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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

þ                                     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended

September 30, 2013

 

OR

 

¨                                     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from

 

to

 

 

Commission file number 001-36129

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

27-3379612

(State of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

601 N.W. Second Street, Evansville, IN

 

47708

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(812) 424-8031

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ¨      No þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes ¨      No þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨

Accelerated filer ¨

Non-accelerated filer þ

Smaller reporting company ¨

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller

 

 

 

reporting company)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨      No þ

 

At November 12, 2013, there were 114,823,734 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.01 par value, outstanding.

 



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  TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

   PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

   Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

6

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

7

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

9

 

 

 

   Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

60

   Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

96

   Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

96

 

 

 

   PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

   Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

96

   Item 1A.

Risk Factors

96

   Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

97

   Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

97

   Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

97

   Item 5.

Other Information

97

   Item 6.

Exhibits

97

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

$

1,249,636

 

$

1,554,348

 

Investment securities

 

 

594,471

 

888,577

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal loans (includes loans of consolidated VIEs of $1.7 billion in 2013 and $0 in 2012)

 

 

3,027,255

 

2,649,732

 

SpringCastle Portfolio (includes loans of consolidated VIEs of $2.7 billion in 2013 and $0 in 2012)

 

 

2,653,632

 

-

 

Real estate loans (includes loans of consolidated VIEs of $5.5 billion in 2013 and $4.1 billion in 2012)

 

 

8,212,855

 

8,955,365

 

Retail sales finance

 

 

117,888

 

208,357

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

14,011,630

 

11,813,454

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses (includes allowance of consolidated VIEs of $89.6 million in 2013 and $14.5 million in 2012)

 

 

(281,347

)

(180,088

)

Net finance receivables, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

 

13,730,283

 

11,633,366

 

Restricted cash (includes restricted cash of consolidated VIEs of $415.8 million in 2013 and $109.0 million in 2012)

 

 

430,806

 

157,844

 

Other assets

 

 

422,167

 

439,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

 

$

16,427,363

 

$

14,673,515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt (includes debt of consolidated VIEs of $7.6 billion in 2013 and $3.1 billion in 2012)

 

 

$

13,998,961

 

$

12,596,577

 

Insurance claims and policyholder liabilities

 

 

380,155

 

365,238

 

Deferred and accrued taxes

 

 

178,442

 

283,762

 

Other liabilities

 

 

275,969

 

227,811

 

Total liabilities

 

 

14,833,527

 

13,473,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

1,000

 

1,000

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

278,704

 

147,454

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

21,145

 

30,188

 

Retained earnings

 

 

975,623

 

1,021,485

 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. shareholders’ equity

 

 

1,276,472

 

1,200,127

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

317,364

 

-

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

1,593,836

 

1,200,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

$

16,427,363

 

$

14,673,515

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

(dollars in thousands

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

except earnings (loss)

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

per share)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

$

585,300

 

$

423,622

 

$

1,578,934

 

$

1,285,541

 

Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-

 

346

 

-

 

2,740

 

Total interest income

 

585,300

 

423,968

 

1,578,934

 

1,288,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

228,439

 

268,847

 

697,365

 

829,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

356,861

 

155,121

 

881,569

 

459,161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

158,785

 

90,855

 

341,723

 

227,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

198,076

 

64,266

 

539,846

 

231,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

38,277

 

31,719

 

107,144

 

93,042

 

Investment

 

6,756

 

7,377

 

27,687

 

25,544

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

(34,503

)

(10,670

)

(34,558

)

(12,163

)

Other

 

1,603

 

(2,709

)

6,986

 

(32,814

)

Total other revenues

 

12,133

 

25,717

 

107,259

 

73,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

214,552

 

78,122

 

371,842

 

241,114

 

Other operating expenses

 

69,595

 

65,491

 

191,574

 

208,326

 

Restructuring expenses

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

23,503

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

16,550

 

15,152

 

47,650

 

42,302

 

Total other expenses

 

300,697

 

158,765

 

611,066

 

515,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

(90,488

)

(68,782

)

36,039

 

(210,269

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit from income taxes

 

(29,606

)

(23,938

)

(1,898

)

(72,419

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

(60,882

)

(44,844

)

37,937

 

(137,850

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

29,851

 

-

 

83,799

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

$

(90,733

)

$

(44,844

)

$

(45,862

)

$

(137,850

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(0.91

)

$

(0.45

)

$

(0.46

)

$

(1.38

)

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(60,882

)

$

(44,844

)

$

37,937

 

$

(137,850

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains (losses) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities on which other-than-temporary impairments were taken

 

(17

)

84

 

(135

)

316

 

All other investment securities

 

(331

)

4,618

 

(10,989

)

17,005

 

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(16,987

)

Retirement plan liabilities adjustments

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

20,937

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(2,056

)

3,067

 

38

 

4,280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net unrealized (gains) losses on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities on which other-than-temporary impairments were taken

 

6

 

(29

)

47

 

(110

)

All other investment securities

 

116

 

(1,617

)

3,846

 

(5,952

)

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

5,945

 

Retirement plan liabilities adjustments

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(7,544

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, before reclassification adjustments

 

(2,282

)

6,123

 

(7,193

)

17,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustments included in net loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized (gains) losses on investment securities

 

33

 

(13

)

(2,686

)

52

 

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

(1,192

)

(160

)

11,478

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gains (losses) on investment securities

 

(12

)

5

 

940

 

(18

)

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

418

 

56

 

(4,017

)

Reclassification adjustments included in net loss, net of tax

 

21

 

(782

)

(1,850

)

7,495

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

(2,261

)

5,341

 

(9,043

)

25,385

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

(63,143

)

$

(39,503

)

$

28,894

 

$

(112,465

)

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.  Shareholders’  Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Springleaf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

Other

 

 

 

Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

Paid-in

 

Comprehensive

 

Retained

 

Shareholders’

 

Non-controlling

 

Shareholders’

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Stock

 

Capital

 

Income (Loss)

 

Earnings

 

Equity

 

Interests

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, January 1, 2013

 

$

1,000

 

$

147,454

 

$

30,188

 

$

1,021,485

 

$

1,200,127

 

$

-

 

$

1,200,127

 

Grant of restricted stock units

 

-

 

131,250

 

-

 

-

 

131,250

 

-

 

131,250

 

Capital contributions from parent and other

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Changes in non-controlling interests:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions from joint venture partners

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

438,081

 

438,081

 

Distributions declared to joint venture partners

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(204,516

)

(204,516

)

Change in net unrealized gains (losses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities

 

-

 

-

 

(8,977

)

-

 

(8,977

)

-

 

(8,977

)

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

-

 

(104

)

-

 

(104

)

-

 

(104

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

-

 

-

 

38

 

-

 

38

 

-

 

38

 

Net income (loss)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(45,862

)

(45,862

)

83,799

 

37,937

 

Balance, September 30, 2013

 

$

1,000

 

$

278,704

 

$

21,145

 

$

975,623

 

$

1,276,472

 

$

317,364

 

$

1,593,836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, January 1, 2012

 

$

1,000

 

$

147,456

 

$

(25,671

)

$

1,240,119

 

$

1,362,904

 

$

-

 

$

1,362,904

 

Capital contributions from parent and other

 

-

 

6

 

-

 

-

 

6

 

-

 

6

 

Change in net unrealized gains (losses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities

 

-

 

-

 

11,293

 

-

 

11,293

 

-

 

11,293

 

Cash flow hedges

 

-

 

-

 

(3,581

)

-

 

(3,581

)

-

 

(3,581

)

Retirement plan liabilities adjustments

 

-

 

-

 

13,393

 

-

 

13,393

 

-

 

13,393

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

-

 

-

 

4,280

 

-

 

4,280

 

-

 

4,280

 

Net loss

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(137,850

)

(137,850

)

-

 

(137,850

)

Balance, September 30, 2012

 

$

1,000

 

$

147,462

 

$

(286

)

$

1,102,269

 

$

1,250,445

 

$

-

 

$

1,250,445

 

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

37,937

 

$

(137,850

)

Reconciling adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

341,723

 

227,794

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

(40,181

)

141,435

 

Deferral of finance receivable origination costs

 

(42,317

)

(32,729

)

Deferred income tax benefit

 

(88,668

)

(128,592

)

Writedowns and net loss on sales of real estate owned

 

1,546

 

36,667

 

Writedowns on assets resulting from restructuring

 

-

 

5,046

 

Impairments of Ocean Finance and Mortgages Limited

 

 

 

 

 

assets

 

-

 

8,342

 

Mark to market provision and net gain on sales of finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-

 

(4,536

)

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

17,075

 

12,163

 

Net realized losses (gains) on investment securities

 

(2,686

)

52

 

Grant of restricted stock units

 

131,250

 

-

 

Change in other assets and other liabilities

 

50,431

 

104,898

 

Change in insurance claims and policyholder liabilities

 

14,917

 

2,179

 

Change in taxes receivable and payable

 

(29,177

)

64,077

 

Change in accrued finance charges

 

1,941

 

7,381

 

Change in restricted cash

 

33,885

 

(66,494

)

Other, net

 

(823

)

285

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

426,853

 

240,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Finance receivables originated or purchased

 

(1,596,394

)

(1,234,866

)

Principal collections on finance receivables

 

2,299,827

 

2,010,539

 

Purchase of SpringCastle Portfolio

 

(2,963,547

)

-

 

Sales and principal collections on finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-

 

181,561

 

Investment securities purchased

 

(448,981

)

(802,835

)

Investment securities called, sold, and matured

 

728,534

 

992,376

 

Change in restricted cash

 

(306,847

)

(25,241

)

Proceeds from sale of real estate owned

 

88,346

 

148,134

 

Other, net

 

(4,748

)

(4,889

)

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

 

(2,203,810

)

1,264,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of commissions

 

6,008,369

 

1,481,800

 

Repayment of long-term debt

 

(4,768,854

)

(1,938,060

)

Contributions from joint venture partners

 

438,081

 

-

 

Distributions to joint venture partners

 

(204,516

)

-

 

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

1,473,080

 

(456,260

)

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

(835

)

2,888

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(304,712

)

1,051,525

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

1,554,348

 

689,586

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

 

$

1,249,636

 

$

1,741,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental non-cash activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer of finance receivables to real estate owned

 

 

$

70,004

 

$

142,966

 

Transfer of finance receivables held for investment to finance receivables held for sale (prior to deducting allowance for finance receivable losses)

 

 

-

 

182,208

 

Transfer of finance receivables held for sale to finance receivables held for investment

 

 

-

 

1,353

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

1.  Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (“SHI” or, collectively with its subsidiaries, whether directly or indirectly owned, “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Delaware corporation, primarily owned by Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC (the “Initial Stockholder”). At September 30, 2013, and prior to the reorganization described below, FCFI Acquisition LLC (“FCFI”), an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”), indirectly owned an 80% economic interest in SHI and American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) indirectly owned a 20% economic interest in SHI.

 

SHI is a financial services holding company whose principal subsidiary is Springleaf Finance, Inc. (“SFI”). SFI’s principal subsidiary is Springleaf Finance Corporation (“SFC”). SFC is also a financial services holding company with subsidiaries engaged in the consumer finance and credit insurance businesses.

 

In connection with the initial public offering of common stock of SHI, we executed a reorganization of Springleaf Holdings, LLC, the predecessor entity of SHI, into SHI, a newly formed Delaware corporation. The reorganization was completed on October 9, 2013. In connection with the reorganization, Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC’s predecessor, AGF Holding Inc., contributed all of the common stock of SFI to Springleaf Holdings, LLC and SFI became a wholly owned subsidiary of Springleaf Holdings, LLC. Following the contribution, Springleaf Holdings, LLC converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation, named Springleaf Holdings, Inc. on October 9, 2013. Upon the conversion from a limited liability company to a corporation, the 100 common interests, previously held by Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC (or its predecessor), converted into 100 shares of common stock. Additionally, SHI executed a 1,000,000-for-1 common stock split, resulting in 100,000,000 shares of common stock being issued and outstanding at October 9, 2013. The financial statements of SFI were adjusted on a retrospective basis, as appropriate, as financial statements of SHI to account for the reorganization.

 

On October 21, 2013, SHI completed the initial public offering of its common stock. As of November 12, 2013, the Initial Stockholder owns approximately 75% of SHI’s common stock. The Initial Stockholder is owned primarily by a private equity fund managed by an affiliate of Fortress and AIG Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of AIG.

 

ACQUISITION OF LOAN PORTFOLIO BY SPRINGCASTLE

 

On March 5, 2013, SpringCastle Acquisition LLC (“SCA”), a newly formed joint venture in which one of our indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, Springleaf Acquisition Corporation (“SAC”), and NRZ Consumer LLC (“NRZ”), previously an indirect subsidiary of Newcastle Investment Corp., each held a 50% equity interest (the “Joint Venture”), entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a portfolio of loans from HSBC Finance Corporation and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “HSBC”). On April 1, 2013, BTO WillowHoldings, L.P. (“Blackstone”), an affiliate of Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Advisors L.L.C., acquired a 23% equity interest in SCA, which reduced our equity interests and the equity interests of NRZ to 47% and 30%, respectively.

 

The loan portfolio acquisition was completed on April 1, 2013 for a purchase price of $3.0 billion, at which time the portfolio consisted of over 415,000 finance receivable accounts with $3.9 billion unpaid principal balance (“UPB”). The portfolio included both unsecured loans and loans secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages (which we service as unsecured loans due to the fact that the liens are subordinated to superior ranking security interests). The $3.0 billion purchase was funded with $2.2 billion of debt and the remainder was funded with equity contributed from each of the joint venture

 

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members, including $388.5 million of equity from SFI. Upon final validation by the parties, SCA received a refund of $15.4 million from HSBC in August 2013 for the true up of the April 1, 2013 purchase price.

 

Immediately prior to the completion of the loan portfolio acquisition, SCA assigned its right to purchase the portfolio to SpringCastle America, LLC (“SC America”), SpringCastle Credit, LLC (“SC Credit”), and SpringCastle Finance, LLC (“SC Finance”) (each, a “Seller LLC” and collectively, the “Seller LLCs”), which, in turn, immediately sold their respective portion of the portfolio to SpringCastle America Funding, LLC (“SC America Funding”), SpringCastle Credit Funding, LLC (“SC Credit Funding”), and SpringCastle Finance Funding, LLC (“SC Finance Funding”) (each, a “Co-issuer LLC” and collectively, the “Co-issuer LLCs”) and a loan trustee in connection with the securitization of the loan portfolio (the “SpringCastle securitization”) on April 1, 2013.

 

As of April 1, 2013, SpringCastle Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SAC, NRZ, and Blackstone held a 47%, 30% and 23% equity interest in each Seller LLC, respectively. On May 15, 2013, Newcastle Investment Corp. completed the spinoff of New Residential Investment Corp. and its subsidiaries, including NRZ , which still retains its equity interest in the Seller LLCs. SC America holds a 100% equity interest in SC America Funding, SC Credit holds a 100% equity interest in SC Credit Funding and SC Finance holds a 100% equity interest in SC Finance Funding.

 

On April 1, 2013, SFI entered into a servicing agreement with the Co-issuer LLCs and the loan trustee whereby SFI agreed to service the loans in the loan portfolio effective on the servicing transfer date. In accordance with this agreement, we assumed the direct servicing obligations for the loans in September, 2013.

 

We have determined that our servicing agreement provides us with the power to direct the activities of Seller LLCs and Co-issuer LLCs that most significantly impact their economic performance. As such, we consider the Seller LLCs and Co-issuer LLCs to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”) because the equity investment in each lacks the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Our decision-making rights as servicer, coupled with our significant indirect equity interest in the Seller LLCs and Co-issuer LLCs, provide us with a controlling financial interest in each, and thus the Seller LLCs and Co-issuer LLCs are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements. The equity (membership) interests in the Seller LLCs held by NRZ and Blackstone, which represent an indirect residual interest in the loans owned by the Co- issuers, are reported as non-controlling interests in our financial statements.

 

PURCHASE OF SERVICING FACILITY

 

On March 5, 2013, one of our subsidiaries signed an agreement to acquire a servicing facility located in London, Kentucky from Renaissance Bankcard Services of Kentucky, Inc. (“Renaissance”), a subsidiary of HSBC. The servicing facility was purchased on September 1, 2013 for consideration of $1.4 million. The acquisition of the servicing facility included the transfer of over 200 employees of Renaissance to the Company.

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

We prepared our condensed consolidated financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). These statements are unaudited. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from our audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The statements include the accounts of SHI, its subsidiaries (all of which are wholly owned, except for the Seller LLCs and Co-issuer LLCs), and VIEs in which we hold a controlling financial interest as of the financial statement date.

 

We eliminated all material intercompany accounts and transactions. We made judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. In management’s opinion, the condensed consolidated

 

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financial statements include the normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of results, and the out-of-period adjustments recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 discussed below. Ultimate results could differ from our estimates. We evaluated the effects of and the need to disclose events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date. These statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

In the second quarter of 2013, we recorded an out-of-period adjustment, which increased provision for finance receivable losses by $2.7 million and decreased basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.02 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The adjustment related to the correction of the identification of certain bankrupt real estate loan accounts for consideration as troubled debt restructured (“TDR”) finance receivables.

 

In the third quarter of 2013, we recorded an out-of-period adjustment, which decreased provision for finance receivable losses by $3.8 million and increased basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.02 for the three months ended September 30, 2013. The adjustment related to the correction of certain inputs in our model supporting the TDR allowance for finance receivable losses. There was no impact for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as the error was isolated to intra-period reporting in 2013.

 

In the third quarter of 2013, we identified two errors in the classification of certain line items within our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013. The errors related to the misclassifications of the original issue discount and rebate on the SpringCastle securitization.

 

See reconciliation below of amounts previously presented in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 in our final prospectus (the “Prospectus”), which forms part of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 16, 2013, to the corrected amounts:

 

 

 

Six Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

As previously stated

 

  $

(4,090

)

Adjustment

 

(8,498

)

As corrected

 

  $

(12,588

)

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

 

 

 

As previously stated

 

  $

4,133,788

 

Adjustment

 

(24,502

)

As corrected

 

  $

4,109,286

 

 

 

 

 

Debt commissions on issuance of long-term debt

 

 

 

As previously stated

 

  $

(47,054

)

Adjustment

 

33,000

 

As corrected

 

  $

(14,054

)

 

In addition, we combined “Debt commissions on issuance of long-term debt” with “Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt” within our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, as “Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of commissions.”

 

After evaluating the quantitative and qualitative aspects of these corrections (individually and in aggregate), management has determined that our previous quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements were not materially misstated.

 

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Due to the significance of the ownership interest acquired by FCFI (the “Fortress Acquisition”), the nature of the transaction, and at the direction of our acquirer, we applied push-down accounting to SFI as an acquired business. We revalued our assets and liabilities based on their fair values at the date of the Fortress Acquisition, November 30, 2010, in accordance with business combination accounting standards (“push-down accounting”).

 

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS ADOPTED

 

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

 

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standards update (“ASU”), ASU 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities , which requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. In January 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-1, Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures About Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Topic 210) , which amended the effective date for ASU 2011-11 to be effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The amendments were applied retrospectively for all prior periods presented. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material effect on our consolidated statements of financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, to improve the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss. The amendments require an entity to present (either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes) the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures required under U.S. GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts.

 

The amendments in this ASU became effective prospectively for the Company for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our consolidated statements of financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS TO BE ADOPTED

 

Income Taxes

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11,  Income Taxes (Topic 740) , which clarifies the presentation requirements of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists at the reporting date. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2014 and should be applied prospectively. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated statements of financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Beginning in the period ended March 31, 2013, our servicing practice was updated for the charge-off policy for personal loans in an effort to more closely align the timing of charge-offs when the Company believes a particular loan is uncollectible. We charge off to the allowance for finance receivable losses, personal loans which are greater than 180 days contractually delinquent.

 

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This change in policy was considered a change in estimate in accordance with ASC 250 and incorporated prospectively into our calculation of allowance for finance receivable losses beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2013. We recorded $13.3 million in additional charge-offs in March 2013 as a result of this change.

 

2.  Finance Receivables

 

Our finance receivable types include personal loans, SpringCastle Portfolio, real estate loans, and retail sales finance as defined below:

 

·                  Personal loans – are secured by consumer goods, automobiles, or other personal property or are unsecured, generally have maximum original terms of four years, and are usually fixed-rate, fixed-term loans.

 

·                  SpringCastlePortfolio – are loans jointly acquired from HSBC on April 1, 2013 through a newly formed joint venture. These loans include unsecured loans and loans secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages (which we service as unsecured loans due to the fact that the liens are subordinated to superior ranking security interests). The SpringCastle Portfolio includes both closed-end accounts and open-end lines of credit. These loans are in a liquidating status and vary in substance and form from our originated loans. We assumed the direct servicing obligations for these loans in September 2013.

 

·                  Real estate loans – are secured by first or second mortgages on residential real estate, generally have maximum original terms of 360 months, and are usually considered non-conforming. Real estate loans may be closed-end accounts or open-end home equity lines of credit and are primarily fixed-rate products. As of January 1, 2012, we ceased originating real estate loans.

 

·                  Retail sales finance – includes retail sales contracts and revolving retail accounts. Retail sales contracts are closed-end accounts that represent a single purchase transaction. Revolving retail accounts are open-end accounts that can be used for financing repeated purchases from the same merchant. Retail sales contracts are secured by the personal property designated in the contract and generally have maximum original terms of 60 months. Revolving retail accounts are secured by the goods purchased and generally require minimum monthly payments based on the amount financed calculated after the most recent purchase or outstanding balances. In January 2013, we ceased purchasing retail sales contracts and revolving retail accounts.

 

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Components of net finance receivables by type were as follows:

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

 

Real

 

Retail

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross receivables (a)

 

  $

3,462,921

 

  $

2,633,240

 

 

  $

8,170,418

 

  $

129,602

 

  $

14,396,181

 

Unearned finance charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and points and fees

 

(515,575)

 

-

 

 

(2,038)

 

(12,804)

 

(530,417)

 

Accrued finance charges

 

42,810

 

20,392

 

 

44,184

 

1,090

 

108,476

 

Deferred origination costs

 

37,099

 

-

 

 

291

 

-

 

37,390

 

Total

 

  $

3,027,255

 

  $

2,653,632

 

 

  $

8,212,855

 

  $

117,888

 

  $

14,011,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross receivables

 

  $

2,984,423

 

N/A

(b)

 

  $

8,909,523

 

  $

233,296

 

  $

12,127,242

 

Unearned finance charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and points and fees

 

(402,828)

 

N/A

 

 

(5,836)

 

(27,087)

 

(435,751)

 

Accrued finance charges

 

36,937

 

N/A

 

 

51,327

 

2,148

 

90,412

 

Deferred origination costs

 

31,200

 

N/A

 

 

351

 

-

 

31,551

 

Total

 

  $

2,649,732

 

N/A

 

 

  $

8,955,365

 

  $

208,357

 

  $

11,813,454

 

 


(a)            Gross receivables are defined below:

·                   finance receivables purchased as a performing receivable – gross finance receivables equal the UPB for interest bearing accounts and the gross remaining contractual payments for precompute accounts plus the remaining unearned discount, net of premium established at the time of purchase to reflect the finance receivable balance at its fair value;

·                   finance receivables originated subsequent to the Fortress Acquisition – gross finance receivables equals the UPB for interest bearing accounts and the gross remaining contractual payments for precompute accounts; and

·                   purchased credit impaired finance receivables – gross finance receivables equals the remaining estimated cash flows less the current balance of accretable yield on the purchased credit impaired accounts.

 

(b)           Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

Included in the table above are personal loans totaling $1.7 billion at September 30, 2013, SpringCastle Portfolio loans totaling $2.7 billion at September 30, 2013, and real estate loans totaling $5.5 billion at September 30, 2013 and $4.1 billion at December 31, 2012 associated with securitizations that remain on our balance sheet. The carrying amount of consolidated long-term debt associated with these securitizations totaled $7.6 billion at September 30, 2013 and $3.1 billion at December 31, 2012. See Note 8 for further discussion regarding our securitization transactions. Also included in the table above are finance receivables totaling $1.9 billion at September 30, 2013 and $5.2 billion at December 31, 2012, which have been pledged as collateral for our secured term loan.

 

Unused credit lines extended to customers by the Company were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpringCastle Portfolio

 

  $

447,764

 

 

  $

N/A

(a)

Real estate loans

 

65,201

 

 

86,437

 

Retail sales finance

 

-

(b)

 

78,071

 

Total

 

  $

512,965

 

 

  $

164,508

 

 


(a)            Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

(b)           Reflects the cessation of purchases of revolving retail accounts effective January 16, 2013.

 

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Unused lines of credit on our real estate loans and the SpringCastle Portfolio secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages can be suspended if one of the following occurs: the value of the real estate declines significantly below the property’s initial appraised value; we believe the borrower will be unable to fulfill the repayment obligations because of a material change in the borrower’s financial circumstances; or any other default by the borrower of any material obligation under the agreement. Unused lines of credit on home equity lines of credit, including the SpringCastle Portfolio secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages, can be terminated for delinquency. Unused lines of credit on the unsecured loans of the SpringCastle Portfolio can be terminated at our discretion.

 

CREDIT QUALITY INDICATORS

 

We consider the delinquency status and nonperforming status of the finance receivable as our credit quality indicators.

 

We accrue finance charges on revolving retail finance receivables up to the date of charge-off at 180 days past due. We had $0.5 million of revolving retail finance receivables that were more than 90 days past due at September 30, 2013, compared to $1.0 million at December 31, 2012. Our personal loans, SpringCastle Portfolio, and real estate loans do not have finance receivables that were more than 90 days past due and still accruing finance charges.

 

Delinquent Finance Receivables

 

We consider the delinquency status of the finance receivable as our primary credit quality indicator. We monitor delinquency trends to manage our exposure to credit risk. We consider finance receivables 60 days or more past due as delinquent and consider the likelihood of collection to decrease at such time.

 

The following is a summary of net finance receivable by type by days delinquent:

 

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

Real

 

Retail

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-89 days past due

 

 

$

26,151

 

$

62,253

 

$

94,975

 

$

1,705

 

$

185,084

 

90-119 days past due

 

 

19,433

 

43,156

 

63,202

 

1,094

 

126,885

 

120-149 days past due

 

 

15,273

 

32,648

 

59,449

 

811

 

108,181

 

150-179 days past due

 

 

12,263

 

10,171

 

38,551

 

649

 

61,634

 

180 days or more past due

 

 

919

 

16,017

 

355,707

 

130

 

372,773

 

Total delinquent finance receivables

 

 

74,039

 

164,245

 

611,884

 

4,389

 

854,557

 

Current

 

 

2,904,671

 

2,352,344

 

7,416,990

 

110,114

 

12,784,119

 

30-59 days past due

 

 

48,545

 

137,043

 

183,981

 

3,385

 

372,954

 

Total

 

 

$

3,027,255

 

$

2,653,632

 

$

8,212,855

 

$

117,888

 

$

14,011,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-89 days past due

 

 

$

21,683

 

N/A

*

$

99,956

 

$

2,107

 

$

123,746

 

90-119 days past due

 

 

17,538

 

N/A

 

73,803

 

1,416

 

92,757

 

120-149 days past due

 

 

14,050

 

N/A

 

58,364

 

1,171

 

73,585

 

150-179 days past due

 

 

9,613

 

N/A

 

45,648

 

743

 

56,004

 

180 days or more past due

 

 

12,107

 

N/A

 

386,024

 

331

 

398,462

 

Total delinquent finance receivables

 

 

74,991

 

N/A

 

663,795

 

5,768

 

744,554

 

Current

 

 

2,534,960

 

N/A

 

8,094,459

 

197,392

 

10,826,811

 

30-59 days past due

 

 

39,781

 

N/A

 

197,111

 

5,197

 

242,089

 

Total

 

 

$

2,649,732

 

N/A

 

$

8,955,365

 

$

208,357

 

$

11,813,454

 

 

 


*                   Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

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Nonperforming Finance Receivables

 

We also monitor finance receivable performance trends to evaluate the potential risk of future credit losses. At 90 days or more past due, we consider our finance receivables to be nonperforming. Once the finance receivables are considered nonperforming, we consider them to be at increased risk for credit loss.

 

Our performing and nonperforming net finance receivables by type were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

Real

 

Retail

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

 

$

2,979,367

 

$

2,551,640

 

$

7,695,946

 

$

115,204

 

$

13,342,157

 

Nonperforming

 

 

47,888

 

101,992

 

516,909

 

2,684

 

669,473

 

Total

 

 

$

3,027,255

 

$

2,653,632

 

$

8,212,855

 

$

117,888

 

$

14,011,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performing

 

 

$

2,596,424

 

N/A

*

$

8,391,526

 

$

204,696

 

$

11,192,646

 

Nonperforming

 

 

53,308

 

N/A

 

563,839

 

3,661

 

620,808

 

Total

 

 

$

2,649,732

 

N/A

 

$

8,955,365

 

$

208,357

 

$

11,813,454

 

 

 


*                   Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

PURCHASED CREDIT IMPAIRED FINANCE RECEIVABLES

 

As a result of the Fortress Acquisition, we applied push-down accounting and adjusted the carrying value of our finance receivables (the “FA Loans”) to their fair value on November 30, 2010. For purchased finance receivables, such as the SpringCastle Portfolio (“SCP Loans”), we also record these loans at fair value on the day of purchase.

 

We include the carrying amount (which initially was the fair value) of our purchased credit impaired finance receivables in net finance receivables, less allowance for finance receivable losses. Prepayments reduce the outstanding balance, contractual cash flows, and cash flows expected to be collected.

 

Information regarding these purchased credit impaired finance receivables was as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

SCP Loans

 

FA Loans

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount, net of allowance

 

 

$

598,301

 

$

1,289,290

 

$

1,887,591

 

Outstanding balance

 

 

$

947,940

 

$

1,835,193

 

$

2,783,133

 

Allowance for purchased credit impaired finance receivable losses

 

 

$

-

 

$

46,350

 

$

46,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amount, net of allowance

 

 

N/A

*

$

1,381,409

 

$

1,381,409

 

Outstanding balance

 

 

N/A

 

$

1,968,817

 

$

1,968,817

 

Allowance for purchased credit impaired finance receivable losses

 

 

N/A

 

$

17,358

 

$

17,358

 

 

 


*                   Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

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The allowance for purchased credit impaired finance receivable losses at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 reflected the net carrying value of these purchased credit impaired finance receivables being higher than the present value of the expected cash flows.

 

As part of the acquisition of the SpringCastle Portfolio, we determined that at April 1, 2013, acquired loans with an aggregated $1.2 billion UPB, an expected undiscounted cash flows of $1.2 billion, and a fair value of $754.8 million, were credit impaired.

 

Changes in accretable yield for purchased credit impaired finance receivables were as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

SCP Loans

 

FA Loans

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

 

$

407,237

 

$

849,153

 

$

1,256,390

 

Accretion

 

 

(25,887

)

(32,224

)

(58,111

)

Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference (a)

 

 

-

 

2,741

 

2,741

 

Disposals of finance receivables (b)

 

 

(19,078

)

(8,471

)

(27,549

)

Balance at end of period

 

 

$

362,272

 

$

811,199

 

$

1,173,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

 

N/A

(c)

$

391,620

 

$

391,620

 

Accretion

 

 

N/A

 

(34,996

)

(34,996

)

Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference (a)

 

 

N/A

 

316,580

 

316,580

 

Disposals of finance receivables (b)

 

 

N/A

 

(7,002

)

(7,002

)

Balance at end of period

 

 

N/A

 

$

666,202

 

$

666,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

 

$

-

 

$

629,200

 

$

629,200

 

Additions

 

 

437,604

 

-

 

437,604

 

Accretion

 

 

(54,190

)

(97,616

)

(151,806

)

Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference (a)

 

 

-

 

304,575

 

304,575

 

Disposals of finance receivables (b)

 

 

(21,142

)

(24,960

)

(46,102

)

Balance at end of period

 

 

$

362,272

 

$

811,199

 

$

1,173,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

 

N/A

(c)

$

466,648

 

$

466,648

 

Accretion

 

 

N/A

 

(97,317

)

(97,317

)

Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference (a)

 

 

N/A

 

316,580

 

316,580

 

Disposals of finance receivables (b)

 

 

N/A

 

(19,709

)

(19,709

)

Balance at end of period

 

 

N/A

 

$

666,202

 

$

666,202

 

 

 


(a)            Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 represent the increases in accretion resulting from higher estimated undiscounted cash flows. Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 represent the increase in accretion related to an increase in the pool yield.

 

(b)           Disposals of finance receivables represent finance charges forfeited due to purchased credit impaired finance receivables charged-off during the period.

 

(c)            Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

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TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURED FINANCE RECEIVABLES

 

Information regarding TDR finance receivables were as follows:

 

 

 

Real Estate

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Loans

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDR gross finance receivables

 

$

1,268,266

 

TDR net finance receivables

 

$

1,272,833

 

Allowance for TDR finance receivable losses

 

$

160,983

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDR gross finance receivables

 

$

809,020

 

TDR net finance receivables

 

$

812,969

 

Allowance for TDR finance receivable losses

 

$

92,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have no commitments to lend additional funds on our TDR finance receivables.

 

TDR average net receivables and finance charges recognized on TDR finance receivables were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDR average net receivables

 

 $

1,232,112

 

 $

590,024

 

 $

1,079,510

 

 $

451,248

 

TDR finance charges recognized

 

 $

17,171

 

 $

8,572

 

 $

45,959

 

 $

18,470

 

 

Information regarding the new volume of the TDR finance receivables was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of TDR accounts

 

1,621

 

1,634

 

5,930

 

3,610

 

Pre-modification TDR net finance receivables

 

 $

132,366

 

 $

154,492

 

 $

468,782

 

 $

367,858

 

Post-modification TDR net finance receivables

 

 $

140,234

 

 $

152,073

 

 $

499,087

 

 $

370,031

 

 

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Net finance receivables that were modified as TDR finance receivables within the previous 12 months and for which there was a default during the period were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of TDR accounts

 

378

 

126

 

797

 

408

 

TDR net finance receivables*

 

 $

26,120

 

 $

12,416

 

 $

59,809

 

 $

47,418

 

 


*                   Represents the corresponding balance of TDR net finance receivables at the end of the month in which they defaulted.

 

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3.  Allowance for Finance Receivable Losses

 

Changes in the allowance for finance receivable losses by finance receivable type were as follows:

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

Real

 

Retail

 

Consolidated

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

60,250

 

$

-

 

$

184,585

 

$

920

 

$

245,755

 

Provision for finance receivable losses (a)

 

39,747

 

61,194

 

56,001

 

1,843

 

158,785

 

Charge-offs

 

(32,528

)

(61,470

)

(33,129

)

(2,032

)

(129,159

)

Recoveries

 

2,136

 

2,210

 

1,326

 

294

 

5,966

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

69,605

 

$

1,934

 

$

208,783

 

$

1,025

 

$

281,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

41,431

 

N/A

(d)

$

49,051

 

$

1,191

 

$

91,673

 

Provision for finance receivable losses (a)

 

29,010

 

N/A

 

59,327

 

2,518

 

90,855

 

Charge-offs

 

(26,797

)

N/A

 

(31,433

)

(4,049

)

(62,279

)

Recoveries

 

7,865

 

N/A

 

2,545

 

2,427

 

12,837

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

51,509

 

N/A

 

$

79,490

 

$

2,087

 

$

133,086

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

66,580

 

$

-

 

$

111,248

 

$

2,260

 

$

180,088

 

Provision for finance receivable losses (a)

 

64,344

 

78,991

 

202,622

 

(4,234

)

341,723

 

Charge-offs (b)

 

(106,162

)

(79,267

)

(120,699

)

(7,338

)

(313,466

)

Recoveries (c)

 

44,843

 

2,210

 

15,612

 

10,337

 

73,002

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

69,605

 

$

1,934

 

$

208,783

 

$

1,025

 

$

281,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

39,522

 

N/A

(d)

$

31,471

 

$

1,007

 

$

72,000

 

Provision for finance receivable losses (a)

 

69,731

 

N/A

 

148,873

 

9,190

 

227,794

 

Charge-offs

 

(82,035

)

N/A

 

(107,850

)

(15,974

)

(205,859

)

Recoveries

 

25,398

 

N/A

 

6,996

 

8,058

 

40,452

 

Transfers to finance receivables held for sale (e)

 

(1,107

)

N/A

 

-

 

(194

)

(1,301

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

51,509

 

N/A

 

$

79,490

 

$

2,087

 

$

133,086

 

 

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(a)            Components of provision for finance receivable losses on our real estate loans were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-credit impaired finance receivables

 

$

17,947

 

$

19,580

 

$

63,233

 

$

70,074

 

Purchased credit impaired finance receivables

 

21,192

 

17,955

 

60,708

 

37,579

 

TDR finance receivables

 

16,862

 

21,792

 

78,681

 

41,220

 

Total

 

$

56,001

 

$

59,327

 

$

202,622

 

$

148,873

 

 

(b)           Effective March 31, 2013, we charge off to the allowance for finance receivable losses for personal loans that are 180 days past due. Previously, we charged-off to the allowance for finance receivable losses for personal loans on which payments received in the prior six months totaled less than 5% of the original loan amount. As a result of this change, we recorded $13.3 million of additional charge-offs in March 2013.

 

(c)            Recoveries during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 included $41.2 million ($25.4 million of personal loan recoveries, $9.9 million of real estate loan recoveries, and $5.9 million of retail sales finance recoveries) resulting from a sale of previously charged-off finance receivables in June 2013.

 

(d)           Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

(e)            During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we decreased the allowance for finance receivable losses as a result of the transfers of $77.8 million of finance receivables from finance receivables held for investment to finance receivables held for sale due to management’s intent to no longer hold these finance receivables for the foreseeable future.

