industry as a whole is characterized by
rapidly changing technologies, and system disruptions or
failures may interrupt or delay our ability to provide services
to our customers. Since we operate on a
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global basis, we utilize the services of third-party vendors to
provide us telecommunication services. Any sustained and
repeated disruptions in these services may have an adverse
impact on our costs. The secure transmission of confidential
information over the Internet is essential to maintaining
consumer confidence. Security breaches, acts of vandalism and
developments in computer capabilities could result in a
compromise or breach of the technology that we use to protect
our customers personal information and transaction data.
Consumers generally are concerned with security breaches and
privacy on the Internet, and Congress or individual states could
enact new laws regulating the electronic commerce market that
could adversely affect us and our results of operations.
If we
fail to comply with privacy regulations imposed on providers of
services to financial institutions, our business could be
harmed.
As a provider of services to financial institutions, we are
bound by the same limitations on disclosure of the information
we receive from our customers that apply to the financial
institutions themselves. If we fail to comply with these
regulations, we could be exposed to suits for breach of contract
or to governmental proceedings; our customer relationships and
reputation could be harmed; and we could be inhibited in our
ability to obtain new customers. In addition, the adoption of
more restrictive privacy laws or rules in the future on the
federal or state level could have an adverse impact on us.
Consolidation
in the Banking and Financial Services industry could adversely
affect our revenues by eliminating some of our existing and
potential customers and could make us more dependent on a more
limited number of customers.
There has been and continues to be substantial merger,
acquisition and consolidation activity and outright failure of
entities in the Banking and Financial Services industry.
Mergers, consolidations and failures of banks and financial
institutions in the future could reduce the number of our
customers and potential customers which could adversely affect
our revenues even if these events do not reduce the aggregate
activities of the consolidated entities. If our customers merge
with or are acquired by other entities that are not our
customers, or that use fewer of our services, they may
discontinue or reduce their use of our services. In addition, it
is possible that the larger banks or financial institutions
resulting from mergers or consolidations would have greater
leverage in negotiating terms with us or could decide to perform
in-house some or all of the services which we currently provide
or could provide. Any of these developments could have a
material adverse effect on our business and results of
operations.
Our
business is subject to extensive regulation, and failure to
comply with existing or new regulations may adversely impact
us.
Our business is subject to extensive regulation by federal,
state and local governmental authorities including the Federal
Trade Commission and the state agencies that license certain of
our mortgage related services and collection services. We also
must comply with a number of federal, state and local consumer
protection laws including, among others, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate
Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair
Credit Reporting Act and the Homeowners Protection Act. These
statutes apply to debt collection, foreclosure and claims
handling, and they mandate certain disclosures and notices to
borrowers. These requirements can and do change as statutes and
regulations are enacted, promulgated or amended.
We are subject to certain federal, state and local consumer
protection provisions. We also are subject to licensing and
regulation as a mortgage service provider
and/or
debt
collector in a number of states. We are subject to audits and
examinations that are conducted by the states in which we do
business. Our employees and businesses that sell title insurance
products and real estate services may be required to be licensed
by various state commissions for the particular type of product
sold and to participate in regular continuing education
programs. From time to time, we receive requests from state and
other agencies for records, documents and information regarding
our policies, procedures and practices regarding our mortgage
services and debt collection business activities. We incur
significant ongoing costs to comply with governmental
regulations.
The volume of new or modified laws and regulations has increased
in recent years and, in addition, some individual municipalities
have begun to enact laws that restrict mortgage service
activities. If our regulators impose
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new or more restrictive requirements, we may incur additional
significant costs to comply with such requirements which could
further adversely affect our results of operations or financial
condition. In addition, our failure to comply with these laws
and regulations can possibly lead to civil and criminal
liability; loss of licensure; damage to our reputation in the
industry; fines and penalties, and litigation, including class
action lawsuits or administrative enforcement actions. Any of
these outcomes could harm our results of operations or financial
condition.
RISKS
AFFECTING OUR MORTGAGE SERVICES BUSINESS:
Mortgage
Services is affected by seasonality, and our quarterly revenues
could vary as a result.
Seasonality affects loan originations, as loan originations and
payoffs are typically at their lowest levels during the first
and fourth quarters due to a reduced level of home buying
activity during the winter months. Loan originations and payoffs
generally increase during the warmer months beginning in March
and continuing through October. As a result, we may experience
higher earnings in the second and third quarters and lower
earnings in the first and fourth quarters.
Decreased
lending and real estate activity may reduce demand for certain
of our services and adversely affect our results of
operations.
The recent dislocation in the mortgage market has resulted in an
unprecedented decline in the number of loans originated, and our
revenues related to services that support the loan origination
market have been impacted negatively as a result.
In addition, recently the Office of Federal Housing Oversight
(now known as the Federal Housing Finance Administration)
increased the amounts of mortgage loans that Government
Sponsored Entities (GSEs) are allowed to hold in
their portfolios. The GSEs purchase of mortgage loans that
are currently made on a non-agency basis effectively shrinks the
size of the non-agency mortgage market. Mortgage loans that are
insured by the Federal Housing Administration, referred to as
FHA loans, are known as agency loans. Mortgages that are not FHA
loans are known as non-agency loans. Our customers primarily
service mortgages that are not insured by the FHA and therefore
are non-agency mortgages. If the GSEs use their expanded
authority or if these changes are extended or made permanent,
our customers may reduce their involvement in the market for
non-agency loans resulting in a reduction in securitization
activity and demand for all of our mortgage services. Similarly,
the expanding role of the Federal Housing Administration to
include issuing mortgages to borrowers who were previously
candidates for subprime mortgages may also decrease the demand
for non-agency mortgages and may result in a reduction in
securitization activity and demand for our services. While we do
provide limited services to one of the GSEs, we may not be able
to maintain or increase the amount of services we provide to the
GSEs in amounts satisfactory to offset the decline in services
provided to other customers. Further, in the event that levels
of home ownership were to decline or other factors were to
reduce the aggregate number of U.S. mortgage loans, our
revenues from Mortgage Services and Technology Products could be
adversely affected.
In the
wake of the current crisis in the mortgage market, there could
be adverse regulatory consequences or litigation that could
affect us.
Various aspects of our businesses are subject to federal and
state regulation. The sharp rise in home foreclosures that
started in the United States during the fall of 2006 and
accelerated in 2007 and 2008 has begun to result in
investigations and lawsuits against various parties commenced by
various governmental authorities and third parties. It also has
resulted in governmental review of aspects of the mortgage
lending business which may lead to greater regulation in areas
such as appraisals, default management, loan closings and
regulatory reporting. Such actions and proceedings could have
adverse consequences that could affect our business.
Over the last few months, the New York Attorney General
(NYAG) has been conducting an inquiry into various
practices in the mortgage market, including a review of the
possibility that conflicts of interest have in some cases
affected the accuracy of property appraisals. To our knowledge,
the NYAGs inquiry does not specifically focus on Ocwen or
the Altisource business or its or their practices. Recently, the
NYAG announced a resolution of a portion of this inquiry with
respect to the GSEs, the Federal National Mortgage Association
(Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac). Under agreements entered
into with the NYAG,
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each committed to adopt a new Home
Valuation Code of Conduct referred to as the Home Valuation
Code. This Home Valuation Code establishes requirements
governing appraiser selection, compensation, conflicts of
interest and corporate independence, among other matters. Both
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have agreed that they will not
purchase any single family mortgage loans, other than
government-insured loans, originated after January 1, 2009
from mortgage originators that have not adopted the Home
Valuation Code with respect to such loans. Among other things,
the Home Valuation Code prohibits mortgage lenders from
utilizing any appraisal report prepared by an appraiser employed
by the lender, an affiliate of the lender, a real estate
settlement services provider or an affiliate of a real estate
settlement services provider.
At this time, we are unable to predict the ultimate effect of
the Home Valuation Code on our business or results of operations.
States
might hinder or restrict our ability to provide title
services.
The title agency and related services we provide are conducted
through an underwritten title company, title agencies and
individual title officers. Our title agency is domiciled in
Florida and generally is limited by requirements to maintain
specified levels of net worth and working capital and to obtain
and maintain a license when required in each of the states in
which it operates. Title agencies also are subject to regulation
by the insurance or banking regulators in many jurisdictions.
These regulators generally require, among other items, that
agents and individuals obtain and maintain a license and be
appointed by a title insurer. States might deny us the ability
to provide title services, or we may be limited in our ability
to work with underwriters in certain states.
Regulation
of the legal profession may constrain our operations and could
impair our ability to provide services to our customers and
reduce our revenues and profitability.
Each state has adopted laws, regulations and codes of ethics
that provide for the licensure of attorneys which grants
attorneys the exclusive right to practice law and places
restrictions upon the activities of licensed attorneys. The
boundaries of the practice of law, however, are
indistinct, vary from one state to another and are the product
of complex interactions among state law, bar associations and
constitutional law formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Many states define the practice of law to include the giving of
advice and opinions regarding another persons legal
rights, the preparation of legal documents or the preparation of
court documents for another person. In addition, all states and
the American Bar Association prohibit attorneys from sharing
fees for legal services with non-attorneys.
Pursuant to services agreements between us and our law firm
customers, we provide mortgage default processing services.
Current laws, regulations and codes of ethics related to the
practice of law pose the following principal risks:
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State or local bar associations, state or local prosecutors or
other persons may challenge the services provided by us as
constituting the unauthorized practice of law. Any such
challenge could have a disruptive effect upon the operations of
our business including the diversion of significant time and
attention of our senior management. We also may incur
significant expenses in connection with such a challenge
including substantial fees for attorneys and other professional
advisors. If a challenge to our operations were successful we
may need to materially modify our professional services
operations in a manner that could adversely affect our revenues
and profitability, and we could be subject to a range of
penalties that could damage our reputation in the legal markets
we serve. In addition, any similar challenge to the operations
of our law firm customers could adversely impact their mortgage
default business which would in turn adversely affect our
revenues and profitability; and
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The services agreements to which we are a party could be deemed
to be unenforceable if a court were to determine that such
agreements constituted an impermissible fee sharing arrangement
between the law firm and us.
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Applicable laws, regulations and codes of ethics, including
their interpretation and enforcement, could change in a manner
that restricts our operations. Any such change in laws, policies
or practices could increase our cost of doing business or
adversely affect our revenues and profitability.
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RISKS
AFFECTING OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS:
Decreases
in our contingency collections due to economic conditions in the
United States may have an adverse effect on our results of
operations, revenue and profitability.
Deterioration in economic conditions in the United States may
lead to higher rates of unemployment and decrease the ability of
consumers to pay their debts. Defaulted consumer loans and
accounts that we service generally are unsecured, and we may be
unable to collect these loans in the case of personal bankruptcy
of a consumer or upon the expiration of the statute of
limitations on the account. Increases in unemployment rates may
result in a decline in our collections which may adversely
impact our results of operations, revenue and profitability.
Most
of our accounts receivable or collection contracts do not
require customers to place accounts with us, may be terminated
on 30 or 60 days notice and are on a contingent fee basis.
We cannot guarantee that existing customers will continue to use
our services at historical levels.
Under the terms of most of our contracts, customers are not
required to give accounts to us for collection and usually have
the right to terminate our services on 30 or 60 days
notice. American Express is not contractually obligated to
continue to use our services at historical levels or at all. The
relationship with American Express is terminable by American
Express by giving 30 days prior written notice to us.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that existing customers will
continue to use our services at historical levels. In addition,
most of these contracts provide that we are entitled to a fee
only when we collect accounts. Therefore, for these contracts,
we can only recognize revenues upon the collection of funds on
behalf of customers.
The
Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act
of 2009 (the CARD Act) may have a negative impact on
our business or that of our customers.
The CARD Act was signed into law by the President of the United
States on May 22, 2009. The CARD Act limits when issuers of
consumer credit cards can increase interest rates and bans
billing and payment practices that the Federal Reserve calls
unfair or deceptive. Although Altisource is not an
issuer of consumer credit cards, the majority of our customers
in the Financial Services segment do issue consumer credit cards
and likely will be impacted by this new legislation. In that
regard, indications suggest that the CARD Act will result in
curtailing the amount of credit card business these customers
generate and therefore may reduce the number and dollar value of
accounts that these customers place with us. The resulting
impact could be a future reduction of the revenues of this
segment.
Consumer
resistance to outbound services could harm the customer
relationship management services industry.
As the customer relationship management services, or CRM,
industry continues to grow, the effectiveness of CRM services as
a direct marketing tool may decrease as a result of consumer
saturation and increased consumer resistance to customer
acquisition activities. This could result in a decrease in the
demand for our CRM services.
Financial
Services is affected by seasonality, and our quarterly revenues
could vary as a result.
The Financial Services receivables management business is
subject to moderate seasonality with collections revenue
typically higher in the first calendar quarter of each year
because consumers typically use income tax refunds to make
payments on debts. The collection levels generally are lower in
the remainder of the year.
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RISKS
AFFECTING OUR TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS BUSINESS:
We
have a long sales cycle for many of our technology solutions,
and if we fail to close sales after expending significant time
and resources to do so, our business, financial condition, and
results of operations may be adversely affected.
Potential customers generally commit significant resources to an
evaluation of available technology solutions and require us to
expend substantial time, effort and money educating them as to
the value of our technology solutions and services. As a result,
we may incur substantial costs in order to obtain each new
customer. We may expend significant funds and management
resources during the sales cycle and ultimately fail to close
the sale. Our sales cycle may be extended due to our
customers budgetary constraints or for other reasons. If
we are unsuccessful in closing sales after expending significant
funds and management resources or if we experience delays, it
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
We may
experience defects, development delays and installation
difficulties with respect to our technology solutions that would
harm our business and reputation and expose us to potential
liability.
Many of our services are based on sophisticated software and
computing systems, and we may encounter delays when developing
new technology solutions and services. Further, the technology
solutions underlying our services occasionally have contained
and may in the future contain undetected errors or defects when
first introduced or when new versions are released. In addition,
we may experience difficulties in installing or integrating our
technologies on platforms used by our customers. Defects in our
technology solutions, errors or delays in the processing of
electronic transactions or other difficulties could result in
one or more of the following:
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We may
experience difficulty in gaining new customers, which may
adversely affect our growth.
In our Technology Products business, we face direct competition
from third parties. Further, because many of our larger
potential customers historically have developed their key
processing applications in-house, we often compete against our
potential customers in-house capabilities. As a result,
gaining new customers in our Technology Products business can be
difficult. For banks, loan servicers and other potential
customers, switching from an internally designed system to an
outside vendor or from one vendor of mortgage processing
services to a new vendor is a significant undertaking. Many
potential customers worry about potential disadvantages such as
loss of functionality, increased costs and business disruption.
As a result, potential customers often resist change. There can
be no assurance that our strategies for overcoming potential
customers reluctance to change will be successful, and
this resistance may adversely affect our growth.
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This Information Statement contains forward-looking statements
that relate to, among other things, our future financial and
operating results. In many cases, you can identify
forward-looking statements by terminology such as
may, will, should,
expect, intend, plan,
anticipate, believe,
estimate, predict, potential
or continue, or the negative of these terms and
other comparable terminology including, but not limited to the
following:
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assumptions related to the sources of liquidity and the adequacy
of financial resources;
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assumptions about our ability to reduce our cost structure;
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expectations as to the effect of resolution of pending legal
proceedings on our financial condition; and
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Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve a number of assumptions, risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed
in Risk Factors and the following:
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Further information on the risks specific to our business are
detailed within this report. Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon.
Altisource undertakes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements.
THE
SEPARATION
Introduction
On November 12, 2008, the Board of Directors of Ocwen
authorized management to pursue a separation from Ocwen of most
of Ocwens knowledge process outsourcing business for the
reasons discussed below.
After considering several factors, management and the Board of
Directors concluded that the most effective way to effectuate
this separation was to restructure the knowledge process
outsourcing business to move it within Altisource, and then to
effect a tax-free distribution of Altisource to Ocwens
shareholders. The restructuring is necessary because certain
aspects of the knowledge outsourcing business are integrated
within the mortgage servicing operations of Ocwen. Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.A. was incorporated under the laws of
Luxembourg on November 4, 1999 as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à
r.l., renamed Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à r.l. on
May 12, 2009 and converted into a Luxembourg
société anonyme, Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.,
on June 5, 2009. Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. has
served as the principal holding company of Ocwens
international operations since inception, including those of the
knowledge process outsourcing business. We chose Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.A. as the most desirable entity under
which to restructure the knowledge processing business given its
existing ownership of most of the global operations of the
knowledge processing business, central location to the various
operations that ultimately will conduct business as Altisource
and consideration of the structure of existing and potential
competitors in order to position Altisource to compete in an
effective manner.
Given the need to consolidate the businesses that perform
Altisources operations and the selection of Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.A., Ocwen will incur taxes to the extent
that the fair market value of a transferred asset exceeds
Ocwens basis in such assets in accordance with
section 367(a) of the Code.
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Once the Restructuring is completed, and subsequent to certain
conditions including but not limited to confirmation of the
tax-free treatment of the spin-off, necessary regulatory
approvals, any required lender counterparty consents and final
approval by the Ocwen Board of Directors, Ocwen will distribute
its ownership in Altisource to existing shareholders as of the
Record Date in a transaction commonly referred to as a tax-free
spin-off in accordance with Section 355 of the Code.
Ocwens shareholders will receive one share of Altisource
common stock for every three shares of Ocwen common stock they
hold on the Record Date, as described below. We expect the
Distribution to be effected on or about
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2009 to holders of outstanding Ocwen common stock as of
5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on
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2009, the Record Date. Ocwen shareholders will not be required
to pay any cash or other consideration or to surrender or
exchange their shares of Ocwen common stock to receive
Altisource common stock.
Business
Reasons for the Separation
Ocwen and Altisource operate under different business models and
cater to different customers. Ocwen is a mortgage loan servicer
while Altisource is a knowledge process outsourcing business
whose product offerings of valuation services, default
processing services, real estate sales, asset recovery, customer
relationship management and other services are utilized by a
diverse set of businesses. Given our heritage, Ocwen will
initially be our largest customer; however, we are focused on
diversifying our revenue base by increasing our revenues from
other customers over time. Since many of Altisources
potential customers are also servicers, we believe that the
Separation will result in fewer of our potential customers
viewing us as a competitor.
The Board of Directors and management of Ocwen considered a
number of strategies to position Altisources operations
separately from Ocwens operations so that resources are
deployed and activities are pursued in the best interests of
both lines of business maximizing value for shareholders.
Pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors, early in
2008 management began analyzing several strategic alternatives.
Among the possible alternatives discussed were the separation of
Ocwens servicing business and separation of Ocwens
knowledge process outsourcing business.
The
Number of Altisource Shares Ocwens Shareholders Will
Receive
The Separation will be made on the basis of one share of
Altisource common stock for every three shares of Ocwen common
stock. As such, for every three shares of Ocwen common stock
that you owned at the close of business on
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2009, the Record Date, you will receive one share of our common
stock on the Separation Date. Based on the number of Ocwen
shares outstanding on the Record Date and the Separation Ratio,
approximately
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of Altisource common stock will be distributed to Ocwen
shareholders. As a result of the Separation, 100 percent of
the outstanding Altisource common stock will be distributed to
Ocwen shareholders on a pro rata basis.
When and
How Will You Receive Altisource Common Stock
Ocwen will use a book entry system to distribute shares of
Altisource common stock. No stock certificates will be issued
for Altisource common stock. Following the Separation, each
record holder of Ocwen common stock on the Record Date will
receive from the transfer agent a statement of the amount of
Altisource common shares credited to his or her account. If you
were not a record holder of Ocwen common stock on the Record
Date because your shares are held on your behalf by your broker
or other nominee, your shares of Altisource common stock should
be credited to your broker or other nominee on or about
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2009.
No action is required by you in order to receive Altisource
shares in the Separation, and you do not have to surrender or
exchange your shares of Ocwen stock or pay cash or any other
consideration to receive your shares of Altisource common stock.
The number of shares of Ocwen common stock that you currently
own will not change as a result of the Separation.
We anticipate that on
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2009, Ocwen will deliver to our transfer agent all of the shares
of our common stock to be distributed. On that day, the transfer
agent will credit the accounts of registered holders of Ocwen
common stock entitled to the distribution. For those holders of
Ocwen common stock who hold their shares through a broker, bank
or other nominee, the transfer agent will credit the shares of
our common stock to the accounts of those nominees who are
registered holders, and they in turn will credit their
customers accounts with
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our common stock. We anticipate that brokers, banks and other
nominees will generally credit their customers accounts
with our common stock on the same day that their accounts are
credited which is expected to be the Separation Date.
Treatment
of Fractional Shares
The transfer agent will not deliver any fractional shares of
Altisource common stock in connection with the delivery of
Altisource shares pursuant to the Separation. Instead, the
transfer agent will aggregate all fractional shares and sell
them on behalf of those holders who otherwise would be entitled
to receive a fractional share. We anticipate that these sales
will occur as soon as practicable after the Separation Date.
Those holders then will receive a cash payment, in the form of a
check, in an amount equal to their pro rata share of the total
proceeds of those sales. Any applicable expenses, including
brokerage fees, will be paid by us. If you physically hold your
Ocwen share certificates on the Record Date, your check for any
cash that you may be entitled to receive instead of fractional
shares of Altisource common stock will be mailed to you
separately.
We expect that all fractional shares held in street name will be
aggregated and sold by brokers or other nominees according to
their standard procedures, and that brokers or other nominees
may request the transfer agent to sell the fractional shares on
their behalf. You should contact your broker or other nominee
for additional details. Neither Ocwen, Altisource nor our
transfer agent will guarantee any minimum sale price for the
fractional shares of our common stock or pay any interest on the
proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The receipt of cash
in lieu of fractional shares generally will be taxable to the
recipient shareholders. See The Separation
Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the Separation.
Listing
and Trading of the Shares of Altisource Common Stock
You should consult and discuss with your own financial advisors,
such as your broker or tax advisor, regarding the retention,
sale or purchase of, or other transactions involving shares of,
Ocwen common stock or Altisource common stock. Ocwen and
Altisource do not make recommendations on the retention, sale or
purchase of, or other transactions involving shares of Ocwen
common stock or shares of Altisource common stock. If you do
decide to sell any shares, you should make sure your broker or
other nominee understands whether you want to sell your shares
of Ocwen common stock, your shares of Altisource common stock or
both.
Altisource has applied to list its common stock on The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC.
The following information may be helpful in discussions with
your broker or other nominee.
When-issued trading of the shares of Altisource
common stock is expected to begin on
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2009. In the context of a spin-off, when-issued trading refers
to securities transactions made on or before the Separation Date
and made conditionally because the securities of the distributed
entity have not yet been distributed. When-issued trades
generally settle within three trading days after the Separation
Date. On the first trading day following the Separation Date,
all when-issued trading, if any, will end, and
regular-way trading in shares of Altisource common
stock will begin. Regular-way trading refers to trading after
the security has been distributed and typically involves a trade
that settles on the third full trading day following the date of
the transaction. If the Separation does not occur, all
when-issued trading will be null and void.
On
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2009, Ocwens common stock will begin to trade in two
markets on the NYSE: a regular way market and an
ex-distribution market. Between the Record Date and
consummation of the Separation, shares of Ocwen common stock
that are sold on the regular way market will include an
entitlement to receive shares of Altisource common stock
distributable in the Separation. Conversely, shares sold in the
ex-distribution market will not include an entitlement to
receive shares of Altisource distributable in the Separation, as
the entitlement will remain with the original holder. Therefore,
if you own shares of Ocwen common stock on the Record Date and
thereafter sell those shares in the regular way market on or
prior to the Separation Date, you will also be selling the
shares of Altisource common stock that would have been
distributed to you with respect to the shares of Ocwen common
stock you sell. If you own shares of Ocwen common stock on the
Record Date and thereafter sell those shares in the
ex-distribution market on or prior to the Separation Date, you
will still receive the shares of Altisource common stock in the
Separation. On the first trading day following the Separation
Date, all shares of Ocwen common stock will trade without any
entitlement to receive shares of Altisource common stock.
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Shares of Altisource common stock distributed to Ocwen
shareholders will be freely transferable except for such shares
that are distributed to persons who are affiliates
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act). Individuals or entities may be
deemed to be Altisource affiliates if they control, are
controlled by, or are under common control with, Altisource;
such persons may include certain of our Directors, officers and
significant shareholders. In addition, individuals who are
affiliates of Ocwen on the Separation Date may be deemed to be
affiliates of Altisource. Persons who are Altisource affiliates
will be permitted to sell their shares of Altisource common
stock only pursuant to an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act, an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act. In general, under Rule 144, an
affiliate who receives shares of Altisource common stock in the
Separation is entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a
number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
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one percent of the then-outstanding shares of common
stock; and
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the average weekly trading volume of the Altisource common stock
during the four calendar weeks preceding the date on which the
notice of the sale is filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC).
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Sales under Rule 144 are also subject to provisions
relating to notice, manner of sale and the availability of
current public information about Altisource.
There can be no assurance as to whether the shares of Altisource
common stock will be actively traded or as to the prices at
which the shares of Altisource common stock will trade. Until
the shares of Altisource common stock are fully distributed and
an orderly regular-way market develops, the prices at which
shares trade may fluctuate significantly and may be lower than
the price that may be expected for a fully distributed issue.
Prices for shares of Altisource common stock in the marketplace
will be influenced by many factors. For a detailed discussion of
these and other risks, please refer to Risk Factors.
Following the Separation, Ocwen common stock will continue to be
listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol OCN.
As a result of the Separation, the trading price of Ocwen common
stock immediately following the Separation may be lower than the
trading price of Ocwen common stock immediately prior to the
Separation. Further, the combined trading prices of Ocwen common
stock and Altisource common stock after the Separation may be
less than the trading prices of Ocwen common stock immediately
prior to the Separation. In addition, if the Separation were to
trigger conversion rights under the approximately $56,445 in
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Ocwens 3.25%
Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior Notes due 2024, a
further dilutive effect on Ocwens share price might occur
as a result. Conversion rights would be triggered if the value
of the Altisource common stock distributed in the Distribution
has a per share value exceeding 10% of the closing sales price
of the Ocwen common stock on the business day preceding the
announcement of the Separation. In addition, regardless of
whether the conversion rights are triggered, the Distribution
will result in an increase in the conversion rate under the
convertible notes, which is the ratio of the number of shares of
Ocwen stock into which the notes are convertible. Such increase
will be calculated in accordance with a formula set forth in the
convertible notes governing documents, and will result in
an increase in the number of shares of Ocwen common stock into
which the convertible notes are convertible after the
Distribution, and a further dilutive effect on Ocwens
share price might occur as a result.
Even though Ocwen is currently a publicly-held company, there
can be no assurance as to the prices at which the Ocwen common
stock will trade following the Separation. Some Ocwen
shareholders may decide that they do not want shares in a
company whose operations primarily are limited to the mortgage
servicing business and may sell their Ocwen common stock
following the Separation. This and other factors may delay or
hinder the return to an orderly trading market in the Ocwen
common stock following the Separation. The nature of the trading
market and prices for Ocwen common stock after the Separation
will be influenced by many factors. For a detailed discussion of
these and other risks, please refer to Risk Factors.
Treatment
of Outstanding Ocwen Stock Options Held by Our Employees and
Directors
Ocwen stock options currently outstanding under Ocwens
various equity compensation plans will be adjusted to reflect
the value of Altisource stock distributed to Ocwen shareholders.
At the Separation Date, all holders of
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Ocwen stock awards, including Altisource employees and those
who will remain with Ocwen after the Separation, will receive
the following:
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a new Altisource stock option (issued by Altisource) to acquire
the number of shares of Altisource common stock equal to the
product of (a) the number of Ocwen stock options held on
the Separation Date and (b) the distribution ratio of one
share of Altisource common stock for every three shares of Ocwen
common stock; and
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an adjusted Ocwen option for the same number of shares of Ocwen
common stock with a reduced exercise price per stock option.
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We will determine the exercise price of the new Altisource stock
option and the adjusted Ocwen option based on the exercise price
ratio. We will calculate the exercise price ratio for each
individual stock option based on the ratio of the grant date
exercise price of the individual stock option to the fair market
value of the Ocwen stock immediately prior to the Separation.
For example, assume that the Ocwen stock trades at $12.00
immediately prior to the Separation, and an employee holds an
option with an exercise price of $8.00. The exercise price ratio
for this option is 66.7%. We then will apply this exercise price
ratio to the trading value of the Ocwen stock and the Altisource
stock on the date the Altisource stock begins trading on The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC to determine the exercise price of the
new Altisource stock option and the adjusted Ocwen option.
Interests
of Ocwen Officers and Directors in the Separation
To the extent that Ocwen officers and directors hold shares of
Ocwen common stock, they will receive shares of Altisource
common stock in the Separation on the same terms as other Ocwen
shareholders.
As noted above, William C. Erbey will be the Chairman of both
Altisource and Ocwen after the Separation and will own 27.1% of
both entities. In addition, Ocwen will purchase services from us
after the Separation pursuant to the services arrangements which
services may be priced in a way that benefits Ocwen. See
Risk Factors, Relationship between Ocwen and
Us Following the Separation and Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions.
Certain
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the
Separation
The following is a summary of the material United States federal
income tax consequences of the Separation. This summary is based
on the Code, on the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder
and on judicial and administrative interpretations thereof all
as in effect on the date of this summary, and all of which are
subject to change (possibly on a retroactive basis).
This summary does not address tax consequences for any holder
other than a United States Holder. For purposes of this summary,
a United States Holder is a beneficial owner of Ocwen common
stock that is, for United States federal income tax
purposes:
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an individual who is a citizen or a resident of the United
States;
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a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes, created or organized
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia;
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an estate, the income of which is subject to United States
federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
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a trust, if (i) a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary jurisdiction over its administration and one or
more United States persons have the authority to control all of
its substantial decisions, or (ii) it has a valid election
in effect under applicable United States Treasury Regulations to
be treated as a United States person.
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Further, this summary does not discuss all of the tax
considerations that may be relevant to United States Holders in
light of their particular circumstances and does not address the
tax consequences applicable to certain persons subject to
special provisions of the United States federal income tax law
including:
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dealers in securities or currencies;
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traders in securities that have elected the mark-to-market
method of accounting for securities;
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tax-exempt organizations;
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financial institutions;
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regulated investment companies and real estate investments
trusts;
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qualified retirement plans;
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partnerships, other entities classified as partnerships, or
other pass-through entities for United States federal income tax
purposes and investors in these entities;
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holders who hold shares as part of a hedging, integrated,
conversion or constructive sale transaction or a straddle;
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holders who hold their shares as a synthetic security,
integrated investment or other risk-reduction transaction;
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holders who are subject to the alternative minimum tax;
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holders who acquired their shares upon the exercise of employee
stock options or otherwise as compensation;
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a controlled foreign corporation;
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a passive foreign investment company;
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a foreign government or related entity; or
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holders whose functional currency is other than the United
States dollar.
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In addition, this summary is limited to shareholders that hold
their Ocwen common stock as a capital asset. Finally, this
summary does not address any estate, gift or other non-income
tax consequences or any state, local or foreign tax consequences.
THIS SUMMARY IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND IT IS
NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, LEGAL
OR TAX ADVICE TO ANY PARTICULAR SHAREHOLDER.
OCWEN SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS
CONCERNING THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AND
NON-UNITED
STATES TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEPARATION TO THEM IN LIGHT OF
THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
Ocwen has made it a condition to the Distribution that Ocwen
obtain a favorable opinion of OMelveny & Myers
LLP confirming the Distributions tax-free status under
Section 355 of the Code. The opinion will rely on
management representations as well as various factual
representations, assumptions and undertakings made by Ocwen and
us. If any of those factual representations or assumptions were
untrue or incomplete in any material respect, any undertaking
was not complied with or the facts upon which the opinion is
based were materially different from the facts at the time of
the Distribution, the Distribution may not qualify for tax-free
treatment. Opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS. As a
result, the conclusions expressed in the opinion of counsel
could be challenged by the IRS, and if the IRS prevails in such
challenge, the tax consequences to you could be materially less
favorable.
As a tax-free transaction under Section 355 of the Code,
the Distribution will not be taxable to you or Altisource. Ocwen
shareholders will apportion their tax basis in Ocwen common
stock between such Ocwen common stock and our common stock
received in the Distribution in proportion to the relative fair
market values of such stock at the time of the Distribution.
However, if you receive cash in lieu of a fractional share of
common stock as part of the Distribution, you will be treated as
though you first received a distribution of the fractional share
in the Distribution and then sold it for the amount of such
cash. You will generally recognize capital gain or loss in the
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amount of the difference between the cash you receive for such
fractional share and your tax basis in that fractional share, as
determined above. Such capital gain or loss will be a long-term
capital gain or loss if your holding period for your Ocwen
common stock is more than one year on the Separation Date.
The transfer of assets from Ocwen to Altisource will be
structured to qualify as a reorganization under
Section 368(a)(1)(D). Under Section 367(a) of the
Code, in such a reorganization Ocwen must recognize taxable gain
to the extent certain assets are transferred to Altisource as
part of the Separation, for the amount that the fair market
value of each transferred asset exceeds Ocwens basis in
such asset. In addition, pursuant to Section 367(b) of the
Code, Ocwen will be required to recognize a portion of its gain
on the Distribution. Because gain will be recognized in the
reorganization transactions described above, any gain recognized
on the Distribution should not be material.
If the Distribution were not to qualify as a tax-free
transaction, Ocwen may not recognize substantial taxable gain
because most, if not all, of such gain would already have been
recognized pursuant to the Restructuring of Altisource described
above. Each shareholder receiving common stock in the
Distribution would generally be treated as receiving a
distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of our
common stock received which would generally result in (i) a
taxable dividend to the extent of the shareholders pro
rata share of Ocwens current and accumulated earnings and
profits, (ii) a reduction in the shareholders basis
(but not below zero) in Ocwen common stock to the extent the
amount received exceeds the shareholders share of
Ocwens earnings and profits and (iii) taxable gain to
the extent the amount received exceeds both the
shareholders share of Ocwens earnings and profits
and the basis in the shareholders Ocwen common stock.
Even if the Distribution otherwise qualifies for tax-free
treatment under Section 355 of the Code, it may become
fully taxable to Ocwen under Section 355(e) of the Code if
stock representing 50% or greater interest in either Ocwen or
Altisource is acquired by one or more persons as part of a plan
or series of related transactions that include the Distribution.
For this purpose, any acquisitions of our stock or Ocwen stock
within two years before or after the Distribution are presumed
to be part of such a plan although we may be able to rebut that
presumption. In connection with the tax opinion of Ocwens
special tax advisor, each of Ocwen and Altisource will represent
that the Distribution is not part of any plan or series of
related transactions. If such an acquisition of our stock or
Ocwen stock triggers the application of Section 355(e) of
the Code, Ocwen would recognize taxable gain as described above
with respect to the Distribution, but the Distribution would
generally be tax-free to each Ocwen shareholder.
Although taxes resulting from the Distribution not qualifying
for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes
generally would be imposed on Ocwen and shareholders of Ocwen,
under the Tax Matters Agreement, Altisource would be required to
indemnify Ocwen and its affiliates against all tax-related
liabilities caused by the failure of the Distribution to qualify
for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes
(including as a result of events subsequent to the Distribution
that caused Ocwen to recognize gain under Section 355(e) of
the Code) to the extent these liabilities arise as a result of
an action taken by Altisource or any of its affiliates or
otherwise result from any breach of any representation, covenant
or obligation of Altisource or any of its affiliates under the
Tax Matters Agreement or any other agreement entered into by
Altisource in connection with the Distribution.
Luxembourg
Taxation
The following paragraphs describe generally the tax laws of
Luxembourg as they apply to shareholders in Altisource (which is
a corporation fully taxable under Luxembourg laws). The
following is intended merely as a general summary of the
principal Luxembourg tax consequences of the holding and the
disposal of Altisource common stock and should be treated with
the appropriate caution. This summary does not purport to be a
complete analysis of all material tax considerations that may be
relevant to a holder or prospective holder of shares in
Altisource. This summary also does not take into account the
specific circumstances of particular shareholders and is not
intended as a substitute for professional tax advice that takes
into account the particular circumstances relevant to a specific
shareholder. Accordingly, shareholders should consult their own
professional advisors on the possible tax consequences of
holding or disposing of Altisource common stock, under the laws
of Luxembourg as well as under their countries of citizenship,
residence or domicile.
This summary is based on the laws, regulations and applicable
tax treaties in effect in Luxembourg on the date hereof, all of
which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.
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Consequences
of the Distribution to Shareholders
No Luxembourg tax is due for Luxembourg non-resident holders
upon the Distribution to the extent they have no permanent
establishment, fixed place of business or a permanent
representative in Luxembourg, to which the disposal of the
shares can be attributed. If Luxembourg resident holders are
beneficial owners of shares, they are urged to consult their own
tax advisers regarding the Luxembourg tax consequences to them
of the Distribution.
Consequences
of the Distribution to Ocwen
Under Luxembourg tax law, if Ocwen has no permanent
establishment, fixed place of business or permanent
representative in Luxembourg, to which the disposal could be
attributed, no Luxembourg corporate income tax will be due by
Ocwen as a result of the Distribution provided Ocwen is entitled
to benefit from the tax treaty concluded between Luxembourg and
the United States or, if not, provided Ocwen has held its
interest in Altisource for at least six months.
The mere disposal of shares is not subject to a Luxembourg
registration tax or stamp duty.
Taxation
of Altisource Subsequent to the Separation
Corporate
Income Tax
A Luxembourg resident and fully taxable company is subject to
income tax on its worldwide income. Normally, taxable companies
pursuant to Luxembourg standard corporate income tax rules may
benefit from the participation exemption regime with respect to
dividends and capital gains derived from qualifying
shareholdings. This means that dividends received by Altisource
and capital gains on the sale of subsidiary shares may be exempt
from corporate income tax under certain conditions. For
Luxembourg tax purposes, normally taxable companies are entitled
to the benefits of Luxembourg tax treaty network and the EU
directives including the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive and the
EU Merger Directive, as amended.
Luxembourg
withholding tax on distributions
Dividends distributed by Altisource will generally be subject to
a withholding tax at a rate of 15% of the gross amount except
(i) if an exemption from that withholding tax is applicable
under Luxembourg domestic tax law (e.g., based on the
implementation of the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive) or
(ii) if a lower rate or an exemption applies under any
applicable double taxation treaty.
The exemption mentioned above is available if dividends are
distributed to a company
(organisme à
caractère collectif)
residing in a treaty country
provided the recipient of the dividend has held or commits to
hold a participation of at least 10% (or of EUR 1,200
acquisition cost) in Altisource for an uninterrupted period of
12 months (this must be checked on a
case-by-case
basis). The recipient of the dividends must be subject to tax on
a basis computed in accordance with Luxembourg income tax law.
Luxembourg
Net Wealth Tax
Luxembourg imposes an annual Net Wealth Tax (NWT) of
0.5% on the net asset value of corporate taxpayers as of
January 1st. The net asset value will be reduced by the
value of participations qualifying for participation exemption
privilege (as defined in § 60 of the NWT law). In
general Luxembourg resident companies subject to NWT are taxed
on their worldwide net wealth (unless a double taxation treaty
provides for an exemption).
