NSMH INC 6.30.2013 10-Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
 
 FORM 10-Q
 
 
 
 
 
(Mark One)
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013
or
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from      to                     
Commission file number: 001-35449
 
 
 
 
 
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
45-2156869
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, TX
 
75067
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(469) 549-2000
 
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12(b)-2 of the Exchange Act
Large Accelerated Filer
¨
Accelerated Filer
¨
 
 
 
 
Non-Accelerated Filer
x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company.)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x
Number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of July 31, 2013: 90,566,375


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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risks
 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
Item 1A.
 
 
 
Item 2.

 
 
 
Item 3.

 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
Item 5.
 
 
 
Item 6.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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CAUTIONS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, projections, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are not statements of historical facts. When used in this discussion, the words "anticipate," "appears," "believe," "foresee," "intend," "should," "expect," "estimate," "project," "plan," "may," "could," "will," "are likely" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve predictions of our future financial condition, performance, plans and strategies, and are thus dependent on a number of factors including, without limitation, assumptions and data that may be imprecise or incorrect. Specific factors that may impact performance or other predictions of future actions have, in many but not all cases, been identified in connection with specific forward-looking statements.

There are a number of important factors that could cause future results to differ materially from historical performance and these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to:

the impact of the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act), including rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) relating to mortgage servicing and originations and the continuing examination of our business begun by the CFPB, on our business activities and practices, costs of operations and overall results of operations;

the impact on our servicing practices of enforcement consent orders against, and agreements entered into by certain federal and state agencies with, the largest mortgage servicers and ongoing inquiries regarding other non-bank mortgage servicers;

increased legal proceedings and related costs;

the continued uncertainty of the residential mortgage market, increase in monthly payments on adjustable rate mortgage loans, adverse economic conditions, decrease in property values and increase in delinquencies and defaults;

the deterioration of the market for reverse mortgages and increase in foreclosure rates for reverse mortgages;

our ability to efficiently service higher risk loans;

our ability to mitigate the increased risks related to servicing reverse mortgages;

our ability to compete successfully in the mortgage loan servicing and mortgage loan originations industries;

our ability to maintain or grow the size of our servicing portfolio and realize our significant investments in personnel and our technology platform by successfully identifying attractive acquisition opportunities, including mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), subservicing contracts, servicing platforms and originations platforms;

our ability to scale-up appropriately and integrate our acquisitions to realize the anticipated benefits of any such potential future acquisitions, including potentially significant acquisitions;

our substantial indebtedness may limit our financial and operating activities and our ability to incur additional debt to fund future needs;

our ability to obtain sufficient capital to meet our financing requirements;

our ability to grow our loan originations volume;

the termination of our servicing rights and subservicing contracts;

changes to federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning loan servicing, loan origination, loan modification or the licensing of entities that engage in these activities;

changes in state and federal laws that are adverse to mortgage servicers which increase costs and operational complexity and impose significant penalties for violation;

loss of our licenses;

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our ability to meet certain criteria or characteristics under the indentures governing our securitized pools of loans;

our ability to follow the specific guidelines of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) or a significant change in such guidelines;

delays in our ability to collect or be reimbursed for servicing advances;

changes to Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), Home Affordable Refinance Program, Making Home Affordable Plan or other similar government programs;

changes in our business relationships with the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and others that facilitate the issuance of mortgage-backed securities (MBS);

changes to the nature of the guarantees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the market implications of such changes;

errors in our financial models or changes in assumptions;

requirements to write down the value of certain assets;

changes in prevailing interest rates;

our ability to successfully mitigate our risks through hedging strategies;

changes to our servicer ratings;

the accuracy and completeness of information about borrowers and counterparties;

our ability to maintain our technology systems and our ability to adapt such systems for future operating environments;

failure of our internal security measures or breach of our privacy protections;

failure of our vendors to comply with servicing criteria;

the loss of the services of our senior managers;

failure to attract and retain a highly skilled work force;

changes in public opinion concerning mortgage originators or debt collectors;

the delay in our foreclosure proceedings due to inquiries by certain state attorneys general, court administrators, and state and federal government agencies;

changes in accounting standards; and

conflicts of interest with our principal stockholder.
All of the factors are difficult to predict, contain uncertainties that may materially affect actual results, and may be beyond our control. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our management to predict all such factors or to assess the effect of each such new factor on our business. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore any of these statements included herein may prove to be inaccurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be achieved. Please refer to Item 1A. Risk Factors of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2013 for further information on these and other factors affecting us.
 

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PART I. Financial Information

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(amounts in thousands)
 
June 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
(unaudited)
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
385,938

 
$
152,649

Restricted cash
405,462

 
393,190

Accounts receivable
3,448,543

 
3,043,606

Mortgage loans held for sale
4,018,241

 
1,480,537

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,957 and $4,390, respectively
257,168

 
238,907

Reverse mortgage interests
1,086,024

 
750,273

Mortgage servicing rights, $1,616,421 and $635,860 at fair value, respectively
1,627,330

 
646,833

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $59,608 and $48,806, respectively
100,699

 
75,026

Derivative financial instruments
383,210

 
152,189

Other assets
275,766

 
192,933

Total assets
$
11,988,381

 
$
7,126,143

Liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
 
 
Notes payable
$
6,168,937

 
$
3,601,586

Unsecured senior notes
1,969,163

 
1,062,635

Payables and accrued liabilities
1,222,063

 
631,431

Derivative financial instruments
46,745

 
20,026

Mortgage servicing liabilities
82,623

 
83,238

Nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets
95,729

 
100,620

Excess spread financing - fair value
570,497

 
288,089

Participating interest financing
880,234

 
580,836

Total liabilities
11,035,991

 
6,368,461

Commitments and contingencies – See Note 19

 

Preferred stock at $0.01 par value - 300,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

 

Common stock at $0.01 par value - 1,000,000 shares authorized, 90,783 shares and 90,480 shares issued at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
908

 
905

Additional paid-in-capital
564,430

 
556,056

Retained earnings
391,363

 
205,287

Treasury shares; 163 shares at cost
(6,554
)
 

Common shares held by subsidiary; 212 shares at cost
(4,566
)
 
(4,566
)
Other comprehensive income
1,819

 

Total Nationstar Inc. stockholders' equity
947,400

 
757,682

Noncontrolling interest
4,990

 