 

Included in the allowance for finance receivable losses are allowances associated with securitizations that totaled $89.6 million at September 30, 2013 and $14.5 million at December 31, 2012. See Note 8 for further discussion regarding our securitization transactions.

 

The carrying value charged-off for purchased credit impaired loans was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charged-off against provision for finance receivable losses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCP Loans

 

$

31,544

 

$

N/A

(a)

$

48,717

 

$

N/A

(a)

FA Loans gross charge-offs (b)

 

10,074

 

9,384

 

31,737

 

29,008

 

 


(a)            Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

(b)           Represents additional impairment recognized, subsequent to the establishment of the pools of purchased credit impaired loans, related to loans that have been foreclosed and transferred to real estate owned status.

 

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The allowance for finance receivable losses and net finance receivables by type and by impairment method were as follows:

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

Real

 

Retail

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses for finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collectively evaluated for impairment

 

$

69,605

 

$

1,934

 

$

1,450

 

$

1,025

 

$

74,014

 

Acquired with deteriorated credit quality (purchased credit impaired finance receivables)

 

-

 

-

 

46,350

 

-

 

46,350

 

Individually evaluated for impairment (TDR finance receivables)

 

-

 

-

 

160,983

 

-

 

160,983

 

Total

 

$

69,605

 

$

1,934

 

$

208,783

 

$

1,025

 

$

281,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collectively evaluated for impairment

 

$

3,027,255

 

$

2,055,331

 

$

5,604,382

 

$

117,888

 

$

10,804,856

 

Purchased credit impaired finance receivables

 

-

 

598,301

 

1,335,640

 

-

 

1,933,941

 

TDR finance receivables

 

-

 

-

 

1,272,833

 

-

 

1,272,833

 

Total

 

$

3,027,255

 

$

2,653,632

 

$

8,212,855

 

$

117,888

 

$

14,011,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses for finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collectively evaluated for impairment

 

$

66,580

 

N/A

*

$

1,600

 

$

2,260

 

$

70,440

 

Purchased credit impaired finance receivables

 

-

 

N/A

 

17,358

 

-

 

17,358

 

TDR finance receivables

 

-

 

N/A

 

92,290

 

-

 

92,290

 

Total

 

$

66,580

 

N/A

 

$

111,248

 

$

2,260

 

$

180,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collectively evaluated for impairment

 

$

2,649,732

 

N/A

*

$

6,743,629

 

$

208,357

 

$

9,601,718

 

Purchased credit impaired finance receivables

 

-

 

N/A

 

1,398,767

 

-

 

1,398,767

 

TDR finance receivables

 

-

 

N/A

 

812,969

 

-

 

812,969

 

Total

 

$

2,649,732

 

N/A

 

$

8,955,365

 

$

208,357

 

$

11,813,454

 

 


*                   Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

4.  Finance Receivables Held for Sale

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we did not have any transfer activity between finance receivables held for investment to finance receivables held for sale.

 

During the first and third quarters of 2012, we transferred $77.8 million and $103.1 million, respectively, of finance receivables from held for investment to held for sale due to management’s intent to no longer hold these finance receivables for the foreseeable future. We marked these loans to the lower of cost or fair value at the time of transfer and subsequently recorded additional gains in other revenues – other at the time of sale resulting in net gains for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $6.5 million and $4.5 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we sold finance receivables held for sale totaling $123.0 million and $171.0 million, respectively.

 

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We repurchased two loans for $0.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared to five loans for $1.0 million repurchased during the three months ended September 30, 2012. We repurchased 19 loans for $2.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to six loans for $1.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. In each period, we repurchased the loans because such loans were reaching the defined delinquency limits or had breached the contractual representations and warranties under the loan sale agreements. At September 30, 2013, there were no material unresolved recourse requests.

 

The activity in our reserve for sales recourse obligations was as follows:

 

 

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

4,766

 

$

1,765

 

$

4,863

 

$

1,648

 

Provision for recourse obligations

 

-

 

-

 

322

 

117

 

Recourse losses

 

(42

)

(25

)

(461

)

(25

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

4,724

 

$

1,740

 

$

4,724

 

$

1,740

 

 

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5. Investment Securities

 

Cost/amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of investment securities by type, which are classified as available-for-sale, were as follows:

 

 

 

Cost/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Cost

 

Gains

 

Losses

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturity investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

$

75,615

 

$

1,028

 

$

(170

)

$

76,473

 

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

94,319

 

2,215

 

(162

)

96,372

 

Corporate debt

 

230,681

 

6,349

 

(2,276

)

234,754

 

Mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and collateralized:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”)

 

135,468

 

6,487

 

(1,458

)

140,497

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”)

 

22,802

 

1,209

 

(211

)

23,800

 

Collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”)/Asset-backed securities (“ABS”)

 

18,999

 

679

 

(24

)

19,654

 

Total

 

577,884

 

17,967

 

(4,301

)

591,550

 

Other long-term investments*

 

1,395

 

46

 

(66

)

1,375

 

Common stocks

 

964

 

-    

 

(14

)

950

 

Total

 

$

580,243

 

$

18,013

 

$

(4,381

)

$

593,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturity investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

$

50,717

 

$

2,488

 

$

-    

 

$

53,205

 

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

150,721

 

4,998

 

(249

)

155,470

 

Corporate debt

 

365,342

 

11,051

 

(1,397

)

374,996

 

Mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and collateralized:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMBS

 

183,835

 

8,029

 

(71

)

191,793

 

CMBS

 

40,388

 

1,245

 

(87

)

41,546

 

CDO/ABS

 

67,123

 

1,466

 

(8

)

68,581

 

Total

 

858,126

 

29,277

 

(1,812

)

885,591

 

Other long-term investments*

 

1,404

 

-    

 

(24

)

1,380

 

Common stocks

 

974

 

30

 

(29

)

975

 

Total

 

$

860,504

 

$

29,307

 

$

(1,865

)

$

887,946

 

 


*                   Excludes interest in a limited partnership that we account for using the equity method ($0.6 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012).

 

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had no investment securities with other-than-temporary impairments recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss.

 

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Fair value and unrealized losses on investment securities by type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position were as follows:

 

 

 

Less Than 12 Months

 

12 Months or Longer

 

Total

 

 

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

Fair

 

Unrealized

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Value

 

Losses

 

Value

 

Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

$

20,935

 

$

(170

)

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

20,935

 

$

(170

)

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

3,035

 

(162

)

-    

 

 

 

3,035

 

(162

)

Corporate debt

 

49,565

 

(1,872

)

8,712

 

(404

)

58,277

 

(2,276

)

RMBS

 

40,301

 

(1,458

)

31

 

-    

 

40,332

 

(1,458

)

CMBS

 

9,406

 

(211

)

-    

 

-    

 

9,406

 

(211

)

CDO/ABS

 

5,891

 

(24

)

-    

 

-    

 

5,891

 

(24

)

Total

 

129,133

 

(3,897

)

8,743

 

(404

)

137,876

 

(4,301

)

Other long-term investments

 

135

 

(66

)

-    

 

-    

 

135

 

(66

)

Common stocks

 

100

 

(14

)

-    

 

-    

 

100

 

(14

)

Total

 

$

129,368

 

$

(3,977

)

$

8,743

 

$

(404

)

$

138,111

 

$

(4,381

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

$

1,310

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

1,310

 

$

-    

 

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

1,570

 

(4

)

9,646

 

(245

)

11,216

 

(249

)

Corporate debt

 

30,942

 

(527

)

49,690

 

(870

)

80,632

 

(1,397

)

RMBS

 

32,047

 

(70

)

46

 

(1

)

32,093

 

(71

)

CMBS

 

11,290

 

(52

)

5,673

 

(35

)

16,963

 

(87

)

CDO/ABS

 

5,442

 

(8

)

-    

 

-    

 

5,442

 

(8

)

Total

 

82,601

 

(661

)

65,055

 

(1,151

)

147,656

 

(1,812

)

Other long-term investments

 

178

 

(23

)

8

 

(1

)

186

 

(24

)

Common stocks

 

-    

 

-    

 

85

 

(29

)

85

 

(29

)

Total

 

$

82,779

 

$

(684

)

$

65,148

 

$

(1,181

)

$

147,927

 

$

(1,865

)

 

We continue to monitor unrealized loss positions for potential impairments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we recognized other-than-temporary impairments on RMBS totaling $26 thousand, which are recorded as an offset to investment revenues.

 

Components of the other-than-temporary impairment charges on investment securities were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses

 

$

-    

 

$

(254

)

$

(26

)

$

(906

)

Portion of loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

Net impairment losses recognized in net loss

 

$

-    

 

$

(254

)

$

(26

)

$

(906

)

 

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Changes in the cumulative amount of credit losses (recognized in earnings) on other-than-temporarily impaired investment securities were as follows:

 

 

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

1,523

 

$

4,377

 

$

1,650

 

$

3,725

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to other-than-temporary impairments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impairment previously recognized

 

-    

 

254

 

26

 

906

 

Reductions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized due to dispositions with no prior intention to sell

 

-    

 

(2,962

)

(153

)

(2,962

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

1,523

 

$

1,669

 

$

1,523

 

$

1,669

 

 

The fair values of investment securities sold or redeemed and the resulting realized gains, realized losses, and net realized gains (losses) were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value

 

$

52,232

 

$

310,313

 

$

498,680

 

$

520,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gains

 

$

237

 

$

1,349

 

$

3,374

 

$

2,289

 

Realized losses

 

(270

)

(1,081

)

(662

)

(1,572

)

Net realized gains (losses)

 

$

(33

)

$

268

 

$

2,712

 

$

717

 

 

Contractual maturities of fixed-maturity investment securities at September 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Fair

 

Amortized

 

September 30, 2013

 

Value

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities, excluding mortgage-backed securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Due in 1 year or less

 

$

20,368

 

$

20,300

 

Due after 1 year through 5 years

 

201,805

 

196,896

 

Due after 5 years through 10 years

 

131,516

 

131,146

 

Due after 10 years

 

53,910

 

52,273

 

Mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and collateralized securities

 

183,951

 

177,269

 

Total

 

$

591,550

 

$

577,884

 

 

Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. We may sell investment securities before maturity to achieve corporate requirements and investment strategies.

 

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6. Transactions with Affiliates of Fortress or AIG

 

SECURED TERM LOAN

 

Springleaf Financial Funding Company (“SFFC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SFC, is party to a six-year secured term loan pursuant to a credit agreement among SFFC, SFC, and most of the consumer finance operating subsidiaries of SFC (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and a syndicate of lenders, various agents, and Bank of America, N.A, as administrative agent.

 

On September 30, 2013, SFC, SFFC and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an incremental facility joinder agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as lender, administrative agent and collateral agent, and established new term loan commitments totaling $750.0 million under the secured term loan (the “New Loan Tranche”). SFFC remained the borrower of the loans made under the New Loan Tranche, and the proceeds of such loans were used to make a voluntary prepayment of the existing secured term loan. The New Loan Tranche is guaranteed by SFC and by the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the New Loan Tranche is secured by the same collateral as, and on a pro rata basis with, the initial loans under the secured term loan.

 

At September 30, 2013, the outstanding principal amount of the secured term loan totaled $1.3 billion, compared to $3.8 billion at December 31, 2012. Affiliates of Fortress owned or managed lending positions in the syndicate of lenders totaling approximately $12.5 million at September 30, 2013 and $85.0 million at December 31, 2012.

 

SUBSERVICING AND REFINANCE AGREEMENTS

 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC (“Nationstar”) subservices the real estate loans of MorEquity, Inc. (“MorEquity”), our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, and two other indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Owners”), including certain securitized real estate loans. Investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress indirectly own a majority interest in Nationstar.

 

The Owners paid Nationstar fees for its subservicing and to facilitate the repayment of our real estate loans through refinancings with other lenders as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subservicing fees

 

$

2,132

 

$

2,380

 

$

6,556

 

$

7,525

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refinancing concessions

 

$

-    

 

$

216

 

$

265

 

$

4,177

 

 

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

Logan Circle Partners, L.P. (“Logan Circle”) provides investment management services for our investments. Logan Circle is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortress. Costs and fees incurred for these investment management services totaled $0.2 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $0.4 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively.

 

REINSURANCE AGREEMENTS

 

Merit Life Insurance Co. (“Merit”), our indirect wholly owned subsidiary, enters into reinsurance agreements with subsidiaries of AIG, for reinsurance of various group annuity, credit life, and credit accident and health insurance where Merit reinsures the risk of loss. The reserves for this business fluctuate over time and, in some instances, are subject to recapture by the insurer. Reserves recorded by

 

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Merit for reinsurance agreements with subsidiaries of AIG totaled $45.9 million at September 30, 2013 and $46.8 million at December 31, 2012.

 

DERIVATIVES

 

At December 31, 2012, our derivative financial instrument was with AIG Financial Products Corp. (“AIGFP”), a subsidiary of AIG. In July 2012, SFI posted $60.0 million of cash collateral with AIGFP as security for SFC’s two remaining Euro swap positions with AIGFP and agreed to act as guarantor for the swap positions. In August 2012, one of the swap positions was terminated and the cash collateral was reduced by $20.0 million. Cash collateral with AIGFP totaled $40.0 million at December 31, 2012.

 

On August 5, 2013, we terminated our remaining cross currency interest rate swap agreement with AIGFP and recorded a loss of $1.9 million in other revenues – other. The notional amount of this swap agreement totaled $416.6 million at August 5, 2013. Immediately following this termination, we had no derivative financial instruments. As a result of this termination, AIGFP returned the cash collateral of $40.0 million to SFI.

 

JOINT VENTURE

 

Under the joint venture structure established in conjunction with the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio, NRZ, a subsidiary of New Residential Investment Corp., owns a 30% equity interest in SCA. New Residential Investment Corp. is managed by an affiliate of Fortress.

 

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7. Long-term Debt

 

Principal maturities of long-term debt (excluding projected securitization repayments by period) by type of debt at September 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Medium

 

Euro

 

Secured

 

 

 

Junior

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

Term

 

Denominated

 

Term

 

 

 

Subordinated

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Notes

 

Notes (a)

 

Note (b)

 

Loan (c)

 

Securitizations

 

Debt

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rates (d)

 

4.95%-7.50

%

5.40%-8.25

%

4.125

%

4.75%-5.50

%

1.27-6.00

%

6.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth quarter 2013

 

$

2,903

 

$

-    

 

$

416,637

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

419,540

 

First quarter 2014

 

1,115

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

1,115

 

Second quarter 2014

 

10,892

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

10,892

 

Third quarter 2014

 

8,569

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

8,569

 

Remainder of 2014

 

335,486

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

335,486

 

2015

 

47,254

 

750,000

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

797,254

 

2016

 

-    

 

375,000

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

375,000

 

2017

 

-    

 

2,416,337

 

-    

 

550,000

 

-    

 

-    

 

2,966,337

 

2018-2067

 

-    

 

1,250,000

 

-    

 

750,000

 

-    

 

350,000

 

2,350,000

 

Securitizations (e)

 

-    

 

-     

 

-    

 

-    

 

7,608,751

 

-    

 

7,608,751

 

Total principal maturities

 

$

406,219

 

$

4,791,337

 

$

416,637

 

$

1,300,000

 

$

7,608,751

 

$

350,000

 

$

14,872,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total carrying amount

 

$

382,061

 

$

4,148,608

 

$

432,245

 

$

1,303,739

 

$

7,560,743

 

$

171,565

 

$

13,998,961

 

 


(a)            Medium-term notes at September 30, 2013 included aggregate principal amounts of $300 million of Senior Notes issued in May 2013 and $950 million of Senior Notes issued in September 2013 of which $700 million were exchanged for medium-term notes due 2017.

 

(b)           Euro denominated note includes a €323.4 million note, shown here at the U.S. dollar equivalent at time of issuance.

 

(c)            Our secured term loan is issued by wholly owned Company subsidiaries and guaranteed by SFC and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(d)           The interest rates shown are the range of contractual rates in effect at September 30, 2013.

 

(e)            Securitizations are not included in above maturities by period due to their variable monthly repayments.

 

SFFC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SFC, is the borrower of the secured term loan that is guaranteed by SFC and by the Subsidiary Guarantors. In addition, our other operating subsidiaries that from time to time meet certain criteria will be required to become Subsidiary Guarantors. The secured term loan is secured by a first priority pledge of the stock of SFFC that was limited at the transaction date, in accordance with existing SFC debt agreements, to $167.9 million.

 

SFFC used a portion of the proceeds from the secured term loan to make new intercompany loans to the Subsidiary Guarantors. The intercompany loans are secured by a first priority security interest in eligible finance receivables, according to pre-determined eligibility requirements and in accordance with a borrowing base formula. The Subsidiary Guarantors used proceeds of the loans to pay down their intercompany loans from SFC. SFC used the payments from Subsidiary Guarantors to, among other things, repay debt and fund operations.

 

Immediately prior to the 2013-1 securitization transaction discussed in Note 8, the real estate loans to be securitized comprised a portion of the finance receivables pledged as collateral to support the outstanding principal amount under our secured term loan. Upon completion of the securitization transaction, these real estate loans were released from the collateral pledged to support our secured term loan and the Subsidiary Guarantors elected not to pledge new finance receivables as collateral to replace the real estate loans sold in the securitization transaction. The voluntary reduction of the collateral pledged required

 

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SFFC to make a mandatory prepayment of a portion of the outstanding principal (plus accrued interest). As a result, SFFC made a mandatory prepayment on April 11, 2013, without penalty or premium, of $714.9 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest).

 

On each of May 15, 2013 and May 30, 2013, SFFC made additional prepayments, without penalty or premium, of $500.0 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. On July 29, 2013 and September 30, 2013, SFFC made prepayments, without penalty or premium, of $235.1 million and $1.25 billion, respectively, of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan.

 

In addition, on September 30, 2013, SFC, SFFC and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into the New Loan Tranche, which consisted of new term loan commitments totaling $750.0 million under the secured term loan pursuant to the incremental facility joinder agreement to the secured term loan. SFFC remained the borrower of the loans made under the New Loan Tranche, and the proceeds of such loans were used to fund the $1.25 billion prepayment of existing secured term loans due 2017. The New Loan Tranche is guaranteed by SFC and by the Subsidiary Guarantors, and the New Loan Tranche is secured by the same collateral as, and on a pro rata basis with, the initial loans under the secured term loan.

 

In connection with our liability management efforts, we or our affiliates from time to time have purchased, and may in the future purchase, portions of our outstanding indebtedness. Any such purchases may be made through open market or privately negotiated transactions with third parties or pursuant to one or more tender or exchange offers or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices, as well as with such consideration as we or any such affiliates may determine. Our plans are dynamic and we may adjust our plans in response to changes in our expectations and changes in market conditions.

 

8. Variable Interest Entities

 

As part of our overall funding strategy and as part of our efforts to support our liquidity from sources other than our traditional capital market sources, we have transferred certain finance receivables to VIEs for securitization transactions. Since these transactions involve securitization trusts required to be consolidated, the securitized assets and related liabilities are included in our financial statements and are accounted for as secured borrowings.

 

CONSOLIDATED VIES

 

We evaluated the securitization trusts and determined that these entities are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiary; therefore, we consolidate such entities. We are deemed to be the primary beneficiaries of these VIEs because we have the ability to direct the activities of each VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits that are potentially significant to the VIE. Such ability stems from SFI’s and/or its affiliates’ contractual right to service the securitized finance receivables. In instances where servicing is performed by parties other than SFI, this ability arises from SFI’s prescription of detailed servicing standards and procedures that the servicer must observe (and which can be modified only with our consent), and from our mandatory involvement in certain loan workouts and disposals of defaulted loans or related collateral. Our retained subordinated notes and residual interest trust certificates expose us to potentially significant losses and potentially significant returns.

 

The asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities issued by the securitization trusts are supported by the expected cash flows from the underlying securitized finance receivables. Cash inflows from these finance receivables are distributed to investors and service providers in accordance with each transaction’s contractual priority of payments (“waterfall”) and, as such, most of these inflows must be directed first to service and repay each trust’s senior notes or certificates held principally by third-party investors. After these senior obligations are extinguished, substantially all cash inflows will be directed to the subordinated notes until fully repaid and, thereafter, to the residual interest that we own in each trust. We retain interests in these securitization transactions, including senior and subordinated securities issued by

 

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the VIEs and residual interests. We retain credit risk in the securitizations because our retained interests include the most subordinated interest in the securitized assets, which are the first to absorb credit losses on the securitized assets. We expect that any credit losses in the pools of securitized assets will likely be limited to our subordinated and residual retained interests. We have no obligation to repurchase or replace qualified securitized assets that subsequently become delinquent or are otherwise in default.

 

The carrying amounts of consolidated VIE assets and liabilities associated with our securitization trusts were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

Personal loans

 

$

1,696,019

 

$

-    

 

SpringCastle Portfolio

 

2,653,632

 

N/A*

 

Real estate loans

 

5,452,163

 

4,096,108

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses

 

89,584

 

14,502

 

Restricted cash

 

415,841

 

108,994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

$

7,560,743

 

$

3,120,599

 

 


*                   Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

Consumer Loan Securitizations

 

2013-A Securitization. On February 19, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $567.9 million of notes backed by personal loans held by Springleaf Funding Trust 2013-A (the “2013-A Trust”), at a 2.83% weighted average yield. We sold the asset-backed notes for $567.5 million, after the price discount but before expenses and a $6.6 million interest reserve requirement. We initially retained $36.4 million of the 2013-A Trust’s subordinate asset-backed notes.

 

SpringCastle Securitization. As discussed in Note 1, in connection with our acquisition of an unsecured loan portfolio from HSBC, on April 1, 2013, the Co-issuer LLCs sold, in a private securitization transaction, $2.2 billion of Class A Notes backed by the acquired loans. The Class A Notes were acquired by initial purchasers for $2.2 billion, after the price discount but before expenses and a $10.0 million advance reserve requirement. The initial purchasers sold the Class A Notes to secondary investors at a 3.75% weighted average yield. The Co-issuer LLCs retained subordinate Class B Notes with a principal balance of $372.0 million.

 

2013-B Securitization. On June 19, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $256.2 million of notes backed by personal loans held by Springleaf Funding Trust 2013-B (the “2013-B Trust”), at a 4.11% weighted average yield. We sold the asset-backed notes for $255.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses and a $4.4 million interest reserve requirement. We initially retained $114.0 million of the 2013-B Trust’s senior asset-backed notes and $29.8 million of the 2013-B Trust’s subordinate asset-backed notes.

 

2013-BAC Securitization. On September 25, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which Springleaf Funding Trust 2013-BAC (the “2013-BAC Trust”), a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, issued $500.0 million of notes backed by an amortizing pool of personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC. We sold the personal loan-backed notes for gross proceeds of $500.0 million.

 

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Midbrook 2013-VFN1 Securitization. On September 26, 2013, we established a private securitization transaction in which Midbrook Funding Trust 2013-VFN1 (the “Midbrook 2013-VFN1 Trust”), a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, may issue variable funding notes with a maximum principal balance of $300 million to be backed by personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC from time to time. No amounts were funded at closing, but may be funded from time to time over a one-year period, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. During this period, the notes can also be paid down in whole or in part and then redrawn. Following the one-year funding period, the principal amount of the notes, if any, will amortize and will be due and payable in full in October 2017. At September 30, 2013, no amounts had been drawn under the notes.

 

Springleaf 2013-VFN1 Securitization. On September 27, 2013, we established a private securitization transaction in which Springleaf Funding Trust 2013-VFN1 (the “Springleaf 2013-VFN1 Trust”), a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, may issue variable funding notes with a maximum principal balance of $350 million to be backed by personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC from time to time. No amounts were funded at closing, but may be funded from time to time over a two-year period, which may be extended for one year, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. During this period, the notes can also be paid down in whole or in part and then redrawn. Following the two-or three-year funding period, as the case may be, the principal amount of the notes, if any, will amortize and will be due and payable in full in October 2019. At September 30, 2013, no amounts had been drawn under the notes.

 

Mortgage Loan Securitizations

 

2013-1 Securitization. On April 10, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $782.5 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-1 (the “2013-1 Trust”), at a 2.85% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $782.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $236.8 million of the 2013-1 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes.

 

2013-2 Securitization. On July 9, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $599.4 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-2 (the “2013-2 Trust”), at a 2.88% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $590.9 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $535.1 million of the 2013-2 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes.

 

Sales of Previously Retained Notes

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we sold the following previously retained mortgage-backed and asset- backed notes:

 

·                  $20.0 million mortgage-backed notes from our 2012-2 securitization and subsequently recorded $20.7 million of additional debt;

·                  $7.5 million mortgage-backed notes from our 2012-3 securitization and subsequently recorded $7.8 million of additional debt;

·                  $157.5 million mortgage-backed notes from our 2013-2 securitization and subsequently recorded $148.6 million of additional debt;

·                  $114.0 million asset-backed notes from our 2013-B securitization and subsequently recorded $111.6 million of additional debt; and

·                  $372.0 million Class B Notes from our SpringCastle securitization and subsequently recorded $357.1 million of additional debt.

 

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VIE Interest Expense

 

Other than our retained subordinate and residual interests in the consolidated securitization trusts, we are under no obligation, either contractually or implicitly, to provide financial support to these entities. Consolidated interest expense related to these VIEs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 totaled $85.0 million and $202.5 million, respectively. Consolidated interest expense related to these VIEs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 totaled $34.4 million and $80.0 million, respectively.

 

UNCONSOLIDATED VIE

 

We have established a VIE that holds the junior subordinated debt. We are not the primary beneficiary, and we do not have a variable interest in this VIE. Therefore, we do not consolidate such entity. We had no off-balance sheet exposure to loss associated with this VIE at September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012.

 

9. Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Our principal borrowing subsidiary is SFC. SFC has used derivative financial instruments in managing the cost of its debt by mitigating its exposures to interest rate and currency risks in conjunction with specific long-term debt issuances and has used them in managing its return on finance receivables held for sale, but is neither a dealer nor a trader in derivative financial instruments. On August 5, 2013, SFC terminated its remaining cross currency interest rate swap agreement with AIGFP, a subsidiary of AIG, and recorded a loss of $1.9 million in other revenues – other. Immediately following this termination, we had no derivative financial instruments.

 

While SFC’s cross currency interest rate swap agreement mitigated economic exposure of related debt, it did not qualify as a cash flow or fair value hedge under U.S. GAAP.

 

The fair value of our derivative instrument presented on a gross basis was as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Notional
Amount

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

Notional
Amount

 

Derivative
Assets

 

Derivative
Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Designated Hedging Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

-    

 

$

416,636

 

$

26,699

 

$

-    

 

 

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The amount of gain (loss) for cash flow hedges recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss into other revenues – other (effective portion) and interest expense (effective portion), and recognized in other revenues – other (ineffective portion) were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

From AOCI(L) (a) to

 

Recognized

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

in Other

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues -

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

Revenues -

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

AOCI(L)

 

Other

 

Expense

 

Earnings (b)

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

-

 

$

293

 

$

899

 

$

1,192

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

160

 

$

160

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

(16,987)

 

$

(12,453)

 

$

975

 

$

(11,478)

 

 

$

(426)

 

 


(a)            Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

 

(b)           Represents the total amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to other revenues – other and to interest expense for cash flow hedges as disclosed on our condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

 

We elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively on one of our cash flow hedges as of May 2012 and terminated this cross currency interest rate swap agreement in August 2012. We continued to report the gain related to the discontinued and terminated cash flow hedge in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss. In January 2013, we reclassified the remaining $0.2 million of deferred net gain on cash flow hedges from accumulated other comprehensive income or loss to earnings.

 

The amounts recognized in other revenues – other for non-designated hedging instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Designated Hedging Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency interest rate

 

$

986

 

$

(19,244)

 

$

(3,376)

 

$

(23,825)

 

 

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Derivative adjustments included in other revenues – other consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark to market gains (losses)

 

$

6,260

 

$

(6,364)

 

$

(8,244)

 

$

(33,687)

 

Net interest income

 

1,701

 

4,955

 

9,161

 

14,575

 

Credit valuation adjustment gains (losses)

 

11

 

211

 

50

 

(3,614)

 

Ineffectiveness losses

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(426)

 

Other

 

(292)

 

(1,258)

 

(292)

 

(517)

 

Total

 

$

7,680

 

$

(2,456)

 

$

675

 

$

(23,669)

 

 

SFC was exposed to credit risk if counterparties to its swap agreement did not perform. SFC regularly monitored counterparty credit ratings throughout the term of the agreement. SFC’s exposure to market risk was limited to changes in the value of its swap agreement offset by changes in the value of the hedged debt.

 

10. Earnings Per Share

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding and earnings (loss) per share were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

$

(0.91)

 

$

(0.45)

 

$

(0.46)

 

$

(1.38)

 

 

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11. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

Retirement

 

Foreign

 

Other

 

 

 

Gains (Losses)

 

Gains (Losses)

 

Plan

 

Currency

 

Comprehensive

 

 

 

Investment

 

Cash Flow

 

Liabilities

 

Translation

 

Income

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Securities

 

Hedges

 

Adjustments

 

Adjustments

 

(Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

9,065

 

$

-

 

$

8,120

 

$

6,221

 

$

23,406

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

 

(226)

 

-

 

-

 

(2,056)

 

(2,282)

 

Reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income

 

21

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

21

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

8,860

 

$

-

 

$

8,120

 

$

4,165

 

$

21,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

13,325

 

$

1,511

 

$

(21,828)

 

$

1,365

 

$

(5,627)

 

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications

 

3,056

 

-

 

-

 

3,067

 

6,123

 

Reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income

 

(8)

 

(774)

 

-

 

-

 

(782)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

16,373

 

$

737

 

$

(21,828)

 

$

4,432

 

$

(286)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

17,837

 

$

104

 

$

8,120

 

$

4,127

 

$

30,188

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications

 

(7,231)

 

-

 

-

 

38

 

(7,193)

 

Reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income

 

(1,746)

 

(104)

 

-

 

-

 

(1,850)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

8,860

 

$

-

 

$

8,120

 

$

4,165

 

$

21,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

5,080

 

$

4,318

 

$

(35,221)

 

$

152

 

$

(25,671)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications

 

11,259

 

(11,042)

 

13,393

 

4,280

 

17,890

 

Reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income

 

34

 

7,461

 

-

 

-

 

7,495

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

16,373

 

$

737

 

$

(21,828)

 

$

4,432

 

$

(286 )

 

 

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Reclassification adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to the applicable line item on our condensed consolidated statements of operations were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to investment revenues, before taxes

 

$

(33)

 

$

13

 

$

2,686

 

$

(52)

 

Income tax effect

 

12

 

(5)

 

(940)

 

18

 

Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to investment revenues, net of taxes

 

(21)

 

8

 

1,746

 

(34)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense, before taxes

 

-

 

899

 

160

 

975

 

Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to other revenues - other, before taxes

 

-

 

293

 

-

 

(12,453)

 

Income tax effect

 

-

 

(418)

 

(56)

 

4,017

 

Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense and other revenues - other, net of taxes

 

-

 

774

 

104

 

(7,461)

 

Total

 

$

(21)

 

$

782

 

$

1,850

 

$

(7,495)

 

 

12. Income Taxes

 

At September 30, 2013, we had a net deferred tax liability of $174.8 million, compared to $268.0 million at December 31, 2012. The decrease in the net deferred tax liability was primarily due to an improvement in the fair value of our finance receivables, which are marked to market value for tax basis. The decrease also reflected the recording of a deferred tax asset related to the accrual of expenses associated with the grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”). See Note 16 for further discussion on the grant of RSUs of Springleaf Holdings, LLC, the predecessor entity of SHI, to certain of our executives on September 30, 2013. We had a partial valuation allowance on our state deferred tax assets, net of a deferred federal tax benefit of $21.3 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $19.1 million at December 31, 2012. We also had a valuation allowance against our United Kingdom operations of $20.1 million at September 30, 2013 and $19.6 million at December 31, 2012.

 

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was (5.3)%. The effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the effect of the non-controlling interest in our joint venture, which decreased the effective tax rate by 41.3%.

 

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13. Restructuring

 

As part of a strategic effort to streamline operations and reduce expenses, we initiated the following restructuring activities during the first half of 2012:

 

·                  ceased originating real estate loans in the United States and the United Kingdom;

·                  ceased branch-based personal lending and retail sales financing in 14 states where we did not have a significant presence;

·                  consolidated certain branch operations in 26 states; and

·                  closed 231 branch offices.

 

As a result of these initiatives, during the first half of 2012 we reduced our workforce at our branch offices, at our Evansville, Indiana headquarters, and in the United Kingdom by 820 employees and incurred a pretax charge of $23.5 million.

 

Restructuring expenses and related asset impairment and other expenses by segment were as follows:

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Consumer

 

Insurance

 

Real Estate

 

Other

 

Consolidated
Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring expenses

 

$

15,634

 

$

229

 

$

818

 

$

6,822

 

$

23,503

 

 

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Changes in the restructuring liability were as follows:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Severance
Expenses

 

Contract
Termination
Expenses

 

Asset
Writedowns

 

Other Exit Expenses*

 

Total Restructuring Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

-

 

$

113

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

113

 

Amounts paid

 

-

 

(44)

 

-

 

-

 

(44)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

-

 

$

69

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

2,168

 

$

1,609

 

$

-

 

$

397

 

$

4,174

 

Amounts paid

 

(1,583)

 

(885)

 

-

 

(136)

 

(2,604)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

585

 

$

724

 

$

-

 

$

261

 

$

1,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

56

 

$

365

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

421

 

Amounts paid

 

(56)

 

(296)

 

-

 

-

 

(352)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

-

 

$

69

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

Amounts charged to expense

 

11,600

 

5,840

 

5,246

 

817

 

23,503

 

Amounts paid

 

(11,015)

 

(5,116)

 

-

 

(756)

 

(16,887)

 

Non-cash expenses

 

-

 

-

 

(5,246)

 

200

 

(5,046)

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

585

 

$

724

 

$

-

 

$

261

 

$

1,570

 

 


*                   Primarily includes removal expenses for branch furniture and signs and fees for outplacement services. Also includes the impairment of the market value adjustment on leased branch offices from the Fortress Acquisition.

 

We do not anticipate any additional future restructuring expenses to be incurred that can be reasonably estimated at September 30, 2013.

 

14. Contingencies

 

LEGAL CONTINGENCIES

 

In the normal course of business, the Company has been named, from time to time, as a defendant in various legal actions, including arbitrations, class actions and other litigation arising in connection with its activities. Some of the actual or threatened legal actions include claims for substantial compensatory and/or punitive damages or claims for indeterminate amounts of damages. While we will continue to identify certain legal actions where we believe a material loss to be reasonably possible and reasonably estimable, there can be no assurance that material losses will not be incurred from claims that we have not yet been notified of or are not yet determined to be probable or reasonably possible and reasonably estimable.

 

We contest liability and/or the amount of damages, as appropriate, in each pending matter. Where available information indicates that it is probable that a liability had been incurred at the date of the consolidated financial statements and we can reasonably estimate the amount of that loss, we accrue the estimated loss by a charge to income. In many actions, however, it is inherently difficult to determine

 

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whether any loss is probable or even reasonably possible or to estimate the amount of any loss. In addition, even where loss is reasonably possible or an exposure to loss exists in excess of the liability already accrued with respect to a previously recognized loss contingency, it is not always possible to reasonably estimate the size of the possible loss or range of loss.

 

For certain legal actions, we cannot reasonably estimate such losses, particularly for actions that are in their early stages of development or where plaintiffs seek substantial or indeterminate damages. Numerous issues may need to be resolved, including through potentially lengthy discovery and determination of important factual matters, and by addressing novel or unsettled legal questions relevant to the actions in question, before a loss or additional loss or range of loss or additional loss can be reasonably estimated for any given action.

 

For certain other legal actions, we can estimate reasonably possible losses, additional losses, ranges of loss or ranges of additional loss in excess of amounts accrued, but do not believe, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that such losses will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements as a whole.

 

PAYMENT PROTECTION INSURANCE

 

Our United Kingdom subsidiary provides payments of compensation to its customers who have made claims concerning Payment Protection Insurance (“PPI”) policies sold in the normal course of business by insurance intermediaries. On April 20, 2011, the High Court in the United Kingdom handed down judgment supporting the Financial Services Authority (now known as the Financial Conduct Authority) (“FCA”) guidelines on the treatment of PPI complaints. In addition, the FCA issued a guidance consultation paper in March 2012 on the PPI customer contact letters. As a result, we have concluded that there are certain circumstances where customer contact and/or redress is appropriate; therefore, this activity is ongoing. The total reserves related to the estimated PPI claims were $46.9 million at September 30, 2013 and $62.7 million at December 31, 2012. In 2012, our professional indemnity insurance claim was disputed, and in the fourth quarter of 2012, we reversed the recorded recovery on this insurance claim based upon our assessment that the probability of the recovery of the claim no longer met the probability standard for recognition.

 

15. Risks and Uncertainties Related to Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We currently have a significant amount of indebtedness in relation to our equity. SFI’s and SFC’s credit ratings are non-investment grade, which impacts our cost of, and at times access to, capital and can (depending on market conditions) affect our ability to manage liquidity and the cost to refinance our indebtedness.

 

There are numerous risks to our financial results, liquidity, and capital raising and debt refinancing plans, some of which may not be quantified in our current liquidity forecasts. These risks include, but are not limited, to the following:

 

·                  our inability to grow our personal loan portfolio with adequate profitability;

·                  the effect of federal, state and local laws, regulations, or regulatory policies and practices;

·                  the liquidation and related losses within our real estate portfolio could be substantial and result in reduced cash receipts;

·                  potential liability relating to real estate and personal loans which we have sold or may sell in the future, or relating to securitized loans;

·                  our inability to monetize assets including, but not limited to, our access to debt and securitization markets; and

·                  the potential for disruptions in bond and equity markets.