Consequences
to Shareholders Subsequent to the Distribution
The tax consequences discussed below are not a complete analysis
or listing of all the possible tax consequences that may be
relevant to you (in particular consequences may differ if there
is an applicable tax treaty concluded between Luxembourg and
your country of residence). You should consult your own tax
advisor in respect of the tax consequences related to receipt,
ownership, purchase or sale or other disposal of Altisource
shares and the procedures for, as the case may be, claiming a
refund of withholding tax.
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Luxembourg
income tax on dividends and similar distributions
Non-Resident
Individual Holders
For Non-Resident Individual Holders having a permanent
establishment, a fixed place of business or a permanent
representative in Luxembourg to which Altisources shares
are attributable, dividends distributed by Altisource are
subject to Luxembourg income tax at the applicable progressive
rate. However, in certain circumstances, 50% of the gross amount
of the dividends are exempt from Luxembourg income tax.
Non-Resident
Corporate Holders
Dividends received by Non-Resident Corporate Holders, having a
permanent establishment, fixed place of business or permanent
representative in Luxembourg are subject to corporate income tax
in Luxembourg. However, such dividends and gains may be exempt
under the conditions of the participation exemption privilege.
Furthermore, the permanent establishment, fixed place of
business or permanent representative of a Non-Resident Corporate
Holder may, under certain conditions, benefit from a 50%
exemption on dividends received if the conditions for
participation exemption are not met.
Luxembourg
capital gains tax upon Disposal of Shares
Non-Resident
Individual Holders
For Non-Resident Individual Holders having a permanent
establishment, fixed place of business or permanent
representative in Luxembourg to which the shares in Altisource
are attributable, gains realized on the sale of such shares in
Altisource are subject to Luxembourg income tax at the
applicable progressive rate.
Capital gains realized on the sale of shares by a Non-Resident
Individual Holder who does not have a permanent establishment,
fixed place of business or permanent representative in
Luxembourg generally will not be taxable in Luxembourg, unless
the Non-Resident Individual Holder together with his or her
spouse, life partner or person under 18 years of age holds
a direct or indirect participation exceeding 10% of the share
capital in Altisource at the date of the sale, or has held such
participation at any moment and under similar holding modalities
during the 5 years preceding the date of the sale and,
either the disposal of the shares in Altisource happens within a
period of six months from the acquisition of the shares, or the
Non-Resident Individual Holder has been a Luxembourg taxpayer
during more than 15 years and became a non-resident
taxpayer less than five years before the realization of the
capital gain. In such cases, the gain is taxable at half of the
applicable progressive rates, with a minimum of a 15% rate.
However, a double tax treaty (if any) may grant the exclusive
taxation right in respect of the capital gains to the country of
residence of the Non-Resident Individual Holder.
Non-Resident
Corporate Holders
Capital gains realized on the sale of shares by Non-Resident
Corporate Holders, having a permanent establishment, fixed place
of business or permanent representative in Luxembourg are
subject to income tax in Luxembourg. However, such gains, just
like dividends, may be exempt under the conditions of the
participation exemption.
Capital gains realized by Non-Resident Corporate Holders on the
sale of shares which are not attributed to a Luxembourg
permanent establishment, fixed place of business or permanent
representative will not be taxable in Luxembourg, except for a
participation exceeding 10% of the share capital in Altisource
is sold within a period of six months from the acquisition of
the shares. In such cases, the gain is taxable at a rate of
21.84%. However, a double tax treaty (if any) may grant the
exclusive taxation right in respect of the capital gains to the
country of residence of the Non-Resident Corporate Holder.
Luxembourg
Net Wealth Tax
A Luxembourg non-resident corporate holder whose shares are
attributable to a permanent establishment, a fixed place of
business or a permanent representative in Luxembourg, and a
Luxembourg resident corporate holder will be subject to
Luxembourg NWT. NWT does not apply to resident and non resident
individuals.
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Luxembourg
inheritance and gift tax
Under present Luxembourg tax law, where an individual
shareholder in Altisource is a resident of Luxembourg for tax
purposes at the time of his or her death, the shares in
Altisource are included in his or her taxable estate for
inheritance tax purposes.
Gift tax may be due on a gift or donation of the shares in
Altisource if embodied in a Luxembourg notary deed or otherwise
registered in Luxembourg.
Stamp
Duties in Relation to the Transfer of Shares
The mere disposal of shares is not subject to a Luxembourg
registration tax or stamp duty.
For a discussion of potential Luxembourg withholding tax on
distributions, see above.
Certain
Ongoing United States Federal Income Tax Matters Subsequent to
the Separation
In general, U.S. federal income tax applies to a foreign
corporations net taxable income that is effectively
connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. In
addition, the U.S. branch profits tax will apply to a
foreign corporations earnings and profits from such a
business, with some adjustments, deemed repatriated out of the
U.S. The U.S. has entered into an income tax treaty
with Luxembourg in which the U.S. may tax the business
profits earned by a Luxembourg corporation only if those profits
are attributable to the conduct of a business carried on through
a permanent establishment in the U.S.
There are no definitive standards provided by the Code or
Treasury Regulations or court decision as to those activities
that constitute the conduct of a business within the U.S., and
as the determination is essentially factual in nature, the IRS
may contend successfully that Altisource or its
non-U.S. subsidiaries
conduct a business in the U.S. If Altisource or these
non-U.S. subsidiaries
that are covered by an income tax treaty with the U.S. have
taxable income attributable to a permanent establishment in the
U.S. (or in the case of subsidiaries that are not in a treaty
jurisdiction, if income is effectively connected with a U.S.
trade or business), the U.S. will tax that income in the
same manner that generally applies to the income of a domestic
corporation.
On June 10, 2009, the IRS issued new regulations under
Section 7874 of the Code. The IRS further indicated that it
intends to issue additional regulations with respect to
transactions where a U.S. corporation contributes assets,
including subsidiary equity interests, to a foreign corporation
and distributes the shares of such corporation, as in the
Separation. Our understanding of the IRSs plans regarding
these forthcoming regulations is that they would apply to the
Separation only if the value of assets held by Ocwens
corporate or partnership subsidiary entities (either currently,
or those that were distributed from such entities as part of the
plan encompassing the Separation) exceeds, in the aggregate, 60%
of the value of Altisource when contributed to Altisource. It is
not certain, however, what these regulations will provide for
once adopted. Prior to completing the Separation, Ocwens
board of directors will require Ocwen and Altisource to receive
a valuation from an independent valuation firm that will enable
the Company to determine whether the value of these assets is
less than 60% of the value of Altisource. Because we believe the
value of these assets does not exceed the 60% threshold, as we
expect to be confirmed by information we derive from the
independent valuation, we do not believe that Code
Section 7874 applies to the Separation. Neither our
valuation nor the independent valuation is binding on the IRS.
If the IRS were to successfully challenge this valuation, and
find that the value of these assets exceeds 60% of the value of
Altisource, then Ocwen would not be permitted to offset gain
recognized on the transfer of these assets to Altisource with
net operating losses, tax credits or other tax attributes. This
could materially increase the tax cost to Ocwen of the
Separation. If the IRS were to successfully challenge this
valuation and find that the value of these assets exceeded 80%
of the value of Altisource, then instead of recognition of gain
on the transfer of the assets to Altisource, Altisource would be
treated as a U.S. domestic corporation. As such, without further
changes to the Code or to its legal structure, Altisource would
pay income taxes in both the U.S. and Luxembourg with no
deduction or credit for taxes paid to the other country. This
would have a material adverse impact on Altisources
worldwide tax expense.
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Branch
Profits Tax
If Altisource or any of its
non-U.S. subsidiaries
operate a U.S. business, then the branch profits tax may
also apply to the profits of that business. Generally the branch
profits tax is an additional 30% tax on the earnings of a
foreign corporations U.S. business when these
earnings are deemed to have been removed from the
U.S. business. In addition, any interest paid or deemed
paid by such U.S. business would be treated as
U.S. source income and subject to U.S. withholding
tax. Because Altisource should qualify for the benefits of the
Luxembourg tax treaty and should not have a permanent
establishment in the U.S., the branch profits tax should not
apply; however, the IRS may not agree with this conclusion, or
Altisource may not qualify for the treaty in the future.
Non-Business
Profit
Foreign corporations are subject to U.S. income tax on some
types of income such as rent, royalties, dividends and some
types of interest on investments, from sources within the
U.S. that are not taxable as business profits. Such income
is taxed at a rate of 30%, but the rate may be reduced by the
Luxembourg tax treaty and eliminated for some types of
U.S. source income.
Transfer
Pricing
The Code provides the IRS with the authority to reallocate
income, deductions and other tax-related items among commonly
controlled entities to prevent the evasion of taxes or to
clearly reflect income and also to reallocate income. Generally,
intercompany transactions on arms length terms will be
respected by the IRS. Altisource intends to conduct transactions
between its
non-U.S. subsidiaries
and U.S. subsidiaries on arms length terms; however,
the IRS may not agree that these terms are arms length and
could challenge the terms of these transactions and increase the
U.S. tax liability of Altisources
U.S. subsidiaries.
Regulatory
Approval
Apart from registration under certain United States federal
securities laws of the shares of Altisource common stock, which
registration we have applied for, and the related requirements
for listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, for which we have
also applied, we do not believe that any other material
governmental or regulatory filings or approvals will be
necessary to consummate the Separation. The Separation will not
affect the ownership or control of Ocwens servicing
business or licenses; consequently, government approval will not
be required in connection with the Separation.
No
Appraisal Rights
Under the Florida Business Corporation Act, Ocwen shareholders
will not have appraisal rights in connection with the Separation.
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OCWEN AND US FOLLOWING THE SEPARATION
For purposes of governing certain of the ongoing relationships
between Ocwen and us after the Separation, and to provide for an
orderly transition to the status of two independent companies,
we have entered or will enter into the agreements with Ocwen
described in this section. The forms of agreements summarized in
this section are, or will be, included as exhibits to the
registration statement on Form 10 that we have filed with
the SEC, which relates to this information statement, and the
following summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference
to the agreements as filed. See Where You Can Find More
Information on page [ ].
Separation
Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into the Separation
Agreement with Ocwen which will provide for, among other things,
the principal corporate transactions required to effect the
Separation and certain other agreements relating to the
continuing relationship between Ocwen and us after the
Separation.
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Ocwen may own certain assets which are part of our business, and
we may own certain assets which are part of Ocwens
business. Under the Separation Agreement, these assets will be
transferred to Altisource (and any related liabilities will be
assumed) in the Restructuring so that the assets, liabilities
and operations associated with the asset management business
will be owned by Ocwen and its subsidiaries, and the assets,
liabilities and operations associated with the knowledge process
outsourcing business will be owned by us and our subsidiaries.
Additionally, the Separation Agreement will require that any
assets or liabilities that should have been transferred to us as
part of the Altisource business but that were not so transferred
to us on the Separation Date, or that were transferred to us but
were not part of the Altisource business and so should not have
been so transferred, be transferred to either us or Ocwen, as
applicable, upon the discovery of the same after the Separation
Date. The Separation, when finalized, will include substantially
all assets and liabilities that historically were included in
the Altisource financial statements.
Under the Separation Agreement, and effective as of the
Separation Date, we will assume, and will agree to indemnify
Ocwen against, all liabilities, litigation and claims including
related insurance costs arising out of our business, and Ocwen
will retain, and will agree to indemnify us against, all
liabilities, litigation and claims including related insurance
costs arising out of Ocwens businesses. The foregoing
obligations will not entitle an indemnified party to recovery to
the extent any such liability is covered by proceeds received by
such party from any third party insurance policy.
The Separation Agreement also will provide that we both shall be
granted access to certain records and information in the
possession of the other and will require the retention by each
of Ocwen and us for a period of six years following the
Separation Date of all such information in its possession.
Transition
Services Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into a Transition Services
Agreement with Ocwen. Under this agreement, Ocwen and we will
provide to each other services in such areas as human resources,
vendor management, corporate services, six sigma, quality
assurance, quantitative analytics, treasury, accounting, risk
management, legal, strategic planning, compliance and other
areas where we, and Ocwen, may need transition assistance and
support following the Separation. The Transition Services
Agreement will provide generally that Ocwen and Altisource will
undertake to provide substantially the same level of service and
use substantially the same degree of care as their respective
personnel provided and used in providing such services prior to
the Separation. The agreement will extend for two years after
the Separation but may be terminated earlier under certain
circumstances including a default. We expect that all services
pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement will be based on
fully-allocated cost of providing the service. We expect to
estimate the time and expense of providing services and then to
charge a fee based on the estimated fully burdened cost of the
personnel involved in each activity. We believe that the terms
and conditions of the Transition Services Agreement are no less
favorable to us than those available from unrelated parties for
a comparable arrangement and will result in expenses comparable
to those we incur currently.
Tax
Matters Agreement
We will enter into a Tax Matters Agreement with Ocwen on the
Separation Date which sets out each partys rights and
obligations with respect to deficiencies and refunds, if any, of
federal, state, local or foreign taxes for periods before and
after the Separation and related matters such as the filing of
tax returns and the conduct of IRS and other audits. In general,
under this agreement, we will be responsible for taxes
attributable to our business incurred after the Separation
closing, and Ocwen will be responsible for taxes incurred prior
to the closing. In addition, we will indemnify Ocwen for all
taxes and liabilities incurred as a result of (1) a breach
of a representation made by us to OMelveny &
Myers LLP in connection with its tax opinion or (2) a
post-Separation action or omission by us or an affiliate of ours
that affects the tax consequences of the Separation.
Employee
Matters Agreement
General.
We will enter into an Employee
Matters Agreement with Ocwen on the Separation Date that will
provide for the transition of employee benefit plans and
programs sponsored by Ocwen for employees of the
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knowledge process outsourcing business and any employees of the
corporate office that we hire. This agreement will allocate
responsibility for certain employee benefits matters and
liabilities after the Separation Date. Under the Employee
Matters Agreement, we will become liable for providing specified
welfare and retirement benefits to our employees after the
Separation Date which will generally be similar to the benefits
currently provided to such employees by Ocwen and its
subsidiaries (except as otherwise noted herein). We generally
expect to adopt new plans that will be similar to the plans
maintained by Ocwen. Except as specifically provided in the
Employee Matters Agreement, nothing in that agreement will
restrict the ability of Ocwen or us to amend or terminate any of
our respective employee benefit plans.
Stock Options and Restricted Stock.
The
Employee Matters Agreement provides that, at the time of the
Separation, outstanding Ocwen stock options will be adjusted to
reflect the value of Altisource stock disbursed to Ocwen
shareholders.
With respect to restricted stock, holders of outstanding Ocwen
restricted stock as of the date of the Separation will receive
one share of restricted stock of Altisource for every three
shares of restricted stock of Ocwen consistent with the
treatment of Ocwen common stock. These new restricted shares of
Altisource will have the same terms and conditions as the Ocwen
restricted shares of common stock, including terms of vesting.
401(k) Plans.
Effective as of the Separation
Date, we will adopt a new 401(k) plan for the Altisource
business. Within a reasonably short period of time following the
Separation, we will transfer all of the assets associated with
Altisource employees from the Ocwen 401(k) plan to our new
401(k) plan.
Health and Welfare Plans.
We will assume all
liabilities and responsibilities for providing health and
welfare benefits to our employees. As of the Separation Date, we
intend to establish health and welfare plans that are
substantially similar to Ocwens plans that cover our
employees at such time. For those benefits that are provided
through insurance, Ocwen will make commercially reasonable
efforts to have each insurance carrier agree to allow our
employees to continue to be covered by Ocwen policies or through
separate contracts on substantially the same basis during the
transition period.
Services
Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into a Services Agreement
with Ocwen. Under this agreement, we will provide to Ocwen
certain services in connection with the Ocwen business following
the Separation. The agreement will have a term of up to eight
years after the Separation but may be terminated earlier under
certain circumstances including a default of the provisions of
the agreement. The specific services to be provided under this
umbrella agreement will be set forth separately on a
service-by-service
basis as will economic terms. Services may be either
fixed-price, in which case no yearly increase in service fee
applies, or subject to annual increase in service fee based on
market conditions and inflation. This agreement will provide
Altisource with a right of first opportunity to bid on
additional, related services desired to be received by Ocwen.
Furthermore, if Ocwen receives a third party offer for the
performance of such additional services it must provide
Altisource with the opportunity to make its own offer for the
same or substantially the same services, in which case Ocwen
must accept Altisources offer if such offer is equal to or
better than the third party offer. We expect that all services
pursuant to the Services Agreement will be based on market rates
prevailing at the time of execution or otherwise on arms-length
terms and will be materially similar to the terms of existing
arrangements between the parties. We believe that the terms and
conditions of the Services Agreement are comparable to those
available from unrelated parties for a comparable arrangement.
Technology
Products Services Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into a Technology Products
Services Agreement with Ocwen. Under this agreement, we will
provide to Ocwen certain Technology Products services in
connection with the Ocwen business. The agreement will have a
term of up to eight years after the Separation but may be
terminated earlier under certain circumstances including a
default. As with the Services Agreement, the specific services
to be provided under this umbrella agreement will be set forth
separately on a
service-by-service
basis, as will economic terms. Services may be either
fixed-price, in which case no yearly increase in service fee
applies, or subject to annual increase in service fee based on
market conditions and inflation. This agreement will provide
Altisource with a right of first opportunity to bid on
additional, related services desired to be received by Ocwen.
Furthermore, if Ocwen receives a third party offer for the
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performance of such additional services it must provide
Altisource with the opportunity to make its own offer for the
same or substantially the same services, in which case Ocwen
must accept Altisources offer if such offer is equal to or
better than the third party offer. We expect that all services
pursuant to the Technology Products Services Agreement will be
based on market rates prevailing at the time of execution or
otherwise on arms-length terms. We believe that the terms and
conditions of the Technology Products Services Agreement are no
less favorable to us than those available from unrelated parties
for a comparable arrangement.
Intellectual
Property Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into an Intellectual
Property Agreement with Ocwen. Under this agreement, Ocwen will
transfer the intellectual property assets specified therein to
Altisource. Additionally, under the Intellectual Property
Agreement, Ocwen and Altisource each will license specified
intellectual property rights to the other party necessary to
permit each party to use and exploit the services received under
the various service agreements described in this Information
Statement. This Intellectual Property Agreement will have an
initial term of eight years, but may be terminated earlier under
certain circumstances including a default. The agreement will
automatically renew four times for two-year terms. In exchange
for the right of each party to use the specified intellectual
property, we will pay
agreed-upon
royalties to Ocwen and Ocwen will pay
agreed-upon
royalties to us. We expect that all licenses and other rights
granted pursuant to the Intellectual Property Agreement will be
based on market rates prevailing at the time of execution or
otherwise on arms-length terms. We believe that the terms and
conditions of the Intellectual Property Agreement are no less
favorable to us than those available from unrelated parties for
a comparable arrangement.
Data
Center and Disaster Recovery Agreement
On the Separation Date, we will enter into a Data Center and
Disaster Recovery Agreement with Ocwen. Under this agreement, we
will provide to Ocwen certain data center and disaster recovery
services in connection with the Ocwen business. The agreement
will have a term of up to eight years after the Separation, but
may be terminated earlier by either party under certain
circumstances, including a default by the other party. The
economic terms for the services to be provided under this
agreement will be set forth separately. We expect that all
services pursuant to the Data Center and Disaster Recovery
Agreement will be based on the fully allocated cost of providing
such service.
DIVIDEND
POLICY
We have no current plans to pay dividends. Dividends on our
common stock are not cumulative. Decisions regarding the
declaration and payment of interim dividends, including with
respect to any initial interim dividend, will be at the
discretion of our Board of Directors (subject to prior approval
of or subsequent ratification by our shareholders) and will be
evaluated from time to time in light of our financial condition,
earnings, growth prospects, funding requirements, financing
arrangements, applicable law and other factors our Board of
Directors deems relevant.
Listing
and Trading of Our Common Stock
Before the Separation Date, there will be no public market for
our common stock. We have applied to list our common stock on
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol ASPS.
Following the Separation, Ocwens common stock will
continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol OCN.
As of May 1, 2009, there were 67,434,998 shares of
Ocwen common stock, $0.01 par value outstanding. Based on
the Separation Ratio of one share of Altisource common stock for
every three shares of Ocwen common stock outstanding, we
anticipate that Ocwen will distribute up to
22,478,333 shares of our common stock to shareholders,
adjusted downward for fractional shares. In addition, as of
December 31, 2008, there were 9,428,952 stock options
outstanding under Ocwen equity plans that may be exercised for
up to 3,142,984 shares of Altisource common stock. Finally,
Ocwen has $56,445 face amount of 3.25% Contingent Convertible
Unsecured Senior Notes due 2024 outstanding that may be
convertible into 4,638,046 shares of Ocwen common stock, under
which 1,546,015 shares of Altisource common stock could be
distributed, subject to adjustment. These notes will be
convertible prior to the
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Separation if the Distribution triggers conversion rights,
which would occur if the value of the Altisource common stock
distributed in the Distribution has a per share value exceeding
10% of the closing sales price of the Ocwen common stock on the
business day preceding the announcement of the Separation. We
anticipate that the Distribution will trigger these conversion
rights. For additional information see the detailed discussion
in the Risk Factors.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table describes our cash and cash equivalents and
capitalization as of December 31, 2008 on an actual basis
and on an as-adjusted basis to give effect to the Separation.
The information presented below should be read in conjunction
with Pro Forma Financial Information,
Managements Discussion and Analysis and Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and our Combined
Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes
included elsewhere in this information statement.
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|
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|
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As of
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December 31, 2008
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|
|
|
Actual
|
|
|
As Adjusted
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|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
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|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
6,988
|
|
|
$
|
9,988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of credit and other secured borrowings
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|
$
|
1,123
|
|
|
$
|
1,123
|
|
Total equity
|
|
|
60,546
|
|
|
|
63,546
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total capitalization
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|
$
|
61,669
|
|
|
$
|
64,669
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In connection with the Separation, Ocwen will contribute $3,000
of cash to Altisource to provide what management believes to be
sufficient operating capital for Altisource to operate
separately for at least the next twelve months.
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SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth our selected financial data which
we have derived from our combined consolidated financial
statements for each of the five years in the period ended
December 31, 2008. The information set forth below should
be read in conjunction with Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, the Combined Consolidated Financial
Statements and the notes related to those combined
consolidated financial statements and the Pro Forma
Financial Information and discussion included elsewhere in
this information statement. The statements of operations data
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and
the balance sheet data at December 31, 2008 and 2007 are
derived from Altisources audited combined consolidated
financial statements. The unaudited statements of operations
data for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the
unaudited balance sheet data at December 31, 2006, 2005 and
2004 are derived from Altisources accounting records for
those periods and have been prepared on a basis consistent with
Altisources audited combined consolidated financial
statements.
The selected financial data is as reported in the historical
carve-out financial statements of Altisource beginning on
page F-1.
The selected financial data may not necessarily reflect
Altisources results of operations and financial position
in the future or what results of operations and financial
position would have been had Altisource been a separate,
stand-alone company during the periods presented. Operating
expenses in the historical income statements reflect direct
expenses of our business together with allocations of certain
Ocwen corporate expenses that have been charged to us based on
usage or other methodologies appropriate for such expenses. In
our opinion, these assumptions and allocations have been made on
a reasonable and appropriate basis under the circumstances. Per
share data have not been presented since these financial
statements are prepared on a combined basis.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
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Selected Balance Sheet Data(1)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
Cash(1)
|
|
$
|
6,988
|
|
|
$
|
5,688
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
9,077
|
|
|
|
16,770
|
|
|
|
7,925
|
|
|
|
10,403
|
|
|
|
5,317
|
|
Goodwill(2)
|
|
|
11,540
|
|
|
|
14,797
|
|
|
|
1,618
|
|
|
|
1,618
|
|
|
|
1,618
|
|
Intangible assets, net(2)
|
|
|
36,391
|
|
|
|
38,945
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
702
|
|
Premises and equipment, net
|
|
|
9,304
|
|
|
|
12,173
|
|
|
|
9,826
|
|
|
|
11,242
|
|
|
|
12,881
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
76,675
|
|
|
|
92,845
|
|
|
|
22,205
|
|
|
|
24,706
|
|
|
|
23,379
|
|
Lines of credit and other secured borrowings
|
|
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease obligations
|
|
|
1,356
|
|
|
|
3,631
|
|
|
|
3,219
|
|
|
|
2,603
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
16,129
|
|
|
|
17,171
|
|
|
|
7,357
|
|
|
|
8,471
|
|
|
|
4,438
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31,
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Selected Operations Data
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
Revenue(2)
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
|
$
|
134,906
|
|
|
$
|
96,603
|
|
|
$
|
89,915
|
|
|
$
|
86,588
|
|
Cost of revenue(2)
|
|
|
115,048
|
|
|
|
96,954
|
|
|
|
72,163
|
|
|
|
75,675
|
|
|
|
64,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
45,315
|
|
|
|
37,952
|
|
|
|
24,440
|
|
|
|
14,240
|
|
|
|
21,972
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
28,088
|
|
|
|
27,930
|
|
|
|
17,622
|
|
|
|
17,953
|
|
|
|
13,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations
|
|
|
17,227
|
|
|
|
10,022
|
|
|
|
6,818
|
|
|
|
(3,713
|
)
|
|
|
8,711
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|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(2,626
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)
|
|
|
(1,743
|
)
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
(192
|
)
|
|
|
573
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
|
14,601
|
|
|
|
8,279
|
|
|
|
7,023
|
|
|
|
(3,905
|
)
|
|
|
9,284
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
(5,382
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)
|
|
|
(1,564
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)
|
|
|
(1,616
|
)
|
|
|
2,401
|
|
|
|
(2,789
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
9,219
|
|
|
$
|
6,715
|
|
|
$
|
5,407
|
|
|
$
|
(1,504
|
)
|
|
$
|
6,495
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
64,251
|
|
|
$
|
59,350
|
|
|
$
|
51,971
|
|
|
$
|
41,312
|
|
|
$
|
49,853
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
6,208
|
|
|
$
|
8,864
|
|
|
$
|
9,103
|
|
|
$
|
9,049
|
|
|
$
|
6,942
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
2,269
|
|
|
$
|
965
|
|
|
$
|
503
|
|
|
$
|
679
|
|
|
$
|
(56
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Altisource historically has participated in a centralized cash
management program operated by Ocwen. We make a significant
amount of our cash disbursements through centralized payable
systems which are operated by Ocwen, and we receive a
significant amount of our cash receipts and transfer them to
centralized accounts maintained by Ocwen with the exception of
our Luxembourg entity and NCI which maintain their own cash
accounts. The cash in these entities is available for use by us.
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(2)
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|
The operations of NCI are included in our combined consolidated
financial statements effective June 6, 2007, the date of
acquisition. NCI is a receivables management company
specializing in contingency collections and customer
relationship management for credit card issuers and other
consumer credit providers. Total goodwill and intangibles were
$46,313 and $52,124 at December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. NCI revenues and operating expenses (including
both cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative
expenses) for 2008 were $69,623 and $74,763, respectively. For
the 2007 period, NCI revenues and operating expenses were
$35,999 and $38,406, respectively.
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UNAUDITED
PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Altisource was incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg on
November 4, 1999 as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à r.l. renamed
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à r.l. on May 12,
2009 and converted into Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. on
June 5, 2009. As of the date of the Separation Ocwen will
contribute to Altisource the business operations intended to
constitute the Altisource businesses that are not already
included in Altisource. Altisource also has business operations
that will remain with Ocwen after the Separation, and we will
distribute those operations to Ocwen as of the date of the
Separation. In comparison to the presentation of the three
segments that comprised the former Ocwen Solutions line of
business within the Ocwen financial statements, these historical
results are the same with two exceptions. The operations of BMS
Holdings, Inc., an equity investment which we refer to as BMS,
and Global Servicing Solutions, LLC, a majority owned
consolidated investment which we refer to as GSS, will remain
with Ocwen after the Separation. As the operations of these
businesses are not similar to our business, are managed and
financed autonomously and do not share common facilities with
Altisource, we have excluded them from these combined
consolidated financial statements. Ocwen includes BMS in its
Technology Products segment and GSS in its Mortgage Services
segment in its historical financial statements. Neither BMS or
GSS are reflected in the historical or pro forma combined
consolidated balance sheets or the combined consolidated
statements of operations presented herein.
Altisource will enter into a Transition Services Agreement with
Ocwen under which we and Ocwen will provide to each other
services in such areas as human resources, vendor management,
corporate services, six sigma, quality assurance, quantitative
analytics, treasury, accounting, risk management, legal,
strategic planning, compliance and other areas for up to two
years. Each company will provide such services at
fully-allocated cost and management believes that such
allocations will be materially consistent with current cost
levels incurred by Altisource as a part of Ocwen. We have not
contemplated any financial impact of this agreement in these pro
forma results of operations. We do anticipate that we will incur
increased costs associated with being a separate publicly traded
company including, but not limited to, maintaining a separate
Board of Directors and obtaining a separate audit as well as
changes that we expect in our tax profile, personnel needs,
financing and operations of the contributed business as a result
of the Separation from Ocwen. We also expect to incur costs to
relocate certain executives, and to grant a limited number of
stock options to executives subsequent to the Separation. We
estimate that all of such expenses will range from $2,000 to
$4,000 per year in excess of amounts currently allocated to us
by Ocwen for similar expenses.
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Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 2008
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Pro Forma
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Historical
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Adjustments
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Pro Forma
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Cash
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$
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6,988
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$
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3,000
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(1)
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$
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9,988
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Accounts receivable, net
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9,077
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9,077
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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3,021
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3,021
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Deferred tax asset, net
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268
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268
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Total current assets
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19,354
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3,000
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22,354
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Premises and equipment, net
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9,304
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9,304
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Intangible assets, net
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36,391
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36,391
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Goodwill
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11,540
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11,540
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Other
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86
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86
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Total assets
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$
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76,675
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$
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3,000
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$
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79,675
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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$
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4,767
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$
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$
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4,767
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Lines of credit and other secured borrowings
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1,123
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1,123
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Other
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7,129
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7,129
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Total current liabilities
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13,019
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13,019
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Capital lease obligations
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440
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440
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Deferred tax liability, net
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2,670
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2,670
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Stockholders Equity
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Common stock, EUR 25 par value; 263,412 shares
authorized, issued and outstanding
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6,059
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(6,059
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)(2)
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Common stock, USD $1.00 par value; [x] shares
authorized, 22,478,333 shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2008 on a pro forma basis
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22,478
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(3)(4)
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22,478
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Additional paid-in capital
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41,068
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(3)
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41,068
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Invested equity
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54,487
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(54,487
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)(3)
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Total stockholders equity
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60,546
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3,000
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63,546
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$
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76,675
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$
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3,000
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$
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79,675
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(1)
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This amount represents the cash contribution to be made from
Ocwen to Altisource in connection with the Separation. Ocwen
intends to contribute cash to Altisource such that Altisource
has a minimum cash balance of at least $7,000 at the Separation
Date. Management believes that this amount of cash is sufficient
for Altisource to begin operations and manage its cash needs
through cash flows from operations or from third party borrowing
relationships.
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(2)
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We expect to recapitalize Altisource in connection with the
Separation and will cancel existing share capital and replace it
with the new capital structure.
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(3)
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These amounts represent the contribution of Ocwens
invested equity in Altisource into common stock and additional
paid-in capital subsequent to the consummation of the
Separation. The number of outstanding shares shown approximates
one-third of the number of Ocwen shares outstanding as of
May 1, 2009. Upon completion of the Separation, the number
of shares of our outstanding common stock will approximate
one-third of the number of Ocwen outstanding shares on that
date.
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(4)
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If the Separation were to trigger conversion rights under the
approximately $56,445 in aggregate outstanding principal amount
of Ocwens 3.25% Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior
Notes due 2024, additional shares of Altisources common
stock may be outstanding as a result, and, if so, the numbers
and percentages listed above would change accordingly.
Conversion rights would be triggered if the value of the
Altisource common stock distributed in the Distribution has a
per share value exceeding 10% of the closing sales price of
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the Ocwen common stock on the business day preceding the
announcement of the Separation. We estimate that approximately
1,546,015 additional shares of Altisource common stock
could be issued if these conversion rights were triggered and
all of the note holders exercised these rights. We are unable to
estimate the effects of conversions, if any, and accordingly
they are not reflected in these amounts.
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Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2008
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Pro Forma
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Historical
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Adjustments
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Pro Forma
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(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Revenue
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$
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160,363
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$
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$
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160,363
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Cost of revenue
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115,048
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115,048
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Gross profit
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45,315
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45,315
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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28,088
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28,088
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Income from operations
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17,227
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17,227
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Other expense, net
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(2,626
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2,269
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(1)
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(357
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Income before income taxes
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14,601
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2,269
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16,870
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Income tax provision
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(5,382
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(631
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(6,013
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Net income
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$
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9,219
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$
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1,038
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$
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10,857
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Unaudited pro forma basic earnings per share(2)(3)
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$
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0.41
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$
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0.48
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Unaudited pro forma diluted earnings per share(4)
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$
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0.41
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$
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0.48
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Unaudited pro forma weighted average shares
outstanding basic(2)(3)
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22,478
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22,478
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Unaudited pro forma weighted average shares
outstanding diluted(4)
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22,639
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22,639
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(1)
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We reflect an interest charge from Ocwen in other expense which
represents an allocation of Ocwens total interest expense.
This charge was calculated based on our assets in comparison to
Ocwens total assets and was $2,269 in 2008. After the
Separation, Ocwen and Altisource will operate inherently
different business models and Altisource will no longer be
subject to this interest charge from Ocwen. Further, Altisource
does not anticipate incurring any new debt for which it will
incur interest expense in connection with the Separation.
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(2)
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Unaudited pro forma net earnings per share basic is
calculated using one-third of the number of outstanding shares
of Ocwen as of May 1, 2009. Upon completion of the
Separation, the number of shares of our outstanding common stock
will approximate one-third of the number of Ocwen outstanding
shares on that date.
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(3)
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If the Separation triggers conversion rights under the
approximately $56,445 in aggregate outstanding principal amount
of Ocwens 3.25% Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior
Notes due 2024, additional shares of Altisources common
stock may be outstanding as a result, and the numbers and
percentages listed above might change as a result. Conversion
rights would be triggered if the value of the Altisource common
stock distributed in the Distribution has a per share value
exceeding 10% of the closing sales price of the Ocwen common
stock on the business day preceding the announcement of the
Separation. We estimate that approximately 1,546,015 additional
shares of Altisource common stock could be issued if these
conversion rights were triggered and all of the note holders
exercised these rights. We are unable to estimate the effects of
conversions, if any, and accordingly they are not reflected in
these amounts.
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(4)
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Unaudited pro forma net earnings per share diluted
is calculated using one-third of the number of dilutive Ocwen
common stock equivalents as of March 31, 2009 as we expect
the stock options and stock awards to be converted to Altisource
awards.
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MANAGEMENTS
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with
other sections of this information statement including Business,
Risk Factors, Selected Financial Data, Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk and the combined
consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto
and selected historical financial information included elsewhere
herein. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements
that are based upon our current expectations which are subject
to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Our actual results
may differ materially from the expectations due to changes in
global, political, economic, business, competitive and market
factors many of which are beyond our control. See
Forward-Looking Statements included elsewhere herein.
All dollar amounts not related to compensation are in thousands
unless otherwise indicated.
Significant components of the managements discussion and
analysis of results of operations and financial condition
include:
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Overview
The overview section provides a
summary of Altisource and our reportable business segments and
the principal factors affecting our results of operations. In
addition, we provide a brief description of our Separation from
Ocwen and our basis of presentation for our financial
results.
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Combined Consolidated Results of Operations
The Combined Consolidated Results of Operations
section provides an analysis of our results on a combined
consolidated basis for the three years ended December 31,
2008
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Segment Results of Operations
The segment
results of operations section provides an analysis of our
results on a reportable operating segment basis for the three
years ended December 31, 2008
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
The liquidity
and capital resources section provides a discussion of our
combined consolidated cash flows for the three years ended
December 31, 2008 and of our outstanding debt and
commitments existing at December 31, 2008
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The critical accounting policies and estimates section
provides detail with respect to accounting policies that are
considered by management to require significant judgment and use
of estimates that could have a significant impact on our
financial statements
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Recent Pronouncements
The recent
pronouncements section provides a discussion of recently issued
accounting pronouncements yet to be adopted including a
discussion of the impact or potential impact of such standards
on our combined consolidated financial statements when applicable
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Other Matters
The other matters section
provides a discussion of related party transactions and
provisions of the various Separation related agreements with
Ocwen
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Market Risk
We are principally exposed to
market risk related to foreign currency exchange rates. The
market risk section discusses how we manage our exposure to
these and similar risks
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OVERVIEW
Altisource provides real estate mortgage portfolio management
and related technology products and asset recovery and customer
relationship management services.
Our competitive advantage is the ability to manage high value,
knowledge-based job functions efficiently while reducing
operating variability. In general, we utilize integrated
technology solutions that include pre-determined call scripts
for our customer service personnel based on psychological
principles and decision models. We operate our technology
platforms to manage large scale distributed networks of vendors.
This allows our customers to improve their business processes
while reducing costs. Along with expanding our use of integrated
technology solutions, a central tenet to our strategy is a focus
on selling output or solutions, thereby enabling us to convert
operational efficiency gains into higher margins and
profitability per employee.
We manage our operations through three reporting segments:
Mortgage Services, Financial Services and Technology Products.
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Mortgage Services provides due diligence, valuation, real estate
sales, default processing services, property inspection and
preservation services, homeowner outreach, closing and title
services and knowledge process outsourcing services. Our
services span the lifecycle of a mortgage loan from origination
through the disposition of real estate owned properties
(REO).
Financial Services comprises our asset recovery management
services and customer relationship management to the financial
services, consumer products, telecommunications and utilities
industries. We specialize in, and our primary source of revenues
for this segment is, contingency collections and customer
relationship management for credit card issuers and other
consumer credit providers. In June 2007, we acquired Nationwide
Credit, Inc., one of the ten largest accounts receivable
management companies in the United States.
Technology Products is responsible for the design, development
and delivery of technology products and services to the mortgage
industry including our REAL suite of applications that provide
technology products to serve the needs of servicing and
origination businesses. Our offerings include residential and
commercial loan servicing and loss mitigation software, vendor
management and a patented vouchless payable system to manage and
oversee payments to large-scale vendor networks and information
technology services. We build all of our technology platforms to
be scalable, highly secure, flexible, standards-based and web
connected. Standards and web connectivity ensure that our
customers find our products easy to use. Further, we bring new
products to market quickly because of the investments that we
made in integrating our technology.
For additional information regarding our segments please refer
to the discussions under the Business section of this document.
Separation
from Ocwen
On November 12, 2008, the Board of Directors of Ocwen
authorized management to pursue a reorganization of a number of
predominantly
non-U.S. operations
including its knowledge process outsourcing business to be known
as Altisource. On the Separation Date, we will distribute all of
the shares of Altisource common stock to Ocwens
shareholders in a tax-free distribution. Ocwens
shareholders will receive one share of Altisource common stock
for every three shares of Ocwen common stock they hold on the
Record Date. Upon the Separation, Altisource will no longer be
part of Ocwen.