Total equity
952,390

 
757,682

Total liabilities and equity
$
11,988,381

 
$
7,126,143

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(amounts in thousands, except for earnings per share data)

 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$
263,309

 
$
88,327

 
$
460,905

 
$
174,517

Other fee income
57,795

 
12,087

 
102,674

 
19,457

Total fee income
321,104

 
100,414

 
563,579

 
193,974

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
282,561

 
102,345

 
471,148

 
172,857

Total revenues
603,665

 
202,759

 
1,034,727

 
366,831

Expenses and impairments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and benefits
171,630

 
78,747

 
306,617

 
140,412

General and administrative
159,082

 
46,410

 
284,724

 
75,522

Provision for loan losses
(249
)
 
855

 
666

 
1,608

Loss on foreclosed real estate and other
2,107

 
1,490

 
3,199

 
3,755

Occupancy
7,281

 
2,870

 
13,216

 
5,652

Total expenses and impairments
339,851

 
130,372

 
608,422

 
226,949

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
52,437

 
13,415

 
82,045

 
24,616

Interest expense
(117,911
)
 
(35,913
)
 
(210,285
)
 
(60,893
)
Loss on equity method investments

 
(477
)
 

 
(594
)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps
789

 
(357
)
 
2,057

 
(625
)
Total other income (expense)
(64,685
)
 
(23,332
)
 
(126,183
)
 
(37,496
)
Income before taxes
199,129

 
49,055

 
300,122

 
102,386

Income tax expense
75,669

 
12,780

 
114,046

 
15,925

Net income
123,460

 
36,275

 
186,076

 
86,461

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Nationstar Inc.
123,460

 
36,275

 
186,076

 
86,461

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Change in value of designated cash flow hedge
1,819

 
(423
)
 
1,819

 
(423
)
Comprehensive income
$
125,279

 
$
35,852

 
$
187,895

 
$
86,038

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
$
1.38

 
$
0.41

 
$
2.08

 
$
1.06

Diluted earnings per share
$
1.37

 
$
0.41

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.05

Weighted average shares:

 

 

 

       Basic
89,462

 
88,500

 
89,357

 
81,444

       Dilutive effect of stock awards
890

 
1,028

 
716

 
649

       Diluted
90,352

 
89,528

 
90,073

 
82,093

Dividends declared per share
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(amounts in thousands)
 
Common Shares
 
Members’
Units
 
Common Stock
 
Additional Paid-in Capital
 
Retained Earnings
 
Treasury shares
 
Common shares held by subsidiary
 
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income
 
Total Nationstar Inc. Equity
 
Non-controlling interests
 
Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance at December 31, 2011

 
$
281,309

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
281,309

 
$

 
$
281,309

Contributions from parent – FIF HE

 
12,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
12,764

 

 
12,764

LLC conversion of equity to common shares
70,000

 
(294,073
)
 
700

 
293,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock issuance
19,167

 

 
192

 
246,508

 

 

 

 

 
246,700

 

 
246,700

Shares issued under incentive plan
1,293

 

 
13

 
(13
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 
13,342

 

 

 

 

 
13,342

 

 
13,342

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

 

 

 
2,846

 

 

 

 

 
2,846

 

 
2,846

Withholding tax related to share based settlement of common stock by management

 

 

 

 

 

 
(4,566
)
 

 
(4,566
)
 

 
(4,566
)
Net income

 

 

 

 
205,287

 

 

 

 
205,287

 

 
205,287

Balance at December 31, 2012
90,460

 

 
905

 
556,056

 
205,287

 

 
(4,566
)
 

 
757,682

 

 
757,682

(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares issued under incentive plan
309

 

 
3

 
(3
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in the value of cash flow hedge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1,819

 
1,819

 

 
1,819

Share-based compensation

 

 

 
5,717

 

 

 

 

 
5,717

 

 
5,717

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

 

 

 
2,660

 

 

 

 

 
2,660

 

 
2,660

Withholding tax related to share based settlement of common stock by management

 

 

 

 


 
(6,554
)
 

 

 
(6,554
)
 

 
(6,554
)
Contributions from joint venture members to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
4,990

 
4,990

Net income

 

 

 

 
186,076

 

 

 

 
186,076

 

 
186,076

Balance at June 30, 2013
90,769

 
$

 
$
908

 
$
564,430

 
$
391,363

 
$
(6,554
)
 
$
(4,566
)
 
$
1,819

 
$
947,400

 
$
4,990

 
$
952,390

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(amounts in thousands)
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Operating activities
 
 
 
Net income
$
186,076

 
$
86,461

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Share-based compensation
5,717

 
8,030

Provision for loan losses
666

 
1,608

Loss on foreclosed real estate
3,199

 
3,755

Loss on equity method investments

 
594

(Gain) / loss on derivatives including ineffectiveness on interest rate swaps and caps
(2,057
)
 
625

Fair value changes in excess spread financing
47,672

 
7,263

Depreciation and amortization
9,691

 
3,385

Fair value changes and amortization/accretion of mortgage servicing rights
(23,767
)
 
19,756

Amortization (accretion) of premiums/discounts
20,018

 
5,851

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
(471,148
)
 
(172,857
)
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
(10,948,657
)
 
(2,996,372
)
Proceeds on sale of and payments of mortgage loans held for sale
8,605,555

 
2,724,370

Net tax effect of stock grants
(2,660
)
 

Cash settlement on derivative financial instruments
(4,544
)
 

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, including servicing advances, net
371,241

 
(61,301
)
Reverse mortgage funded advances
(320,692
)
 
(220,788
)
Other assets
(29,258
)
 
(81,022
)
Payables and accrued liabilities
323,517

 
314,017

Net cash used in operating activities
(2,229,431
)
 
(356,625
)
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Continued)
(amounts in thousands)
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Investing activities
 
 
 
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
(31,388
)
 
(8,102
)
Purchases of reverse mortgage interests
(15,059
)
 

Cash proceeds from assumption of reverse mortgage servicing obligations, net

 
11,852

Deposits on/purchase of forward mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
(959,703
)
 
(1,979,836
)
Loan repurchases from Ginnie Mae
(20,806
)
 
(4,464
)
Proceeds from sales of REO
39,194

 
11,897

Acquisition of Greenlight Financial Services and other businesses, net
(78,200
)
 

Net cash used in investing activities
(1,065,962
)
 
