Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
CURRENT REPORT
 

 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of report
(Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2011
 

 
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Florida
 
1-13219
 
65-0039856
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification Number)
 

 
2002 Summit Boulevard, Sixth Floor
 
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(Address of principal executive office)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 682-8000
 
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:

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  o
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  o
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Explanatory Note
 
    On September 1, 2011, Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”) completed its acquisition of (i) all the outstanding partnership interests of Litton Loan Servicing LP (“Litton”), a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Seller”) and provider of servicing and subservicing of primarily non-prime residential mortgage loans and (ii) certain interest-only servicing securities previously owned by Goldman Sachs & Co., also a subsidiary of Seller (collectively referred to as “Litton Loan Servicing Business”).
 
    This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A is being filed to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial 8-K”) filed by Ocwen Financial Corporation on September 2, 2011 to include the financial information referred to in Item 9.01(a) and (b), below, relating to the acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing Business and to provide the consent of the independent accountants. Pursuant to the instructions to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, Ocwen Financial Corporation hereby amends Item 9.01 of the Initial 8-K to include previously omitted financial statements and pro forma financial information and to provide the consent of the independent accountants.
 
Forward Looking Statements
 
    This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, but not limited to assumptions related to the valuation of assets and estimates utilized in development of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements.
 
    Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

 
general economic and market conditions;
     
 
prevailing interest rates;
     
 
governmental regulations and policies, including scrutiny regarding foreclosure processing;
     
 
uncertainty related to the actions of loan owners, including mortgage-backed securities investors, regarding loan putbacks and other servicing practices; and
     
 
uncertainty related to the processes for judicial and non-judicial foreclosure proceedings, including potential additional costs or delays in the future or claims pertaining to past practices.
 
    Further information on the risks specific to our business are detailed within this report and our other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our periodic report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our current reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon. Ocwen Financial Corporation undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements.
 
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition of Assets
 
    As previously reported, on September 1, 2011, Ocwen completed its acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing Business resulting in the acquisition by Ocwen of a servicing portfolio of approximately $38.6 billion in unpaid principal balance of primarily non-prime residential mortgage loans and the servicing platform of Litton Loan Servicing Business based in Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
a)
Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
     
   
The (i) audited combined statements of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the combined statements of income, statements of owners’ equity and statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 and (ii) unaudited combined statement of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at June 30, 2011, the combined statements of income and statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 and the combined statement of owners’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2011 are attached as Exhibit 99.1.
 
 
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b)
Pro Forma Financial Information.
     
   
The unaudited combined pro forma balance sheet of Ocwen Financial Corporation at June 30, 2011 and statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 are attached as Exhibit 99.2.
     
 
c)
Not applicable
     
 
d)
Exhibits
     
   
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
 
Exhibit  
Description
     
23.1
 
Consent of Independent Accountants.
     
99.1
 
The (i) audited combined statements of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the combined statements of income, statements of owners’ equity and statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 and (ii) unaudited combined statement of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at June 30, 2011, the combined statements of income and statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 and the combined statement of owners’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2011.
     
99.2
 
The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of Ocwen Financial Corporation at June 30, 2011 and unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

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

 
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
     
 
By:
/s/ John Van Vlack
   
John Van Vlack
   
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
    (On behalf of the Registrant and as its principal financial officer)
Date: October 4, 2011
   

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
23.1
 
Consent of Independent Accountants.
     
99.1
 
The (i) audited combined statements of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the combined statements of income, statements of owners’ equity and statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 and (ii) unaudited combined statement of financial condition of Litton Loan Servicing Business at June 30, 2011, the combined statements of income and statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 and the combined statement of owners’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2011.
     
99.2
 
The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of Ocwen Financial Corporation at June 30, 2011 and unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 and for the six months ended June 30, 2011.

 
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Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 23.1
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-160626 and 333-163996) and on Form S-8 (No. 333-143275 and 333-44999) of Ocwen Financial Corporation of our report dated October 3, 2011 relating to the financial statements of Litton Loan Servicing Business, which appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Ocwen Financial Corporation dated October 4, 2011.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Houston, Texas
 
   
October 4, 2011
 

 
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Unassociated Document
Exhibit 99.1
 
 
Litton Loan Servicing Business
Combined Financial Statements
At December 31, 2010 and 2009 and
For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and December 26, 2008 and
At June 30, 2011 and the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010
 
 
 

 
 
Litton Loan Servicing Business
Table of Contents


   
Page(s)
     
 
1
     
Combined Financial Statements
   
     
 
2
     
 
3
     
 
4
     
 
5
     
 
6–19

 
 

 

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Owners of
Litton Loan Servicing Business:

In our opinion, the accompanying combined statements of financial condition and the related combined statements of income, owners’ equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Litton Loan Servicing Business at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2009 and December 26, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Litton Loan Servicing Business’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As discussed in Note 2, the combined financial statements have been derived from the consolidated financial statements and accounting records of Litton Loan Servicing LP and reflect pushdown accounting, including the recognition of goodwill and intangible assets associated with the December 2007 acquisition of Litton Loan Servicing LP by Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”), and interest-only securities then owned by Goldman, Sachs & Co, both entities being subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman”). These combined financial statements are prepared solely for the purpose of complying with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Regulation S-X Rule 3-05. Accordingly, the financial statements do not necessarily reflect the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of the Litton Loan Servicing Business had it been a stand-alone company.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Houston, Texas
 
October 3, 2011
 
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Combined Statements of Financial Condition
(in thousands)


   
December 31,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
ASSETS
                 
                   
Cash
  $ 60,656     $ 102,225     $ 13,176  
Servicing advances receivable, net
    2,649,475       2,730,381       2,505,683  
Accrued servicing fees
    91,821       89,842       91,138  
Current tax receivable due from related party
    13,859       4,131       31,981  
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value
    54,449       87,640       48,305  
Interest-only securities, at fair value
    21,072       29,410       17,061  
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements, net
    22,049       27,171       19,413  
Goodwill and other intangibles, net
    4,934       159,709       4,579  
Deferred tax asset, net
    100,724       44,069       97,740  
Other assets
    12,561       8,890       23,290  
                         
Total assets
  $ 3,031,600     $ 3,283,468     $ 2,852,366  
                         
LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY
                       
                         
LIABILITIES
                       
Accounts payable and other liabilities
  $ 49,034     $ 52,879     $ 49,888  
Current tax payable due to related party
          39,272        
Debt obligation due to related party
    2,595,123       2,664,123       2,447,123  
                         
Total liabilities
    2,644,157       2,756,274       2,497,011  
 
                       
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND GUARANTEES
                       
                         
OWNERS’ EQUITY
                       
Owners’ equity - Litton
    366,371       497,784       338,294  
Owners’ equity - interest-only securities
    21,072       29,410       17,061  
      387,443       527,194       355,355  
                         
Total liabilities and owners’ equity
  $ 3,031,600     $ 3,283,468     $ 2,852,366  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Combined Statements of Income
(in thousands)


   
Year Ended
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 26,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2011
   
2010
 
                     
(unaudited)
 
REVENUE
                             
Servicing, subservicing and ancillary fees
  $ 235,379     $ 274,804     $ 239,307     $ 104,214     $ 150,944  
Change in fair value of interest-only securities
    (8,338 )     7,139       (23,758 )     (4,011 )     (4,343 )
Other income
    6,396       10,193       9,610       2,793       3,621  
Total non-interest revenues
    233,437       292,136       225,159       102,996       150,222  
                                         
Interest income
    13,433       17,613       22,636       5,660       7,099  
Interest expense
    (34,598 )     (28,797 )     (27,903 )     (15,898 )     (17,657 )
Net interest expense
    (21,165 )     (11,184 )     (5,267 )     (10,238 )     (10,558 )
                                         
Net revenue, including net interest
    212,272       280,952       219,892       92,758       139,664  
                                         
EXPENSE
                                       
Compensation and benefits
    132,211       127,671       113,340       67,883       66,670  
Servicing expense
    15,082       17,646       13,805       7,862       7,820  
Provision for losses on servicing advances
    33,734       300       2,000       809       7,271  
Goodwill impairment
    154,065                          
General and administrative expense
    74,135       59,710       59,855       57,771       31,714  
                                         
Total expense
    409,227       205,327       189,000       134,325       113,475  
Income (loss) before income tax
    (196,955 )     75,625       30,892       (41,567 )     26,189  
Income tax (benefit) expense
    (68,854 )     26,685       7,653       (14,562 )     9,500  
                                         
Net income (loss)
  $ (128,101 )   $ 48,940     $ 23,239     $ (27,005 )   $ 16,689  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Combined Statements of Owners’ Equity
(in thousands)


         
Interest-Only
       
   
Litton
   
Securities
   
Total
 
Balance at December 28, 2007
  $ 380,965     $ 46,029     $ 426,994  
                         
Capital Contribution
    60,000             60,000  
                         
Distribution - in kind
          (23,029 )     (23,029 )
                         