In connection with the Separation, we and Ocwen entered into the
Separation Agreement as well as certain other agreements to
govern the terms of the separation and certain ongoing
relationships between Ocwen and us subsequent to the Separation.
These agreements include a Transition Services Agreement, Tax
Matters Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, Intellectual
Property Agreement, Services Agreement, Technology Products
Services Agreement and Data Center and Disaster Recovery
Services Agreement. These related party agreements are more
fully described below and in the notes to the combined
consolidated financial statements.
Basis
of Presentation
Our historical combined consolidated financial statements
include assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses directly
attributable to our operations carved out of the historical
operations of Ocwens consolidated financial statements.
Our historical financial statements also reflect allocations of
corporate expenses from Ocwen based on use, percentage of time
or other methodologies management believes appropriate for such
expenses. These corporate expenses primarily reflect an
allocation to us of a portion of the compensation and related
costs of certain senior officers and other personnel of Ocwen
who will not be our employees after the Separation, but who
historically provided services to us.
The historical financial statements included in this information
statement may not be indicative of our future performance as a
separate company following the Separation and do not necessarily
reflect what our financial position, results of operations and
cash flows would have been had we operated as a separate,
stand-alone public entity during the periods presented. As part
of Ocwen, we share certain corporate functions with Ocwen and
Ocwen allocates a portion of its expenses to us to reflect our
share of such expenses. We expect to enter into a Transition
Services Agreement with Ocwen under which we and Ocwen will
continue to share resources and provide services to each other
on a fully allocated cost basis for up to two years. These
services will include such services as human
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resources, vendor management, corporate services, six sigma,
quality assurance, quantitative analytics, treasury, accounting,
risk management, legal, strategic planning, compliance and other
services. Given that these services will be at fully allocated
cost, we expect that our costs will be approximately equal
before and immediately after the Separation. However, we will
need to transition away from Ocwen over the next two years,
which likely will increase the overall costs that we incur as we
no longer will benefit from the economies of scale we generated
as part of a larger organization and likely will have
duplication of functions that would not be necessary if we were
to remain within the Ocwen organization. We also will incur
other expenses as a result of being a separate publicly traded
company that are not reflected in our historical financial
statements. These additional expenses include, but are not
necessarily limited to:
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maintaining a separate Board of Directors;
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obtaining a separate audit including additional audit procedures
in 2010 to comply with the provisions of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
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utilizing legal counsel to review the additional public company
filings and paying listing and other fees;
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purchasing separate Directors and Officers and other insurance
protection;
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incurring taxes separate from Ocwens consolidated
U.S. federal income tax return that may result in a higher
effective income tax rate than we have calculated in our
historical financial statements included herein;
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paying relocation expenses for certain executive management;
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incurring potentially higher financing costs should we need to
borrow monies to maintain or grow our operations; and
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hiring additional support staff in areas previously provided by
Ocwen.
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We estimate that these additional expenses will be between
$2,000 and $4,000 per year, resulting in higher expenses that we
will record in our results of operations. This estimate includes
from $500 to $700 for the Board of Directors fees and expenses,
$700 to $1,000 for audit fees, $200 to $400 for legal counsel
and fees, $300 to $500 for additional insurance, $1,000 to
$1,600 for additional personnel and $500 to $1,000 for other
expenses, all net of approximately $1,200 currently being
allocated to Altisource by Ocwen for these expenses. The amount
and timing of when we incur such additional expenses will
increase the variability of our earnings and cash flows after
the Separation. If we are unable to lower other expenses or
increase revenues, these additional expenses also will lower our
earnings and our cash flows.
We generated 40.1% of our revenues in 2008 from Ocwen
businesses not included in the Separation or services derived
from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio. We anticipate that
Ocwen will continue to be a significant customer for Altisource
for the foreseeable future. We currently provide these services
at rates that we consider to be at market. We expect that the
prices that we will charge for these services beginning with the
Separation Date will be determined pursuant to these services
agreements, with such prices subject to revision at specified
intervals. However, if market conditions change and we are
required to provide services to Ocwen at below market rates, we
could experience decreased earnings and cash flows as well as
greater variability in our performance compared to our
historical results.
The assets and liabilities assigned to us pursuant to the
Separation Agreement are accounted for at the historical book
values of such assets and liabilities. Prior to the separation,
Ocwen centrally managed the cash flows generated from our
various activities.
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COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table summarizes our combined consolidated
operating results for the periods indicated. The transactions
with related parties included in this table and throughout this
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations consist of transactions with Ocwen
businesses not included in the Separation or transactions
derived from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
2008-2007
|
|
|
2007-2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
|
$
|
134,906
|
|
|
$
|
96,603
|
|
|
|
18.9
|
%
|
|
|
39.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
115,048
|
|
|
|
96,954
|
|
|
|
72,163
|
|
|
|
18.7
|
%
|
|
|
34.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
45,315
|
|
|
|
37,952
|
|
|
|
24,440
|
|
|
|
19.4
|
%
|
|
|
55.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
28,088
|
|
|
|
27,930
|
|
|
|
17,622
|
|
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
|
58.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations
|
|
|
17,227
|
|
|
|
10,022
|
|
|
|
6,818
|
|
|
|
71.9
|
%
|
|
|
47.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(2,607
|
)
|
|
|
(1,932
|
)
|
|
|
(789
|
)
|
|
|
34.9
|
%
|
|
|
144.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
|
994
|
|
|
|
(119.1
|
)%
|
|
|
(81.6
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(2,626
|
)
|
|
|
(1,743
|
)
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
50.7
|
%
|
|
|
(950.2
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
14,601
|
|
|
|
8,279
|
|
|
|
7,023
|
|
|
|
76.4
|
%
|
|
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
(5,382
|
)
|
|
|
(1,564
|
)
|
|
|
(1,616
|
)
|
|
|
244.1
|
%
|
|
|
(3.2
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
9,219
|
|
|
$
|
6,715
|
|
|
$
|
5,407
|
|
|
|
37.3
|
%
|
|
|
24.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
64,251
|
|
|
$
|
59,350
|
|
|
$
|
51,971
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
%
|
|
|
14.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
6,208
|
|
|
$
|
8,864
|
|
|
$
|
9,103
|
|
|
|
(30.0
|
)%
|
|
|
(2.6
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
2,269
|
|
|
$
|
965
|
|
|
$
|
503
|
|
|
|
135.1
|
%
|
|
|
91.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
We completed the year ended December 31, 2008 with $160,363
in consolidated revenues as compared to $134,906 in 2007, an
18.9% increase. The year ended December 31, 2007 was a
39.6% increase over 2006 revenues of $96,603. The following
table summarizes the net operating revenues by segment for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
2008-2007
|
|
|
2007-2006
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Mortgage Services
|
|
$
|
54,956
|
|
|
$
|
64,260
|
|
|
$
|
59,729
|
|
|
|
(14.5
|
)%
|
|
|
7.6
|
%
|
Financial Services
|
|
|
73,835
|
|
|
|
41,293
|
|
|
|
7,666
|
|
|
|
78.8
|
%
|
|
|
438.7
|
%
|
Technology Products
|
|
|
45,283
|
|
|
|
36,235
|
|
|
|
34,630
|
|
|
|
25.0
|
%
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
Corporate and eliminations
|
|
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
|
(6,882
|
)
|
|
|
(5,422
|
)
|
|
|
(99.2
|
)%
|
|
|
(26.9
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
|
$
|
134,906
|
|
|
$
|
96,603
|
|
|
|
18.9
|
%
|
|
|
39.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage Services principally generates revenue by providing
professional outsourced services that span the lifecycle of a
mortgage loan. Although we provide a balanced set of product
services related to both mortgage originations and mortgage
default services, our revenues are subject to fluctuation based
on prevailing market
48
conditions. Mortgage Services grew from 2006 to 2007 due
primarily to increasing revenues from valuation and title
searches offered principally in connection with mortgage
originations. Revenue from these services peaked in the fourth
quarter of 2007 and declined throughout 2008 resulting in lower
revenues in the current year. We also experienced declining
revenues in our mortgage due diligence business from the
reduction in new residential loan originations resulting from
the current mortgage crisis. We partially offset these revenue
declines in 2008 by expanding our products to include more
offerings relating to mortgage default management including
property inspection and property preservation, closing and title
services and default processing services. We expect these new
products to help stabilize our mortgage services revenue and
drive revenue growth for us in 2009.
Financial Services revenues increased to $73,835 for the year
ended December 31, 2008 from $41,293 in the prior period
primarily from our acquisition of NCI in June 2007. NCI
contributed net incremental revenues of $69,623 in 2008 ($35,999
of incremental revenues subsequent to June 2007). Partially
offsetting this increase is a decline in our remaining Financial
Services business primarily resulting from our decision to stop
serving certain customers from whom we were not earning an
acceptable profit level. We continue to evaluate our Financial
Services product offerings and customer mix with a growing focus
towards our most profitable customers
and/or
those
we believe have growth potential.
The increase in Technology Products revenue resulted from
providing support services to NCI since the June 2007 date of
acquisition and from a change in our billings to Ocwen and
inter-segment charges from a cost-based method to market-based
rate card in the second quarter of 2008. Under the cost-based
method, we based our billings to Ocwen and our inter-segment
charges on our expectation of costs for providing such services.
We performed these cost-based billings on overall expectations
of how we would allocate our resources with limited changes to
reflect actual costs. Our market-based rate cards include
charges for specific functions or services that we provide that
are at rates that we believe approximate what market
participants would charge in arms-length transactions. We
establish the rates based on specific functions such as the
number of loans processed on the Altisource licensed system or
the number of employees that are using the applicable systems.
We bill for these services on a monthly basis, and the billings
change monthly based on activity levels. We change the rates
periodically based on changes we identify in the market, but
generally maintain consistent rates from month to month. This
change resulted in approximately $6,000 greater revenues in the
current year. We believe these rates to be market rates as they
are consistent with one or more of the following: the fees we
charge to other customers for comparable services; the rates
Ocwen pays to other service providers; market surveys prepared
by unaffiliated firms; and prices being charged by our
competitors. These revised rates are materially consistent with
the rates we will charge Ocwen under the various long-term
servicing contracts into which we will enter in connection with
the Separation.
We intend to cross-sell our mortgage services and technology
products going forward and believe doing so will increase the
overall value we provide to our customers as well as improve the
margins that we earn.
Cost
of revenue
Cost of revenue includes: (i) payroll and employee benefits
associated with personnel employed in customer service roles;
(ii) fees paid to external providers of valuation, title,
due diligence and other outsourcing services as well as printing
and mailing costs for correspondence with debtors; and
(iii) technology and telephone expenses as well as
depreciation and amortization of operating assets.
Cost of revenue increased 18.7% in 2008 compared to an 18.9%
increase in revenues. Our gross profit grew 19.4% to $45,315 in
2008. The $18,094 increase in cost of revenue consists of
$29,524 incremental costs relating to our inclusion of the NCI
results for a full year in 2008 compared to a partial year in
2007, partially offset by decreases in cost of revenue in our
Mortgage Services segment. The cost reductions resulted from
leveraging our workforce, our proprietary processes and the
embedded technology. These cost reductions, as well as the
change to a market-based rate card in our Technology Products
segment noted above, enabled us to improve our gross profit by
$7,363 from 2007 to 2008 despite a decline in revenues when
adjusting for the impact of NCI.
Cost of revenue increased 34.4% in 2007 from 2006 levels due to
the inclusion of NCI since acquisition. These expenses decreased
2.8% exclusive of the additional expenses from NCI due primarily
to cost savings we generated in our legacy Financial Services
business and in our Technology Products segment.
49
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $158 or
0.6% from 2007 to 2008. This increase includes $6,409 of
additional expenses in NCI due to our including their operating
results for a full year in 2008 offset by net decreases of
$6,251 from our remaining operations. We generated these net
decreases primarily by reducing the number and cost of our
personnel supporting our Mortgage Services operations. By
increasing the utilization of our technology, maximizing the
benefits of our diverse workforce and limiting the use of
external professional services, we reduced our internal costs
and the allocation of costs charged to us by Ocwen. We
anticipate that these cost improvements will continue to benefit
us in 2009 but may be offset to some degree by the costs
associated with the growth and development of our new products.
Further, the additional costs of being a separate public company
that we will incur after the Separation will offset or may
exceed the benefits of these improvements and we may have higher
selling, general and administrative costs in the future as a
result.
We also generated cost savings in 2007 with selling, general and
administrative expenses declining 7.3% exclusive of the
additional expenses from NCI.
Income
from Operations
Cost savings in cost of revenues and in selling, general and
administrative expenses and the change to a market-based rate
card noted above enabled us to improve our income from
operations by 71.9%, or $7,205, from 2007 to 2008. We
consistently have expanded our income from operations margin
over the periods presented even while we have continued to
invest significant resources in developing new offerings. We
accomplished this improvement despite a decline in revenues in
2008 when excluding the impact of NCI. In 2007, we increased our
income from operations by 47.0%, or $3,204, driven principally
by an increase in revenues and a reduction in costs. We continue
to be focused on lowering our costs across all of our segments
to grow profits while we seek to grow revenues.
Income
before income taxes
Other income (expense), net included an increase in expenses in
2008 as a result of higher charges from Ocwen resulting from our
acquisition of NCI. Income before income taxes increased 76.4%
due primarily to the cost reductions and greater margins in
Technology Products as noted above.
Other income (expense), net also included an increase in
interest expense and in other expenses in 2007 relating to the
debt incurred and interest charges from Ocwen in connection with
our acquisition of NCI. Income before income taxes increased
17.9% which includes a loss of $3,716 in NCI. Adjusting for the
NCI loss, income before income taxes increased 70.8% due
primarily to the cost reductions described above.
Income
Tax Provision
Income tax provision was $5,382, $1,564 and $1,616 for 2008,
2007 and 2006, respectively. Our effective tax rate on a stand
alone basis was 36.9%, 18.9% and 23.0% for 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. Income tax provision on income before income tax
differs from amounts that would be computed by applying the
Luxembourg federal corporate income tax rate of 29.6% primarily
because of the effect of differing tax rates outside of
Luxembourg, indefinite deferral on earnings of
non-U.S. affiliates
and changes in the valuation allowance. The principal
contributing factor to the increased effective tax rate for 2008
was an increase in valuation allowance particularly related to
certain states and the impact of foreign tax positions including
related deferrals. See Note 14 to our combined consolidated
financial statements for a reconciliation of taxes at the
statutory rate to actual income tax provision.
We expect that our effective tax rate in future periods will be
consistent with 2007 and 2006 levels given our proposed
operating structure, which is a rate in the low to mid twenty
percent range.
50
SEGMENT
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following section provides a discussion of our operating
results by our business segments for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
Altisource
|
|
|
|
Mortgage
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
Technology
|
|
|
and
|
|
|
Portfolio
|
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
Solutions
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
54,956
|
|
|
$
|
73,835
|
|
|
$
|
45,283
|
|
|
$
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
36,392
|
|
|
|
62,590
|
|
|
|
29,777
|
|
|
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
|
115,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
18,564
|
|
|
|
11,245
|
|
|
|
15,506
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,315
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
5,027
|
|
|
|
17,168
|
|
|
|
6,118
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
28,088
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations
|
|
|
13,537
|
|
|
|
(5,923
|
)
|
|
|
9,388
|
|
|
|
225
|
|
|
|
17,227
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
(1,977
|
)
|
|
|
(572
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,607
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
181
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
(1,952
|
)
|
|
|
(391
|
)
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
(2,626
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
13,479
|
|
|
$
|
(7,875
|
)
|
|
$
|
8,997
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,601
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
41,635
|
|
|
$
|
1,181
|
|
|
$
|
35,146
|
|
|
$
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
$
|
64,251
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
3,633
|
|
|
$
|
595
|
|
|
$
|
1,980
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,208
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
(58
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,833
|
)
|
|
$
|
(378
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(2,269
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions between segments primarily consist of IT
infrastructure services and charges for the use of certain REAL
products from our Technology Products segment to our other two
segments. Generally, we reflect these charges within cost of
revenue in the segment receiving the services, except for
consulting services, which we reflect in selling, general and
administrative expenses. All material inter segment transactions
are eliminated.
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Mortgage
Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Selected statement of operations data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential property valuation
|
|
$
|
28,401
|
|
|
$
|
30,777
|
|
|
$
|
26,603
|
|
Closing and title services
|
|
|
13,173
|
|
|
|
13,834
|
|
|
|
10,470
|
|
Knowledge process outsourcing
|
|
|
11,683
|
|
|
|
11,241
|
|
|
|
10,461
|
|
Mortgage due diligence
|
|
|
481
|
|
|
|
8,153
|
|
|
|
11,604
|
|
Other(1)
|
|
|
1,218
|
|
|
|
255
|
|
|
|
591
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
54,956
|
|
|
|
64,260
|
|
|
|
59,729
|
|
Cost of revenues
|
|
|
36,392
|
|
|
|
44,158
|
|
|
|
43,807
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
18,564
|
|
|
|
20,102
|
|
|
|
15,922
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
5,027
|
|
|
|
7,876
|
|
|
|
8,294
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations
|
|
|
13,537
|
|
|
|
12,226
|
|
|
|
7,628
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
$
|
13,479
|
|
|
$
|
12,136
|
|
|
$
|
7,594
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
41,635
|
|
|
$
|
40,646
|
|
|
$
|
31,301
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
3,633
|
|
|
$
|
4,507
|
|
|
$
|
4,242
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
(58
|
)
|
|
$
|
(90
|
)
|
|
$
|
(207
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Other primarily includes property inspection and preservation
services.
|
Revenues
In our Mortgage Services segment, we generate the majority of
our revenue by providing outsourced services that span the
lifecycle of a mortgage loan. In addition to our relationship
with Ocwen, we have longstanding relationships with some of the
leading capital markets firms, commercial banks, hedge funds,
lending institutions and insurance companies and provide
products that enhance their ability to make informed investment
decisions and manage their core operations.
We experienced a strong mortgage origination market through the
end of 2006. In that environment, we typically generate the
majority of our revenues from services related to new loan
originations and from loan refinancings. As the market weakened
and borrowers became more delinquent, our customers began to
require more mortgage default management services. Rather than
performing valuations on pools of relatively new loan
originations, we shifted to performing broker price opinions for
non-performing loans as well as closing and title services for
related transactions.
Our valuation, closing and title services revenues increased in
2007 due to rising delinquencies and foreclosures throughout the
year partially offset by lower revenues relating to loan
originations. Revenues declined in 2008 as loan originations
continued to decrease partially offset by an increase in
services to assist holders of delinquent loans.
We determined early in 2008 to scale down the mortgage due
diligence services due to a lack of demand. We shifted these
resources to other areas, including our outsourcing services for
which we increased our revenues by gaining a greater share of
our customers outsourcing needs.
We launched several new products in the fourth quarter of 2008
that we reflected in the Other category. These new products
include property inspection and preservation services, default
processing services, title agency
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services and homeowner outreach. We also began REO sales in the
first quarter of 2009 and expect these new products to drive
revenue growth in 2009 and beyond.
Cost of
revenue
We decreased our cost of revenue by 17.6% in 2008 and increased
our cost of revenue by 0.8% in 2007 compared to a 14.5% decrease
in revenues in 2008 and a 7.6% increase in revenues in 2007.
These changes resulted in an increase in our gross profit from
26.7% of revenue in 2006 to 31.3% in 2007 and to 33.8% in 2008.
We accomplished these improvements primarily by continuing to
increase the utilization of our proprietary technology as well
as by scaling back our mortgage due diligence services that had
lower margins. Partially offsetting this improvement was the
impact of new product launches for which we incurred personnel
and other costs to establish the products with minimal revenues
during 2008.
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
We decreased our selling, general and administrative expenses by
36.2% in 2008 and by 5.0% in 2007. Consistent with the changes
in cost of revenue, we generated these improvements by
continuing to increase our utilization of our technology and
lowering our overhead costs.
Income
from operations and Income before income taxes
We increased our income from operations by 10.7% in 2008 and by
60.3% in 2007. The improvements in 2008 resulted from our cost
saving measures and were achieved despite a 14.5% decline in
revenues. The greater increase in 2007 is due to cost savings in
addition to a 7.6% increase in revenue.
Income before income taxes increased 11.1% in 2008 and 59.8% in
2007. These increases generally are consistent with the
increases in income from operations and result from the same
factors.
Financial
Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Selected statement of operations data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset recovery management
|
|
$
|
62,771
|
|
|
$
|
36,802
|
|
|
$
|
7,666
|
|
Customer relationship management
|
|
|
11,064
|
|
|
|
4,491
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
73,835
|
|
|
|
41,293
|
|
|
|
7,666
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
62,590
|
|
|
|
32,324
|
|
|
|
5,219
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
11,245
|
|
|
|
8,969
|
|
|
|
2,447
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
17,168
|
|
|
|
14,787
|
|
|
|
3,173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
|
|
|
(5,923
|
)
|
|
|
(5,818
|
)
|
|
|
(726
|
)
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(1,952
|
)
|
|
|
(1,269
|
)
|
|
|
340
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income taxes
|
|
$
|
(7,875
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7,087
|
)
|
|
$
|
(386
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
1,181
|
|
|
$
|
1,044
|
|
|
$
|
2,070
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
595
|
|
|
$
|
1,817
|
|
|
$
|
1,581
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
(1,833
|
)
|
|
$
|
(544
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Revenues
In our Financial Services segment, we generate the majority of
our revenue from asset recovery management fees we earn for
collecting amounts due to our customers and from fees we earn
for performing customer relationship management for our
customers. We acquired NCI effective June 6, 2007 and began
including its results in ours on that date. The increases in
revenues are due to the inclusion of NCIs results for a
portion of the year in 2007 and for the full year in 2008.
Cost of
revenue
Cost of revenue increased $30,266 in 2008 and $27,105 in 2007
primarily due to the acquisition of NCI in June 2007. Cost of
revenue increased from 68.1% of revenues in 2006 to 78.3% in
2007 and 84.8% in 2008. We began to expand our existing
operations late in 2007 and continued this expansion in 2008 in
order to provide capacity to migrate more of our collections
functions to lower cost areas. We incurred additional training
and recruiting costs as we built the new facility and ramped up
staffing. We also generated lower collections per dollar placed
with us in 2008 which we believe is consistent across the
collections industry and is due to the general economic downturn
in the U.S. and elsewhere. Finally, we incurred higher
technology costs in 2008 relating to the acceleration of
depreciation on a predictive dialer that we replaced and the
addition of other technology assets. We reflect these costs in
our Technology Products segment as well but eliminate the
duplicate amounts in consolidation. We fully depreciated this
dialer in 2008 and reduced many of our technology costs during
the year. We also reduced the number of collectors late in 2008
without a corresponding decrease in revenue.
The general economic conditions have caused our collection
rates, or dollars collected as a percentage of dollars placed,
to decline over the entire period during which we owned NCI. We
are focusing on controlling our costs during these difficult
times. We believe these changes will result in decreased cost of
revenues as a percent of revenues in 2009 as compared to the
levels in 2008, thereby increasing gross margins for this
segment.
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 16.1% in
2008 and 366.0% in 2007 primarily because of our inclusion of
NCI in our results beginning in June 2007. These expenses
declined 7.7% in 2008 except for the increase relating to NCI.
Loss from
operations
Our loss from operations increased by $5,092 in 2007 due to the
addition of losses from NCI and lower revenues in our legacy
collections business. In 2008, our loss from operations
increased by $105 despite including NCI for a full year
reflecting improvements we made in operations in 2008.
Other
income (expense), net and Loss before income taxes
Other income (expense), net primarily includes interest expenses
on NCIs debt and an interest charge from Ocwen for its
investment in NCI. These amounts increased from 2007 to 2008 due
to our inclusion of NCI for a full year in 2008.
Financial Services incurred losses before income taxes of $7,087
in 2007 and $7,875 in 2008. NCI incurred losses before income
taxes of $3,716 in 2007 and $7,094 in 2008. We are focused on
reducing our costs in this segment and on profitability per
client. We began to show improvements in the fourth quarter of
2008 and anticipate that these improvements will continue into
2009.
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Technology
Products
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Selected statement of operations data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT infrastructure services
|
|
$
|
24,820
|
|
|
$
|
17,907
|
|
|
$
|
17,987
|
|
REAL suite
|
|
|
20,463
|
|
|
|
18,328
|
|
|
|
16,643
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue
|
|
|
45,283
|
|
|
|
36,235
|
|
|
|
34,630
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
29,777
|
|
|
|
27,354
|
|
|
|
28,559
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
15,506
|
|
|
|
8,881
|
|
|
|
6,071
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
6,118
|
|
|
|
6,359
|
|
|
|
7,027
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
9,388
|
|
|
|
2,522
|
|
|
|
(956
|
)
|
Other (expense) income, net
|
|
|
(391
|
)
|
|
|
708
|
|
|
|
771
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
8,997
|
|
|
$
|
3,230
|
|
|
$
|
(185
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from transactions with other operating segments
|
|
$
|
13,711
|
|
|
$
|
6,882
|
|
|
$
|
5,422
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
21,435
|
|
|
$
|
17,660
|
|
|
$
|
18,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
1,980
|
|
|
$
|
2,540
|
|
|
$
|
3,280
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
$
|
(378
|
)
|
|
$
|
(331
|
)
|
|
$
|
(296
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
Our change to a market-based rate card in the second quarter of
2008 resulted in our recording revenues of approximately $6,000
more in 2008 than we would have recorded had we continued to use
the cost-based system. Approximately $4,100 of this increase
related to IT infrastructure services and $1,900 related to REAL
products revenues. Additionally, revenues increased primarily
due to our commencing IT infrastructure services to NCI in June
2007. Revenues from NCI were $7,928 in 2008 and $2,179 in 2007.
The increase in 2008 related to 2008 being a full year and to
significant technology additions for NCI during the year. These
included replacing a predictive dialer and improving the
telephony and call recording capabilities of the operation in
order to better serve our customers. Excluding the impact of the
billing change and the addition of NCI, IT infrastructure
services revenues decreased 18.4% in 2008 as Ocwen reduced its
staffing levels throughout the year and therefore required less
IT infrastructure services.
Revenues from our REAL suite of products increased in 2008 due
primarily to the billing changes described above and as a result
of higher fees for our transaction based products. Although we
generated higher revenues in 2008 than in 2007, we experienced
softness in these revenues late in 2008 as transaction volumes
began to decline and the number of loans serviced by Ocwen
contracted. However, we anticipate that the new products we
launched in our Mortgage Services segment will drive higher
transaction volumes for our REAL products thereby offsetting
these negative trends over time and enabling us to maintain the
current level of our Technology Products revenues.
Cost of
revenue
We increased cost of revenue by 8.9% in 2008 after decreasing
them by 4.2% in 2007. In connection with our acquisition of NCI
in June 2007, we transferred NCIs IT infrastructure
services staff to our Technology Products segment and began
managing NCIs IT infrastructure services function. This
change increased our expenses in Technology Products in 2007,
but we offset this increase with reductions in the remainder of
our operations. The decrease in our cost of revenue from 2006 to
2007 relates primarily to lower depreciation on technology
assets as many of these assets became fully depreciated in 2006.
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Late in 2007 and throughout 2008, we consolidated the NCI
support function with our operations eliminating many of the NCI
positions and enabling us to minimize the increase in our cost
of revenue. Our billings to NCI increased over $5,700 from 2007
to 2008 due to providing support for the full year in 2008 while
our cost of revenue increased only $2,423. We continue to focus
on cost reductions in this area and believe we are well
positioned to continue providing high quality service while
lowering costs through 2009.
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
We decreased our selling, general and administrative expenses in
our Technology Products segment by 3.8% in 2008 and by 9.5% in
2007. These decreases generally were due to decreasing the
number of staff in this function in each year.
Income
(loss) from operations
We increased our income from operations by 272.2% in 2008 and by
363.8% in 2007. The increase in 2008 was due to our change to a
market-based rate card as described above as well as to the cost
savings we generated during the year. The improvement in 2007 is
due primarily to lower depreciation expenses as many of our
technology assets became fully depreciated during the year, and
our depreciation expense declined as a result.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity
Management believes our ability to generate cash flow from
operations, coupled with cash on hand will be adequate to meet
anticipated cash requirements which principally include
operational expenditures, working capital and capital spending.
Management believes that Altisource will have sufficient cash
and other financial resources to fund current operations and
meet its obligations beyond the next twelve months without
incurring additional debt. Ocwen intends to contribute cash to
us sufficient to ensure that we have a minimum cash balance of
at least $7,000 at the Separation Date.
Total borrowings and cash as presented in the accompanying
historical combined consolidated financial statements reflect
only those balances we required to operate as a subsidiary of
Ocwen. Historically, Ocwen has centrally managed the majority of
the consolidated companys financing activities in order to
optimize its costs of funding and financial flexibility at the
corporate level. In addition, Ocwen has allocated interest
expense to us based upon our portion of assets to Ocwens
total assets which has resulted in interest charges reflected on
our combined consolidated statement of operations. These
interest charges reflect an allocation and are not indicative of
the interest charge we expect to incur as a separate company.
Actual interest expense incurred by Altisource historically
includes our line of credit and other secured borrowings, as
well as interest expense associated with capital leases.
As a separate company, Altisource intends to employ a
disciplined cash policy that seeks first to maintain a strong
balance sheet and second to invest in compelling growth
opportunities that include development of new services,
primarily within our Mortgage Services segment, as well as
acquisitions. In most cases, we are able to grow our business
organically with little to no additional capital. Furthermore,
for over 60% of the revenues we earn, we are paid as we provide
the service or within a limited timeframe (i.e., within one
week) which minimizes our working capital requirements and
ensures sufficient timely cash flows to fund operations.
Furthermore, our operations generated strong cash flow in each
of the past three years and only required a contribution from
Ocwen in order to acquire NCI in June 2007. We expect to
continue to generate positive cash flow from operations
throughout 2009 and in subsequent years.
We may be restricted initially from pursuing larger
acquisitions. However, we believe we still will be able to
complete a number of strategic transactions that will be
accretive to our operations and will not require a significant
use of cash to complete. The limitations on the use of our stock
in an acquisition are due to our desire to maintain the tax-free
nature of the Distribution. For a period of two years following
the Separation, issuances of 50% or more of our common stock to
one entity may cause the Distribution to lose its tax-free
treatment for Ocwen. However, we believe that the impact of such
loss of the tax-free treatment for Ocwen would be mitigated
substantially because Ocwen shall recognize substantially all of
its gain in the Altisource business in connection with the
Restructuring as more fully described under Certain United
States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Separation.
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In June 2009, the Company terminated its existing revolving
credit facility after considering its positive operating cash
flows
year-to-date
and the administrative costs of maintaining the facility. We
continue to believe that the Company has sufficient operating
cash flows and, if necessary, access to debt markets at
reasonable costs as well as equity markets (subject to the
limitations described above) to finance our operations for at
least the next twelve months even without this credit facility.
Cash
Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
2008-2007
|
|
|
2007-2006
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
% Change
|
|
|
Net income adjusted for non-cash
|
|
$
|
21,055
|
|
|
$
|
13,660
|
|
|
$
|
13,906
|
|
|
|
54.1
|
%
|
|
|
(1.8
|
)%
|
Working capital
|
|
|
7,850
|
|
|
|
(5,631
|
)
|
|
|
483
|
|
|
|
(239.4
|
)%
|
|
|
NM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow from operations
|
|
|
28,905
|
|
|
|
8,029
|
|
|
|
14,389
|
|
|
|
260.0
|
%
|
|
|
(44.2
|
)%
|
Cash flow from investing activities
|
|
|
(5,216
|
)
|
|
|
(56,777
|
)
|
|
|
(8,211
|
)
|
|
|
90.8
|
%
|
|
|
(591.5
|
)%
|
Cash flow from financing activities
|
|
|
(22,389
|
)
|
|
|
54,436
|
|
|
|
(6,178
|
)
|
|
|
(141.1
|
)%
|
|
|
981.1
|
%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Net change in cash
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|
|
1,300
|
|
|
|
5,688
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(77.1
|
)%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
Cash at beginning of period
|
|
|
5,688
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NM
|
|
|
|
NM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash at end of period
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|
$
|
6,988
|
|
|
$
|
5,688
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
22.9
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%
|
|
|
NM
|
|
NM= not meaningful
Cash flow from operations consists of two components including
net income adjusted for certain non-cash items (e.g.,
depreciation, amortization) and working capital. We generated
$28,905 in cash flows from operations for the year ended
December 31, 2008 which represents our improved operating
performance during 2008 as compared to 2007 as well as
significant working capital improvement particularly with
respect to accounts receivable.
For the year ended December 31, 2007, we generated $8,029
in cash flow from operations that, when compared to the year
ended December 31, 2006, principally reflects a decline in
working capital attributable to both accounts receivable and
accounts payable and other accrued expenses.
Historically, we have spent between $4,500 and $9,000 on capital
expenditures for the periods presented which was primarily spent
on computer hardware and software to enhance our service
offerings and to maintain our information technology
infrastructure. The decrease in capital expenditures since 2006
is reflective of tighter controls and increased focus on
ensuring that any amounts spent contribute to return on assets.
We expect expenditures in 2009 to approximate or be somewhat
higher than 2008 as we continue to invest in new product
offerings and services. More specifically, we used $5,216 of
cash for investing activities in 2008 compared to $56,777 in
2007. This large 2007 amount relates to our acquisition of NCI
in June 2007 for which we used $25,041 of cash and financed the
remainder with debt.
Our cash flows from financing activities primarily include the
net change in our invested equity balance. Historically, we
participated in a centralized cash management program with
Ocwen. We made a significant amount of our cash disbursements
through centralized payable systems which were operated by
Ocwen, and a significant amount of our cash receipts were
received by us and transferred to centralized accounts
maintained by Ocwen. There were no formal financing arrangements
with Ocwen, and we recorded all cash receipts and disbursement
activity between us and Ocwen through invested equity in the
combined consolidated balance sheets and as net distributions or
contributions to parent in the combined consolidated statements
of invested equity and cash flows because we consider such
amounts to have been contributed by or distributed to Ocwen. The
significant cash outflow in 2008 is due to our generating cash
flows from operating activities that we transferred to Ocwen as
part of the $21,090 net distribution to Parent in 2008.
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Committed
Facility
In July 2008, NCI entered into a revolving secured credit
agreement with a financial institution that provides for
borrowings, secured by and limited to eligible accounts
receivable of NCI, of up to $10,000 through July 2011. The
Company terminated this facility on June 23, 2009.
Capital
Resources
Changes
in Financial Condition
Total assets decreased by 17.4% in 2008 primarily due to
collections we made on receivables, accumulated depreciation on
premises and equipment in excess of new additions, amortization
of intangible assets with no additions and a reduction in
goodwill. In 2008, we recorded amortization of goodwill for
income tax purposes that we reflected as a reduction in goodwill
in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 109, Accounting for Income
Taxes.
Total liabilities decreased by 6.1% in 2008 due primarily to
payments we made on capital lease obligations and on liabilities
we recorded in connection with our acquisition of NCI in June
2007.
At December 31, 2008, we had $54,199 of invested equity, a
decrease of $15,128 from December 31, 2007 that primarily
was due to our having a net increase in cash from operating and
investing activities that Ocwen transferred to its own accounts.
Contractual
Obligations
Our long-term contractual obligations generally include our
operating lease payments on certain of our property and
equipment. The table below summarizes the commitments of
Altisource as of December 31, 2008:
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Nature of Commitment
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|
Total
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
Non-cancelable operating leases
|
|
$
|
5,594
|
|
|
$
|
3,338
|
|
|
$
|
1,080
|
|
|
$
|
572
|
|
|
$
|
262
|
|
|
$
|
269
|
|
|
$
|
73
|
|
Lines of credit and other secured borrowings
|
|
|
1,123
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|
|
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease obligations principal
|
|
|
1,356
|
|
|
|
916
|
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual interest payments(1)
|
|
|
260
|
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Represents estimated future interest payments on borrowings,
including capital leases, based on applicable interest rates as
of December 2008.
|
We believe that we have adequate resources to meet all
contractual obligations as they come due.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements other
than operating leases.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our ability to measure and report our operating results and
financial position is heavily influenced by the need to estimate
the impact or outcome of risks in the marketplace or other
future events. Our critical accounting policies are those that
relate to the estimation and measurement of these risks. Because
they inherently involve significant judgments and uncertainties,
an understanding of these policies is fundamental to
understanding Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. The following is
a summary of our more subjective and complex accounting policies
as they relate to our overall business strategy.
Revenue
Recognition
We recognize revenues from the services we provide in accordance
with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104
(SAB No. 104), Revenue
Recognition and related interpretations.
SAB No. 104 sets forth guidance as to when revenue is
realized or realizable and earned when all of the following
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criteria are met: 1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement
exists; 2) delivery has occurred or services have been
performed; 3) the sellers price to the buyer is fixed
or determinable; and 4) collectability is reasonably
assured. Generally, the contract terms for these services are
relatively short in duration and we recognize revenues as the
services are performed either on a per unit or a fixed price
basis. Specific policies for each of our reportable segments are
as follows:
Mortgage Services:
We recognize the majority
of the services we provide in this segment on delivery of the
product or service to our customer. Residential property
valuation, certain property inspection and property preservation
services, mortgage due diligence and certain closing and title
services include specific deliverables for our customers for
which we recognize revenues when we deliver the related
valuation, property service, title search or due diligence
report to the customer if collectibility is reasonably assured.
We also perform a number of services for which we recognize
revenue at the time of closing of the related real estate
transaction including real estate sales, real estate closings
and certain title services. For default processing services and
certain property preservation services, we recognize revenue
over the period during which we perform the related services,
with full recognition on completion of the related foreclosure
filing or on closing of the related real estate transaction. For
our knowledge process outsourcing services, we charge for these
services based upon the number of employees utilized and
providing such services.
Financial Services:
We generally earn our fees
for asset recovery management services as a percentage of the
amount we collect on delinquent consumer receivables on behalf
of our clients and recognize revenues upon collection from the
debtors. We also provide customer relationship management
services for which we earn and recognize revenues on a per
minute basis as the related services are performed.
Technology Products:
For our REAL suite, we
charge based on the number of our clients loans processed
on the system or on a per-transaction basis. We record
transactional revenues when the service is provided and other
revenues monthly based on the number of loans processed,
employees serviced or products provided. Furthermore, we provide
IT infrastructure services to Ocwen and charge for these
services based on the number of employees that are using the
applicable systems and the number and type of licensed products
used by Ocwen. We also generate revenues from software related
services as considered under AICPA Statement of Position
No. 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition
(SOP 97-2),
and
SOP 98-9,
Modification of
SOP No. 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain
Transactions
(SOP 98-9).
We record revenue associated with implementation services upon
completion and maintenance ratably over the related service
period.