(1,968,653
)
Financing activities
 
 
 
Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, net
894,269

 
269,500

Transfers (to) / from restricted cash, net
(12,272
)
 
(101,609
)
Issuance of common stock, net of IPO issuance costs

 
249,550

Due to financial services companies
199,369

 

Issuance of participating interest financing in reverse mortgage interests
304,171

 
182,577

Issuance of excess spread financing
330,862

 
187,438

Increase in notes payable
1,882,377

 
1,539,185

Repayment of nonrecourse debt – Legacy assets
(5,704
)
 
(7,231
)
Repayment of excess servicing spread financing
(47,602
)
 
(5,507
)
Debt financing costs
(17,884
)
 
(35,178
)
Net tax benefit for stock grants issued
2,660

 

Contributions from joint venture member to noncontrolling interests
4,990

 

Redemption of shares for stock vesting
(6,554
)
 

Net cash provided by financing activities
3,528,682

 
2,278,725

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
233,289

 
(46,553
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
152,649

 
62,445

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
385,938

 
$
15,892

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash activities
 
 
 
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment to REO at fair value
$
2,042

 
$
3,192

Mortgage servicing rights resulting from sale or securitization of mortgage loans
81,329

 
24,128

Tax related share-based settlement of common stock
6,554

 
4,566

Liabilities incurred from purchase of forward mortgage servicing rights
55,848

 
107,117

Change in value of cash flow hedge, net of tax - accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
1,819

 
(423
)
See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements. 

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, unless otherwise stated)
1. Nature of Business, Corporate Reorganization, Basis of Presentation and Material Transactions
Nature of Business
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (Nationstar Inc. or the Company) is a Delaware corporation. Nationstar Inc. is a holding company that conducts no operating activities and owns no significant assets other than through its interests in its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, Nationstar Inc. is engaged primarily in the servicing of residential mortgage loans for others and the origination and selling or securitization of single-family conforming mortgage loans to government-sponsored entities (GSE) or other third-party investors in the secondary market. Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Nationstar) is the Company's principal operating subsidiary.
Corporate Reorganization
On February 24, 2012, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1, for the offering of 19,166,667 shares of its common stock. The registration statement became effective on March 7, 2012. Under the terms of the offering, all of the equity interests in the Company transferred from FIF HE Holdings LLC (FIF) to two direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries and the Company issued 19,166,667 shares of $0.01 par value common stock at an initial offering price of $14.00 per share. The offering transformed the Company into a publicly-traded company.
In conjunction with the initial public offering of Nationstar Inc., Nationstar became a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Nationstar Inc. Prior to the reorganization and initial public offering (Reorganization), Nationstar was a wholly-owned subsidiary of FIF. Nationstar Inc. was formed solely for the purpose of reorganizing the structure of FIF and Nationstar so that the common stock issuer was a corporation rather than a limited liability company. As such, investors own common stock rather than equity interests in a limited liability company. The Reorganization has been accounted for as a reorganization under common control and, accordingly, there was no change in the basis of the assets and liabilities. As part of the Reorganization, FIF exchanged its equity in Nationstar for 70,000,000 shares of common stock of Nationstar Inc.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nationstar Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and other entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest, and those variable interest entities (VIEs) where Nationstar Inc.'s wholly-owned subsidiaries are the primary beneficiaries. Nationstar Inc. applies the equity method of accounting to investments when the entity is not a VIE and Nationstar Inc. is able to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the policies and procedures of the entity but owns less than 50% of the voting interests. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Results of operations, assets and liabilities of VIEs are included from the date that Nationstar Inc. became the primary beneficiary through the date Nationstar Inc. ceases to be the primary beneficiary.
The interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods have been included. The consolidated interim financial statements of Nationstar Inc. have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, the financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Nationstar Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2013. The results of operations for the interim periods disclosed, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year or any future period. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Nationstar Inc. evaluated subsequent events through the date these interim consolidated financial statements were issued.
Material Transactions

In January 2013, Nationstar entered into a mortgage servicing rights purchase and sale agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with a financial institution which is being accounted for as an asset acquisition. Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase the rights to service approximately 1.3 million residential mortgage loans with a total UPB of approximately $215 billion, and approximately $5.8 billion of related servicing advance receivables. Approximately 47% of these loans (by UPB) are owned, insured or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae, and the remaining 53% of these loans are non-conforming loans in private label securitizations.


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The aggregate purchase price is approximately $7.1 billion, which is expected to be funded through a combination of cash on hand, the proceeds of a co-investment by New Residential Investment Corp. (New Residential), previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newcastle Investment Corp., and certain funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress), the proceeds of advance financing facilities, and/or other issuances of debt. On January 31, 2013, Nationstar closed on the MSRs and associated servicing advance receivables with respect to those loans owned, insured or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On February 1, 2013, Nationstar closed on the MSRs and associated servicing advance receivables with respect to those loans owned, insured or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae. Subject to customary closing conditions, the Company expects to close on the majority of the remaining MSRs in stages during the third quarter of 2013. The Company boarded the acquired agency portfolio balance between February and June 2013. In July 2013, Nationstar completed another portion of the MSR purchase, closing on MSRs related to residential mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $47 billion, all of which are non-conforming loans in private label securitizations. The remaining private label securitization portfolios are expected to close and board onto the servicing system through the remainder of 2013.



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2. Recent Accounting Developments
Accounting Standards Update No 2013-01, Balance Sheet: Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (ASU 2013-01) was created to address issues caused when putting Accounting Standard Update 2011-11 into place and eliminate diversity in practice. The update clarifies that Accounting Standard Update 2011-11 applies to entities that are accounting for derivatives under ASC 815 including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are offset under ASC 210-20-45 or ASC 815-10-45, an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The Company adopted ASU 2013-01 on January 1, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2013-01 did not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
Accounting Standards Update No 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (ASU 2013-02) was issued to improve reporting of reclassification of items out of accumulated other comprehensive income by requiring entities to report the effect of any significant reclassifications on the respective line items on the income statement when the amount is required to be reclassified in its entirety in the same reporting period. Additionally, for items that are not required to be reclassified completely to net income, the Company will be required to cross reference other disclosures that provide additional information about the amounts. The information provided about amounts that are reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income must be reported by component. The amendments of this update were effective beginning December 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2013-02 did not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
Accounting Standards Update No 2013-10, Derivatives and Hedging: Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes (ASU 2013-10), was created expand the benchmarks that can be used in hedge and derivative accounting. Currently, the only rates that can be used as benchmarks are the rate on Treasury obligations of the U.S. government (UST) and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate. This update provides that the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (OIS) can also be used as a benchmark rate in U.S. hedge accounting. The amendment update is effective for any hedging relationships entered into after July 17, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2013-10 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
Accounting Standards Update No 2013-11, Income Taxes: Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operation Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (ASU 2013-11), was created to eliminate the differences in presenting unrecognized tax benefits. This update specifies that unrecognized tax benefits should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward. When a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward is not available at reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional income taxes or the entity does not intend to use the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The amendment update is effective as of December 15, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.