Net income (loss)
    23,968       (729 )     23,239  
                         
Balance at December 26, 2008
  $ 464,933     $ 22,271     $ 487,204  
                         
Distribution - in kind
          (8,950 )     (8,950 )
                         
Net income
    32,851       16,089       48,940  
                         
Balance at December 31, 2009
    497,784       29,410       527,194  
                         
Distribution - in kind
          (11,650 )     (11,650 )
                         
Net income (loss)
    (131,413 )     3,312       (128,101 )
                         
Balance at December 31, 2010
  $ 366,371     $ 21,072     $ 387,443  
                         
Distribution - in kind (unaudited)
          (5,083 )     (5,083 )
                         
Net income (loss) (unaudited)
    (28,077 )     1,072       (27,005 )
                         
Balance at June 30, 2011 (unaudited)
  $ 338,294     $ 17,061     $ 355,355  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Combined Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)

 
   
Year End
   
Six Months Ended
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 26,
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2011
   
2010
 
                     
(unaudited)
 
Cash flows from operating activities
                             
Net income (loss)
  $ (128,101 )   $ 48,940     $ 23,239     $ (27,005 )   $ 16,689  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    33,191       52,880       102,483       6,144       (10,839 )
Change in fair value of interest-only securities
    8,338       (7,139 )     23,758       4,011       4,343  
Gain on purchase of assets
                (10,749 )            
Depreciation and amortization
    13,386       14,184       12,540       6,641       6,811  
Amortization of intangibles
    710       1,405       5,470       355       355  
Goodwill impairment
    154,065                          
Deferred income taxes
    (56,655 )     (15,867 )     (26,033 )     2,984       7,912  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Servicing advances receivable and accrued servicing fees
    45,193       (94,559 )     (627,931 )     143,666       105,708  
Provision for losses on servicing advances
    33,734       300       2,000       809       7,271  
Other assets
    (3,671 )     4,054       (579 )     (10,729 )     393  
Accounts payable and other liabilities
    (3,845 )     (13,816 )     22,758       854       (4,386 )
Current tax payable due to related party
    (49,000 )     (6,161 )     40,492       (18,122 )     624  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    47,345       (15,779 )     (432,552 )     109,608       134,881  
                                         
Cash flows from investing activities
                                       
Purchases of furniture, equipment, leasehold improvements and other assets
    (8,264 )     (7,925 )     (15,500 )     (4,005 )     (5,645 )
Purchases of mortgage servicing rights
          (26,850 )     (7,998 )            
Purchases of accrued servicing fees
          (488 )     (33,143 )            
Purchases of servicing advances
          (300,710 )     (728,988 )            
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (8,264 )     (335,973 )     (785,629 )     (4,005 )     (5,645 )
                                         
Cash flows from financing activities
                                       
Debt obligations due to related party
    (69,000 )     422,300       1,193,391       (148,000 )     (129,000 )
Capital contribution
                60,000              
Distributions - in kind
    (11,650 )     (8,950 )     (23,029 )     (5,083 )     (6,134 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (80,650 )     413,350       1,230,362       (153,083 )     (135,134 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (41,569 )     61,598       12,181       (47,480 )     (5,898 )
                                         
Cash
                                       
Beginning of period
    102,225       40,627       28,446       60,656       102,225  
End of period
  $ 60,656     $ 102,225     $ 40,627     $ 13,176     $ 96,327  
                                         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                                       
Cash paid during the period for:
                                       
Interest and other financing costs
  $ 34,087     $ 26,281     $ 34,650     $ 15,594     $ 17,154  
Taxes
  $ 35,017     $ 40,052     $     $     $  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined financial statements.
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)


Note 1.
Organization

Litton Loan Servicing LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Litton”), formed in 1997, is engaged in servicing primarily subprime residential mortgage loans. Litton is also approved to service residential mortgage loans by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Veterans’ Administration; the Federal Housing Administration; the Government National Mortgage Association; the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Litton services whole loans owned by various entities and securitizations for various trusts. Litton also performs third-party and interim servicing. In addition, Litton is licensed to conduct business in various states. As a result, Litton is subject to regulation and examination by various agencies and states.

Litton, through its general and limited partners, Litton Consumer and Corporate Servicing LLC (“LCCS”) and Litton Mortgage Servicing LLC (“LMS”), respectively, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”). GS Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman”). LCCS and LMS were acquired by GS Bank on December 11, 2007. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase accounting method. The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed has been pushed-down to Litton’s consolidated financial statements, including recognition of goodwill of $154.1 million.

GS Bank, an FDIC insured, New York State-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), is regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the New York State Banking Department. Litton, as a subsidiary of GS Bank, is also regulated by the Federal Reserve Board and the New York State Banking Department. Goldman is a bank holding company and a financial holding company under the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Accordingly, the Federal Reserve Board is the primary U.S. regulator of Goldman as a consolidated entity.

Note 2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation
These combined financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the consolidated accounts of Litton and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Property VIII LLC and LLS Commercial Servicing Inc. and certain interest-only securities owned by Goldman, Sachs & Co, a subsidiary of Goldman as described in Note 6, hereafter referred to as Litton Loan Servicing Business. The interest-only securities represent an integral part of the Litton Loan Servicing Business acquired by Ocwen on September 1, 2011 (see Note 17 – Subsequent Events) and therefore are combined with Litton’s consolidated financial statements for purposes of complying with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Regulation S-X Rule 3-05. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Certain assumptions were made in combining the Litton consolidated accounts with the interest-only securities owned by Goldman. The combined results do not necessarily reflect what the results of operations, financial condition and cash flows would have been had Litton owned the interest-only securities directly during the periods presented.

During 2009, Litton elected to change its fiscal year end from the last Friday of December to December 31, beginning in 2009. Accordingly, fiscal 2009 began on December 27, 2008 and ended on December 31, 2009. All references to December 2008, unless specifically stated otherwise, refer to Litton’s fiscal year ended, or the date, as the context requires, December 26, 2008. All references to 2009, unless specifically stated otherwise, refer to Litton’s fiscal year ended, or the date, as the context requires, December 31, 2009. All references to 2010, unless specifically stated otherwise, refer to Litton’s fiscal year ended, or the date, as the context requires, December 31, 2010.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
For the year ended December 31, 2010, Litton Loan Servicing Business evaluated subsequent events (i.e., an event or transaction that occurs after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued) through October 3, 2011, which was the date the financial statements were available to be issued (see Note 17 – Subsequent Events).

Use of Estimates
Preparation of these combined financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions, the most important of which relate to fair value measurements, such as the valuation of mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”), the interest-only securities, goodwill and intangibles and estimates of reserves, such as the allowance for losses of servicing advances receivable. These estimates and assumptions are based on the best available information but actual results could be materially different.

Cash
Cash includes cash held by depository institutions held in the ordinary course of business. Litton’s cash deposits in excess of federally insured amounts are maintained at a major financial institution.

Servicing Advances Receivable, net
Servicing advances receivable consist of principal and interest advances, escrow advances and foreclosure advances.

Escrow advances are payments made by Litton to escrow custodial accounts to avoid overdrafts in these accounts when tax or insurance payments are made on behalf of borrowers. Principal and interest (“P&I”) advances are corporate payments to the custodial accounts to ensure that available funds are sufficient for the monthly remittance to the securitization trusts. Foreclosure advances represent costs advanced by Litton as part of the mortgage loan foreclosure process. Advances may be recovered from (a) future mortgage payments, (b) the sale of the property, (c) investor reimbursements if the mortgagor defaults or (d) claims filed with government agencies or companies that insure the loans.

As the servicer, Litton is obligated to advance funds only to the extent that it believes the advances are recoverable. Advances have the highest standing for reimbursement from payments, prepayments, and liquidation proceeds at the loan level. In addition, for any advances that are not recovered from loan proceeds, the majority of Litton’s pooling and servicing agreements provide for reimbursement at the pool level, either through the use of collection proceeds on other loans or through reimbursement from the securitization trust. Some of the advances of Litton’s pooling and servicing agreements provide for reimbursement at the loan level.

Mortgage Servicing Rights, at fair value
Litton capitalizes the value expected to be realized from performing specified mortgage servicing activities for others as MSRs. Servicing mortgage loans includes collecting and remitting mortgage loan payments, responding to borrower inquiries, accounting for principal and interest, holding custodial and escrow funds for payment of property taxes and insurance premiums, counseling or otherwise working with delinquent borrowers, supervising foreclosures and property dispositions and generally administering the loans. Such capitalized servicing rights are generally purchased.