Intangible
Assets and Goodwill
As a result of our acquisition of NCI in 2007 we acquired
goodwill and identifiable intangible assets of $54,815. Goodwill
represents the cost of an acquired business in excess of the
fair value of its net assets, including identifiable intangible
assets, at the acquisition date. At December 31, 2008, the
balance of goodwill was $11,540, of which $9,922 relates to the
acquisition of NCI and is included in our Financial Services
segment and $1,618 relates to our acquisition of the company
that developed the predecessor to REALTrans and is included in
our Technology Products segment.
Goodwill.
We test the goodwill in each of our
operating segments which are components one level below our
three business segments, for impairment at least annually or
whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying
value of goodwill may not be recoverable from future cash flows
based on a two-step impairment test in accordance with
SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets (SFAS No. 142). We evaluate
the recoverability by comparing the estimated fair value of each
operating segment with its estimated net carrying value
(including goodwill). We derive the fair value of each of our
operating segments based on valuation techniques that we believe
market participants would use for each segment (primarily a
discounted cash flow valuation methodology). Our goodwill
impairment test involves the making of estimates and the
exercise of management judgment. From time to time, we may
obtain assistance from third parties in our evaluation. The
discounted cash flow valuation methodology uses projections of
future cash flows and includes assumptions concerning future
operating performance and economic conditions that may differ
from actual future cash flows achieved.
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In projecting our cash flows, we used projected growth rates of
0.1% to 5.0%. For the discount rate, we used 16.0%, which
reflected our weighted average cost of capital determined
partially based on our industry and size. Fair value is
calculated as the sum of the projected discounted cash flows of
the reporting units over the next five years and terminal value
at the end of those five years.
During the fourth quarters of 2008, 2007, and 2006, we completed
our annual goodwill impairment tests and determined that there
was no goodwill impairment. We did record reductions of the
goodwill in our Financial Services segment during 2008. We
recorded purchase price adjustments of $365 during 2008 that
increased the amount of the goodwill we recorded. Also, prior to
our acquisition of NCI in 2007, NCI made an acquisition that
created tax-deductible goodwill that amortizes for tax purposes
over time. When we acquired NCI in 2007, we recorded a lesser
amount of goodwill for financial reporting purposes than what
had previously been recorded at NCI for tax purposes. This
difference between the amount of goodwill recorded for financial
reporting purposes and the amount recorded for taxes is referred
to as Component 2 goodwill and it results in our
recording periodic reductions of our book goodwill balance in
our combined consolidated financial statements. The reduction of
book goodwill also resulted in a reduction in invested equity in
the amount of $3,622 in 2008 and $1,136 in 2007. We will
continue to amortize the remaining Component 2 goodwill for tax
purposes which will result in our first reducing book goodwill
to zero and then reducing intangible assets by the remaining tax
benefits of the Component 2 goodwill as they are realized in our
tax returns.
Identifiable Intangible Assets.
The balance of
intangibles at December 31, 2008 was $36,391. These
intangibles relate to trademarks and customer lists we acquired
in connection with our acquisition of NCI. We amortize our
identifiable intangible assets over their estimated lives in
accordance with SFAS No. 142. In accordance with
SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, identifiable intangible
assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances suggest that the carrying value of an asset or
asset group may not be fully recoverable.
These circumstances include, but are not limited to, a
significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business
climate or operating or cash flow losses and projections of
continuing losses. An impairment loss, generally calculated as
the difference between the estimated fair value and the carrying
value of an asset or asset group, is triggered if the sum of the
estimated undiscounted cash flows relating to the asset or asset
group is less than the corresponding carrying value.
During 2008, we did not identify any indicators of impairment
for our NCI customer relationship and trade name intangibles.
Accounting
for Income Taxes
As part of the process of preparing the combined financial
statements, we were required to determine income taxes in each
of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves
estimating actual current tax expense together with assessing
temporary differences resulting from differing recognition of
items for income tax and accounting purposes. These differences
result in deferred income tax assets and liabilities that are
included within our combined consolidated balance sheets. We
must then assess the likelihood that deferred income tax assets
will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent
we believe that recovery is not likely, establish a valuation
allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or
increase this allowance in a period, we must reflect this
increase as an expense within income tax expense in the
statement of earnings. Determination of the income tax expense
requires estimates and can involve complex issues that may
require an extended period to resolve. Further, changes in the
geographic mix of revenues or in the estimated level of annual
pre-tax income can cause the overall effective income tax rate
to vary from period to period.
We conduct periodic evaluations of positive and negative
evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that
the deferred tax asset can be realized in future periods. Among
the factors considered in this evaluation are estimates of
future taxable income, the future reversal of temporary
differences, tax character and the impact of tax planning
strategies that can be implemented, if warranted. As a result of
this evaluation, we included in the tax provision an increase of
$1,322 to the valuation allowance for 2008 related to certain
state net operating losses that are more likely than not to be
realized in future periods.
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Litigation
We continuously monitor the status of our legal matters. We
obtain advice from external legal counsel in our periodic
assessment of legal matters for potential loss accrual and
disclosure. We make a determination of the amount of the
reserves required in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for
Contingencies. We establish reserves for settlements,
judgments on appeal and filed
and/or
threatened claims for which we believe it is probable that a
loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be
reasonably estimated.
We have filed suit against a former equipment vendor seeking
revocation of acceptance of the equipment and damages for
breaches of implied warranties and related torts. Separately, we
are party to a pending arbitration brought by the vendor seeking
payment of annual support and maintenance fees for periods
subsequent to when we returned the equipment to the vendor. The
vendor also is requesting payment of discounts it provided to us
purportedly to be a marketing partner for the vendor. In total,
the former vendor is seeking damages of approximately $3,100. We
believe that the vendors claims against us are without
merit and intend to defend vigorously against this matter.
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RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
We do not anticipate that any recent accounting pronouncements
will have a significant impact on our financial statements upon
adoption. For additional information regarding recently issued
accounting pronouncements, see Note 3 to our combined
consolidated financial statements.
OTHER
MATTERS
Related
Party Ocwen
For the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately $41,635
of the Mortgage Services, $21,435 of the Technology Products and
$1,181 of the Financial Services segment revenues were from
sales to Ocwen businesses not included in the Separation or
sales derived from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio.
Services provided to Ocwen included residential property
valuation, title services, REO asset management, property
inspection and property preservation, core technology back
office support and multiple business technologies including our
REAL suite of products. We provided all services at rates we
believe to be comparable to market rates.
Provided below is a brief description of the arrangements we
expect to enter into with Ocwen. These arrangements may involve,
or may appear to involve, conflicts of interest. See the
detailed discussion in the Risk Factors and
Affiliate Relationships and Related Party
Transactions sections of this document.
Transition
Services Agreement
See Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation Transition Services Agreement.
Tax
Matters Agreement
See Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation Tax Matters Agreement.
Employee
Matters Agreement
See Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation Employee Matters Agreement.
Intellectual
Property Agreement
See Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation Intellectual Property Agreement.
Data
Center and Disaster Recovery Services Agreement
See Relationship Between Ocwen and Us Following the
Separation Data Center and Disaster Recovery
Services Agreement.
Services
and Technology Product Services Agreements
As part of the Separation, we and Ocwen expect to enter into
separate, binding long-term service agreements that will require
Ocwen to continue to purchase the following Mortgage Services
and Technology Products from us after the Separation:
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|
|
Mortgage Services
|
|
Technology Products
|
|
valuation services
|
|
residential loan servicing software
|
residential due diligence
|
|
vendor management and order fulfillment software
|
residential fulfillment support services
|
|
default resolution services
|
real estate management and sales
|
|
IT infrastructure support
|
property inspection and preservation services
|
|
invoice presentment and payment software
|
closing and title services
|
|
commercial loan servicing software
|
homeowner outreach
|
|
Financial Services
|
trustee foreclosure services
|
|
mortgage charge-off and deficiency collections
|
For additional information see Relationship between Ocwen
and Us Following the Separation.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk includes risks relating to derivative financial
instruments, other financial instruments and derivative
commodity instruments. These risks may be classified as
liquidity risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange
rate risk.
Following the Separation, the risks related to our business will
include certain market risks that may affect our debt and other
financial instruments. In particular, we will face the market
risks associated with interest rate movements on our outstanding
debt. We expect to assess market risks regularly and to
establish policies and business practices to protect against the
adverse effects of these exposures.
We are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk in
connection with our investment in
non-U.S. dollar
functional currency operations to the extent that our foreign
exchange positions remain unhedged. Our operations in
Luxembourg, Canada, Uruguay and India expose us to foreign
currency exchange rate risk, but we consider this risk to be
insignificant.
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BUSINESS
Overview
Altisource provides real estate mortgage portfolio management
and related technology products and asset recovery and customer
relationship management services.
We conduct our operations through three reporting segments:
Mortgage Services, Technology Products and Financial Services.
We also have a Corporate department that currently consists of
overhead costs and intersegment eliminations.
Our
Reportable Segments
Mortgage
Services
Mortgage Services provides due diligence, valuation, real estate
sales, default processing services, property inspection and
preservation services, homeowner outreach, closing and title
services and knowledge based outsourcing services to customers
in the financial services industry.
The Mortgage Services segment generates the majority of its
revenue by providing professional outsourced services across the
lifecycle of a mortgage loan. Currently, we generate about 76%
of our Mortgage Services revenues from Ocwen by fulfilling their
need for various services associated with their mortgage loan
servicing, non-performing loan and real estate owned portfolios.
We also have longstanding relationships with some of the leading
mortgage originators and servicers, insurance companies, hedge
funds and commercial banks and provide a suite of products that
enhances our customers ability to make informed investment
decisions. Mortgage Services consists of four business
components:
Real Estate Services.
This business provides
fee-based transaction management services including residential
property valuation, real estate sales, property inspection and
preservation and mortgage due diligence. Historically, revenue
was directly correlated to the level of origination activity and
consisted only of valuation and due diligence services. However,
during 2008, we expanded our services to assist in managing
delinquent and defaulted loans and Real Estate Owned, which we
refer to as REO. This expansion enabled us to serve both
originators of new loans and servicers and investors with
investments in defaulted loans and REO.
Closing and Title Services.
Historically,
we provided only uninsured title searches to assist our clients
in their foreclosure process. We are adding several new products
to this component including real estate closings, title searches
and title agency services. We are currently in the process of
obtaining licenses to expand our title service operations into a
limited number of key states, and plan to start these operations
in 2009.
Default Processing Services.
Through this new
line of business, we provide non-legal administrative or
back-office services to attorneys to support foreclosure,
bankruptcy and eviction functions. We manage certain non-legal
steps in the foreclosure, bankruptcy or eviction process for our
clients. Our services include new file preparation,
notifications and advisories, marketing properties for
foreclosure sale, document preparation, communications on behalf
of the client and billing services. Additionally, we created a
trustee, Western Progressive, LLC, that provides end-to-end
foreclosure service directly to servicers for foreclosure files
in select Western trustee states.
Knowledge Process Outsourcing.
This business
provides loan underwriting, quality control, insurance and
claims processing, call center services and analytical support
to customers.
Mortgage Services has limited capital requirements with services
that span the life-cycle of the loan. By offering this range of
services, we are able to produce relatively stable earnings in
spite of the decline in residential loan origination activity.
Our continued success in this area is dependent on our ability
to launch new services that cater to the needs of our customers
throughout the lifecycle of the loan, to manage our operating
costs and to continue to improve the quality and timeliness of
service delivery. We recently introduced many of these services,
and we believe the growth in revenues and profits from these new
products will offset any declines we experience as a result of
the decline in residential loan origination activity. Further,
we believe that these capabilities provide us
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with a foundation from which we can solicit additional
third-party business beyond Ocwen leading to revenue growth
opportunities.
The mortgage services segment primarily generates revenue by
providing services to its customers for a fee. Since fees
typically are based on fixed rates per unit, we are focused on
efficiencies in order to generate greater profitability. We
incurred significant costs in 2008 to establish our new services
including training our staff, performing vendor selections and
obtaining licenses and registrations. While we expect to
continue to incur costs associated with our growth in this area,
we now are generating revenues and profits from several of these
new products at a level that we believe will offset these
incremental expenses.
Financial
Services
This segment comprises our asset recovery and customer
relationship management businesses. Effective June 6, 2007,
this segment includes the results of NCI, a receivables
management company. NCI specializes in contingency collections
and customer relationship management for credit card issuers and
other consumer credit providers. NCIs primary source of
revenue is fees for collections on behalf of credit card issuers
and other consumer credit providers on a contingency basis. The
largest customer in this segment is American Express which
accounted for approximately 25.8% of Altisources total
revenues or 56.0% of the Financial Services segment revenues in
2008. Our relationship with American Express is governed by an
agreement, which generally sets out the guidelines on which we
will provide services to American Express, although each
separate assignment for American Express must be separately
agreed to by American Express and is separate from the
agreement. American Express is not contractually obligated to
continue to use our services at historical levels or at all. The
relationship is terminable by American Express by giving
30 days prior written notice to us.
We are one of the ten largest receivables management companies
in the United States as reported in two independent third party
industry polls conducted in 2007 and 2008. These two polls were
the 2008 Industry Rankings for accounts receivable management
companies as published in the August 2008 edition of
Collections & Credit Risk Magazine and the Top Credit
Card Collectors 2007 as published in the August 2008
edition of The Nilson Report. We believe that the key to our
success is our ability to perform well for our customers which,
in turn, leads to more account placements. Our ability to
perform well for our customers is largely dependent on our
success in the training and retention of collection staff and
providing them with cutting edge technology tools to decrease
variability in processes. Variability is a lack of consistency
in performance between collectors, and we are providing
resources to our collectors that we believe will enable each of
them the opportunity to perform similar to the level of our most
efficient collectors.
We believe that our focus on variability reduction, or
consistency, at the collection staff level allows for greater
scalability and profitability in the rapidly changing economic
environment. To that end, we are designing and implementing
scripts that include resolution options based on behavioral
sciences research and statistical modeling of consumer behavior.
The result is an integration of high-probability resolution
options, advanced scoring and segmentation models and greater
effectiveness in resolution presentation. This integration, in
turn, will reduce the time for new collectors to reach
productive levels and increase the accuracy of inputs to
staffing and training models which will allow for higher
productivity at lower costs.
We generate the majority of our Financial Services
segments revenue through the collection on behalf of our
customers of post-charge-off consumer debt for a contingent fee
that is based on the percentage of the debt collected. We also
provide accounts receivable management services to companies for
their delinquent pre-charge off receivables (generally less than
180 days past due). We generally are compensated for these
services on a per minute of talk time or per employee basis. In
addition to these asset recovery management services, we offer
customer relationship management and other services including
customer care and early stage collections services. We generally
are compensated for these services on a per-call, per-person or
per-minute basis.
Technology
Products
Technology Products is responsible for the planning, design,
development, delivery and support of our technology products and
services. We build all of our technology products to be
scalable, secure, flexible, standards-based and using web-based
technologies. Further, we bring solutions to market quickly
because of the
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investments that we made in our technology. Our products include
the REAL suite of applications that supports the servicing
business of Ocwen, the services provided by Mortgage Services
and the servicing and origination businesses of external
customers. These external customers include residential and
commercial mortgage loan servicers.
Key products we offer through our Technology Products segment
include:
REALServicing
®
an enterprise residential mortgage loan servicing product that
offers an efficient platform for loan servicing. The technology
solution features automated workflows, scripting and robust
reporting capabilities. The product spans the loan
administration cycle from loan boarding to satisfaction
including all collections, payment processing and reporting. The
product is integrated into telephony systems to permit the
REALServicing
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platform to be used as the core loan servicing application by
Ocwen.
REALResolution
a default loan administration
product that provides decision support, timeline management and
reporting capability for defaulted loans and REO. We typically
deploy the REALResolution loan administration product for our
customers in conjunction with a loan servicing system such as
the
REALServicing
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platform.
REALTrans
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an electronic business-to-business exchange
that automates and simplifies ordering, tracking and fulfilling
mortgage information products and services. The technology
solution connects multiple service providers through a single
platform and forms an efficient method for managing a large
scale network of vendors. We offer the
REALTrans
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vendor management platform as a web-based tool, or we can
integrate it into the core systems of originators and servicers
in a matter of weeks to fully automate order management. The
product has more than 118 product types and over 40,000 national
and local vendors representing one of the largest networks of
service providers in the country.
REALSynergy
®
an enterprise commercial real estate loan servicing platform.
This technology solution manages the entire life cycle
associated with commercial real estate loans and has over 50
customers.
REALRemit
®
a patented electronic invoice presentment and payment system
that provides our vendors with the ability to submit invoices
electronically for payment and to have invoice payments
deposited directly to their respective bank accounts.
IT Infrastructure Services
a full suite of
services through which we perform remote management of IT
functions for Ocwen. We offer a standardized IT enablement
package for business users that comprises network management and
security, desktop applications, telephony, mail and network
storage backed by 24/7 Help Desk and extensive Tier 2
support. We also offer expertise in the design and delivery of
productized services including call center services management
for large volume inbound and outbound calling requirements.
The REAL suite of products generally generates revenue on a
per-loan or per-transaction basis. The IT Infrastructure
products primarily generate revenue on a per-application or a
per-seat basis. The majority of our revenues are from our
proprietary products so we generally do not incur significant
incremental costs for each marginal seat or each loan or
transaction we support.
Our products are scalable, and we believe that we can expand our
customer base and serve many more customers with limited
incremental costs. We plan to use our technology products as a
competitive advantage in selling our mortgage services enabling
us to generate growth in our mortgage services segment that is
greater than the growth we could achieve by selling our
technology products on a stand-alone basis.
Relationship
with Ocwen
For the year ended December 31, 2008, approximately $41,635
of the Mortgage Services, $21,435 of the Technology Products and
$1,181 of the Financial Services segment revenues were from
sales to Ocwen businesses not included in the Separation or
sales derived from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio.
Services that we provided to Ocwen included residential property
valuation, closing and title services, property inspection and
preservation, core technology back office support and multiple
business technologies including our REAL suite of products.
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For a period of time following the Separation, Ocwen and
Altisource will enter into long-term servicing contracts of up
to eight year terms (subject to termination rights) pursuant to
which Altisource will provide Ocwen with mortgage servicing and
technology products services as described above. We also expect
to enter into a transition services agreement under which Ocwen
will provide to Altisource, and vice versa, certain short-term
transition services such as human resources, vendor management,
corporate services, six sigma, quality assurance, quantitative
analytics, treasury, accounting, risk management, legal,
strategic planning, compliance and other areas. We expect that
all services provided pursuant to the long-term service
contracts will be based on market rates prevailing at the time
of execution or otherwise on arms-length terms and that the
transition services agreement will be based on fully-allocated
cost. These arrangements may involve, or may appear to involve,
conflicts of interest. See the detailed discussion in the
Risk Factors, Relationship Between Ocwen and
Us Following the Separation and Affiliate
Relationships and Related Party Transactions section of
this document.
Altisource
Portfolio Solutions Competitive Strengths and Business
Attributes
Altisources strengths and business attributes are:
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Strong domain expertise.
Altisource focuses on
selling process outputs and solutions instead of seats. Process
outputs and solutions are the number of units produced or the
number of units managed on behalf of our client. Seats refers to
charging a set rate per outsourced employee or per minute of
talk time. For example, in our Mortgage Services business we
generally charge for each valuation, property inspection, title
search and real estate asset sold. In our Financial Services
business, we generally charge a percentage of the amount we
collect on delinquent consumer receivables on behalf of our
clients. In our Technology Products business, we generally
charge our clients based upon the number of the clients
loans processed on the Altisource licensed system, or based on
the number of our clients employees that are using the
applicable systems. Unlike a business model that sells all of
its services on a per person basis, this allows us to improve
our margins as we become more efficient in providing our
services.
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Among the leading providers in each of its business
segments
. Our client base includes blue-chip
companies, leading capital markets firms, commercial banks,
hedge funds, lending institutions and insurance companies with
which we generally have long standing relationships. We are a
top 10 accounts receivable management company, and our
predecessor companies have served the largest customer in our
Financial Services segment for more than 30 years. Our
Mortgage Services and Technology Products segments have served
Ocwen since their formation and continue to increase the volume
and breadth of services they provide. We believe that the
Separation will open up opportunities in the marketplace that
were not available to us as part of Ocwen including providing
services to other loan servicing and financial services
companies. Our sales force is focused on growing these
relationships.
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Advanced technology.
Our technology products
deliver stable, scalable and efficient functionality that leads
to higher revenue and profitability per employee for our
customers.
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Strategy.
By utilizing psychological
principles, scripting engines, decision models and workflow
management, Altisource eliminates variability in delivery of
services which offers us the opportunity to maintain sustained
quality levels.
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Earnings potential.
Our Mortgage Services and
Technology Products segments generate a significant portion of
their revenues from Ocwens loan servicing portfolio. We
believe this provides visibility into our future business and
allows us to efficiently manage our infrastructure.
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Unlevered Balance Sheet.
We enjoy a nearly
debt-free capital structure that provides the financial
flexibility to pursue acquisitions and organic growth.
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Management Team.
We have a strong, cohesive
team with significant management and knowledge process
outsourcer experience. Our disciplined recruiting practices
include cognitive testing, personality screening and complex
behavioral assessments at all levels of the company.
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Altisource
Portfolio Solutions Strategy and Opportunities
Altisources strategy and opportunities include:
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New products.
Over the past two quarters, we
launched new products in our Mortgage Services segment designed
to capture a greater share of the default management business.
These products include default processing services, property
inspection and preservation services, homeowner outreach, real
estate sales and title services.
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Infrastructure advantage.
We are managing high
value, knowledge based job functions. We successfully built and
are managing global service centers in the U.S., India, Uruguay
and Canada. Our recruiting and training practices as well as our
information technology infrastructure enable us to manage
intensive knowledge based processes with quality results at all
of our global locations.
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Technology.
We utilize and continue to develop
processes and systems that require the least amount of human
intervention. This results in improved quality through the
elimination of variability and results in increased
productivity, accuracy and performance for our customers. It
also translates into higher margins and revenue for us.
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High quality, stable and visible earnings.
Our
Mortgage Services and Technology Products segments derive a
significant portion of their revenues from Ocwens loan
servicing portfolio. This provides us with visibility into our
future business and allows us to efficiently manage our
infrastructure.
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Unlevered Balance Sheet and Asset Light Business
Model.
Our nearly debt-free capital structure,
strong balance sheet and strong cash flow unencumbered by the
need to make material capital expenditures provide us financial
flexibility to allocate capital toward acquisitions and organic
growth.
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Cross-selling.
We recently combined our
marketing and most of our sales functions to improve our product
integration, which we believe can increase the value proposition
we offer our customers as well as increase the revenues we earn
from each relationship.
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Customers
We conduct portions of our operations in all 50 states and
in four additional countries through our three reporting
segments. Our active client base currently includes over
75 companies in the financial services, consumer products
and services, telecommunications, utilities, government and real
estate and mortgage servicing sectors. Our 10 largest customers
in 2008 accounted for approximately 87% of our total revenue.
Our largest customers include Ocwen and American Express, one of
the largest credit and charge card issuers in the U.S. that
accounted for 40% and 26%, respectively, of Altisources
total revenue. American Express has been a customer of NCI or
its predecessors, which is part of the Financial Services
segment, for over thirty years. Of the Ocwen-related revenues,
$41,635 relates to Mortgage Services, $21,435 relates to
Technology Products and $1,181 relates to Financial Services.
Ocwen-related revenues include those derived from Ocwens
loan servicing portfolio where the servicing pool trusts are the
ultimate customers.
The percentage of revenues for the year ended December 31,
2008 by industry sector serviced by our segments is provided
below:
Mortgage
Services
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87% from real estate and mortgage servicing companies
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13% from the insurance industry
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Financial
Services
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68% from financial services companies
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11% from the consumer products and services companies
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9% from telecommunications companies
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6% from utilities
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4% from U.S. government entities
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2% from real estate and mortgage servicing companies
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Technology
Products
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94% from real estate and mortgage servicing companies
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6% from the insurance industry
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Sales and
Marketing
We are developing a team of experienced sales personnel with
subject matter expertise in particular services or in the needs
of particular types of customers. The existing sales individuals
maintain relationships throughout the industry and play an
important role in prospecting for new accounts. They work
collaboratively, and we compensate them for sales they generate
both within their areas of expertise and outside of those areas.
In late 2008, we combined our marketing and most of our sales
operations under a single executive responsible for cross
selling our services to all of our current major customers and
potential customers. Previously, our sales functions were
separated between segments, and our product offerings were
distinct and limited. We now have a greater breadth of product
offerings and more opportunities to increase the value we
provide to our customers by enabling them to reduce the number
of vendors they utilize and combining our services to address
specific needs of our customers.
We target a significant portion of our potential customers in
each of our business lines via direct
and/or
indirect field sales as well as inbound and outbound
telemarketing efforts. As many of our customers use a single
Altisource service, our direct sales force targets existing
customers to promote cross-selling opportunities.
Intellectual
Property
We rely on a combination of contractual restrictions, internal
security practices, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secrets and other intellectual property to establish and protect
our software, technology and expertise. We also own or, as
necessary and appropriate, have obtained licenses from third
parties to intellectual property relating to our products,
processes and business. These intellectual property rights are
important factors in the success of our businesses.
Despite these protections, unauthorized parties may attempt to
infringe our intellectual property rights. Our management is not
aware of any such material unauthorized use or of any pending
claims where we do not have the right to use any intellectual
property material to our business. We actively protect these
rights and intend to continue our policy of taking all measures
we deem reasonable and necessary to develop and protect our
patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks and other
intellectual property rights.
Altisource currently holds one patent that expires in 2023 and
has 18 pending patent applications with projected expiration
dates from 2020 to 2030. In addition, Altisource has registered
trademarks or recently filed applications for registration of
trademarks in a number of countries or groups of countries,
including 17 separate trademarks in the United States and up to
twelve filings for the same marks in the European Community,
India and in nine other countries or groups of countries. These
trademarks generally can be renewed indefinitely.
Competition
The businesses in which we engage are highly competitive. From
an overall perspective, we compete with the global business
process outsourcing firms such as Genpact LTD, WNS (Holdings)
Limited and Exlservice Holdings, Inc. In our Mortgage Services
segment, we compete with in-house servicing operations of large
mortgage lenders and servicers or third party service providers.
Our Financial Services segment competes with other large
receivables management companies as well as smaller companies
and law firms focused on collections. In our Financial Services
segment, we are one of the top ten accounts receivable
management companies in the
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U.S. out of approximately 1,800 agencies as ranked by two
independent polls. Our Technology Products segment competes with
internal technology departments and with third party data
processing or software development companies. In our Mortgage
Services and Technology Products segments, we compete primarily
with a small number of national vendors and a large number of
small regional or in-house providers. Given the diverse nature
of product offerings that we and our competitors offer in these
segments, we cannot determine our position in the market with
accuracy, but we believe that we represent only a small portion
of the overall market. Some of our competitors may offer more
diversified services, operate in broader geographic markets or
have greater financial resources than we do. Some of our larger
customers retain multiple providers resulting in continuous
evaluation of our performance against our competitors.
Competitive factors in our Mortgage Services business include
the quality and timeliness of our services, the size and
competence of our network of vendors and the breadth of the
services we offer. For Financial Services, competitive factors
include the ability to achieve a collection rate comparable to
our competitors; the ability to adapt to an individual
customers requirements; the quality and personal nature of
the service; and the consistency and professionalism of the
service and the recruitment, training and retention of a highly
skilled workforce. Competitive factors in our Technology
Products business include the quality of the technology-based
application or service; application features and functions; ease
of delivery and integration; and our ability to maintain,
enhance and support the applications or services and cost. We
believe that our integrated technology and economies of scale in
our three reportable segments provide us with a competitive
advantage in each of these categories.
We have multiple competitors in each of our segments. Some of
our key competitors by segment include:
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Mortgage Services.
International Business
Machines Corp., The First American Corporation and Lender
Processing Services, Inc.
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Financial Services.
NCO Group, Inc., GC
Services, L.P., West Asset Management and United Recovery
Services, Inc.
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Technology Products.
Lender Processing
Services, Inc. and Fiserv, Inc.
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Government
Regulation
Our business is subject to extensive regulation by federal,
state and local governmental authorities including the Federal
Trade Commission and the state agencies that license our
mortgage services and collection entities. We also must comply
with a number of federal, state and local consumer protection
laws including, among others, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit
Reporting Act and the Homeowners Protection Act. These statutes
apply to debt collection, foreclosure and claims handling, and
they mandate certain disclosures and notices to borrowers. These
requirements can and do change as statutes and regulations are
enacted, promulgated or amended.
We are subject to certain federal, state and local consumer
protection provisions. We are also subject to licensing and
regulation as a mortgage service provider
and/or
debt
collector in a number of states. We are subject to audits and
examinations that are conducted by the states. Our employees who
sell title insurance products and real estate services may be
required to be licensed by various state commissions for the
particular type of product sold and to participate in regular
continuing education programs. From time to time, we receive
requests from state and other agencies for records, documents
and information regarding our policies, procedures and practices
regarding our mortgage services and debt collection business
activities. We incur ongoing costs to comply with governmental
regulations.
Employees
As of December 31, 2008, we had 2,534 employees
divided between 651 in Mortgage Services, 1,254 in Financial
Services, 479 in Technology Products and 150 in Corporate. None
of our workforce currently is unionized. We have not experienced
any work stoppages, and we consider our relations with employees
to be good. We believe that our future success will depend, in
part, on our ability to continue to attract, hire and retain
skilled and experienced personnel.
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Properties
and Facilities
Our corporate headquarters is located in Luxembourg, Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg, in a facility leased by us. The following table
sets forth information relating to our primary facilities at
December 31, 2008:
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Square
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Footage
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Executive office and headquarters:
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Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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Leased
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2,000
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Financial Services customer support centers:
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Vestal, New York
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Leased
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54,957
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Phoenix, Arizona
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Leased
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21,626
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Kennesaw, Georgia
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Leased
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46,700
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Goa, India
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Leased
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17,216
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Miramar, Florida
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Leased
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9,292
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Sacramento, California
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Leased
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7,864
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Victoria, British Columbia
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Leased
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9,000
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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Leased
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8,125
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Business operations and IT infrastructure services
offices:
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Bangalore, India
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Leased
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37,060
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Bangalore, India
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39,510
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Mumbai, India
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26,000
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We currently are negotiating this lease.
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In December 2008, we notified the landlord that we were
terminating this lease effective December 31, 2009. We do
not expect to incur any significant penalties in connection with
this lease termination.
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Currently, we share a larger space within these offices with
Ocwen. The square footage listed assumes that we enter into new
leases for this square footage. We anticipate terminating the
existing leases and entering into new leases with the landlords
prior to the Separation.
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In connection with the Separation, we intend to align our
properties with Ocwens in the most cost-effective manner.
Where commercially and practically feasible, facilities that can
be divided for joint occupancy by the two companies will be made
available to both companies and we will lease additional space
as needed. We believe our properties will be suitable and
adequate and we believe we have sufficient capacity to meet our
current needs.
Seasonality
The Financial Services receivables management business is
subject to moderate seasonality with collections revenue
typically higher in the first calendar quarter of each year
because consumers typically use income tax refunds to make
payments on debts. The collection levels generally are lower in
the remainder of the year.
Seasonality also affects our Mortgage Services segment as loan
originations and payoffs are typically at their lowest levels
during the first and fourth quarters due to a reduced level of
home buying activity during the winter months. Loan originations
and payoffs generally increase during the warmer months
beginning in March and continuing through October. As a result,
we may experience higher earnings in the second and third
quarters and lower earnings in the first and fourth quarters
from the services we provide to our customers that purchase
loans and sell real estate.
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Legal
Proceedings
We have filed suit against a former equipment vendor seeking
revocation of acceptance of the equipment and damages for
breaches of implied warranties and related torts. Separately, we
are party to a pending arbitration brought by the vendor seeking
payment of annual support and maintenance fees for periods
subsequent to when we returned the equipment to the vendor. The
vendor also is requesting payment of discounts it provided to us
purportedly to be a marketing partner for the vendor. In total,
the former vendor is seeking damages of approximately $3,100. We
believe that the vendors claims against us are without
merit and intend to defend vigorously against this matter while
at the same time pursue our claims against this vendor.
Altisource is subject to various other pending legal
proceedings. In our opinion, the resolution of those proceedings
will not have a material effect on our financial condition,
results of operations or cash flows.
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MANAGEMENT
Executive
Officers
William B. Shepro,
age 40. Mr. Shepro has
served as the President of Altisource Portfolio Solutions since
July 2008, as Executive Vice President of Ocwen since May 2008
and will serve as Chief Executive Officer of Altisource
Portfolio Solutions subsequent to the Separation. He has served
as President of Global Servicing Solutions, LLC, a joint venture
between Ocwen Financial Corporation and Merrill Lynch, since
2003. Mr. Shepro also held the positions of Senior Vice
President of Ocwen Recovery Group and Senior Vice President,
Director and Senior Manager of Commercial Servicing at Ocwen
since joining the company in 1997. Mr. Shepro serves on the
Boards of Altisource and BMS Holdings, Inc. and certain
subsidiaries. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from
Skidmore College and a Juris Doctorate from the Florida State
University College of Law.
Robert D. Stiles,
age 36. Mr. Stiles has served
as Altisource Portfolio Solutions Chief Financial Officer
since March 2009 and will continue serving in this capacity
subsequent to the Separation. Prior to joining Altisource
Portfolio Solutions, Mr. Stiles served as Director,
Controller for Centerline Capital Group since October 2007, as
Vice President and Assistant Controller for Viacom Inc. from
April 2006 to May 2007 and in various positions within Time
Warner Inc.s financial reporting and tax policy groups
from August 2002 to April 2006. Mr. Stiles began his career
with KPMG LLP. Mr. Stiles holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Accounting with a concentration in Information
Systems from James Madison University and a Masters of Business
Administration from Columbia University. He is a Certified
Public Accountant (Virginia).
Kevin J. Wilcox
, age 44. Mr. Wilcox has served
as Ocwens Executive Vice President and Chief
Administration Officer since April 2008 and will move into his
role as Chief Administration Officer and General Counsel for
Altisource Portfolio Solutions subsequent to the Separation.
Mr. Wilcox previously served as the Senior Vice President
of Human Resources and Corporate Services and as Corporate
Secretary. He joined Ocwen in March 1998 as Senior Manager,
Litigation in the Law Department where he was responsible for
the resolution of all corporate litigation. He holds a Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration from the University of
Florida and a Juris Doctorate from the Florida State University
College of Law.
John T. McRae II,
age 39. Mr. McRae joined
Nationwide Credit, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer in August
2008 and will continue in this capacity subsequent to the
Separation. Prior to joining NCI, Mr. McRae served as
Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Syniverse
Technologies from December 2007 and as Senior Vice President of
Operations for Emdeon Business Services and Chief Operating
Officer of Emdeon Data Capturing Solutions division from January
2005, after serving in various roles within Emdeon since
December 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Administration
from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Business
Administration from Case Western University.
Shekar Sivasubramanian
, age 45.
Mr. Sivasubramanian has served as President of Mortgage
Services and Technology Products of Altisource Portfolio
Solutions since November 2008 and will continue in this capacity
subsequent to the Separation. He served as Senior Vice President
and Chief Information Officer of Ocwen from 2002 through
November 2008. Prior to joining Ocwen in June 2002, he was Chief
Operating Officer of Mascot Systems. He holds a Bachelors
degree in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology and
a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the Bloch
School of Business. Mr. Sivasubramanian is currently
pursuing his Ph.D. in Knowledge Management and Information
Retrieval from Carnegie Mellon University.
S. P. Ravi,
age 41. Mr Ravi has served as
Ocwens Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since June
2008 and will move into this capacity for Altisource subsequent
to the Separation. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Ravi served as
Head of Trust Funds Accounting Operations at the World
Bank, India. Mr. Ravi holds a Bachelors Degree from Delhi
University and is a Chartered Accountant. He also is a Certified
Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor and Certified
Information Systems Auditor.
Directors
William C. Erbey,
age 59. Mr. Erbey will serve
as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has served as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen since September 1996
and as the Chief Executive Officer of Ocwen
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since January 1988. He served as the President of Ocwen from
January 1988 to May 1998. From 1983 to 1995, Mr. Erbey
served as a Managing General Partner of The Oxford Financial
Group, a private investment partnership that was the predecessor
of Ocwen. From 1975 to 1983, Mr. Erbey served at General
Electric Capital Corporation in various capacities most recently
as the President and Chief Operating Officer of General Electric
Mortgage Insurance Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from Allegheny College and a Masters of Business
Administration from Harvard University.
William B. Shepro
will serve as a director as well as an
executive officer. His business experience is listed on the
previous page in Executive Officers.
We currently are evaluating several candidates to serve as
independent directors on our Board.
COMPENSATION
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
Altisource Portfolio Solutions did not exist as a separate
publicly traded company prior to the Separation. Therefore, the
compensation for the executive officers reflected herein was not
determined by our Compensation Committee. Accordingly, the
Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the compensation
philosophy applied by Ocwen to these executive officers with
respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and the
ways in which we anticipate that our compensation philosophy
will be similar or different after we become a separate public
company. As we anticipate that our programs initially will be
similar to those applicable to executives of Ocwen, we do not
expect that there will be many differences immediately following
the Separation. The Boards of Directors of both Ocwen and
Altisource will review the effect of the Separation on all
elements of compensation during fiscal years 2009 and 2010 and
make appropriate adjustments. In connection with the Separation,
our Board of Directors will form its own Compensation Committee.
Following the Separation, this new Compensation Committee will
determine our executive compensation strategy.
This section provides information regarding the following:
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compensation programs for Altisources Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and three other most highly
compensated executive officers;
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overall objectives of the Ocwen compensation program and what it
is designed to reward;
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each element of compensation that Ocwen provides; and
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the reasons for the compensation decisions made regarding these
individuals while employed by Ocwen.
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The executive officers for Altisource after the Separation will
be as follows:
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Name
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Position
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William B. Shepro
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Chief Executive Officer
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Robert D. Stiles
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Chief Financial Officer
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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Chief Administration Officer and General Counsel
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John T. McRae II
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Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Credit, Inc.
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Shekar Sivasubramanian
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President of Mortgage Services and Technology Products
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Compensation
Philosophy and Objectives
Ocwen believes that the most effective executive compensation
program is one that aligns executives interests with those
of the shareholders by rewarding performance that achieves or
exceeds specific annual, long-term and strategic goals, with the
ultimate objective of improving shareholder value Ocwen seeks to
promote individual service longevity and to provide its
executives with long-term wealth accumulation opportunities to
the extent of consistent, high-level financial performance are
achieved. The Compensation Committee of Ocwen evaluates both
performance and compensation annually to ensure that it
maintains the ability to attract and retain superior employees
in key positions and that compensation provided to key employees
remains competitive relative to the
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compensation paid to similarly situated executives of its peer
companies. To achieve these objectives, Ocwen believes that
executive compensation packages should include both cash and
equity-based compensation that rewards performance as measured
against established goals. Following the Separation, Altisource
expects to have a similar philosophy.