 

At September 30, 2013, we had $1.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents and during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 we generated net income of $37.9 million. Our net cash outflow from

 

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operating and investing activities totaled $1.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as a result of the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio. At September 30, 2013, our remaining principal and interest payments for 2013 on our existing debt (excluding securitizations) totaled $560.0 million. Additionally, we have $262.8 million of debt maturities and interest payments (excluding securitizations) due in the first nine months of 2014. As of September 30, 2013, we had $1.4 billion UPB of unencumbered personal loans and $1.0 billion UPB of unencumbered real estate loans.

 

Based on our estimates and taking into account the risks and uncertainties of our plans, we believe that we will have adequate liquidity to finance and operate our businesses and repay our obligations as they become due for at least the next twelve months.

 

It is possible that the actual outcome of one or more of our plans could be materially different than we expect or that one or more of our significant judgments or estimates about the potential effects of these risks and uncertainties could prove to be materially incorrect and such actual results could materially adversely affect us.

 

16. Benefit Plans

 

PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT PLANS

 

Effective December 31, 2012, the Springleaf Financial Services Retirement Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) and the CommoLoCo Retirement Plan (a defined benefit pension plan for our employees in Puerto Rico) were frozen. Our current and former employees will not lose any vested benefits in the Retirement Plan or the CommoLoCo Retirement Plan that accrued prior to January 1, 2013.

 

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost with respect to our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

-

 

$

3,728

 

$

-

 

$

11,852

 

Interest cost

 

3,589

 

4,790

 

10,769

 

14,345

 

Expected return on assets

 

(3,874)

 

(5,159)

 

(11,622)

 

(15,530)

 

Amortization of net loss

 

12

 

23

 

35

 

296

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

(273)

 

$

3,382

 

$

(818)

 

$

10,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postretirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

81

 

$

76

 

$

242

 

$

234

 

Interest cost

 

64

 

71

 

193

 

214

 

Curtailment gain

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(110)

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

145

 

$

147

 

$

435

 

$

338

 

 

GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

We recorded share-based compensation expense of $131.3 million in the third quarter of 2013 due to the grant of RSUs of Springleaf Holdings, LLC, the predecessor entity of SHI, to certain of our executives on September 30, 2013. These RSUs were converted into the right to receive 8.203125% of the outstanding shares of SHI common stock following the conversion of Springleaf Holdings, LLC into SHI on October 9, 2013. The shares of SHI common stock underlying these RSUs were delivered to the holders in

 

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October, 2013 after the conversion. The shares are fully vested, however generally cannot be sold or otherwise transferred for five years following the date of delivery, except to the extent necessary to satisfy certain tax obligations.

 

The Company has recognized this grant in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation–Stock Compensation . This guidance requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as an expense in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, based on the fair values.

 

17. Segment Information

 

During the fourth quarter of 2012, we redefined our segments to coincide with how our businesses are managed. Effective December 31, 2012, our three segments include: Consumer, Insurance, and Real Estate. These segments evolved primarily from management’s redefined business strategy, including its decision to cease real estate lending effective January 1, 2012 and to shift its focus to personal loan products which we believe have significant prospects for growth and business development due to the strong demand in our target market of nonprime borrowers. Effective June 30, 2013, we added a fourth segment, Portfolio Acquisitions, as a result of our co-investment in the SpringCastle Portfolio. We assumed the direct servicing obligations for the loans in the SpringCastle Portfolio in September 2013, at which time we changed the name of this segment from “Portfolio Acquisitions” to “Acquisitions and Servicing.”

 

Management considers Consumer, Insurance, and Acquisitions and Servicing as our Core Consumer Operations and Real Estate as our Non-Core Portfolio.

 

Our segments are managed as follows:

 

Core Consumer Operations

 

·                  Consumer – We originate and service personal loans (secured and unsecured) through two business divisions: branch operations and centralized internet. Branch operations primarily conducts business in 26 states, which are our core operating states. Centralized internet processes and underwrites loan applications that we receive through an internet portal. If the applicant is located near an existing branch (“in footprint”), our centralized internet lending division makes the credit decision regarding the application and then refers the customer to a nearby branch for closing, funding and servicing. If the applicant is not located near a branch (“out of footprint”), the centralized internet group originates the loan.

 

·                  Insurance – We offer credit insurance (life insurance, accident and health insurance, and involuntary unemployment insurance), non-credit insurance, and ancillary products, such as warranty protection. We also require credit-related property and casualty insurance, when needed, to protect our interest in the property pledged as collateral.

 

·                  Acquisitions and Servicing – On April 1, 2013, we acquired the SpringCastle Portfolio, at which time the $3.9 billion consumer loan portfolio consisted of over 415,000 unsecured loans and loans secured by subordinate residential real estate mortgages (which we service as unsecured loans due to the fact that the liens are subordinated to superior ranking security interests). This SpringCastle Portfolio was acquired from HSBC through a newly formed joint venture in which we own a 47% equity interest and which we consolidate in our financial statements. The loans in the SpringCastle Portfolio vary in form and substance from our typical branch serviced loans and are in a liquidating status with no anticipation of significant renewal activity. We assumed the direct servicing obligations for the loans in the SpringCastle Portfolio in September 2013. Future strategic portfolio or business acquisitions will also be a part of this segment.

 

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Non-Core Portfolio

 

·                  Real Estate – We service and hold real estate loans secured by first or second mortgages on residential real estate. Real estate loans previously originated through our branch offices are either serviced by our branch personnel or by our centralized servicing operation. Real estate loans previously acquired or originated through centralized distribution channels are serviced by one of our indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, MorEquity, all of which are subserviced by Nationstar, except for certain securitized real estate loans, which are serviced and subserviced by third parties. Investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress indirectly own a majority interest in Nationstar. As a result of the cessation of real estate lending effective January 1, 2012, all of our real estate loans are in a liquidating status.

 

The remaining components (which we refer to as “Other”) consist of our other non-core, non-originating legacy operations, which are isolated by geographic market and/or distribution channel from our Core Consumer Operations and our Non-Core Portfolio. These operations include our legacy operations in 14 states where we have also ceased branch-based personal lending as a result of our restructuring activities during the first half of 2012, our liquidating retail sales finance portfolio (including our retail sales finance accounts from our dedicated auto finance operation), our lending operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the operations of our United Kingdom subsidiary. Other also includes $131.3 million of non-cash stock compensation expense due to the grant of RSUs to certain of our executives in the third quarter of 2013, which is not considered pertinent in determining segment performance.

 

Due to the nature of the Fortress Acquisition, we applied push-down accounting. However, we report the operating results of our Core Consumer Operations, Non-Core Portfolio, and Other using the same accounting basis that we employed prior to the Fortress Acquisition, which we refer to as “historical accounting basis,” to provide a consistent basis for both management and other interested third parties to better understand the operating results of these segments. The historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP) also provides better comparability of the operating results of these segments to our competitors and other companies in the financial services industry. The historical accounting basis is not applicable to the Acquisitions and Servicing segment since this segment resulted from the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013 and therefore, was not affected by the Fortress Acquisition.

 

The “Push-down Accounting Adjustments” column in the following tables consists of:

 

·                  the accretion or amortization of the valuation adjustments on the applicable revalued assets and liabilities;

·                  the difference in finance charges on our purchased credit impaired finance receivables compared to the finance charges on these finance receivables on a historical accounting basis;

·                  the elimination of accretion or amortization of historical based discounts, premiums, and other deferred costs on our finance receivables and long-term debt; and

·                  the reversal of the decreases to the allowance for finance receivable losses (on a historical accounting basis).

 

The following tables present information about the Company’s segments as well as reconciliations to the condensed consolidated financial statement amounts. Due to the changes in the composition of our previously reported segments, we have restated the corresponding segment information for the prior period.

 

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Acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Push-down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

 

Consolidated

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Consumer

 

Insurance

 

Servicing

 

Real Estate

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Adjustments

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

$

188,601

 

$

-

 

$

163,804

 

$

170,772

 

$

10,002

 

$

-

 

$

52,121

 

$

585,300

 

Interest expense

 

38,247

 

-

 

22,419

 

131,233

 

3,322

 

-

 

33,218

 

228,439

 

Net interest income

 

150,354

 

-

 

141,385

 

39,539

 

6,680

 

-

 

18,903

 

356,861

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

38,174

 

-

 

61,194

 

42,895

 

2,392

 

-

 

14,130

 

158,785

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

112,180

 

-

 

80,191

 

(3,356

)

4,288

 

-

 

4,773

 

198,076

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

-

 

38,266

 

-

 

-

 

18

 

-

 

(7

)

38,277

 

Investment

 

-

 

8,308

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(1,552

)

6,756

 

Intersegment - insurance commissions

15,131

 

(15,142

)

-

 

36

 

(25

)

-

 

-

 

-

 

Portfolio servicing fees from SpringCastle

-

 

-

 

9,565

 

-

 

-

 

(9,565

)

-

 

-

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt

(2,890

)

-

 

-

 

(17,176

)

(706

)

-

 

(13,731

)

(34,503

)

Other

 

910

 

2,426

 

279

 

(2,045

)

(2

)

-

 

35

 

1,603

 

Total other revenues

 

13,151

 

33,858

 

9,844

 

(19,185

)

(715

)

(9,565

)

(15,255

)

12,133

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

62,318

 

4,481

 

4,006

 

7,551

 

136,249

 

-

 

(53

)

214,552

 

Other operating expenses

30,421

 

3,115

 

18,605

 

14,313

 

2,037

 

-

 

1,104

 

69,595

 

Portfolio servicing fees to Springleaf

-

 

-

 

9,565

 

-

 

-

 

(9,565

)

-

 

-

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

-

 

16,849

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(299

)

16,550

 

Total other expenses

 

92,739

 

24,445

 

32,176

 

21,864

 

138,286

 

(9,565

)

752

 

300,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

32,592

 

9,413

 

57,859

 

(44,405

)

(134,713

)

-

 

(11,234

)

(90,488

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes attributable to non-controlling interests

-

 

-

 

29,851

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

29,851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income attributable to Springleaf

$

32,592

 

$

9,413

 

$

28,008

 

$

(44,405

)

$

(134,713

)

$

-

 

$

(11,234

)

$

(120,339

)

 

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Push-down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

 

Consolidated

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Consumer

 

Insurance

 

Real Estate

 

Other

 

Adjustments

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

 $

149,333

 

 $

-

 

 $

200,382

 

 $

22,604

 

 $

51,303

 

 $

423,622

 

Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-

 

-

 

344

 

-

 

2

 

346

 

Total interest income

 

149,333

 

-

 

200,726

 

22,604

 

51,305

 

423,968

 

Interest expense

 

35,369

 

-

 

167,618

 

7,259

 

58,601

 

268,847

 

Net interest income

 

113,964

 

-

 

33,108

 

15,345

 

(7,296

)

155,121

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

17,633

 

-

 

(108,117

)

2,663

 

178,676

 

90,855

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

96,331

 

-

 

141,225

 

12,682

 

(185,972

)

64,266

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

-

 

31,718

 

-

 

23

 

(22

)

31,719

 

Investment

 

-

 

7,976

 

-

 

1,630

 

(2,229

)

7,377

 

Intersegment - insurance commissions

 

10,576

 

(10,547

)

29

 

(58

)

-

 

-

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

3,228

 

-

 

7,572

 

775

 

(22,245

)

(10,670

)

Other

 

(1,957

)

1,543

 

(13,322

)

1,353

 

9,674

 

(2,709

)

Total other revenues

 

11,847

 

30,690

 

(5,721

)

3,723

 

(14,822

)

25,717

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

60,970

 

2,890

 

7,052

 

7,334

 

(124

)

78,122

 

Other operating expenses

 

21,000

 

1,758

 

12,869

 

23,329

 

6,535

 

65,491

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

-

 

15,360

 

-

 

-

 

(208

)

15,152

 

Total other expenses

 

81,970

 

20,008

 

19,921

 

30,663

 

6,203

 

158,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 $

26,208

 

 $

10,682

 

 $

115,583

 

 $

(14,258

)

 $

 (206,997

)

 $

 (68,782

)

 

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Acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Push-down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

 

Consolidated

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Consumer

 

Insurance

 

Servicing

 

Real Estate

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Adjustments

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At or for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

 $

519,688

 

$

-

 

$

330,682

 

$

535,280

 

$

37,631

 

$

 

 

$

155,653

 

$

1,578,934

 

Interest expense

 

111,116

 

-

 

47,010

 

423,671

 

12,163

 

 

 

103,405

 

697,365

 

Net interest income

 

408,572

 

-

 

283,672

 

111,609

 

25,468

 

-

 

52,248

 

881,569

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

52,188

 

-

 

78,991

 

192,519

 

(3,355

)

-

 

21,380

 

341,723

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

356,384

 

-

 

204,681

 

(80,910

)

28,823

 

-

 

30,868

 

539,846

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

-

 

107,114

 

-

 

-

 

58

 

-

 

(28

)

107,144

 

Investment

 

-

 

31,054

 

-

 

-

 

1,396

 

-

 

(4,763

)

27,687

 

Intersegment - insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

commissions

 

43,341

 

(43,347

)

-

 

94

 

(88

)

-

 

-

 

-

 

Portfolio servicing fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from SpringCastle

 

-

 

-

 

11,945

 

-

 

-

 

(11,945

)

-

 

-

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

(4,390

)

-

 

-

 

(36,776

)

(977

)

-

 

7,585

 

(34,558

)

Other

 

1,698

 

6,797

 

360

 

(1,644

)

(92

)

-

 

(133

)

6,986

 

Total other revenues

 

40,649

 

101,618

 

12,305

 

(38,326

)

297

 

(11,945

)

2,661

 

107,259

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

184,077

 

11,424

 

6,417

 

20,648

 

149,436

 

-

 

(160

)

371,842

 

Other operating expenses

 

87,609

 

7,993

 

40,741

 

42,281

 

9,531

 

-

 

3,419

 

191,574

 

Portfolio servicing fees to Springleaf

 

-

 

-

 

11,945

 

 

 

-

 

(11,945

)

-

 

-

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

-

 

48,373

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(723

)

47,650

 

Total other expenses

 

271,686

 

67,790

 

59,103

 

62,929

 

158,967

 

(11,945

)

2,536

 

611,066

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

125,347

 

33,828

 

157,883

 

(182,165

)

(129,847

)

-

 

30,993

 

36,039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes attributable to non-controlling interests

 

-

 

-

 

83,799

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

83,799

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income attributable to Springleaf

 

 $

125,347

 

$

33,828

 

$

74,084

 

$

(182,165

)

$

(129,847

)

$

-

 

$

30,993

 

$

(47,760

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 $

3,045,524

 

$

913,440

 

$

2,749,201

 

$

8,903,154

 

$

1,485,543

 

$

-

 

$

(669,499

)

$

16,427,363

 

 

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Push-down

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting

 

Consolidated

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Consumer

 

Insurance

 

Real Estate

 

Other

 

Adjustments

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At or for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

$

429,564

 

$

-

 

$

627,112

 

$

82,976

 

$

145,889

 

$

1,285,541

 

Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-

 

-

 

2,734

 

-

 

6

 

2,740

 

Total interest income

 

429,564

 

-

 

629,846

 

82,976

 

145,895

 

1,288,281

 

Interest expense

 

101,958

 

-

 

515,970

 

27,353

 

183,839

 

829,120

 

Net interest income

 

327,606

 

-

 

113,876

 

55,623

 

(37,944

)

459,161

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

46,471

 

-

 

(26,572

)

7,196

 

200,699

 

227,794

 

Net interest income after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

provision for finance receivable losses

 

281,135

 

-

 

140,448

 

48,427

 

(238,643

)

231,367

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

-

 

93,050

 

-

 

84

 

(92

)

93,042

 

Investment

 

-

 

28,226

 

-

 

4,166

 

(6,848

)

25,544

 

Intersegment - insurance commissions

 

29,757

 

(30,045

)

65

 

223

 

-

 

-

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

5,870

 

-

 

13,769

 

1,410

 

(33,212

)

(12,163

)

Other

 

(2,264

)

3,173

 

(48,369

)

2,871

 

11,775

 

(32,814

)

Total other revenues

 

33,363

 

94,404

 

(34,535

)

8,754

 

(28,377

)

73,609

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

185,261

 

8,660

 

21,845

 

25,731

 

(383

)

241,114

 

Other operating expenses

 

85,318

 

7,896

 

57,705

 

48,049

 

9,358

 

208,326

 

Restructuring expenses

 

15,634

 

229

 

818

 

6,822

 

-

 

23,503

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

-

 

43,076

 

-

 

-

 

(774

)

42,302

 

Total other expenses

 

286,213

 

59,861

 

80,368

 

80,602

 

8,201

 

515,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

$

28,285

 

$

34,543

 

$

25,545

 

$

(23,421

)

$

(275,221

)

$

(210,269

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

2,587,130

 

$

957,557

 

$

10,141,902

 

$

2,331,052

 

$

(899,198

)

$

15,118,443

 

 

18. Fair Value Measurements

 

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received if an asset were to be sold or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The degree of judgment used in measuring the fair value of financial instruments generally correlates with the level of pricing observability. Financial instruments with quoted prices in active markets generally have more pricing observability and less judgment is used in measuring fair value. Conversely, financial instruments traded in other-than-active markets or that do not have quoted prices have less observability and are measured at fair value using valuation models or other pricing techniques that require more judgment. An other-than-active market is one in which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers, or little information is released publicly for the asset or liability being valued. Pricing observability is affected by a number of factors, including the type of financial instrument, whether the financial instrument is listed on an exchange or traded over-the-counter or is new to the market and not yet established, the characteristics specific to the transaction, and general market conditions.

 

Management is responsible for the determination of the value of the financial assets and financial liabilities and the supporting methodologies and assumptions. Third-party valuation service providers are employed to gather, analyze, and interpret market information and derive fair values based upon relevant methodologies and assumptions for individual instruments. When the valuation service providers are unable to obtain sufficient market observable information upon which to estimate the fair value for a particular security, fair value is determined either by requesting brokers who are knowledgeable about these securities to provide a quote, which is generally non-binding, or by employing widely accepted internal valuation models.

 

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Valuation service providers typically obtain data about market transactions and other key valuation model inputs from multiple sources and, through the use of widely accepted internal valuation models, provide a single fair value measurement for individual securities for which a fair value has been requested. The inputs used by the valuation service providers include, but are not limited to, market prices from recently completed transactions and transactions of comparable securities, interest rate yield curves, credit spreads, currency rates, and other market-observable information as of the measurement date as well as the specific attributes of the security being valued, including its term, interest rate, credit rating, industry sector, and other issue or issuer-specific information. When market transactions or other market observable data is limited, the extent to which judgment is applied in determining fair value is greatly increased. We assess the reasonableness of individual security values received from valuation service providers through various analytical techniques. We conduct price reviews for all assets. Assets that fall outside a price change tolerance are sent to our third-party valuation provider for further review. In addition, we may validate the reasonableness of fair values by comparing information obtained from the valuation service providers to other third-party valuation sources for selected securities.

 

FAIR VALUE HIERARCHY

 

We measure and classify assets and liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets in a hierarchy for disclosure purposes consisting of three “Levels” based on the observability of inputs available in the market place used to measure the fair values. In general, we determine the fair value measurements classified as Level 1 based on inputs utilizing quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. We generally obtain market price data from exchange or dealer markets. We do not adjust the quoted price for such instruments.

 

We determine the fair value measurements classified as Level 2 based on inputs utilizing other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

 

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.

 

In certain cases, the inputs we use to measure the fair value of an asset may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, we determine the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

 

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The following table summarizes the fair values and carrying values of our financial instruments and indicates the fair value hierarchy based on the level of inputs we utilized to determine such fair values:

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

Total

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Value

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,249,636

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

1,249,636

 

$

1,249,636

 

Investment securities

 

100

 

567,940

 

26,431

 

594,471

 

594,471

 

Net finance receivables, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

-

 

-

 

13,978,593

 

13,978,593

 

13,730,283

 

Restricted cash

 

430,806

 

-

 

-

 

430,806

 

430,806

 

Other assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

-

 

-

 

94,885

 

94,885

 

102,798

 

Escrow advance receivable

 

-

 

-

 

19,674

 

19,674

 

19,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

$

-

 

$

15,035,022

 

$

-

 

$

15,035,022

 

$

13,998,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,554,348

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

1,554,348

 

$

1,554,348

 

Investment securities

 

255

 

855,307

 

33,015

 

888,577

 

888,577

 

Net finance receivables, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

-

 

-

 

11,727,877

 

11,727,877

 

11,633,366

 

Restricted cash

 

157,844

 

-

 

-

 

157,844

 

157,844

 

Other assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

-

 

-

 

99,933

 

99,933

 

110,398

 

Cross currency interest rate derivative

 

-

 

26,699

 

-

 

26,699

 

26,699

 

Escrow advance receivable

 

-

 

-

 

18,520

 

18,520

 

18,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

$

-

 

$

13,067,253

 

$

-

 

$

13,067,253

 

$

12,596,577

 

 

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS — RECURRING BASIS

 

The following table presents information about our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy based on the levels of inputs we utilized to determine such fair value:

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

Total Carried

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

At Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents in mutual funds

 

$

445,115

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

445,115

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

-

 

76,473

 

-

 

76,473

 

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

-

 

96,372

 

-

 

96,372

 

Corporate debt

 

-

 

219,664

 

15,090

 

234,754

 

RMBS

 

-

 

140,412

 

85

 

140,497

 

CMBS

 

-

 

23,798

 

2

 

23,800

 

CDO/ABS

 

-

 

11,221

 

8,433

 

19,654

 

Total

 

-

 

567,940

 

23,610

 

591,550

 

Other long-term investments (a)

 

-

 

-

 

1,375

 

1,375

 

Common stocks (b)

 

100

 

-

 

-

 

100

 

Total investment securities

 

100

 

567,940

 

24,985

 

593,025

 

Restricted cash in mutual funds

 

368,490

 

-

 

-

 

368,490

 

Total

 

$

813,705

 

$

567,940

 

$

24,985

 

$

1,406,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents in mutual funds

 

$

696,553

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

696,553

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and government sponsored entities

 

-

 

53,205

 

-

 

53,205

 

Obligations of states, municipalities, and political subdivisions

 

-

 

155,470

 

-

 

155,470

 

Corporate debt

 

-

 

361,579

 

13,417

 

374,996

 

RMBS

 

-

 

191,719

 

74

 

191,793

 

CMBS

 

-

 

39,779

 

1,767

 

41,546

 

CDO/ABS

 

-

 

53,555

 

15,026

 

68,581

 

Total

 

-

 

855,307

 

30,284

 

885,591

 

Other long-term investments (a)

 

-

 

-

 

1,380

 

1,380

 

Common stocks (b)

 

255

 

-

 

-

 

255

 

Total investment securities

 

255

 

855,307

 

31,664

 

887,226

 

Restricted cash in mutual funds

 

97,554

 

-

 

-

 

97,554

 

Other assets - cross currency interest rate derivative

 

-

 

26,699

 

-

 

26,699

 

Total

 

$

794,362

 

$

882,006

 

$

31,664

 

$

1,708,032

 

 


(a)            Other long-term investments excludes our interest in a limited partnership of $0.6 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 that we account for using the equity method.

 

(b)           Common stocks excludes stocks not carried at fair value of $0.9 million at September 30, 2013 and $0.7 million at December 31, 2012.

 

We had no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

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The following table presents changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the three months ended September 30, 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) included in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sales,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

 

 

 

Other

 

issues,

 

Transfers

 

Transfers

 

Balance

 

 

 

beginning

 

Other

 

comprehensive

 

settlements

 

into

 

out of

 

at end of

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

of period

 

revenues

 

income (loss)

 

(a)

 

Level 3

 

Level 3

 

period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

$

13,114

 

$

(58

)

$

18

 

$

2,016

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

15,090

 

RMBS

 

218

 

-

 

(133

)

-

 

-

 

-

 

85

 

CMBS

 

2

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

2

 

CDO/ABS

 

8,463

 

49

 

(4

)

(75

)

-

 

-

 

8,433

 

Total

 

21,797

 

(9

)

(119

)

1,941

 

-

 

-

 

23,610

 

Other long-term investments (b)

 

1,478

 

-

 

(103

)

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,375

 

Total investment securities

 

$

23,275

 

$

(9

)

$

(222

)

$

1,941

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

24,985

 

 


(a)            The detail of purchases, sales, issues, and settlements for the three months ended September 30, 2013 is presented in the table below.

 

(b)           Other long-term investments excludes our interest in a limited partnership of $0.6 million at September 30, 2013 that we account for using the equity method.

 

The following table presents the detail of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements of Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the three months ended September 30, 2013:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Issues

 

Settlements

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

$

2,016

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

2,016

 

CDO/ABS

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(75

)

(75

)

Total investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities

 

$

2,016

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

(75

)

$

1,941

 

 

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The following table presents changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the three months ended September 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) included in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sales,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

 

 

 

Other

 

issues,

 

Transfers

 

Transfers

 

Balance

 

 

 

beginning

 

Other

 

comprehensive

 

settlements

 

into

 

out of

 

at end of

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

of period

 

revenues

 

income (loss)

 

(a)

 

Level 3

 

Level 3

 

period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

$

-

 

$

(19

)

$

8

 

$

-

 

$

14,133

 

$

-

 

$

14,122

 

RMBS

 

2,025

 

(207

)

(362

)

(62

)

-

 

(1,304

)

90

 

CMBS

 

7,864

 

(29

)

59

 

(456

)

-

 

(7,159

)

279

 

CDO/ABS

 

9,696

 

100

 

379

 

(263

)

5,169

 

(909

)

14,172

 

Total

 

19,585

 

(155

)

84

 

(781

)

19,302

 

(9,372

)

28,663

 

Other long-term

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments (b)

 

2,707

 

-

 

(196

)

-

 

-

 

-

 

2,511

 

Total investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities

 

$

22,292

 

$

(155

)

$

(112

)

$

(781

)

$

19,302

 

$

(9,372

)

$

31,174

 

 


(a)            “Purchases, sales, issues, and settlements” column only consist of settlements. There were no purchases, sales, or issues of investment securities for the three months ended September 30, 2012.

 

(b)           Other long-term investments excludes our interest in a limited partnership of $0.6 million at September 30, 2012 that we account for using the equity method.

 

The following table presents changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) included in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sales,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

 

 

 

Other

 

issues,

 

Transfers

 

Transfers

 

Balance

 

 

 

beginning

 

Other

 

comprehensive

 

settlements

 

into

 

out of

 

at end of

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

of period

 

revenues

 

income (loss)

 

(a)

 

Level 3

 

Level 3

 

period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

$

13,417

 

$

(167

)

$

305

 

$

1,535

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

15,090

 

RMBS

 

74

 

(35

)

46

 

 

 

 

85

 

CMBS

 

1,767

 

(5

)

1

 

(1,761

)

 

 

2

 

CDO/ABS

 

15,026

 

679

 

(544

)

(6,728

)

 

 

8,433

 

Total

 

30,284

 

472

 

(192

)

(6,954

)

 

 

23,610

 

Other long-term

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments (b)

 

1,380

 

2

 

4

 

(11

)

 

 

1,375

 

Total investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

securities

 

$

31,664

 

$

474

 

$

(188

)

$

(6,965

)

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

24,985

 

 


(a)            The detail of purchases, sales, issues, and settlements for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 is presented in the table below.

 

(b)           Other long-term investments excludes our interest in a limited partnership of $0.6 million at September 30, 2013 that we account for using the equity method.

 

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The following table presents the detail of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements of Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2013:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Issues

 

Settlements

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

 

$

2,016

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

(481

)

$

1,535

 

CMBS

 

 

-

 

(1,453

)

-

 

(308

)

(1,761

)

CDO/ABS

 

 

-

 

(1,633

)

-

 

(5,095

)

(6,728

)

Total

 

 

2,016

 

(3,086

)

-

 

(5,884

)

(6,954

)

Other long-term investments

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

(11

)

(11

)

Total investment securities

 

 

$

2,016

 

$

(3,086

)

$

-

 

$

(5,895

)

$

(6,965

)

 

 

The following table presents changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the nine months ended September 30, 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains (losses) included in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sales,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

issues,

 

Transfers

 

Transfers

 

Balance

 

 

 

 

beginning

 

 

Other

 

comprehensive

 

 

settlements

 

into

 

out of

 

at end of

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

of period

 

 

revenues

 

income (loss)

 

 

(a)

 

Level 3

 

Level 3

 

period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

 

$

2,800

 

 

$

(16

)

$

192

 

 

$

(2,987

)

$

14,133

 

$

-

 

$

14,122

 

RMBS

 

 

1,914

 

 

(171

)

(170

)

 

(179

)

-

 

(1,304

)

90

 

CMBS

 

 

7,944

 

 

(40

)

342

 

 

(808

)

-

 

(7,159

)

279

 

CDO/ABS

 

 

8,916

 

 

232

 

1,236

 

 

(472

)

5,169

 

(909

)

14,172

 

Total

 

 

21,574

 

 

5

 

1,600

 

 

(4,446

)

19,302

 

(9,372

)

28,663

 

Other long-term investments (b)

 

 

4,127

 

 

-

 

(680

)

 

(936

)

-

 

-

 

2,511

 

Common stocks

 

 

3

 

 

(5

)

2

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

Total investment securities

 

 

$

25,704

 

 

$

-

 

$

922

 

 

$

(5,382

)

$

19,302

 

$

(9,372

)

$

31,174

 

 

 

 

(a)            “Purchases, sales, issues, and settlements” column only consist of settlements. There were no purchases, sales, or issues of investment securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

 

(b)           Other long-term investments excludes our interest in a limited partnership of $0.6 million at September 30, 2012 that we account for using the equity method.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we transferred $19.3 million of assets into Level 3, consisting of certain private placement corporate debt and CDO/ABS. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we transferred $9.4 million of assets out of Level 3, consisting of certain RMBS, CMBS, and CDO/ABS. Transfers into Level 3 and transfers out of Level 3 for the investment securities are primarily the result of obtaining additional information regarding inputs used to price our investment portfolio.

 

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There were no unrealized gains or losses recognized in earnings on instruments held at September 30, 2013 or 2012.

 

We used observable and/or unobservable inputs to determine the fair value of positions that we have classified within the Level 3 category. As a result, the unrealized gains and losses for assets and liabilities within the Level 3 category presented in the Level 3 tables above may include changes in fair value that were attributable to both observable (e.g., changes in market interest rates) and unobservable (e.g., changes in unobservable long-dated volatilities) inputs.

 

The unobservable inputs and quantitative data used in our Level 3 valuations for our investment securities were developed and used in models created by our third-party valuation service providers, which values were used by us for fair value disclosure purposes without adjustment. We applied the third party exception which allows us to omit certain quantitative disclosures about unobservable inputs for other long-term investments. As a result, the weighted average ranges of the inputs for these investment securities are not applicable in the following table.

 

Quantitative information about Level 3 inputs for our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which information about the unobservable inputs is reasonably available to us at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Range (Weighted Average)

 

 

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

 

Unobservable Input

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

Corporate debt

 

 

 

Discounted cash flows

 

 

 

Yield

 

 

 

2.61% – 7.61% (4.41%)

 

 

 

2.74% – 7.35% (4.45%)

Other long-term investments

 

 

Discounted cash flows and indicative valuations

 

 

 

Historical costs Nature of investment Local market conditions Comparables Operating performance Recent financing activity

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

 

 

 

*            Not applicable.

 

The fair values of the assets using significant unobservable inputs are sensitive and can be impacted by significant increases or decreases in any of those inputs. Level 3 broker-priced instruments (RMBS, CMBS, and CDO/ABS) are excluded from the table above because the unobservable inputs are not reasonably available to us.

 

Our RMBS, CMBS, and CDO/ABS securities have unobservable inputs that are reliant on and sensitive to the quality of their underlying collateral. The inputs, although not identical, have similar characteristics and interrelationships. Generally a change in the assumption used for the probability of default is accompanied by a directionally similar change in the assumption used for the loss severity and a directionally opposite change in the assumption used for prepayment speeds. An improvement in the workout criteria related to the restructured debt and/or debt covenants of the underlying collateral may lead to an improvement in the cash flows and have an inverse impact on other inputs, specifically a reduction in the amount of discount applied for marketability and liquidity, making the structured bonds more attractive to market participants.

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS – NON-RECURRING BASIS

 

We measure the fair value of certain assets on a non-recurring basis when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.

 

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Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis on which we recorded impairment charges were as follows:

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate owned

 

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

69,937

 

 

$

69,937

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

 

-

 

-

 

11,735

 

 

11,735

 

Total

 

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

81,672

 

 

$

81,672

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate owned

 

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

98,903

 

 

$

98,903

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

 

-

 

-

 

19,037

 

 

19,037

 

Total

 

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

117,940

 

 

$

117,940

 

 

Net impairment charges recorded on assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate owned

 

 

$

5,731

 

$

7,766

 

$

19,389

 

$

27,779

 

Commercial mortgage loans

 

 

(61

)

1,626

 

(1,774

)

3,093

 

Finance receivables held for sale

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,371

 

Other intangible assets

 

 

-

 

4,555

 

-

 

4,555

 

Total

 

 

$

5,670

 

$

13,947

 

$

17,615

 

$

36,798

 

 

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for the accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets, we wrote down certain real estate owned reported in Real Estate to their fair value for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and recorded the writedowns in other revenues – other. The fair values disclosed in the tables above are unadjusted for transaction costs as required by the authoritative guidance for fair value measurements. The amounts recorded on the balance sheet are net of transaction costs as required by the authoritative guidance for accounting for the impairment of long-lived assets.

 

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for the accounting for the impairment of commercial mortgage loans, we recorded allowance adjustments on certain impaired commercial mortgage loans to record their fair value for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and recorded the net impairments in investment revenues.

 

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for the accounting for the impairment of finance receivables held for sale, we wrote down certain finance receivables held for sale reported in Real Estate to their fair value for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and recorded the writedowns in other revenues – other.

 

In accordance with the authoritative guidance for the accounting for the impairment of other intangible assets, we recognized $4.6 million of impairment in operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 related to the write off of our customer lists intangible assets as a result of the sale of Ocean finance receivables and brokerage business in August 2012.

 

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The unobservable inputs and quantitative data used in our Level 3 valuations for our real estate owned, commercial mortgage loans, and finance receivables held for sale were developed and used in models created by our third-party valuation service providers or valuations provided by external parties, which values were used by us for fair value disclosure purposes without adjustment. We applied the third party exception which allows us to omit certain quantitative disclosures about unobservable inputs. As a result, the weighted average ranges of the inputs are not applicable in the following table.

 

Quantitative information about Level 3 inputs for our assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Range (Weighted Average)

 

 

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

 

Unobservable Input

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

December 31, 2012

Real estate owned

 

 

Market approach

 

 

 

Third-party valuation

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

Commercial mortgage loans

 

 

Market approach

 

 

 

Local market conditions Nature of investment Comparable property sales Operating performance

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

 

Finance receivables held for sale

 

 

Market approach

 

 

Negotiated prices with prospective purchasers

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

 

Other intangible assets

 

 

Discounted cash flows

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

 

 

N/A*

 

 

 

*            Not applicable.

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS – VALUATION METHODOLOGIES AND ASSUMPTIONS

 

We used the following methods and assumptions to estimate fair value.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The carrying amount reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.

 

Investment Securities

 

We utilized third-party valuation service providers to measure the fair value of our investment securities (which consist primarily of bonds). Whenever available, we obtained quoted prices in active markets for identical assets at the balance sheet date to measure investment securities at fair value. We generally obtained market price data from exchange or dealer markets.

 

We estimated the fair value of fixed maturity investment securities not traded in active markets by referring to traded securities with similar attributes, using dealer quotations and a matrix pricing methodology, or discounted cash flow analyses. This methodology considers such factors as the issuer’s industry, the security’s rating and tenor, its coupon rate, its position in the capital structure of the issuer, yield curves, credit curves, prepayment rates and other relevant factors. For fixed maturity investment securities that are not traded in active markets or that are subject to transfer restrictions, we adjusted the valuations to reflect illiquidity and/or non-transferability. Such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence. In the absence of such evidence, management’s best estimate is used.

 

Finance Receivables

 

The fair value of net finance receivables, less allowance for finance receivable losses, both non-impaired and purchased credit impaired, were determined using discounted cash flow methodologies. The

 

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application of these methodologies required us to make certain judgments and estimates based on our perception of market participant views related to the economic and competitive environment, the characteristics of our finance receivables, and other similar factors. The most significant judgments and estimates made relate to prepayment speeds, default rates, loss severity, and discount rates. The degree of judgment and estimation applied was significant in light of the current capital markets and, more broadly, economic environments. Therefore, the fair value of our finance receivables could not be determined with precision and may not be realized in an actual sale. Additionally, there may be inherent weaknesses in the valuation methodologies we employed, and changes in the underlying assumptions used could significantly affect the results of current or future values.

 

Finance Receivables Held for Sale

 

We determined the fair value of finance receivables held for sale that were originated as held for investment based on negotiations with prospective purchasers (if any) or by using projected cash flows discounted at the weighted-average interest rates offered by us in the market for similar finance receivables. We based cash flows on contractual payment terms adjusted for estimates of prepayments and credit related losses.

 

Restricted Cash

 

The carrying amount reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.

 

Commercial Mortgage Loans

 

We utilized third-party valuation service providers to estimate the fair value of commercial mortgage loans using projected cash flows discounted at an appropriate rate based upon market conditions.

