Ocwen Financial Corporation Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire PHH Corporation for $360 Million
- Combined company to service 1.9 million loans on a pro forma basis as of
December 31, 2017
- Accelerates Ocwen’s transition to an industry-leading servicing platform
- Expected to achieve meaningful operational and corporate overhead cost synergies
- Continue to be an industry leader in helping borrowers and improving loan portfolio performance through innovative loss mitigation programs
On a combined basis, as of
- Accelerating Ocwen’s transition to an industry-leading servicing platform,
- Improving servicing and origination margins through improved economies of scale,
- Reducing fixed costs (on a combined basis) by eliminating redundant corporate overhead and public company-related costs, and
- Providing a superior foundation to eventually enable the combined servicing platform to resume new business and growth activities to offset portfolio runoff.
It is anticipated that at closing, which is expected to occur during the second half of 2018 following various required approvals, there will be sufficient available cash on PHH’s balance sheet to enable
The acquisition is subject to various closing conditions, including PHH shareholder approval and regulatory and other approvals, and is targeted to close in the second half of 2018.
Webcast and Conference Call
Ocwen will host a webcast and conference call on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this communication may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under certain securities laws, including the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the expected effects of the acquisition of PHH by Ocwen, required approvals, the expected timing of the acquisition and other statements other than in relation to historical facts. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “foresee”, “forecast”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate”, “goal”, “strategy”, “plan” “target” and “project” and similar expressions of future or conditional verbs such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “could”, or “would” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Our business has been undergoing substantial change which has magnified such uncertainties. Readers should bear these factors in mind when considering such statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the control of Ocwen and PHH, that could cause actual results to differ materially. In the past, actual results have differed from those suggested by forward looking statements and this may happen again. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and we disclaim any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Any annualized, pro forma, projected and estimated numbers in this communication are used for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as a number of important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close when expected or at all because required regulatory, shareholder or other approvals are not received or other conditions to the closing are not satisfied on a timely basis or at all, or that the anticipated benefits of the transaction are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the strength of the economy and competitive factors in the areas where Ocwen and PHH do business; the impact of changes in the laws and regulations regulating financial services and enforcement thereof; the effects of competition in the markets in which Ocwen and PHH operate; judicial or regulatory judgments and legal proceedings; Ocwen’s ability to complete the acquisition and integration of PHH successfully; the effect of the announcement of the proposed transaction on Ocwen’s relationships with its contractual counterparties, regulators and other stakeholders, operating results and business generally; and other factors that may affect future results of Ocwen and PHH, including timely development and introduction of new products and services and technological changes.
We caution that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. Additional information about these and other factors can be found in Ocwen’s 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, its quarterly and current reports since such filing and, once filed, its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, each filed with the
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Ocwen:
Investors: | Media: | ||
Stephen Swett | John Lovallo | Dan Rene | |
T: (203) 614-0141 | T: (917) 612-8419 | T: (202) 973-1325 | |
E: shareholderrelations@ocwen.com | E: jlovallo@levick.com | E: drene@levick.com |
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