Governance
The Compensation Committee of Ocwens Board of Directors
has historically overseen executive compensation and benefit
plans and practices, while establishing management compensation
policies and procedures to be reflected in the compensation
program offered to its executive officers. The Ocwen
Compensation Committee also evaluates and makes recommendations
to the Board of Directors of Ocwen for human resource and
compensation matters relating to our executive officers.
The Compensation Committee of Ocwen is comprised of three
directors, who are elected annually. Each member of Ocwens
Compensation Committee is independent as defined in the listing
standards of the New York Stock Exchange. While Ocwen has no
specific qualification requirements for members of the
Compensation Committee, its Compensation Committee members have
knowledge and experience regarding compensation matters as
developed through their respective business experience in both
management and advisory roles, including general business
management, executive compensation and employee benefits
experience. We expect that Altisource will implement similar
guidelines for its compensation committee consistent with The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC listing standards in order to provide
the company with an independent committee with extensive
diversity in experience, culture and viewpoints.
The Compensation Committee of Ocwen has the authority to retain
independent counsel or other advisers as it deems necessary in
connection with its responsibilities at Ocwens expense.
The Ocwen Compensation Committee may request that any of
Ocwens Directors, officers or employees, or other persons
attend its meetings to provide advice, counsel or pertinent
information as the committee requests. We anticipate that
Altisource will adhere to similar governance practices.
Role of
Executive Officers in Compensation Decisions
Certain executives of Ocwen are involved in the design and
implementation of Ocwens executive compensation programs,
including the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice
President and Chief Administration Officer, who are typically
present at Ocwens Compensation Committee meetings. These
executives annually review the performance of each executive
officer (other than the Chief Executive Officer whose
performance is reviewed by the Compensation Committee) and
present their conclusions and recommendations regarding
incentive award amounts to the Compensation Committee for its
consideration and approval. The Committee can exercise its
discretion in accepting, rejecting
and/or
modifying any such executive compensation recommendations;
however, executive compensation matters generally are delegated
to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President and
Chief Administration Officer for development and execution. We
expect that executives of Altisource will maintain a similar
level of involvement in compensation decisions.
Elements
of Compensation
The current compensation package for our executive officers as
employees of Ocwen consists of base salary and annual incentive
compensation. This compensation structure was developed by Ocwen
in order to provide each executive officer with a competitive
salary, while emphasizing an incentive compensation element that
is tied to the achievement of strategic corporate goals and
initiatives as well as individual performance. Ocwen believes
that the following elements of compensation are appropriate in
light of Ocwens performance, industry, current challenges
and environment. We will most likely incorporate these elements
into our executive compensation program following the Separation.
Base Salary.
Base salaries for our executive
officers were established by Ocwen based on individual
qualifications and job responsibilities, while taking into
account compensation levels at similarly situated companies for
similar positions determined through benchmarking as described
below under the heading Setting Compensation Levels.
Ocwen reviews base salaries of the executive officers annually
during the performance
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review process with adjustments made based on market
information, internal review of the executive officers
compensation in relation to other officers, individual
performance of the executive officer and corporate performance.
We expect similar reviews to be conducted by Altisource. Salary
levels will also be considered upon a promotion or other change
in job responsibility. We anticipate that salary adjustment
recommendations will be based on our overall performance and an
analysis of compensation levels necessary to maintain and
attract quality executives.
Annual Incentive Compensation.
Ocwens
primary incentive compensation plan for executives is the 1998
Annual Incentive Plan, as amended (the AIP). Equity
based awards are granted pursuant to Ocwens 2007 Equity
Incentive Plan. Pursuant to the AIP, a participant can earn
cash, restricted stock and stock option awards as determined by
Ocwens Compensation Committee. For the 2008 fiscal year,
all awards were made in cash. The plan provides Ocwens
Compensation Committee and management with the authority to
establish incentive award guidelines which are further discussed
below. We intend to adopt a similar plan to set forth incentive
compensation parameters for executives.
Each executive officer at Ocwen has a targeted annual incentive
award that is expressed as a percentage of total target
compensation for each executive officer. Total target
compensation is determined by reference to historical total
compensation paid to each executive officer and through
benchmarking as described below under the heading Setting
Compensation Levels. At the executive level at Ocwen in
2008,
40-65%
of total target compensation was payable only upon achievement
of certain minimum company and individual performance levels.
The appropriate percentage varies depending on the nature and
scope of each executive officers responsibilities. The
table below reflects the percentage of each named executive
officers total target compensation that was allocated to
base salary and incentive compensation in 2008 and each
executive officers actual total compensation that was
allocated to base salary and incentive compensation in 2008:
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Incentive
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Incentive
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Base Salary % of
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Compensation %
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Base Salary % of
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Compensation %
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Target Total
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of Target Total
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Actual Total
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of Actual Total
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Compensation in
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Compensation in
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Compensation in
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Compensation in
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2008
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2008
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2008
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William B. Shepro
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40
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60
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%
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36
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64
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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50
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%
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50
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%
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44
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%
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56
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John T. McRae II(2)
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60
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40
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%
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63
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%
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37
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Shekar Sivasubramanian
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70
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%
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30
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%
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61
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%
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39
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Robert D. Stiles joined us on March 2, 2009, so he did not
receive compensation in 2008.
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(2)
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John T. McRae II joined the company in August 2008, so the
information presented is for a partial year.
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Ocwens annual incentive-based compensation cash award is
structured to motivate executives to achieve pre-established key
performance indicators by rewarding the executives for such
achievement. This is accomplished by utilizing a balanced
scorecard methodology which incorporates multiple financial and
non-financial performance indicators developed through our
annual strategic planning process to enhance corporate
performance and long-term shareholder value. This corporate
scorecard is approved annually by the Ocwen Compensation
Committee
and/or
the
full Board of Directors and is utilized by the Compensation
Committee as a factor to determine the appropriate amount of
incentive compensation to be paid to the Chief Executive Officer
of Ocwen. During development of the corporate scorecard each
year, the Compensation Committee considers the level of
difficulty associated with attainment of each goal in the
scorecard. The intent of the Compensation Committee is to
establish the target goal at a level that would require
extraordinary effort to achieve. We expect to implement similar
practices at Altisource.
Ocwens corporate scorecard for 2008 and corresponding
achievement levels are detailed below:
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2008 Corporate Scorecard
Elements
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Achievement Levels
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Threshold
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Target
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Outstanding
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Level Achieved
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Achieving an adjusted pre-tax income target
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$62,510
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$78,100
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$93,700
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$89,400(1)
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Achieving a Return on Equity target
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5.2%
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6.2%
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7.2%
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6.9%(1)
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Achieving corporate strategic initiatives
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4 of 8
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5 of 8
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6 of 8
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See Strategic Initiatives below
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Strategic Initiatives
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Position Ocwen Solutions for a Separation
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Complete diligence necessary to determine whether to engage an
investment bank
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Threshold plus provide all documentation to PwC to support
audits of Ocwen Solutions for 2006 and 2007
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Target plus complete all Ocwen Solutions Spin project work by
March 1, 2009
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Determined not to engage investment bankers, documentation
provided to PwC to complete 2006 & 2007 audits, and all
Ocwen Solutions Spin project related work completed in time
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Customer satisfaction: Improve sigma calculation of customer
survey (defect = survey score of 3 or less)
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4.55 sigma
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4.60 sigma
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4.65 sigma
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4.70 sigma
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Raise liquidity/funding
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Not less than $0 excess
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Net advance after applicable haircut plus $70 million
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Target plus $80 million
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Net advance after haircut plus $208.8 million
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Excluding 2008 acquisitions, reduce gross Loan Servicing
Advances by 5% or $77.063 million from $1.541 billion
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2.5% reduction
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5.0% reduction
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7.5% reduction
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$1.2506 billion 18.8% reduction
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Complete and Implement Enhanced Loan Resolution Model
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N/A
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N/A
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To be completed by December 31, 2008
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Completed by December 31, 2008
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Expand assets under management to $518 MM
Report via dashboard
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85% of Budget $440 million
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100% of Budget $518 million
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115% of Budget $595 million
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$215 million
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Generate cash from the sale or financing of BOK, GSS Canada,
NCI, Residuals, Loans and REO held for resale, FHLMC/FNMA, Debt
service accounts, Gross accounts, Receivables, PNC settlement
and Orlando land
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At discretion of the Chairman
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At discretion of the Chairman
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At discretion of the Chairman
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$82 million
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Develop and generate revenue of $8 MM from one or more new
business lines title, insurance, FHA, default
management, or any other business line requested by Senior
Management
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$6,400
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$8,000
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$9,600
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$1,400
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(1)
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This figure represents the level of achievement after the
adjustment to the corporate profitability key performance
indicator calculation for unbudgeted non-cash mark-downs.
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The incentive awards of Ocwens officers are structured so
that the compensation opportunities are related to (i) the
performance levels on the corporate key performance indicators
and initiatives, (ii) the performance within the business
or support unit, as expressed on each executive officers
scorecard, and (iii) the performance appraisal of the
executive officer. For the 2008 service year, the applicable
percentage weight assigned to each component of each executive
officers annual incentive compensation is detailed below:
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Corporate
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Corporate
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Return on
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Personal
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Performance
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Strategic
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Name(1)
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EBITDA
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Equity
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Scorecard
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Appraisal
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Initiatives
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William B. Shepro
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10
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%
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10
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%
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50
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%
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20
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%
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10
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%
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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10
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%
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10
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%
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50
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%
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20
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%
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10
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%
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John T. McRae II
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10
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%
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10
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%
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50
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%
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20
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%
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10
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%
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Shekar Sivasubramanian
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10
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%
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10
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%
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50
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%
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20
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%
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10
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%
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(1)
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Robert D. Stiles joined us on March 2, 2009, so he did
not receive compensation in 2008.
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All executive officers at Ocwen have 30% of their incentive
compensation determined by objective performance related to the
corporate profitability key performance indicators and strategic
initiatives established as part of the corporate scorecard
during our strategic planning process. The responsibility for
achieving key performance indicators and initiatives in
Ocwens corporate scorecard is cascaded to its executive
officers in their personal scorecards, which are the primary
component of incentive compensation for and comprise 50% of the
executive officers incentive compensation. The final
component of each executives incentive compensation is
their performance appraisal score which comprises 20% of the
executives incentive compensation. This incentive
compensation structure is intended to align the goals of our
executives with the overall success of the company, while
establishing clear performance standards within their respective
business or support units.
Each key performance indicator in an executives personal
or business unit scorecard is weighted based on relevance to the
ultimate financial performance of Ocwen and Ocwens
achievement of its strategic initiatives. As each goal in an
executives scorecard is weighted, our methodology
distributes the potential to earn incentive compensation
sufficiently to discourage an executive from pursuing excessive
risks to attain their goals. Each component of the scorecard,
has three established levels of achievement: Threshold, Target,
and Outstanding. Each level of achievement is tied to a relative
point on a percentage scale. Achieving the Threshold level of
achievement will earn the executive officer 50% of the target
incentive compensation tied to such goal; the Target level of
achievement will earn the executive officer 100% of the target
incentive compensation tied to such goal; and the Outstanding
level of achievement will earn the executive officer 150% of the
target incentive compensation tied to such goal. Any achievement
below the Threshold level will not entitle the executive to
compensation for the associated goal.
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The personal scorecards for our named executive officers (except
Robert D. Stiles) and their corresponding levels of achievement
are as follows:
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2008 Scorecard
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Achievement Levels
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Level
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Name
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%
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Elements
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Threshold
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Target
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Outstanding
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Achieved
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15%
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Achieve Ocwen Solutions adjusted pre-tax income target
(excluding BMS)
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$24,720
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$30,900
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$37,080
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Target
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15%
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Generate cash from the sale or financing of BOK, GSS Canada,
NCI, residuals, loans and REO held for resale, FHLMC/FNMA, debt
service accounts, gross accounts, receivables, PNC settlement,
and Orlando land
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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Outstanding
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15%
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Grow Ocwen Solutions revenue (excluding BMS and IT internal
revenue)
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$139,760
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$174,700
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$209,640
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Threshold
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William B. Shepro
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15%
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Work through Charlesbank to extend JPMC investment line from
March 31 maturity date (or convert all or part of the investment
line to a referral fee) for an acceptable term and interest rate
as a% of LIBOR (or referral fee)
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Term: 6 months; Rate LIBOR-30
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Term: 12 months; Rate
LIBOR-15
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Term: 18 months; Rate LIBOR
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Outstanding
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10%
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Develop or generate revenue of $8,000 from one or more new
business lines, including title, insurance, FHA, default
management or any other business line requested by senior
management
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$6,400
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$8,000
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$9,600
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Below Threshold
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15%
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Position Ocwen Solutions for a Separation
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Complete diligence necessary to determine whether to engage an
investment bank
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Threshold plus provide all documentation to PwC to support
audits of Ocwen Solutions for 2006 and 2007
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Target plus complete all Ocwen Solutions Spin project work by
March 1, 2009
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Outstanding
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79
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2008 Scorecard
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Achievement Levels
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Level
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Name
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%
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Elements
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Threshold
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Target
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Outstanding
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Achieved
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15%
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Fully implement at NCI the aspect dialer, call recording and
integrated scripting engine and a CRE
like solution at NCI
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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Outstanding
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7.14%
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Generate cash from the sale or financing of BOK, GSS Canada,
NCI, Residuals, Loans and REO held for resale, FHLMC/FNMA, Debt
service accounts, Gross accounts, Receivables, PNC settlement
and Orlando land.
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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At the discretion of the Chairman
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Outstanding
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7.14%
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Customer satisfaction Improve sigma calculation of
customer survey (defect = survey with score of 3 or below)
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4.55 sigma
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4.60 sigma
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4.65 sigma
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Outstanding
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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7.14%
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Enhance the modification process metric
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7 of 10 enhancements
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8 of 10 enhancements
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9 of 10 enhancements
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Outstanding
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7.14%
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Position Ocwen Solutions for a Separation
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Complete diligence necessary to determine whether to engage an
investment bank
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Threshold plus provide all documentation to PwC to support
audits of Ocwen Solutions for 2006 and 2007
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Target plus complete all Ocwen Solutions Spin project work by
March 1, 2009
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Outstanding
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7.14%
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Establish vendor management office in new location
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Four months from the conclusion of the corporate transaction
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Three months from the conclusion of the corporate transaction
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Two months from the conclusion of the corporate transaction
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Outstanding
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7.14%
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Implement Loss Mitigation Strategies in Early Intervention Metric
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N/A
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At the discretion of the President and CEO
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At the discretion of the President and CEO
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Target
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80
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|
2008 Scorecard
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Achievement Levels
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Level
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Name
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%
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Elements
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Threshold
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Target
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Outstanding
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Achieved
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7.14%
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Reduce the average number of days to sell an REO by 5%
improvement over 2007 average
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3.0% reduction
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5.0% reduction
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7.0% reduction
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Target
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|
|
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|
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|
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7.14%
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|
Reduce the weighted average gross delinquency days to
foreclosure sale by 5% over 2007 (weighted by number of 2008
foreclosures by state)
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2.5% reduction
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5.0% reduction
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7.5% reduction
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Threshold
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
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7.14%
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Complete and Implement CRE scripting for LRC and Performing
Collections
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|
9/30/08
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7/31/08
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5/31/08
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Outstanding
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|
|
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|
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7.14%
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|
|
Improve analytical ability by: Hiring key personnel
to improve modeling capabilities Restructure the
current Mortgage Analytics Organization to create an integrated
Analytics Infrastructure that can significantly enhance the data
analysis and modeling capabilities of the firm
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Hire 40% of personnel identified and restructure Analytics
organization by 8/31/2008
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|
Hire 60% of personnel identified and restructure Analytics
organization by 7/31/2008
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Hire 80% of personnel identified and restructure Analytics
organization by 6/30/2008
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Outstanding
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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7.14%
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|
|
Hire psychology expertise on staff to improve scripting -
Develop / enhance collection and loan resolution scripts
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At discretion of the Chairman
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|
|
At discretion of the Chairman
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|
At discretion of the Chairman
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Outstanding
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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7.14%
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|
|
Reduce 90 day attrition (NCI)
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|
40.1 45%
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|
35.1 40%
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Less than =35%
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|
Outstanding
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
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7.14%
|
|
|
Reduce voluntary attrition (NCI US)
|
|
Reduction by at least 10%
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|
|
Reduction by at least 15%
|
|
|
Reduction by at least 20%
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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7.14%
|
|
|
Improve retention of global workforce
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|
30.1 35%
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|
25.1 30%
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|
Less than =25%
|
|
Target
|
|
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|
John T. McRae II
|
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|
50%
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|
|
Approval and implementation of the plan to improve NCIs
financial performance, including the reduction of U.S.
FTEs and compensation expense
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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50%
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|
|
Approval of the First Party business action plan
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
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|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
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|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
Target
|
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81
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008 Scorecard
|
|
Achievement Levels
|
|
Level
|
Name
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Elements
|
|
Threshold
|
|
|
Target
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
Achieved
|
|
|
|
21.55%
|
|
|
Achieve Tech Products EBITA Target
|
|
80% of Budget
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|
|
100% of Budget
|
|
|
120% of Budget
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
16.42%
|
|
|
Grow Technology Services revenue
|
|
80% of Budget
|
|
|
100% of Budget
|
|
|
120% of Budget
|
|
Threshold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
11.29%
|
|
|
Maintain SLA for REALServicing at 99.50% for 1H08 and 99.80% for
2H08
|
|
99.00% for 1H08 and 99.60% for 2H08
|
|
|
99.50% for 1H08 and 99.80% for 2H08
|
|
|
99.90% for 1H08 and 99.95% for 2H08
|
|
Target / Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
11.29%
|
|
|
SLA Delivery at 99.5%
|
|
Between 99.0% and 99.5%
|
|
|
Over 99.5% and under 99.9%
|
|
|
Over 99.9%
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shekar
Sivasubramanian
|
|
|
16.42%
|
|
|
Fully implement at NCI the Aspect dialer, call recording, an
integrated scripting engine (which eliminates the need to manage
3 screens) and a CRE like solution at NCI in
line with business requirements
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.27%
|
|
|
By the end of 2008, redevelopment of REALServicing should have
progressed enough so that by the end of Q2 2009, the Java and
Oracle based REALServicing will be complete and released for
production
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
Target
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.50%
|
|
|
Manage BMSs development and technology infrastructure from
India
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
|
At the Discretion of the Chairman
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.13%
|
|
|
Develop software solutions to support Mortgage Services
new products title insurance, FHA, default
management or any other business line requested by Executive
Senior Management
|
|
Delivery by target plus 30 days
|
|
|
Delivery by target date
|
|
|
Delivery by target minus 30 days
|
|
Below Threshold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.13%
|
|
|
Improve retention of Global Workforce
|
|
25% - 30%
|
|
|
20% - 25%
|
|
|
£
20%
|
|
Target
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
Scorecards are communicated to all incentive-eligible employees
by the Human Resource Department of Ocwen and are available to
employees at all times in our performance management tracking
system. Performance against such scorecards is reviewed with
senior management on a quarterly basis and after the end of each
year. Annual incentive compensation is paid to our executives
and other incentive-eligible employees after Compensation
Committee approval following the service year associated with
the incentive.
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As discussed above, Ocwen executives have 20% of their annual
incentive compensation determined by their performance appraisal
for the service year. In this regard, each of Ocwens
executive officers performs a self-assessment as to his
performance against goals for the applicable year. The Chief
Executive Officer of Ocwen utilizes these assessments, as well
as his own observations and consultations with the Executive
Vice President and Chief Administration Officer, to prepare a
written performance appraisal for each of the other executive
officers at Ocwen. In 2008, these performance appraisals were
revised to rate performance on objective criteria related to
only two key factors: (i) the executives ability to
improve and develop their organization throughout the year, and
(ii) the executives strategic contributions to the
direction of the company.
The Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of
Ocwen, in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer, presents
the performance appraisal scores and personal scorecard
performance to the Compensation Committee and makes
recommendations as to the incentive compensation for each
executive officer. The Compensation Committee of Ocwen evaluates
the recommendations and makes the final incentive compensation
award determinations for the senior executives. We anticipate
that a comparable program will be instituted at Altisource.
Generally at the first Board of Directors meeting of
Ocwens fiscal year, the Compensation Committee approves
the corporate scorecard and annual incentive components for the
Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers for the
upcoming year. In anticipation of the Separation, key
performance indicators for Altisource were developed. The
corporate scorecard for Altisource includes achieving a pre-tax
net income target, a revenue target and separation of the
operations from Ocwen. In addition, the corporate scorecard
provides for successful completion of nine strategic initiatives
established to enhance long-term corporate and shareholder
value. The 2009 corporate strategic initiatives for Altisource
relate to:
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction in variability of service-levels;
|
|
|
|
Improving supervisory effectiveness;
|
|
|
|
Consolidation and automation of our processes;
|
|
|
|
Personnel development within the organization;
|
|
|
|
Improvements to the customer service experience;
|
|
|
|
Meeting all service level standards;
|
|
|
|
Development of brand awareness through marketing;
|
|
|
|
Implementation of strategic technology projects; and
|
|
|
|
Development of a strategic plan for new products and a channel
sales strategy.
|
Setting
Compensation Levels
In determining appropriate compensation levels and structure,
Ocwen conducted benchmarking on executive compensation among
peer companies of comparable size, industry, location and
similar attributes to Ocwen. The Peer Companies used for
benchmarking were Choicepoint, Inc., Clayton Holdings Inc., EPIQ
Systems Inc., EXL Service Holdings, Inc., Fisery, Inc., iGate
Corporation and NCO Group, Inc. The information gathered from
this comparison group included base salary, cash incentive
compensation and equity incentive compensation. We anticipate
that the Compensation Committee of Altisource will follow a
similar practice in setting the appropriate compensation
structure and levels for the Chief Executive Officer and other
executive officers.
Tax
Considerations
The timing of compensation decisions is driven by a variety of
tax considerations. Under Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), the tax
deduction by corporate taxpayers is limited with respect to the
compensation of certain executive officers up to $1,000,000 per
covered executive (actual dollars, not thousands) unless such
compensation is based upon the attainment of performance
objectives meeting certain regulatory criteria or is otherwise
excluded from the limitation. For Altisources subsidiaries
with employees in the
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United States, we plan to obtain shareholder approval of any
incentive plan as necessary in order to qualify awards under
such plans as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m) of the Code for exclusion from the
deductibility limitation of 162(m) except in situations where
qualifying compensation for the exclusion would be inconsistent
with our overall best interest.
In order to satisfy the deductibility requirements under
Section 162(m) of the Code, performance objectives must be
established in the first 90 days of the performance period.
For annual incentive awards, this means performance objectives
must be established no later than the end of March. In addition,
in order to avoid being considered deferred compensation under
Section 409A of the Code and to be deductible for the prior
tax year, we expect that our annual incentive awards with
respect to the prior year will be paid out by March 15 of each
year for employees of Altisource who are U.S. taxpayers.
Restrictive
Covenants
Some of our executive officers will have employment agreements
(described below) which will contain intellectual property,
non-disclosure and non-solicit provisions. We expect that all
other executive officers will execute an intellectual property
and non-disclosure agreement upon commencement of their
employment. These agreements will require the executive officer
to hold all confidential information in trust for us
and prohibit the executive officer from using or disclosing such
confidential information except as necessary in the regular
course of our business or that of our affiliates. Other than
these restrictive covenants, we do not expect to have
employment, non-competition or non-solicitation agreements with
our executive officers. From time to time, we may enter into
separation agreements with executive officers that contain these
provisions.
Stock
Ownership Policies
We have not developed stock ownership or retention policies,
guidelines or requirements as of yet. Our Compensation Committee
may consider adopting such a policy in the future for all or a
select portion of our executive officers. We will maintain a
management directive detailing our window period policy for
directors and employees and an insider trading policy.
Equity
Incentive Plan
The 2007 Equity Incentive Plan administered by Ocwens
Compensation Committee authorizes the grant of restricted stock,
options, stock appreciation rights, stock purchase rights, or
other equity-based awards to Ocwen employees. Options granted
under the plan may be either incentive stock options
as defined in Section 422 of the Code, or nonqualified
stock options, as determined by Ocwens Compensation
Committee. On January 20, 2009, the Compensation Committee
of Ocwens Board of Directors approved exceptions to the
Plan that allow executives moving to Altisource from Ocwen after
the Separation to retain the same rights with regard to vesting
and termination of their equity awards issued pursuant to the
Plan as if they remained Ocwen employees for as long as they
remain employed by Altisource.
Each award granted under Ocwens 2007 Equity Incentive plan
is evidenced by a written award agreement between the
participant and Ocwen, which describes the award and states the
terms and conditions to which the award is subject. If any
shares subject to award are forfeited or if any award
terminates, expires or lapses without being exercised, shares of
common stock subject to such award will again be available for
future grant. Altisource intends to adopt a similar plan for its
executives, and we expect that previous awards by Ocwen will be
adjusted appropriately in light of the Separation.
Other
Compensation
The Compensation Committees policy with respect to other
employee benefit plans is to provide benefits to our employees,
including executive officers, that are comparable to benefits
offered by companies of a similar size to ours. A competitive
comprehensive benefit program is essential to achieving the goal
of attracting and retaining highly qualified employees.
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Employment
Termination
Without any special agreement related to termination, an
executive officer at Ocwen would be entitled to receive his or
her base salary and applicable employee benefit plans and
programs through the date of termination. We plan to adopt a
similar practice at Altisource. In addition, the executive
officer would be entitled to retain any vested portion of equity
awards granted prior to 2008 through Ocwens 1998 Annual
Incentive Plan, 1991 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, and 2007
Equity Incentive Plan on the same terms as if the termination
was from Ocwen. For termination not due to death, disability or
retirement, the executive officer has six months in which to
exercise stock options pursuant to our stock option agreements.
Otherwise, the executive officer shall be afforded the time
permitted in the original grant from Ocwen as approved by
Ocwens Board of Directors. Any portion of an equity award
not vested will be forfeited in either circumstance unless
alternate arrangements are made. For 2008 time based option
awards, if an executives employment is terminated by
death, disability or by the executive for good reason the
options will vest immediately and the executive will have five
years to exercise the options (three years for the
executives estate in the case of death). With regard to
2008 performance based option awards, if an executives
employment is terminated for death, disability, or by the
executive for good reason, the executive would have five years
from the date of termination to exercise the options (three
years for the executives estate in the case of death) and
would retain all vesting rights in the options. These options
would only vest if the performance based criteria for such
vesting is met. For all 2008 option awards, if an
executives employment is terminated for cause or by the
executive for other than good reason, the options will terminate
promptly upon notice and opportunity to speak to the
Compensation Committee.
Severance
Benefits
Unless part of an employment agreement, we do not intend to have
a formal severance plan or policy. When an executive officer
separates from Ocwen as a result of a reduction in work force,
Ocwen typically provides the executive with two months salary
for each year of service to the company up to a maximum of six
months salary in exchange for a separation agreement. We plan to
adopt similar practices.
2009
Equity Incentive Plan
Immediately prior to the Separation, we intend to adopt the 2009
Equity Incentive Plan (the 2009 Plan). The purposes
of the 2009 Plan are to attract, to retain and to motivate
employees of outstanding ability, and to align their interests
with those of our shareholders. The aggregate number of shares
of our common stock that may be issued under the 2009 Plan is
currently contemplated to be 6,666,667 shares, subject to
proportionate adjustment in the event of stock splits and
similar events.
Administration
The 2009 Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors consisting of at least three
Directors. Each member of the committee must be an outside
director as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), a
non-employee director as defined in
Rule 16b-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act) and an independent
director under the rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. The
Committee will have full authority, in its discretion, to
interpret the 2009 Plan and to determine the persons who will
receive awards and the number of shares to be covered by each
award. It is expected that all employees will be eligible for
participation under the 2009 Plan.
Stock Options
The 2009 Plan will provide for the grant of stock options. A
stock option becomes exercisable at such time or times
and/or
upon
the occurrence of such event or events as the Compensation
Committee may determine. No stock option may be exercised after
the expiration of ten years from the date of grant.
The option price for each stock option will be payable to us in
full in cash at the time of exercise. No stock option granted
under the 2009 Plan is transferable other than by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution, and a stock option may be
exercised during an optionees lifetime only by the
optionee. Subject to the foregoing and the other provisions of
the 2009 Plan, stock options granted under the 2009 Plan to
participants may be exercised at such
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times and in such amounts and be subject to such restrictions
and other terms and conditions, if any, as shall be determined,
in its discretion, by the Compensation Committee.
Restricted
Stock
Restricted shares of our common stock awarded by the
Compensation Committee will be subject to such restrictions
(which may include restrictions on the right to transfer or
encumber the shares while subject to restriction) as the
Compensation Committee may impose and will be subject to
forfeiture in whole or in part if certain events (which may, in
the discretion of the Committee, include termination of
employment
and/or
performance-based events) specified by the Committee occur prior
to the lapse of the restrictions. The restricted stock agreement
between us and the awardee will set forth the number of shares
of restricted stock awarded to the awardee, the restrictions
imposed thereon, the duration of such restrictions, the events
the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the
restricted stock in whole or in part and such other terms and
conditions as the Compensation Committee in its discretion deems
appropriate.
Other
Equity-based Awards
The Compensation Committee shall be authorized, subject to
limitations under applicable law, to grant to eligible
employees, in lieu of salary or cash bonus, such other awards
that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part
by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, shares of
common stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with
the purposes of the 2009 Plan, including, without limitation,
purchase rights, appreciation rights, shares of common stock
awarded without restrictions or conditions, convertible
securities, exchangeable securities or other rights convertible
or exchangeable into shares of common stock, as the Compensation
Committee in its discretion may determine.
The Compensation Committee shall determine the terms and
conditions of other stock-based awards. Any shares of common
stock or securities delivered pursuant to a purchase right
granted under the 2009 Plan shall be purchased for such
consideration, paid for by such methods and in such forms,
including, without limitation, cash, shares of common stock, or
other property or any combination thereof, as the Compensation
Committee shall determine. However, the value of such
consideration shall not be less than the fair market value of
such shares of common stock or other securities on the date of
grant of the purchase right. Appreciation rights may not be
granted at a price less than the fair market value of the
underlying shares on the date of grant.
Miscellaneous
Except to the extent otherwise determined by the Compensation
Committee, no award and no rights or interests therein shall be
assignable or transferable by a participant otherwise than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any stock
option or other right to purchase or to acquire shares of common
stock granted to a participant under the 2009 Plan shall be
exercisable during the participants lifetime only by such
participant.
The Board of Directors may amend, suspend or terminate the 2009
Plan at any time without shareholder approval except to the
extent that shareholder approval is required by law or stock
exchange rules or if the amendment, alteration or other change
materially increases the benefits accruing to participants,
increases the number of shares available under the 2009 Plan or
modifies the requirements for participation under the 2009 Plan
or if the Board of Directors determines that shareholder
approval is advisable. Without the consent of the participant,
no amendment, suspension or termination of the 2009 Plan or any
award may materially and adversely affect the rights of such
participant under any previously granted award.
Employment
Agreements
In connection with the Separation, we intend to enter into
employment agreements with William B. Shepro, our Chief
Executive Officer, Robert D. Stiles, our Chief Financial Officer
and Kevin J. Wilcox, our Chief Administration Officer and
General Counsel. The employment terms begin following the
effectiveness of the Separation and continue indefinitely until
the executives separation. The contracts provide for base
salary and an annual incentive bonus based on the satisfaction
of relevant performance criteria. In addition, the executives
may receive benefits such as health care and contributory
pensions.
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In order to terminate the contract, each party must provide
notice in accordance with the time periods set forth in
article L.124-1
of the Luxembourg Labour Code. In the event of the
executives termination by the Company for
cause (as such term is defined in the employment
agreement), no notice is required. In addition, in the event
that the executives employment is terminated by the
Company without cause (as such term is defined in
the employment agreement) or the executive resigns for
good reason (as such term is defined in the
employment agreement), the executive will receive severance
benefits. Furthermore, the executive may be entitled to receive
redundancy payments in accordance with
article L.124-7
of the Luxembourg Labour Code upon certain terminations.
The contracts also provide for a covenant to maintain our
confidential information and to enter into an intellectual
property agreement. In addition, the executive is bound by a
non-solicitation covenant for a period of one year following the
termination of the contract. The agreements are governed in
accordance with the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Treatment
of Outstanding Equity Awards for Altisource Employees
In connection with the Separation, outstanding equity awards
will be adjusted in accordance with their terms. Ocwens
Compensation Committee, the administrator of Ocwens
equity-based plans, has provided that our executives and
employees will be treated as not terminated for purposes of
continuing vesting and exercisability on outstanding Ocwen
equity based awards. Upon an executives or employees
termination from Altisource, the contractual post-termination
exercise restrictions will apply.
Historical
Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers
The following table contains compensation information for our
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and three other
persons who are our executive officers. We refer to the five
officers herein as the named executive officers. All
of the information included in this table reflects compensation
earned by the individuals for services with Ocwen and its
subsidiaries. All references in the following tables to stock
and stock options relate to awards of stock and stock options
granted by Ocwen. These amounts do not necessarily reflect the
compensation these persons will receive following the
Separation, which could be higher or lower, because historical
compensation was determined by Ocwen, and future compensation
levels will be determined based on the compensation policies,
programs and procedures to be established by our Compensation
Committee. In addition, portions of the historical compensation
of Mr. Shepro and Mr. Wilcox were allocated to Ocwen
businesses other than Altisource, so the full amount of the
compensation listed below was not included in the Altisource
financial statements included herein. However, we received an
allocation of other Ocwen executive officers and employees that
we will not continue to incur after the Separation.
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Non-Equity
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Stock
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Option
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Incentive Plan
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All Other
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Name and Principal Position
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Year
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Salary(1)
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Awards(2)(3)
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Awards(2)(3)
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Compensation(4)
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Compensation(5)
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Total
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William B. Shepro
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2008
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$
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300,488
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$
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32,281
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$
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162,993
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$
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525,971
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$
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4,500
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$
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1,026,233
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Chief Executive Officer
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Robert D. Stiles(6)
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2008
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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0
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Chief Financial Officer
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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2008
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$
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273,974
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$
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24,392
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$
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100,234
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$
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345,326
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$
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4,500
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$
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748,426
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Chief Administration Officer
and General Counsel
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John T. McRae II(7)
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2008
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$
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86,538
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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51,093
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$
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0
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$
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137,631
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Chief Executive Officer, NCI
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Shekar Sivasubramanian(8)
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2008
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$
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111,396
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$
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0
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$
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17,255
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$
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71,406
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$
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98,378
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$
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298,435
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President, Technology Products
and Mortgage Services
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87
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(1)
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Represents amounts paid in corresponding year.
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(2)
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Consists of compensation cost recognized in the financial
statements with respect to the fair value of awards granted for
previous fiscal years in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123(R) (FAS 123(R)).
We recognize compensation expense relating to a stock or stock
option award over the vesting period except that expense
recognition does not begin until the date of grant. Because
one-third of a stock award and one-fifth of a stock option award
vest immediately upon grant, we recognize the related cost as
expense at that time. In addition, for those who are eligible
for retirement, we recognize the full fair value of the stock
option award as expense on the date of grant.
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(3)
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We based the grant date fair value of stock awards recognized as
expense in 2008 on the closing price of our common stock. We
estimated the grant date fair value of stock option awards
recognized as expense in 2008 using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model utilizing the following assumptions:
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Service
Condition Awards Using Black-Scholes Option Pricing
Model
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Expected
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Expected
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Exercise
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Risk-Free
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Expected
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Volatility
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Dividend
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Price
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Interest
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Term in
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Performance Year
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(%)
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Yield (%)
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($)
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Rate (%)
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Years
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2002
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62
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0
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1.87
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2.73
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5
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2003
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48
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0
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6.18
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3.25
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5
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2004
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43
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0
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6.57
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3.61
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5
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2005
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36
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0
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6.10
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4.35
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5
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2006
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33
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0
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11.88
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4.78
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5
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2008
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38
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0
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8.00
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3.48
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5
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Market
Condition Awards Using Binomial Pricing
Model
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Expected
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Risk-Free
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Expected
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Dividend
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Exercise
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Interest
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Contract
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Volatility
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Yield
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Price
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Rate
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Term in
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Performance Year
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(%)
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(%)
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($)
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(%)
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Years
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2008
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38 - 46
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0
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8.00
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2.15% - 4.28%
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10
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There can be no assurance that the value realized upon exercise
will equal the grant date fair value determined using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model. No value will be realized if
the options are never exercised.
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(4)
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Consists of the cash portion of incentive compensation bonus
awarded pursuant to our 1998 Annual Incentive Plan in the first
quarter of the year following the year in which services are
rendered. The actual dollar amounts earned within each component
by each executive officer is detailed below:
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Total Non-
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Corporate
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Equity Incentive
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Corporate
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Return on
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Personal
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Performance
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Strategic
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Plan
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Name
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EBITDA
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Equity
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Scorecard
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Appraisal
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Initiatives
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Compensation
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William B. Shepro
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$
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45,148
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$
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45,148
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$
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255,084
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$
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112,869
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$
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67,722
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$
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525,971
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Kevin J. Wilcox
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$
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25,580
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$
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25,580
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$
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191,847
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$
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63,949
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$
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38,370
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$
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345,326
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John T. McRae II
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$
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$
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$
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38,707
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$
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12,386
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$
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$
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51,093
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Shekar Sivasubramanian
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$
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6,491
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$
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6,491
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$
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35,704
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|
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$
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12,983
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|
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$
|
9,737
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$
|
71,406
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(5)
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Consists of contributions by Ocwen pursuant to Ocwens
401(k) Savings Plan for each executive officer, contributions
for life insurance premiums, and relocation expenses as detailed
below.
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(6)
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Mr. Stiles joined Altisource Portfolio Solutions effective
March 2, 2009, so no compensation information is available.
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(7)
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Mr. McRae joined Altisource Portfolio Solutions effective
August 18, 2008, so only partial compensation information
is available.
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(8)
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All of Mr. Sivasubramanians compensation was
converted from Indian Rupees to United States Dollars using
conversion rates in effect on March 3, 2009.
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We currently have no employment agreements with our named
executive officers. For more information about the elements of
the compensation paid to our named executive officers and the
anticipated terms of prospective employment agreements with
certain of our named executive officers, see Compensation
Discussion and Analysis above.
Grants of
Plan Based Awards for 2008
The following table provides information related to non-equity
incentive compensation pursuant to our 1998 Annual Incentive
Plan for services rendered in fiscal year 2008 by the
individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table.
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Grant Date
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Estimated Future Payouts
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Estimated Future
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Fair Value
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Under Non-Equity
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Payouts Under
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Exercise or Base
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of Stock
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Grant
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Incentive Plan Awards(1)
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Equity Incentive
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Price of Option
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and Option
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Name
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Date
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Threshold
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Target
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Maximum
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Plan Awards(2)
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Awards(2)
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Awards(2)
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William B. Shepro
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$
|
225,739
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$
|
451,477
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$
|
677,216
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Robert D. Stiles
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$
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0
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$
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0
|
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|
$
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0
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Kevin J. Wilcox
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|
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|
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$
|
127,899
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|
|
$
|
255,797
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|
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$
|
383,696
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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John T. McRae II
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$
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30,966
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$
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61,931
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$
|
92,897
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|
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Shekar Sivasubramanian
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$
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32,457
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$
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64,914
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$
|
97,371
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(1)
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These figures represent the potential non-equity compensation
that may have been earned by each respective executive officer
in 2008 under the different achievement levels presented on
their personal scorecards which are more fully discussed in our
Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Under our
current compensation structure, all non-equity incentive
compensation is paid to the executive officer in the first
quarter of the year following the year in which service was
rendered. The actual amount of non-equity incentive compensation
that was paid to our named executive officers in 2008 is set
forth in the Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
column of the Summary Compensation Table above.