U.S. GAAP requires that the value of MSRs be determined based upon market transactions for comparable servicing assets or, in the absence of representative market trade information, based upon other available market evidence and modeled expectations of the present value of future estimated net cash flows that market participants would expect from servicing.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
MSRs do not trade in an active market with observable prices. Therefore, Litton uses internally developed discounted cash flow models to estimate the fair value of MSRs. These internal valuation models estimate net cash flows based on assumptions management believes would be used by market participants, combined with market-based assumptions for loan prepayment rates, interest rates and discount rates believed to approximate yields required by investors for this type of asset. The reasonableness of assumptions is periodically validated through comparisons to other market participants. Prepayment assumptions are based upon historical experience and the characteristics of individual loans underlying the MSRs. Since many factors can affect the estimate of the fair value of MSRs, Litton regularly evaluates the major assumptions and modeling techniques used in its estimate and reviews such assumptions against market comparables, if available. Additionally, Litton monitors the actual performance of its MSRs by regularly comparing actual cash flow to modeled estimates.

Interest-Only Securities, at fair value
The interest-only securities are accounted for at fair value, with changes in fair value reflected in the combined statements of income. Interest on the interest-only securities is accrued based on the contractual rate of 0.35%. The interest-only securities do not trade in an active market with observable prices. Therefore, the securities are valued using a discounted cash flow analysis. This discounted cash flow analysis estimates net cash flows based on assumptions management believes would be used by market participants, combined with market-based assumptions for loan prepayment rates, interest rates and discount rates believed to approximate yields required by investors for this type of asset. The reasonableness of assumptions is periodically validated through comparisons to other market participants. Prepayment assumptions are derived from models and the characteristics of individual loans underlying the interest-only securities.

Fair Value Measurements
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). Financial assets are marked to bid prices and financial liabilities are marked to offer prices. Fair value measurements do not include transaction costs.

U.S. GAAP has a three-level fair value hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes inputs to the valuation techniques used to measure fair value, giving the highest priority to level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to level 3 inputs. A financial instrument’s level in the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to its fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

 
Level 1
Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets to which Litton has access at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 
Level 2
Inputs to valuation techniques are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 
Level 3
One or more inputs to valuation techniques are significant and unobservable.

Litton’s MSRs and the interest-only securities are classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because they trade infrequently and therefore have little to no price transparency. MSRs and the interest-only securities represented 2% and 4% of total assets as of December 2010 and 2009, respectively, and represented 2% of total assets as of June 30, 2011.

Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
Litton’s other financial instruments consist of cash, servicing advances receivable, accrued servicing fees, accounts receivable and accounts payable and debt obligations. The carrying amounts of cash and accounts receivable and payable are a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the relatively short term of such instruments. Servicing advances receivable and accrued servicing fees have a fair value that approximate their carrying amount because they have no stated maturity, generally are realized within a relatively short period of time and do not bear interest. The carrying amount of Litton’s debt obligations is a reasonable estimate of its fair value because these obligations bear interest at a variable rate.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Furniture, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, net
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements, including computer hardware and software, are recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation.

Furniture and equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the asset, which ranges from three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the improvement or the term of the lease, whichever is shorter. Certain costs of software obtained for internal use are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the software, which is generally three years. In connection with the accounting for the December 2007 acquisition, Litton capitalized $14 million for certain computer software which is being amortized using the straight-line method over the useful life of the asset at the time of acquisition of ten years.

Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements, including computer hardware and software, are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances suggest that an asset’s or asset group’s carrying value may not be fully recoverable.

Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net
Goodwill represents the fair value of the Litton assets acquired and liabilities assumed in excess of the fair value of identifiable net assets. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested annually for impairment. An impairment loss is recognized if the estimated fair value of net assets acquired is less than its estimated net book value. Such loss is calculated as the difference between the estimated fair value of goodwill and its carrying value.

Definite lived intangible assets, which are amortized over their estimated useful lives, are tested for potential impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances suggest that the asset’s carrying value may not be fully recoverable. Amortization of intangible assets is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which ranges from 2 years to 10 years.

Other Assets
Other assets consist primarily of amounts due from investors who own MSRs on loans that Litton services pursuant to subservicing agreements. The balances in these accounts consist of subservicing fees and other miscellaneous charges incurred by Litton on behalf of these investors.

Servicing, Subservicing and Ancillary Fees
Fees received for servicing and subservicing loans are generally based either on a monthly fee payable on all loans serviced or a percentage of the outstanding loan principal balance, payable as a component of interest collected from mortgagors. Servicing fees are recognized in the period earned, rather than the period collected. Late charges and other similar fees are recognized as income when received. Delinquent loan servicing fees are recognized in the period earned, rather than collected. Amounts related to the realization of expected cash flows from MSRs and changes in the fair value of MSRs are included in servicing, subservicing and ancillary fees.

Servicing Expense and Provision for Losses on Servicing Advances
Servicing expense is comprised primarily of interest curtailment costs associated with mortgage loan payoffs, printing, recording fees, tax outsourcing and imaging costs. Servicing expenses are charged to operations as incurred. During 2010, Litton charged off $13.6 million related to reversals of certain advances previously reimbursed to Litton.
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Note 3.
Recent Accounting Developments

Transfers of Financial Assets and Interests in Variable Interest Entities (ASC 860 and 810) – In June 2009, the FASB issued amended accounting principles which changed the accounting for securitizations and VIEs. These principles were codified as Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2009-16, “Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860) – Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets” and ASU No. 2009-17, “Consolidations (Topic 810) - Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities” in December 2009. ASU No. 2009-16 eliminates the concept of a QSPE, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures about transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions and continuing involvement with transferred financial assets. ASU No. 2009-17 changes the accounting and requires additional disclosures for a VIE. Under ASU No. 2009-17, the determination of whether to consolidate a VIE is based on the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance together with either the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could be significant to the VIE, as well as the VIE’s purpose and design. ASU No. 2009-16 and 2009-17 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. Adoption of ASU Nos. 2009-16 and 2009-17 on January 1, 2010 did not have a material effect on Litton’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (ASC 820) – In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) – Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.” ASU No. 2010-06 provides amended disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements. ASU No. 2010-06 is effective for financial statements issued for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 for certain disclosures and for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010 for other disclosures. Since these amended principles require only additional disclosures concerning fair value measurements, adoption did not and will not affect Litton’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 4.
Servicing Advances Receivables, net

Servicing advances receivable were comprised of the following:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
                   
Principal and interest advances
  $ 1,446,043     $ 1,534,765     $ 1,407,559  
Escrow advances
    886,730       853,544       817,607  
Foreclosure advances
    337,885       347,437       297,582  
Less: Allowance for losses
    (21,183 )     (5,365 )     (17,065 )
    $ 2,649,475     $ 2,730,381     $ 2,505,683  

Litton has recorded a provision for losses of servicing advances receivable to provide for potential losses on advances incurred prior to the balance sheet date related primarily to (1) foreclosure costs incurred by Litton subsequent to a loan payoff, (2) reimbursement to trusts as a result of Litton servicer errors and (3) disallowed investor reimbursement expenses incurred under master servicing agreements. Although management believes that an appropriate loss allowance has been established, actual losses are dependent upon future events and, as such, further additions to the level of the loss allowance may be necessary.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
The activity related allowance for losses consist of the following:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
Beginning allowance for losses
  $ 5,365     $ 6,502     $ 21,183  
Additions
    33,734       300       809  
Reductions
    (17,916 )     (1,437 )     (4,927 )
Ending allowance for losses
  $ 21,183     $ 5,365     $ 17,065  
 
Note 5.
Mortgage Servicing Rights, at fair value

The activity related to MSRs consists of the following:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
Beginning fair value balance of MSRs
  $ 87,640     $ 113,670     $ 54,449  
Additions
          26,850 (1)      
Change in fair value of MSRs
    (33,191 )     (52,880 )     (6,144 )
Ending fair value balance of MSRs
  $ 54,449     $ 87,640     $ 48,305  
                         
    (1) Represents purchase from Avelo, an affiliate, (see Note 16)

Litton combines the use of discounted cash flow models and analysis of available current market data to arrive at an estimated fair value of MSRs at the balance sheet date. The cash flow assumptions (which consider only contractual cash flows) and prepayment assumptions used in Litton’s discounted cash flow model are based on market factors and encompass the historical performance of Litton’s MSRs as well as data used by market participants. The most significant assumptions used in the valuation model are mortgage prepayment speeds, projected delinquencies, and the discount rate, all of which are derived from Litton’s historical experience and available market data. Other assumptions used in the internal valuation include the cost of servicing, compensating interest expense, the interest rate used for calculating the cost of servicing advances, and the interest rate used for computing float earnings. These variables can, and generally do, change from period to period as market conditions and projected interest rates change. The current market data utilized in the MSR valuation process and in the assessment of the reasonableness of Litton’s valuation was obtained from MSR valuation surveys, MSR market trades, and MSR broker valuations.