3. Acquisition

On May 31, 2013, Nationstar acquired the loan origination operations and certain assets of Greenlight Financial Services, a residential mortgage originator ("Greenlight”) which is being accounted for as a business combination. The assets acquired from Greenlight consist of certain personal property and equipment, intellectual property (including the Greenlight trademark), prepaid expenses and unfunded loan pipeline. Certain post-closing liabilities related to these assets were also assumed as part of the transaction. The aggregate purchase price for these assets was approximately $75.7 million, $65.7 million of which was paid on May 31, 2013, with the balance payable following the closing subject to certain contingencies. In a separate transaction, Nationstar acquired approximately $98.0 million in UPB of mortgage loans from Greenlight. These loans were purchased in the normal course of business and have been or will be sold. The cash flows from the loan purchase has been included in operating activities.

Greenlight, a leading direct-to-consumer originator based in Irvine, California, utilizes a high-volume, rapid turn time funding model with a focus on providing exceptional customer service. Greenlight has proven expertise in television, radio, internet and other mass marketing media and will diversify Nationstar's origination channels and capabilities. The acquisition of Greenlight provides additional capacity to process HARP and recapture loans while creating long-term servicing assets for Nationstar.

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The table below presents the preliminary purchase price allocation of the estimated acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed as of May 31, 2013 (in thousands):

Derivative financial instruments
 
$
18,101

Equipment
 
3,561

Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
700

Payables and accrued liabilities
 
(589
)
Net assets acquired
 
21,773

Estimated purchase price
 
75,700

Goodwill
 
$
53,927


The fair value of all assets acquired and liabilities assumed are preliminary and based on information that was available as of the acquisition date. Nationstar is currently completing the final determination of any required purchase accounting adjustments which will be made upon the completion of all fair value assessments.


4. Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations
Nationstar has been the transferor in connection with a number of securitizations or asset-backed financing arrangements, from which Nationstar has continuing involvement with the underlying transferred financial assets. Nationstar aggregates these securitizations or asset-backed financing arrangements into two groups: 1) securitizations of residential mortgage loans, that were accounted for as sales and 2) financings accounted for as secured borrowings.
On securitizations of residential mortgage loans, Nationstar’s continuing involvement typically includes acting as servicer for the mortgage loans held by the trust and holding beneficial interests in the trust. Nationstar’s responsibilities as servicer include, among other things, collecting monthly payments, maintaining escrow accounts, providing periodic reports and managing insurance in exchange for a contractually specified servicing fee.
Nationstar also maintains various agreements with special purpose entities (SPEs), under which Nationstar transfers mortgage loans and/or servicing advance receivables on residential mortgage loans in exchange for cash. These SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred mortgage loans and/or servicing advance receivables. These transfers do not qualify for sale treatment because Nationstar continues to retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, Nationstar accounts for these transfers as financings and continues to carry the transferred assets and recognizes the related liabilities on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheets. Collections on the mortgage loans and/or servicing advance receivables pledged to the SPEs are used to repay principal and interest and to pay the expenses of the entity. The holders of these beneficial interests issued by these SPEs do not have recourse to Nationstar and can only look to the assets of the SPEs themselves for satisfaction of the debt.
A variable interest entity (VIE) is an entity that has either a total equity investment that is insufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or whose equity investors lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. A VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary, which is the entity that, through its variable interests has both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
Nationstar consolidates the SPEs created for the purpose of issuing debt supported by collections on loans and servicing advance receivables that have been transferred to the SPEs as VIEs, and Nationstar is the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. Nationstar consolidates the assets and liabilities of the VIEs into its consolidated financial statements.

A summary of the assets and liabilities of Nationstar’s transactions with VIEs included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is presented in the following tables (in thousands):
 


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June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
Transfers
Accounted for as
Secured
Borrowings
 
Reverse Secured Borrowings
 
Transfers
Accounted for as
Secured
Borrowings
 
Reverse Secured Borrowings
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restricted cash
$
158,164

 
$

 
$
247,531

 
$

Reverse mortgage interests

 
821,947

 

 
542,037

Accounts receivable
2,607,949

 

 
2,656,277

 

Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
219,637

 

 
224,207

 

Other assets
5,065

 

 
2,039

 

Total Assets
$
2,990,815

 
$
821,947

 
$
3,130,054

 
$
542,037

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
$
2,302,847

 
$

 
$
2,294,925

 
$

Payables and accrued liabilities
3,606

 

 
3,415

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

 
6,118

 

Nonrecourse debt–Legacy Assets
95,729

 

 
100,620

 

Participating interest financing

 
880,234

 

 
580,836

Total Liabilities
$
2,402,182

 
$
880,234

 
$
2,405,078

 
$
580,836

A summary of the outstanding collateral and certificate balances for securitization trusts, including any retained beneficial interests and MSRs, that were not consolidated by Nationstar for the periods indicated are as follows (in thousands):
 
June 30, 2013
December 31, 2012
Total collateral balances
$
3,917,105

 
$
4,134,513

Total certificate balances
3,920,099

 
4,136,316

Total mortgage servicing rights at fair value
21,371

 
30,940

Nationstar has not retained any variable interests in the unconsolidated securitization trusts that were outstanding as of June 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012, and therefore does not have a significant maximum exposure to loss related to these unconsolidated VIEs. A summary of mortgage loans transferred to unconsolidated securitization trusts that are 60 days or more past due and the credit losses incurred in the unconsolidated securitization trusts are presented below (in thousands):
 
 
For the six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
Principal Amount of Loans 60 Days or More Past Due
 
Credit Losses
 
Principal Amount of Loans 60 Days or More Past Due
 
Credit Losses
Total securitization trusts
$
1,167,493

 
$
127,733

 
$
891,261

 
$
154,425

Certain cash flows received from securitization trusts related to the transfers of mortgage loans accounted for as sales for the dates indicated were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
For the three months ended
 
For the six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
Servicing Fees Received
Loan
Repurchases
 
Servicing Fees Received
Loan
Repurchases
 
Servicing Fees Received
 
Loan
Repurchases
 
Servicing Fees Received
Loan
Repurchases
Total securitization trusts
$
12,913

$

 
$
7,939

$

 
$
19,704

 
$

 
$
15,832

$


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5. Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows-Supplemental Disclosure
Total interest paid for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $166.0 million and $46.4 million, respectively. Income taxes paid for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 was $102.2 million and $9.1 million respectively.
6. Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable consist primarily of advances made to nonconsolidated securitization trusts and various taxing authorities, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately repaid from the securitization trusts.