 

Real Estate Owned

 

We initially based our estimate of the fair value on independent third-party valuations at the time we took title to real estate owned. Subsequent changes in fair value are based upon independent third-party valuations obtained periodically to estimate a price that would be received in a then current transaction to sell the asset.

 

Other Intangible Assets

 

Each of our net intangible assets was determined to have a finite useful life with the exception of the insurance licenses. For those net intangible assets with a finite useful life, we review such intangibles for impairment quarterly and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Impairment is indicated if the sum of undiscounted estimated future cash flows is less than the carrying value of the respective asset. Impairment is permanently recognized by writing down the asset to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value. For the insurance licenses, we first complete a qualitative assessment of the licenses to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. If the qualitative assessment indicates that the licenses are more likely than not to have been impaired, we proceed with the fair value calculation of the licenses. The fair value of the licenses is determined in accordance with our fair value measurement policy. If the fair value of the licenses is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss will be recognized in an amount equal to the difference and the indefinite life classification of these licenses will be evaluated to determine whether such classification remains appropriate.

 

Derivatives

 

Our derivatives are not traded on an exchange. The valuation model used by our third-party valuation service provider to calculate fair value of our derivative instruments includes a variety of observable inputs, including contractual terms, interest rate curves, foreign exchange rates, yield curves, credit

 

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curves, measure of volatility, and correlations of such inputs. Valuation adjustments may be made in the determination of fair value. These adjustments include amounts to reflect counterparty credit quality and liquidity risk, as well as credit and market valuation adjustments. The credit valuation adjustment adjusts the valuation of derivatives to account for nonperformance risk of our counterparty with respect to all net derivative assets positions. The credit valuation adjustment also accounts for our own credit risk in the fair value measurement of all net derivative liabilities’ positions, when appropriate. The market valuation adjustment adjusts the valuation of derivatives to reflect the fact that we are an “end-user” of derivative products. As such, the valuation is adjusted to take into account the bid-offer spread (the liquidity risk), as we are not a dealer of derivative products.

 

Escrow Advance Receivable

 

The carrying amount reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.

 

Long-term Debt

 

Where market-observable prices are not available, we estimated the fair values of long-term debt using projected cash flows discounted at each balance sheet date’s market-observable implicit-credit spread rates for our long-term debt and adjusted for foreign currency translations.

 

19. Pro Forma Information

 

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the combined results of operations of SHI and from the acquisitions of finance receivables and the London, Kentucky servicing facility from HSBC (the “HSBC acquisitions”) as if the HSBC acquisitions had occurred on January 1, 2012. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of what the financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the HSBC acquisitions been completed on January 1, 2012. In addition, the unaudited pro forma financial information is not indicative of, nor does it purport to project, the future financial position or operating results of the HSBC acquisitions. The unaudited pro forma information assumes the full funding of the HSBC acquisitions including the issuance of the associated Class B Notes from our SpringCastle securitization as if they were issued as of January 1, 2012, the adjustment of historical finance charges for estimated impacts of accounting for credit impaired loans and the incorporation of accretion of pro forma purchase discount, and does not give effect to potential cost savings or other operating efficiencies that could result from the HSBC acquisitions.

 

The following table presents the unaudited pro forma financial information:

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

(dollars in thousands

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

except earnings (loss)

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

per share)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total interest income

 

$

1,730,463

 

$

1,906,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

$

(73,946

)

$

(108,550

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc. per weighted average share - basic

 

$

(0.74

)

$

(1.09

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc. per weighted average share - diluted

 

$

(0.74

)

$

(1.09

)

 

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20. Subsequent Events

 

SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC INCENTIVE UNITS

 

On October 9, 2013, certain executives of the Company received a grant of incentive units in the Initial Stockholder. These incentive units are intended to encourage the executives to create sustainable, long-term value for the Company by providing them with interests that are subject to their continued employment with the Company and that only provide benefits (in the form of distributions) if the Initial Stockholder makes distributions to one or more of its common members that exceed specified amounts. The incentive units are entitled to vote together with the holders of common units in the Initial Stockholder as a single class on all matters. The incentive units may not be sold or otherwise transferred and the executives are entitled to receive these distributions only while they are employed with the Company, unless the executive’s termination of employment results from the executive’s death, in which case the executive’s beneficiaries will be entitled to receive any future distributions.

 

The Company will recognize these incentive units in accordance with ASC 710, Compensation— General , and will recognize compensation expense at the time distributions are made to the executives.

 

SECURITIZATION

 

On October 9, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $270.5 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-3 (the “2013-3 Trust”), at a 3.40% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $269.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $228.7 million of the 2013-3 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes. On October 17, 2013, we sold $22.5 million of the previously retained mortgage-backed notes and subsequently recorded $22.7 million of additional debt.

 

SECURED TERM LOAN PREPAYMENT

 

On October 11, 2013, SFFC made a prepayment, without penalty or premium, of $550.0 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. Following the prepayment, the initial loans under the secured term loan maturing in 2017 were fully repaid, and the outstanding principal amount of loans under the New Loan Tranche of the secured term loan maturing in 2019, put in place on September 30, 2013, totaled $750.0 million.

 

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

 

On October 21, 2013, we completed our initial public offering of common stock. The Company, together with certain selling stockholders, sold 24,201,920 shares (including 3,156,772 shares sold in connection with the exercise by the underwriters of their overallotment option) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $17.00 per share, less an underwriting discount of $1.105 per share. We incurred an estimated $19.8 million of offering expenses.

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, future events and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this report are based upon our historical performance and on our current plans, estimates and expectations in light of information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, financial results, financial condition, business, prospects, growth strategy and liquidity. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We believe that these factors include, but are not limited to:

 

·                  changes in general economic conditions, including the interest rate environment in which we conduct business and the financial markets through which we can access capital and also invest cash flows from Insurance;

·                  levels of unemployment and personal bankruptcies;

·                  shifts in residential real estate values;

·                  shifts in collateral values, delinquencies, or credit losses;

·                  natural or accidental events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, or floods affecting our customers, collateral, or branches or other operating facilities;

·                  war, acts of terrorism, riots, civil disruption, pandemics, or other events disrupting business or commerce;

·                  our ability to successfully realize the benefits of the SpringCastle Portfolio as a result of integration difficulties and other challenges;

·                  the potential liabilities and increased regulatory scrutiny associated with the SpringCastle Portfolio;

·                  or ability to successfully integrate the acquisition of the servicing facility located in London, Kentucky and its personnel;

·                  changes in the rate at which we can collect or potentially sell our finance receivables portfolio;

·                  the effectiveness of our credit risk scoring models in assessing the risk of customer unwillingness or lack of capacity to repay;

·                  changes in our ability to attract and retain employees or key executives to support our businesses;

·                  changes in the competitive environment in which we operate, including the demand for our products, customer responsiveness to our distribution channels, and the strength and ability of our competitors to operate independently or to enter into business combinations that result in a more attractive range of customer products or provide greater financial resources;

·                  changes in federal, state and local laws, regulations, or regulatory policies and practices, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (which, among other things, established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has broad authority to regulate and examine financial institutions), that affect our ability to conduct business or the manner in which we conduct business, such as licensing requirements, pricing limitations or restrictions on the method of offering products, as well as changes that may result from increased regulatory scrutiny of the sub-prime lending industry;

·                  the potential for increased costs and difficulty in servicing our legacy real estate loan portfolio (including costs and delays associated with foreclosure on real estate collateral), as a result of heightened nationwide regulatory scrutiny of loan servicing and foreclosure practices in the industry generally, and related costs that could be passed on to us in

 

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connection with the subservicing of our real estate loans that were originated or acquired centrally;

·                  potential liability relating to real estate and personal loans which we have sold or may sell in the future, or relating to securitized loans, if it is determined that there was a non-curable breach of a warranty made in connection with such transactions;

·                  the costs and effects of any litigation or governmental inquiries or investigations involving us, particularly those that are determined adversely to us;

·                  our continued ability to access the capital markets or the sufficiency of our current sources of funds to satisfy our cash flow requirements;

·                  our ability to comply with our debt covenants, including the borrowing base for our secured term loan;

·                  our ability to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness;

·                  our substantial indebtedness, which could prevent us from meeting our obligations under our debt instruments and limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, or our ability to incur additional borrowings;

·                  the potential for downgrade of our debt by rating agencies, which would have a negative impact on our cost of, and access to, capital;

·                  the impacts of our securitizations and borrowings;

·                  our ability to maintain sufficient capital levels in our regulated and unregulated subsidiaries; and

·                  changes in accounting standards or tax policies and practices and the application of such new policies and practices to the manner in which we conduct business.

 

We also direct readers to other risks and uncertainties discussed in other documents we file with the SEC. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement except as required by law, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

Overview

 

We are a leading consumer finance company providing responsible loan products and related credit insurance products primarily to non-prime customers. We originate consumer loans through our network of 833 branch offices in 26 states and on a centralized basis as part of our iLoan division. At September 30, 2013, we had over 822,300 personal loans, representing $3.0 billion in net finance receivables.

 

Our core product offerings include:

 

·                  Personal Loans – We offer personal loans through our nationwide branch network and over the internet through our iLoan division to customers who generally need timely access to cash. Our personal loans are typically non-revolving with a fixed-rate and a fixed, original term of two to four years. These personal loans are generally secured by collateral consisting of titled personal property (such as automobiles), consumer household goods or other items of personal property, but some are unsecured.

 

·                  SpringCastlePortfolio – We acquired the SpringCastle Portfolio from HSBC on April 1, 2013 through a newly formed joint venture in which we own a 47% equity interest. These loans included unsecured loans and loans secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages (which we service as unsecured loans due to the fact that the liens are subordinated to superior ranking security interests). The SpringCastle Portfolio includes both closed-end accounts and open-end lines of credit. These loans are in a liquidating status and vary in substance and form from our originated loans. We assumed the direct servicing obligations for these loans in September 2013.

 

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·                  Insurance Products – We offer our customers credit insurance (life insurance, accident and health insurance, and involuntary unemployment insurance), non-credit insurance, and ancillary products, such as warranty protection, through both our branch operations and our iLoan division. Credit insurance and non-credit insurance products are provided by our subsidiaries, Merit and Yosemite Insurance Company (“Yosemite”). The ancillary products are home security and auto security membership plans and home appliance service contracts of unaffiliated companies.

 

Our legacy products include:

 

·                  Real Estate Loans – We ceased real estate lending in January 2012. These loans may be closed-end accounts or open-end home equity lines of credit, generally have a fixed rate and maximum original terms of 360 months, and are secured by first or second mortgages on residential real estate. We continue to service the liquidating real estate loans and support any advances on open-end accounts.

 

·                  Retail Sales Finance – We ceased purchasing retail sales contracts and revolving retail accounts in January 2013. We continue to service the liquidating retail sales contracts and will provide revolving retail sales financing services on our revolving retail accounts. We refer to retail sales contracts and revolving retail accounts collectively as “retail sales finance.”

 

2012 STRATEGIC REVIEW

 

Restructuring Activities

 

As part of a strategic effort to reposition the Company and to renew focus on the personal loan business, we initiated a number of restructuring activities during the first half of 2012, including the following:  (1) ceased originating real estate loans nationwide and in the United Kingdom; (2) ceased retail sales financing; (3) consolidated certain branch operations resulting in closure of 231 branch offices. As a result of these initiatives, we reduced our workforce in our branch operations, at our Evansville, Indiana headquarters, and in our operations in the United Kingdom by 820 employees, and we incurred a pretax charge of $23.5 million during the first half of 2012.

 

Sale of Finance Receivables and Mortgage Brokerage Business

 

On August 29, 2012, our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom sold their entire finance receivable portfolios totaling $103.1 million, which resulted in a gain of $6.3 million. On August 31, 2012, our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom sold their mortgage brokerage business consisting of various intangible assets including supplier lists, records, sales, marketing and promotional material, the business pipeline, the client database and records, and the brand name, which resulted in a gain of $0.6 million. As a result of the sales of these assets, as well as our decision to cease loan originations in the United Kingdom, we recorded a loss of $4.6 million in the third quarter of 2012, which represented the full impairment of our United Kingdom customer lists intangible assets and wrote off $1.4 million of related fixed assets.

 

2013 INITIATIVES

 

iLoan Division

 

Our extensive network of branches and expert personnel is complemented by our internet lending division, known as iLoan. Formed at the beginning of this year, the iLoan division allows us to more effectively process applications from customers within our branch footprint who prefer the convenience of online transactions and to reach customers located outside our branch footprint.

 

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We have recently expanded our efforts related to our iLoan division using e-signature and automated clearinghouse (“ACH”) funding capabilities. As of September 30, 2013, the iLoan division was lending in 20 states. We intend to expand our capabilities into another 26 states by the end of this year.

 

SpringCastle Portfolio

 

On April 1, 2013, we acquired the SpringCastle Portfolio from HSBC for a purchase price of $3.0 billion, through a newly formed joint venture in which we own a 47% equity interest. At the time of purchase, the portfolio consisted of over 415,000 finance receivable accounts with a UPB of $3.9 billion. The portfolio included both unsecured loans and loans secured with subordinate residential real estate mortgages (which we service as unsecured loans due to the fact that the liens are subordinated to superior ranking security interests). We assumed the direct servicing obligations for these loans in September, 2013 and earn a service fee from the joint venture.

 

Consumer Loan Securitizations

 

2013-A Securitization. On February 19, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $567.9 million of notes backed by personal loans held by the 2013-A Trust, at a 2.83% weighted average yield. We sold the asset-backed notes for $567.5 million, after the price discount but before expenses and a $6.6 million interest reserve requirement. We initially retained $36.4 million of the 2013-A Trust’s subordinate asset-backed notes.

 

SpringCastle Securitization. As discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, in connection with our acquisition of an unsecured loan portfolio from HSBC, on April 1, 2013, the Co-issuer LLCs sold, in a private securitization transaction, $2.2 billion of Class A Notes backed by the acquired loans. The Class A Notes were acquired by initial purchasers for $2.2 billion, after the price discount but before expenses and a $10.0 million advance reserve requirement. The initial purchasers sold the Class A Notes to secondary investors at a 3.75% weighted average yield. The Co-issuer LLCs retained subordinate Class B Notes with a principal balance of $372.0 million. In September 2013, the Co-issuer LLCs sold $372.0 million of the previously retained Class B Notes and subsequently recorded $357.1 million of additional debt.

 

2013-B Securitization. On June 19, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $256.2 million of notes backed by personal loans held by the 2013-B Trust, at a 4.11% weighted average yield. We sold the asset-backed notes for $255.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses and a $4.4 million interest reserve requirement. We initially retained $114.0 million of the 2013-B Trust’s senior asset-backed notes and $29.8 million of the 2013-B Trust’s subordinate asset-backed notes. In August 2013, we sold $114.0 million of the previously retained asset-backed notes and subsequently recorded $111.6 million of additional debt.

 

2013-BAC Securitization. On September 25, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which the 2013-BAC Trust, a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, issued $500.0 million of notes backed by an amortizing pool of personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC. We sold the personal loan-backed notes for gross proceeds of $500.0 million.

 

Midbrook 2013-VFN1 Securitization. On September 26, 2013, we established a private securitization transaction in which Midbrook Funding Trust 2013-VFN1, a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, may issue variable funding notes with a maximum principal balance of $300 million to be backed by personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC from time to time. No amounts were funded at closing, but may be funded from time to time over a one-year period, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. During this period, the notes can also be paid down in whole or in part and then redrawn. Following the one-year funding period, the principal amount of the notes, if any, will amortize and will be due and payable in full in October 2017. At September 30, 2013, no amounts had been drawn under the notes.

 

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Springleaf 2013-VFN1 Securitization. On September 27, 2013, we established a private securitization transaction in which Springleaf Funding Trust 2013-VFN1, a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, may issue variable funding notes with a maximum principal balance of $350 million to be backed by personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC from time to time. No amounts were funded at closing, but may be funded from time to time over a two-year period, which may be extended for one year, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. During this period, the notes can also be paid down in whole or in part and then redrawn. Following the two-or three-year funding period, as the case may be, the principal amount of the notes, if any, will amortize and will be due and payable in full in October 2019. At September 30, 2013, no amounts had been drawn under the notes.

 

Mortgage Loan Securitizations

 

2013-1 Securitization. On April 10, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $782.5 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by the 2013-1 Trust, at a 2.85% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $782.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $236.8 million of the 2013-1 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes.

 

2013-2 Securitization. On July 9, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $599.4 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by the 2013-2 Trust, at a 2.88% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $590.9 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $535.1 million of the 2013-2 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes. In the third quarter of 2013, we sold $157.5 million of the previously retained mortgage-backed notes and subsequently recorded $148.6 million of additional debt.

 

2013-3 Securitization. On October 9, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC sold $270.5 million of notes backed by real estate loans held by the 2013-3 Trust, at a 3.40% weighted average yield. We sold the mortgage-backed notes for $269.4 million, after the price discount but before expenses. We initially retained $228.7 million of the 2013-3 Trust’s subordinate mortgage-backed notes. On October 17, 2013, we sold $22.5 million of the previously retained mortgage-backed notes and subsequently recorded $22.7 million of additional debt.

 

SFC’s Offerings of Senior Notes

 

On May 29, 2013, SFC issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% senior notes due 2020. On September 24, 2013, SFC issued $650 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2021 (the “7.75% Senior Notes”) and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior notes due 2023 (the “8.25% Senior Notes”). SFC issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of the 7.75% Senior Notes and $200 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.25% Senior Notes in exchange for $700 million aggregate principal amount of SFC’s outstanding 6.90% medium term notes due 2017. SFC used a portion of the proceeds from this offering to repurchase $183.7 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.90% medium term notes due 2017.

 

Repayments of Long-Term Debt

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we repaid $4.77 billion of long-term debt consisting of $2.45 billion of the secured term loan (net of the New Loan Tranche of $750.0 million), $1.08 billion of securitizations, $652.7 million of medium-term notes (net of $700.0 million exchange of SFC’s medium-term notes discussed above), $431.6 million (€345.2 million) of Euro denominated notes, and $156.6 million of retail notes.

 

On October 11, 2013, SFFC made a prepayment, without penalty or premium, of $550.0 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. Following the prepayment, the initial loans under the secured term loan maturing in 2017 were fully repaid, and the outstanding principal

 

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amount of loans under the New Loan Tranche of the secured term loan maturing in 2019, put in place on September 30, 2013, totaled $750.0 million.

 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. Restricted Stock Units

 

On September 30, 2013, certain executives of the Company were granted RSUs of Springleaf Holdings, LLC, the predecessor entity of SHI. These RSUs were converted into the right to receive 8.203125% of the outstanding shares of SHI common stock following the conversion of Springleaf Holdings, LLC into SHI on October 9, 2013. The shares of SHI common stock underlying these RSUs were delivered to the holders in October, 2013 after the conversion. The shares are fully vested, however generally cannot be sold or otherwise transferred for five years following the date of delivery, except to the extent necessary to satisfy certain tax obligations.

 

The Company has recognized this grant in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation . This guidance requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as an expense in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, based on the fair values.

 

Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC Incentive Units

 

On October 9, 2013, certain executives of the Company received a grant of incentive units in the Initial Stockholder. These incentive units are intended to encourage the executives to create sustainable, long-term value for the Company by providing them with interests that are subject to their continued employment with the Company and that only provide benefits (in the form of distributions) if the Initial Stockholder makes distributions to one or more of its common members that exceed specified amounts. The incentive units are entitled to vote together with the holders of common units in the Initial Stockholder as a single class on all matters. The incentive units may not be sold or otherwise transferred and the executives are entitled to receive these distributions only while they are employed with the Company, unless the executive’s termination of employment results from the executive’s death, in which case the executive’s beneficiaries will be entitled to receive any future distributions.

 

The Company will recognize these incentive units in accordance with ASC 710, Compensation— General , and will recognize compensation expense at the time distributions are made to the executives.

 

OUTLOOK

 

Assuming the U.S. economy continues to experience slow to moderate growth, we expect to maintain the favorable performance of our personal loans achieved during 2012 and the first nine months of 2013. We believe the strong credit quality of our personal loan portfolio is the result of our disciplined underwriting practices and ongoing collection efforts. We also continue to see growth in the volume of personal loan originations driven by several factors:

 

·                  Declining competition from banks, thrifts, and credit unions as these institutions have retreated from the non-prime market in the face of regulatory scrutiny and in the aftermath of the housing crisis. This reduction in competition has occurred concurrently with the exit of subprime credit card providers from the industry. As a result of the reduced lending of these competitors, access to credit has fallen substantially for the non-prime segment of customers, which, in turn, has increased our potential customer base.

·                  Slow but sustained economic growth.

·                  Migration of customer activity from traditional channels such as direct mail to online channels (served by our iLoan division) where we are well suited to capture volume due to our scale, technology, and deployment of advanced analytics.

·                  Our renewed focus on our personal loan business as we have discontinued real estate and other product originations both in our branches and in centralized lending.

 

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We anticipate the credit quality ratios in our real estate loan portfolio will remain under pressure as the portfolio continues to liquidate, however, performance may improve as a result of strengthening home prices as well as increased centralization of real estate loan servicing and the application of analytics to more effectively target portfolio management and collections strategies.

 

Results of Operations

 

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

 

See table below for our consolidated operating results. A further discussion of our operating results for each of our segments is provided under “—Segment Results.”

 

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

 

$

585,300

 

$

423,622

 

$

1,578,934

 

$

1,285,541

 

Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

 

-

 

346

 

-

 

2,740

 

Total interest income

 

 

585,300

 

423,968

 

1,578,934

 

1,288,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

228,439

 

268,847

 

697,365

 

829,120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

 

356,861

 

155,121

 

881,569

 

459,161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

 

158,785

 

90,855

 

341,723

 

227,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

 

198,076

 

64,266

 

539,846

 

231,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

38,277

 

31,719

 

107,144

 

93,042

 

Investment

 

 

6,756

 

7,377

 

27,687

 

25,544

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

 

(34,503

)

(10,670

)

(34,558

)

(12,163

)

Other

 

 

1,603

 

(2,709

)

6,986

 

(32,814

)

Total other revenues

 

 

12,133

 

25,717

 

107,259

 

73,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

 

214,552

 

78,122

 

371,842

 

241,114

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

69,595

 

65,491

 

191,574

 

208,326

 

Restructuring expenses

 

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

23,503

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

16,550

 

15,152

 

47,650

 

42,302

 

Total other expenses

 

 

300,697

 

158,765

 

611,066

 

515,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 

(90,488

)

(68,782

)

36,039

 

(210,269

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit from income taxes

 

 

(29,606

)

(23,938

)

(1,898

)

(72,419

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

(60,882

)

(44,844

)

37,937

 

(137,850

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

29,851

 

-

 

83,799

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

 

$

(90,733

)

$

(44,844

)

$

(45,862

)

$

(137,850

)

 

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Comparison of Consolidated Results for Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

Finance charges increased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 due to the net of the following:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

2013 compared to 2012 - Three Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in average net receivables

 

$

(20,155)

Increase in yield

 

18,029

SpringCastle finance charges in 2013

 

163,804

Total

 

$

161,678

 

Average net receivables (excluding SpringCastle Portfolio) decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to our liquidating real estate loan portfolio as well as the impact of our branch office closings during 2012, partially offset by higher personal loan average net receivables from our continued focus on personal loans.

 

Yield increased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to our continued focus on personal loans, which have higher yields. This increase was partially offset by the increase in TDR finance receivables (which result in reduced finance charges reflecting the reductions to the interest rates on these TDR finance receivables) and the diminishing impact on yield from the effects of push-down accounting over time.

 

The acquisition of the SpringCastle Portfolio favorably impacted our finance charge revenues.

 

Interest expense decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 due to the net of the following:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

2013 compared to 2012 - Three Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in average debt

 

$

(24,573)

Decrease in weighted average interest rate

 

(38,254)

SpringCastle interest expense in 2013

 

22,419

Total

 

$

(40,408)

 

Average debt decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to debt repurchases and repayments of $1.1 billion during the fourth quarter of 2012 and $4.8 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. These decreases were partially offset by nine securitization transactions completed during the past twelve months, including the securitization of the SpringCastle Portfolio.

 

The weighted average interest rate on our debt decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the debt repurchases and repayments discussed above, which resulted in lower accretion of net discount applied to long-term debt. The lower weighted average interest rate also reflected the completion of nine securitization transactions during the past twelve months, which generally have lower interest rates.

 

Provision for finance receivable losses increased $67.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. This increase was primarily due to the additional provision from the SpringCastle Portfolio and additional allowance requirements of $12.6 million recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2013 on our real estate loans deemed to be TDR finance receivables subsequent to the Fortress Acquisition and growth in our personal loans in 2013.

 

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These increases were partially offset by favorable personal loan delinquency trends. The allowance for finance receivables losses was eliminated with the application of push-down accounting as the allowance for finance receivable losses was incorporated in the new fair value basis of the finance receivables as of the Fortress Acquisition date.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt increased $23.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the repurchases of debt in 2013 at net amounts greater than par compared to the repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par, as well as repurchases of debt in 2013 with higher fair value mark losses when compared to 2012.

 

Other revenues – other increased $4.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to favorable variances in writedowns and net gain (loss) on sales of real estate owned properties primarily due to a decrease in the number of real estate owned properties and partially due to a change in our assumptions with respect to estimating the net realizable value of real estate owned effective December 31, 2012. The change in our assumptions resulted from our valuation assessment of real estate owned in comparison to realization experience.

 

Salaries and benefits increased $136.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to $131.3 million of non-cash stock compensation expense due to the grant of RSUs to certain of our executives in the third quarter of 2013.

 

Other operating expenses increased $4.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to servicing fee expenses charged by HSBC to service the SpringCastle Portfolio pursuant to an interim servicing agreement in 2013 and lower legal accruals in 2012. These increases were partially offset by additional expenses recorded in the third quarter of 2012 for refunds to customers of our United Kingdom subsidiary relating to payment protection insurance and lower amortization of other intangible assets resulting from the write off of our customer lists intangible assets as a result of the sale of Ocean finance receivables and brokerage business in August 2012.

 

Benefit from income taxes increased $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was 32.7%.

 

Comparison of Consolidated Results for Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

Finance charges increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 due to the net of the following:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

2013 compared to 2012 - Nine Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in average net receivables

 

$

(92,114)

Increase in yield

 

58,347

Change in number of days (due to 2012 leap year)

 

(3,522)

SpringCastle finance charges in 2013

 

330,682

Total

 

$

293,393

 

Average net receivables (excluding SpringCastle Portfolio) decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to our liquidating real estate loan portfolio as well as the impact of our branch office closings during 2012, partially offset by higher personal loan average net receivables resulting from our continued focus on personal loans.

 

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Yield increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to our continued focus on personal loans, which have higher yields. This increase was partially offset by the increase in TDR finance receivables (which result in reduced finance charges reflecting the reductions to the interest rates on these TDR finance receivables) and the diminishing impact on yield from the effects of push-down accounting over time.

 

The acquisition of the SpringCastle Portfolio favorably impacted our finance charge revenues.

 

Interest expense decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 due to the net of the following:

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

2013 compared to 2012 - Nine Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in average debt

 

$

(69,497)

Decrease in weighted average interest rate

 

(109,268)

SpringCastle interest expense in 2013

 

47,010

Total

 

$

(131,755)

 

Average debt decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to debt repurchases and repayments of $1.1 billion during the fourth quarter of 2012 and $4.8 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. These decreases were partially offset by nine securitization transactions completed during the past twelve months, including the securitization of the SpringCastle Portfolio.

 

The weighted average interest rate on our debt decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the debt repurchases and repayments discussed above, which resulted in lower accretion of net discount applied to long-term debt. The lower weighted average interest rate also reflected the completion of nine securitization transactions during the past twelve months, which generally have lower interest rates.

 

Provision for finance receivable losses increased $113.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. This increase was primarily due to additional provision from the SpringCastle Portfolio and the additional allowance requirements of $68.7 million recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 on our real estate loans deemed to be TDR finance receivables subsequent to the Fortress Acquisition and growth in our personal loans in 2013. These increases were partially offset by $41.2 million of recoveries on charged-off finance receivables resulting from a sale of these finance receivables to an unrelated third party in June 2013 and favorable personal and real estate loan delinquency trends. We expect to continue to sell charged-off finance receivables within our portfolios from time to time. If we were to sell additional charged-off finance receivables in a given period, we would recognize a decrease to our provision for finance receivables losses and improve our liquidity. The allowance for finance receivables losses was eliminated with the application of push-down accounting as the allowance for finance receivable losses was incorporated in the new fair value basis of the finance receivables as of the Fortress Acquisition date.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt increased $22.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the repurchases of debt in 2013 at net amounts greater than par compared to the repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par, as well as repurchases of debt in 2013 with higher fair value mark losses when compared to 2012.

 

Other revenues – other increased $39.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to favorable variances in writedowns and net gain (loss) on sales of real estate owned primarily due to a decrease in the number of real estate owned properties and partially due to a change in our assumptions with respect to estimating the net realizable value of real estate owned effective December 31, 2012. The change in our assumptions resulted from our

 

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valuation assessment of real estate owned in comparison to realization experience. The increase in other revenues – other also reflected lower net losses on foreign exchange transactions relating to our Euro denominated debt, cross currency interest rate swap agreement, and Euro denominated cash and cash equivalents.

 

Salaries and benefits increased $130.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to $131.3 million of non-cash stock compensation expense due to the grant of RSUs to certain of our executives in the third quarter 2013, partially offset by lower pension expenses primarily due to the pension plan freeze effective December 31, 2012.

 

Other operating expenses decreased $16.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to additional expenses recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for refunds to customers of our United Kingdom subsidiary relating to payment protection insurance, lower occupancy costs as a result of fewer branch offices in 2013, lower real estate expenses on real estate owned, and lower amortization of other intangible assets resulting from the write off of our customer lists intangible assets as a result of the sale of Ocean finance receivables and brokerage business in August 2012. These decreases were partially offset by servicing fee expenses charged by HSBC to service the SpringCastle Portfolio pursuant to an interim servicing agreement in 2013.

 

We recorded restructuring expenses of $23.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 due to our branch office closings and workforce reductions, which were instituted as part of a strategic effort to reposition the Company and to renew focus on the personal loan business. See Note 13 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on the restructuring expenses.

 

Benefit from income taxes decreased $70.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was (5.3)%. The effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the effect of the non-controlling interest in our joint venture, which decreased the effective tax rate by 41.3%.

 

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Reconciliation of Income (Loss) before Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes on Push-Down Accounting Basis to Historical Accounting Basis

 

Due to the nature of the Fortress Acquisition, we revalued our assets and liabilities based on their fair values at November 30, 2010, the date of the Fortress Acquisition, in accordance with business combination accounting standards, or push-down accounting, which resulted in a $1.5 billion bargain purchase gain for the one month ended December 31, 2010. Push-down accounting affected and continues to affect, among other things, the carrying amount of our finance receivables and long-term debt, our finance charges on our finance receivables and related yields, our interest expense, our allowance for finance receivable losses, and our net charge-offs and charge-off ratio. In general, on a quarterly basis, we accrete or amortize the valuation adjustments recorded in connection with the Fortress Acquisition, or record adjustments based on current expected cash flows as compared to expected cash flows at the time of the Fortress Acquisition, in each case, as described in more detail in the footnotes to the table below. In addition, push-down accounting resulted in the elimination of accretion or amortization of discounts, premiums, and other deferred costs on our finance receivables and long-term debt prior to the Fortress Acquisition. The reconciliations of income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes on a push-down accounting basis to our historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP that we believe provides a consistent basis for both management and other interested third parties to better understand our operating results) were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes - push-down accounting basis

 

$

(90,488)

 

$

(68,782)

 

$

36,039

 

$

(210,269)

Interest income adjustments (a)

 

(52,121)

 

(51,305)

 

(155,653)

 

(145,895)

Interest expense adjustments (b)

 

33,218

 

58,601

 

103,405

 

183,839

Provision for finance receivable losses adjustments (c)

 

14,130

 

178,676

 

21,380

 

200,699

Repurchases and repayments of long-term debt adjustments (d)

 

13,731

 

22,245

 

(7,585)

 

33,212

Amortization of other intangible assets (e)

 

1,228

 

6,489

 

3,946

 

12,044

Other (f)

 

1,048

 

(7,709)

 

3,514

 

(8,678)

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes - historical accounting basis

 

$

(79,254)

 

$

138,215

 

$

5,046

 

$

64,952

 


(a)            Interest income adjustments consist of: (1) the accretion of the net discount applied to non-credit impaired net finance receivables to revalue the non-credit impaired net finance receivables to their fair value at the date of the Fortress Acquisition using the interest method over the remaining life of the related net finance receivables; (2) the difference in finance charges earned on our pools of purchased credit impaired net finance receivables under a level rate of return over the expected lives of the underlying pools of purchased credit impaired finance receivables, net of the finance charges earned on these finance receivables under historical accounting basis; and (3) the elimination of the accretion or amortization of historical unearned points and fees, deferred origination costs, premiums, and discounts.

 

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Components of interest income adjustments consisted of:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accretion of net discount applied to non-credit impaired net finance receivables

 

$

(41,152)

 

$

(39,788)

 

$

(124,526)

 

$

(133,082)

Purchased credit impaired finance receivables finance charges

 

(14,619)

 

(15,358)

 

(43,137)

 

(26,060)

Elimination of accretion or amortization of historical unearned points and fees, deferred origination costs, premiums, and discounts

 

3,650

 

3,841

 

12,010

 

13,247

Total

 

$

(52,121)

 

$

(51,305)

 

$

(155,653)

 

$

(145,895)

 

(b)           Interest expense adjustments consist of: (1) the accretion of the net discount applied to long-term debt to revalue the debt securities to their fair value at the date of the Fortress Acquisition using the interest method over the remaining life of the related debt securities; and (2) the elimination of the accretion or amortization of historical discounts, premiums, commissions, and fees.

 

Components of interest expense adjustments were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accretion of net discount applied to long-term debt

 

$

42,482

 

$

70,830

 

$

135,230

 

$

224,211

Elimination of accretion or amortization of historical discounts, premiums, commissions, and fees

 

(9,264)

 

(12,229)

 

(31,825)

 

(40,372)

Total

 

$

33,218

 

$

58,601

 

$

103,405

 

$

183,839

 

(c)            Provision for finance receivable losses consists of the allowance for finance receivable losses adjustments and net charge-offs quantified in the table below. Allowance for finance receivable losses adjustments reflects the net difference between our allowance adjustment requirements calculated under our historical accounting basis net of adjustments required under push-down accounting basis. Net charge-offs reflects the net charge-off of loans at a higher carrying value under historical accounting basis versus the discounted basis to their fair value at date of the Fortress Acquisition under push-down accounting basis.

 

Components of provision for finance receivable losses adjustments were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses adjustments

 

$

27,815

 

$

202,925

 

$

69,388

 

$

277,787

 

Net charge-offs

 

(13,685)

 

(24,249)

 

(48,008)

 

(77,088)

 

Total

 

$

14,130

 

$

178,676

 

$

21,380

 

$

200,699

 

 

(d)           Repurchases and repayments of long-term debt adjustments reflect the impact on acceleration of the accretion of the net discount or amortization of the net premium applied to long-term debt.

 

(e)            Amortization of other intangible assets reflects the amortization over the remaining estimated life of intangible assets established at the date of the Fortress Acquisition as a result of the application of push-down accounting.

 

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(f)             “Other” items reflects less significant differences between historical accounting basis and push-down accounting basis relating to various items such as the elimination of deferred charges, adjustments to the basis of other real estate assets, fair value adjustments to fixed assets, adjustments to insurance claims and policyholder liabilities, and various other differences all as of the date of the Fortress Acquisition.

 

Segment Results

 

See Note 17 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our revised segments. Management considers Consumer, Insurance, and Acquisitions and Servicing as our Core Consumer Operations and Real Estate as our Non-Core Portfolio. Due to the nature of the Fortress Acquisition, we applied push-down accounting. However, we report the operating results of our Core Consumer Operations, Non-Core Portfolio, and Other using the same accounting basis that we employed prior to the Fortress Acquisition, which we refer to as “historical accounting basis,” to provide a consistent basis for both management and other interested third parties to better understand the operating results of these segments. The historical accounting basis (which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. GAAP) also provides better comparability of the operating results of these segments to our competitors and other companies in the financial services industry. The historical accounting basis is not applicable to the Acquisitions and Servicing segment since this segment resulted from the acquisition of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013 and therefore, was not affected by the Fortress Acquisition. See Note 17 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial for reconciliations of segment totals to condensed consolidated financial statement amounts.

 

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We allocate revenues and expenses (on a historical accounting basis) to each segment using the following methodologies:

 

Finance charges

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment.

Interest expense

 

 

Disaggregated into three categories based on the underlying debt that the expense pertains to: (1) securitizations, (2) secured term loan, and (3) unsecured debt. Securitizations and the secured term loan are allocated to the segments whose finance receivables serve as the collateral securing each of the respective debt instruments. The unsecured debt is allocated to the segments based on the remaining balance of debt by segment.

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment except for allocations to “other,” which are based on the remaining delinquent accounts as a percentage of total delinquent accounts.

Insurance revenues

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment.

Investment revenues

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment.

Other revenues – other

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment except for gains and losses on foreign currency exchange, debt repurchases and repayments, and derivatives. These items are allocated to the segments based on the interest expense allocation of unsecured debt.

Salaries and benefits

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment. Other salaries and benefits not directly correlated with a specific segment are allocated to each of the segments based on services provided.

Other operating expenses

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment. Other operating expenses not directly correlated with a specific segment are allocated to each of the segments based on services provided.

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

Directly correlated with a specific segment.