At December 31, 2010, Litton estimated the immediate 10% and 20% adverse changes in delinquencies, prepayments speeds, and discount rate assumptions would decrease the fair value of MSRs by the following:
 
   
Delinquencies
   
Voluntary
Prepayment
Speeds
   
Discount
Rate
 
                   
Impact of 10% adverse change
  $ (13,979 )   $ (1,062 )   $ (2,854 )
Impact of 20% adverse change
  $ (26,827 )   $ (2,087 )   $ (6,601 )
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
The fair value of MSRs at December 31, 2010 was determined using a discount rate of 16% and prepayment rates ranging from 10% to 31% (which includes voluntary prepayments, which are initiated by the borrower, and the conditional default rate or rate of involuntary loan liquidations).

The table below presents mortgage loans serviced (which are not included in the accompanying combined financial statements):
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
Servicing
  $ 39,033,820     $ 46,720,409     $ 36,062,481  
Subservicing
    6,108,355       7,322,960       3,340,620  
Total mortgage loans serviced
  $ 45,142,175     $ 54,043,369     $ 39,403,101  

Custodial accounts maintained in connection with the mortgage loans serviced for others were $273 million and $335 million as of December 2010 and December 2009, respectively, and $293 million as of June 30, 2011. These custodial balances are not included in the accompanying combined statements of financial condition.

Litton had errors and omissions insurance coverage and fidelity insurance coverage of $55 million as of December 31, 2010, $70 million as of December 31, 2009 and $55 million at June 30, 2011.

The geographic distribution of the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans underlying the MSRs portfolio was as follows:
 
               
June 30,
 
State
 
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
California
    21 %     22 %     21 %
Florida
    12       12       12  
New York
    8       7       8  
All other*
    59       59       59  
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %
                         
* No other state contains more than 5% of the properties securing mortgage loans in Litton’s servicing portfolio.
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Note 6.
Interest-Only Securities, at fair value

In connection with the acquisition of Litton in December 2007, Goldman, Sachs & Co, a subsidiary of Goldman also acquired the interest-only securities (“IO Securities”) in 13 securitization transactions, with the unpaid principal balance of the underlying mortgage loans securing the IO Securities were $3,757 million and $4,526 million as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $3,495 million as of June 30, 2011. The servicing fee on the underlying mortgage loans is equal to 0.50% per annum on the stated principal balance of each mortgage loan. Of this amount, the holder of the IO Securities receives 0.35% per annum on the stated principal balance of each mortgage loan as long as Litton is the servicer of such mortgage loans and Litton receives the other 0.15% per annum as a servicing fee. The IO Securities are recorded at fair value. The holder of the IO Security receives cash flows from the trustee only while Litton performs the servicing of the underlying loans in the trust. If Litton transfers the servicing rights to an unrelated third party then that new servicer receives the cash flows previously directed to the holder of the interest-only strip. The table below presents the interest income and changes to fair value associated with the IO Security:
 
                     
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2011
   
2010
 
                     
(unaudited)
 
                               
Interest income from IO Securities
  $ 13,433     $ 17,613     $ 22,636     $ 5,660     $ 7,099  
Change in fair value of IO Securities
    (8,338 )     7,139       (23,758 )     (4,011 )     (4,343 )
Net revenues from IO Securities
  $ 5,095     $ 24,752     $ (1,122 )   $ 1,649     $ 2,756  

Key assumptions related to combining these assets with the Litton consolidated financial statements include: a) contributing the IO Securities on an unlevered basis, b) measuring the IO Securities at fair value, c) using Litton’s implied tax rate to calculate the tax impact of cash flows and fair value adjustments and d) annually distributing the net cash flow and related tax assets/liabilities.

Note 7.
Furniture, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements, net

Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements consist of the following:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
                   
Furniture and equipment
  $ 8,612     $ 8,444     $ 6,011  
Computer equipment
    48,906       42,246       51,956  
Leasehold improvements
    4,897       4,876       4,970  
Computer software
    35,819       34,404       39,303  
Subtotal
    98,234       89,970       102,240  
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (76,185 )     (62,799 )     (82,827 )
Total
  $ 22,049     $ 27,171     $ 19,413  

Depreciation and amortization expense, reflected in the combined statements of income, was $13.4 million, $14.2 million and $12.5 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $6.6 million and $6.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Note 8.
Goodwill and Other Intangibles, net

Goodwill and other intangibles consist of the following:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
                   
Goodwill
  $     $ 154,065     $  
Intangibles - Trademarks
    7,100       7,100       7,100  
Intangibles - Customer relationship
    5,595       5,595       5,595  
Subtotal
    12,695       166,760       12,695  
Accumulated amortization
    (7,761 )     (7,051 )     (8,116 )
Total
  $ 4,934     $ 159,709     $ 4,579  

Amortization expense, reflected in the combined statements of income, was $0.7 million, $1.4 million and $5.5 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $0.4 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. In December 2010, the business model for loan servicers changed significantly following the financial crisis and significant losses were being realized. Litton tested the goodwill for impairment and deemed it wholly impaired and wrote-off $154.1 million of goodwill using a combination of valuation techniques including market comparatives and discounted cash flow techniques.

Note 9.
Debt Obligation Due to Related Party

Debt obligation due to related party represents a variable interest rate loan facility with GS Bank. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009 the interest rate was 1.30% and 1.25%, respectively, and at June 30, 2011, the interest rate was 1.25%. The weighted average interest rate during the years ended December 2010, 2009 and 2008 was 1.34%, 1.16% and 2.65%, respectively, and 1.29% and 1.34% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

In June 2009, the GS Bank loan facility was amended, which extended the maturity date of the facility to December 31, 2011 and changed the variable interest rate index from the Federal Funds rate to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1%. Prior to June 30, 2009, the GS Bank loan facility variable interest rate was based on the Federal Funds rate plus a spread. Total interest expense was $34.1 million, $24.9 million and $38.3 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $15.6 million and $17.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. As of December 31, 2010, the loan facility’s borrowing limit was $3.0 billion, and $2.7 billion as of June 30, 2011. Borrowings are secured by servicing advances and MSRs.

Note 10.
Share Based Compensation

The cost of employee services received in exchange for a share-based award is generally measured based on the grant-date fair value of the award. Share-based awards that do not require future service (i.e., vested awards, including awards granted to retirement-eligible employees) are expensed immediately. Share-based employee awards that require future service are amortized over the relevant service period. Expected forfeitures are included in determining share-based employee compensation expense.

Goldman issues restricted stock units to certain Litton employees under the Goldman Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan primarily in connection with year end compensation and other special grants. Restricted stock units are valued based on the closing price of the underlying Goldman shares at the date of grant after taking into account a liquidity discount for any applicable post-vesting transfer restrictions. Restricted stock units generally vest and deliver as outlined in the applicable restricted stock unit agreements. Employee restricted stock unit agreements provide that vesting is accelerated in certain circumstances, such as upon retirement, death and extended absence. Delivery of the underlying shares of common stock is conditioned on the grantees satisfying certain vesting and other requirements outlined in the award agreements.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Litton recognized $1.4 million, $1.9 million and $0.6 million, in share based compensation for the years ended December 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively ($0.9 million, $1.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, net of tax, which is reflected in compensation and benefits expense in the combined statements of income). Litton recognized $0.5 million and $0.6 million in share based compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, ($0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, net of tax, which is reflected in compensation and new benefits in the combined statement of income). The remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards at the end of 2010 was $2.1 million and the weighted average period of time over which this cost will be recognized is 2.77 years.

Note 11.
General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expense, reflected in the combined statements of income, is comprised of the following:
 
                     
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2011
   
2010
 
                     
(unaudited)
 
Professional fees
  $ 24,974     $ 8,015     $ 6,583     $ 32,956     $ 7,095  
Postage and delivery
    6,584       8,494       8,105       2,902       3,128  
Software Maintenance
    6,032       3,732       3,683       3,836       2,761  
Rent
    5,294       5,780       5,289       2,648       2,646  
Telephone and communications
    4,223       4,505       3,673       1,597       2,104  
Depreciation and amortization
    13,386       14,184       12,540       6,641       6,811  
Amortization of other intangibles
    710       1,405       5,470       355       355  
Other (primarily insurance, travel, meals, supplies)
    12,932       13,595       14,512       6,836       6,814  
Total
  $ 74,135     $ 59,710     $ 59,855     $ 57,771     $ 31,714  

Note 12.
Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

Litton, together with LCCS and LMS, are treated for tax purposes as subsidiaries of GS Bank, which is a corporation for income tax purposes. As a branch of a corporate entity, Litton is required to accrue taxes as if it were a stand-alone corporation and is subject to U.S. federal and various state income taxes based on its earnings. Income taxes are provided for using the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of Litton’s assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that more likely than not will be realized.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
The components of income tax (benefit) expense, reflected in the combined statements of income, are as follows:
 
                      
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2011
   
2010
 
                     
(unaudited)
 
Current income tax (benefit) expense:
                                       
Federal
  $ (13,865 )   $ 36,078     $ 36,664     $ (17,768 )   $ 564  
State
    (118 )     (2,188 )     3,991       (353 )     61  
Subtotal
    (13,983 )     33,890       40,655       (18,121 )     625  
                                         
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense:
                                       
Federal
    (54,741 )     (8,860 )     (29,756 )     3,528       8,736  
State
    (130 )     1,655       (3,246 )     31       139  
Subtotal
    (54,871 )     (7,205 )     (33,002 )     3,559       8,875  
Total income tax (benefit) expense
  $ (68,854 )   $ 26,685     $ 7,653     $ (14,562 )   $ 9,500  

The difference between the effective income tax expense rate and the amount computed by multiplying pre-tax earnings by the federal statutory rate is attributable primarily to the effect of state taxes.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. These temporary differences result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years and are measured using the tax rates and laws that will be in effect when such differences are expected to reverse.