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(2)
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No equity compensation was paid to the individuals named in the
Summary Compensation Table for services rendered in fiscal year
2008.
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Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table provides information regarding outstanding
equity awards at December 31, 2008 for the individuals
named in the Summary Compensation Table.
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Option Awards
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Stock Awards
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Equity
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Incentive
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Equity
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Plan
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Equity Incentive
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Incentive
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Awards:
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Plan Awards:
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Market Value
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Plan
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Market or
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Number of
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Number of
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Number of
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Number of
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of Shares
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Awards:
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Payout
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Securities
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Securities
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Securities
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Shares or
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or Units of
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Number of
|
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Value of
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|
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Underlying
|
|
Underlying
|
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Underlying
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|
|
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|
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Units of
|
|
Stock
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Unearned
|
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Unearned
|
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Unexercised
|
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Unexercised
|
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Unexercised
|
|
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Stock that
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that have
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Shares that
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|
Shares that
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|
|
Options
|
|
Options
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Unearned
|
|
Option
|
|
Option
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|
have not
|
|
not
|
|
have not
|
|
have not
|
Name
|
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Exercisable(1)
|
|
Unexercisable(1)
|
|
Options(1)
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Exercise Price
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Expiration Date
|
|
Vested
|
|
Vested
|
|
Vested
|
|
Vested
|
|
William B. Shepro
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|
|
2,632
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6.25000
|
|
|
|
01/31/10
|
|
|
|
1,942
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(6)
|
|
$
|
17,828
|
|
|
|
1,942
|
|
|
$
|
17,828
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|
|
|
|
24,309
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4.08625
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|
|
|
01/31/11
|
|
|
|
3,341
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(7)
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$
|
30,670
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|
|
|
3,341
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|
|
$
|
30,670
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|
|
|
|
9,827
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7.40000
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|
|
|
01/31/11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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40,000
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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$
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12.55000
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10/31/11
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,596
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5.78900
|
|
|
|
01/31/12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,730
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7.00000
|
|
|
|
01/31/12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,035
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.87000
|
|
|
|
01/31/13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,053
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
2.81000
|
|
|
|
01/31/13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,977
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6.18000
|
|
|
|
01/31/14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,906
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10.73000
|
|
|
|
01/31/14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,922
|
|
|
|
7,230
|
(1)
|
|
|
7,230
|
|
|
$
|
8.04000
|
|
|
|
01/31/15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,812
|
|
|
|
15,875
|
(2)
|
|
|
15,875
|
|
|
$
|
9.64000
|
|
|
|
01/31/16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,025
|
|
|
|
11,351
|
(3)
|
|
|
11,351
|
|
|
$
|
11.88000
|
|
|
|
05/10/17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,250
|
(4)
|
|
|
206,250
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
412,500
|
(5)
|
|
|
412,500
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,250
|
(5)
|
|
|
206,250
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert D. Stiles
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Kevin J. Wilcox
|
|
|
2,362
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7.40000
|
|
|
|
01/31/11
|
|
|
|
1,669
|
(6)
|
|
$
|
15,321
|
|
|
|
1,669
|
|
|
$
|
15,321
|
|
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12.55000
|
|
|
|
10/31/11
|
|
|
|
1,475
|
(8)
|
|
$
|
13,541
|
|
|
|
1,475
|
|
|
$
|
13,541
|
|
|
|
|
9,649
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5.78900
|
|
|
|
01/31/12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7.00000
|
|
|
|
01/31/12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,297
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.87000
|
|
|
|
01/31/13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,945
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
2.81000
|
|
|
|
01/31/13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,246
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6.18000
|
|
|
|
01/31/14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10.73000
|
|
|
|
01/31/14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,514
|
|
|
|
2,878
|
(1)
|
|
|
2,878
|
|
|
$
|
8.04000
|
|
|
|
01/31/15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,706
|
|
|
|
7,137
|
(2)
|
|
|
7,137
|
|
|
$
|
9.64000
|
|
|
|
01/31/16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,632
|
|
|
|
9,755
|
(3)
|
|
|
9,755
|
|
|
$
|
11.88000
|
|
|
|
05/10/17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155,000
|
(4)
|
|
|
155,000
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
310,000
|
(5)
|
|
|
310,000
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155,000
|
(5)
|
|
|
155,000
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John T. McRae II
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Shekar Sivasubramanian
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
4.92000
|
|
|
|
06/01/14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,500
|
(4)
|
|
|
77,500
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
155,000
|
(5)
|
|
|
155,000
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,500
|
(5)
|
|
|
77,500
|
|
|
$
|
8.00000
|
|
|
|
07/14/18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
All Options vest on 1/31/09.
|
|
(2)
|
|
Options vest in two equal installments on 1/31/09 and 1/31/10.
|
|
(3)
|
|
Options vest in two equal installments on 12/31/09 and 12/31/10.
|
|
(4)
|
|
Options vest in four equal installments on 7/14/09, 7/14/10,
7/14/11 and 7/14/12.
|
90
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
Options have a market condition for vesting which once achieved
begin to vest over four equal, annual installments.
|
|
(6)
|
|
All shares vest on 1/31/09.
|
|
(7)
|
|
1,936 and 1,405 shares vest on 1/1/09 and 1/1/10,
respectively.
|
|
(8)
|
|
844 and 631 shares vest on 1/1/09 and 1/1/10, respectively.
|
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested
The following table provides information relating to the amounts
realized on the exercise of options and the vesting of
restricted stock during fiscal year 2008 for the individuals
named in the Summary Compensation Table.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Awards
|
|
|
Stock Awards
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquired
|
|
|
Value Realized
|
|
|
Acquired
|
|
|
Value Realized
|
|
Name
|
|
on Exercise
|
|
|
on Exercise
|
|
|
on Vesting
|
|
|
on Vesting
|
|
|
William B. Shepro
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
21,497
|
|
|
$
|
122,843
|
|
Robert D. Stiles
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kevin J. Wilcox
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
9,388
|
|
|
|
54,200
|
|
John T. McRae II
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shekar Sivasubramanian
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ocwen does not provide pension benefits, nonqualified deferred
compensation or potential payments upon termination or change in
control to its executive officers.
COMPENSATION
COMMITTEES INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
|
|
|
Compensation Committee of the Ocwen Board of Directors
|
|
Ronald J. Korn
|
|
William H. Lacy
|
Barry N. Wish
|
|
|
The Compensation Committee members whose names appear above were
the Ocwen Compensation Committee members during all of 2008.
Under applicable SEC rules, there were no interlocks or insider
participation on the Ocwen Compensation Committee.
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Board of
Directors
As provided in our articles of incorporation, we initially
intend to have a Board of Directors that will consist of a
minimum of three and a maximum of seven directors. William C.
Erbey will serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Altisource and will continue to serve in his role
as Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Ocwen. Other
than Mr. Erbey, no Directors of Ocwen will become Directors
of Altisource. In addition to Mr. Erbey, Directors of
Altisource will include William B. Shepro,
[ ],
[ ] and
[ ].
We expect to determine the complete composition of our Board of
Directors before the Ocwen Board of Directors effects the
Separation.
We expect our Board of Directors to adopt
Corporate
Governance Guidelines
that, along with the charters of our
Board committees and our Code of Conduct for employees and
Directors, will provide the framework for the governance of our
company.
Meetings
of the Board of Directors
We anticipate that the Board of Directors will play an active
role in overseeing management and representing the interests of
the shareholders. We expect Directors to attend all Board
meetings, the meetings of committees on
91
which they serve and the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. We also
expect to consult Directors for advice and counsel between
formal meetings.
Independence
of Directors
We plan for our Corporate Governance Guidelines to provide that
our Board of Directors must be comprised of a majority of
Directors who qualify as independent Directors under the listing
standards and timing of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and
applicable law.
We anticipate that our Board of Directors annually will review
the direct and indirect relationships that we have with each
Director. Only those Directors who are determined by our Board
of Directors to have no material relationship with Altisource
will be considered independent Directors. This determination
will be based in part on analysis of categorical questionnaire
responses that follow the independence standards established by
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and will be subject to additional
qualifications prescribed under its listing standards and
applicable law.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors will include an Executive Committee, an
Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a
Nomination/Governance Committee. We provide a brief description
of our expectations for these Committees below.
Executive Committee.
Our Executive Committee
generally will be responsible to act on behalf of our Board of
Directors during the intervals between meetings of our Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors is authorized to approve
and/or
to
designate in writing certain individuals to approve actions that
are required to be documented by counter parties but do not
require action by the Board of Directors. Such actions would
include approving, signing and executing checks and electronic
funds transmissions and performing such other ministerial
actions on such terms, conditions and limits as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate in its discretion.
Audit Committee.
The Audit Committee of our
Board of Directors will oversee the relationship with our
independent registered certified public accounting firm, review
and advise our Board of Directors with respect to reports by our
independent registered certified public accounting firm and
monitor our compliance with laws and regulations applicable to
our operations including the evaluation of significant matters
relating to the financial reporting process and our system of
internal accounting controls and the review of the scope and
results of the annual audit conducted by the independent
registered certified public accounting firm. Each member of our
Audit Committee will be independent as defined in regulations
adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
listing standards of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. Our Board of
Directors also will appoint only financially literate members to
our Audit Committee, will require that a majority of its members
possess accounting or related financial management expertise
within the meaning of the listing standards of The NASDAQ Stock
Market LLC and will ensure that each qualifies as an audit
committee financial expert as that term is defined in Securities
and Exchange Commission rules implementing requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Our Audit Committee will operate
under a written charter to be approved by our Board of
Directors, a copy of which will be available on our website at
www.altisource.com and will be available in print to any
shareholder who requests it.
Compensation Committee.
The Compensation
Committee of our Board of Directors will oversee our
compensation and employee benefit plans and practices. Our
Compensation Committee also will evaluate and make
recommendations to our Board of Directors for human resource and
compensation matters relating to our executive officers. The
Compensation Committee will review with the Chief Executive
Officer and subsequently approve all executive compensation
plans, any severance or termination arrangement and any equity
compensation plans that are not subject to shareholder approval.
The Compensation Committee also will have the power to review
our other compensation plans including the goals and objectives
thereof and to recommend changes to these plans to our Board of
Directors. Each member of our Compensation Committee will be
independent as defined in the listing standards of The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC. Our Compensation Committee will operate under
a written charter approved by our Board of Directors, a copy of
which will be available on our website at www.altisource.com and
will be available in print to any shareholder who
requests it.
92
The Compensation Committee will have the authority, at our
expense, to retain independent counsel or other advisers as it
deems necessary in connection with its responsibilities. We
expect that the Chief Executive Officer will be involved in the
design and implementation of our executive compensation programs
and that the Chief Executive Officer typically will be present
at Compensation Committee meetings. We expect that this
executive annually will review the performance of each executive
officer (other than the Chief Executive Officer, whose
performance and compensation are reviewed and determined by the
Compensation Committee, as required by the listing standards of
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC) and present his conclusions and
recommendations regarding incentive award amounts to the
Compensation Committee for its consideration and approval. The
Committee can exercise its discretion in accepting, rejecting
and/or
modifying any such executive compensation recommendations;
however, we generally expect that executive compensation matters
will be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer for development
and execution.
Nomination/Governance Committee.
The
Nomination/Governance Committee of our Board of Directors will
make recommendations to our Board of Directors of individuals
qualified to serve as Directors and committee members for our
Board of Directors; advise our Board of Directors with respect
to Board of Directors composition, procedures and
committees; develop and present our Board of Directors with a
set of corporate governance principles; and oversee the
evaluation of our Board of Directors and our management. Each
member of our Nomination/Governance Committee will be
independent as defined in the listing standards of The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC. Our Nomination/Governance Committee will
operate under a written charter approved by our Board of
Directors, a copy of which will be available on our website at
www.altisource.com and will be available in print to any
shareholder who requests it.
It will be the policy of our Nomination/Governance Committee to
consider candidates for Director recommended by our
shareholders. In evaluating all nominees for Director, our
Nomination/Governance Committee will take into account the
applicable requirements for Directors under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the listing standards of
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. In addition, our
Nomination/Governance Committee will take into account our best
interests as well as such factors as knowledge, experience,
skills, expertise, diversity and the interplay of the
candidates experience with the background of other members
of our Board of Directors. The Nomination/Governance Committee
regularly will assess the appropriate size of the Board of
Directors and whether any vacancies on the Board of Directors
are anticipated. Various potential candidates for Director then
will be identified. We anticipate that candidates may come to
the attention of the Nomination/Governance Committee through
current members of our Board of Directors, professional search
firms, shareholders or industry sources. In evaluating the
candidate, the Nomination/Governance Committee will consider
factors other than the candidates qualifications including
the current composition of the Board of Directors, the balance
of management and independent Directors, the need for Audit
Committee expertise and the evaluations of other prospective
nominees. In connection with this evaluation, the
Nomination/Governance Committee will determine whether to
interview the prospective nominee, and if warranted, one or more
members of the Nomination/Governance Committee, and others as
appropriate, will interview prospective nominees. After
completing this evaluation and interview, the
Nomination/Governance Committee will make a recommendation to
the full Board of Directors as to the persons who should be
nominated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will
determine the nominees after considering the recommendation and
report of the Nomination/Governance Committee. Should a
shareholder recommend a candidate for Director, our
Nomination/Governance Committee would evaluate such candidate in
the same manner that it evaluates any other nominee.
If a shareholder wants to recommend persons for consideration by
our Nomination/Governance Committee as nominees for election to
our Board of Directors, the shareholder can do so by writing to
our Secretary at Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., 2-8 Avenue
Charles deGaulle, L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 72 391, Luxembourg. The shareholder should
provide each proposed nominees name, biographical data and
qualifications. Such recommendation also should include a
written statement from the proposed nominee consenting to be
named as a nominee and, if nominated and elected, to serve as a
Director.
Corporate
Governance Guidelines
The Corporate Governance Guidelines to be adopted by our Board
of Directors will provide guidelines for us and our Board of
Directors to ensure effective corporate governance. The
Corporate Governance Guidelines will
93
cover topics such as: Director qualification standards, Board of
Directors and committee composition, Director responsibilities,
Director access to management and independent advisors, Director
compensation, Director orientation and continuing education,
management succession, review, approval or ratification of
transactions with related persons and annual performance
evaluation of the Board of Directors.
Our Nomination/Governance Committee will review our Corporate
Governance Guidelines at least once a year and, if necessary,
recommend changes to the Guidelines to our Board of Directors.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines will be available on our
website at www.altisource.com and will be available in print to
any shareholder who requests them by writing to our Secretary at
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., 2-8 Avenue Charles
deGaulle, L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, R.C.S.
Luxembourg: B 72 391, Luxembourg.
Executive
Sessions of Non-Management Directors
We anticipate that non-management Directors will meet in
executive sessions without management approximately four times
per year. The non-executive Chairman will preside at each
executive session.
Communications
with Directors
If a shareholder desires to contact our Board of Directors or
any individual Director regarding Altisource, the shareholder
may do so by mail addressed to our Secretary at Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.A., 2-8 Avenue Charles de Gaulle,
L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, R.C.S. Luxembourg:
B 72 391, Luxembourg. Communications received in writing will be
distributed to our Board of Directors or to individual
Directors, as appropriate, depending on the facts and
circumstances outlined in the communication received.
Code of
Ethics
We will adopt a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies
to our Directors, officers and employees as required by The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC rules. Any waivers from the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors or executive officers
will need to be approved by our Board of Directors or a Board
committee and will need to be promptly disclosed to our
shareholders. We also will adopt a Code of Ethics for Senior
Financial Officers that will apply to our Chief Executive
Officer and our Chief Financial Officer. The Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial
Officers will be available on our website at www.altisource.com
and will be available in print to any shareholder who requests a
copy by writing to our Secretary at 2-8 Avenue Charles deGaulle,
L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, R.C.S. Luxembourg:
B 72 391, Luxembourg. Any amendments to the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics or the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial
Officers, as well as any waivers that are required to be
disclosed under the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, will be posted on our
website.
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS COMPENSATION
Compensation
We will provide compensation to our non-management Directors as
customary in Luxembourg and as determined by our shareholders
after the Separation.
Other
Compensation Issues
We anticipate that any Director compensation may be prorated for
a Director serving less than a full one-year term as in the case
of a Director joining the Board of Directors after an annual
meeting of shareholders. Directors will be reimbursed for
reasonable travel and other expenses incurred in connection with
attending meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees.
Directors compensation will be subject to review and
adjustment by the shareholders from time to time.
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Beneficial
Ownership of Common Stock
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
beneficial ownership of our common stock as of the record date
by:
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each Director and executive officer of Altisource;
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all Directors and executive officers of Altisource as a
group; and
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all persons known by Altisource to own beneficially 5% or more
of outstanding common stock of Ocwen or to have a
Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G on file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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The table is based upon information supplied to Ocwen by
Directors, executive officers and principal shareholders and
filings for Ocwen under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. We have adjusted the number of shares in the table and
the associated footnotes to reflect the anticipated distribution
of one share of Altisource common stock for every three shares
of Ocwen common stock as of the Distribution Date. We also have
adjusted the number of shares for one-third of two equity
transactions that occurred subsequent to Ocwens fiscal
year end. On April 3, 2009, Ocwen issued and sold, and
granted registration rights over 5,471,500 newly-issued shares
of the Companys stock. Also on April 3, 2009, Ocwen
repurchased 1,000,000 shares of outstanding Common Stock
held by William C. Erbey, Ocwens Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. The number of shares referenced above and
listed in the following table represents actual amounts, not
thousands. These amounts represent holdings as of
February 27, 2009, adjusted for known changes as further
described in the footnotes. In addition, if the Separation were
to trigger conversion rights under the approximately $56,000 in
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Ocwens 3.25%
Contingent Convertible Unsecured Senior Notes due 2024,
additional shares of Ocwen common stock and Altisource common
stock may be outstanding as a result and, if so, the numbers and
percentages listed below would decrease accordingly. Conversion
rights would be triggered if the value of the Altisource common
stock distributed in the Distribution has a per share value
exceeding 10% of the closing sales price of the Ocwen common
stock on the business day preceding the announcement of the
Separation.
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Name of Beneficial Owner:
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Amount(1)
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Percent(2)
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Barry N. Wish(3)
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2,147,956
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9.56
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%
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1661 Worthington Road, Ste 100
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
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Altus Capital, Inc.(4)
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1,862,371
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8.90
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%
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6120 Parkland Blvd, Suite 303
Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124
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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP(5)
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1,138,541
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5.45
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%
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1299 Ocean Avenue, 11th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Directors and Executive Officers:
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Amount
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Percent
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William C. Erbey(6)
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6,146,772
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27.06
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%
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William B. Shepro(7)
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107,475
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%
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Robert D. Stiles
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0
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Kevin J. Wilcox(8)
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49,878
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%
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John T. McRae II
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0
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%
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Shekar Sivasubramanian(9)
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3,333
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%
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All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group
([TBD] persons)
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6,307,458
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27.62
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%
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*
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Less than 1%
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(1)
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For purposes of this table, an individual is considered the
beneficial owner of shares of common stock if he or she directly
or indirectly has or shares voting power or investment power, as
defined in the rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Unless otherwise indicated, an
individual has sole
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voting power and sole investment power with respect to the
indicated shares. No shares have been pledged as security by the
named executive officers, directors or director nominees.
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(2)
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Gives effect to the issuance of 1,823,833 shares of Ocwen
common stock on April 3, 2009.
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(3)
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Adjusted to include the sale of 206,918 shares of common
stock as reported on Form 4 to the Securities and Exchange
Commission in April 2009 by Mr. Wish.
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(4)
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Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22,
2009, by Altus Capital, LLC. Includes 782,038 shares as to
which sole voting power and sole dispositive power is claimed.
Includes 1,080,333 shares as to which shared voting power
and shared dispositive power is claimed.
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(5)
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Based on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9,
2009, by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, an investment
advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisors Act of 1940. Includes 1,130,919 shares as to which
sole voting power and 1,138,541 shares as to which sole
dispositive power is claimed.
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(6)
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Includes 4,108,812 shares held by FF Plaza Partners, a
Delaware partnership of which the partners are William C.
Erbey, his spouse, E. Elaine Erbey and Delaware Permanent
Corporation, a corporation wholly-owned by William C. Erbey
after giving effect to the 333,333 shares sold by FF Plaza
to Ocwen on April 3, 2009. Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Erbey share voting and dispositive power with respect to the
shares owned by FF Plaza Partners. Also includes
1,803,234 shares held by Erbey Holding Corporation, a
corporation wholly-owned by William C. Erbey. Also includes
options to acquire 233,826 shares, which are exercisable on
or within 60 days after May 1, 2009.
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(7)
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Includes options to acquire 82,997 shares, which are
exercisable on or within 60 days after May 1, 2009.
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(8)
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Includes options to acquire 39,923 shares, which are
exercisable on or within 60 days after May 1, 2009.
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(9)
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Includes options to acquire 3,333 shares, which are
exercisable on or within 60 days after May 1, 2009.
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
William C. Erbey, who will become our non-executive Chairman of
the Board as a result of the Separation, is currently, and will
remain, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
Ocwen. As a result, he has obligations to us as well as to Ocwen
and may potentially have conflicts of interest with respect to
matters potentially or actually involving or affecting us and
Ocwen. Mr. Erbey owns substantial amounts of Ocwen common
stock and stock options because of his relationships with Ocwen.
In addition, Mr. Shepro and certain of our executive
officers also own Ocwen stock and stock options due to similar
current or past relationships with Ocwen.
In addition, see Relationship Between Ocwen and Us
Following the Separation for a description of the
intercompany agreements that will exist between Ocwen and
Altisource following the Separation.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
Sales of
Unregistered Securities
In connection with our conversion to a Luxembourg
société anonyme from a Luxembourg S.à r.l., we
issued
[ ] registered
shares of Altisource common stock, par value $1.00 per share, to
Ocwen in consideration of an aggregate capital contribution of
$[ ] by Ocwen. Accordingly, the
nominal value of the total share capital of Altisource after the
issuance was $[ ]. This issuance
was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant
to Section 4(2) thereof because the issuance did not
involve any public offering of securities.
Authorized
Capital Stock
Under our Articles of Incorporation, the total share capital
that has been issued at conversion is
$[ ] of which all are shares of
common stock, par value $1.00 per share. We intend to conduct
capital increases to facilitate the Separation which capital
increases must be approved by the Board of Directors. Based on
the number of Ocwen shares outstanding on
[ ],
2009, approximately
[ ] shares
of Altisource common stock will be
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issued to stockholders of Ocwen on the Separation Date though
the actual number of shares of Altisource common stock to be
issued will be determined as of the Record Date. All of the
shares of Altisource common stock to be distributed to Ocwen
stockholders in the Separation will be fully paid and
non-assessable.
The following summary of certain terms of Altisource capital
stock describes the material provisions of our Articles of
Incorporation, the form of which is or will be included as an
exhibit to our registration statement on Form 10. The
following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject
to, and qualified in its entirety by, our Articles of
Incorporation and by applicable provisions of law.
Common
Stock
The holders of shares of Altisource common stock will be
entitled to one vote for each share on all matters voted on by
shareholders, and the holders of such shares will possess all
voting power. Accordingly, the holders of the majority of the
shares of Altisource common stock cast (excluding any
abstentions, empty or invalid votes) at the shareholders
meeting voting for the election of Directors can elect all of
the Directors if they choose to do so. The holders of shares of
Altisource common stock will be entitled to such dividends as
may be proposed from time to time by our Board of Directors and
approved by the shareholders meeting and, under Luxembourg
law, only if the Company has sufficient distributable profits
from previous fiscal years or if the Company has freely
distributable reserves. To date, Altisource has not paid any
dividends on its common stock, and we have no current plans to
pay dividends.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for Altisource common stock
immediately following the Separation will be American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company.
Listing
We have applied to list the shares of Altisource common stock
that you will receive in the Separation on The NASDAQ Stock
Market LLC under the symbol ASPS.
CERTAIN
ANTI-TAKE OVER CONSIDERATIONS
General
While Altisources Articles of Incorporation do not contain
many of the typical provisions that would be considered to have
an anti-takeover effect, Altisources Directors and
executive officers held 27.6% of the voting power of our
outstanding voting stock as of the record date. Such
concentration of voting power could discourage third parties
from making proposals involving an acquisition of control of
Altisource. See Principal Shareholders.
We set forth below a summary of certain provisions that possibly
could impede or delay an acquisition of control of Altisource
that the Board of Directors does not approve or otherwise
support. We intend this summary to be an overview only and
qualify it in its entirety by reference to the documents
evidencing such provisions the forms of which we include as
exhibits to the registration statement on Form 10, as well
as the applicable provisions of Luxembourg law.
Number of
Directors; Removal; Filling Vacancies
Altisources Articles of Incorporation provide that the
number of directors on its Board of Directors shall not be less
than three (whenever there is more than one shareholder) nor
more than seven. Each member of the Board of Directors may be
elected for a maximum term of six years. Altisources
Articles of Incorporation further provide that directors may be
elected at a general meeting of shareholders by absolute
majority of the votes cast (excluding any abstentions, empty or
invalid votes) by the shareholders present in person or by proxy
at the meeting. A vacancy or a newly created directorship as
proposed by the Board of Directors may be filled by the Board on
a provisional basis pending approval by shareholders at a
shareholders meeting.
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Directors may at any time, with or without cause, be removed
from office by resolution of the shareholders at a general
meeting of shareholders, provided that a proposal for such
resolution has been put on the agenda for the meeting in
accordance with the requirements of Luxembourg law and
Altisources Articles of Incorporation or if the holders or
proxies of all shares are present.
No
Shareholder Action by Written Consent; Special
Meetings
Altisources Articles of Incorporation provide that
shareholders may take action at an annual or special
shareholders meeting. Special meetings of shareholders may
be called only if (1) Altisources Board of Directors
or its auditors deem it necessary; or (2) if shareholders
holding together 10% or more of our share capital request it.
Altisources Articles of Incorporation do not allow for
shareholder action by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
Amendment
of the Articles of Incorporation
Any proposal to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of
Altisources Articles of Incorporation requires the
affirmative vote (excluding any abstentions, empty or invalid
votes) at the shareholders meeting of the holders of at
least two-thirds of the votes represented and the majority of
the share capital represented.
Supermajority
Vote for Certain Actions
Our Articles of Incorporation provide that the following actions
shall require the affirmative vote of shareholders holding at
least 2/3 of the votes represented and the majority of the share
capital represented at the shareholders meeting:
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Amendment of Altisources purpose;
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Creation of shares with superior voting rights;
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Creation of any restriction on the transferability of shares;
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Any authorized or conditional increase of the share capital;
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An increase of the share capital out of equity, against
contributions in kind or for the purpose of acquiring assets and
granting special benefits;
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Limitation or withdrawal of preferential subscription rights;
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Change of the registered office of Altisource outside of the
city of Luxembourg;
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Dissolution of Altisource; or
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Conversion of registered shares into bearer shares or vice versa.
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The following summary of material terms is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the complete text of the statutes
referred to below and our Articles of Incorporation.
We are incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, in the City of Luxembourg.
Altisource shall indemnify its Directors and officers unless the
liability results from their gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Altisources Articles of Incorporation make
indemnification of Directors and officers and advancement of
expenses (except in cases where Altisource is proceeding against
an officer or Director) to defend claims against Directors and
officers mandatory on the part of Altisource to the fullest
extent allowed by law. Under Altisources Articles of
Incorporation, a Director or officer may not be indemnified if
such person is found, in a final judgment or decree not subject
to appeal, to have committed willful misconduct or a grossly
negligent breach of his or her statutory duties as a Director or
officer. Luxembourg law permits the company, or each Director or
officer individually, to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of such Directors and officers. Altisource may obtain
such insurance from one or more insurers.
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Altisource also may enter into indemnification agreements with
each of its Directors and executive officers to provide for
indemnification and expense advancement (except in cases where
Altisource is proceeding against an officer or Director) and
include related provisions meant to facilitate the
indemnitees receipt of such benefits. We expect any such
agreement to provide that Altisource will indemnify each
Director and executive officer against claims arising out of
such Director or executive officers service to Altisource
except (i) for any claim as to which the Director or
executive officer is adjudged in a final and non-appealable
judgment to have committed willful misconduct or a grossly
negligent breach of his duties or (ii) in the case of fraud
or dishonesty by the Director or executive officer. We also
expect any such agreement to provide that expense advancement is
provided subject to an undertaking by the indemnitee to repay
amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not
entitled to indemnification.
The Board of Directors of Altisource (if a majority of the Board
is disinterested in the claim under which the officer or
Director is seeking indemnification) or an independent counsel
will determine whether an indemnification payment or expense
advance should be made in any particular instance and the
executive officer or Director seeking indemnification may
challenge such determination. Indemnification and advancement of
expenses generally will not be made in connection with
proceedings brought by the indemnitee against Altisource.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed a registration statement on Form 10 with the
SEC with respect to the shares of our common stock being
distributed as contemplated by this information statement. This
information statement is a part of, and does not contain all of
the information set forth in, the registration statement and the
exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For
further information with respect to our Company and our common
stock, please refer to the Registration Statement including its
exhibits and schedules. Statements made in this information
statement relating to any contract or other document are not
necessarily complete, and you should refer to the exhibits
attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual
contract or document. You may review a copy of the Registration
Statement, including its exhibits and schedules, at the
SECs public reference room, located at
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, as
well as on the Internet web site maintained by the SEC at
www.sec.gov. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330
for further information on the public reference room.
Information contained on any web site referenced in this
information statement is not incorporated by reference into this
Information Statement or the Registration Statement of which
this information statement is a part. Our Internet address is
included in this information statement as an inactive textual
reference only.
After the Separation, we will become subject to the information
and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, in
accordance with the Exchange Act, we will file periodic reports,
proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our future
filings will be available from the SEC as described above.
After the Separation, we will make available free of charge most
of our future SEC filings through our Internet web site
www.altisource.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we
file these materials with the SEC. You may also request a copy
of our future SEC filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning
us at:
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
2-8 Avenue Charles deGaulle , L-1653 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 72 391
Luxembourg
Telephone
407-737-5419
Attention: Corporate Secretary
We will furnish holders of our common stock with annual reports
containing consolidated financial statements prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles and audited and reported on, with an opinion
expressed, by an independent public accounting firm.
You should rely only on the information contained in this
information statement or to which we have referred you. We have
not authorized any person to provide you with different
information or to make any representation not contained in this
information statement.
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INDEX TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Combined Consolidated Financial Statements of Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.à.r.l. (to be converted into
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. in connection with the
transactions described herein):
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F-2
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F-3
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F-4
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F-5
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F-6
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F-7
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Consolidated Financial Statements of Nationwide Credit, Inc.
and Subsidiary for the Period From January 1, 2007 to
June 5, 2007:
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F-30
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F-31
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F-32
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F-33
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Consolidated Financial Statements of Nationwide Credit, Inc.
and Subsidiary for the Year Ended December 31, 2006:
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F-37
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F-38
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F-39
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F-40
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F-41
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F-42
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F-1
Report of
Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting
Firm
To the Board of Directors of:
Ocwen Financial Corporation:
In our opinion, the accompanying combined consolidated balance
sheets and the related combined consolidated statements of
operations, invested equity and cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Altisource
businesses as described in Note 1 of the combined
consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2008 and
2007, and the results of their operations and their cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We
conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements, the
Company has entered into significant transactions with Ocwen
Financial Corporation, a related party.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
May 12, 2009
except for Note 19 which
is as of June 26, 2009
F-2
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31,
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2008
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2007
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(Dollars in thousands)
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash
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$
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6,988
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$
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5,688
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Accounts receivable, net
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9,077
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16,770
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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3,021
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3,326
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Deferred tax asset, net
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268
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1,003
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Total current assets
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19,354
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26,787
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Premises and equipment, net
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9,304
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12,173
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Intangible assets, net
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36,391
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38,945
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Goodwill
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11,540
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14,797
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Other assets
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86
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143
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Total assets
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$
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76,675
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$
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92,845
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
|
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$
|
4,767
|
|
|
$
|
8,137
|
|
Capital lease obligations current
|
|
|
916
|
|
|
|
1,842
|
|
Line of credit and other secured borrowings
|
|
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
6,213
|
|
|
|
3,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
13,019
|
|
|
|
13,174
|
|
Capital lease obligations non current
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
1,789
|
|
Deferred tax liability, net
|
|
|
2,670
|
|
|
|
2,208
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, EUR 25 par value; 263,412 shares
authorized, issued and outstanding
|
|
|
6,059
|
|
|
|
6,059
|
|
Invested equity
|
|
|
54,487
|
|
|
|
69,615
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
60,546
|
|
|
|
75,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
|
|
$
|
76,675
|
|
|
$
|
92,845
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined
consolidated financial statements.
F-3
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
|
$
|
134,906
|
|
|
$
|
96,603
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
115,048
|
|
|
|
96,954
|
|
|
|
72,163
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
45,315
|
|
|
|
37,952
|
|
|
|
24,440
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
28,088
|
|
|
|
27,930
|
|
|
|
17,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operations
|
|
|
17,227
|
|
|
|
10,022
|
|
|
|
6,818
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(2,607
|
)
|
|
|
(1,932
|
)
|
|
|
(789
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
|
994
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(2,626
|
)
|
|
|
(1,743
|
)
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
14,601
|
|
|
|
8,279
|
|
|
|
7,023
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
(5,382
|
)
|
|
|
(1,564
|
)
|
|
|
(1,616
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
9,219
|
|
|
$
|
6,715
|
|
|
$
|
5,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with related parties included above:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
64,251
|
|
|
$
|
59,350
|
|
|
$
|
51,971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
6,208
|
|
|
$
|
8,864
|
|
|
$
|
9,103
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$
|
2,269
|
|
|
$
|
965
|
|
|
$
|
503
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined
consolidated financial statements.
F-4
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INVESTED EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Invested Equity
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2005
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
10,176
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,407
|
|
Net transfers to parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,794
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
6,059
|
|
|
|
8,789
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,715
|
|
Contribution for acquisition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56,980
|
|
Net transfers to parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,869
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
6,059
|
|
|
|
69,615
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,219
|
|
Net transfers to parent
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24,347
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
54,487
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined
consolidated financial statements.
F-5
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
9,219
|
|
|
$
|
6,715
|
|
|
$
|
5,407
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used)
by operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
7,836
|
|
|
|
6,979
|
|
|
|
9,685
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
|
|
2,554
|
|
|
|
1,555
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes, net
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|
|
(1,589
|
)
|
|
|
(1,128
|
)
|
Loss on disposal of premises and equipment
|
|
|
249
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
7,693
|
|
|
|
(4,487
|
)
|
|
|
2,478
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
305
|
|
|
|
587
|
|
|
|
(266
|
)
|
Other assets
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
207
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
(3,370
|
)
|
|
|
(2,551
|
)
|
|
|
(825
|
)
|
Other current liabilities
|
|
|
3,165
|
|
|
|
613
|
|
|
|
(905
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flow from operating activities
|
|
|
28,905
|
|
|
|
8,029
|
|
|
|
14,389
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions to premises and equipment, net
|
|
|
(5,216
|
)
|
|
|
(4,236
|
)
|
|
|
(8,321
|
)
|
Proceeds from sale of premises and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110
|
|
Acquisition of NCI Holdings, Inc., net of cash acquired
(Note 5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(52,541
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flow from investing activities
|
|
|
(5,216
|
)
|
|
|
(56,777
|
)
|
|
|
(8,211
|
)
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment of short-term borrowings
|
|
|
(147
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(2,275
|
)
|
|
|
(811
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Additions to capital lease obligations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
616
|
|
Proceeds from borrowing of long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment of long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27,500
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings from line of credit
|
|
|
33,417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments of line of credit
|
|
|
(32,294
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (distribution to) contribution from Parent
|
|
|
(21,090
|
)
|
|
|
55,247
|
|
|
|
(6,794
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flow from financing activities
|
|
|
(22,389
|
)
|
|
|
54,436
|
|
|
|
(6,178
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash
|
|
|
1,300
|
|
|
|
5,688
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash at beginning of year
|
|
|
5,688
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash at end of year
|
|
$
|
6,988
|
|
|
$
|
5,688
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined
consolidated financial statements.
F-6
|
|
NOTE 1
|
DESCRIPTION
OF BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SEPARATION
|
Description
of Business
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à.r.l.
(Altisource or the Company), together
with its subsidiaries, provides real estate mortgage portfolio
management and related technology products and asset recovery
and customer relationship management services. Altisource was
incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg on November 4,
1999 as Ocwen Luxembourg S.à.r.l., renamed Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.à.r.l. on May 12, 2009 and is
planned to be converted into Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
Altisource has applied to list its common stock on The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC under the symbol ASPS. Except as
otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
Altisource, we, us,
our and the Company refer to Altisource
Portfolio Solutions S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg public limited
liability company, and its subsidiaries.
We manage our operations through three reportable segments:
Through our Mortgage Services business, we provide residential
mortgage origination and default management services including
due diligence, underwriting, valuation, real estate sales,
default processing services, property inspection and
preservation services, homeowner outreach, closing and title
services and knowledge process outsourcing services. Through our
Financial Services business, we provide secured and unsecured
collection services and customer relationship management
primarily to the financial services, consumer products,
telecommunications and utilities industries. Through our
Technology Products business, we provide technology products and
services to the mortgage industry including our REAL suite of
applications that provide production applications and support to
the servicing and origination businesses.
Basis
of Presentation
The combined consolidated financial statements present the
historical results of operations, assets and liabilities
attributable to the Altisource businesses. These financial
statements have been prepared on a carve-out basis
from Ocwen Financial Corporation (Ocwen or
Parent) and, because a direct ownership relationship
did not exist among the various units comprising the Altisource
business, combine and do not consolidate Altisource Portfolio
Solutions S.à.r.l., and its subsidiaries with Ocwens
wholly-owned subsidiaries NCI Holdings, Inc. (NCI);
Nationwide Credit, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCI);
Premium Title Services, Inc.; REALHome Services and Solutions,
Inc.; Portfolio Management Outsourcing Solutions, LLC; and
Western Progressive Trustee LLC. Once Ocwen contributes the
subsidiaries to Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., these
financial statements will be presented on a consolidated and not
combined basis. Per share data have not been presented since
these financial statements are prepared on a combined basis.