Nationstar acquires servicer advances in conjunction with the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights. Acquired servicer advances are recorded at their relative fair value amounts on the acquisition date, and any recorded discounts are accreted into interest income on a modified cost recovery method as the related servicer advances are recovered either through repayment from the borrower, liquidation of the underlying mortgage loans, or through a modification and recovery of the outstanding servicer advance balance from the securitization trust.
Accounts receivable consist of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Servicer advances, net of purchase discount
$
3,134,368

 
$
2,800,690

Accrued servicing fees
100,676

 
90,231

Receivables from trusts
91,445

 
39,029

Reverse mortgage servicer advances
76,409

 
28,448

Accrued interest
5,374

 
3,801

Other
40,271

 
81,407

Total accounts receivable
$
3,448,543

 
$
3,043,606


In conjunction with Nationstar's June 2012 acquisition of mortgage servicing rights from Aurora Bank FSB and Aurora Loan Services LLC (collectively Aurora), the Company acquired approximately $1.7 billion of servicer advances. Based on the acquisition date relative fair values of these acquired servicer advances, Nationstar recorded an $81.8 million purchase discount. Nationstar accretes this purchase discount into interest income as the related servicer advances are recovered. During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2013, the Company accreted $5.1 million and $11.2 million, respectively, of the purchase discount from recovered servicer advances. Nationstar did not record any accretion of purchase discount from recovered servicer advances during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012.


7. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment
Mortgage loans held for sale
Nationstar maintains a strategy of originating mortgage loan products primarily for the purpose of selling to GSEs or other third-party investors in the secondary market. Generally, all newly originated mortgage loans held for sale are delivered to third-party purchasers or securitized shortly after origination.
Nationstar has elected to measure newly originated prime residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, as permitted under ASC 825, Financial Instruments. In addition, Nationstar as servicer may exercise certain rights on loans serviced for the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to repurchase any individual loan in a Ginnie Mae securitization pool if that loan meets certain criteria, including being delinquent greater than 90 days. For any such loans that we have repurchased from Ginnie Mae pools that we intend to securitize or sell in the future, Nationstar has elected to measure these repurchased residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value. Nationstar estimates fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators, including recent trades and outstanding forward sales commitments, calculated on an aggregate basis (see Note 15 – Fair Value Measurements). In connection with Nationstar's election to measure mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, Nationstar is not permitted to defer the loan origination fees, net of direct loan origination costs associated with these loans.

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Mortgage loans held for sale consist of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale – unpaid principal balance
$
4,028,029

 
$
1,426,182

Mark-to-market adjustment
(9,788
)
 
54,355

Total mortgage loans held for sale
$
4,018,241

 
$
1,480,537

Nationstar had $78.9 million mortgage loans held for sale on nonaccrual status at June 30, 2013 and no mortgage loans on a nonaccrual status at December 31, 2012. The majority of loans on nonaccrual status are in the process of modification and will be subject to sale to a GSE upon completion.
A reconciliation of the changes in mortgage loans held for sale to the amounts presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the dates indicated is presented in the following table (in thousands):
 
 
For the six months ended

June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Mortgage loans held for sale – beginning balance
$
1,480,537

 
$
458,626

Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
10,922,288

 
2,996,372

Proceeds on sale of and payments of mortgage loans held for sale
(8,383,274
)
 
(2,615,590
)
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to held for investment due to bankruptcy and pending foreclosures
(1,310
)
 
(1,502
)
Mortgage loans held for sale – ending balance
$
4,018,241

 
$
837,906

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets, net
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt – Legacy Assets, net principally consist of nonconforming or subprime mortgage loans securitized which serve as collateral for the issued debt. These loans were transferred on October 1, 2009 from mortgage loans held for sale at fair value on the transfer date, as determined by the present value of expected future cash flows, with no valuation allowance recorded. The difference between the undiscounted cash flows expected and the investment in the loan is recognized as interest income on a level-yield method over the life of the loan. Contractually required payments for interest and principal that exceed the undiscounted cash flows expected at transfer are not recognized as a yield adjustment or as a loss accrual or a valuation allowance. Increases in expected cash flows subsequent to the transfer are recognized prospectively through adjustment of the yield on the loans over the remaining life. Decreases in expected cash flows subsequent to transfer are recognized as a valuation allowance.
An allowance for loan losses is established by recording a provision for loan losses in the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income when management believes a loss has occurred on a loan held for investment. When management determines that a loan held for investment is partially or fully uncollectible, the estimated loss is charged against the allowance for loan losses. Recoveries on losses previously charged to the allowance are credited to the allowance at the time the recovery is collected.
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net as of the dates indicated include (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets, net – unpaid principal balance
 
$
359,752

 
$
354,154

Transfer discount
 

 

Accretable
 
(18,389
)
 
(19,749
)
Non-accretable
 
(79,238
)
 
(91,108
)
Allowance for loan losses
 
(4,957
)
 
(4,390
)
Total mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets, net
 
$
257,168

 
$
238,907



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The changes in accretable yield on loans transferred to mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt- Legacy Assets were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Year ended December 31, 2012
Accretable Yield
 
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
$
19,749

 
$
22,392

Additions

 

Accretion
(1,676
)
 
(3,548
)
Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable discount
316

 
905

Disposals

 