Significant components of the net deferred tax asset are as follows:
 
               
June 30,
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2011
 
               
(unaudited)
 
Deferred tax assets:
                 
Mortgage servicing rights
  $ 50,555     $ 45,140     $ 49,551  
Goodwill and other intangibles
    44,748             43,153  
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements
    901       2,041       267  
Deferred compensation
    2,307       1,788       2,470  
Other accrued reserves
    2,213       1,695       2,299  
Total deferred tax asset
    100,724       50,664       97,740  
Deferred tax liabilities:
                       
Goodwill and other intangibles
          5,991        
Servicing advances receivable
          604        
Total deferred tax liabilities
          6,595        
Deferred tax asset, net
  $ 100,724     $ 44,069     $ 97,740  

No valuation allowance is required since it is considered more likely than not that the net deferred tax asset will be realized.

Litton recognizes tax positions in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by the relevant taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. A position that meets this standard is measured at the largest amount of benefit that will more likely than not be realized on settlement. A liability is established for differences between positions taken in a tax return and amounts recognized in the combined financial statements. As of December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2011, Litton did not record a liability related to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. Generally, all years subsequent to and including 2008 remain open to examination by taxing authorities.
 
 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Note 13.
Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees

Litton and its subsidiaries have contractual obligations under long-term non-cancelable operating leases for office space through 2018. Certain agreements are subject to periodic escalation provisions for increases in real estate taxes and other changes. Minimum future lease commitments as of December 31, 2010 are as follows:

2011
  $ 6,060  
2012
    4,798  
2013
    2,257  
2014
    2,308  
2015
    2,340  
2016 -thereafter
    4,884  
Total
  $ 22,647  

Rent expense was $5.3 million, $5.8 million and $5.3 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and included $1.0 million, $0.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively, paid to a related party. Rent expense was $2.6.million and $2.6.million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and included $0.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively, paid to a related party. Rent expense is included in general and administrative expenses in the combined statements of income.

Litton is a party to various legal proceedings incidental to its business. Certain claims, suits, complaints and investigations involving Litton, arising in the ordinary course of business, have been filed or are pending. Litton is of the opinion, after discussion with legal counsel representing Litton in these proceedings, that the aggregate liability or loss, if any, arising from the ultimate disposition of these matters would not have a material adverse effect on Litton’s combined financial position or results of operations.

In the ordinary course of business, Litton provides other financial assurances, such as performance bonds, to various states for licensing purposes. These assurances represent obligations to make payments to beneficiaries if Litton fails to fulfill its obligation under a contractual arrangement with that beneficiary.

Litton has received a number of requests for information from regulators and other agencies, including state attorneys general, as part of an industry-wide focus on the practices of lenders and servicers in connection with foreclosure proceedings. The requests seek information about the foreclosure protocols of Litton and any deviations therefrom. Litton is cooperating with the requests and is reviewing its practices in this area. Litton temporarily suspended evictions and foreclosure and real estate owned sales in a number of states, including those with judicial foreclosure procedures. Litton has recently resumed some of these activities. At this time, Litton is not aware of foreclosures where the underlying foreclosure decision was not warranted. Litton’s mortgage servicing rights are accounted for at fair value and take into consideration known events related to the foreclosure proceedings. Similarly, at this time Litton does not expect the suspension of evictions and foreclosure and real estate owned sales to lead to a material increase in its mortgage servicing-related advances.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Note 14.
Defined Contribution Plan

Eligible employees of Litton receive retirement benefits through a defined contribution plan administered by Archon Group, LP (“Archon”), a subsidiary of Goldman. Under the Archon 401(k) plan, all participants may contribute up to 50% of their annual compensation subject to the Internal Revenue Service limits. Litton matches the first 4% an employee contributes which vests immediately after the employee has completed one year of service. Litton’s matching contributions were $2.2 million, $1.8 million and $1.5 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively and were $1.2 million and $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 which is included in compensation and benefits expenses in the combined statements of income.

Note 15.
Regulatory Requirements

Litton is subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local governmental authorities, including the Federal Reserve Board, the New York State Banking Department, and the state agencies that license Litton servicing and collection activities. Litton also must comply with a number of federal, state and local consumer protection laws, including, among others, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Homeowners Protection Act. These statutes apply to debt collection, foreclosure and claims handling, investment of and interest payments on escrow balances and escrow payment features, and they mandate certain disclosures and notices to borrowers. These requirements can and do change as statutes and regulations are enacted, promulgated or amended.

Litton is also subject to licensing and regulation as a mortgage service provider and/or debt collector in a number of states. Litton is subject to audits and examinations that are conducted by these states. From time to time, Litton receives requests from state and other agencies for records, documents and information regarding our policies, procedures and practices regarding our loan servicing and debt collection business activities.

Note 16.
Related Party Transactions

Litton is party to a loan facility agreement with GS Bank. The loan facility balance was $2.6 billion, $2.7 billion, and $2.4 billion at 2010, 2009, and June 30, 2011, respectively. Litton incurred related interest expense totaling $34.1 million, $24.9 million and $36.1 million for the years ended 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively, and of $15.6 million and $17.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

Litton had an outstanding payable totaling $6.5 million, $4.6 million, and $5.8 million due to Goldman at 2010, 2009, and June 30, 2011, respectively, related primarily to share based compensation, which is included in accounts payable and other liabilities. Litton is party to a tax sharing agreement with Goldman and paid $35.0 million and $40.1 million in taxes to Goldman in 2010 and 2009, respectively.

In June 2008, Litton entered into a lease agreement with Avelo Mortgage, LLC (Avelo), a subsidiary of Goldman, to sublet office space. Litton paid rent to Avelo of $1.0 million, $0.7 million and $0.4 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Litton paid rent to Avelo of $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010.

In July 2008, Litton entered into a subservicing agreement with Avelo and amended an existing 2005 servicing agreement with Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“GSMC”) related to servicing their whole loans. The unpaid principal balance of whole loans serviced for GSMC was $1.3 billion, $1.0 billion, and $1.0 billion at 2010, 2009, and June 30, 2011, respectively. Effective January 1, 2010, Litton amended its servicing agreement with GSMC to adjust the compensation under the agreement from a fixed-fee to a cost-plus arrangement.

 
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Litton Loan Servicing Business
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
(All information with respect to June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 is unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
On September 30, 2009, Litton purchased certain servicing rights, advances receivable, accrued servicing fee receivables and fixed assets under an Asset Purchase Agreement with Avelo and GSMC. The transaction was structured as an asset purchase and consisted of the following:
 
Servicing advances and accrued servicing fees
  $ 301,198  
Mortgage servicing rights
    26,850  
Furniture, equipment and other assets
    1,098  
    $ 329,146  

As a result of the September 2009 transaction, Litton became the primary servicer of the Avelo loans. The unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for Avelo was $8.8 billion at 2009. Total servicing, subservicing and ancillary services to Goldman affiliated companies (including Avelo) and was paid fees totaling $13.3 million, $26.6 million and $15.5 million for the years ended 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively, $7.7 million and $3.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

Other reimbursements paid to Avelo for services rendered totaled $5.3 million, $6.8 million and $10.2 million for the years ended 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively, $1.6 million and $3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

Litton received a capital contribution of $60.0 million for the year ended 2008.

Litton received $1.8 million and $2.2 million of reimbursements from affiliates for expenditures related to a transitional services agreement with its former parent C-BASS for the years ended 2009 and 2008 respectively, which is included in other income in the combined statements of income.

Note 17.
Subsequent Events

On September 1, 2011, Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”) acquired all of the outstanding partnership interests of Litton and certain interest-only securities owned by Goldman, Sachs & Co, a subsidiary of Goldman, for $247.2 million and received certain indemnities associated with past servicing practices. In addition, Ocwen paid $296.4 million to retire a portion of the outstanding advance facility previously provided by GS Bank and then entered into a new facility with GS Bank to borrow approximately $2.1 billion against the servicing advances associated with the business.
 