Within these financial statements, entities that are part of
Ocwens consolidated results of operations, but are not
part of Altisource as defined above, are referred to as
related entities. These combined consolidated
financial statements also reflect the capital structures of the
each of the combined subsidiaries. Along with the contribution
of these subsidiaries, Ocwen intends to contribute the equity
and any intercompany balances between these entities and Ocwen
to Altisource. We have recorded these balances as part of the
invested equity of Altisource. NCI Holdings, Inc. includes only
the operations of Nationwide Credit Inc. We formed REALHome
Services and Solutions, Inc., Portfolio Management Outsourcing
Solutions, LLC and Western Progressive Trustee LLC late in
F-7
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
2008 with minimal capital and only Portfolio Management
Outsourcing Solutions, LLC had operations during 2008. A summary
of the individual equity accounts for each of the above
incorporated entities is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained Earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
(Accumulated
|
|
|
Invested
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
Deficit)
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
December 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
54,487
|
|
|
$
|
60,546
|
|
NCI Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
29,480
|
|
|
|
(8,379
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,101
|
|
Premium Title Services, Inc.
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
|
(628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(228
|
)
|
Portfolio Management Outsourcing Solutions, LLC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(213
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(213
|
)
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(29,880
|
)
|
|
|
9,220
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20,660
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
54,487
|
|
|
$
|
60,546
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
69,615
|
|
|
$
|
75,674
|
|
NCI Holdings, Inc.
|
|
|
29,480
|
|
|
|
(2,380
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,100
|
|
Premium Title Services, Inc.
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
|
2,006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,406
|
|
Eliminations
|
|
|
(29,880
|
)
|
|
|
374
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29,506
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
$
|
6,059
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
69,615
|
|
|
$
|
75,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
These combined consolidated financial statements also include
allocations of expenses from Ocwen. Ocwen currently provides
certain corporate functions to Altisource, including business
insurance, medical insurance and employee benefit plan expenses
and allocations for certain centralized administration costs for
executive management, treasury, real estate, accounting,
auditing, tax, risk management, internal audit, human resources
and benefits administration. We determined these allocations
using proportional cost allocation methods including the use of
relevant operating profit, fixed assets, sales and payroll
measurements. Specifically, personnel and all associated costs,
including compensation, benefits, occupancy and other costs, are
allocated based on the estimated percentage of time spent by the
individual in the various departments. External costs such as
audit fees, legal fees, business insurance and other are
allocated based on a combination of the sales, fixed assets and
operating profits of the department, whichever is most
appropriate given the nature of the expense.
The combined consolidated financial statements may not be
indicative of the Companys future performance and do not
necessarily reflect what its combined consolidated results of
operations, financial position and cash flows would have been
had the Company operated as an independent company during the
periods presented. For instance, Altisource expects to incur
costs in excess of those allocated by Ocwen for maintaining a
separate Board of Directors, obtaining a separate audit,
relocating certain executive management and hiring additional
personnel to operate separate from Ocwen. The charges for these
functions are included primarily in selling, general and
administrative expenses in the combined consolidated
statements of operations. In addition, Ocwen has allocated
interest expense to us based upon our portion of assets to
Ocwens total assets which is reflected as Interest
expense in the combined consolidated statements of
operations. Management believes such allocations are reasonable;
however, they may not be indicative of the actual expense that
would have been incurred had the Company been operating as an
independent company for the periods presented. To the extent
that an asset, liability, revenue or expense is directly
associated with the Company, it is reflected in the accompanying
combined consolidated financial statements.
F-8
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The accompanying combined consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America
(U.S. GAAP). The Company eliminates from its
financial results all intercompany transactions between entities
included in the combination.
Separation
In November 2008, the Board of Directors of Ocwen authorized the
pursuit of a plan to separate, through a tax free spin-off, the
majority of the operations of the knowledge process outsourcing
business currently known as the Ocwen Solutions business, into a
separate public company (the Separation). As of the
date of the Separation Ocwen will contribute to Altisource the
business operations of Ocwen not already included in Altisource.
Altisource also has business operations that will remain with
Ocwen after the Separation, and we will distribute those
operations to Ocwen as of the date of the Separation. The
operations of BMS Holdings, Inc., an equity investment which
Ocwen refers to as BMS, and Global Servicing Solutions, LLC, a
majority owned consolidated investment which Ocwen refers to as
GSS, will remain with Ocwen after the Separation. As the
operations of these businesses are not similar to our business,
are managed and financed autonomously and do not share common
offices with Altisource, we have excluded them from these
combined consolidated financial statements. We intend for the
Separation to be tax-free for United States federal income tax
purposes. The Separation is subject to certain conditions
including but not limited to confirmation of the tax-free
treatment of the spin-off, necessary regulatory approvals, any
required lender counterparty consents and final approval by the
Ocwen Board of Directors.
In connection with the Separation, Ocwen will distribute all of
the Altisource common stock to Ocwens shareholders (the
Distribution). Ocwens stockholders will
receive one share of Altisource common stock for every three
shares of Ocwen common stock held as of the date of the
Separation (the Separation Date). Altisource and
Ocwen also will enter into various agreements that address the
allocation of assets and liabilities between them and that
define their relationship after the Separation including a
separation agreement, a tax matters agreement, an employee
matters agreement, an intellectual property agreement, a data
center and disaster recovery agreement, a transition services
agreement and certain long-term servicing contracts
(collectively, the Agreements). Assuming final
approvals are obtained, Ocwen currently is targeting a
Separation Date in the third quarter of 2009.
Use of
Estimates
The preparation of these combined consolidated financial
statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP principles requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined
consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the periods reported. Actual
results could differ materially from those estimates.
Foreign
Currency Translation
Where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, we
translate assets and liabilities of foreign entities into
U.S. dollars at the current rate of exchange existing at
the balance sheet date and revenues and expenses at average
monthly rates. We include the resulting translation adjustments
as a component of invested equity. Where the functional currency
of a foreign entity is the U.S. dollar, re-measurement
adjustments are included in the results of operations. Such
adjustments were not material for any period presented.
F-9
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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NOTE 2
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SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Cash
Cash includes interest-bearing demand deposits with financial
institutions.
Altisource historically has participated in a centralized cash
management program operated by Ocwen. We make a significant
amount of our cash disbursements through centralized payable
systems which are operated by Ocwen, and we receive a
significant amount of cash receipts and transfer them to
centralized accounts maintained by Ocwen with the exception of
our Luxembourg entity and NCI which maintains their own cash
accounts. The cash in these entities is available for use by us.
Accounts
Receivable, net
Accounts receivable are net of an allowance for doubtful
accounts that represent an amount that we estimate to be
uncollectible. We have estimated the allowance for doubtful
accounts based on our historical write-offs, our analysis of
past due accounts based on the contractual terms of the
receivables, and our assessment of the economic status of our
customers, if known. The carrying value of accounts receivable,
net, approximates fair value.
Premises
and Equipment, net
We report premises and equipment at cost or estimated fair value
at acquisition and depreciate them over their estimated useful
lives using the straight-line method as follows:
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Furniture and fixtures
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5 years
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Office equipment
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5 years
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Computer hardware and software
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2 - 3 years
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Leasehold improvements
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Shorter of useful life or term of the lease
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We record payments for maintenance and repairs as expenses when
incurred. We record expenditures for significant improvements
and new equipment as capital expenses and depreciate them over
the shorter of the capitalized assets life or the life of
the lease.
We review premises and equipment for impairment whenever events
or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of
an asset may not be recoverable. We measure recoverability of
assets to be held and used by comparison of the carrying amount
of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected
to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset
exceeds its estimated future cash flows, we recognize an
impairment charge in the amount by which the carrying amount of
the assets exceed the fair value of the asset.
Computer software includes the fair value of software acquired
in business combinations and purchased software. We record
purchased software at cost and amortize it using the
straight-line method over its estimated useful life. We record
software acquired in business combinations at its fair value and
amortize it using straight-line or accelerated methods over its
estimated useful life, ranging from two to three years.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets, net
We classify intangible assets into three
categories:
(1) intangible assets with
definite lives subject to amortization; (2) intangible
assets with indefinite lives; and (3) goodwill, which
represents the excess of cost over the fair value of assets
acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations.
Currently we do not have any intangible assets with indefinite
lives.
F-10
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
For intangible assets with definite lives, we perform tests for
impairment if conditions exist that indicate the carrying value
may not be recoverable. For intangible assets with indefinite
lives and goodwill, we perform tests for impairment at least
annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate
that assets might be impaired.
When facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of
intangible assets determined to have definite lives may not be
recoverable, management assesses the recoverability of the
carrying value by preparing estimates of cash flows of discrete
intangible assets consistent with models utilized for internal
planning purposes. If the sum of the undiscounted expected
future cash flows is less than the carrying value, we would
recognize an impairment to the extent carrying amount exceeds
fair value (determined by discounting the expected future cash
flows consistent with assumptions we believe hypothetical
marketplace participants would use). No impairment was
recognized during the periods presented.
We test goodwill in the fourth quarter or sooner if events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may
exceed its fair value. The impairment test has two steps. The
first step identifies potential impairments by comparing the
fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying value,
including goodwill. If the calculated fair value of a reporting
unit exceeds the carrying value, goodwill and indefinite lived
intangibles are not impaired, and the second step is not
necessary. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds the
fair value, the second step calculates the possible impairment
loss by comparing the implied fair value with the carrying
value. If the implied fair value is less than the carrying
value, we would record an impairment charge. This analysis did
not result in an impairment charge during the periods presented.
We determine the useful lives of our identifiable intangible
assets after considering the specific facts and circumstances
related to each intangible asset. Factors we consider when
determining useful lives include the contractual term of any
arrangements, the history of the asset, our long-term strategy
for use of the asset and other economic factors. We amortize
intangible assets that we deem to have definite lives on a
straight-line basis over their useful lives, generally ranging
from 5 to 20 years.
Revenue
Recognition
We recognize revenues from the services we provide in accordance
with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104
(SAB No. 104), Revenue
Recognition and related interpretations.
SAB No. 104 sets forth guidance as to when revenue is
realized or realizable and earned when all of the following
criteria are met: 1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement
exists; 2) delivery has occurred or services have been
performed; 3) the sellers price to the buyer is fixed
or determinable; and 4) collectability is reasonably
assured. Generally, the contract terms for these services are
relatively short in duration, and we recognize revenues as the
services are performed either on a per unit or a fixed price
basis. Specific policies for each of our reportable segments are
as follows:
Mortgage Services:
We recognize the majority
of the services we provide in this segment on delivery of the
product or service to our customer. Residential property
valuation, certain property inspection and property preservation
services, mortgage due diligence and certain closing and title
services include specific deliverables for our customers for
which we recognize revenues when we deliver the related
valuation, property service, title search or due diligence
report to the customer if collectibility is reasonably assured.
We also perform services for which we recognize revenue at the
time of closing of the related real estate transaction including
real estate sales, real estate closings and certain title
services. For default processing services and certain property
preservation services, we recognize revenue over the period
during which we perform the related services, with full
recognition on completion of the related foreclosure filing or
on closing of the related real estate transaction. For our
knowledge process outsourcing services, we charge for these
services based upon the number of employees utilized and
providing such services.
F-11
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Financial Services:
We generally earn our fees
for asset recovery management services as a percentage of the
amount we collect on delinquent consumer receivables on behalf
of our clients and recognize revenues upon collection from the
debtors. We also provide customer relationship management
services for which we earn and recognize revenues on a per
minute basis as the related services are performed.
Technology Products:
For our REAL suite, we
charge based on the number of our clients loans processed
on the system or on a per-transaction basis. We record
transactional revenues when the service is provided and other
revenues monthly based on the number of loans processed,
employees serviced or products provided. Furthermore, we provide
IT infrastructure services to Ocwen and charge for these
services based on the number of employees that are using the
applicable systems and the number and type of licensed products
used by Ocwen. We also generate revenues from software related
services as considered under AICPA Statement of Position
No. 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition
(SOP 97-2),
and
SOP 98-9,
Modification of
SOP No. 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition, with Respect to Certain
Transactions
(SOP 98-9).
We record revenue associated with implementation services upon
completion and maintenance ratably over the related service
period.
Cost
of revenue and selling, general and administrative
expenses
Cost of revenue includes: (i) payroll and employee benefits
associated with personnel employed in customer service roles;
(ii) fees paid to external providers of valuation, title,
due diligence and other outsourcing services, as well as
printing and mailing costs for correspondence with debtors; and
(iii) technology and telephone expenses, as well as
depreciation and amortization of operating assets.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses include payroll,
employee benefits, occupancy and other costs associated with
personnel employed in executive, sales, marketing, human
resources and finance roles. Selling, general, and
administrative expenses also includes professional fees and
depreciation on non-operating assets.
The components of the cost of revenue and for selling, general
and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31 were
as follows:
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|
|
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|
|
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2008
|
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|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
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Cost of revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation and benefits
|
|
$
|
59,311
|
|
|
$
|
44,886
|
|
|
$
|
30,334
|
|
Outside fees and services
|
|
|
35,825
|
|
|
|
32,830
|
|
|
|
21,969
|
|
Technology and communications
|
|
|
19,912
|
|
|
|
19,238
|
|
|
|
19,860
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
115,048
|
|
|
$
|
96,954
|
|
|
$
|
72,163
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Occupancy and equipment
|
|
$
|
8,125
|
|
|
$
|
7,999
|
|
|
$
|
5,122
|
|
Corporate allocations
|
|
|
6,208
|
|
|
|
8,864
|
|
|
|
9,103
|
|
Professional services
|
|
|
3,270
|
|
|
|
3,121
|
|
|
|
1,521
|
|
Other
|
|
|
10,485
|
|
|
|
7,946
|
|
|
|
1,876
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
28,088
|
|
|
$
|
27,930
|
|
|
$
|
17,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
Taxes
Until the effective date of the Separation, Ocwen will continue
to include our operating results in its consolidated
U.S. federal and state income tax returns. We recorded the
provision for income taxes in the combined
F-12
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
consolidated statements of operations at rates consistent with
what we would have paid as a stand-alone taxable entity. We
recognize deferred income tax assets and liabilities for
temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and
the tax basis of our assets and liabilities and expected
benefits of utilizing net operating loss and credit
carryforwards. We measure deferred income tax assets and
liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable
income in the years in which we expect to recover or settle
those temporary differences. We reflect the impact on deferred
income taxes of changes in tax rates and laws, if any, in the
combined financial statements in the period enacted. We estimate
valuation allowances on deferred tax assets based on assessments
of the realizability of such asset. Our obligation for current
taxes is paid by Ocwen on our behalf and settled through
invested equity by means of net transfers to Parent.
The ultimate tax outcome of many transactions is uncertain.
Significant judgment is required in evaluating tax positions and
in computing the tax provision including valuation allowances,
the timing of reversals of net operating losses and other items.
We account for uncertain tax positions taken by the Company
under FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48)
which may require certain benefits taken on a tax return to not
be recognized in the financial statements when there is the
potential for these tax positions to be successfully challenged
by the taxing authorities. We adopted FIN 48 effective
January 1, 2007 with no material impact on our combined
consolidated financial statements. We decided to classify
interest and penalties as a component of income tax expense.
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NOTE 3
|
ACCOUNTING
PRONOUNCEMENTS TO BE ADOPTED
|
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 141(R) (SFAS No.
141(R))
, Business Combinations a
replacement of FASB Statement No. 141.
SFAS No. 141(R) modifies certain elements of the
acquisition method of accounting used for all business
combinations. The statement requires an acquirer to recognize
the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date,
measured at the full amounts of their fair values, with limited
exceptions specified in the statement. If the business
combination is achieved in stages (a step acquisition), an
acquirer is also required to recognize the identifiable assets
and liabilities, as well as the noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree, at the full amounts of their fair values. The
statement requires the acquirer to recognize restructuring and
acquisition costs separately from the business combination. The
statement also requires the disclosure of information necessary
to understand the nature and effect of the business combination.
SFAS No. 141(R) applies prospectively to business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after
January 1, 2009.
SFAS No. 160, Non-controlling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements-an Amendment of ARB
No. 51.
The FASB issued SFAS No. 160 on
December 4, 2007. The statement establishes new accounting
and reporting standards for a non-controlling interest in a
subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary.
Specifically, this statement requires the recognition of a
non-controlling interest (minority interest) as equity in the
consolidated financial statements separate from the invested
equity. The amount of net income attributable to the
non-controlling interest will be included in consolidated net
income on the face of the income statement. The statement
clarifies that changes in a invested ownership interest in a
subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity
transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial
interest. In addition, when a subsidiary is deconsolidated, this
statement requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net
income based on the fair value of the entire entity,
irrespective of any retained ownership, on the deconsolidation
date. Such a gain or loss will be measured using the fair value
of the non-controlling equity investment on the deconsolidation
date. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years, and
interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after
December 15, 2008, which for us begins with our 2009 fiscal
year. The implementation of SFAS No. 160 is not
expected to have a material impact on our combined consolidated
balance sheet or combined consolidated statement of operations.
F-13
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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NOTE 4
|
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
Altisource has historically conducted business with Ocwen and
its subsidiaries. Concurrent with the Separation, we will enter
into a transition services agreement under which Ocwen will
provide to Altisource, and vice versa, certain short term
transition services, such as human resources, vendor management,
corporate services, six sigma, quality assurance, quantitative
analytics, treasury, accounting, risk management, legal,
strategic planning, compliance and other areas. These agreements
will go into effect at the time provided in such agreements.
We recorded the revenues we earned from Ocwen based on our
expectations of costs for providing such services in our
historical results of operations for all periods up to the end
of the first quarter of 2008. We recorded the revenues we earned
from Ocwen since the beginning of the second quarter of 2008 at
rates we believe to be market rates as they are consistent with
one or more of the following: the fees we charge to other
customers for comparable services; the rates Ocwen pays to other
service providers; market surveys prepared by unaffiliated
firms; and prices being charged by our competitors. This change
in the second quarter of 2008 resulted in additional revenues of
approximately $6,000 in 2008. These revised rates are materially
consistent with the rates we will charge Ocwen under the various
long-term servicing contracts into which we will enter in
connection with the Separation.
Altisource currently provides Ocwen and its subsidiaries with
the following services:
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Mortgage Services
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Technology Products
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valuation services
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residential loan servicing software
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residential due diligence
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|
vendor management and order fulfillment software
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residential fulfillment support services
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|
default resolution services
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real estate management and sales
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|
IT infrastructure support
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property inspection and preservation services
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|
invoice presentment and payment software
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closing and title services
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|
commercial loan servicing software
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homeowner outreach
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Financial Services
|
trustee foreclosure services
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mortgage charge-off and deficiency collections
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Allocation
of Corporate Costs
The costs of certain services that are provided by Ocwen to the
Company have been reflected in these financial statements
including charges for services such as business insurance,
medical insurance and employee benefit plan expenses and
allocations for certain centralized administration costs for
treasury, real estate, accounting, auditing, tax, risk
management, internal audit, human resources and benefits
administration. These allocations of centralized administration
costs were determined using proportional cost allocation methods
including use of relevant operating profit, fixed assets, sales
and payroll measurements. Allocated costs are included in
selling, general and administrative expenses in the combined
consolidated statements of operations and within invested equity
in the combined consolidated balance sheets. The allocation of
corporate costs was $6,208, $8,864 and $9,103 for the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These
costs represent managements allocation of the costs
incurred. However, these amounts may not be representative of
the costs necessary for the Company to operate as a separate
standalone company. We reflect costs paid by Ocwen on behalf of
the Company in net transfers to parent in the
combined consolidated statements of invested equity.
F-14
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
On June 6, 2007, Ocwen acquired all of the outstanding
common shares of NCI. The aggregate purchase price was $56,980
including $2,000 of closing adjustments. The purchase price was
paid $56,980 in cash of which $27,500 was obtained through a
bank debt facility. The entire $27,500 debt facility was repaid
in September 2007. The results of NCIs operations and
financial position have been included in the combined
consolidated financial statements since its acquisition.
NCIs primary business at the time of acquisition was
contingency collections for credit card issuers and other
consumer credit providers. The majority of NCIs annual
revenue comes from credit card related collections with the
remainder coming from other consumer credit collections,
first-party customer service solutions and student loan
collections. NCI primarily serves large credit issuers.
The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition.
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|
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Cash
|
|
$
|
4,439
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
|
4,358
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
2,245
|
|
Premises and equipment
|
|
|
5,090
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
3,953
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
40,500
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
14,315
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets acquired
|
|
|
74,900
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(12,775
|
)
|
Long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(1,223
|
)
|
Deferred tax liability
|
|
|
(3,922
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed
|
|
|
(17,920
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired
|
|
$
|
56,980
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Of the $40,500 of acquired intangible assets, $37,700 was
assigned to customer lists and $2,800 was assigned to trademarks
based on valuations performed to determine the values of such
assets as of the acquisition date. We are amortizing the
intangible assets over their estimated useful lives, which range
from 10 to 20 years for customer lists and five years for
trademarks. Amortization of customer lists reflects the pattern
in which the economic benefits of the customer lists are
expected to be realized.
We recorded an accrual in purchase accounting of $1,361 in
current liabilities, which related to costs incurred to
involuntarily terminate employees of the acquired company and
office closures. All termination and office closure costs were
paid in cash in accordance with the plan of termination during
the one year period following the acquisition date. Office
closure costs related to early termination penalties. The
accrual reversal for severance is reflected as a reduction of
goodwill in 2008.
F-15
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The following presents the roll forward of the involuntary
termination and office closure accruals:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office
|
|
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
Closure
|
|
|
Balance at January 1, 2007
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Additions
|
|
|
589
|
|
|
|
772
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(772
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
501
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
|
(313
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Accrual reversal
|
|
|
(188
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 6
|
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE, NET
|
Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following at December
31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
$
|
8,498
|
|
|
$
|
12,427
|
|
Unbilled fees
|
|
|
1,356
|
|
|
|
5,302
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accounts receivable
|
|
|
9,854
|
|
|
|
17,729
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(777
|
)
|
|
|
(959
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,077
|
|
|
$
|
16,770
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A summary of the allowance for doubtful accounts, net of
recoveries, for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
765
|
|
Bad debt expense
|
|
|
1,779
|
|
Recoveries
|
|
|
(1,134
|
)
|
Write-offs
|
|
|
(451
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2007
|
|
|
959
|
|
Bad debt expense
|
|
|
864
|
|
Recoveries
|
|
|
(449
|
)
|
Write-offs
|
|
|
(597
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
777
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2008, two customers in the Financial
Services segment accounted for 19.6% and 11.9% of net accounts
receivable, respectively. One of these customers accounted for
25.8% of revenues in 2008 and 14.3% in 2007. No customers other
than related parties represented more than 10% of our revenues
in 2006.
F-16
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
NOTE 7
|
PREPAID
EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the
following at December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$
|
1,792
|
|
|
$
|
2,098
|
|
Maintenance agreements
|
|
|
785
|
|
|
|
1,214
|
|
Other
|
|
|
444
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,021
|
|
|
$
|
3,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 8
|
PREMISES
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
Our premises and equipment, which include amounts recorded under
capital leases, are recorded at cost. Property and equipment are
summarized as follows at December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Computer hardware and software
|
|
$
|
86,714
|
|
|
$
|
85,029
|
|
Office equipment and other
|
|
|
6,072
|
|
|
|
4,746
|
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
1,270
|
|
|
|
1,296
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
2,047
|
|
|
|
2,431
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
96,103
|
|
|
|
93,502
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(86,799
|
)
|
|
|
(81,329
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,304
|
|
|
$
|
12,173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense, inclusive of capital
lease obligations, amounted to $7,836, $6,979 and $9,685 for
2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
|
NOTE 9
|
GOODWILL
AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
|
Goodwill
Goodwill and intangible assets relate to the acquisitions of NCI
and the company that developed the predecessor to our
REALTrans
®
vendor management platform. No impairment charges were taken
during the periods presented.
Changes in goodwill assets during the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 are summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technology
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
1,618
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,618
|
|
Acquisition of NCI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,315
|
|
|
|
14,315
|
|
Tax amortizable goodwill(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,136
|
)
|
|
|
(1,136
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,618
|
|
|
|
13,179
|
|
|
|
14,797
|
|
Purchase price adjustments(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
365
|
|
|
|
365
|
|
Tax amortizable goodwill(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,622
|
)
|
|
|
(3,622
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2008
|
|
$
|
1,618
|
|
|
$
|
9,922
|
|
|
$
|
11,540
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-17
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Purchase price adjustments related to the finalization of the
NCI purchase accounting, which included fair valuing the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed, recording of deal related
costs and deferred taxes.
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
Prior to our acquisition of NCI in 2007, NCI made an acquisition
which created tax-deductible goodwill that amortizes for tax
purposes over time. When we acquired NCI in 2007, we recorded a
lesser amount of goodwill for financial reporting purposes than
what had previously been recorded at NCI for tax purposes. This
difference between the amount of goodwill recorded for financial
reporting purposes and the amount recorded for taxes is referred
to as Component 2 goodwill and it results in our
recording periodic reductions of our book goodwill balance in
our combined consolidated financial statements. The reduction of
book goodwill also resulted in a reduction in invested equity of
$3,622 in 2008 and $1,136 in 2007. We will continue to amortize
the remaining Component 2 goodwill for tax purposes which will
result in our reducing book goodwill to zero and then reducing
intangible assets by the remaining tax benefits of the Component
2 goodwill as they are realized in our tax returns. The balance
of Component 2 goodwill remaining was $22,791 as of
December 31, 2008, which should generate approximately
$14,510 of reductions of goodwill and then intangible assets
through 2012 assuming current income levels and income tax rates.
|
Intangible
assets
Changes in intangible assets during the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 are summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amort-
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
ization
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
Period
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
(Years)
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Definite lived intangible assets Trademarks
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
2,800
|
|
|
$
|
887
|
|
|
$
|
1,913
|
|
|
$
|
2,800
|
|
|
$
|
327
|
|
|
$
|
2,473
|
|
Customer lists
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
37,700
|
|
|
|
3,222
|
|
|
|
34,478
|
|
|
|
37,700
|
|
|
|
1,228
|
|
|
|
36,472
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
40,500
|
|
|
$
|
4,109
|
|
|
$
|
36,391
|
|
|
$
|
40,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,555
|
|
|
$
|
38,945
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization expense for definite lived intangible assets was
$2,554 and $1,555 for the fiscal years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007, respectively. Expected annual amortization for
years 2009 through 2013, is $2,672, $2,672, $2,672, $2,346 and
$2,112, respectively.
F-18
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company leases certain premises and equipment under various
capital and operating lease agreements. Future minimum lease
payments at December 31, 2008 under non-cancelable capital
and operating leases with an original term exceeding one year
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Leases
|
|
|
Operating Leases
|
|
|
2009
|
|
$
|
1,019
|
|
|
$
|
3,338
|
|
2010
|
|
|
465
|
|
|
|
1,080
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
572
|
|
2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
262
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
269
|
|
2014 and thereafter
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
1,484
|
|
|
$
|
5,594
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less amounts representing interest
|
|
|
128
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease obligation
|
|
|
1,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less current portion under capital lease obligation
|
|
|
916
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term portion under capital lease obligation
|
|
$
|
440
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating lease expense was $3,904, $2,913 and $1,512 for
the periods ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006,
respectively. The operating leases generally relate to office
locations, and reflect customary lease terms which range from 3
to 7 years in duration. In addition to the above operating
lease commitments, Altisource historically has shared several
office locations with Ocwen for which the related expense
generally is included in the operating lease expense noted above
but for which some expense is included in the allocation of
corporate costs and not separately identifiable as lease
expense. Although Ocwen is the lessee under these shared leases,
we have agreed to sublease this space from Ocwen. Our share of
Ocwens obligations under these leases is approximately
$1,128 in 2009, $1,154 in 2010, $846 in 2011, $209 in 2012, $215
in 2013, and $1,176 in 2014 and thereafter.
|
|
NOTE 11
|
ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following
at December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$
|
283
|
|
|
$
|
1,382
|
|
Accrued expenses general
|
|
|
2,518
|
|
|
|
5,793
|
|
Accrued salaries and benefits
|
|
|
1,966
|
|
|
|
962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,767
|
|
|
$
|
8,137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-19
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Other current liabilities consisted of the following at December
31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Mortgage charge-off and deficiency collections
|
|
$
|
2,313
|
|
|
$
|
2,195
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
1,505
|
|
|
|
285
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,395
|
|
|
|
568
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,213
|
|
|
$
|
3,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mortgage collections relate to our Financial Services segment
and represent amounts that we collected from debtors but have
not yet remitted to the account owners or related trusts.
|
|
NOTE 12
|
EMPLOYEE
COMPENSATION
|
Ocwen maintains a defined contribution plan to provide post
retirement benefits to its eligible employees. Ocwen also
maintains additional compensation plans for certain of its
employees. These plans were designed to facilitate a
pay-for-performance policy, further align the interests of our
officers and key employees with the interests of our
shareholders and assist in attracting and retaining employees
vital to our long-term success. Some of Altisources
employees participate in these plans which are summarized below.
Retirement
Plan
Some of our eligible employees currently participate in an Ocwen
defined contribution 401(k) plan. Ocwen matches 50% of each
employees contributions, limited to 2% of the
employees compensation which is reflected in our results
of operations. Some of our NCI employees currently participate
in an NCI defined contribution 401(k) plan under which NCI may
make matching contributions equal to a discretionary percentage
determined by NCI. We recorded an expense of $159, $184 and $180
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively relating to the participation of our employees in
these plans.
Equity-based
compensation:
A number of our employees participate in Ocwens
equity-based compensation plans, generally consisting of
restricted stock and options to purchase shares of Ocwen common
stock (together, the stock awards).
At the Separation Date, all holders of Ocwen stock awards,
including our employees and those who will remain with Ocwen
after the Separation, will receive the following:
|
|
|
|
|
a new Altisource stock award (issued by Altisource) to acquire
the number of shares of Altisource common stock equal to the
product of (a) the number of Ocwen stock awards held on the
Separation Date and (b) the distribution ratio of one share
of Altisource common stock for every three shares of Ocwen
common stock; and
|
|
|
|
an adjusted Ocwen award for the same number of shares of Ocwen
common stock with a reduced exercise price for stock option
awards.
|
Ocwen issued all of the stock awards currently outstanding from
plans containing anti-dilution provisions that require Ocwen to
adjust the award terms in an equitable and proportionate manner.
Our objective is to maintain the same intrinsic value of the
stock awards both before and after the Separation and therefore
do not expect to record incremental compensation expense as a
result of these adjustments. We will not change the vesting
status of the Ocwen stock awards and will issue the new
Altisource awards with terms identical to those of the related
Ocwen stock awards.
F-20
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
After the changes to stock awards are completed, employees of
both Ocwen and Altisource will hold stock awards in both
companies. Each company will record compensation expense for the
stock awards held by its employees even though some of the
awards relate to the common stock of the other company.
The following tables summarize the number of Ocwen stock options
held by our employees at December 31, 2008:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
|
Options
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Outstanding at beginning of year
|
|
|
480,446
|
|
|
$
|
8.69
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
1,755,000
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at end of year
|
|
|
2,235,446
|
|
|
|
8.15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at end of year
|
|
|
415,872
|
|
|
|
8.45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Exercisable
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
Award Year
|
|
Price Range
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Life
|
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
2008(a)
|
|
$8.00
|
|
|
1,316,250
|
|
|
$
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
2008
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
438,750
|
|
|
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
11.88
|
|
|
65,548
|
|
|
|
11.88
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
39,328
|
|
|
|
11.88
|
|
2005
|
|
9.64
|
|
|
67,261
|
|
|
|
9.64
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
40,357
|
|
|
|
9.64
|
|
2004
|
|
4.92 - 8.04
|
|
|
67,254
|
|
|
|
7.58
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
55,804
|
|
|
|
7.48
|
|
2003
|
|
6.18 - 10.73
|
|
|
43,367
|
|
|
|
9.82
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
43,367
|
|
|
|
9.82
|
|
2002
|
|
1.87 - 2.81
|
|
|
40,221
|
|
|
|
2.60
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
40,221
|
|
|
|
2.60
|
|
2001
|
|
5.79 - 12.55
|
|
|
138,041
|
|
|
|
9.96
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
138,041
|
|
|
|
9.96
|
|
2000
|
|
4.09 - 7.40
|
|
|
45,706
|
|
|
|
5.10
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
45,706
|
|
|
|
5.10
|
|
1999
|
|
6.25
|
|
|
9,855
|
|
|
|
6.25
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
9,855
|
|
|
|
6.25
|
|
1998
|
|
12.31
|
|
|
3,193
|
|
|
|
12.31
|
|
|
|
(b
|
)
|
|
|
3,193
|
|
|
|
12.31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,235,446
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
415,872
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
These options contain market-based components as described
below. All other options are time-based awards.
|
|
(b)
|
|
These options expired without being exercised on
January 31, 2009.
|
The contractual term of all options granted is ten years from
the grant date, except where employment terminates by reason of
retirement, in which case the option will terminate no later
than three years after such retirement or the end of the option
term, whichever is earlier. Compensation expense related to
options is measured based on the grant-date fair value of the
options using either the Black-Scholes option-pricing model or a
lattice (binomial) model as appropriate based on the vesting
condition of the award. These models incorporate various and
highly subjective assumptions, including expected option life
and expected volatility. Ocwen estimated the
F-21
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
expected stock price volatility based on the implied volatility
evidenced within its publicly traded convertible debt and traded
options on Ocwens common stock.
Included in compensation expense for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was $291, $365 and $139,
respectively, related to stock options. Excluding the
market-based options described below, the net aggregate
intrinsic value of stock options outstanding and stock options
exercisable at December 31, 2008 was $660 and $304,
respectively. The weighted average remaining contractual term of
options outstanding and options exercisable at December 31,
2008 was 8 years and 5 years, respectively. As of
December 31, 2008, unrecognized compensation costs related
to non-vested stock options amounted to $1,296, which we will
recognize over a weighted-average remaining requisite service
period of approximately 3.4 years.
An incentive plan limited to senior executives was awarded by
Ocwen in 2008. These options have an exercise price of $8.00 per
share which was approximately 40% higher than the closing price
of Ocwens stock on the day of the approval by the Ocwen
Compensation Committee. The vesting schedule for the options has
a time-based component, in which 25% of the options vest in
equal increments over four years, and a market-based component,
in which up to 75% of the options could vest in equal increments
over four years commencing upon the achievement of certain
performance criteria related to Ocwens stock price and the
annualized rate of return to investors. Two-thirds of the
market-based options would begin to vest over four years if the
stock price realizes a compounded annual gain of at least 20%
over the exercise price so long as the stock price is at least
double the exercise price. The remaining third of the
market-based options would begin to vest over four years if the
stock price realizes a 25% gain so long as it is at least triple
the exercise price. The fair value of the time-based options was
determined using the Black-Scholes options pricing model, while
a lattice (binomial) model was used to determine the fair value
of the market-based options awarded in 2008 using the following
assumptions as of the grant date:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black-Scholes
|
|
|
Binomial
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.48
|
%
|
|
|
4.78
|
%
|
|
2.15 - 4.28%
|
Expected stock price volatility
|
|
|
38.0
|
%
|
|
|
33.0
|
%
|
|
38.0 - 46.0%
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected option life (in years)
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
Contractual life (in years)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
Fair value
|
|
$
|
1.01
|
|
|
$
|
6.25
|
|
|
$0.87 and $0.65
|
No options were granted in 2007.
In addition to stock options, restricted common stock awards
have been made. These awards were granted at no cost to the
employee and vest ratably over a three-year period including the
award year. The shares are issued to the employee upon vesting.
No grants were made for the 2008 and 2007 service years;
however, during 2007 shares were awarded to compensate
employees for the loss in fair value from the exchange of stock
options that were noncompliant under IRC section 409A. At
December 31, 2008, a total of 10,088 shares were
unvested. Included in this amount were 5,603 shares
relating to the IRC section 409A remediation which vest
through 2010. The fair value of these stock awards is recognized
as compensation expense ratably over the vesting period.
Included in compensation expense for 2008, 2007 and 2006 was
$70, $197 and $97, respectively, relating to these stock awards.
In connection with the Separation, Altisource plans to implement
an Altisource Annual Incentive Plan under which new shares of
Altisource common stock may be issued. The Plan will allow the
Company, under the direction of the Board of Directors
Compensation Committee, to make grants of performance shares,
stock appreciation rights, stock options and stock awards to
employees, officers and non-employee directors of the Company.
We anticipate that the terms of the Plan generally will be the
same as the current Ocwen Annual Incentive Plan.
F-22
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
NOTE 13
|
LINE OF
CREDIT AND OTHER SECURED BORROWINGS
|
Our debt consisted of the following at December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unused
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowing
|
|
|
Balance at December 31,
|
|
Description
|
|
Capacity
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Line of credit maturing July 2011
|
|
$
|
3,202
|
|
|
$
|
1,123
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Senior notes maturing January 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,202
|
|
|
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of line of credit and other secured borrowings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term portion
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In July 2008, NCI entered into a revolving secured credit
agreement with a financial institution that provides for
borrowings of up to $10,000 through July 2011. Interest on the
borrowings is based on either a rate of LIBOR plus two percent
that is fixed for a period of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, or a
floating rated based on the prime rate less one percent, all as
elected by NCI when the borrowing is made. All borrowings
outstanding on December 31, 2008 were floating rate
advances with an interest rate of 2.25%. Substantially all of
NCIs assets, which comprise substantially all of the
assets in our Financial Services segment, are pledged as
collateral for this credit agreement. These borrowings are
limited to 85% of eligible accounts receivable, as defined in
the agreement. At December 31, 2008 we had $4,325 available
for borrowing under this line based on these limitations. The
agreement contains financial covenants that reset annually and
that require minimum adjusted pre-tax income levels for NCI as
defined in the agreement that primarily require NCI to maintain
a positive adjusted pre-tax income. We are in compliance with
all financial covenants.
In February 2009, we amended the agreement to make favorable
modifications to the financial covenants for 2009 and agreed to
increase the interest rate on the floating rate advances to
prime plus 1.25%.
At December 31, 2007, short-term debt consisted of $147 of
10.25% Senior Notes due in 2008 (the Senior
Notes). Interest on the notes was $1 and $9 for the fiscal
year period ended December 31, 2008 and June 6, 2007
to December 31, 2007, respectively. On January 15,
2008 we repaid the Senior Notes and related accrued interest in
full.
As part of the NCI acquisition, NCI obtained $27,500 in
long-term bank debt (Original Debt). Ocwen repaid
the Original Debt in September 2007 and created an intercompany
receivable due from NCI. Consistent with the treatment of other
payables due to and from Ocwen, we reflect this amount as a
component of invested equity.
The Company is included in the U.S. consolidated federal
income tax return filed by Ocwen and is a party to a tax sharing
agreement by and among Ocwen and its subsidiaries. In accordance
with this agreement, federal income taxes are allocated as if
they had been calculated on a separate company basis except that
benefits for any net operating losses will be provided to the
extent such loss is utilized in the consolidated federal tax
return. As such, the consolidated tax provision is an
aggregation of the allocation of taxes to the separate Company
subsidiaries. The Company is no longer subject to income tax
examinations by federal authorities for tax years prior to 2005.