Balance at the end of the period
$
18,389

 
$
19,749

Nationstar may periodically modify the terms of any outstanding mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt-Legacy Assets, net for loans that are either in default or in imminent default. Modifications often involve reduced payments by borrowers, modification of the original terms of the mortgage loans, forgiveness of debt and/or increased servicing advances. As a result of the volume of modification agreements entered into, the estimated average outstanding life in this pool of mortgage loans has been extended. Nationstar records interest income on the transferred loans on a level-yield method. To maintain a level-yield on these transferred loans over the estimated extended life, Nationstar reclassified approximately $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013. Furthermore, Nationstar considers the decrease in principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected arising from the transferred loans as an impairment. Nationstar recorded provisions for loan losses of $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, and $(0.2) million for the three months ended June 30, 2013. Nationstar recorded provisions for loan losses of $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, and $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 on the transferred loans to reflect this impairment.
Nationstar collectively evaluates all mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt-Legacy Assets, net for impairment. The changes in the allowance for loan losses on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt-Legacy Assets, net were as follows (in thousands) for the dates indicated:
 
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Performing
 
Non-Performing
 
Total
Balance at the beginning of the period
$
771

 
$
3,619

 
$
4,390

Provision for loan losses
109

 
557

 
666

Charge-offs
(55
)
 
(44
)
 
(99
)
Balance at the end of the period
$
825

 
$
4,132

 
$
4,957

Ending balance – Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
270,473

 
$
89,279

 
$
359,752

 
 
Year ended December 31, 2012
 
Performing
 
Non-Performing
 
Total
Balance at the beginning of the period
$
1,641

 
$
4,183

 
$
5,824

Provision for loan losses
1,365

 
525

 
1,890

Recoveries on loans previously charged-off

 

 

Charge-offs
(2,235
)
 
(1,089
)
 
(3,324
)
Balance at the end of the period
$
771

 
$
3,619

 
$
4,390

Ending balance – Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
260,219

 
$
93,935

 
$
354,154

Loan delinquency and loan-to-value ratio (LTV) are common credit quality indicators that Nationstar monitors and utilizes in its evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses, of which the primary indicator of credit quality is loan delinquency. LTV refers to the ratio of comparing the loan’s unpaid principal balance to the property’s collateral value. Loan delinquencies and unpaid principal balances are updated monthly based upon collection activity. Collateral values are updated from third-party providers on a periodic basis. The collateral values used to derive the LTVs shown below were obtained at various dates, but the majority were within the last twenty-four months. For an event requiring a decision based at least in part

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on the collateral value, Nationstar takes its last known value provided by a third party and then adjusts the value based on the applicable home price index.

The following table provides the outstanding unpaid principal balance of Nationstar’s mortgage loans held for investment by credit quality indicators as of dates indicated. Performing loans refer to loans that are less than 90 days delinquent. Non-performing loans refer to loans that are greater than 90 days delinquent.
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
(in thousands)
Credit Quality by Delinquency Status
 
 
 
Performing
$
270,473

 
$
260,219

Non-Performing
89,279

 
93,935

Total
$
359,752

 
$
354,154

Credit Quality by Loan-to-Value Ratio
 
 
 
Less than 60
$
40,995

 
$
39,436

Less than 70 and more than 60
16,455

 
16,581

Less than 80 and more than 70
26,244

 
20,890

Less than 90 and more than 80
29,586

 
27,988

Less than 100 and more than 90
33,728

 
32,570

Greater than 100
212,744

 
216,689

Total
$
359,752

 
$
354,154

Reverse mortgage interests

Reverse mortgages (known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgages or HECMs) provide seniors (62 and older) with a loan secured by their home. During 2012, Nationstar acquired reverse mortgage servicing rights and funded but unsecuritized advances from third-parties. Nationstar recorded the assets acquired and obligations assumed at relative fair value on the acquisition date, which included the funded advances and a servicing asset or liability, net of cash paid or received. Any premium or discount associated with the recording of the funded advances is accreted into interest income as the underlying HECMs are liquidated.

As part of the acquisition of the reverse mortgage servicing rights, Nationstar is obligated in its capacity as servicer to fund future borrower advances, which include fees paid to taxing authorities for borrowers' unpaid taxes and insurance, mortgage insurance premiums and payments made to borrowers for line of credit draws on reverse mortgages. In addition, Nationstar capitalizes the servicing fees it earns for servicing the reverse mortgage interests. All advances funded by Nationstar and the acquired funded advances are recorded as reverse mortgage interests on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. Nationstar includes the cash outflow from funding these advances as operating activities and the securitization cash inflow as a financing activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

In February 2013, Nationstar acquired certain fixed and adjustable rate reverse mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance totaling $83.1 million for a purchase price of $50.2 million. In conjunction with this acquisition, Nationstar entered into an agreement with NIC Reverse Loan LLC, a subsidiary of Newcastle, to sell a participating interest of the acquired reverse mortgage loans. Both Nationstar and NIC Reverse Loan LLC are entitled to the related percentage interest of all amounts received with respect to the reverse mortgage loans, net of payments of servicing fees and the reimbursement to Nationstar of servicing advances. Nationstar receives a fixed payment per loan for servicing these reverse mortgage loans. Nationstar records these reverse mortgage loans as reverse mortgage interests on the Company's consolidated balance sheet.

Nationstar periodically securitizes certain of these funded advances through issuance of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Backed Securities (HMBS) to third-party security holders which are guaranteed by certain GSEs. These transfers of funded advances into HMBS are accounted for as secured borrowings with the HMBS presented as participating interest financing on the Company's consolidated balance sheet.

Nationstar receives a monthly servicing fee, which is recorded as either interest income or servicing fee income on the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income based upon if the related advance was either funded by or acquired by Nationstar. Nationstar accounts for outstanding and future reverse mortgage interests as financing receivables in

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accordance with ASC 310, Receivables. Interest income is accrued monthly based upon the borrower interest rate applied to the HECM outstanding principal balance of reverse mortgage interests. Interest income and other unpaid taxes and fees are capitalized as part of the outstanding principal balance. Interest expense on the participating interest financing is accrued monthly based upon the underlying HMBS rates and is recorded to interest expense in the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income.
These advances include due and payable advances, which are recovered upon the sale of the subject property, and defaulted advances that can be securitized and sold. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, Nationstar had $1.1 billion and $750.3 million, respectively, in outstanding reverse mortgage interests.When Nationstar determines that a loss on the advance balance is probable and that the carrying balance may be partially or fully uncollectible, an allowance for loan loss is established by recording a provision for loan losses in the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income.
Reverse mortgage interests as of the dates indicated include (in thousands):


June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
UPB of advances previously securitized by Nationstar
$
821,947

 
$
542,037

UPB of advances unsecuritized
264,725

 
208,699

Allowance for losses - reverse mortgage interests
(648
)
 
(463
)
Total reverse mortgage interests
$
1,086,024

 
$
750,273

Nationstar collectively evaluates all reverse mortgage interest assets for impairment. Nationstar recorded a provision for loan losses related to its reverse mortgage interests of $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2012.
 

8. Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs)
MSRs at fair value
Nationstar recognizes MSRs related to all existing residential mortgage loans transferred to a third party in a transfer that meets the requirements for sale accounting and for which the servicing rights are retained. Additionally, Nationstar may acquire the rights to service residential mortgage loans that do not relate to assets transferred by Nationstar through the purchase of these rights from third parties.
Nationstar identifies MSRs related to all existing forward residential mortgage loans transferred to a third party in a transfer that meets the requirements for sale accounting or through the acquisition of rights to service forward residential mortgage loans that do not relate to assets transferred by Nationstar through the purchase of these rights from third parties as a class of MSRs. Nationstar applies fair value accounting to this class of MSRs, with all changes in fair value recorded as charges or credits to servicing fee income in accordance with ASC 860-50, Servicing Assets and Liabilities.

MSRs arise from contractual agreements between Nationstar and investors in mortgage securities and mortgage loans. Nationstar records MSR assets when it sells loans on a servicing-retained basis, at the time of securitization or through the acquisition or assumption of the right to service a financial asset. Under these contracts, Nationstar performs loan servicing functions in exchange for fees and other remuneration.
The fair value of the MSRs is based upon the present value of the expected future contractual cash flows related to servicing these loans. Nationstar receives a base servicing fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.50% annually on the remaining outstanding principal balances of the loans. The servicing fees are collected from investors. Nationstar determines the fair value of the MSRs by the use of a cash flow model that incorporates prepayment speeds, delinquencies, discount rate, and other assumptions (including servicing costs) that management believes are consistent with the assumptions other major market participants use in valuing the MSRs. Certain of the forward loans underlying the MSRs are prime agency and government conforming residential forward mortgage loans and as such are more interest rate sensitive whereas the remaining MSRs are more credit sensitive. The nature of the forward loans underlying the MSRs affects the assumptions that management believes other major market participants use in valuing the MSRs. Nationstar obtains third-party valuations for a majority its MSRs to assess the reasonableness of the fair value calculated by the cash flow model.

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Certain of the forward loans underlying the MSRs carried at fair value that are owned by Nationstar are credit sensitive in nature and the value of these MSRs are more likely to be affected from changes in credit losses than from interest rate movement. The remaining forward loans underlying Nationstar’s MSRs held at fair value are prime agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans for which the value of these MSRs are more likely to be affected from interest rate movement than changes in credit losses.
Nationstar used the following weighted average assumptions in estimating the fair value of MSRs for the dates indicated:
 
Credit Sensitive MSRs
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Discount rate
15.50
%
 
18.11
%
Total prepayment speeds
19.43
%
 
22.42
%
Expected weighted-average life
4.83 years

 
4.12 years

Credit losses
22.98
%
 
24.68
%
Interest Rate Sensitive MSRs
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Discount rate
10.60
%
 
10.62
%
Total prepayment speeds
11.17
%
 
17.08
%
Expected weighted-average life
7.37 years

 
5.19 years

Credit losses
13.75
%
 
11.09
%


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The activity of MSRs carried at fair value is as follows for the dates indicated (in thousands): 
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Year ended December 31, 2012
Fair value at the beginning of the period
$
635,860

 
$
251,050

Additions:

 

Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets
81,329

 
58,607

Purchases of servicing assets
876,015

 
394,445

Changes in fair value:


 

Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
161,723

 
5,500

Other changes in fair value
(138,506
)
 
(73,742
)
Fair value at the end of the period
$
1,616,421

 
$
635,860

Unpaid principal balance of forward loans serviced for others
 
 
 
Credit sensitive loans
$
206,668,105

 
$
114,629,399

Interest sensitive loans
35,814,165

 
16,494,985

Total owned loans
$
242,482,270

 
$
131,124,384


The following table shows the hypothetical effect on the fair value of the MSRs using various unfavorable variations of the expected levels of certain key assumptions used in valuing these assets at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

 
Discount Rate
 
Total Prepayment
Speeds
 
Credit Losses
 
100 bps
Adverse
Change
200 bps
Adverse
Change
 
10%
Adverse
Change
20%
Adverse
Change
 
10%
Adverse
Change
20%
Adverse
Change
June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mortgage servicing rights
$
(41,262
)
$
(84,526
)
 
$
(109,632
)
$
(216,628
)
 
$
(116,434
)
$
(234,948
)
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mortgage servicing rights
$
(17,060
)
$
(34,419
)
 
$
(66,037
)
$
(124,995
)
 
$
(77,072
)
$
(157,433
)

These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be evaluated with care. The effect on fair value of a 10% variation in assumptions generally cannot be determined because the relationship of the change in assumptions to the fair value may not be linear. Additionally, the impact of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value is calculated while holding other assumptions constant. In reality, changes in one factor may lead to changes in other factors (e.g., a decrease in total prepayment speeds may result in an increase in credit losses), which could impact the above hypothetical effects.
MSRs at amortized cost
Additionally, Nationstar has acquired servicing rights for reverse mortgage loans. For this class of servicing rights, Nationstar applies the amortization method (i.e., lower of cost or market) with the capitalized cost of the MSRs amortized in proportion and over the period of the estimated net future servicing income and recognized as an adjustment to servicing fee income. The expected period of the estimated net servicing income is based, in part, on the expected prepayment period of the underlying reverse mortgages. This class of MSRs is periodically evaluated for impairment. For purposes of measuring impairment, MSRs are stratified based on predominant risk characteristics of the underlying serviced loans. These risk characteristics include loan type (fixed or adjustable rate), term and interest rate. Impairment, if any, represents the excess of amortized cost of an individual stratum over its estimated fair value and is recognized through a valuation allowance.
As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar owns the right to service certain reverse mortgage MSRs with an unpaid principal balance of $28.2 billion. The initial carrying amount of these MSRs is based on the relative fair value of the purchased assets and liabilities including reverse mortgage interests. These MSRs are subsequently accounted for using the amortization method. Amortization / accretion is recorded as service fee income on the statement of income and comprehensive income. Nationstar

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utilizes a variety of assumptions in assessing the fair value of its servicing assets or liabilities, with the primary assumptions including discount rates and the expected weighted average life. At June 30, 2013, no impairment was identified. Interest and servicing fees collected on reverse mortgage interests are included as a component of either interest or service fee income.

