UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 12, 2020

 

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

(formerly known as New PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001- 38727 83-1098934
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(818) 224-7442

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value PFSI New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On February 12, 2020, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreement (the “Stockholder Agreement”), by and between the Company and BlackRock Mortgage Ventures, LLC (“BlackRock”). The primary purpose of the amendment and restatement was to remove BlackRock’s right to nominate directors for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Matthew Botein, who has served as a designee of BlackRock on the Board since the Company’s initial public offering, will continue to serve as a director.

 

The foregoing description of the Stockholder Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreement, which has been filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On February 13, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the transfer by BlackRock of its ownership stake in the Company to two charitable entities. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any disclosure document relating to the Company, except to the extent, if any, expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Second Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreement, dated February 12, 2020, by and among PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. and BlackRock Mortgage Ventures, LLC
99.1   Press Release, dated February 13, 2020, issued by PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
   
   
Dated:  February 13, 2020 /s/ Andrew S. Chang
  Andrew S. Chang
  Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT

 

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 12, 2020, is by and between PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as New PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.) (the “Company”) and BlackRock Mortgage Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BlackRock”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company, BlackRock and PNMAC Holdings, LLC (formerly known as PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.) are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2018 (the “Prior Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 11 of the Prior Agreement provides that no amendment of the Prior Agreement may be made unless such amendment is approved in writing by the party against whom such amendment is to be enforced (the “Required Parties”);

 

WHEREAS, the Required Parties have agreed that the Prior Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Prior Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to set forth their relative rights and obligations with regard to certain rights of BlackRock;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the Prior Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

 

§1.          DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to BlackRock, (i) any person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with BlackRock, and (ii) each BlackRock Charitable Entity. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under direct or indirect common control with”), as applied to any entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

BlackRock Charitable Entity” means each tax-exempt private foundation or public charity created by BlackRock or any of its Affiliates, or with respect to which BlackRock or any of its Affiliates is a disqualified person, and each sponsoring organization which maintains a donor advised fund which is separately identified by reference to contributions of BlackRock or any of its Affiliates (as such terms are defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended).

 

Shares” means shares of Common Stock of the Company held by BlackRock or its Affiliates.

 

Voting Power” means the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company with respect to matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote.

 

§2.          GOVERNING DOCUMENTS.

 

2.1            Charter Amendments. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (the “Charter”) shall not be amended in any manner that is adverse to BlackRock or its Affiliates without the prior written consent of BlackRock if BlackRock and its Affiliates hold, at the time of such amendment or repeal, Shares constituting 5% or more of the Voting Power. Article IX of the Charter shall not be amended or repealed, and no provision that is inconsistent with such Article IX shall be adopted, in any manner without the prior written consent of BlackRock if BlackRock and its Affiliates hold any Shares at such time.

 

 

 

 

2.2           By-law Amendments. The by-laws of the Company shall not be amended or repealed in any manner that is adverse to BlackRock or its Affiliates without the prior written consent of BlackRock if BlackRock and its Affiliates hold, at the time of such amendment or repeal, Shares constituting 5% or more of the Voting Power.

 

2.3           Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Consistent. The Company shall use its best efforts to take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary or appropriate to ensure that at all times neither the Certificate of Incorporation nor the Bylaws of the Company, nor any of the corresponding constituent documents of the Company’s subsidiaries contain any provisions inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, this Section 2) or which would in any way nullify or impair the terms of this Agreement or the rights of BlackRock hereunder. The Company shall not take or cause to be taken any action inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation this Section 2) or the rights of BlackRock hereunder.

 

§3.          CONSENT RIGHTS. Each party hereto acknowledges that the Company has entered into a separate amended and restated stockholder agreement (the “HCP Agreement”) with HC Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HCP”), which provides HCP with essentially the same rights (other than nominating rights) as those provided to BlackRock hereunder. Without the prior written consent of BlackRock, the Company shall not amend the HCP Agreement, or enter into any other agreement with HCP with respect to the subject matter of the HCP Agreement, if such amendment or other agreement would provide HCP rights (other than nominating rights) that are more favorable than those provided to BlackRock hereunder or are otherwise materially adverse to BlackRock. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that the Company enters into or amends, modifies or waives (as distinct from a consent or approval provided for therein) any provision of a stockholder agreement between the Company and any other stockholder that involves the grant of rights to a stockholder that are superior, taking into account the impact of differences in levels of stockholding, regulatory status, noncompetition provisions and other similar matters (the “Contractual Superior Rights”), to those belonging to BlackRock under this Agreement, the Company shall offer BlackRock the opportunity to obtain such Contractual Superior Rights. The Company shall notify BlackRock prior to the time such rights become effective and shall afford it the opportunity for at least 20 days to determine whether or not it wishes to obtain such Contractual Superior Rights.

 

§4.          RESERVED.

 

§5.          AGGREGATION OF AFFILIATES. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if voting power of shares of stock of the Company is held by BlackRock and one or more of its Affiliates, or by more than one Affiliate of BlackRock, then all nominations, consents and actions required or permitted to be given, made or taken by BlackRock pursuant to this Agreement shall be given, made or taken by the parties holding a majority of such voting power held by BlackRock and its Affiliates (other than the BlackRock Charitable Fund). The Company and its officers shall be entitled to rely on any notice, consent, waiver or instructions executed by such parties holding a majority of such voting power.