F-23
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The components of the provision for income taxes for the years
ended December 31 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic (Luxembourg)
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
401
|
|
|
$
|
371
|
|
Foreign U.S. federal
|
|
|
202
|
|
|
|
1,567
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign U.S. state
|
|
|
(379
|
)
|
|
|
(89
|
)
|
|
|
33
|
|
Foreign Non-U.S.
|
|
|
736
|
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
563
|
|
|
|
2,012
|
|
|
|
431
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic (Luxembourg)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign U.S. federal
|
|
|
(102
|
)
|
|
|
(664
|
)
|
|
|
1,122
|
|
Foreign U.S. state
|
|
|
1,299
|
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
|
63
|
|
Foreign Non-U.S.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,056
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|
|
(1,584
|
)
|
|
|
1,185
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit applied to reduce goodwill
|
|
|
3,622
|
|
|
|
1,136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
5,382
|
|
|
$
|
1,564
|
|
|
$
|
1,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-24
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Deferred taxes resulted from temporary differences between the
amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and
the tax basis of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of
temporary differences at December 31, 2008 and 2007 were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Current deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts and other reserves
|
|
$
|
349
|
|
|
$
|
596
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
561
|
|
|
|
1,211
|
|
Current deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
(642
|
)
|
|
|
(804
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current deferred tax asset, net
|
|
|
268
|
|
|
|
1,003
|
|
Non-current deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards U.S. federal
|
|
|
6,908
|
|
|
|
7,347
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards U.S. states
|
|
|
1,964
|
|
|
|
651
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,684
|
|
|
|
2,419
|
|
Non-U.S.
deferred tax asset
|
|
|
1,056
|
|
|
|
1,056
|
|
Other
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
175
|
|
Non-current deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
(11,986
|
)
|
|
|
(12,842
|
)
|
Restricted stock
|
|
|
(474
|
)
|
|
|
(474
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(808
|
)
|
|
|
(1,668
|
)
|
Valuation allowances
|
|
|
(1,862
|
)
|
|
|
(540
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current deferred tax liability, net
|
|
|
(2,670
|
)
|
|
|
(2,208
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax liability
|
|
$
|
(2,402
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,205
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We conduct periodic evaluations of positive and negative
evidence to determine whether it is more likely than not that
the deferred tax asset can be realized in future periods. Among
the factors considered in this evaluation are estimates of
future taxable income, future reversals of temporary
differences, tax character and the impact of tax planning
strategies that can be implemented if warranted. As a result of
this evaluation, we included in the tax provision an increase of
$1,322 to the valuation allowance for 2008 related to certain
state net operating losses that we no longer consider to be more
likely than not to be realized in future periods. These net
operating losses relate to NCI, and we have lowered our
expectations regarding NCIs future profitability for its
operations in these states.
As of December 31, 2008, the Company had a deferred tax
asset of approximately $6,908 relating to U.S. federal net
operating losses. The gross amount of net operating losses
available for carryover to future years approximates $19,740.
These losses relate to NCI for periods prior to our acquisition
and are subject to Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code
which limits their use to approximately $1,251 per year. These
losses are scheduled to expire between the years 2022 and 2028.
F-25
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Income tax expense differs from the amounts computed by applying
the Luxembourg federal corporate income tax rate of 29.63% as
follows for the years ended December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Tax at statutory rate
|
|
$
|
4,326
|
|
|
$
|
2,453
|
|
|
$
|
2,081
|
|
Differential of tax rates in non-Luxembourg jurisdictions
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
|
|
498
|
|
Valuation allowances
|
|
|
1,322
|
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indefinite deferral on earnings of
non-U.S.
affiliates
|
|
|
(1,866
|
)
|
|
|
(966
|
)
|
|
|
(963
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
$
|
5,382
|
|
|
$
|
1,564
|
|
|
$
|
1,616
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 15
|
BUSINESS
SEGMENT REPORTING
|
Our business segments reflect the internal reporting that we use
to evaluate operating performance and to assess the allocation
of resources by our chief operating decision maker. Our segments
are based upon our organizational structure which focuses
primarily on the products and services offered.
We conduct our operations through three reporting segments and
corporate. A brief description of our business segments are as
follows:
Mortgage Services
includes due diligence, valuation, real
estate sales, default processing services, property inspection
and preservation services, homeowner outreach, closing and title
services and knowledge process outsourcing services. Mortgage
Services supports mortgage originators and servicers, insurance
companies, hedge funds and commercial banks. Our services span
the lifecycle of a mortgage loan from origination through the
disposition of real estate owned properties (REO).
Financial Services
provides asset recovery and customer
relationship management services principally to the financial
services, consumer products, telecommunications and utilities
industries. We have included NCI in this segment since our
acquisition of it in June 2007.
Technology Products
consists of products and services
utilized in the mortgage industry including our REAL suite of
applications that provide technology products to serve the needs
of servicing and origination businesses. Our offerings include
commercial and residential loan servicing and loss mitigation
software, vendor management and a patented vouchless payable
system and information technology solutions to manage and
oversee payments to large-scale vendor networks.
Corporate Items and Other.
For the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2008, we have included
only intercompany eliminations in Corporate Items and Other.
Ocwen allocated interest income and expense to each business
segment for funds raised or funding of investments made. Ocwen
also allocated expenses generated by corporate support services
to each business segment.
F-26
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business
|
|
|
|
Mortgage
|
|
|
Financial
|
|
|
Technology
|
|
|
Corporate Items
|
|
|
Segments
|
|
|
|
Services
|
|
|
Services(2)
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
and Other
|
|
|
Consolidated
|
|
|
At or for the year ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
$
|
54,956
|
|
|
$
|
73,835
|
|
|
$
|
45,283
|
|
|
$
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
$
|
160,363
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
36,392
|
|
|
|
62,590
|
|
|
|
29,777
|
|
|
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
|
115,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
18,564
|
|
|
|
11,245
|
|
|
|
15,506
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,315
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
5,027
|
|
|
|
17,168
|
|
|
|
6,118
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
28,088
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
13,537
|
|
|
|
(5,923
|
)
|
|
|
9,388
|
|
|
|
225
|
|
|
|
17,227
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
|
|
(1,952
|
)
|
|
|
(391
|
)
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
(2,626
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
13,479
|
|
|
$
|
(7,875
|
)
|
|
$
|
8,997
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,601
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
|
$
|
3,202
|
|
|
$
|
4,600
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,836
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of intangibles
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,554
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,554
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues from related parties
|
|
$
|
41,635
|
|
|
$
|
1,181
|
|
|
$
|
35,146
|
|
|
$
|
(13,711
|
)
|
|
$
|
64,251
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets(3)
|
|
$
|
3,361
|
|
|
$
|
59,744
|
|
|
$
|
8,836
|
|
|
$
|
4,734
|
|
|
$
|
76,675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Line of credit and other secured borrowings
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,123
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,123
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
$
|
64,260
|
|
|
$
|
41,293
|
|
|
$
|
36,235
|
|
|
$
|
(6,882
|
)
|
|
$
|
134,906
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
44,158
|
|
|
|
32,324
|
|
|
|
27,354
|
|
|
|
(6,882
|
)
|
|
|
96,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
20,102
|
|
|
|
8,969
|
|
|
|
8,881
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,952
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
7,876
|
|
|
|
14,787
|
|
|
|
6,359
|
|
|
|
(1,092
|
)
|
|
|
27,930
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
12,226
|
|
|
|
(5,818
|
)
|
|
|
2,522
|
|
|
|
1,092
|
|
|
|
10,022
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
|
(1,269
|
)
|
|
|
708
|
|
|
|
(1,092
|
)
|
|
|
(1,743
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
12,136
|
|
|
$
|
(7,087
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,230
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
292
|
|
|
$
|
980
|
|
|
$
|
5,707
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,979
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of intangibles
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,555
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,555
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues from related parties
|
|
$
|
40,646
|
|
|
$
|
1,044
|
|
|
$
|
24,542
|
|
|
$
|
(6,882
|
)
|
|
$
|
59,350
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
10,717
|
|
|
$
|
65,397
|
|
|
$
|
12,037
|
|
|
$
|
4,694
|
|
|
$
|
92,845
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue(1)
|
|
$
|
59,729
|
|
|
$
|
7,666
|
|
|
$
|
34,630
|
|
|
$
|
(5,422
|
)
|
|
$
|
96,603
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
|
43,807
|
|
|
|
5,219
|
|
|
|
28,559
|
|
|
|
(5,422
|
)
|
|
|
72,163
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
15,922
|
|
|
|
2,447
|
|
|
|
6,071
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,440
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
8,294
|
|
|
|
3,173
|
|
|
|
7,027
|
|
|
|
(872
|
)
|
|
|
17,622
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations
|
|
|
7,628
|
|
|
|
(726
|
)
|
|
|
(956
|
)
|
|
|
872
|
|
|
|
6,818
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
|
340
|
|
|
|
771
|
|
|
|
(872
|
)
|
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
$
|
7,594
|
|
|
$
|
(386
|
)
|
|
$
|
(185
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,023
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
$
|
369
|
|
|
$
|
80
|
|
|
$
|
9,236
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,685
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of intangibles
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues from related parties
|
|
$
|
31,301
|
|
|
$
|
2,070
|
|
|
$
|
24,022
|
|
|
$
|
(5,422
|
)
|
|
$
|
51,971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
7,608
|
|
|
$
|
560
|
|
|
$
|
14,035
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
22,205
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Intercompany transactions primarily consist of IT infrastructure
services and charges for the use of certain REAL products from
our Technology Products segment to our other two segments.
Generally, we reflect these
|
F-27
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
charges within technology and communication in the segment
receiving the services, except for consulting services, which we
reflect in professional services.
|
|
(2)
|
|
Includes depreciation and amortization of $2,787 in 2008 and
$379 in 2007 for assets reflected in the Technology Products
segment.
|
|
(3)
|
|
Includes premises and equipment, net of $1,152 that are located
in India.
|
|
|
NOTE 16
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
Litigation
We have filed suit against a former equipment vendor seeking
revocation of acceptance of the equipment and damages for
breaches of implied warranties and related torts. Separately, we
are party to a pending arbitration brought by the vendor seeking
payment of annual support and maintenance fees for periods
subsequent to when we returned the equipment to the vendor. The
vendor also is requesting payment of discounts it provided to us
purportedly to be a marketing partner for the vendor. In total,
the former vendor is seeking damages of approximately $3,100. We
believe that the vendors claims against us are without
merit and intend to defend vigorously against this matter while
at the same time pursue our claims against this vendor.
Altisource is subject to various other pending legal
proceedings. In our opinion, the resolution of those proceedings
will not have a material effect on our financial condition,
results of operations or cash flows.
Taxation
We intend for the Distribution to be a tax-free transaction
under Section 355 of the Code. However, Ocwen will recognize,
and pay tax on, substantially all the gain it has in the assets
that comprise Altisource as a result of the Restructuring. If
the Distribution were not to qualify as a tax-free transaction,
Ocwen may not recognize substantial taxable gain because most,
if not all, of such gain would already have been recognized
pursuant to the Restructuring of Altisource. Altisource has
agreed to indemnify Ocwen for certain tax liabilities. As of
December 31, 2008, the company does not believe it has an
indemnity obligation.
|
|
NOTE 17
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the year for
Interest
|
|
$
|
121
|
|
|
$
|
750
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction in income tax payable from tax amortizable goodwill
transferred to Parent
|
|
$
|
3,622
|
|
|
$
|
1,136
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
See Note 5 for information regarding assets acquired and
liabilities assumed in business acquisition activity.
F-28
ALTISOURCE
PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.À.R.L.
(to be converted into ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. in
connection
with the transactions described herein)
NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
NOTE 18
|
QUARTERLY
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
38,940
|
|
|
$
|
38,007
|
|
|
$
|
40,868
|
|
|
$
|
42,548
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
12,530
|
|
|
|
9,078
|
|
|
|
10,835
|
|
|
|
12,872
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
5,043
|
|
|
|
1,310
|
|
|
|
3,424
|
|
|
|
4,824
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
2,344
|
|
|
|
942
|
|
|
|
2,463
|
|
|
|
3,470
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
41,533
|
|
|
$
|
40,503
|
|
|
$
|
29,103
|
|
|
$
|
23,767
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
10,630
|
|
|
|
11,426
|
|
|
|
8,534
|
|
|
|
7,362
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
1,436
|
|
|
|
954
|
|
|
|
2,488
|
|
|
|
3,401
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,318
|
|
|
|
752
|
|
|
|
1,962
|
|
|
|
2,683
|
|
On June 23, 2009 the Company terminated the line of credit
maturing July 2011. There were no borrowings outstanding on the
line of credit at the time of termination or since the Company
repaid the balance in full in January 2009.
On June 5, 2009, the Company completed the conversion of
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.à r.l. into a Luxembourg
société anonyme, Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.
This conversion has no impact on the financial statements as it
reflects only a change from a private limited liability company
to a public limited company with no other changes to its
operations or its capital structure.
F-29
Report of
Independent Auditors
To the Board of Directors and Stockholder
Nationwide Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows present fairly, in all material
respects, the net loss and other data shown therein and cash
flows of Nationwide Credit, Inc. and its subsidiary for the
period from January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these
statements in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used
and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audit of the statements of operations and cash flows provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
April 14, 2009
F-30
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated
Statement of Operations
Period
From January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
30,741
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and benefits
|
|
|
18,314
|
|
Telecommunication
|
|
|
1,021
|
|
Occupancy
|
|
|
1,403
|
|
Other operating and administrative
|
|
|
12,019
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
886
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
33,643
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(2,902
|
)
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
1,531
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income taxes
|
|
|
(4,433
|
)
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(4,458
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-31
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
Period
From January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(4,458
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
886
|
|
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
|
|
|
4
|
|
Amortization of deferred financing costs
|
|
|
28
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
2,507
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
|
|
(1,036
|
)
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
|
420
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(1,317
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(921
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(921
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from short-term debt
|
|
|
265
|
|
Repayment of short-term debt
|
|
|
(58
|
)
|
Borrowings from revolving credit facility
|
|
|
40,005
|
|
Payments of revolving credit facility
|
|
|
(36,333
|
)
|
Principal payments on capital leases
|
|
|
(174
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
3,705
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
1,467
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period
|
|
|
2,972
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of period
|
|
$
|
4,439
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow activity
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
1,764
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
|
191
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-32
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
|
|
1.
|
Description
of Business and Basis of Presentation
|
Description
of Business
Nationwide Credit, Inc. (the Company) is a provider
of contingent fee collection services in the United States of
America and offers contingent fee collection services to
consumer credit grantors. The Company utilizes management
information systems to leverage its experience with locating,
contacting, and effecting payment from delinquent account
holders.
In addition to traditional contingent fee collection services,
the Company has developed precharge-off collection programs. In
these programs, the Company receives accounts from credit
grantors before charge-off and earns a fixed fee per account
rather than a percentage of realized collections. The Company
offers credit grantors a variety of precharge-off outsourcing
options, including (i) staff augmentation,
(ii) inbound and outbound calling programs,
(iii) skiptracing, and (iv) total outsourcing. Account
follow-up
is
an extension of the clients existing procedures utilizing
customer service collection personnel to collect balances of
delinquent accounts.
The Company, a Georgia corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary
of NCI Holdings, Inc. (Holdings), a Delaware
corporation. Holdings has no operations, assets or liabilities
other than its ownership of the Company. Nationwide Inflection,
LLC (Inflection) owns a majority of the outstanding
stock and warrants of Holdings. Inflection is more than two
thirds owned by Bayshore Collections Services, Inc. and its
affiliates.
On June 6, 2007, Holdings was acquired by Ocwen Financial
Corporation (Ocwen) for $56,980 in cash, including
$2,000 of working capital adjustments (the
Acquisition).
|
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
Principles
of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Master
Collectors of Dallas, Inc., a Texas corporation. All
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Cash
and Cash Held for Clients
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with
maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash
equivalents. Cash held for clients represents collections not
yet remitted.
Property
and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost or estimated fair
value at acquisition less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation
expense is calculated over the estimated useful lives of the
related assets (three to five years) using the straight-line
method for financial reporting purposes. Major renewals and
improvements are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are
expensed when incurred. Gains and losses resulting from sales or
retirements are recognized at the time of disposition along with
the removal of cost and accumulated depreciation. Leasehold
improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the
underlying lease or their estimated useful life.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
, goodwill will not
be amortized but rather will be tested at least annually or when
events and circumstances occur that may indicate impairment.
Intangible assets are stated at cost or estimated fair value
upon acquisition less accumulated amortization. Amortization of
intangible assets reflects the pattern in which the economic
benefits of the asset will be consumed or realized. Intangible
assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated
useful lives of 30 months to 10 years.
F-33
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
Revenue
Recognition
The Company generates the majority of its revenue from
contingency fees that are calculated as a percentage of debtor
collections. The Company records unremitted cash collected on
behalf of customers in connection with this activity as
Cash held for clients and as an offsetting
liability, Collections due to clients. Revenue is
recognized upon collection of funds on behalf of clients.
Revenues that are not contingency fee-based are recognized as
the services are performed. Revenues are adjusted for the effect
of checks remitted by debtors that are returned for insufficient
funds.
Income
Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method
required by SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes,
whereby deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of
temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and
liabilities and their related amounts in the financial
statements.
Deferred income taxes relate primarily to identify intangible
assets where the basis for tax purposes is less than the
carrying amount for financial statement purposes.
Use of
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
|
|
3.
|
Accrued
Executive Bonus
|
In connection with the Acquisition, the Company incurred $3,643
of charges related to executive bonuses. These bonuses were an
expense of the Company prior to the Acquisition and are included
in other operating and administrative expenses in the
accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
|
|
4.
|
Short-term
and Long-term Debt
|
Short-term debt at June 5, 2007 consisted of $147 of
10.25% Senior Notes due 2008 and $207 for financing
insurance premiums. Interest on the notes was $6 for the period
January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007. The Company also had
uncollateralized, fixed interest rate agreements for financing
insurance premiums. Interest expense on the uncollateralized
obligations was $2 for the period January 1, 2007 to
June 5, 2007.
Effective December 21, 2006, the Company amended its 2003
Credit Agreement (the Amended Agreement). Under the
new terms of the Amended Agreement, the Company can borrow up to
$14.0 million for operational activities (the
Operating Facility) and up to $5.0 million for
specific customer related activities (the Customer
Facility). The Amended Agreement is collateralized by
substantially all of the Companys assets. The Company
deferred approximately $566 of fees relating to this amendment,
of which approximately $27 was amortized during the period
January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007.
The Operating Facility bears interest which is payable monthly
at the Eurodollar rate plus 2.25% (7.57% at June 5,
2007) The Customer Facility bears interest is payable
monthly at an interest rate equal to the base rate plus 2.25%
(7.57% at June 5, 2007). Interest expense was $44 and $67
for the period January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007 for the
Operating Facility and Customer Facility, respectively.
The Company had $7.0 million outstanding of Subordinated
Notes payable to Inflection. The Subordinated Notes mature in
full on August 5, 2012 and bear interest payable
semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 at the rate of 16.0% per
annum. Interest expense was $467 for the period January 1,
2007 to June 5, 2007.
F-34
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
The Company has a $17,813 Term Loan which matures in full on
August 5, 2012. Interest is payable monthly at the
Companys option of either (a) the Eurodollar rate
plus 5.75% or (b) the base rate plus 4.75%. At June 5,
2007 the interest rate on the Term Loan was 11.07% and interest
expense was $852 for the period January 1, 2007 to
June 5, 2007. Inflection currently holds the outstanding
balance of the Term Loan and receives all interest payments.
The Amended Agreement requires the Company to maintain certain
financial covenants and limits the Companys ability to
incur additional debt, to pay dividends, and to make
acquisitions. The Amended Agreement also provides for a first
priority lien on substantially all properties and assets of the
Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
The Operating Facility, Customer Facility, Subordinated Notes
and Term Loan were all paid in full upon the Acquisition.
|
|
5.
|
Significant
Customers and Concentrations of Credit Risk
|
The Company operates primarily in the accounts receivable
management business. It receives placements from a number of
different industry groups on both a pre- and post charge-off
basis.
The Company derives a significant portion of its revenue from
American Express totaling 51% of revenue for the period
January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007. No other single
customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the period
January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007.
The Company leases facilities and equipment under both capital
leases and operating leases. These lease agreements expire
between 2009 and 2014, and most of the facility lease agreements
contain renewal options. Future minimum lease payments under
capital leases and operating leases, together with the present
value of the net minimum capital lease payments at June 5,
2007, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
|
Leases
|
|
|
Leases
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
251
|
|
|
$
|
1,401
|
|
2008
|
|
|
460
|
|
|
|
2,520
|
|
2009
|
|
|
460
|
|
|
|
2,202
|
|
2010
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
|
1,361
|
|
2011
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
469
|
|
Later years through 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,433
|
|
|
$
|
8,422
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Amounts representing interest
|
|
|
(213
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Present value of net minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,220
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Current portion
|
|
|
451
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
769
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rent expense for operating leases was $1,275 for the period
January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007.
F-35
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
The provision for income taxes for the period January 1,
2007 to June 5, 2007 includes the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
|
Current expense
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current expense
|
|
|
25
|
|
Deferred expense
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
1,581
|
|
State
|
|
|
263
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred expense
|
|
|
1,844
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(1,844
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation between reported income tax expense from
continuing operations and the amount computed by applying the
statutory federal income tax rate of 35% is as follows at
June 5, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
Computed tax benefit
|
|
$
|
(1,551
|
)
|
State taxes
|
|
|
(171
|
)
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
1,844
|
|
Permanent differences and other
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has net operating loss carryforwards available to
offset future taxable income of approximately $22,252 at
June 5, 2007. These carryforwards expire at various dates
through 2026. A valuation allowance has been provided given the
Companys history of operating losses, as the realization
of the deferred tax assets is not more likely than not to occur.
The Company has an incentive savings plan that allows eligible
employees to contribute a percentage of their compensation and
provide for certain matching and other contributions. The
matching contributions associated with the plan were $40 for the
period January 1, 2007 to June 5, 2007.
|
|
9.
|
Related-Party
Transactions
|
The Company is required to pay interest to Inflection under the
terms of the $17,813 Term Loan and the $7,000 Subordinated Notes
as 100% of these loans are held by Inflection. The Company paid
$1,562 in interest to Inflection for the period January 1,
2007 to June 5, 2007.
|
|
10.
|
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
The Company is involved in litigation arising in the ordinary
course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate
resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse
effect on the Companys financial position or results of
operations.
Standby letters of credit are issued to certain suppliers to
guarantee the Companys payment for purchases under
favorable trade terms and to guarantee the Companys
potential surety bond obligations.
F-36
Report of
Independent Auditors
To the Board of Directors and Stockholder
Nationwide Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and
the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders deficit, and cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and its subsidiary at December 31, 2006, and
the results of their operations and their cash flows for the
years then ended in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, and evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
March 19, 2007
F-37
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
2,972
|
|
Cash held for clients
|
|
|
386
|
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $516
|
|
|
6,795
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
1,691
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
11,844
|
|
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $8,473
|
|
|
5,044
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
11,703
|
|
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,948
|
|
|
217
|
|
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of
$1,675
|
|
|
353
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
29,205
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Collections due to clients
|
|
$
|
386
|
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
|
2,606
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
2,419
|
|
Accrued severance and office closure costs
|
|
|
1,670
|
|
Other accrued liabilities
|
|
|
3,414
|
|
Current portion of capital leases
|
|
|
376
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
10,871
|
|
Capital lease obligations, less current portion
|
|
|
1,021
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
27,473
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
39,365
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10)
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders deficit
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized,
1,000 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
25,667
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(35,827
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders deficit
|
|
|
(10,160
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders deficit
|
|
$
|
29,205
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-38
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$
|
74,090
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and benefits
|
|
|
40,242
|
|
Telecommunication
|
|
|
2,212
|
|
Occupancy
|
|
|
4,058
|
|
Other operating and administrative
|
|
|
19,203
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,678
|
|
Gain on sale of healthcare assets
|
|
|
(617
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
305
|
|
Provision for employee severance and office closure
|
|
|
1,831
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
68,912
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
5,178
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
3,794
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
1,384
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
1,260
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-39
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
|
Balances at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
$
|
25,667
|
|
|
$
|
(37,087
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11,420
|
)
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,260
|
|
|
|
1,260
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balances at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
$
|
25,667
|
|
|
$
|
(35,827
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10,160
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-40
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Year Ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
1,260
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on sale of healthcare assets
|
|
|
(617
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,678
|
|
Amortization of deferred financing costs
|
|
|
496
|
|
Bad debt expense
|
|
|
33
|
|
Loss on disposal of assets
|
|
|
297
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
2,685
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
|
|
(215
|
)
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
|
(54
|
)
|
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
|
|
|
(1,791
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
3,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of healthcare assets
|
|
|
625
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(3,078
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(2,453
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from short-term debt
|
|
|
284
|
|
Repayment of short-term debt
|
|
|
(483
|
)
|
Borrowings for revolving credit facility
|
|
|
40,385
|
|
Payments of revolving credit facility
|
|
|
(40,808
|
)
|
Repayment of long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on capital leases
|
|
|
(392
|
)
|
Debt issuance costs
|
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(1,093
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
226
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
2,746
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
$
|
2,972
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows activity
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
3,283
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
|
15
|
|
Noncash investing and financing activity
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed asset acquired under capital lease obligations
|
|
$
|
1,163
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
F-41
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
|
|
1.
|
Description
of Business and Basis of Presentation
|
Description
of Business
Nationwide Credit, Inc. (the Company) is a provider
of contingent fee collection services in the United States of
America and offers contingent fee collection services to
consumer credit grantors. The Company utilizes management
information systems to leverage its experience with locating,
contacting, and effecting payment from delinquent account
holders.
In addition to traditional contingent fee collection services,
the Company has developed precharge-off collection programs. In
these programs, the Company receives accounts from credit
grantors before charge-off and earns a fixed fee per account
rather than a percentage of realized collections. The Company
offers credit grantors a variety of precharge-off outsourcing
options, including (i) staff augmentation,
(ii) inbound and outbound calling programs,
(iii) skiptracing, and (iv) total outsourcing. Account
follow-up
is
an extension of the clients existing procedures utilizing
customer service collection personnel to collect balances of
delinquent accounts.
The Company, a Georgia corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary
of NCI Holdings, Inc. (Holdings), a Delaware
corporation. Holdings has no operations, assets or liabilities
other than its ownership of the Company. Nationwide Inflection,
LLC (Inflection) owns a majority of the outstanding
stock and warrants of Holdings. Inflection is more than two
thirds owned by Bayshore Collection Services, Inc. and its
affiliates.
|
|
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
Principles
of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the
accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, the
Master Collectors of Dallas, Inc., a Texas corporation. All
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Cash
and Cash Held for Clients
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with
maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash
equivalents. Cash held for clients represents collections not
yet remitted.
Property
and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost or estimated fair
value at acquisition less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation
expense is calculated over the estimated useful lives of the
related assets (three to five years) using the straight-line
method for financial reporting purposes. Major renewals and
improvements are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are
expensed when incurred. Gains and losses resulting from sales or
retirements are recognized at the time of disposition along with
the removal of cost and accumulated depreciation. Leasehold
improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the
underlying lease or their estimated useful life.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
, goodwill will not
be amortized but rather will be tested at least annually or when
events and circumstances occur that may indicate impairment.
Intangible assets are stated at cost or estimated fair value at
acquisition less accumulated amortization. Intangible assets
with finite lives are amortized over their estimated lives of
30 months to 10 years.
F-42
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
Revenue
Recognition
The Company generates the majority of its revenue from
contingency fees that are calculated as a percentage of debtor
collections. The Company records unremitted cash collected on
behalf of customers in connection with this activity as
Cash held for clients and as an offsetting
liability, Collections due to clients. Revenue is
recognized upon collection of funds on behalf of clients.
Revenues that are not contingency fee-based are recognized as
the services are performed. Revenues are adjusted for the effect
of checks remitted by debtors that are returned for insufficient
funds (NSF). The reserve recorded in accounts
receivable of $516 is comprised of NSF and bad debt at
December 31, 2006.
Income
Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method
required by SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income
Taxes
, whereby deferred income taxes reflect the net tax
effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets
and liabilities and their related amounts in the financial
statements.
Deferred income taxes relate primarily to identified intangible
assets where the deduction for tax purposes will be less than
the carrying amount for financial statement purposes.
Use of
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
|
|
3.
|
Accrued
Severance and Office Closure Costs
|
The Company recorded a restructuring charge associated with the
contract termination of two significant customers in 2004. As a
result of the lost contracts, the Company implemented a
restructuring plan which included employee severance and office
closure costs of $1,775 for the year ended December 31,
2006.
A summary of the accrued severance and office closure costs for
the year ended December 31, 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee
|
|
|
Office
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
Closure
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
December 31, 2005
|
|
$
|
624
|
|
|
$
|
634
|
|
|
$
|
1,258
|
|
Provision
|
|
|
669
|
|
|
|
1,106
|
|
|
|
1,775
|
|
Payments
|
|
|
(780
|
)
|
|
|
(583
|
)
|
|
|
(1,363
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
513
|
|
|
$
|
1,157
|
|
|
$
|
1,670
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-43
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
|
|
4.
|
Property
and Equipment
|
At December 31, 2006, property and equipment is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
$
|
8,916
|
|
Furniture and equipment
|
|
|
2,159
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
2,442
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,517
|
|
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(8,473
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,044
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation expense was approximately $1.6 million for the
year ended December 31, 2006.
Capital lease property included in property and equipment as of
December 31, 2006 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
$
|
1,658
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
328
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,986
|
|
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(283
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,703
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets as of December 31, 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
$
|
1,039
|
|
Technology
|
|
|
1,126
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,165
|
|
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(1,948
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
217
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships are being amortized over their estimated
useful life of ten years. Technology is being amortized over an
estimated useful life of thirty months. Amortization expense
related to these assets was $38 for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
Estimated amortization expense for each of the five years ending
December 31, 2010, is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Years Ending
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
37
|
|
2008
|
|
|
37
|
|
2009
|
|
|
37
|
|
2010
|
|
|
37
|
|
2011
|
|
|
37
|
|
F-44
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
|
|
6.
|
Short-term
and Long-term Debt
|
Short-term debt consisted of uncollateralized, fixed interest
rate agreements for financing insurance premiums. During 2006,
the Company financed an additional $284 of insurance premiums.
As of December 31, 2006, these notes were repaid in full.
Long-term
Debt
The following table summarizes the Companys long-term debt
as of December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Term Loan
|
|
$
|
17,813
|
|
Subordinated Notes
|
|
|
7,000
|
|
Operating Facility
|
|
|
|
|
Customer Facility
|
|
|
2,513
|
|
10.25% Senior Notes
|
|
|
147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
27,473
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective December 21, 2006, the Company amended its 2003
Credit Agreement (the Amended Agreement) and under
the new terms of the Amended Agreement the Company can borrow up
to $14.0 million for operational activities (the
Operating Facility) and up to $5.0 million for
specific customer related activities (the Customer
Facility). The Company also obtained an uncommitted
$5 million facility which can be used for acquisitions. The
Amended Agreement is collateralized by substantially all of the
Companys assets. The Company deferred approximately $566
of fees, of which approximately $184 was amortized in 2006,
related to the Amended Agreement, which are being amortized over
the term of the Amended Agreement.
On December 31, 2006, the Companys Term Loan
outstanding was $17.8 million. The Term Loan matures in
full on August 5, 2012. Interest is payable monthly at the
Companys option of either (a) the Eurodollar rate
plus 5.75% or (b) the base rate plus 4.75%. At December 31,
2006, the interest rate on the Term Loan was 10.60%. Inflection,
which owns a controlling interest in the Companys parent,
currently holds the outstanding balance of the Term Loan and
receives all interest paid. The Company deferred approximately
$634 of fees, of which approximately $162 was amortized in 2006,
related to the Term Loan which is being amortized over the term
of the note.
The Company had no outstanding balance on December 31, 2006
under the Operating Facility. The Operating Facility matures in
full on January 1, 2012 and bears interest which is payable
monthly at the Eurodollar rate plus 2.25%, (7.60% at
December 31, 2006). In addition, the Company is required to
pay a commitment fee of .125% on the unused portion of the
Operating Facility.
Under the Customer Facility, the Company can borrow
$5.0 million at an interest rate equal to the base rate
plus 2.25% (7.60% at December 31, 2006). At
December 31, 2006, there was $2.5 million outstanding
on the Customer Facility. The Customer Facility expires on
January 1, 2012. Borrowings under the Customer Facility
must be used to make payments to certain customers of the
Company to cover the float in respect of checks deposited into
one or more trust funds by debtors of certain customers.
Additionally, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee of
.125% on the unused portion of the Customer Facility.
On December 31, 2006, the Company had $7.0 million
outstanding of Subordinated Notes to Inflection, which owns a
controlling interest in the Companys parent. The
Subordinated Notes mature in full on August 5, 2012 and
bear interest payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 at
the rate of 16.0% per annum. The Subordinated Notes can be
prepaid in whole or in part, at the option of the Company
provided that the prepayment must also include the applicable
premium at the time of the prepayment. The Company deferred
approximately $766 of fees,
F-45
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
of which approximately $150 was amortized in 2006, related to
the subordinated notes, which are being amortized over the term
of the notes.
Among other restrictions, the Amended Agreement requires the
Company to maintain certain financial covenants and limits the
Companys ability to incur additional debt, to pay
dividends, and to make acquisitions. The Company was in
compliance with its debt covenants as of December 31, 2006.
The Amended Agreement also provides for a first priority lien on
substantially all properties and assets of the Company and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as on all the
outstanding stock of the Company.
At December 31, 2006, long term debt also includes $147 of
10.25% Senior Notes due 2008 (the Notes).
Interest on the notes was $15 for the years ended
December 31, 2006.
Future maturities of long-term debt at December 31, 2006
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
147
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
27,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
27,473
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In connection with the Company issuing the Subordinated Notes,
Holdings issued a Warrant to Inflection that allows the holder
to purchase up to 68 shares or 23.3% of Holdings
common stock. The Warrant expires on November 4, 2012 and
allows the holder to purchase shares at the exercise price of
$.01 per share. The Warrant requires that Holdings pay the
holder the principal sum of $.05 per share at the time of
exercise and it bears interest payable at the earlier of the
time of exercise or expiration at the rate of 3% per annum on
the principal amount of the Warrant.
|
|
7.
|
Significant
Customers and Concentrations of Credit Risk
|
The Company operates primarily in the accounts receivable
management business. It receives placements from a number of
different industry groups on both a pre-and postcharge-off basis.
The Company derives a significant portion of its revenue from
American Express, MCI and the U.S. Department of Education
(DOE).
The percentages of net revenue attributable to these customers
are as follows for the year ended December 31, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
|
|
American Express
|
|
|
52
|
%
|
MCI
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
DOE
|
|
|
15
|
%
|
F-46
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
The balances of accounts receivable attributable to these
customers as of December 31, 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
|
|
American Express
|
|
$
|
1,521
|
|
MCI
|
|
|
|
|
DOE
|
|
|
1,114
|
|
No other single customer accounted for more than 10% of the
consolidated totals as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2006.
8. Leases
The Company leases facilities and equipment under capital leases
and operating leases. These lease agreements expire between 2006
and 2014, and most of the facility lease agreements contain
renewal options. Future minimum lease payments under capital
leases and operating leases, together with the present value of
the net minimum capital lease payments at December 31,
2006, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Operating
|
|
|
|
Leases
|
|
|
Leases
|
|
|
|
(In thousands of dollars)
|
|
|
2007
|
|
$
|
505
|
|
|
$
|
2,482
|
|
2008
|
|
|
460
|
|
|
|
2,520
|
|
2009
|
|
|
460
|
|
|
|
2,202
|
|
2010
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
|
1,361
|
|
2011
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
469
|
|
Later years through 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,687
|
|
|
$
|
9,503
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Amounts representing interest
|
|
|
(290
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Present value of net minimum lease payments
|
|
|
1,397
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Current portion
|
|
|
376
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rent expense for operating leases was $3.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2006.
F-47
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
The provision for income taxes includes the following at
December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands
|
|
|
|
of dollars)
|
|
|
Current expense
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
|
|
State
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current expense
|
|
|
124
|
|
Deferred expense
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
(793
|
)
|
State
|
|
|
(278
|
)
|
Foreign
|
|
|
(64
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred expense
|
|
|
(1,135
|
)
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
1,135
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
$
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A reconciliation between reported income tax expense from
continuing operations and the amount computed by applying the
statutory federal income tax rate of 35% is as follows at
December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
Computed tax benefit
|
|
$
|
413
|
|
State taxes
|
|
|
117
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
(1,135
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
729
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-48
Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effect of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts
used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the
Companys deferred tax assets and liabilities are as
follows at December 31:
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|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$
|
(538
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current expense
|
|
|
(538
|
)
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
8,098
|
|
Fixed assets
|
|
|
1,106
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
201
|
|
Restructuring reserve
|
|
|
650
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
213
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
|
6,082
|
|
Alternative minimum tax credit
|
|
|
7
|
|
Foreign tax credit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred tax assets
|
|
|
16,357
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(15,819
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax asset
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has net operating loss carryforwards available to
offset future taxable income of approximately $18.9 million
at December 31, 2006. These carryforwards expire at various
dates through 2026. A valuation allowance has been provided
given the Companys history of operating losses, as the
realization of the deferred tax assets is uncertain. The Company
has evaluated the change of ownership that occurred in 2002 and
determined that a portion of its intangible asset amortization
is limited due to Internal Revenue Code Section 382
limitations. Accordingly, the corresponding deferred tax asset
is not recorded.
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|
10.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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The Company is involved in litigation arising in the ordinary
course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate
resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse
effect on the Companys financial position or results of
operations.
Standby letters of credit are issued to certain suppliers to
guarantee the Companys payment for purchases under
favorable trade terms and to guarantee the Companys
potential surety bond obligations.
The Company has an incentive savings plan that allows eligible
employees to contribute a percentage of their compensation and
provide for certain matching and other contributions. The
matching contributions associated with the plans were
approximately $163 for the year ended December 31, 2006.
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Nationwide
Credit, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
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12.
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Related-Party
Transactions
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The Company is required to pay interest to its majority
shareholder, Inflection, under the terms of the Term Loan and
the $7 million Subordinated Notes as 100% of these loans
are held by Inflection. The Company paid approximately
$3.1 million in interest to Inflection during the year
ended December 31, 2006. In addition, during 2005 the
Company reimbursed approximately $1.1 million of expenses
to or on behalf of shareholders of Inflection, and has accrued
an additional $68 as of December 31, 2006 for such expenses.
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|
13.
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Gain on
Sale of Healthcare Assets
|
On July 31, 2005, the Company sold its healthcare assets
for $3.9 million in cash, resulting in a gain of
$1.9 million. The total of the net book value of the assets
sold and the sale related expenses amounted to
$2.0 million. On August 15, 2006, the Company received
$0.6 million of income pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement.
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