Contemporaneous with the sale transaction, Goldman and GS Bank entered into a Consent Order with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) relating to the servicing of residential mortgage loans. The terms of the Consent Order are substantially similar to the orders entered into by other large U.S. financial institutions with the Board. To date, no fines, civil monetary penalties or other payments have been assessed against Litton by the Board under the Consent Order and any such fines or civil monetary penalties will be borne entirely by Goldman. Certain other liabilities related to Litton’s servicing of residential mortgage loans prior to the sale will be borne 80% by Goldman.
 
In connection with the sales transaction, Litton, GS Bank, Ocwen and the New York State Banking Department (“NYSBD”) entered into an Agreement on Mortgage Servicing Practices (the “Agreement”) that sets forth certain loan servicing practices and operational requirements. To date, no fines, civil monetary penalties or other payments have been assessed against Litton by the NYSBD under the Agreement and any such fines or civil monetary penalties will be borne entirely by Goldman.

 
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Unassociated Document
 
Exhibit 99.2
 
OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
And for the Year Ended December 31, 2010
 
 
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    On September 1, 2011, Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”) completed its acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of (i) all the outstanding partnership interests of Litton Loan Servicing LP (“Litton”), a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Seller”) and provider of servicing and subservicing of primarily non-prime residential mortgage loans and (ii) certain interest-only servicing securities previously owned by Goldman Sachs & Co., also a subsidiary of Seller (collectively referred to as “Litton Loan Servicing Business”).
 
    The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet gives effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred on June 30, 2011 and combines the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Ocwen and the unaudited combined statement of financial position of Litton Loan Servicing Business. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations combine the consolidated results of operations of Ocwen and combined results of operations of Litton Loan Servicing Business for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011 and are presented as if the Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2010.
 
    The historical consolidated financial information of Ocwen and combined financial information of Litton Loan Servicing Business have been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the Acquisition, (2) factually supportable and (3) with respect to the statement of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the combined results. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes thereto. In addition, the unaudited pro forma combined financial information was based on and should be read in conjunction with the:

 
Historical audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the related notes of Ocwen included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K; and
     
 
Historical unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes of Ocwen included in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for 2011; and
     
 
Historical audited combined statements of financial position of Litton Loan Servicing Business at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, and the combined statements of income, statements of owners’ equity and statements of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 that are included as Exhibit 99.1; and
     
 
Historical unaudited combined statement of financial position of Litton Loan Servicing Business at June 30, 2011, the combined statements of income and statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 and the combined statement of owners’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2011 that are included as Exhibit 99.1.

    The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are provided for informational purposes only and are not necessarily, and should not be assumed to be, an indication of the results that would have been achieved had the Acquisition been completed as of the dates indicated because of differences in servicing practices and cost structure between Ocwen and Litton Loan Servicing Business. In addition, the unaudited pro forma combined financial information does not purport to project the future financial position or operating results of the combined companies nor does it reflect expected realization of any cost savings associated with the Acquisition.
 
    The unaudited pro forma combined financial information has been prepared using the acquisition method of accounting which requires, among other things, that the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. We believe that the fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as reflected in the pro forma financial statements, are based on reasonable assumptions. However, all components of the purchase price allocation are considered preliminary. Ocwen’s judgments used to determine the estimated fair value assigned to each class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as well as asset lives, can materially impact the results of operations. We anticipate finalizing the purchase price allocations by December 31, 2011.
 
 
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF JUNE 30, 2011
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

         
Litton Loan
               
         
Servicing
               
   
Ocwen
   
Business
   
Pro Forma
     
Ocwen Pro
 
   
Historical
   
Historical
   
Adjustments
 
Note
 
Forma
 
Assets
                         
Cash
 
$
104,167
   
$
13,176
   
$
(55,552
)
5A
 
$
61,791
 
Restricted cash - for securitization investors
   
1,507
     
     
       
1,507
 
Loans held for resale, at lower of cost or fair value
   
23,193
     
     
       
23,193
 
Advances
   
167,261
     
2,505,683
     
(2,505,683
)
5B
   
167,261
 
Match funded advances
   
1,421,636
     
     
2,505,683
 
5B
   
3,927,319
 
Accrued servicing fees
   
     
91,138
     
(91,138
)
5C
   
 
Tax receivable due from Seller
   
     
31,981
     
(31,981
)
5D
   
 
Loans, net - restricted for securization investors
   
62,344
     
     
       
62,344
 
Mortgage servicing rights, at amortized cost
   
175,591
     
     
117,842
 
5E
   
293,433
 
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value
   
     
48,305
     
(48,305
)
5E
   
 
Interest-only securities, at fair value
   
     
17,061
     
       
17,061
 
Receivables, net
   
53,066
     
     
18,066
 
5F,N
   
71,132
 
Deferred tax assets, net
   
139,086
     
97,740
     
(97,740
)
5G
   
139,086
 
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
   
12,810
     
4,579
     
36,807
 
5H
   
54,196
 
Premises and equipment, net
   
4,578
     
19,413
     
6,314
 
5I
   
30,305
 
Investment in unconsolidated entities
   
12,611
     
     
       
12,611
 
Other assets
   
110,899
     
23,290
     
36,685
 
5F,J
   
170,874
 
Total assets
 
$
2,288,749
   
$
2,852,366
   
$
(109,002
)
   
$
5,032,113
 
                                   
Liabilities and Equity
                                 
Liabilities
                                 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
 
$
   
$
49,888
   
$
(49,888
)
5K
 
$
 
Match funded liabilities
   
1,041,998
     
     
2,129,830
 
5L
   
3,171,828
 
Secured borrowings - owed to securitization investors
   
58,696
     
     
       
58,696
 
Lines of credit and other secured borrowings
   
41,458
     
     
563,500
 
5L
   
604,958
 
Servicer liabilities
   
2,065
     
     
       
2,065
 
Debt securities
   
82,554
     
     
       
82,554
 
Debt obligations due to Seller
   
     
2,447,123
     
(2,447,123
)
5M
   
 
Other liabilities
   
106,152
     
     
50,293
 
5K,N
   
156,445
 
Total liabilities
   
1,332,923
     
2,497,011
     
246,612
       
4,076,546
 
                                   
Commitments and contingencies
                                 
                                   
Equity
                                 
Ocwen Financial Corporation stockholders’ equity
                                 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 100,937,283 shares issued and outstanding
   
1,009
     
     
       
1,009
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
469,541
     
     
       
469,541
 
Retained earnings
   
493,908
     
     
(259
)
5N
   
493,649
 
Partners’ capital
   
     
355,355
     
(355,355
)
5O
   
 
                                   
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes
   
(8,883
)
   
     
       
(8,883
)
Total Ocwen Financial Corporation stockholders’ equity
   
955,575
     
355,355
     
(355,614
)
     
955,316
 
Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
   
251
     
     
       
251
 
Total equity
   
955,826
     
355,355
     
(355,614
)
     
955,567
 
Total liabilities and equity
 
$
2,288,749
   
$
2,852,366
   
$
(109,002
)
   
$
5,032,113
 

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
 
 
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2011
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

         
Litton Loan
                   
         
Servicing
                   
   
Ocwen
   
Business
   
Pro Forma
         
Ocwen Pro
 
   
Historical
   
Historical
   
Adjustments
   
Note
   
Forma
 
Revenue
                             
Servicing and subservicing fees
  $ 198,342     $ 104,214     $ 8,931     6A,B,C,I     $ 311,487  
Change in fair value of interest-only securities
          (4,011 )     4,011     6D        
Process management fees
    16,936                         16,936  
Other revenues
    1,565       2,793       (2,793 )   6C       1,565  
Total revenue
    216,843       102,996       10,149             329,988  
                                       
Operating expenses
                                     
Compensation and benefits
    30,040       67,883       559     6I       98,482  
Amortization of servicing rights
    18,849             11,922     6E       30,771  
Servicing and origination
    3,223       7,862       (2,848 )   6F,I       8,237  
Technology and communications
    13,245             5,614     6H,I       18,859  
Professional services
    5,654             33,399     6G,I       39,053  
Occupancy and equipment
    8,283             14,327     6I       22,610  
Provision for losses on servicing advances
          809       (809 )   6F        
General and administrative expenses
          57,771       (57,771 )   6H,I        
Other operating expenses
    4,159             2,996     6I       7,155  
Total operating expense
    83,453       134,325       7,389             225,167  
                                       
Income (loss) from operations
    133,390       (31,329 )     2,760             104,821  
                                       
Other income (expense)
                                     