 

§6.          SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

§7.          ENTIRE AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this document embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

§8.          SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and BlackRock and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

§9.          COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts each of which will be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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§10.        NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed properly delivered if either personally delivered or sent by overnight courier or mailed certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid to the recipient (a) if to BlackRock, at 40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022, Attention: David Maryles, or at any other address provided by BlackRock and (b) if to the Company, at 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, Attention: Derek W. Stark, with a copy to Goodwin Procter LLP, 601 Marshall Street, Redwood City, California 94063, Attention: Bradley C. Weber. Any such notice shall be effective (i) if delivered personally, when received, (ii) if sent by overnight courier, when receipted for, and (iii) if mailed, 3 days after being mailed as described above.

 

§11.        AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective against the Company or BlackRock unless such modification, amendment or waiver is approved in writing by the party against whom such modification, amendment or waiver is to be enforced. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement will in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and will not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

§12.        TERMINATION. This Agreement will terminate at such time as BlackRock, together with its Affiliates, first fails to beneficially hold any equity securities of the Company.

 

§13.        GOVERNING LAW. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

§14.        DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

 

§15.        CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Stockholder Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

 

  PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (f/k/a New PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.)
     
     
  By: /s/ Andrew S. Chang
  Name: Andrew S. Chang
  Title: Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
     
     
  BLACKROCK MORTGAGE VENTURES, LLC
     
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Waltcher
  Name: Daniel Waltcher
  Title: Managing Director
     
     
  ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
   
  PNMAC HOLDINGS, LLC (f/k/a PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.)
     
     
  By: /s/ Andrew S. Chang
  Name: Andrew S. Chang
  Title: Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

  Investors
  Isaac Garden
  (818) 264-4907

 

 

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. Announces

Transfer of Ownership Stake by BlackRock to Charitable Entities

 

50% of PFSI’s $2.9 billion Market Capitalization Now Public Float

 

Westlake Village, CA, February 13, 2020 – PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI) announced that BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) (“BlackRock”) has contributed its remaining 20% ownership stake in PFSI to two charitable entities, the BlackRock Charitable Fund and The BlackRock Foundation. Subsequently, the BlackRock Charitable Fund sold 7.8 million shares of PFSI common stock in an unregistered private sale yesterday.

 

Following the sale, 50% of PFSI’s market capitalization of approximately $2.9 billion1 now consists of public float, up from 17% after its initial public offering (IPO) in 2013. Since the IPO, PFSI’s book value per share has increased at a compound annual growth rate of more than 22%. In the last two years, PFSI’s total return to shareholders has been 72% and average daily trading volume has increased from 183,000 shares to over 400,000 shares today.

 

“We applaud BlackRock for their philanthropic efforts,” said President and CEO David Spector. “These transactions demonstrate the substantial value PennyMac has created for its shareholders, as further evidenced by our record earnings and business volumes last year. We are honored that the fruits of our labors will benefit BlackRock’s social impact initiatives and are excited to move into our next chapter with a broader shareholder base that will result, as we continue to execute on PennyMac’s growth strategy.”

 

 

 1 Based on closing price as of February 12, 2020

 

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PennyMac was founded in 2008 with initial investments from BlackRock, HC Partners and the Company’s founding management. Currently, approximately 20% of PFSI is owned by HC Partners, and 21% is owned by PFSI’s executive officers and directors.

 

“With the support of our sponsors, we initially created a platform to address dislocations from the financial crisis, but always with a long-term plan to establish a best-in-class enterprise for the U.S. residential mortgage market,” said Chairman Stanford L. Kurland. “Today, PFSI is recognized as the leading public company in U.S. mortgage banking, and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, the REIT we manage, has grown and invested significant capital in mortgage credit risk, helping support the policy objective of transferring risk away from the U.S. taxpayer.”

 

Mr. Kurland continued, “We are proud to have helped reshape the mortgage markets since 2008, proud of the leadership position PennyMac enjoys today, proud to have produced great returns for our shareholders, and proud to help BlackRock fulfill its social purpose with gains from its PennyMac investment. I am grateful to BlackRock and my lifelong friend Larry Fink for their partnership for more than 12 years and appreciate the thoughtful manner in which they are divesting their ownership. We are also pleased that this divestiture will increase the size of our public float and give more investors than ever before the ability to participate in our growth and exceptional performance.”

 

“BlackRock has been a great partner with us in PennyMac’s growth and development,” said Jonathon S. Jacobson, principal owner of HC Partners. “I am as excited about our investment in PennyMac and the Company’s opportunities for growth today as I was in 2008.”

 

BlackRock previously contributed an ownership interest representing 6.1 million PFSI shares to the BlackRock Charitable Fund following PFSI’s IPO. At the request of the purchaser in yesterday’s sale, the remaining 7.8 million PFSI shares owned by The BlackRock Foundation are subject to a 60-day lock-up period.

 

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As a result of this contribution, BlackRock terminated its right to nominate directors for election to PFSI’s Board of Directors. Matthew Botein, who has served as a designee of BlackRock on the Board of Directors since PFSI’s IPO, will continue to serve as a director.

 

Mr. Spector added, “I want to thank BlackRock and Larry Fink, whom I have known for my entire career, for their support of PennyMac as well as Sue Wagner and Mark Wiedman for their leadership through the Company’s development.”

 

About PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market.

 

Founded in 2008, the company is recognized as a leader in the U.S. residential mortgage industry. In 2019, PennyMac Financial’s production of newly originated loans totaled $118 billion in unpaid principal balance, making it the third largest mortgage lender in the nation, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. As of December 31, 2019, PennyMac Financial serviced loans totaling $368.7 billion in unpaid principal balance, making it the sixth largest servicer of mortgage loans in the nation, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

 

Additional information about PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. is available at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com.

 

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