 

We evaluate the performance of each of our segments based on its pretax operating earnings, which are presented below. Due to the changes in the composition of our previously reported segments, we have restated the corresponding segment information presented in the following tables for the prior year periods. The pretax operating results for each segment presented below are also disclosed in Note 17 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for each period included on our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

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CORE CONSUMER OPERATIONS

 

Pretax operating results for Consumer and Insurance (which are reported on a historical accounting basis), and Acquisitions and Servicing are presented in the table below on an aggregate basis:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

$

352,405

 

$

149,333

 

$

850,370

 

$

429,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

60,666

 

35,369

 

158,126

 

101,958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

291,739

 

113,964

 

692,244

 

327,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

99,368

 

17,633

 

131,179

 

46,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

192,371

 

96,331

 

561,065

 

281,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

38,266

 

31,718

 

107,114

 

93,050

 

Investments

 

8,308

 

7,976

 

31,054

 

28,226

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

(2,890

)

3,228

 

(4,390

)

5,870

 

Other

 

13,169

 

(385

)

20,794

 

621

 

Total other revenues

 

56,853

 

42,537

 

154,572

 

127,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

70,805

 

63,860

 

201,918

 

193,921

 

Other operating expenses

 

61,706

 

22,758

 

148,288

 

93,214

 

Restructuring expenses

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

15,863

 

Insurance loss and loss adjustment expenses

 

16,849

 

15,360

 

48,373

 

43,076

 

Total other expenses

 

149,360

 

101,978

 

398,579

 

346,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating income

 

99,864

 

36,890

 

317,058

 

62,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

29,851

 

-

 

83,799

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating income attributable to Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

$

70,013

 

$

36,890

 

$

233,259

 

$

62,828

 

 

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Selected financial statistics for Consumer (which are reported on a historical accounting basis) and Acquisitions and Servicing were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,968,211

 

$

2,487,359

 

Number of accounts

 

 

 

 

 

797,406

 

713,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average net receivables

 

$

2,897,354

 

$

2,459,406

 

$

2,705,438

 

$

2,397,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yield

 

25.92

  %

24.21

  %

25.65

  %

23.91

  %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross charge-off ratio (a)

 

4.29

  %

4.07

  %

5.06

  %

4.28

  %

Recovery ratio (b)

 

(0.26

) %

(1.19

) %

(2.16

) %

(1.26

) %

Charge-off ratio (a) (b)

 

4.03

  %

2.88

  %

2.90

  %

3.02

  %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delinquency ratio

 

 

 

 

 

2.32

  %

2.75

  %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Origination volume

 

$

767,097

 

$

592,289

 

$

2,326,961

 

$

1,732,523

 

Number of accounts

 

192,225

 

159,189

 

563,531

 

451,517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions and Servicing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

 

N/A

  (c)

$

2,653,632

 

N/A

 

Number of accounts

 

 

 

N/A

 

363,912

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average net receivables

 

$

2,733,109

 

N/A

 

$

2,807,424

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yield

 

23.78

  %

N/A

 

23.49

  %

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net charge-off ratio

 

8.59

  %

N/A

 

5.48

  %

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delinquency ratio

 

 

 

N/A

 

7.45

  %

N/A

 

 


(a)    The gross charge-off ratio and charge-off ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 reflect $14.5 million of additional charge-offs recorded in March 2013 (on a historical accounting basis) related to our change in charge-off policy for personal loans effective March 31, 2013. Excluding these additional charge-offs, our Consumer gross charge-off ratio would have been 4.34% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

(b)   The charge-off ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 reflects $25.4 million of recoveries on charged-off personal loans resulting from a sale of our charged-off finance receivables in June 2013. Excluding these recoveries, our Consumer net charge-off ratio would have been 4.17% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Excluding the impacts of the $14.5 million of additional charge-offs and the $25.4 million of recoveries on charged-off personal loans, our Consumer net charge-off ratio would have been 3.44% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

(c)    Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

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Comparison of Pretax Operating Results for Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges - Consumer

 

$

188,601

 

$

149,333

 

Finance charges - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

163,804

 

-

 

Total

 

$

352,405

 

$

149,333

 

 

Finance charges – Consumer increased $39.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increases in yield and average net receivables. Yield increased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to pricing of new personal loans at higher state specific rates with concentrations in states with more favorable returns as a result of the restructuring activities during the first half of 2012. Average net receivables increased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increased originations on personal loans resulting from our continued focus on personal loans.

 

Finance charges – Acquisitions and Servicing resulted from the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013.

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense - Consumer

 

$

38,247

 

$

35,369

 

Interest expense - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

22,419

 

-

 

Total

 

$

60,666

 

$

35,369

 

 

Interest expense – Consumer increased $2.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to additional funding required to support increased originations on personal loans. This increase was partially offset by less utilization of financing from unsecured notes that was replaced by consumer loan securitizations, which generally have lower interest rates.

 

Interest expense – Acquisitions and Servicing resulted from the securitization of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013.

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses - Consumer

 

$

38,174

 

$

17,633

 

Provision for finance receivable losses - Acquistions and Servicing

 

61,194

 

-

 

Total

 

$

99,368

 

$

17,633

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses – Consumer increased $20.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to higher increases to our allowance for finance receivable losses reflecting our personal loans originated in the 2013 period and lower recoveries on charged-off personal loans resulting from the sale of these loans in June 2013. These increases were partially offset by improving delinquency trends.

 

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Insurance revenues increased $6.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increases in non-credit and credit earned premiums reflecting higher originations of personal loans in 2013.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt totaled $2.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to net gain on repurchases and repayments of debt of $3.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The unfavorable variance in net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily due to the repurchases of debt in 2013 at net amounts greater than par with deferred costs remaining compared to repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par.

 

Other revenues – other increased $13.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to servicing fee revenues for the fees charged by Acquisitions and Servicing for servicing the SpringCastle Portfolio and favorable variance in net gains (losses) on foreign exchange transactions relating to our Euro denominated debt, cross currency interest rate swap agreement, and Euro denominated cash and cash equivalents.

 

Other revenues – other for Acquisitions and Servicing for the three months ended September 30, 2013 include servicing fee revenues of $9.6 million for the fees charged by Acquisitions and Servicing for servicing the SpringCastle Portfolio beginning on April 1, 2013, the acquisition date. These fees are eliminated in consolidated operating results with the servicing fee expenses, which are included in other operating expenses.

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits - Consumer

 

 $

62,318

 

 $

60,970

 

Salaries and benefits - Insurance

 

4,481

 

2,890

 

Salaries and benefits - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

4,006

 

-

 

Total

 

 $

70,805

 

 $

63,860

 

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating expenses - Consumer

 

 $

30,421

 

 $

21,000

 

Other operating expenses - Insurance

 

3,115

 

1,758

 

Other operating expenses - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

28,170

 

-

 

Total

 

 $

61,706

 

 $

22,758

 

 

Other operating expenses for Consumer and Insurance increased $10.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to lower legal accruals in 2012.

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses increased $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to an unfavorable variance in change in benefit reserves resulting from higher levels of insurance in force.

 

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Comparison of Pretax Operating Results for Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges - Consumer

 

$

519,688

 

$

429,564

Finance charges - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

330,682

 

-      

Total

 

$

850,370

 

$

429,564

 

Finance charges – Consumer increased $90.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increases in yield and average net receivables. Yield increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to pricing of new personal loans at higher state specific rates with concentrations in states with more favorable returns as a result of the restructuring activities during the first half of 2012. Average net receivables increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increased originations on personal loans resulting from our continued focus on personal loans.

 

Finance charges – Acquisitions and Servicing resulted from the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013.

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense - Consumer

 

$

111,116

 

$

101,958

Interest expense - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

47,010

 

-    

Total

 

$

158,126

 

$

101,958

 

Interest expense – Consumer increased $9.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to additional funding required to support increased originations on personal loans. This increase was partially offset by less utilization of financing from unsecured notes that was replaced by consumer loan securitizations, which generally have lower interest rates.

 

Interest expense – Acquisitions and Servicing resulted from the securitization of the SpringCastle Portfolio on April 1, 2013.

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses - Consumer

 

  $

52,188

 

  $

46,471

Provision for finance receivable losses - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

78,991

 

-    

Total

 

  $

131,179

 

  $

46,471

 

Provision for finance receivable losses – Consumer increased $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to lower decreases to our allowance for finance receivable losses in the 2013 period reflecting increased originations on personal loans in 2013. This increase was partially offset by $25.4 million of recoveries on charged-off personal loans resulting from the sale of these loans in June 2013 and improving delinquency trends.

 

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Insurance revenues increased $14.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to increases in non-credit and credit earned premiums reflecting higher originations of personal loans in 2013.

 

Investment revenues for Insurance increased $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to favorable variances in net realized gains (losses) on investment securities and higher average invested asset yield, partially offset by a decrease in average invested assets.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt totaled $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to net gain on repurchases and repayments of debt of $5.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The unfavorable variance in net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily due to the repurchase of debt in 2013 with deferred costs remaining and at net amounts greater than par compared to repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par.

 

Other revenues – other increased $20.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to servicing fee revenues for the fees charged by Acquisitions and Servicing for servicing the SpringCastle Portfolio and lower net losses on foreign exchange transactions relating to our Euro denominated debt, cross currency interest rate swap agreement, and Euro denominated cash and cash equivalents.

 

Other revenues – other for Acquisitions and Servicing for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 include servicing fee revenues of $11.9 million for the fees charged by Acquisitions and Servicing for servicing the SpringCastle Portfolio beginning on April 1, 2013, the acquisition date. These fees are eliminated in consolidated operating results with the servicing fee expenses, which are included in other operating expenses.

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

Salaries and benefits - Consumer

 

  $

184,077

 

  $

185,261

Salaries and benefits - Insurance

 

11,424

 

8,660

Salaries and benefits - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

6,417

 

-    

Total

 

  $

201,918

 

  $

193,921

 

 

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating expenses - Consumer

 

  $

87,609

 

  $

85,318

Other operating expenses - Insurance

 

7,993

 

7,896

Other operating expenses - Acquisitions and Servicing

 

52,686

 

-    

Total

 

  $

148,288

 

  $

93,214

 

We recorded restructuring expenses of $15.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 in connection with our branch office closings and workforce reductions in 2012.

 

Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses increased $5.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to an unfavorable variance in change in benefit reserves resulting from higher levels of insurance in force.

 

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Reconciliation of Income (Loss) before Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes on Historical Accounting Basis to Pretax Core Earnings

 

The following is a reconciliation from income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes on a historical accounting basis to pretax core earnings:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes - historical accounting basis

 

$

(79,254

)

$

138,215

 

$

5,046

 

$

64,952

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating (income) loss - Non-Core Portfolio Operations

 

44,405

 

(115,583

)

182,165

 

(25,545)

Pretax operating loss - Other/non-originating legacy operations

 

134,713

 

14,258

 

129,847

 

23,421

Restructuring expenses - Core Consumer Operations

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

15,863

(Gain) loss from accelerated repayment/repurchase of debt - Consumer

 

2,890

 

(3,228

)

4,390

 

(5,870)

Pretax operating income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

(29,851

)

 

 

(83,799

)

 

Pretax core earnings

 

$

72,903

 

$

33,662

 

$

237,649

 

$

72,821

 

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NON-CORE PORTFOLIO

 

Pretax operating results for Real Estate (which are reported on a historical accounting basis) were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

$

170,772

 

$

200,382

 

$

535,280

 

$

627,112

Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment

 

-    

 

344

 

-    

 

2,734

Total interest income

 

170,772

 

200,726

 

535,280

 

629,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

131,233

 

167,618

 

423,671

 

515,970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

39,539

 

33,108

 

111,609

 

113,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

42,895

 

(108,117

)

192,519

 

(26,572)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

(3,356

)

141,225

 

(80,910

)

140,448

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

(17,176

)

7,572

 

(36,776

)

13,769

Other

 

(2,009

)

(13,293

)

(1,550

)

(48,304)

Total other revenues

 

(19,185

)

(5,721

)

(38,326

)

(34,535)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 

7,551

 

7,052

 

20,648

 

21,845

Other operating expenses

 

14,313

 

12,869

 

42,281

 

57,705

Restructuring expenses

 

-    

 

-    

 

-    

 

818

Total other expenses

 

21,864

 

19,921

 

62,929

 

80,368

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating income (loss)

 

$

(44,405

)

$

115,583

 

$

(182,165

)

$

25,545

 

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Selected financial statistics for Real Estate (which are reported on a historical accounting basis) were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At or for the

 

At or for the

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables

 

 

 

 

 

  $

9,619,763

 

  $

10,855,327

 

Number of accounts

 

 

 

 

 

123,145

 

139,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDR finance receivables

 

 

 

 

 

  $

3,185,023

 

  $

2,594,485

 

Allowance for finance receivables losses - TDR

 

 

 

 

 

  $

731,267

 

  $

593,980

 

Provision for finance receivable losses - TDR

 

  $

27,991

 

  $

44,028

 

  $

145,432

 

  $

95,732

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average net receivables

 

  $

9,768,782

 

  $

11,012,878

 

  $

10,086,788

 

  $

11,344,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yield

 

6.94

  %

7.24

  %

7.10

%

7.39

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio*

 

2.07

  %

2.36

  %

2.11

  %

2.66

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delinquency ratio

 

 

 

 

 

7.74

  %

7.65

%

 


*                   The loss ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 reflects $9.9 million of recoveries on charged-off real estate loans resulting from a sale of our charged-off finance receivables in June 2013. Excluding these recoveries, our Real Estate loss ratio would have been 2.24% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

Comparison of Pretax Operating Results for Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

Finance charges decreased $29.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to decreases in average net receivables and yield. Average net receivables decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the cessation of new originations of real estate loans as of January 1, 2012 and the continued liquidation of the portfolio. Yield decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the increase in TDR finance receivables (which result in reduced finance charges reflecting the reductions to the interest rates on these TDR finance receivables).

 

Interest expense decreased $36.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to lower secured term loan and unsecured debt interest expense allocated to Real Estate. These decreases were partially offset by higher ratio of securitization interest expense reflecting Real Estate’s utilization of three real estate loan securitization transactions since September 30, 2012.

 

Provision for finance receivable losses increased $151.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. In September 2012, we switched from a migration analysis to a roll rate-based model for purposes of computing our allowance for finance receivables losses for our real estate loans, which resulted in a $144.6 million decrease in the allowance for finance receivable losses. This increase was partially offset by continued liquidation of the real estate portfolio.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt totaled $17.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to net gain on repurchases and repayments of debt of $7.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The unfavorable variance in net gain (loss) on repurchases and

 

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repayments of debt for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily due to the repurchases of debt in 2013 at net amounts greater than par with deferred costs remaining compared to repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par.

 

Other revenues – other increased $11.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to favorable variances in writedowns and net gain (loss) on sales of real estate owned due to a change in our assumptions with respect to estimating the initial fair value of real estate owned effective December 31, 2012 and favorable variance in net gains (losses) on foreign exchange transactions relating to our Euro denominated debt, cross currency interest rate swap agreement, and Euro denominated cash and cash equivalents. The change in our assumptions resulted from our valuation assessment of real estate owned in comparison to realization experience.

 

Comparison of Pretax Operating Results for Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 

Finance charges decreased $91.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to decreases in average net receivables and yield. Average net receivables decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the cessation of new originations of real estate loans as of January 1, 2012 and the continued liquidation of the portfolio. Yield decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the increase in TDR finance receivables (which result in reduced finance charges reflecting the reductions to the interest rates on these TDR finance receivables).

 

Interest expense decreased $92.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to lower secured term loan and unsecured debt interest expense allocated to Real Estate, partially offset by higher ratio of securitization interest expense reflecting Real Estate’s utilization of three real estate loan securitization transactions since September 30, 2012.

 

Provision for finance receivable losses increased $219.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012. In September 2012, we switched from a migration analysis to a roll rate-based model for purposes of computing our allowance for finance receivables losses for our real estate loans, which resulted in a $144.6 million decrease in the allowance for finance receivable losses. The increase in provisions for finance receivable losses also reflected the additional allowance requirements recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 on our real estate loans deemed to be TDR finance receivables subsequent to the Fortress Acquisition compared to reductions to the allowance for finance receivable losses for real estate loans in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 primarily due to the cessation of real estate loan originations as of January 1, 2012. These increases were partially offset by $9.9 million of recoveries on charged-off real estate loans resulting from the sale of these loans in June 2013 and continued liquidation of the real estate portfolio.

 

Net loss on repurchases and repayments of debt totaled $36.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to net gain on repurchases and repayments of debt of $13.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The unfavorable variance in net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily due to the repurchase of debt in 2013 with deferred costs remaining and at net amounts greater than par compared to repurchases of debt in 2012 at net amounts less than par.

 

Other revenues – other increased $46.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to favorable variances in writedowns and net gain (loss) on sales of real estate owned due to a change in our assumptions with respect to estimating the initial fair value of real estate owned effective December 31, 2012 and lower net losses on foreign exchange transactions relating to our Euro denominated debt, cross currency interest rate swap agreement, and Euro denominated cash and cash equivalents. The change in our assumptions resulted from our valuation assessment of real estate owned in comparison to realization experience.

 

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Other operating expenses decreased $15.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to lower real estate expenses on real estate owned.

 

We recorded restructuring expenses of $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 in connection with our branch office closings and workforce reductions in 2012.

 

OTHER

 

“Other” consists of our other non-originating legacy operations, which are isolated by geographic market and/or distribution channel from our prospective Core Consumer Operations and our Non-Core Portfolio. These operations include our legacy operations in 14 states where we have also ceased branch-based personal lending as a result of our restructuring activities during the first half of 2012, our liquidating retail sales finance portfolio (including our retail sales finance accounts from our dedicated auto finance operation), our lending operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the operations of our United Kingdom subsidiary. Other also includes $131.3 million of non-cash stock compensation expense due to the grant of RSUs to certain of our executives in the third quarter of 2013, which is not considered pertinent in determining segment performance.

 

Pretax operating results of the Other components (which are reported on a historical accounting basis) were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance charges

 

  $

10,002

 

   $

22,604

 

  $

37,631

 

   $

82,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

3,322

 

7,259

 

12,163

 

27,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income

 

6,680

 

15,345

 

25,468

 

55,623

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for finance receivable losses

 

2,392

 

2,663

 

(3,355

)

7,196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses

 

4,288

 

12,682

 

28,823

 

48,427

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

18

 

23

 

58

 

84

 

Investments

 

-

 

1,630

 

1,396

 

4,166

 

Net gain (loss) on repurchases and repayments of debt

 

(706

)

775

 

(977

)

1,410

 

Other

 

(27

)

1,295

 

(180

)

3,094

 

Total other revenues

 

(715

)

3,723

 

297

 

8,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits*

 

136,249

 

7,334

 

149,436

 

25,731

 

Other operating expenses

 

2,037

 

23,329

 

9,531

 

48,049

 

Restructuring expenses

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

6,822

 

Total other expenses

 

138,286

 

30,663

 

158,967

 

80,602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax operating loss

 

  $

(134,713

)

   $

(14,258

)

  $

(129,847

)

   $

(23,421

)

 


*                   Salaries and benefits include $131.3 million of non-cash stock compensation expense due to the grant of RSUs to certain of our executives in the third quarter of 2013.

 

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Net finance receivables of the Other components (which are reported on a historical accounting basis) were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

Personal loans

 

  $

67,616

 

  $

141,505

 

Real estate loans

 

7,748

 

8,744

 

Retail sales finance

 

122,797

 

255,045

 

Total

 

  $

198,161

 

  $

405,294

 

 

Credit Quality

 

Our customers encompass a wide range of borrowers. In the consumer finance industry, they are described as prime or near-prime at one extreme and non-prime or sub-prime at the other. Our customers’ incomes are generally near the national median but our customers may vary from national norms as to their debt-to-income ratios, employment and residency stability, and/or credit repayment histories. In general, our customers have lower credit quality and require significant levels of servicing.

 

As a result of the Fortress Acquisition, we applied push-down accounting and adjusted the carrying value of our finance receivables (the “FA Loans”) to their fair value on November 30, 2010. For purchased finance receivables, such as the SpringCastle Portfolio (“SCP Loans”), we also record these loans at fair value on the day of purchase.

 

Carrying value of finance receivables includes accrued finance charges, unamortized deferred origination costs and unamortized net premiums and discounts on purchased finance receivables. We record an allowance for loan losses to cover expected losses on our finance receivables.

 

For both the FA Loans and SCP Loans, we segregate between those considered to be performing (“FA Performing Loans” and “SCP Performing Loans,” respectively) and those for which it was determined it was probable that we would be unable to collect all contractually required payments (“FA Credit Impaired Loans” and “SCP Credit Impaired Loans,” respectively). For the FA Performing Loans and the SCP Performing Loans, we accrete the purchase discount to contractual cash flows over the remaining life of the loan to finance charges. For the FA Credit Impaired Loans and SCP Credit Impaired Loans, we record the expected credit loss at purchase and recognize finance charges on the expected effective yield.

 

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FINANCE RECEIVABLES

 

Net finance receivables by originated before and after the Fortress Acquisition and the related allowance for finance receivable losses were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

December 31,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

FA Performing Loans at Fortress Acquisition

 

$

195,123

 

$

336,141

 

 

Originated after Fortress Acquisition

 

2,832,132

 

2,313,591

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses

 

(69,605

)

(66,580

)

 

Personal loans, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

2,957,650

 

2,583,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpringCastle Portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCP Performing Loans

 

2,055,331

 

N/A

  (a)

 

SCP Credit Impaired Loans

 

598,301

 

N/A

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses

 

(1,934

)

N/A

 

 

SpringCastle Portfolio, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

2,651,698

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

FA Performing Loans at Fortress Acquisition

 

6,798,099

 

7,463,046

 

 

FA Credit Impaired Loans

 

1,335,640

 

1,398,767

 

 

Originated after Fortress Acquisition (b)

 

79,116

 

93,552

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses

 

(208,783

)

(111,248

)

 

Real estate loans, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

8,004,072

 

8,844,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail Sales Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

FA Performing Loans at Fortress Acquisition

 

74,526

 

126,558

 

 

Originated after Fortress Acquisition

 

43,362

 

81,799

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses

 

(1,025

)

(2,260

)

 

Retail sales finance, less allowance for finance receivable losses

 

116,863

 

206,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net finance receivables, less allowance

 

$

13,730,283

 

$

11,633,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for finance receivable losses as a percentage of finance receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal loans

 

2.30

   %

2.51

   %

 

SpringCastle Portfolio

 

0.07

   %

N/A

 

 

Real estate loans

 

2.54

   %

1.24

   %

 

Retail sales finance

 

0.87

   %

1.08

   %

 

 


(a)            Not applicable. The purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio was completed on April 1, 2013.

 

(b)           Real estate loan originations in 2012 and 2013 were from advances on home equity lines of credit.

 

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We consider the delinquency status of the finance receivable as our primary credit quality indicator. We monitor delinquency trends to manage our exposure to credit risk. We consider finance receivables 60 days or more past due as delinquent and consider the likelihood of collection to decrease at such time.

 

The following is a summary of net finance receivable by type by days delinquent:

 

 

 

Personal

 

SpringCastle

 

Real

 

Retail

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Loans

 

Portfolio

 

Estate Loans

 

Sales Finance

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-89 days past due

 

$

26,151

 

$

62,253

 

$

94,975

 

$

1,705

 

$

185,084

 

90-119 days past due

 

19,433

 

43,156

 

63,202

 

1,094

 

126,885

 

120-149 days past due

 

15,273

 

32,648

 

59,449

 

811

 

108,181

 

150-179 days past due

 

12,263

 

10,171

 

38,551

 

649

 

61,634

 

180 days or more past due

 

919

 

16,017

 

355,707

 

130

 

372,773

 

Total delinquent finance receivables

 

74,039

 

164,245

 

611,884

 

4,389

 

854,557

 

Current

 

2,904,671

 

2,352,344

 

7,416,990

 

110,114

 

12,784,119

 

30-59 days past due

 

48,545

 

137,043

 

183,981

 

3,385

 

372,954

 

Total

 

$

3,027,255

 

$

2,653,632

 

$

8,212,855

 

$

117,888

 

$

14,011,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net finance receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-89 days past due

 

$

21,683

 

N/A

   *

$

99,956

 

$

2,107

 

$

123,746

 

90-119 days past due

 

17,538

 

N/A

 

73,803

 

1,416

 

92,757

 

120-149 days past due

 

14,050

 

N/A

 

58,364

 

1,171

 

73,585

 

150-179 days past due

 

9,613

 

N/A

 

45,648

 

743

 

56,004

 

180 days or more past due

 

12,107

 

N/A

 

386,024

 

331

 

398,462

 

Total delinquent finance receivables

 

74,991

 

N/A

 

663,795

 

5,768

 

744,554

 

Current

 

2,534,960

 

N/A

 

8,094,459

 

197,392

 

10,826,811

 

30-59 days past due

 

39,781

 

N/A

 

197,111

 

5,197

 

242,089

 

Total

 

$

2,649,732

 

N/A

 

$

8,955,365

 

$

208,357

 

$

11,813,454

 

 

TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURING

 

We make modifications to our real estate loans to assist borrowers in avoiding foreclosure. When we modify a real estate loan’s contractual terms for economic or other reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties and grant a concession that we would not otherwise consider, we classify that loan as a TDR finance receivable.

Information regarding TDR finance receivables were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

December 31,

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDR net finance receivables

 

$

1,272,833

 

$

812,969

 

Allowance for TDR finance receivable losses

 

$

160,983

 

$

92,290

 

Allowance as a percentage of TDR net finance receivables

 

12.65

   %

11.35

   %

Number of TDR accounts

 

13,412

 

7,681

 

 

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Net finance receivables that were modified as TDR finance receivables within the previous 12 months and for which there was a default during the period were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of TDR accounts

 

378

 

126

 

797

 

408

 

 

TDR net finance receivables*

 

$

26,120

 

$

12,416

 

$

59,809

 

$

47,418

 

 

 


*                   Represents the corresponding balance of TDR net finance receivables at the end of the month in which they defaulted.

 

We may make modifications to a loan in our newly acquired SpringCastle Portfolio to assist borrowers in avoiding default and to mitigate the risk of loss. When we modify a loan’s contractual terms for economic or other reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties and grant a concession that we would not otherwise consider, we classify that loan as a TDR finance receivable. We restructure finance receivables only if we believe the customer has the ability to pay under the restructured terms for the foreseeable future. There were no SpringCastle Portfolio TDR accounts as of the April 1, 2013 acquisition date as any account deemed as a TDR under our policy was categorized as a purchased credit impaired finance receivables. The amount of SpringCastle Portfolio loans that has been classified as a TDR finance receivable subsequent to the acquisition date is less than $50 thousand and has not yet reached a significant level for detailed disclosure.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We have historically financed the majority of our operating liquidity and capital needs through a combination of cash flows from operations, securitization debt, unsecured debt, and borrowings under our secured term loan. In the future, we plan to finance our operating liquidity and capital needs through a combination of cash flows from operations, securitization debt, unsecured debt, other corporate debt facilities, and equity.

 

Our primary cash needs relate to funding our lending activities, our debt service obligations, our operating expenses and, to a lesser extent, expenditures relating to upgrading and monitoring our technology platform, risk systems, and branch locations.

 

Our insurance subsidiaries maintain reserves as liabilities on the balance sheet to cover future claims for certain insurance products. Claims reserves totaled $67.1 million as of September 30, 2013.

 

At September 30, 2013, we had $1.2 billion of cash and cash equivalents and during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 we generated net income of $37.9 million. Our net cash outflow from operating and investing activities totaled $1.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as a result of the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio. At September 30, 2013, our remaining principal and interest payments for 2013 on our existing debt (excluding securitizations) totaled $560.0 million. Additionally, we have $262.8 million of debt maturities and interest payments (excluding securitizations) due in the first nine months of 2014. As of September 30, 2013, we had $1.4 billion UPB of unencumbered personal loans and $1.0 billion UPB of unencumbered real estate loans.

 

Based on our estimates and taking into account the risks and uncertainties of our plans, we believe that we will have adequate liquidity to finance and operate our businesses and repay our obligations as they become due for at least the next twelve months.

 

To reduce the risk associated with unfavorable changes in interest rates on our debt not offset by favorable changes in yield of our finance receivables, we monitor the anticipated cash flows of our assets

 

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and liabilities, principally our finance receivables and debt. We have funded finance receivables with a combination of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt and equity and have based the mix of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt issuances, in part, on the nature of the finance receivables being supported. We have also employed interest rate swap agreements to adjust our fixed/floating mix of total debt. On August 5, 2013, we terminated our remaining cross currency interest rate swap agreement. On a historical accounting basis, our floating-rate debt represented 15% of our borrowings at September 30, 2013 and 31% at December 31, 2012 (which included the impact of our remaining interest rate swap agreement). Adjustable-rate real estate loans represented 5% of our real estate loans at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (on a historical accounting basis).

 

LIQUIDITY

 

Operating Activities

 

Cash from operations increased $186.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to higher net interest income, lower pension expenses primarily due to the pension plan freeze effective December 31, 2012, and lower occupancy expenses reflecting fewer branch offices in the 2013 period as a result of the restructuring activities during the first half of 2012. These increases were partially offset by servicing fee expenses charged by HSBC to service the SpringCastle Portfolio and perform collection services, pursuant to an interim servicing agreement and higher advertising expenses, and legal settlement costs paid in the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities decreased $3.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the purchase of the SpringCastle Portfolio.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities increased $1.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to higher net issuances of long-term debt reflecting eight securitization transactions and three unsecured offerings of senior notes in the 2013 period.

 

Liquidity Risks and Strategies

 

We currently have a significant amount of indebtedness in relation to our equity. SFC’s credit ratings are non-investment grade, which have a significant impact on our cost of, and access to, capital. This, in turn, negatively affects our ability to manage our liquidity and our ability and cost to refinance our indebtedness.

 

There are numerous risks to our financial results, liquidity, capital raising, and debt refinancing plans, some of which may not be quantified in our current liquidity forecasts. These risks include, but are not limited, to the following:

 

·                  our inability to grow our personal loan portfolio with adequate profitability;

·                  the effect of federal, state and local laws, regulations, or regulatory policies and practices;

·                  the liquidation and related losses within our real estate portfolio could be substantial and result in reduced cash receipts;

·                  potential liability relating to real estate and personal loans which we have sold or may sell in the future, or relating to securitized loans; and

·                  the potential for disruptions in bond and equity markets.

 

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The principal factors that could decrease our liquidity are customer delinquencies and defaults, a decline in customer prepayments, and a prolonged inability to adequately access capital market funding. We intend to support our liquidity position by utilizing the following strategies:

 

·                  managing purchases of finance receivables and maintaining disciplined underwriting standards and pricing for loans we originate or purchase;

·                  pursuing additional debt financings (including new securitizations and new unsecured debt issuances, debt refinancing transactions and standby funding facilities), or a combination of the foregoing,

·                  purchasing portions of our outstanding indebtedness through open market or privately negotiated transactions with third parties or pursuant to one or more tender or exchange offers or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices, as well as with such consideration, as we or our affiliates may determine; and

·                  obtaining secured revolving credit facilities to allow us to use excess cash to pay down higher cost debt.

 

However, it is possible that the actual outcome of one or more of our plans could be materially different than expected or that one or more of our significant judgments or estimates could prove to be materially incorrect.

 

OUR INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES

 

State law restricts the amounts our insurance subsidiaries, Merit and Yosemite, may pay as dividends without prior notice to, or in some cases approval from, the Indiana Department of Insurance. The maximum amount of dividends that can be paid without prior approval in a 12 month period, measured retrospectively from the date of payment, is the greater of 10% of policyholders’ surplus as of the prior year-end, or the net gain from operations as of the prior year-end. Our insurance subsidiaries paid $150.0 million of extraordinary dividends in the second quarter of 2012 upon receiving prior approval. On July 19, 2013, our insurance subsidiaries paid an additional $150.0 million of extraordinary dividends upon receiving prior approval. On July 31, 2013, Yosemite paid, as an extraordinary dividend to SFC, 100% of the common stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, CommoLoCo, Inc., in the amount of $57.8 million, upon receiving prior approval.

 

OUR DEBT AGREEMENTS

 

The debt agreements to which SFC and its subsidiaries are a party include customary terms and conditions, including covenants and representations and warranties. These agreements also contain certain restrictions, including restrictions on the ability to create senior liens on property and assets in connection with any new debt financings and restrictions on the intercompany transfer of funds from certain subsidiaries to SFC or SFI, except for those funds needed for debt payments and operating expenses. SFC subsidiaries that borrow funds through the secured term loan are also required to pledge eligible finance receivables or certain other assets to support their borrowing under the secured term loan.

 

With the exception of SFC’s junior subordinated debentures and the 2013-BAC securitization, none of our debt agreements require SFC or any of its subsidiaries to meet or maintain any specific financial targets or ratios, except the requirement to maintain a certain level of pledged finance receivables or certain other assets under the secured term loan.

 

Under our debt agreements, certain events, including non-payment of principal or interest, bankruptcy or insolvency, or a breach of a covenant or a representation or warranty may constitute an event of default and trigger an acceleration of payments. In some cases, an event of default or acceleration of payments under one debt agreement may constitute a cross-default under other debt agreements resulting in an acceleration of payments under the other agreements.

 

As of September 30, 2013, we were in compliance with all of the covenants under our debt agreements.

 

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Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

In January 2007, SFC issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 60-year junior subordinated debentures (the “debentures”) under an indenture dated January 22, 2007 (the “Junior Subordinated Indenture”), by and between SFC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company, as trustee. The debentures underlie the trust preferred securities sold by a trust sponsored by SFC. SFC can redeem the debentures at par beginning in January 2017.

 

The Junior Subordinated Indenture restricts SFC’s ability to sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets, unless the transferee assumes SFC’s obligations and covenants under the Junior Subordinated Indenture. The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides for customary events of default, including: payment defaults; bankruptcy and insolvency; and upon admission by SFC in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or that it has taken corporate action with regard to the commencement of voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. In the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding debentures will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debentures may declare all the debentures to be due and payable immediately.

 

Further, pursuant to the terms of the debentures, SFC, upon the occurrence of a mandatory trigger event, is required to defer interest payments to the holders of the debentures (and not make dividend payments to SFI) unless SFC obtains non-debt capital funding in an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid interest on the debentures otherwise payable on the next interest payment date and pays such amount to the holders of the debentures. A mandatory trigger event occurs if SFC’s (1) tangible equity to tangible managed assets is less than 5.5% or (2) average fixed charge ratio is not more than 1.10x for the trailing four quarters (where the fixed charge ratio equals earnings excluding income taxes, interest expense, extraordinary items, goodwill impairment, and any amounts related to discontinued operations, divided by the sum of interest expense and any preferred dividends).

 

Based upon SFC’s financial results for the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, a mandatory trigger event occurred with respect to the payment due in January 2014 as the average fixed charge ratio was 0.76x (while the tangible equity to tangible managed assets ratio was 9.59%). As of November 12, 2013, SFC has not obtained the non-debt capital funding necessary to satisfy the January 2014 interest payments required by SFC’s debentures.

 

2013-BAC Securitization

 

On September 25, 2013, we completed a private securitization transaction in which the 2013-BAC Trust, a wholly owned special purpose vehicle of SFC, issued $500.0 million of notes backed by an amortizing pool of personal loans acquired from subsidiaries of SFC. We sold the personal loan-backed notes for gross proceeds of $500.0 million.

 

In connection with the 2013-BAC securitization, SFC is required to maintain a consolidated tangible net worth covenant. At September 30, 2013, SFC is in compliance with this covenant.

 

Secured Term Loan

 

SFFC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SFC, is party to a six-year secured term loan pursuant to a credit agreement among SFFC, SFC, the Subsidiary Guarantors, and a syndicate of lenders, various agents, and Bank of America, N.A, as administrative agent.

 

On April 11, 2013, SFFC made a mandatory prepayment, without penalty or premium, of $714.9 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. On each of May 15, 2013 and May 30, 2013, SFFC made additional prepayments, without penalty or premium, of $500.0 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. On July 29, 2013 and September

 

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30, 2013, SFFC made prepayments, without penalty or premium, of $235.1 million and $1.25 billion, respectively, of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. In addition, on September 30, 2013, the parties to the secured term loan entered into the New Loan Tranche, which consisted of new term loan commitments totaling $750.0 million pursuant to the incremental facility joinder agreement to the secured term loan. Proceeds from the New Loan Tranche were used to fund the $1.25 billion prepayment of existing secured term loans due 2017. On October 11, 2013, SFFC made a prepayment, without penalty or premium, of $550.0 million of outstanding principal (plus accrued interest) on the secured term loan. Following the prepayment, the initial loans under the secured term loan maturing in 2017 were fully repaid, and the outstanding principal amount of loans under the New Loan Tranche of the secured term loan maturing in 2019, put in place on September 30, 2013, totaled $750.0 million.