Interest income
    4,458       5,660                   10,118  
Interest expense
    (59,356 )     (15,898 )     (32,561 )   6J,K       (107,815 )
Loss on loans held for resale, net
    (2,520 )                       (2,520 )
Equity in losses of unconsolidated entities
    (550 )                       (550 )
Other, net
    103                         103  
Other expense, net
    (57,865 )     (10,238 )     (32,561 )           (100,664 )
Income (loss) before income taxes
    75,525       (41,567 )     (29,801 )           4,157  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    27,078       (14,562 )     (10,764 )   6L       1,752  
Net income (loss)
    48,447       (27,005 )     (19,037 )           2,405  
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
    5                         5  
                                       
Net income (loss) attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 48,452     $ (27,005 )   $ (19,037 )         $ 2,410  
                                       
Basic earnings per share
                                     
Net income attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 0.48                           $ 0.02  
                                       
Diluted earnings per share
                                     
Net income attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 0.45                           $ 0.02  
                                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                                     
Basic
    100,853,424                             100,853,424  
Diluted
    107,944,681                             103,307,457  

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
 
 
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

         
Litton Loan
                   
         
Servicing
                   
   
Ocwen
   
Business
   
Pro Forma
         
Ocwen Pro
 
   
Historical
   
Historical
   
Adjustments
   
Note
   
Forma
 
Revenue
                             
Servicing and subservicing fees
  $ 321,699     $ 235,379     $ 36,961     6A,B,C,I     $ 594,039  
Change in fair value of interest-only securities
          (8,338 )     8,338     6D        
Process management fees
    33,704                         33,704  
Other revenues
    4,978       6,396       (6,396 )   6C       4,978  
Total revenue
    360,381       233,437       38,903             632,721  
                                       
Operating expenses
                                     
Compensation and benefits
    87,644       132,211       1,456     6I       221,311  
Amortization of servicing rights
    31,455             25,334     6E       56,789  
Servicing and origination
    6,851       15,082       27,845     6F,I       49,778  
Technology and communications
    25,644             21,044     6H,I       46,688  
Professional services
    42,837             26,477     6I       69,314  
Occupancy and equipment
    32,924             27,803     6H,I       60,727  
Provision for losses on servicing advances
          33,734       (33,734 )   6F       -  
Goodwill impairment
          154,065                   154,065  
General and administrative expenses
          74,135       (74,135 )   6H,I       -  
Other operating expenses
    9,119             4,777     6I       13,896  
Total operating expense
    236,474       409,227       26,867             672,568  
                                       
Income (loss) from operations
    123,907       (175,790 )     12,036             (39,847 )
                                       
Other income (expense)
                                     
Interest income
    10,859       13,433                   24,292  
Interest expense
    (85,923 )     (34,598 )     (78,587 )   6J,K       (199,108 )
Loss on trading securities
    (7,968 )                       (7,968 )
Loss on loans held for resale, net
    (5,865 )                       (5,865 )
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
    1,371                         1,371  
Other, net
    2,773                         2,773  
Other expense, net
    (84,753 )     (21,165 )     (78,587 )           (184,505 )
                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    39,154       (196,955 )     (66,551 )           (224,352 )
Income tax expense (benefit)
    5,545       (68,854 )     (24,038 )   6L       (87,347 )
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    33,609       (128,101 )     (42,513 )           (137,005 )
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
    (8 )                       (8 )
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 33,601     $ (128,101 )   $ (42,513 )         $ (137,013 )
                                       
Basic earnings (loss) per share
                                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 0.34                           $ (1.37 )
                                       
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
                                     
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Ocwen Financial Corporation
  $ 0.32                           $ (1.37 )
                                       
Weighted average common shares outstanding
                                     
Basic
    100,273,121                             100,273,121  
Diluted
    107,483,015                             100,273,121  

See Accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
 
 
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OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands, unless otherwise indicated)
 
    The pro forma adjustments are based upon the following assumptions with regard to the Acquisition.
 
1.
Acquisition Transaction
 
    On September 1, 2011, Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”) completed its acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of (i) all the outstanding partnership interests of Litton Loan Servicing LP (“Litton”), a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Seller”) and provider of servicing and subservicing of primarily non-prime residential mortgage loans and (ii) certain interest-only servicing securities previously owned by Goldman Sachs & Co., also a subsidiary of Seller (collectively referred to as “Litton Loan Servicing Business”).
 
    Ocwen completed the Acquisition in order to expand its Servicing segment. The Acquisition resulted in the acquisition by Ocwen of a servicing portfolio of approximately 245,000 primarily non-prime residential mortgage loans with approximately $38.6 billion in unpaid principal balance and the servicing platform of Litton Loan Servicing Business based in Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.
 
    The base purchase price for the Acquisition was $247.2 million, which was paid in cash by Ocwen at closing. In addition, Ocwen repaid at closing Litton’s $2.4 billion outstanding debt on an existing servicing advance financing facility provided by an affiliate of the Seller and entered into to a new advance financing facility under which it borrowed $2.1 billion from the Seller. On September 1, 2011, Ocwen and certain of its subsidiaries also entered into a $575 million senior secured term loan facility agreement to fund the base purchase price and the amount of the repayment of Litton’s advance financing facility debt in excess of the proceeds from the new advance financing facility. Additional details of the senior secured term loan are provided below.
 
    The purchase price was based in part on estimated closing-date measurements specified in the purchase agreement between Ocwen and Seller dated June 6, 2011 and may be further adjusted as these estimated closing-date measurements are finalized.
 
    Borrowings under the senior secured term loan facility are net of an original issue discount of $11,500, which is being amortized over the life of the loan. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at a rate elected by Ocwen equal to 1-Month LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% with a 1-Month LIBOR floor of 1.50%. Ocwen is required to prepay the principal amount of the term loans in consecutive quarterly installments of $14,375 commencing September 30, 2011, with the balance of the term loans becoming due on September 1, 2016.
 
    Under the new advance financing facility with the Seller, Ocwen was able to finance 85% of the servicing advances acquired in the Acquisition and may continue to finance up to 85% of future servicing advances related to mortgage loans underlying the acquired servicing portfolio. Borrowings under this facility are collateralized solely by the related servicing advances and bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.3875%. On each semiannual anniversary of the closing date of the Acquisition, the maximum amount of the facility is reduced to a specified percentage of the original borrowing amount: 89% at March 1, 2012; 77% at September 1, 2012, 66% at March 1, 2013 and 55% at September 1, 2013. The termination date for the facility is September 1, 2013.
 
    For accounting purposes, Ocwen has treated the Acquisition as a purchase of a business pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification 805, “Business Combinations” which requires, among other things, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date using the acquisition method.
 
    The Acquisition is treated as an asset purchase for U.S. tax purposes. We expect the opening tax basis for the acquired assets and liabilities to be the fair value.
 
2.
  Accounting Policies
 
    The unaudited pro forma combined financial statements reflect adjustments to conform the results of Litton Loan Servicing Business to the accounting policies of Ocwen with regard to the timing of servicing revenue recognition and the subsequent measurement of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs).
 
 
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   Litton Loan Servicing Business recognized servicing fees when the fees were earned, which it generally considered to be the period during which the services were provided. Ocwen generally considers servicing fees to be earned when the borrowers’ payments are collected and recognizes servicing fees at that time.
 
    Litton Loan Servicing Business accounted for its MSRs using the fair value measurement method with changes in fair value reported in the statement of operations as an adjustment to Servicing and subservicing fees. Ocwen accounts for all classes of its MSRs using the amortization method.
 
3.
Reclassifications
 
    Certain amounts in the historical balance sheet and statements of operations of Litton Loan Servicing Business have been reclassified to conform to Ocwen’s presentation. The details of these reclassifications are provided in Notes 5B, F and K for the balance sheet and in Notes 6C, F and I for the statements of operations.
 
4.
Pro Forma Allocation of Purchase Price
 
    The following table summarizes the pro forma estimate of the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as part of the Acquisition as if it had occurred on June 30, 2011:
 
Cash
  $ 13,176  
Advances
    2,505,683  
Mortgage servicing rights
    117,842  
Interest-only securities
    17,061  
Premises and equipment, net
    25,727  
Other assets
    23,290  
Other liabilities
    (49,888 )
Total identifiable net assets
    2,652,891  
Goodwill
    41,386  
Total consideration
    2,694,277  
Assumed debt repaid at closing
    (2,447,123 )
Pro forma purchase price, net of repayment of assumed debt
    247,154  
Less:  Cash acquired
    (13,176 )
Pro forma purchase price, net of repayment of assumed debt and cash acquired
  $ 233,978  

    For the purpose of the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements, the amount of the Litton Loan Servicing Business advance financing debt that was assumed and repaid at closing by Ocwen represents the balance outstanding at June 30, 2011 of $2,447,123. On September 1, 2011, the actual balance of Litton’s advance financing facility that was assumed and repaid by Ocwen at closing was $2,423,123.
 
    Advances. Advances are non-interest bearing receivables that are expected to have a short average collection period and were, therefore, valued at their face amount, consistent with Ocwen’s methodology for estimating the fair value of servicing advances.
 
    MSRs. We estimated the fair value of the mortgage servicing rights acquired by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows utilizing assumptions that we believe are used by market participants, consistent with Ocwen’s methodology for estimating the fair value of MSRs.
 
    Interest-only securities. The interest-only securities are accounted for at fair value and classified by Ocwen as available for sale. Unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income until realized. The interest-only securities do not trade in an active market with observable prices. Therefore, fair value is estimated by calculating the present value of expected future cash flows utilizing assumptions that we believe are used by market participants.
 
    Premises and equipment. The valuation of premises and equipment was based on the in-use valuation premise, where the highest and best use of the assets would provide maximum value to market participants principally through their use with other assets as a group. This valuation presumes the continued operation of the Litton Loan Servicing Business platform as installed or otherwise configured for use.
 
 
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    Other assets and liabilities. Other assets and liabilities that are expected to have a short life were valued at the face value of the specific assets and liabilities purchased, including receivables, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses.
 
    Goodwill. Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the total consideration transferred over the net assets recognized and represents the expected revenue and cost synergies of the combined business. The goodwill portion of the purchase price allocation shown in the table above is subject to adjustment as the purchase price is finalized and as the fair values of certain other components of the purchase price are adjusted. Goodwill presented here is the estimated goodwill that would have been recognized if the Acquisition had occurred at June 30, 2011 and is not necessarily indicative of the goodwill that will be recognized as of September 1, 2011.
 
    All components of the purchase price allocation are considered preliminary. We anticipate finalizing the purchase price allocations by December 31, 2011.
 
5.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet
 
    The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet gives effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred on June 30, 2011. No effect is given to the pro forma adjustments for the earnings of Litton Loan Servicing Business that are reflected in the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations.
 
    The following pro forma adjustments are included in the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet:
 
 
A.
To record proceeds of $2,681,260 from the debt incurred under the senior secured term loan facility and the new advance financing facility in connection with the Acquisition, net of original issue discount and financing fees of $23,570. To record the funding of required cash reserves related to the new advance financing facility of $42,535. Financing fees are deferred and amortized as an increase to Interest expense over the expected term of the related debt. The deferred financing fees and required cash reserves are included in Other assets. For the purpose of these unaudited combined pro forma financial statements, we assumed proceeds received from the new advance financing facility of $2,129,830 based on servicing advances that were available to pledge as collateral for borrowings under the new advance financing facility at June 30, 2011. On September 1, 2011, upon closing the Acquisition, Ocwen actually received proceeds of $2,126,742 from the new debt facility based on a lower balance of servicing advances that were available to pledge as collateral at that date.
     
   
To record the base purchase price cash consideration of $247,154.
     
   
To record the repayment of assumed debt obligations due to Seller of $2,447,123.
     
 
B.
To reclassify acquired advances which have been pledged to the new advance financing facility to Match funded advances.
     
 
C.
To eliminate the Litton Loan Servicing Business servicing fee accrual at the date of acquisition to conform to Ocwen’s policy for servicing fee revenue recognition.
     
 
D.
To eliminate the historical Tax receivable due from Seller, which did not transfer to Ocwen.
     
 
E.
To eliminate the Litton Loan Servicing Business valuation of MSRs and record the acquired MSRs at their fair value of $117,842 as determined by Ocwen at the date of acquisition in accordance with our methodology for estimating the fair value of MSRs.
     
 
F.
To reclassify Servicing receivables of $17,920 from Other assets to Receivables, net.
     
 
G.
To eliminate the historical Deferred tax assets of Litton Loan Servicing Business, which did not transfer to Ocwen.
     
 
H.
To eliminate the historical Goodwill and other intangible assets of Litton Loan Servicing Business and to record Goodwill associated with the Acquisition.
     
 
I.
To adjust the premises and equipment acquired, which consisted principally of data processing equipment and software related to the Litton Loan Servicing Business servicing platform based in Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia, to their fair values at the date of acquisition.
     
 
J.
To record deferred financing fees and required cash reserves on the acquisition-related debt.
 
 
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K.
To reclassify Accounts payable and other liabilities to Other liabilities.
     
 
L.
To record the acquisition-related debt issued, net of original issue discount on the senior secured term loan.
     
 
M.
To reflect repayment of debt obligations due to Seller at the date of acquisition.
     
 
N.
To record the balance sheet adjustments, net of current taxes at the combined federal and state rate of 36.12%, for nonrecurring acquisition-related transaction costs incurred subsequent to June 30, 2011. These costs consist of $405 of professional services related to the Acquisition.
     
 
O.
To eliminate Seller’s equity in Litton Loan Servicing Business.

6.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statements of Operations
 
    The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations give effect to the Acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2010.
 
    The pro forma adjustments to the Ocwen unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are based on the following adjustments to the historical statements of operations of Litton Loan Servicing Business:
 
 
A.
To eliminate the effect of the change in the Litton Loan Servicing Business accrual for servicing fees to conform to Ocwen’s policy for servicing fee revenue recognition, resulting in a reduction of $1,979 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and an increase of $683 for the six months ended June 30, 2011.
     
 
B.
To eliminate the decrease in value of MSRs of $33,191 and $6,144, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011, recognized by Litton Loan Servicing Business as a reduction of Servicing and subservicing fees.
     
 
C.
To reclassify other revenues, including principally speedpay fees, to Servicing and subservicing fees.
     
 
D.
To eliminate the change in fair value of interest-only securities. The interest-only securities are accounted for at fair value and classified by Ocwen as available for sale. Unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income until realized.
     
 
E.
To record amortization of acquired MSRs, reflecting amortization that would have been recognized using Ocwen’s amortization policy if the acquired MSRs had been recorded on January 1, 2010 at their June 30, 2011 fair value.
     
 
F.
To reclassify Provision for losses on servicing advances to Servicing and origination to conform to Ocwen’s presentation.
     
 
G.
To eliminate acquisition-related professional services expenses of $472 incurred by Ocwen during the six months ended June 30, 2011.
     
 
H.
To eliminate historical depreciation and other intangible amortization recognized by Litton Loan Servicing Business of $14,096 and 6,997, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011, and to record depreciation expense on acquired fixed assets, which consisted principally of data processing equipment and software related to the Litton servicing platforms, of $16,703 and $3,804, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011. Depreciation expense is based on the fair values of the acquired assets using Ocwen’s capitalization policies as adjusted for the remaining economic lives of the acquired assets at the date of acquisition.
     
 
I.
To reclassify components of Servicing and origination and General and administrative expenses to conform to Ocwen’s presentation.
     
 
J.
To eliminate interest expense of $34,598 and $15,898, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the six months ended June 30, 2011 associated with the pre-acquisition debt of Litton Loan Servicing Business.
 
 
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K.
To record interest expense on the new acquisition-related debt. The interest rate we elected to pay on the term loan is based on 1-Month LIBOR (as a base rate) plus a predetermined margin of 5.50% subject to a floor of 1.50%. For purposes of this pro forma adjustment, an annual interest rate of 7.00% was utilized for the senior secured term loan based on the 1-Month LIBOR rate at June 30, 2011 of 0.186. If 1-Month LIBOR were to increase by 0.125% to 0.311%, the interest rate on the term loan would be unchanged at 7.00% as the base rate would remain below the floor of 1.50%. The contractual quarterly principal repayments of $14,375 on the senior secured term loan were considered in determining the pro forma interest expense.
     
 
 
For the new advance financing facility with Seller, pro forma interest expense adjustments were based on a fixed rate of 3.3875%.
     
 
 
To record amortization of deferred financing fees and original issue discount on the new acquisition-related debt using the effective interest rate method.
     
 
L.
To record income taxes at the combined federal and state statutory rate of 36.12%.

7.
Earnings (Loss) per Share
 
    Because Ocwen paid cash to consummate the Acquisition and did not issue any of its stock or stock-based awards in connection with the Acquisition, the number of weighted average common shares outstanding used to compute pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share are the same as the Ocwen historical amounts.
 
    Conversion of Ocwen’s 3.25% Convertible Notes into shares of common stock has not been assumed for purposes of computing pro forma diluted earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2011 because the effect would be anti-dilutive. The effect of the Convertible Notes on diluted earnings per share is computed using the if-converted method. Interest expense and related amortization costs applicable to the Convertible Notes, net of income tax, are added back to net income. The effect is anti-dilutive whenever interest expense on the Convertible Notes, net of income tax, per common share obtainable on conversion exceeds basic earnings per share.
 
    For the year ended December 31, 2010, potentially dilutive shares of 7,209,894 have been excluded from the denominator in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they are considered anti-dilutive due to the presence of a loss from continuing operations on a combined pro forma basis.

 
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