 

Structured Financings

 

We execute private securitizations under Rule 144A of the Securities Act. As of September 30, 2013, our structured financings consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Initial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Note

 

Note

 

Initial

 

Current

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts

 

Amounts

 

Collateral

 

Collateral

 

Average

 

Collateral

 

Revolving

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Issued (a)

 

Outstanding

 

Balance

 

Balance

 

Interest Rate

 

Type

 

Period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Securitizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGFMT 2006-1

 

 $

457,061

 

$

120,549

 

$

473,570

 

$

140,975

 

5.7500%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

AGFMT 2009-1

 

1,179,513

 

252,432

 

1,965,856

 

1,075,353

 

4.5625%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

AGFMT 2010-1

 

716,897

 

309,721

 

1,002,653

 

624,509

 

5.3000%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2011-1

 

365,441

 

262,691

 

496,861

 

390,323

 

4.8266%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2012-1

 

394,611

 

297,333

 

473,009

 

401,700

 

3.7447%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2012-2

 

770,806

 

629,479

 

970,034

 

871,983

 

3.3384%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2012-3

 

794,854

 

675,891

 

1,030,568

 

952,758

 

2.7190%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2013-1

 

782,489

 

719,346

 

1,021,846

 

976,243

 

3.0317%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

SLFMT 2013-2

 

756,878

 

733,125

 

1,137,307

 

1,120,470

 

2.8800%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Securitizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLFMT 2013-A

 

567,880

 

567,880

 

662,247

 

662,248

 

2.8880%

 

Personal loans

 

2 years

 

SLFMT 2013-B

 

370,170

 

370,170

 

441,989

 

441,990

 

4.0627%

 

Personal loans

 

3 years

 

SLFMT 2013-BAC

 

500,000

 

500,000

 

645,162

 

645,162

 

(b)

 

Personal loans

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total mortgage and consumer securitizations

 

7,656,600

 

5,438,617

 

10,321,102

 

8,303,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SpringCastle Securitization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal and junior

 

 

 

SCFT 2013-1

 

2,572,000

 

2,170,134

 

3,934,955

 

3,551,145

 

3.7862%

 

  mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total secured structured financings

 

 $

10,228,600

 

$

7,608,751

 

$

14,256,057

 

$

11,854,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)            Represents securities sold at time of issuance or at a later date and does not include retained notes.

 

(b)           Initial weighted average interest for SLFMT 2013-BAC was the average daily one-month LIBOR plus 2.00%.

 

We completed the following mortgage securitization in October 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Initial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Note

 

Note

 

Initial

 

Current

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts

 

Amounts

 

Collateral

 

Collateral

 

Average

 

Collateral

 

Revolving

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Issued *

 

Outstanding

 

Balance

 

Balance

 

Interest Rate

 

Type

 

Period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Securitization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLFMT 2013-3

 

$

292,978

 

$

292,978

 

$

500,390

 

$

500,390

 

2.6600%

 

Mortgage loans

 

N/A

 

 


*                   Represents securities sold at time of issuance or at a later date and does not include retained notes.

 

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In addition to the structured financings included in the table above, we completed two conduit securitizations in September 2013, which were not funded at closing, as discussed in “2013 Initiatives – Consumer Loan Securitizations.”

 

Our recent securitizations have served to partially replace secured and unsecured debt in our capital structure with more favorable non-recourse funding. Our overall funding costs are positively impacted by our increased usage of securitizations as we typically execute these transactions at interest rates significantly below those of our maturing secured and unsecured debt.

 

The weighted average interest rates on our debt on a historical accounting basis were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Three Months

 

Nine Months

 

Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

5.32

%

6.01

%

5.54

%

6.07

%

 

 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no material off-balance sheet arrangements as defined by SEC rules. We had no off-balance sheet exposure to losses associated with unconsolidated VIEs at September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012.

 

 Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

 

We describe our significant accounting policies used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Prospectus. We consider the following policies to be our most critical accounting policies because they involve critical accounting estimates and a significant degree of management judgment:

 

·                  allowance for finance receivable losses;

·                  purchased credit impaired finance receivables;

·                  TDR finance receivables;

·                  push-down accounting; and

·                  fair value measurements.

 

We believe the amount of the allowance for finance receivable losses is the most significant estimate we make. See “—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates - Allowance for Finance Receivable Losses” in our Prospectus for further discussion of the models and assumptions used to assess the adequacy of the allowance for finance receivable losses.

 

There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

 Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

 

See Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements.

 

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Glossary of Terms

 

 

 

Average debt

average of debt for each day in the period

 

 

 

 

Average net receivables

average of net finance receivables at the beginning and end of each month in the period

 

 

Charge-off ratio

annualized net charge-offs as a percentage of the average of net finance receivables at the beginning of each month in the period

 

 

Delinquency ratio

UPB 60 days or more past due (greater than three payments unpaid) as a percentage of UPB

 

 

Gross charge-off ratio

annualized gross charge-offs as a percentage of the average of net finance receivables at the beginning of each month in the period

 

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture

capital securities classified as debt for accounting purposes but due to their terms are afforded, at least in part, equity capital treatment in the calculation of effective leverage by rating agencies

 

 

Loss ratio

annualized net charge-offs, net writedowns on real estate owned, net gain (loss) on sales of real estate owned, and operating expenses related to real estate owned as a percentage of the average of real estate loans at the beginning of each month in the period

Net interest income

total interest income less total interest expense

 

 

Recovery ratio

annualized recoveries on net-charge offs as a percentage of the average of net finance receivables at the beginning of each month in the period

 

 

Tangible equity

total equity less accumulated other comprehensive income or loss

 

 

Weighted average interest rate

annualized interest expense as a percentage of average debt

 

 

Yield

annualized finance charges as a percentage of average net receivables

 

 

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Our quantitative and qualitative market risk disclosures at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were disclosed in our Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to our market risk since this filing.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)                   Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified by the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, evaluates the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of each quarter and year using the framework and criteria established in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework”, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2013, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective and that the condensed consolidated financial statements fairly present our consolidated financial position and the results of our operations for the periods presented.

 

(b)                   Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.

 

See Note 14 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

 

In addition to the information set forth in this Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risk factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Prospectus. There have been no material changes in the Company’s risk factors since this filing.

 

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Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

On October 15, 2013, our registration statement (File No. 333-190653) was declared effective for our initial public offering, pursuant to which we registered the offering and sale of 11,631,667 shares of common stock by us and 9,413,481 shares of common stock by the selling shareholders, and we granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,156,772 shares, all at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. The underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full on October 16, 2013. On October 21, 2013, the offering closed with offering proceeds to us (before expenses) of $235.6 million and to the selling stockholders (before expenses) of $149.6 million. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Allen & Company LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. acted as joint book-running managers.

 

As a result of the offering, we received net proceeds of approximately $235.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $15.8 million and additional offering-related expenses of approximately $4.0 million, for total expenses to us of approximately $19.8 million. No offering expenses were paid directly or indirectly to any of our directors or officers (or their associates), or persons owning ten percent or more of any class of our equity securities or to any other affiliate.

 

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 

 

Item 6.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibits are listed in the Exhibit Index beginning on page 99 herein.

 

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Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 12, 2013

 

By

/s/     Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

 

         Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal
Financial Officer)

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

3.1*

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

 

3.2*

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

 

4.1

7.750% Senior Notes Indenture, dated September 24, 2013, between Springleaf Finance Corporation and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (4.1) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 2013.

 

 

4.2

8.250% Senior Notes Indenture, dated September 24, 2013, between Springleaf Finance Corporation and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (4.2) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 2013.

 

 

10.1

Form of Indemnification Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.1) to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Springleaf Holdings, LLC), filed October 1, 2013.

 

 

10.2

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2013, between Springleaf Finance Corporation and the representative of the Initial Purchasers. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.1) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 2013.

 

 

10.3

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2013, between Springleaf Finance Corporation and the representative of the Initial Purchasers. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.2) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 2013.

 

 

10.4

Joinder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2013, among Springleaf Financial Funding Company, as borrower, Springleaf Finance Corporation and the subsidiaries of Springleaf Finance Corporation party thereto, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as new 2019 term lender, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.1) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 30, 2013.

 

 

10.5*

Stockholders Agreement between Springleaf Holdings, Inc. and Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC.

 

 

10.6

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (99.1) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc., filed October 15, 2013.

 

 

10.7

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Springleaf Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Employees). Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.9) to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc., filed October 1, 2013.

 

 

10.8

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Springleaf Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Non-Employee Directors). Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.10) to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc., filed October 1, 2013.

 

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Exhibit

 

10.9

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Springleaf Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.16) to Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc., filed October 11, 2013.

 

 

10.10

Employment Agreement by and among Springleaf Finance, Inc., Springleaf General Services Corporation and Jay Levine, dated as of September 30, 2013. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10.10) to Springleaf Finance Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated October 30, 2013.

 

 

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications of the President and Chief Executive Officer of Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

 

31.2

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications of the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

 

 

32

Section 1350 Certifications

 


*      Filed herewith.

 

100


Exhibit 3.1

 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF

INCORPORATION OF

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 


 

Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law

 


 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ GCL ”), does hereby certify as follows:

(1)                              The name of the Corporation is Springleaf Holdings, Inc.  The Corporation was originally formed on August 5, 2013 as Springleaf Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of AGF Holding Inc. It subsequently was converted to a Delaware corporation and changed its name to Springleaf Holdings, Inc. on October 9, 2013. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 9, 2013.

(2)                               This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) and by the sole stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the GCL.

(3)                              This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as

 



 

heretofore amended or supplemented.

(4)                               Effective as of the date of its filing with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the text of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is restated in its entirety as follows:

FIRST :  The name of the Corporation is Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

SECOND :  The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801.  The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD :  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GCL.

FOURTH :                            (a) Authorized Capital Stock .  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is two billion, three hundred million (2,300,000,000) shares of capital stock, consisting of (i) two billion (2,000,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) and (ii) three hundred million (300,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).

(b)                               Common Stock . The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of the Common Stock are as follows:

(1)                               Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or required by law or the terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock issued in accordance with Part (c) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have one vote for each share held by such holder of record; provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of record of shares of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate of

 

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Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any resolutions relating to any series of Preferred Stock adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with this Article FOURTH) or pursuant to the GCL.

(2)                               Subject to applicable law and the preferential rights as to dividends of the holders of all classes or series of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(3)                               Subject to the prior rights of creditors of the Corporation and the holders of all classes or series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets of the Corporation. The term “Liquidation Event” shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any voluntary consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity or other corporations or entities or a sale, lease or conveyance of all or a part of the Corporation’s assets.

(4)                               No holder of shares of Common Stock shall have cumulative voting rights.

(5)                               No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to

 

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preemptive or subscription rights.

(c)                                Preferred Stock .

(1)                               The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series, including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.

(2)                               The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock may be increased (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the GCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting

 

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separately as a class shall be required therefor.

(d)                              Power to Sell and Purchase Shares .  Subject to the requirements ofapplicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to issue and sell all or any part of any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized to such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not greater consideration could be received upon the issue or sale of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law.  Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to purchase any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized from such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the purchase of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law.

FIFTH :  The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders.

(a)                                The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b)                               The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three nor more than eleven members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

(c)                                The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III.  Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the total

 

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number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no director vacancies (the “ entire Board of Directors ”).  The term of the initial Class I directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2014; the term of the initial Class II directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2015; and the term of the initial Class III directors assigned at the time of the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2016.  At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2014, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the directors of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(d)       Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80 %) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors (the “ Voting Shares ”), provided , however , that for so long as the Fortress Stockholders (as defined in Part (a) of Article ELEVENTH), collectively, beneficially own (as defined in Part (a) of Article ELEVENTH) at least 30% of the then issued and

 

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outstanding Voting Shares, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding Voting Shares.  The vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal shall be filled as provided in Part (f) of this Article FIFTH.

(e)       A director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

(f)                                 Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, (i) any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and (ii) any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors, other than for a vacancy resulting from the removal of a director as provided in Part (d) of this Article FIFTH which may be filled in the first instance by the stockholders, may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any resolutions

 

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relating to any series of Preferred Stock adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with Article FOURTH) applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article FIFTH unless expressly provided by such terms.

(g)                               In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any bylaws of the Corporation adopted by the stockholders or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, as amended and/or restated from time to time (the “ Bylaws ”); provided , however , that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

(h)                               Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called at any time by either (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, or (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers include the authority to call such meetings or (iii) at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any stockholders that collectively beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.  If at any time the Fortress Stockholders do not, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued

 

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and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, then the ability of the stockholders to call or cause a special meeting of stockholders to be called is hereby specifically denied.

SIXTH :  No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the GCL is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL, as so amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

SEVENTH :  The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided , however , that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors.  The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorneys’

 

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fees) incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article SEVENTH.

The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.

The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability.

Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

EIGHTH :  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing,

 

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setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, provided , however , that at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

NINTH :  Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide.  The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws.

TENTH : (a) Subject to Part (b) of this Article TENTH, the Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, either (i) without the approval of the Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided , however , that at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty (20)% of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, the Bylaws also may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon or (ii) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding Part (a) of this Article TENTH, or any other provision of the Bylaws (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), (i) any amendment, alteration or repeal, in whole or in part, of Section 2.3 (Special Meetings), Section 2.11 (Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting), Section 3.1 (Number and Election of Directors), Section 3.2 (Vacancies), Section 3.3 (Duties and Powers), Section 3.6 (Resignations and Removals of Directors), Article IX (Amendments) and Article XI (Definitions) of the Bylaws (collectively, the “ Specified Bylaws ”) as in effect immediately following the initial public offering of Common Stock (which, for the avoidance of doubt, would include the adoption of any provision as part of the Bylaws that is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified Bylaws), shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and (ii) the ability of the Board of Directors to amend, alter or repeal the Specified Bylaws is specifically denied; provided , however , that at any time that the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty (20%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, the Specified Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without approval of the stockholders).

ELEVENTH :  (a) Definitions .  For purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the following definitions shall apply:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a given person, any other person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such person; provided , however , that for purposes of this definition and this Article ELEVENTH, none of (i) the Springleaf Entities and any entities (including corporations, partnerships, limited liability

 

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companies or other persons) in which such Springleaf Entities hold, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest, on the one hand, or (ii) the Fortress Stockholders and their Affiliates (excluding any Springleaf Entities or other entities described in clause (i)), on the other hand, shall be deemed to be “Affiliates” of one another. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as applied to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of beneficial ownership of, or the power to vote, ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having voting power for the election of directors (or other persons acting in similar capacities) of such person or the power otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

AIG Affiliate Stockholders ” means (A) any director of the Corporation who may be deemed an Affiliate of American International Group, Inc. (“ AIG ”), (B) any director or officer of AIG or its Affiliates and (C) any Subsidiary of AIG.

AIG Stockholders ” means (i) each AIG Affiliate Stockholder and each entity formed by an AIG Affiliate Stockholder to hold any interests in the Initial Stockholder or the Corporation and (iii) each Permitted Transferee who becomes a party to or bound by the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, in accordance with the terms thereof, or Permitted Transferee thereof who is entitled to enforce the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

beneficially own ” and “ beneficial ownership ” and similar terms used herein shall be determined in accordance with Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; provided that for purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Fortress Stockholders shall be deemed to beneficially own Voting Shares or other securities held by record

 

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by the Initial Stockholder in an amount proportionate to the aggregate voting power of the Initial Stockholder held of record or beneficially owned by the Fortress Stockholders.

corporate opportunity ” shall include, but not be limited to, business opportunities which the Corporation is financially able to undertake, which are, from their nature, in the line of the Corporation’s business, are of practical advantage to it and are ones in which the Corporation has an interest or a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the self-interest of the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates or their officers or directors could be brought into conflict with that of any of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates.

Fortress Affiliate Stockholders ” means (A) any director of the Corporation who may be deemed an Affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“ FIG ”), (B) any director or officer of FIG or its Affiliates and (C) any investment funds (including any managed accounts) managed directly or indirectly by FIG or its Affiliates.

Fortress Stockholders ” means (i) the Initial Stockholder, (ii) each Fortress Affiliate Stockholder and each entity formed by a Fortress Affiliate Stockholder to hold any interests in the Initial Stockholder or the Corporation and (iii) each Permitted Transferee who becomes a party to or bound by the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, in accordance with the terms thereof, or Permitted Transferee thereof who is entitled to enforce the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

Founding Stockholders ” means the AIG Stockholders and the Fortress Stockholders.

Governmental Entity ” means any national, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, any court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory authority, commission or agency or any non-governmental,

 

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self-regulatory authority, commission or agency.

Initial Stockholder ” means Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that constitute Springleaf Entities) and successors.

Judgment ” means any order, writ, injunction, award, judgment, ruling or decree of any Governmental Entity.

Law ” means any statute, law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity.

Lien ” means any pledge, claim, equity, option, lien, charge, mortgage, easement, right-of-way, call right, right of first refusal, “tag”- or “drag”- along right, encumbrance, security interest or other similar restriction of any kind or nature whatsoever.

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to each Founding Stockholder, (i) any other Founding Stockholder, (ii) such Founding Stockholder’s Affiliates, (iii) in the case of any Founding Stockholder, (A) any member or general or limited partner of such Founding Stockholder (including, without limitation, any member of the Initial Stockholder), (B) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is an Affiliate of such Founding Stockholder or any member, general or limited partner of such Founding Stockholder (collectively, “ Stockholder Affiliates ”), (C) any investment funds managed directly or indirectly by such Founding Stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate (a “ Stockholder Fund ”), (D) any general or limited partner of any Stockholder Fund, (E) any managing director, general partner, director, limited partner, officer or employee of any Stockholder Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (E) (collectively, “ Stockholder

 

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Associates ”) or (F) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which, consist solely of any one or more of such Founding Stockholder, any general or limited partner of such Founding Stockholder, any Stockholder Affiliates, any Stockholder Fund, any Stockholder Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants and (iv) any other person that acquires shares of the Corporation’s common stock from such Founding Stockholder other than pursuant to a Public Offering that agrees to become party to the Stockholders Agreement.

Public Offering ” means an offering of common stock of the Corporation pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including an offering in which Founding Stockholders may be entitled to sell the Corporation’s common stock pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

Restriction ” with respect to any capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, means any voting or other trust or agreement, option, warrant, preemptive right, right of first offer, right of first refusal, escrow arrangement, proxy, buy-sell agreement, power of attorney or other contract, any Law, license, permit or Judgment that, conditionally or unconditionally, (i) grants to any person the right to purchase or otherwise acquire, or obligates any person to sell or otherwise dispose of or issue, or otherwise results or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, may result in any person acquiring, (A) any of such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, (B) any of the proceeds of, or any distributions paid or that are or may become payable with respect to, any of such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or (C) any interest in such capital stock, partnership interest,

 

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membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or any such proceeds or distributions, (ii) restricts or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, is reasonably likely to restrict the transfer or voting of, or the exercise of any rights or the enjoyment of any benefits arising by reason of ownership of, any such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or any such proceeds or distributions or (iii) creates or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, is reasonably likely to create a Lien or purported Lien affecting such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, proceeds or distributions.

Springleaf Entities ” means the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and “Springleaf Entity” includes any of the Springleaf Entities.

Stockholders Agreement ” means the stockholders agreement, dated on or about October 15, 2013, between the Corporation and the Initial Stockholder, as may be amended from time to time.

Subsidiary ” with respect to any person means: (i) a corporation, a majority in voting power of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly owned by such person, by a Subsidiary of such person, or by such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such person, without regard to whether the voting of such capital stock is subject to a voting agreement or similar Restriction, (ii) a partnership or limited liability company in which such person or a Subsidiary of such person is, at the date of determination, (A) in the case of a partnership, a general partner of such partnership with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such partnership or (B) in the case of a limited liability company, the managing member or, in the absence of a managing

 

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member, a member with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such limited liability company or (iii) any other person (other than a corporation) in which such person, a Subsidiary of such person or such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (A) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the members of the governing body of such person (whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar restriction) or (B) in the absence of such a governing body, a majority ownership interest.

(b)                               Founding Stockholders, etc .  In anticipation and in recognition that:

(1)                               the Initial Stockholder or its Permitted Transferees or their Affiliates will be significant stockholders of the Corporation;

(2)                               directors, officers and/or employees of the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates may serve as directors, officers and/or employees of the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates;

(3)                               the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, may engage in the same, similar or related lines of business and may have an interest in the same, similar or related areas of corporate opportunities;

(4)                               the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, may enter into, engage in, perform and consummate contracts, agreements, arrangements, transactions and other business relations; and

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Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH are set forth to regulate, define and guide, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the conduct of certain affairs of the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates as they may involve the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates and their officers and directors, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates and their officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith, provided , however , that nothing in this Article ELEVENTH will impair the ability of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates to enter into contractual arrangements with any Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates, which arrangements restrict such Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates from engaging in activities otherwise allowed by this Article ELEVENTH, and the following provisions shall be subject to any such contractual obligation of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates.

(c)                                Related Business Activities, etc .  Except as the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates shall have the right to, and shall have no duty to abstain from exercising such right to, (i) engage or invest, directly or indirectly, in the same, similar or related business activities or lines of business as the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates or (iii) employ or otherwise engage any officer, director or employee of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates and officers, directors and employees thereof (subject to Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH) shall not have or be under any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty nor duty to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for any breach or alleged breach

 

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thereof or for any derivation of any personal economic gain by reason of any such activities of the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates or of any of their officer’s, director’s or employee’s participation therein.

(d)                              Corporate Opportunity, etc . Except as the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, if the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates, or any officer, director or employee thereof (subject to the provisions of Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH), acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates, none of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates or any stockholder thereof shall have an interest in, or expectation that, such corporate opportunity be offered to it or that it be offered an opportunity to participate therein, and any such interest, expectation, offer or opportunity to participate, and any other interest or expectation otherwise due to the Corporation or any other Springleaf Entity with respect to such corporate opportunity, is hereby renounced by the Corporation on its behalf and on behalf of the other Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders in accordance with Section 122(17) of the GCL. Accordingly, subject to Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH and except as the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates may otherwise agree in writing, (i) none of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates or any officer, director or employee thereof will be under any obligation to present, communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates and (ii) the Founding Stockholders and any of their Affiliates shall have the right to hold any such corporate opportunity for their own account, or to direct, recommend, sell, assign or otherwise transfer such corporate opportunity to any person or persons other than the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Founding

 

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Stockholders and their respective Affiliates and officers, directors and employees thereof (subject to Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH) shall not have or be under any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty or duty to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders and shall not be liable to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities or their respective Affiliates and stockholders for any breach or alleged breach thereof or for any derivation of personal economic gain by reason of the fact that the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates or any of their officers, directors or employees pursues or acquires the corporate opportunity for itself, or directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers the corporate opportunity to another person, or the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates or any of their officers, directors or employees does not present, offer or communicate information regarding the corporate opportunity to the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates.

(e)                                Directors, Officers and Employees .  Except as the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, in the event that a director, officer or employee of any of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates who is also a director, officer or employee of any of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity or is offered a corporate opportunity, if (i) such person acts in good faith and (ii) such knowledge of such potential transaction or matter was not obtained solely in connection with, or such corporate opportunity was not offered to such person solely in, such person’s capacity as director or officer of any of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, then (A) such director, officer or employee, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (1) shall be deemed to have fully satisfied and fulfilled such person’s fiduciary duty to the Corporation, the other

 

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Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity, (2) shall not have or be under any fiduciary duty to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders and shall not be liable to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities or their respective Affiliates and stockholders for any breach or alleged breach thereof by reason of the fact that any of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates pursues or acquires the corporate opportunity for itself, or directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers the corporate opportunity to another person, or any of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates or such director, officer or employee does not present, offer or communicate information regarding the corporate opportunity to the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, (3) shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believes to be in, and not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders for the purposes of Article SIXTH and the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and (4) shall not have any duty of loyalty to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders or any duty not to derive any personal benefit therefrom and shall not be liable to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities or their respective Affiliates and stockholders for any breach or alleged breach thereof for purposes of Article SIXTH and the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation as a result thereof and (B) such potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity, or the corporate opportunity, shall belong to the applicable Founding Stockholder or respective Affiliates thereof (and not to any of the Springleaf Entities or Affiliates thereof).

(f)                                 Agreements with Founding Stockholders . The Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates may from time to time enter into and perform one or more agreements (or modifications or supplements to pre-existing agreements) with the Founding Stockholders and their respective

 

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Affiliates pursuant to which the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Founding Stockholders and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, agree to engage in transactions of any kind or nature with each other and/or agree to compete, or to refrain from competing or to limit or restrict their competition, with each other, including to allocate and to cause their respective directors, officers and employees (including any who are directors, officers or employees of both) to allocate corporate opportunities between or to refer corporate opportunities to each other. Subject to Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH, except as otherwise required by Law, and except as the Founding Stockholders and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, no such agreement, or the performance thereof by the Springleaf Entities and their Affiliates, or the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates, shall be considered contrary to or inconsistent with any fiduciary duty to the Corporation, any other Springleaf Entity or their respective Affiliates and stockholders of any director or officer of the Corporation, any other Springleaf Entity or any Affiliate thereof who is also a director, officer or employee of any of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates or to any stockholder thereof. Subject to Part (e) of this Article ELEVENTH, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, and except as the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates, on the other hand, may otherwise agree in writing, none of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to refrain from entering into any agreement or participating in any transaction referred to in this Part (f) of Article ELEVENTH and no director, officer or employee of the Corporation, any other Springleaf Entity or any Affiliate thereof who is also a director, officer or employee of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to the Corporation, the other Springleaf Entities and their respective Affiliates and stockholders to

 

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refrain from acting on behalf of the Founding Stockholders or their Affiliates in respect of any such agreement or transaction or performing any such agreement in accordance with its terms. Any Director of the Corporation who is also a director of a Founding Stockholder or Affiliate thereof may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee that authorizes the agreement or transaction.

(g)                               Ambiguity .  Nothing contained in this Article ELEVENTH amends or modifies, or will amend or modify, in any respect, any written contractual arrangement between the Founding Stockholders or any of their Affiliates, on the one hand and the Springleaf Entities or any of their Affiliates, on the other hand.

(h)                               Application of Provision, etc .  This Article ELEVENTH shall apply as set forth above except as otherwise provided by Law. It is the intention of this Article ELEVENTH to take full advantage of statutory amendments, the effect of which may be to specifically authorize or approve provisions such as this Article ELEVENTH. No alteration, amendment, termination, expiration or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article ELEVENTH shall eliminate, reduce, apply to or have any effect on the protections afforded hereby to any director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Springleaf Entities or their Affiliates for or with respect to any investments, activities or opportunities of which such director, officer, employee or stockholder becomes aware prior to such alteration, amendment, termination, expiration, repeal or adoption, or any matters occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article ELEVENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, termination, expiration, repeal or adoption.

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and to have consented to the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH.

(j)                                   Chairman or Chairman of a Committee . For purposes of this Article ELEVENTH, a director who is chairman of the Board of Directors or chairman of a committee of the Board of Directors is not deemed an officer of the Corporation by reason of holding that position unless that person is a full-time employee of the Corporation.

(k)                               Severability . If this Article ELEVENTH or any portion hereof shall be invalidated or held to be unenforceable on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of which shall not have been reversed on appeal, this Article ELEVENTH shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to avoid a violation of law and, as so modified, this Article ELEVENTH and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(l)                                   Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article ELEVENTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article ELEVENTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article ELEVENTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption. Following the expiration of this Article ELEVENTH, any contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction involving a corporate opportunity shall not by reason thereof result in any breach of any fiduciary duty or duty of loyalty or failure to act in good faith or in the best interests of the Corporation or derivation of any improper benefit or personal economic gain, but shall be governed by the other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the GCL and other applicable law.

TWELFTH :                   (a) The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section

 

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(b)                               Notwithstanding Part (a) of this Article TWELFTH, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

(1)                               Prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; or

(2)                               Upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

(3)                               At or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

(c)                                For purposes of this Article TWELFTH, references to:

(1)                               affiliate ” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or

 

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more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

(2)                               associate ,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) Any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

(3)                               business combination ,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(i)                                   Any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with (A) the interested stockholder, or (B) any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Part (b) of this Article TWELFTH is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(ii)                               Any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

 

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(iii)                           Any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (A) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (B) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the GCL; (C) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (D) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (E) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided , however , that in no case under items (C)-(E) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation;

(iv)                           Any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(v)                               Any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit,

 

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directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i)-(iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

(4)                               control ,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” 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 the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Section, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(5)                               Fortress Direct Transferee ” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from Fortress or any of its affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

(6)                               Fortress Indirect Transferee ” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any Fortress Direct Transferee or any other Fortress Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

 

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(7)                               interested stockholder ” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided , however , that “interested stockholder” shall not include (A) any Fortress Stockholder, any Fortress Direct Transferee, any Fortress Indirect Transferee or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, or (B) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation, provided that, solely with respect to clause (B) and not with respect to clause (A), such person shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

(8)                               person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

(9)                               stock ” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and,

 

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with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

(10)                       voting stock ” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

(11)                       owner ,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

(i)                                   Beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(ii)                               Has (A) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(iii)                           Has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (B) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

 

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THIRTEENTH :  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the GCL, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to such reservation; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon shall be required to amend, alter or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of Articles FIFTH, EIGHTH, TENTH or ELEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or this Article THIRTEENTH.

FOURTEENTH :  Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the GCL or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; provided , however , that, in the event that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and

 

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specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article FOURTEENTH.

FIFTEENTH :  The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf this 15th day October, 2013.

 

 

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jay N. Levine

 

 

 

 

Name:

Jay N. Levine

 

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

A Delaware Corporation

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Article I OFFICES

2

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Registered Office

2

Section 1.2

Other Offices

2

 

 

 

Article II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2

 

 

Section 2.1

Place of Meetings

2

Section 2.2

Annual Meetings

2

Section 2.3

Special Meetings

2

Section 2.4

Notice

3

Section 2.5

Adjournments

3

Section 2.6

Waiver of Notice

3

Section 2.7

Quorum

4

Section 2.8

Organization

4

Section 2.9

Voting

4

Section 2.10

Proxies

5

Section 2.11

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

6

Section 2.12

List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote

6

Section 2.13

Record Date

7

Section 2.14

Stock Ledger

8

Section 2.15

Meetings by Remote Communications

8

Section 2.16

Conduct of Meetings

8

Section 2.17

Inspectors of Election

9

Section 2.18

Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders

9

Section 2.19

Nomination of Directors

12

Section 2.20

Requirement to Appear

15

 

 

 

Article III DIRECTORS

15

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Number and Election of Directors

15

Section 3.2

Vacancies

17

Section 3.3

Duties and Powers

17

Section 3.4

Meetings

17

Section 3.5

Organization

18

Section 3.6

Resignations and Removals of Directors

18

Section 3.7

Quorum

19

Section 3.8

Action at Meeting

19

Section 3.9

Actions of the Board by Written Consent

19

 

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Section 3.10

Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone

19

Section 3.11

Rules and Regulations

20

Section 3.12

Committees

20

Section 3.13

Compensation

23

Section 3.14

Interested Directors

23

Section 3.15

Chairman of the Board of Directors

24

 

 

 

Article IV OFFICERS

24

 

 

 

Section 4.1

General

24

Section 4.2

Election

24

Section 4.3

Salaries of Elected Officers

24

Section 4.4

Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation

25

Section 4.5

Chief Executive Officer.

25

Section 4.6

President

25

Section 4.7

Vice Presidents

26

Section 4.8

Secretary

26

Section 4.9

Chief Financial Officer.

26

Section 4.10

Other Officers.

27

Section 4.11

Resignation

27

Section 4.12

Removal

27

 

 

 

Article V STOCK

27

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Form of Certificates

27

Section 5.2

Signatures

27

Section 5.3

Lost Certificates

28

Section 5.4

Transfers

28

Section 5.5

Record Owners

28

Section 5.6

Transfer and Registry Agents

28

Section 5.7

Regulations

29

 

 

 

Article VI NOTICES

29

 

 

 

Section 6.1

Notices

29

Section 6.2

Waivers of Notice

30

 

 

 

Article VII GENERAL PROVISIONS

30

 

 

 

Section 7.1

Dividends

30

Section 7.2

Disbursements

31

Section 7.3

Fiscal Year

31

Section 7.4

Corporate Seal

31

Section 7.5

Records to be Kept.

31

Section 7.6

Execution of Instruments

31

Section 7.7

Certificate of Incorporation

31

Section 7.8

Construction

32

 

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Article VIII INDEMNIFICATION

32

 

 

 

Section 8.1

Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the

 

Right of the Corporation

32

Section 8.2

Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the

 

Corporation

 

32

Section 8.3

Authorization of Indemnification

33

Section 8.4

Good Faith Defined

33

Section 8.5

Indemnification by a Court

34

Section 8.6

Expenses Payable in Advance

34

Section 8.7

Non-exclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

34

Section 8.8

Insurance

35

Section 8.9

Certain Definitions

35

Section 8.10

Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

36

Section 8.11

Contractual Rights

36

Section 8.12

Limitation on Indemnification

36

Section 8.13

Indemnification of Employees and Agents

36

Section 8.14

Severability

37

 

 

 

Article IX AMENDMENTS

37

 

 

 

Section 9.1

Amendments

37

 

 

 

Article X EMERGENCY BYLAWS

38

 

 

 

Section 10.1

Emergency Board of Directors

38

Section 10.2

Membership of Emergency Board of Directors

38

Section 10.3

Powers of the Emergency Board

38

Section 10.4

Stockholders’ Meeting

38

Section 10.5

Emergency Corporate Headquarters

38

Section 10.6

Limitation of Liability

39

Section 10.7

Amendments; Repeal

39

 

 

 

Article XI DEFINITIONS

39

 

 

 

Section 11.1

Defined terms

39

 

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BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. on October 9, 2013, as amended and restated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation effective as of October 15, 2013 (as amended and restated, the “ Bylaws ”).

 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

 

Section 1.1   Registered Office .  The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, State of Delaware.

 

Section 1.2   Other Offices .  The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.1   Place of Meetings .  Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine that a meeting of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”).

 

Section 2.2   Annual Meetings .  The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.  Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Section 2.3   Special Meetings .  Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and/or restated from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called at any time by either (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, or (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a

 

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committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers include the authority to call such meetings or (iii) at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any stockholders that collectively beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding  shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.  If at any time the Fortress Stockholders do not, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, then the ability of the stockholders to call or cause a Special Meeting of Stockholders to be called is hereby specifically denied.  At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

 

Section 2.4   Notice .  Except as otherwise provided by law, these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given in accordance with Section 6.1 hereof, which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting of Stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, except that, where any other minimum or maximum notice period for any action to be taken at such meeting is required under the DGCL, then such other minimum or maximum notice period shall control.

 

Section 2.5   Adjournments .  Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholder may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.4 hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.6   Waiver of Notice .  Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the

 

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transaction of any business because the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice or waive notice by electronic transmission, in person or by proxy. To the extent permitted by law, a stockholder’s attendance at a meeting, in person or by proxy, waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the stockholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Any stockholder so waiving notice of a meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

 

Section 2.7   Quorum .  Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the Corporation’s capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business.  Where a separate vote by one or more series or classes is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such one or more series or classes present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter.  A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 2.5 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or represented.

 

Section 2.8   Organization . Such person as the Chairman of the Board may have designated or, in the absence of such person, such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such person, the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the Corporation’s shares of capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints.

 

Section 2.9   Voting .  Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the Corporation’s capital stock present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class.  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 2.13 of this Article II, each stockholder present or represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder.  Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in Section 2.10 of this Article II.  The Board of Directors,

 

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in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officer’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

 

Section 2.10 Proxies .  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders, or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  Any proxy to be used at a meeting of stockholders must be filed with the Secretary or his or her representative at or before the time of the meeting. Except as otherwise limited therein, proxies shall entitle the persons authorized thereby with respect to a meeting of stockholders to vote at any adjournment of such meeting but shall not be valid after final adjournment of such meeting. A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them if the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-owners unless prior to exercise of the proxy the Corporation receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them. Subject to the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL and to any express limitation on the proxy’s authority provided in the appointment form, the Corporation is entitled to accept the proxy’s vote or other action as that of the stockholder making the appointment.  Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:

 

(i)         A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy.  Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

 

(ii)        A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that such transmission was authorized by the stockholder.  If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other means of electronic transmission are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.

 

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Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing, telegram, cablegram or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing, telegram or cablegram could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

 

Section 2.11 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting .  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, provided, however, that at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

Section 2.12 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote .  In accordance with Section 219 of the DGCL, the officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make available, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder; provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10 th ) day before the meeting date.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting either (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation.  In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

 

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Section 2.13 Record Date .

 

(a)        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.  In such case, the Board of Directors shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause (a) at the adjourned meeting.

 

(b)        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

(c)        Any stockholder’s notice requesting the setting of a record date pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.13 shall be valid and effective only if received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation and only if it contains the information set forth in Section 2.19 (and, if such notice relates to the nomination of any person for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, the

 

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questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.19 must also be delivered with and at the same time as such notice). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. In addition, a stockholder requesting a record date for proposed stockholder action by consent shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

 

Section 2.14 Stock Ledger .  The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.12 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

 

Section 2.15 Meetings by Remote Communications . Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, if authorized by the Board of Directors, any annual or special meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or by means of remote communication, may be conducted in whole or in part by means of remote communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communications: (a) participate in such meeting of stockholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that: (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder; (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

Section 2.16 Conduct of Meetings .

 

(a)        The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following:  (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii)

 

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the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.

 

(b)        The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty to determine all matters relating to the conduct of the meeting, including determining whether any nomination or item of business has been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, solicited (or is part of a group that solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by Section 2.19), and if the chairman should so determine and declare that any nomination or item of business has not been properly brought before a meeting of stockholders, then such business shall not be transacted or considered at such meeting and such nomination shall be disregarded. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

Section 2.17 Inspectors of Election .  In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, by resolution, the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof.  One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Unless otherwise required by applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation.  Each inspector, before assuming the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability.  The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.

 

Section 2.18 Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders .  Only such business (other than nominations for election to the Board of Directors, which must comply with the provisions of Section 2.19 of this Article II) may be transacted at an Annual Meeting as is either (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice

 

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provided for in this Section 2.18 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.18.  This Section shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make business proposals before a special meeting of stockholders (other than matters properly bought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting). Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these Bylaws shall be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any business proposal.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year, or the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business one hundred twenty (120) days before the date of such annual meeting, and not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs.  In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting; and (B) the text of the proposal to be voted on by stockholders (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment); and (ii) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made, (A) the name and address of such person; (B)(I) the class or series and number of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are Beneficially Owned or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all capital stock of the Corporation Beneficially Owned but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of capital stock of the

 

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Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of capital stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to capital stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business and any material interest of such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such business, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  In addition, the stockholder making such proposal shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

 

A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting.

 

No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.18; provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.18 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an Annual Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures,

 

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the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

 

Nothing contained in this Section 2.18 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law).

 

Section 2.19 Nomination of Directors .  Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances and except as otherwise provided under the Stockholders Agreement (as defined in Section 11.1). Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or at any Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.19 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.19. This Section shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations before a special meeting of stockholders (other than matters properly bought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting). Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these Bylaws shall be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of director or directors.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or be mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous years, or the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not earlier than the opening of business one hundred twenty (120) days before the date of the annual meeting, and not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (ii) in the case of a Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of

 

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the Special Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Special Meeting was made, whichever first occurs.  In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose of electing directors, or the public announcement of such an adjournment or postponement, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. In the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Corporation’s proxy statement released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.19 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information: (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C)(I) the class or series and number of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are Beneficially Owned or of record by such person and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of all capital stock of the Corporation Beneficially Owned but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of capital stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to capital stock of the Corporation; and (D) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made, (A) the name and record address of such person; (B)(I) the class or series and number of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are Beneficially Owned or of record by such person

 

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and any affiliates or associates of such person, (II) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Corporation Beneficially Owned but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by each such nominee holder, (III) whether and the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation and (IV) whether and the extent to which any other transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of capital stock of the Corporation) has been made by or on behalf of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage risk or benefit of stock price changes for, such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, or to increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, with respect to capital stock of the Corporation; (C) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, and any proposed nominee or any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made by such person, and any material interest of such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person, in such nomination, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any affiliates or associates of such person; (D) a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and (E) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

 

A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to receive notice of such Annual Meeting or Special Meeting.

 

To be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election by the stockholders as a director of the Corporation or to serve as a Director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (not later than the deadline prescribed in the foregoing) to the Secretary a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and, if applicable, the background of any other person on whose behalf the

 

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nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person: (i) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person as to how such person, if elected as a director, will act or vote on any issue or question that has not been disclosed in such questionnaire; (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed in such questionnaire; and (iii) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director, and will comply with, applicable law and all conflict of interest, confidentiality and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation (including the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines) applicable to directors generally and publicly available (whether on the Corporation’s website or otherwise) as of the date of such representation and agreement.

 

No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.19. If the chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

Section 2.20 Requirement to Appear . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.18 and Section 2.19, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or item of business, such proposed business shall not be transacted and such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1   Number and Election of Directors .  The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than eleven (11) members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.  The directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual

 

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meeting of stockholders held in 2014; the term of the initial Class II directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2015 ; and the term of the initial Class III directors assigned at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation shall terminate on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2016 or, in each case, upon such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning in 2014, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the other directors of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.  Except as provided in Section 3.2 of this Article III, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors (“Voting Shares”) at any meeting of stockholders or in any action by written consent in lieu of such a meeting with respect to which (a) the Corporation receives a notice that a stockholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors (including a notice that a stockholder seeks to include a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act) that was timely made in accordance with the applicable nomination periods provided in these Bylaws (or, in the case of a notice that a stockholder seeks to include a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act, the applicable notice periods provided in such rule), and (ii) such nomination or notice has not been withdrawn (and, in the case of a notice under Rule 14a-11, the Corporation has not determined that it will exclude such proposed nominee from its proxy materials) on or before the tenth (10 th ) day before the Corporation first mails its initial proxy statement in connection with such election of directors; provided, however, that the determination that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast shall be determinative only as to the timeliness of a notice of nomination or notice under Rule 14a-11 and not otherwise as to its validity. If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, stockholders shall not be permitted to vote against a nominee. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

The Board of Directors shall present to the stockholders nominations of candidates for election to the Board of Directors (or recommend the election of such candidates as nominated by others) such that, and shall take such other corporate actions as may be reasonably required to provide that, to the best knowledge of the Board of Directors, if such candidates are elected by the stockholders, at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall be Independent Directors (as hereinafter defined). The Board of Directors shall only elect any person to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors if, to the best knowledge of the Board of Directors, after such person’s election at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall be Independent

 

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Directors. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not cause a director who, upon commencing his or her service as a member of the Board of Directors was determined by the Board of Directors to be an Independent Director but did not in fact qualify as such, or who by reason of any change in circumstances ceases to qualify as an Independent Director, from serving the remainder of the term as a director for which he or she was selected. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, no action of the Board of Directors shall be invalid by reason of the failure at any time of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors to be Independent Directors.

 

Section 3.2   Vacancies .  Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of preferred stock of the Corporation, (i) any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and (ii) any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors, other than for a vacancy resulting from the removal of a director as provided in Section 3.6 which may be filled in the first instance by the stockholders, may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, by a sole remaining director. Any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.

 

Section 3.3   Duties and Powers .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.4   Meetings .  The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer, or by any two directors.  Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer or any director serving on such committee.  Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the special meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone, telegram or electronic means on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.  A notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purpose of the meeting unless required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these

 

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Bylaws. Notice of any meeting of the Board shall not, however, be required to be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice, or waives notice of such meeting by electronic transmission, whether before or after the meeting, or if he or she shall be present at such meeting; and any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be a legal meeting without any notice thereof having been given if all the directors of the Corporation then in office shall be present thereat or shall have waived notice thereof.

 

The Independent Directors shall meet periodically without any member of management present and, except as the Independent Directors may otherwise determine, without any other director present to consider the overall performance of management and the performance of the role of the Independent Directors in the governance of the Corporation; such meetings shall be held in connection with a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors except as the Independent Directors shall otherwise determine.

 

Section 3.5   Organization .  At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman.  Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof.  In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.

 

Section 3.6   Resignations and Removals of Directors .  Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing or electronic transmission to (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, or to the Chief Executive Officer, if there is no Chairman of the Board, and (ii) the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock of the Corporation then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty (80%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding Voting Shares; provided, however, that for so long as the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least thirty percent (30%) of the then issued and outstanding Voting Shares, any

 

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director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding Voting Shares. The vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal shall be filled as provided in Section 3.2. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.7   Quorum .  Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange on which the Corporation’s securities are listed and traded, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 3.8   Action at Meeting . At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present (or such smaller number as may make a determination pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL or any successor provision), business shall be transacted in such order and manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and all matters shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting at which there is a quorum, except as is required or provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by any other provision of these Bylaws.

 

Section 3.9   Actions of the Board by Written Consent .  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Action taken under this Section 3.9 is effective when the last director signs or delivers the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A consent signed or delivered under this Section 3.9 has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

 

Section 3.10 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone .  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a telephone conference or other

 

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communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.11 Rules and Regulations . The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Corporation as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or the other provisions of these Bylaws.

 

Section 3.12 Committees .

 

(a)        Delegation of Board Powers .  The Board of Directors shall appoint from among its members an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each composed of at least two (2) directors, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers.  Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading.  Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect from its members one or more other committees of the Board and may delegate thereto such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers. All members of any committee of the Board of Directors shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors may abolish any such committee at any time. Any committee to which the Board of Directors delegates any of its powers or duties shall keep records of its meetings and shall report its actions to the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors shall have the power to rescind any action of any such committee, but no such rescission shall have retroactive effect.

 

(b)        Audit Committee . The audit committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) shall be composed of at least three (3) members of the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee shall assist the Board of Directors in overseeing the Corporation’s financial reporting and shall have such authority and responsibility as is provided in the Audit Committee’s charter (as hereinafter provided for) and, subject thereto, as is normally incident to the functioning of the audit committee of a publicly-traded company and shall perform the other functions provided to be performed by it by the Bylaws and such other functions as are from time to time assigned to it by the Board of Directors.

 

(c)        Compensation Committee . The compensation committee (the “ Compensation Committee ”) shall assist the Board of Directors in overseeing the compensation of the Corporation’s officers, the Corporation’s employee stock option or other equity-based compensation plans and programs and the Corporation’s management compensation policies and shall have such authority and responsibility as is provided in the committee’s charter (as hereinafter provided for) and, subject thereto and subject to other direction of the Board of Directors, as is normally incident to the functioning of the compensation committee of a publicly-traded company and shall perform the other

 

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functions provided to be performed by it by the Bylaws and such other functions as are from time to time assigned to it by the Board of Directors. No member of the Compensation Committee shall be eligible to participate in any compensation plan or program of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation that is administered or overseen by the Compensation Committee. Unless reviewed and, if necessary, approved by the Compensation Committee, the Corporation shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Corporation to pay or grant any compensation to any officer or employee of the Corporation which, if paid or granted by the Corporation, would require review or approval of the Compensation Committee.

 

(d)       Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee . The nominating and corporate governance committee (the “ Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ”) (i) shall have authority and responsibility to recommend to the Board of Directors for approval the candidates to be recommended by the Board of Directors to the stockholders for election as directors of the Corporation or to be elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors, who shall be such as to cause, if such candidates are elected, the composition of the Board of Directors to satisfy the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation regarding director independence and the requirements of this section, (ii) shall advise the Board of Directors on its policies and procedures for carrying out its responsibilities and on the Corporation’s policies and procedures respecting shareholder participation in corporate governance and (iii) shall have such authority and responsibility as is provided in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter (as hereinafter provided for) and, subject thereto and subject to other direction of the Board of Directors, as is normally incident to the functioning of the nominating or governance committee of a publicly-traded company and (iv) shall perform the other functions provided to be performed by it by the Bylaws and such other functions as are from time to time assigned to it by the Board of Directors.

 

(e)        Committee Charters . The Board of Directors, by majority of the entire Board of Directors, shall approve a charter describing the purposes, functions and responsibilities of each standing committee of the Board of Directors (each, a “ Board-approved Charter ”). Each standing committee of the Board of Directors shall prepare and recommend to the Board of Directors for its approval the committee’s charter and shall, at least annually, review and report to the Board of Directors on the adequacy thereof. In addition to and without limiting the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, each standing committee of the Board of Directors shall have the authority and responsibility provided by its Board-approved charter, subject to further action by the Board of Directors, and no further authorization of the Board of Directors shall be necessary for actions by a committee within the scope of its charter. Any other committee of the Board of Directors may likewise prepare and recommend to the Board of Directors a charter for the committee and shall have the authority and responsibility provided by its Board-approved charter.

 

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(f)        Committee Advisors and Resources . Each standing committee of the Board of Directors shall have the authority to retain, at the Corporation’s expense, such legal and other counsel and advisors as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities within the scope of its charter. Each other committee of the Board of Directors shall have like authority to the extent provided by its charter or otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall pay the compensation of the independent auditor of the Corporation for all audit services, as approved by the Audit Committee, without need for further authorization.

 

(g)        Alternate Members . The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee.  Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange on which the securities of the Corporation are listed traded, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member.

 

(h)        Committee Powers .  Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval; or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The Board of Directors shall have the power to rescind any action of any such committee, but no such rescission shall have retroactive effect.

 

(i)         Committee Procedures . Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one (1) or two (2) members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these Bylaws and, to

 

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the extent that there is any inconsistency between these Bylaws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.

 

(j)         Modification, Termination and Removal . The Board, subject to the requirements specifically set forth in this Section 3.12, may at any time change, increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. A director’s membership on a committee shall terminate on the date of his or her death or resignation, but the Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may, subject to any requirements specifically set forth in this Section 3.12, fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee.

 

Section 3.13 Compensation .  The Board of Directors may establish reasonable compensation (including reasonable pensions, disability or death benefits, and other benefits or payments) of directors for services to the Corporation as directors, or may delegate such authority to an appropriate committee, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members.  The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors in addition to a stated salary for service as director, payable in cash or securities.  No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for service as committee members.

 

Section 3.14 Interested Directors .  No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such director’s or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders.  Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

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Section 3.15 Chairman of the Board of Directors .  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director but is not required to be an employee of the Corporation) shall be designated by the Board of Directors and, except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation that may be authorized by the Board of Directors.  During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS

 

Section 4.1   General .  The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary.  The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a Treasurer and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.  The officers of the Corporation need not be (i) stockholders of the Corporation or (ii) directors of the Corporation.  Whenever an officer or officers is absent, or whenever for any reason the Board of Directors may deem it desirable, the Board may delegate the powers and duties of any officer or officers to any director or directors. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any other provision hereof.

 

Section 4.2   Election .  The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Chief Executive Officers may from time to time appoint one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers or other officers.  Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.  Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors, including by unanimous written consent.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.3   Salaries of Elected Officers .  The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. An officer of the Corporation shall not be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.

 

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Section 4.4   Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation .  Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

Section 4.5   Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and if there be one, the Chairman of the Board, have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and general and active control of all its business. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the Chief Executive Officer is also a director, the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors and the stockholders are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general authority to execute bonds, deeds and contracts in the name of the Corporation and affix the corporate seal thereto; to sign stock certificates; to cause the employment or appointment of such employees and agents of the Corporation as the proper conduct of operations may require, and to fix their compensation, subject to the provisions of these Bylaws; to remove or suspend any employee or agent who shall have been employed or appointed under the Chief Executive Officer’s authority or under authority of an officer subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer; to suspend for cause, pending final action by the authority which shall have elected or appointed the Chief Executive Officer, any officer subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer; and, in general, to exercise all the powers and authority usually appertaining to the chief executive officer of a corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.6   President .  The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors or the President. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if the Board of Directors shall otherwise designate, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise

 

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such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.7   Vice Presidents .  At the request of the President or in the President’s absence or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President, or the Vice Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe.  If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

Section 4.8   Secretary .  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Secretary shall record all the proceedings of meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, and the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required.  The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be.  If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given.  The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary.  The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officer’s signature.  The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

 

Section 4.9   Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and if there be one, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and President, keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as shall be designated by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such designation in such depositories, as the Chief Financial Officer shall from time to time

 

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deem proper. The Chief Financial Officer shall be the treasurer of the Corporation, unless a Treasurer shall be appointed. The Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Chief Financial Officer, shall sign all stock certificates as treasurer of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as shall be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, shall promptly render to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Board of Directors such statements of his or her transactions and accounts as the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors respectively may from time to time require, and in general, shall exercise all the powers and authority usually appertaining to the chief financial officer of a corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.10 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to appoint such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

 

Section 4.11 Resignation . Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the Corporation at its principal office, and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at a later time. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation shall not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

 

Section 4.12 Removal . The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause. Nothing herein shall limit the power of any officer to discharge any subordinate.

 

ARTICLE V
STOCK

 

Section 5.1   Form of Certificates .  Except as otherwise provided in a resolution approved by the Board of Directors, all shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued after October 15, 2013 shall be uncertificated shares.

 

Section 5.2   Signatures .  Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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Section 5.3   Lost Certificates .  The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed.  When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity, or provide a written undertaking to indemnify, against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

Section 5.4   Transfers .  Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these Bylaws.  Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed  or accompanied by a written assignment and power of attorney properly executed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which any of the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement.  With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof.  No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

 

Section 5.5   Record Owners .  The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.

 

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agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.7   Regulations . The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.

 

ARTICLE VI
NOTICES

 

Section 6.1   Notices Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission if consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed to be revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given by electronic transmission, as described above, shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.  An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any stockholders’ meeting, executed by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the Corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice or report. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Exchange Act, and Section 233 of the DGCL.  Notice to directors or committee members may be given personally or by telegram, telex, cable or other means of electronic transmission.

 

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Section 6.2   Waivers of Notice .  Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to notice whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.  Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.1   Dividends .

 

(a)        Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the DGCL and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.9 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.  Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

(b)        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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Section 7.2   Disbursements .  All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 7.3   Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. If the Board makes no determination to the contrary, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the twelve months ending with December 31 in each year.

 

Section 7.4   Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal (the original of which shall be kept with the Secretary) may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary (if there be such officers appointed).

 

Section 7.5   Records to be Kept.

 

(a)        The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its stockholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by the stockholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its stockholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all stockholders, in alphabetical order by class or series of shares showing the number and class or series of shares held by each. The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

 

(b)        The Corporation shall keep within the State of Delaware a copy of such records at its principal office or an office of its transfer agent or of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary or of its registered agent as may be required by law.

 

Section 7.6   Execution of Instruments . The Board of Directors may authorize, or provide for the authorization of, officers, employees or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such authorization must be in writing or by electronic transmission and may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments.

 

Section 7.7   Certificate of Incorporation . All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time, including any certificate of designations in effect from time to time with respect to Preferred Stock.

 

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Section 7.8   Construction . The words “include” and “including” and similar terms shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Whenever used in these Bylaws, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. Any reference in these Bylaws to provision of any statute shall be deemed to include any successor provision. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “person” shall be deemed to include any natural person or any corporation, organization or other entity.

 

ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 8.1   Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation .  Subject to Section 8.3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving in such official capacity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liability, loss, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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officer or in any other capacity while serving in such official capacity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

Section 8.3   Authorization of Indemnification .  Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.  Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders.  Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation.  To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

 

Section 8.4   Good Faith Defined .  For purposes of any determination under Section 8.3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise.  The provisions of this Section 8.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to

 

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limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.

 

Section 8.5   Indemnification by a Court .  Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of this Article VIII.  The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.  Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 8.3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct.  Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application.  If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application; provided, however, that such >notice shall not be a requirement for an award of or a determination of entitlement to indemnification or advancement of expenses.

 

Section 8.6   Expenses Payable in Advance .  To the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and other professionals’ fees and disbursements and court costs) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.  Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.

 

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extent permitted by law, including as a result of any amendment of the DGCL expanding the right of corporations to indemnify and advance expenses.  The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.  The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify, to hold harmless, or to provide advancement of expenses to any indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or nonprofit entity (including service with respect to an employee benefit plan) shall be reduced by any amount such indemnitee actually collects as indemnification, holding harmless, or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise nonprofit entity.

 

Section 8.8   Insurance .  The Corporation may, but shall not be required, to purchase and maintain at its expense insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII or Delaware law.  Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall prevent the Corporation from entering into with any person any agreement that provides independent indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights to such person or further regulates the terms on which indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights are to be provided to such person or provides independent assurance of the Corporation’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless and/or exonerate such person, whether or not such indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights are on the same or different terms than provided for by this Article VIII or is in respect of such person acting in any other capacity, and nothing contained herein shall be exclusive of, or a limitation on, any right to indemnification, to be held harmless, to exoneration or to advancement of expenses to which any person is otherwise entitled. The Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification and the advancement of expenses as provided in this Article VIII.

 

Section 8.9   Certain Definitions .  For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a

 

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director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.  The term “another enterprise” as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent.  For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article VIII.

 

Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

Section 8.11 Contractual Rights . The rights conferred upon any person in this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent, and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under any provision of this Article VIII shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought (even in the case of a proceeding based on such a state of facts that is commenced after such time).

 

Section 8.12 Limitation on Indemnification .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 8.5 of this Article VIII), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8.13 Indemnification of Employees and Agents .  Subject to applicable law, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses

 

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to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.14 Severability . If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated or held to be unenforceable on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of which shall not have been reversed on appeal, this Article VIII shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to avoid a violation of law and, as so modified, this Article and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS

 

Section 9.1   Amendments .

 

(a)        Subject to Section 9.1(b) below, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, either (i) without the approval of the Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that at any time the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty percent (20)% of the then issued and outstanding of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, any such alterations, amendments, repeals or adoptions may be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon or (ii) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such meeting (if there is one) of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be.

 

(b)        Notwithstanding Section 9.1(a), or any other provision of these Bylaws (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), (i) any amendment, alteration or repeal, in whole or in part, of Section 2.3 (Special Meetings), Section 2.11 (Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting), Section 3.1 (Number and Election of Directors), Section 3.2 (Vacancies), Section 3.3 (Duties and Powers), Section 3.6 (Resignations and Removals of Directors), this Article IX and Article XI (Definitions) (collectively, the “ Specified Bylaws ”) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, would include the adoption of any provision as part of these Bylaws that is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified Bylaws) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty (80%) of the voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, in addition to any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation that may be required, and (ii) the ability of the Board of Directors to amend, alter, repeal, or adopt any provision as part of these Bylaws inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the Specified Bylaws is hereby specifically

 

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denied; provided, however, that at any time that the Fortress Stockholders, collectively, beneficially own at least twenty (20%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon, the Specified Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors (and, for the avoidance of doubt, without approval of the stockholders).

 

ARTICLE X
EMERGENCY BYLAWS

 

Section 10.1 Emergency Board of Directors . In case of an attack on the United States or on a locality in which the Corporation conducts its business or customarily holds meetings of the Board of Directors or its stockholders, or during any nuclear or atomic disaster, or during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof cannot readily be convened for action in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of an Emergency Board of Directors (hereinafter called the “ Emergency Board ”) established in accordance with Section 10.2.

 

Section 10.2 Membership of Emergency Board of Directors . The Emergency Board shall consist of at least three of the following persons present or available at the Emergency Corporate Headquarters determined according to Section 10.5: (a) those persons who were directors at the time of the attack or other event mentioned in Section 10.1, and (b) any other persons appointed by such directors to the extent required to provide a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors. If there are no such directors present or available at the Emergency Corporate Headquarters, the Emergency Board shall consist of the three highest-ranking officers or employees of the Corporation present or available and any other persons appointed by them.

 

Section 10.3 Powers of the Emergency Board . The Emergency Board will have the same powers as those granted to the Board of Directors in these Bylaws, but will not be bound by any requirement of these Bylaws which a majority of the Emergency Board believes impracticable under the circumstances.

 

Section 10.4 Stockholders’ Meeting . At such time as it is practicable to do so, the Emergency Board shall call a meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors. Such meeting will be held at a time and place (or by means of remote communication) to be fixed by the Emergency Board and pursuant to such notice to stockholders as it is deemed practicable to give.  The stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.

 

Section 10.5 Emergency Corporate Headquarters . Emergency Corporate Headquarters shall be at such location as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive

 

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Officer shall determine prior to the attack or other event, or if not so determined, at such place as the Emergency Board may determine.

 

Section 10.6 Limitation of Liability . No officer, director or employee acting in accordance with the provisions of this Article X shall be liable except for willful misconduct.

 

Section 10.7 Amendments; Repeal . At any meeting of the Emergency Board, the Emergency Board may modify, amend or add to the provisions of this Article X so as to make any provision that may be practical or necessary for the circumstances of the emergency. The provisions of this Article X shall be subject to repeal or change by further action of the Board of Directors or by action of the stockholders, but no such repeal or change shall modify the provisions of Section 10.6 with regard to action taken prior to the time of such repeal or change.

 

ARTICLE XI
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 11.1 Defined terms .  For purposes of these Bylaws, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)        “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a given person, any other person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such person; provided, however, that for purposes of these Bylaws, none of (i) the Springleaf Entities and any entities (including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies or other persons) in which such Springleaf Entities hold, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest, on the one hand, or (ii) the Fortress Stockholders and their Affiliates (excluding any Springleaf Entities or other entities described in clause (i)) , on the other hand, shall be deemed to be “Affiliates” of one another. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as applied to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of beneficial ownership of, or the power to vote, ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having voting power for the election of directors (or other persons acting in similar capacities) of such person or the power otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

(b)        “ Beneficially own ” and “ beneficial ownership ” and similar terms used herein shall be determined in accordance with Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act; provided that for purposes of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Fortress Stockholders shall be deemed to beneficially own Voting Shares or other securities held by record by the Initial Stockholders in an amount proportionate to the aggregate voting power of the Initial Stockholder held of record or beneficially owned by the Fortress Stockholders.

 

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(c)        “ Bylaws ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

(d)       “ Certificate of Incorporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

(e)        “ Corporation ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

(f)        “ DGCL ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

 

(g)        “ entire Board of Directors ” means the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no director vacancies.

 

(h)        “ Exchange Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.18.

 

(i)         “ Fortress Affiliate Stockholders ” shall mean (A) any director of the Corporation who may be deemed an Affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“ FIG ”), (B) any director or officer of FIG or its Affiliates and (C) any investment funds (including any managed accounts) managed directly or indirectly by FIG or its Affiliates.

 

(j)         “ Fortress Stockholders ” shall mean (i) the Initial Stockholder, (ii) each Fortress Affiliate Stockholder and (iii) each Permitted Transferee who becomes a party to or bound by the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, in accordance with the terms thereof, or Permitted Transferee thereof who is entitled to enforce the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(k)        “ Governmental Entity ” shall mean any national, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, any court, arbitral tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory authority, commission or agency or any non-governmental, self-regulatory authority, commission or agency.

 

(l)         “ Initial Stockholder ” means Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its Subsidiaries (other than Subsidiaries that constitute Springleaf Entities) and successors.

 

(m)       “ Judgment ” shall mean any order, writ, injunction, award, judgment, ruling or decree of any Governmental Entity.

 

(n)        “ Law ” shall mean any statute, law, code, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity.

 

(o)        “ Lien ” shall mean any pledge, claim, equity, option, lien, charge, mortgage, easement, right-of-way, call right, right of first refusal, “tag”- or “drag”- along right, encumbrance, security interest or other similar restriction of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

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(p)        “ Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to each Stockholder, (i) any other Stockholder, (ii) such Stockholder’s Affiliates, (iii) in the case of any Stockholder, (A) any member or general or limited partner of such Stockholder (including, without limitation, any member of the Initial Stockholder), (B) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is an Affiliate of such Stockholder or any member, general or limited partner of such Stockholder (collectively, “ Stockholder Affiliates ”), (C) any investment funds managed directly or indirectly by such Stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate (a “ Stockholder Fund ”), (D) any general or limited partner of any Stockholder Fund, (E) any managing director, general partner, director, limited partner, officer or employee of any Stockholder Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (E) (collectively, “ Stockholder Associates ”) or (F) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which, consist solely of any one or more of such Stockholder, any general or limited partner of such Stockholder, any Stockholder Affiliates, any Stockholder Fund, any Stockholder Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants and (iv) any other person that acquires shares of the Corporation’s common stock from such Stockholder other than pursuant to a Public Offering that agrees to become party to the Stockholders Agreement.

 

(q)        “ Person ” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(r)        “ Public Offering ” shall mean an offering of common stock of the Corporation pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including an offering in which Stockholders are entitled to sell the Corporation’s common stock pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

(s)        “ Restriction ” with respect to any capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, shall mean any voting or other trust or agreement, option, warrant, preemptive right, right of first offer, right of first refusal, escrow arrangement, proxy, buy-sell agreement, power of attorney or other contract, any Law, license, permit or Judgment that, conditionally or unconditionally, (i) grants to any person the right to purchase or otherwise acquire, or obligates any person to sell or otherwise dispose of or issue, or otherwise results or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, may result in any person acquiring, (A) any of such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, (B) any of the proceeds of, or any distributions paid or that are or may become payable with respect to, any of such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or (C) any interest in such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or any such proceeds or

 

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distributions, (ii) restricts or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, is reasonably likely to restrict the transfer or voting of, or the exercise of any rights or the enjoyment of any benefits arising by reason of ownership of, any such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security or any such proceeds or distributions or (iii) creates or, whether upon the occurrence of any event or with notice or lapse of time or both or otherwise, is reasonably likely to create a Lien or purported Lien affecting such capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest in a limited liability company or other equity interest or security, proceeds or distributions.

 

(t)        “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(u)        “ Springleaf Entities ” shall mean the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, and “Springleaf Entity” shall mean any of the Springleaf Entities.

 

(v)        “ Stockholders Agreement ” shall mean the stockholders agreement, dated as of October 15, 2013, between the Corporation and the Initial Stockholder, as may be amended from time to time.

 

(w)       “ Subsidiary ” with respect to any person means: (i) a corporation, a majority in voting power of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly owned by such person, by a Subsidiary of such person, or by such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such person, without regard to whether the voting of such capital stock is subject to a voting agreement or similar Restriction, (ii) a partnership or limited liability company in which such person or a Subsidiary of such person is, at the date of determination, (A) in the case of a partnership, a general partner of such partnership with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such partnership or (B) in the case of a limited liability company, the managing member or, in the absence of a managing member, a member with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such limited liability company or (iii) any other person (other than a corporation) in which such person, a Subsidiary of such person or such person and one or more Subsidiaries of such person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has (A) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the members of the governing body of such person (whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar restriction) or (B) in the absence of such a governing body, a majority ownership interest.

 

(x)        “Voting Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

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Adopted as of: October 15, 2013

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

BY AND AMONG

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

AND

 

SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC

 


 

Dated as of October 15, 2013

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1

Certain Defined Terms

1

Section 1.2

Construction

5

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

TRANSFER

 

Section 2.1

Binding Effect on Transferees

6

Section 2.2

Additional Purchases

6

Section 2.3

Charter Provisions

6

Section 2.4

Legend

6

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1

Board

7

Section 3.2

Committees

8

Section 3.3

Observers

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 4.1

Demand Registration

9

Section 4.2

Piggyback Registrations

11

Section 4.3

Shelf Registration

13

Section 4.4

Withdrawal Rights

14

Section 4.5

Registration Procedures

15

Section 4.6

Registration Expenses

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 5.1

General Indemnification

21

Section 5.2

Registration Statement Indemnification

22

 

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Section 5.3

Contribution

22

Section 5.4

Procedure

23

Section 5.5

Other Matters

23

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1

Headings

24

Section 6.2

Entire Agreement

24

Section 6.3

Further Actions; Cooperation

25

Section 6.4

Notices

25

Section 6.5

Applicable Law

26

Section 6.6

Severability

26

Section 6.7

Successors and Assigns

26

Section 6.8

Amendments

26

Section 6.9

Waiver

27

Section 6.10

Counterparts

27

Section 6.11

Submission To Jurisdiction

27

Section 6.12

Injunctive Relief

27

Section 6.13

Recapitalizations, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Shares of Common Stock; New Issuance

27

Section 6.14

Termination

28

Section 6.15

Third Party Beneficiary

28

Section 6.16

Rule 144

28

Section 6.17

Information

28

 

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STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of                   , 2013, by and between Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Initial Stockholder ”) and Springleaf Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).  Unless otherwise indicated, references to articles and sections shall be to articles and sections of this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Initial Stockholder is a holder of shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights and other rights set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                         Certain Defined Terms .  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)                 “Actions” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.1(a).

 

(b)                “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided that no Stockholder shall be deemed an Affiliate of any other Stockholder solely by reason of any investment in the Company.

 

(c)                 “Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the preamble.

 

(d)               A Person shall be deemed to “Beneficially Own” securities if such Person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

 

(e)                 “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

(f)                  “Bylaws” shall mean the bylaws of the Company, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 

(g)                “Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time.

 



 

(h)                “Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

 

(i)                    “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and any and all securities of any kind whatsoever of the Company which may be issued and outstanding on or after the date hereof in respect of, in exchange for, or upon conversion of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a merger, consolidation, stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization of the Company or otherwise.

 

(j)                    “Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in preamble.

 

(k)                “Company Securities” shall mean (i) any Common Stock and (ii) any other securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.

 

(l)                    “Demand” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.1(a).

 

(m)            “Demand Registration” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.1(a).

 

(n)                “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(o)                “FIG” shall mean Fortress Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

(p)                “FIG LLC” shall mean FIG LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any other Person designated as “FIG LLC” by FIG in a written notice to the Company.

 

(q)                “Filings” shall mean annual, quarterly and current reports and other documents filed or furnished by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company under the Exchange Act; annual reports to stockholders, annual and quarterly statutory statements of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; and any registration statements, prospectuses documents filed or furnished by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Securities Act (other than any registration statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto to the extent that Section 5.2 of this Agreement applies).

 

(r)                   “FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

(s)                  “Fortress Affiliate Stockholder” shall mean (A) any director of the Company who may be deemed an Affiliate of FIG, (B) any director or officer of FIG and (C) any investment funds (including any managed accounts) managed directly or indirectly by FIG or its Affiliates.

 

(t)                   “Form S-3” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(a).

 

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(u)                “Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

(v)                “Initial Public Offering” shall mean the initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

(w)            “Initial Stockholder” shall have the meaning assigned to it in preamble.

 

(x)                “Inspectors” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.5(a)(viii).

 

(y)                “IPO Underwriting Agreement” shall mean the underwriting agreement, dated         , 2013, between the Company and the underwriters named therein.

 

(z)                 “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

 

(aa)          “Losses” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.1(a).

 

(bb)        “Offering Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.6(a).

 

(cc)          “Other Demanding Sellers” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2(b).

 

(dd)      “Other Proposed Sellers” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2(b).

 

(ee)          “Permitted Transferee” shall mean, with respect to each Stockholder, (i) any other Stockholder, (ii) such Stockholder’s Affiliates, (iii) in the case of any Stockholder, (A) any member or general or limited partner of such Stockholder (including any member of the Initial Stockholder), (B) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is an Affiliate of such Stockholder or any member, general or limited partner of such Stockholder (collectively, “Stockholder Affiliates”), (C) any investment funds managed directly or indirectly by such Stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate (a “Stockholder Fund”), (D) any general or limited partner of any Stockholder Fund, (E) any managing director, general partner, director, limited partner, officer or employee of any Stockholder Affiliate, or any spouse, lineal descendant, sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatee or beneficiary of any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (E) (collectively, “Stockholder Associates”) or (F) any trust, the beneficiaries of which, or any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of which, consist solely of any one or more of such Stockholder, any general or limited partner of such Stockholder, any Stockholder Affiliates, any Stockholder Fund, any Stockholder Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants and (iv) any other Person that acquires shares of Common Stock from such Stockholder other than pursuant to a Public Offering and that agrees to become party to or be bound by this Agreement.

 

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(ff)            “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

(gg)        “Piggyback Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2(a).

 

(hh)        “Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2(a).

 

(ii)                “Piggyback Seller” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.2(a).

 

(jj)                “Public Offering” shall mean an offering of equity securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, including an offering in which Stockholders are entitled to sell Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(kk)        “Records” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.5(a)(viii).

 

(ll)                “Registrable Amount” shall mean a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1% of the Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the consummation of the Initial Public Offering.

 

(mm)               “Registrable Securities” shall mean any Common Stock currently owned or hereafter acquired by any Stockholder. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (x) a registration statement registering such securities under the Securities Act has been declared effective and such securities have been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to such effective registration statement or (y) such securities are sold in accordance with Rule 144 (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(nn)        “Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.6(a).

 

(oo)        “Requesting Stockholder” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.1(a).

 

(pp)        “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(qq)        “Selling Holders” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.5(a)(i).

 

(rr)              “Shelf Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(a).

 

(ss)            “Shelf Registration Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(c).

 

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(tt)              “Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(a).

 

(uu)        “Shelf Underwritten Offering” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(f).

 

(vv)        “Stockholders” shall mean (i) the Initial Stockholder, (ii) each Fortress Affiliate Stockholder and (iii) each Permitted Transferee who becomes a party to or bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or a Permitted Transferee thereof who is entitled to enforce the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) to the extent that the Initial Stockholder, Fortress Affiliate Stockholders and Permitted Transferees, together, hold of record or Beneficially Own at least a Registrable Amount; provided that solely for purposes of determining the number of directors FIG LLC has the right to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(a), FIG LLC shall be deemed to hold of record or Beneficially Own a number of Company Securities equal to the product of (x) the total number of Company Securities held of record or Beneficially Owned by the Initial Stockholder and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of voting securities of the Initial Stockholder held of record or beneficially owned by FIG LLC and the Fortress Affiliate Stockholders and the denominator of which is the total number of voting securities of the Initial Stockholder then issued and outstanding.

 

(ww)               “Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person (i) a corporation, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or capital stock of which is, as of the time in question, directly or indirectly owned by such Person, (ii) any other partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity economic interest thereof or has the power to elect or direct the election of fifty percent (50%) or more of the members of the governing body of such entity or otherwise has control over such entity (e.g., as the managing partner of a partnership), or (iii) which would be considered subsidiaries of such Person within the meaning of Regulation S-K or Regulation S-X.

 

(xx)        “Suspension Period” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 4.3(d).

 

(yy)        “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a sale of securities of the Company to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public.

 

(zz)          “Voting Power of the Company” shall mean the voting power of the then issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company.

 

Section 1.2                         Construction .  For the purposes of this Agreement (i) words (including capitalized terms defined herein) in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words (including capitalized terms defined herein) of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (ii) the terms “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Article and Section references are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified,

 

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(iii) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,” (iv) all references to any period of days shall be deemed to be to the relevant number of calendar days unless otherwise specified, and (v) all references herein to “$” or dollars shall refer to United States dollars, unless otherwise specified.

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

TRANSFER

 

Section 2.1                         Binding Effect on Transferees .  A Permitted Transferee shall become a Stockholder hereunder, without any further action by the Company, following a transfer by a Stockholder of Company Securities to such Permitted Transferee upon the execution by such Permitted Transferee of a joinder providing that such Person shall be bound by and shall fully comply with the terms of this Agreement (including the provisions of Article IV with respect to the Company Securities being transferred to such transferee).  The Fortress Affiliate Stockholders shall be deemed to be Stockholders without any further action.

 

Section 2.2                         Additional Purchases . Any Company Securities owned by a Stockholder on or after the date of this Agreement shall have the benefit of and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.3                         Charter Provisions . The parties hereto shall use their respective reasonable efforts (including voting or causing to be voted all of the Company Securities held of record by such party or Beneficially Owned by such party by virtue of having voting power over such Company Securities) so as to cause no amendment to be made to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws as in effect as of the date of this Agreement in a manner that would (a) add restrictions to the transferability of the Company Securities by the Initial Stockholder, any Fortress Affiliate Stockholder or their Permitted Transferees who remain a “Stockholder” (as such term is used herein) at the time of such an amendment, which restrictions are beyond those then provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation, this Agreement or applicable securities laws or (b) nullify any of the rights of the Initial Stockholder, any Fortress Affiliate Stockholder or their Permitted Transferees who remain a “Stockholder” (as such term is used herein) at the time of such amendment, which rights are explicitly provided for in this Agreement, unless, in each such case, such amendment shall have been approved by such Stockholder.

 

Section 2.4                         Legend . Any certificate representing Company Securities issued to a Stockholder shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to the provisions contained in the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of                    , 2013, by and among Springleaf Holdings, Inc. and the stockholder of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. described therein.”

 

The Company shall make customary arrangements to cause any Company Securities issued in uncertificated form to be identified on the books of the Company in a substantially similar manner.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1                         Board .

 

(a)                 For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Company and each Stockholder shall take all reasonable actions within their respective control (including voting or causing to be voted all of the Company Securities held of record by such Stockholder or Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder by virtue of having voting power over such Company Securities, and, with respect to the Company, as provided in Sections 3.1(c) and (d)) so as to cause to be elected to the Board, and to cause to continue in office, not more than six directors (or such other number of directors as FIG LLC may agree to in writing), at any given time:

 

(i)             a number of directors equal to a majority of the Board, plus one director, shall be individuals designated by FIG LLC, for so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of at least 30% of the Voting Power of the Company;

 

(ii)         a number of directors equal to a majority of the Board, minus one director, shall be individuals designated by FIG LLC, for so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of less than 30% but at least 20% of the Voting Power of the Company, provided that if the Board consists of six or fewer directors, then the Initial Stockholder shall have the right to designate a number of directors equal to three directors;

 

(iii)     a number of directors (rounded up to the nearest whole number) that would be required to maintain the Initial Stockholder’s proportional representation on the Board shall be individuals designated by FIG LLC, for so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of less than 20% but at least 10% of the Voting Power of the Company, provided that if the Board consists of six or fewer directors, then the Initial Stockholder shall have the right to designate a number of directors equal to two directors; and

 

(iv)     a number of directors (rounded up to the nearest whole number) that would be required to maintain the Initial Stockholder’s proportional representation on the Board shall be individuals designated by FIG LLC, for so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of less than 10% but at least 5% of the Voting Power of the Company, provided that if the Board consists of six or fewer directors, then the Initial Stockholder shall have the right to designate a number of directors equal to one director.

 

(b)                If FIG LLC notifies the Stockholders of its desire to remove, with or without cause, any director previously designated by it, the Stockholders shall vote or cause to be voted all of the shares of Company Securities held of record by such Stockholders or Beneficially Owned by such Stockholders by virtue of having voting power over such Company Securities and take all other reasonable actions within its control to cause the removal of such director.

 

 

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(c)                 The Company agrees to include in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board those persons designated by FIG LLC in accordance with Section 3.1(a) and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the election of each such designee to the Board, including nominating such designees to be elected as directors, in each case subject to applicable law.

 

(d)               In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any director who is designated by FIG LLC in accordance with Section 3.1(a), the Company agrees to take at any time and from time to time all actions necessary to cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled as promptly as practicable by a new designee of FIG LLC.  In the event that the size of the Board is expanded to more than six directors, the Company agrees to take at any time and from time to time all actions necessary to cause the Board to continue to have the number of FIG LLC’s designees that corresponds to the requirements of Section 3.1(a).

 

(e)                 In the event that at any time the number of directors entitled to be designated by FIG LLC pursuant to Section 3.1(a) decreases, the Initial Stockholder and its Permitted Transferee shall take reasonable actions to cause a sufficient number of designated directors to resign from the Board at or prior to the end of such designated director’s term such that the number of designated directors after such resignation(s) equals the number of directors the Initial Stockholder would have been entitled to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(a).  Any vacancies created by such resignation may remain vacant until the next annual meeting of stockholders or filled by a majority vote of the Board.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such designated director(s) need not resign from the Board at or prior to the end of such director’s term if the Company’s nominating committee recommends the nomination of such director(s) for election at the next annual meeting coinciding with the end of such director’s term, or otherwise (and for the avoidance of doubt, such director shall no longer be considered a designee of FIG LLC).

 

Section 3.2                         Committees .  For so long as this Agreement is in effect, the Company shall take all reasonable actions within its control at any given time so as to cause to be appointed to any committee of the Board a number of directors designated by FIG LLC that is up to the number of directors that is proportionate (rounding up to the next whole director) to the representation that FIG LLC is entitled to designate to the Board under this Agreement, to the extent such directors are permitted to serve on such committees under the applicable rules of the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or by any other applicable stock exchange. It is understood by the parties hereto that FIG LLC shall not be required to have its directors represented on any committee and any failure to exercise such right in this section in a prior period shall not constitute any waiver of such right in a subsequent period.

 

Section 3.3                         Observers .  For so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of at least 10% of the Voting Power of the Company, FIG LLC shall have the right to appoint two non-voting representatives (the “ Observers ”) to attend (at each Observers’ sole option, in person or telephonically) all meetings of the Board (and all committees thereof other than the compensation and audit committees), to change the Observers so appointed at any time and, upon the resignation of an Observers for any reason, to reappoint another Observer. In addition, the Company shall provide the Observers with copies of all notices, consents, resolutions, minutes or other written materials provided to the Board (and to

 

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any committee thereof other than the compensation and audit committees) at the same time and in the same manner such materials are circulated to the Board (and to any committee thereof other than the compensation and audit committees); provided that each Observer shall execute and deliver to the Company a confidentiality agreement substantially in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company prior to receiving such information; provided further that an Observer may share all information received or observed in his or her capacity as an Observer with FIG and AIG Capital and their respective Affiliates, including their advisors. Any action taken by the Board at any meeting will not be invalidated by the absence of an Observer at such meeting.

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 4.1                         Demand Registration .

 

(a)                 At any time after the date that is 180 days after the date hereof (or such earlier date (i) as would permit the Company to cause any filings required hereunder to be filed on the 180 th  day after the date hereof or (ii) as is permitted by waiver under the IPO Underwriting Agreement), any Person that is a Stockholder (a “ Requesting Stockholder ”) on the date a Demand is made shall be entitled to make a written request of the Company (a “ Demand ”) for registration under the Securities Act of a number of Registrable Securities that, when taken together with the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered under the Securities Act by such Requesting Stockholder’s Affiliates, equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (a “ Demand Registration ”) and thereupon the Company will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of:

 

(i)             the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Requesting Stockholders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such Demand, which may be an Underwritten Offering;

 

(ii)         all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register pursuant to Section 4.1(b); and

 

(iii)     all shares of Common Stock which the Company may elect to register in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 4.1, but subject to Section 4.1(f);

 

all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof) of the Registrable Securities and the additional Common Stock, if any, to be so registered.

 

(b)                A Demand shall specify: (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration, (ii) the intended method of disposition in connection with such Demand Registration, to the extent then known and (iii) the

 

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identity of the Requesting Stockholder (or Requesting Stockholders). Within five days after receipt of a Demand, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand to any other Persons that on the date a Demand is delivered to the Company is a Stockholder (excluding Fortress Affiliate Stockholders which have not signed a joinder as contemplated by Section 2.1). Subject to Section 4.1(f), the Company shall include in the Demand Registration covered by such Demand all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein. Such written request shall comply with the requirements of a Demand as set forth in this Section 4.1(b).

 

(c)                 Each Stockholder shall be entitled to an unlimited number of Demand Registrations until such time as the Stockholders, together, Beneficially Own less than a Registrable Amount.

 

(d)               Demand Registrations shall be on such registration form of the Commission for which the Company is eligible as shall be selected by the Requesting Stockholders whose shares represent a majority of the Registrable Securities that the Company has been requested to register, including, to the extent permissible, an automatically effective registration statement or an existing effective registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission, and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

(e)                 The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration (A) within one month of a “firm commitment” Underwritten Offering in which all Stockholders were given “piggyback” rights pursuant to Section 4.2 (subject to Section 4.1(f)) and provided that at least 50% of the number of Registrable Securities requested by such Stockholders to be included in such Demand Registration were included) or (B) within one month of any other Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 4.3(e). In addition, the Company shall be entitled to postpone (upon written notice to all Stockholders) for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 60 days in succession the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for any Demand Registration (but no more than twice, or for more than 90 days in the aggregate, in any period of 12 consecutive months) if the Board determines in good faith and in its reasonable judgment that the filing or effectiveness of the registration statement relating to such Demand Registration would cause the disclosure of material, non-public information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential. In the event of a postponement by the Company of the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand Registration, the holders of a majority of Registrable Securities held by the Requesting Stockholder(s) shall have the right to withdraw such Demand in accordance with Section 4.4.

 

(f)                  The Company shall not include any securities other than Registrable Securities in a Demand Registration, except with the written consent of Stockholders participating in such Demand Registration that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration. If, in connection with a Demand Registration, any managing underwriter (or, if such Demand Registration is not an Underwritten Offering, a nationally recognized investment bank engaged in connection with such Demand Registration) advises the Company, that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities, including securities of the Company that are not Registrable Securities, sought to be registered in connection with such Demand Registration would adversely affect the marketability of the Registrable Securities sought to be sold pursuant thereto, then the Company shall include in such registration statement only such securities as the Company is advised by such underwriter or investment bank can be sold without

 

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such adverse effect as follows and in the following order of priority: (i) first, up to the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration by the Stockholders, which, in the opinion of the underwriter can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, pro rata among such Stockholders requesting such Demand Registration on the basis of the number of such securities held by such Stockholders and such Stockholders that are Piggyback Sellers; (ii) second, securities the Company proposes to sell; and (iii) third, all other securities of the Company duly requested to be included in such registration statement, pro rata on the basis of the number of such other securities requested to be included or such other method determined by the Company. .

 

(g)                Any investment bank(s) that will serve as an underwriter with respect to such Demand Registration or, if such Demand Registration is not an Underwritten Offering, any investment bank engaged in connection therewith, shall be selected (i) by FIG LLC, for so long as a majority of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company is owned by the Initial Stockholder, its Permitted Transferees and any Fortress Affiliate Stockholder, and thereafter (ii) by the Stockholder participating in such Demand Registration that holds (together with its Permitted Transferees) a number of Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration constituting a plurality of all Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration.

 

Section 4.2                         Piggyback Registrations .

 

(a)                 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, whenever the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration by the Company (x) on a registration statement on Form S-4 or (y) on a registration statement on Form S-8 (or, in any of the cases of (x) or (y), on any successor forms thereto)) (each, a “ Piggyback Registration ”), whether for its own account or for the account of others, the Company shall give the Stockholders (excluding Fortress Affiliate Stockholders which have not signed a joinder as contemplated by Section 2.1) prompt written notice thereof (but not less than five days prior to the filing by the Company with the Commission of any registration statement with respect thereto). Such notice (a “ Piggyback Notice ”) shall specify, at a minimum, the number of equity securities proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such registration statement with the Commission, the proposed means of distribution and the proposed managing underwriter or underwriters (if any and if known). Upon the written request of any Person that on the date of such Piggyback Notice is a Stockholder, given within five days after such Piggyback Notice is received by such Person (any such Persons, a “ Piggyback Seller ”) (which written request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities then presently intended to be disposed of by such Piggyback Seller), the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities held by Piggyback Sellers with respect to which the Company has received such written requests for inclusion to be included in such Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as the Company’s equity securities being sold in such Piggyback Registration.

 

(b)                If, in connection with a Piggyback Registration, any managing underwriter (or, if such Piggyback Registration is not an Underwritten Offering, a nationally recognized investment bank engaged in connection with such Demand Registration) advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all the equity securities sought to be included in such Piggyback Registration by (i) the Company, (ii) others who have sought to have equity securities of the Company registered in such Piggyback Registration pursuant to rights to

 

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demand (other than pursuant to so-called “piggyback” or other incidental or participation registration rights) such registration (such Persons being “ Other Demanding Sellers ”), (iii) the Piggyback Sellers and (iv) any other proposed sellers of equity securities of the Company (such Persons being “ Other Proposed Sellers ”), as the case may be, would adversely affect the marketability of the equity securities sought to be sold pursuant thereto, then the Company shall include in the registration statement applicable to such Piggyback Registration only such equity securities as the Company is so advised by such underwriter or investment bank can be sold without such an effect, as follows and in the following order of priority:

 

(i)           if the Piggyback Registration relates to an offering for the Company’s own account, then (A) first, such number of equity securities to be sold by the Company as the Company, in its reasonable judgment and acting in good faith and in accordance with sound financial practice, shall have determined, (B) second, Registrable Securities of Piggyback Sellers and securities sought to be registered by Other Demanding Sellers (if any), pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Piggyback Sellers and Other Demanding Sellers and (C) third, other equity securities held by any Other Proposed Sellers; or

 

(ii)       if the Piggyback Registration relates to an offering other than for the Company’s own account, then (A) first, such number of equity securities sought to be registered by each Other Demanding Seller and the Piggyback Sellers (if any), pro rata in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by all such Other Demanding Sellers and Piggyback Sellers and (B) second, other equity securities held by any Other Proposed Sellers or to be sold by the Company as determined by the Company and with such priorities among them as may from time to time be determined or agreed to by the Company.

 

(c)                 In connection with any Underwritten Offering under this Section 4.2 for the Company’s account, the Company shall not be required to include a holder’s Registrable Securities in the Underwritten Offering unless such holder accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company; provided, that any applicable underwriting agreement includes only customary terms and conditions.

 

(d)               If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any of its equity securities as set forth in this Section 4.2 and prior to the time the registration statement filed in connection with such Piggyback Registration is declared effective, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such equity securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each Stockholder and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such particular withdrawn or abandoned Piggyback Registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith as provided herein); provided, that Stockholders may continue the registration as a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of Section 4.1.

 

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Section 4.3                         Shelf Registration .

 

(a)                 Subject to Section 4.3(e), and further subject to the availability of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or a successor form, which may be an automatically effective registration statement at any time the Company is eligible (“ Form S-3 ”) to the Company, the Initial Stockholder or any of its Permitted Transferees (in each case to the extent a Stockholder hereunder) may by written notice delivered (which notice can be delivered at any time after the eleven month anniversary of the date hereof) to the Company (the “ Shelf Notice ”) require the Company to (i) file as promptly as practicable (but no later than 30 days after the date the Shelf Notice is delivered), and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective by the Commission at the earliest possible date permitted under the rules and regulations of the Commission (but no later than 60 days after such filing date), a Form S-3, or (ii) use an existing Form S-3 filed with the Commission, in each case providing for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale, from time to time, of the Registrable Securities owned by the Initial Stockholder or the Fortress Affiliate Stockholders (or any of their Permitted Transferees), as the case may be, and any other Persons that at the time of the Shelf Notice meet the definition of a Stockholder who elect to participate therein as provided in Section 4.3(b) (a “ Shelf Registration Statement ”).

 

(b)                The Initial Stockholder and its Permitted Transferees shall be entitled to require the Company to file an unlimited number of Shelf Registration Statements until such time as the Stockholders, together, Beneficially Own less than a Registrable Amount.

 

(c)                 Within five business days after receipt of a Shelf Notice pursuant to Section 4.3(a), the Company will deliver written notice thereof to each Stockholder (excluding Fortress Affiliate Stockholders which have not signed a joinder as contemplated by Section 2.1). Each Stockholder may elect to participate in the Shelf Registration Statement by delivering to the Company a written request to so participate.

 

(d)               Subject to Section 4.3(e), the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, or otherwise (the “ Shelf Registration Effectiveness Period ”).

 

(e)                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing notice to the Stockholders who elected to participate in the Shelf Registration Statement, to require such Stockholders to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 60 days in succession or 90 days in the aggregate in any 12 month period (a “ Suspension Period ”) if the Board determines in good faith and in its reasonable judgment that it is required to disclose in the Shelf Registration Statement material, non-public information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential. Immediately upon receipt of such notice, the Stockholders covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made as required below. Any Suspension

 

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Period shall terminate at such time as the public disclosure of such information is made. After the expiration of any Suspension Period and without any further request from a Stockholder, the Company shall as promptly as practicable prepare a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(f)                  At any time, and from time-to-time, during the Shelf Registration Effectiveness Period (except during a Suspension Period), each of the Initial Stockholder, the Fortress Affiliate Stockholders or any of their Permitted Transferees (in each case to the extent a Stockholder hereunder) may notify the Company of their intent to sell Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (in whole or in part) in an Underwritten Offering (a “ Shelf Underwritten Offering ”); provided that the Company shall not be obligated to participate in more than four underwritten offerings during any twelve-month period. Such notice shall specify (x) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Shelf Underwritten Offering and (y) the identity of the Stockholder(s) requesting such Shelf Underwritten Offering. Upon receipt by the Company of such notice, the Company shall promptly comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, including those provisions of Section 4.5 relating the Company’s obligation to make filings with the Commission, assist in the preparation and filing with the Commission of prospectus supplements and amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement, participate in “road shows,” agree to customary “lock-up” agreements with respect to the Company’s securities and obtain “comfort” letters, and the Company shall take such other actions as necessary or appropriate to permit the consummation of such Shelf Underwritten Offering as promptly as practicable. Each Shelf Underwritten Offering shall be for the sale of a number of Registrable Securities equal to or greater than the Registrable Amount. In any Shelf Underwritten Offering, the Company shall select the investment bank(s) and managers that will serve as lead or co-managing underwriters with respect to the offering of such Registrable Securities, which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Stockholders participating in such Shelf Underwritten Offering that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such Shelf Underwritten Offering.

 

Section 4.4                         Withdrawal Rights .  Any Stockholder having notified or directed the Company to include any or all of its Registrable Securities in a registration statement under the Securities Act shall have the right to withdraw any such notice or direction with respect to any or all of the Registrable Securities designated by it for registration by giving written notice to such effect to the Company prior to the effective date of such registration statement. In the event of any such withdrawal, the Company shall not include such Registrable Securities in the applicable registration and such Registrable Securities shall continue to be Registrable Securities for all purposes of this Agreement. No such withdrawal shall affect the obligations of the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities not so withdrawn; provided, however, that in the case of a Demand Registration, if such withdrawal shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included in such registration below the Registrable Amount, then the Company shall as promptly as practicable give each holder of Registrable Securities sought to be registered notice to such effect and, within ten days following the mailing of such notice, such holder(s) of Registrable Securities still seeking registration shall, by written notice to the

 

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Company, elect to register additional Registrable Securities, when taken together with elections to register Registrable Securities by its Permitted Transferees, to satisfy the Registrable Amount or elect that such registration statement not be filed or, if theretofore filed, be withdrawn. During such ten day period, the Company shall not file such registration statement if not theretofore filed or, if such registration statement has been theretofore filed, the Company shall not seek, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent, the effectiveness thereof.

 

Section 4.5                         Registration Procedures .

 

(a)                 If and whenever the Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, the Company shall as promptly as practicable (in each case, to the extent applicable):

 

(i)                                   prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement to effect such registration, cause such registration statement to become effective at the earliest possible date permitted under the rules and regulations of the Commission, and thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to remain effective pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto; provided, further that before filing such registration statement or any amendments thereto, the Company will furnish to the counsel selected by the holders of Registrable Securities which are to be included in such registration (“ Selling Holders ”)  copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of and comment by such counsel (it being understood that counsel to the Selling Holders will conduct its review and provide any comments promptly);

 

(ii)                               prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith and any Exchange Act reports incorporated by reference therein as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement until the earlier of such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Selling Holder(s) set forth in such registration statement or (i) in the case of a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 4.1, the expiration of 60 days after such registration statement becomes effective or (ii) in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 4.2, the expiration of 60 days after such registration statement becomes effective or (iii) in the case of a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 4.3, the Shelf Registration Effectiveness Period;

 

(iii)                           furnish to each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by such Selling Holder such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of

 

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the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents as such Selling Holder and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder;

 

(iv)                           use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Selling Holder and any underwriter of the securities being sold by such Selling Holder shall reasonably request, and take any other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (iv) be obligated to be so qualified, to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or to file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

 

(v)                               use best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and, if no such securities are so listed, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on the NYSE or the Nasdaq Stock Market;

 

(vi)                           use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Selling Holder(s) thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

 

(vii)                       in connection with an Underwritten Offering, obtain for each Selling Holder and underwriter:

 

(1)                 an opinion of counsel for the Company, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Selling Holder and underwriters, and

 

(2)                 a “comfort” letter (or, in the case of any such Person which does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of a “comfort” letter specified in AU Section 634 of the AICPA Professional Standards, an “agreed upon procedures” letter) signed by the independent registered public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement (and, if necessary, any other independent registered public accountant of any Subsidiary of the Company or any business acquired by the

 

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Company from which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the registration statement); ;

 

(viii)                   promptly make available for inspection by any Selling Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent or representative retained by any such Selling Holder or underwriter (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such Selling Holder or underwriter to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any such Inspector in connection with such registration statement promptly; provided, however, that, unless the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the registration statement or the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this subparagraph (viii) if (i) the Company believes, after consultation with counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information or (ii) if either (A) the Company has requested and been granted from the Commission confidential treatment of such information contained in any filing with the Commission or documents provided supplementally or otherwise or (B) the Company reasonably determines in good faith that such Records are confidential and so notifies the Inspectors in writing unless prior to furnishing any such information with respect to (i) or (ii) such holder of Registrable Securities requesting such information agrees, and causes each of its Inspectors, to enter into a confidentiality agreement on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company; and provided, further, that each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action and to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

 

(ix)                           promptly notify in writing each Selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, of the following events:

 

(1)                 the filing of the registration statement, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment to the registration statement, and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective;

 

(2)                 any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information;

 

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(3)                 the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings by any Person for that purpose;

 

(4)                 when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the registration statement; and

 

(5)                 the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(x)                               notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, at the request of any Selling Holder, promptly prepare and furnish to such Selling Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

(xi)                           use every reasonable best effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement;

 

(xii)                       otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to Selling Holders, as promptly as practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full quarter after the effective date of such registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(xiii)                   use its reasonable best efforts to assist Stockholders who made a request to the Company to provide for a third party “market maker” for the Common Stock; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to serve as such “market maker”;

 

(xiv)                   cooperate with any Selling Holder and any underwriter and the managing underwriter to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (which shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required under applicable law), if necessary or appropriate, representing securities sold under any registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such

 

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denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or such Selling Holder may request and keep available and make available to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement a supply of such certificates as necessary or appropriate;

 

(xv)                       have appropriate officers of the Company prepare and make presentations at any “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies, as the case may be, take other actions to obtain ratings for any Registrable Securities (if they are eligible to be rated) and otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the Selling Holders and the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities;

 

(xvi)                   have appropriate officers of the Company, and cause representatives of the Company’s independent registered public accountants, to participate in any due diligence discussions reasonably requested by any Selling Holder or any underwriter;

 

(xvii)               if requested by any underwriter, agree, and cause the Company and any directors or officers of the Company to agree, to be bound by customary “lock-up” agreements restricting the ability to dispose of Company securities;

 

(xviii)           if requested by any Selling Holders or any underwriter, promptly incorporate in the registration statement or any prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Selling Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Registrable Securities;

 

(xix)                   cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required to be undertaken in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA;

 

(xx)                       otherwise use reasonable best efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the Selling Holders and the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities;

 

(xxi)                   otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act; and

 

(xxii)               use reasonable best efforts to take any action requested by the Selling Holders, including any action described in clauses (i) through (xxi) above to prepare for and facilitate any “over-night deal” or other proposed sale of Registrable Securities over a limited timeframe.

 

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The Company may require each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, to furnish the Company in writing such information regarding each Selling Holder or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request to complete or amend the information required by such registration statement.

 

(b)                Without limiting any of the foregoing, in the event that the offering of Registrable Securities is to be made by or through an underwriter, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with a managing underwriter or underwriters containing representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements customarily included (but not inconsistent with the covenants and agreements of the Company contained herein) by an issuer of common stock in underwriting agreements with respect to offerings of common stock for the account of, or on behalf of, such issuers. In connection with any offering of Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the underwriter, if any (or, if no underwriter, the Selling Holder), unlegended certificates representing ownership of the Registrable Securities being sold (unless, in the Company’s sole discretion, such Registrable Securities are to be issued in uncertificated form pursuant to the customary arrangements for issuing shares in such form), in such denominations as requested and instruct any transfer agent and registrar of the Registrable Securities to release any stop transfer order with respect thereto.

 

(c)                 Each Selling Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4.5(a)(ix), such Selling Holder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable registration statement and prospectus relating thereto until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4.5(a)(ix) and, if so directed by the Company, deliver to the Company, at the Company’s expense, all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Selling Holder’s possession of the prospectus current at the time of receipt of such notice relating to such Registrable Securities. In the event the Company shall give such notice, any applicable 60 day period during which such registration statement must remain effective pursuant to this Agreement shall be extended by the number of days during the period from the date of giving of a notice regarding the happening of an event of the kind described in Section 4.5(a)(ix) to the date when all such Selling Holders shall receive such a supplemented or amended prospectus and such prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission.

 

Section 4.6                         Registration Expenses .

 

(a)                 All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of, or compliance with, its obligations under this Agreement including (i)(A) all registration and filing fees, all fees and expenses of compliance with securities and “blue sky” laws, (B) all fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with FINRA (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” as such term is defined in NASD Rule 2720 or the equivalent rule incorporated into the FINRA rulebook), (C) all fees and expenses of compliance with securities and “blue sky” laws, (D) all printing (including expenses of printing certificates, if any, for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses and Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses is requested by a holder of Registrable Securities) and copying expenses, (E) all messenger and delivery expenses, (F) all fees and expenses of the Company’s

 

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independent certified public accountants and counsel (including with respect to “comfort” letters, “agreed-upon procedures” letter and opinions), (G) fees and expenses of one counsel to the Stockholders selling in such registration (which firm shall be selected by the Stockholders selling in such registration that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration), (H) except as provided in clause (ii) below, the fees and expenses (including underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes) of every nationally recognized investment bank engaged in connection with a Demand Registration or a Piggyback Registration that is not an Underwritten Offering, (collectively, the “ Registration Expenses ”) and (ii) any expenses described in clauses (i)(A) through (H) above incurred in connection with the marketing and sale of Registrable Securities (“ Offering Expenses ”) shall be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a registration is effected, marketing is commenced or sale is made. The Company will pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties, the expense of any annual audit and the expense of any liability insurance) and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange and included in each established over-the-counter market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or traded.

 

(b)                Each Selling Holder shall pay its portion of all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale of such Selling Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration.

 

ARTICLE V

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 5.1                         General Indemnification .  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Stockholder and each of the officers, directors, employees, members, managers, partners and agents or Affiliates of the Initial Stockholder against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, the “ Losses ”), in each case, based on, arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any claim, action, cause of action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other (collectively, “ Actions ”), based on, arising out of, pertaining to or in connection with (i) the ownership or the operation of the assets or properties, and the operation or conduct of the business of, including contracts entered into by, the Company, whether before, on or after the date hereof (ii) any other activity that the Company or its Subsidiaries engages in and (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Filing or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, other than misstatements or omissions made in reliance on information relating to and furnished by the Initial Stockholder in writing expressly for use in the preparation of such Filing. The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5.1 shall be applicable whether or not any Action or the facts or transactions giving rise to such Action arose prior to, on or subsequent to the date of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.2                         Registration Statement Indemnification .

 

(a)                 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Selling Holder, its officers, directors, employees, managers, members, partners and Affiliates, such Selling Holder or such other indemnified Person from and against all Losses caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with an Underwritten Offering and without limiting any of the Company’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Company shall also indemnify such underwriters, their officers, directors, employees and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriters or such other indemnified Person to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification (and exceptions thereto) of the holders of Registrable Securities being sold. Reimbursements payable pursuant to the indemnification contemplated by this Section 5.2(a) will be made by periodic payments during the course of any investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or expenses incurred.

 

(b)                In connection with any registration statement in which a holder of Registrable Securities is participating, each such Selling Holder will furnish to the Company in writing information regarding such Selling Holder’s ownership of Registrable Securities and its intended method of distribution thereof and, to the extent permitted by law, shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or such other indemnified Person against all Losses caused by any untrue statement of material fact contained in the registration statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is caused by and contained in such information so furnished in writing by such Selling Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that each Selling Holder’s obligation to indemnify the Company hereunder shall, to the extent more than one Selling Holder is subject to the same indemnification obligation, be apportioned between each Selling Holder based upon the net amount received by each Selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities, as compared to the total net amount received by all of the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities sold pursuant to such registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Selling Holder shall be liable to the Company for amounts in excess of the lesser of (i) such apportionment and (ii) the net amount received by such holder in the offering giving rise to such liability.

 

Section 5.3                         Contribution .

 

(a)        If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions for any reason or reasons other than as specified therein, any Person who would otherwise be

 

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entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall nevertheless be entitled to contribution with respect to any Losses with respect to which such Person would be entitled to such indemnification but for such reason or reasons. In determining the amount of contribution to which the respective Persons are entitled, there shall be considered the Persons’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. It is hereby agreed that it would not necessarily be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Selling Holder or transferee thereof shall be required to make a contribution in excess of the net amount received by such holder from its sale of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering that gave rise to the contribution obligation.

 

Section 5.4                         Procedure .

 

(a)                 Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however, the failure to give such notice shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.

 

(b)                In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party or (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or is reasonably likely to be prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining separate legal counsel).The indemnifying party shall lose its right to defend, contest, litigate and settle a matter if it shall fail to diligently contest such matter (except to the extent settled in accordance with the next following sentence).

 

Section 5.5                         Other Matters .

 

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(a)        An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of an Action effected without its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Action.

 

(b)       Any Losses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Article V shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such Losses are incurred.  The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Article V shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee, the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, and (ii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

(c)        The parties hereto shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, cooperate with each other in a reasonable manner with respect to access to unprivileged information and similar matters in connection with any Action.  The provisions of this Article V are for the benefit of, and are intended to create third party beneficiary rights in favor of, each of the indemnified parties referred to herein.

 

(d)      Not less than three days before the expected filing date of each registration statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall notify each Stockholder who has timely provided the requisite notice hereunder entitling the Stockholder to register Registrable Securities in such registration statement of the information, documents and instruments from such Stockholder that the Company or any underwriter reasonably requests in connection with such registration statement, including, but not limited to a questionnaire, custody agreement, power of attorney, lock-up letter and underwriting agreement (the “ Requested Information ”). If the Company has not received, on or before the day before the expected filing date, the Requested Information from such Stockholder, the Company may file the Registration Statement without including Registrable Securities of such Stockholder. The failure to so include in any registration statement the Registrable Securities of a Stockholder (with regard to that registration statement) shall not in and of itself result in any liability on the part of the Company to such Stockholder.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1                         Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not control or effect the meaning or construction of any provisions hereof.

 

Section 6.2                         Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein, and there are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants, conditions or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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Section 6.3                         Further Actions; Cooperation . Each of the Stockholders agrees to use its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Stockholders (i) acknowledges that such Stockholder will prepare and file with the Commission filings under the Exchange Act, including under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, relating to its Beneficial Ownership of the Common Stock and (ii) agrees to use its reasonable efforts to assist and cooperate with the other parties in promptly preparing, reviewing and executing any such filings under the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto.

 

Section 6.4                         Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or sent by facsimile, nationally recognized overnight courier or first class registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated on the signature pages of this Agreement or in writing by such party to the other parties:

 

If to the Initial Stockholder, to:

 

Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC
c/o Fortress Investment Group LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Fax: (212) 798-6122
Email: rnardone@fortress.com
Attn: Randal A. Nardone

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, NY 10036-6522

Fax: (212) 735-2000
Email: gregory.fernicola@skadden.com

Attn:               Gregory A.Fernicola, Esq.

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.
601 N.W. Second Street
Evansville, IN 47708
Email: scott.mckinlay@slfs.com
Attn:  General Counsel

 

If to a Stockholder that is not the Initial Stockholder, then to the address set forth in the written agreement of such Stockholder provided for in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

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All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to have been given or made if and when received (including by overnight courier) by the parties at the above addresses or sent by email, facsimile, with confirmation received, to the email addresses or facsimile numbers specified above (or at such other address or facsimile number for a party as shall be specified by like notice). Any notice delivered by any party hereto to any other party hereto shall also be delivered to each other party hereto simultaneously with delivery to the first party receiving such notice.

 

Section 6.5                         Applicable Law . The substantive laws of the State of New York shall govern the interpretation, validity and performance of the terms of this Agreement, without regard to conflicts of law doctrines.

 

Section 6.6                         Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each other. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions of this Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement, including any such provisions, in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision, as applicable.

 

Section 6.7                         Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise provided herein, all the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. No Stockholder may assign any of its rights hereunder to any Person other than a Permitted Transferee. Each Permitted Transferee of any Stockholder shall be subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such shares such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits of and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, no transfer of rights permitted hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until (i) if required under Section 2.1 hereof, the Company shall have received written notice of such transfer and the joinder of the transferee provided for in Section 2.1 hereof, and (ii) such transferee can establish Beneficial Ownership or ownership of record of a Registrable Amount (whether individually or together with its Affiliates that are Stockholders or transferees of Stockholders and, if applicable, its other Permitted Transferees that are Stockholders or transferees of Stockholders). The Company may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the Stockholders, and any assignment attempted or effected without obtaining such required consent shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no successor or assignee of the Company shall have any rights granted under this Agreement until such Person shall acknowledge its rights and obligations hereunder by a signed written statement of such Person’s acceptance of such rights and obligations.

 

Section 6.8                         Amendments . This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented unless such amendment, modification or supplement is in writing and signed by each of the Stockholders and the Company.

 

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Section 6.9      Waiver . The failure of a party hereto at any time or times to require performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect its right at a later time to enforce the same. No waiver by a party of any condition or of any breach of any term, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement shall be effective unless in a writing signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective, and no waiver in any one or more instances shall be deemed to be a further or continuing waiver of any such condition or breach in other instances or a waiver of any other condition or breach of any other term, covenant, representation or warranty.

 

Section 6.10    Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

Section 6.11    Submission To Jurisdiction . ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY ACTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND THE APPELLATE COURTS THEREOF. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS FOR NOTICES SET FORTH HEREIN. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.  THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO DISPUTES HEREUNDER.

 

Section 6.12    Injunctive Relief . Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that a violation of any of the terms of this Agreement will cause the other parties irreparable injury for which an adequate remedy at law is not available. Therefore, the Stockholders agree that each party shall be entitled to, an injunction, restraining order, specific performance or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining any party from committing any violations of the provisions of this Agreement, without the need to post a bond or prove the inadequacy of monetary damages.

 

Section 6.13    Recapitalizations, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Shares of Common Stock; New Issuance .  The provisions of this Agreement shall apply, to the full extent set forth herein, with respect to Company Securities and to any and all equity or debt securities

 

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of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets, or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of, such Company Securities and shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations, reclassifications, recapitalizations, reorganizations and the like occurring after the date hereof.

 

Section 6.14    Termination . Upon the mutual consent of all of the parties hereto or, with respect to each Stockholder, at such earlier time as such Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees ceases to Beneficially Own a Registrable Amount, the terms of this Agreement shall terminate, and be of no further force and effect; provided, however, that the following shall survive the termination of this Agreement: (i) the provisions of Sections 4.2 (which shall terminate, and be of no further force and effect, with respect to each Stockholder, at such time as such Stockholder and its Affiliates and Permitted Transferees ceases to Beneficially Own a Registrable Amount), 4.6, Article 5, 6.5, 6.11, this Section 6.14 and Section 6.15; (ii) the rights with respect to the breach of any provision hereof by the Company and (iii) any registration rights vested or obligations accrued as of the date of termination of this Agreement to the extent, in the case of registration rights so vested, if such Stockholder ceases to meet the definition of a Stockholder under this Agreement subsequent to the vesting of such registration rights as a result of action taken by the Company.

 

Section 6.15    Third Party Beneficiary . FIG LLC shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Initial Stockholder and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights hereunder.

 

Section 6.16    Rule 144 . The Company covenants and agrees that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder (or, if it is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act), and it will take such further reasonable action, to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule 144 may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the reasonable request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such information and filing requirements.

 

Section 6.17    Information . The Company covenants and agrees that for so long as the Stockholders, together, have Beneficial Ownership of at least 1% of the Voting Power of the Company, it will provide or cause to be provided, upon request, to persons affiliated with FIG LLC who are covered by applicable FIG LLC confidentiality policies, all information about the Company and its operations as the Company would ordinarily provide to a director upon his or her request.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

SPRINGLEAF HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jay N. Levine

 

 

Name:

Jay N. Levine

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Randal A. Nardone

 

 

Name:

Randal A. Nardone

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT]

 


 

Exhibit 31.1

 

Certifications

 

 

I, Jay N. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

 

1.                         I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

2.                         Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                         Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                         The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)                         Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)                        Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c)                         Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                         The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                         All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)                        Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:    November 12, 2013   

 

 

  /s/    Jay N. Levine

 

 

  Jay N. Levine

 

  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 31.2

 

Certifications

 

 

I, Minchung (Macrina) Kgil, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

 

1.                         I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (the “registrant”);

 

2.                         Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                         Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                         The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)                         Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)                        Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c)                         Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                         The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                         All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)                        Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:     November 12, 2013   

 

 

  /s/

Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

 

 

Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 32

 

Certifications

 

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 of Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (the Company) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), each of Jay N. Levine, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Minchung (Macrina) Kgil, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)                   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(2)                   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

  /s/

Jay N. Levine

 

 

Jay N. Levine

 

  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

  /s/

Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

 

Minchung (Macrina) Kgil

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:    November 12, 2013   

 

 

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