The activity of MSRs carried at amortized cost is as follows for the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
 
Six months ended
Year ended
 
June 30, 2013
December 31, 2012
 
Assets
 
Liabilities
Assets
 
Liabilities
Activity of MSRs at amortized cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
$
10,973

 
$
83,238

$

 
$

Additions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase /Assumptions of servicing rights/obligations

 

12,415

 
89,800

Deductions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization/Accretion
(64
)
 
(615
)
(1,442
)
 
(6,562
)
Balance at end of the period
$
10,909

 
$
82,623

$
10,973

 
$
83,238

Total servicing and ancillary fees from Nationstar’s servicing portfolio (including subservicing) of residential mortgage loans are presented in the following table for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Servicing fees
$
222,242

 
$
85,754

 
$
404,952

 
$
146,731

Ancillary fees
36,986

 
23,580

 
73,857

 
49,538

Total servicing and ancillary fees
$
259,228

 
$
109,334

 
$
478,809

 
$
196,269




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9. Other Assets
Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Loans subject to repurchase right from Ginnie Mae
$
85,269

 
$
72,156

Deferred financing costs
67,745

 
46,780

Goodwill and other intangibles
61,408

 

Real estate owned (REO), net
23,043

 
10,467

Receivables from affiliates
13,810

 
12,604

Prepaid expenses
17,365

 
6,083

Deferred tax asset (see Note 14)

 
23,737

Due from financial services companies
3,670

 
10,920

Deposits pending on mortgage servicing rights acquisitions
1,839

 
2,040

Other
1,617

 
8,146

Total other assets
$
275,766

 
$
192,933

For certain loans that Nationstar sold to the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Nationstar as the servicer has the unilateral right to repurchase without Ginnie Mae’s prior authorization any individual loan in a Ginnie Mae securitization pool if that loan meets certain criteria, including being delinquent greater than 90 days. Once Nationstar has the unilateral right to repurchase the delinquent loan, Nationstar has effectively regained control over the loan, and under GAAP, must re-recognize the loan on its balance sheet and establish a corresponding repurchase liability regardless of Nationstar’s intention to repurchase the loan. Nationstar’s re-recognized loans included in other assets and the corresponding liability in payables and accrued liabilities was $85.3 million at June 30, 2013 and $72.2 million at December 31, 2012.
In January 2013, Nationstar acquired Equifax Settlement Services LLC (ESS) for a total purchase price of $12.5 million. In an initial purchase price allocation, Nationstar has recorded $7.5 million of goodwill and other intangible assets in other assets on its consolidated balance sheet.
Nationstar acquired Greenlight for an aggregate purchase price of $75.7 million, $65.7 million of which was paid on May 31, 2013, with the balance payable following the closing subject to certain contingencies. In its preliminary allocation, Nationstar has recorded $53.9 million of goodwill and other intangibles in other assets on its consolidated balance sheet.
 

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10. Payables and Accrued Liabilities
Payables and accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
MSR purchases payable including advances
$
291,219

 
$
14,243

Due to financial services companies
199,369

 

Reverse mortgage payables
139,780

 
103,068

Mortgage insurance premiums and reserves
92,987

 
77,967

Loans subject to repurchase from Ginnie Mae
85,269

 
72,156

Government sponsored entities
72,908

 
27,071

Accrued interest
52,548

 
31,938

Accrued bonus and payroll
48,660

 
58,083

Taxes
38,097

 
50,908

Repurchase reserves
27,228

 
18,511

Other payables and accrued liabilities
173,998

 
177,486

Total payables and accrued liabilities
$
1,222,063

 
$
631,431


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11. Derivative Financial Instruments
Nationstar enters into interest rate lock commitments (IRLCs) with prospective borrowers. These commitments are carried at fair value in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. ASC 815 clarifies that the expected net future cash flows related to the associated servicing of a loan should be included in the measurement of all written loan commitments that are accounted for at fair value through earnings. The estimated fair values of IRLCs are based on the fair value of the related mortgage loans which is based on observable market data and is recorded in derivative financial instruments within the consolidated balance sheets. The initial and subsequent changes in the value of IRLCs are a component of gain on mortgage loans held for sale.
Nationstar actively manages the risk profiles of its IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale on a daily basis. To manage the price risk associated with IRLCs, Nationstar enters into forward sales of MBS in an amount equal to the portion of the IRLC expected to close, assuming no change in mortgage interest rates. In addition, to manage the interest rate risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale, Nationstar enters into forward sale commitments to deliver mortgage loan inventory to investors. The estimated fair values of forward sales of MBS and forward sale commitments are based on exchange prices or the dealer market price and are recorded as a component of derivative financial instruments and mortgage loans held for sale, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets. The initial and subsequent changes in value on forward sales of MBS and forward sale commitments are a component of gain on mortgage loans held for sale.
Nationstar may occasionally enter into contracts with other mortgage lenders to purchase residential mortgage loans at a future date, which are referred to as Loan Purchase Commitments (LPCs). LPCs are accounted for as derivatives under ASC 815 and recorded at fair value in derivative financial instruments on Nationstar's consolidated balance sheet. Subsequent changes in LPCs are recorded as a charge or credit to gain on mortgage loans held for sale.
Periodically, Nationstar has entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge the interest payment on the warehouse debt and securitization of its mortgage loans held for sale. These interest rate swap agreements generally require Nationstar to pay a fixed interest rate and receive a variable interest rate based on LIBOR. Unless designated as an accounting hedge, Nationstar records gains and losses on interest rate swaps as a component of gain/(loss) on interest rate swaps and caps in Nationstar’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Unrealized losses on undesignated interest rate derivatives are separately disclosed under operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges under ASC 815 are recorded at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, with any changes in fair value related to the effective portion of the hedge being recorded as an adjustment to other comprehensive income. To qualify as a cash flow hedge, the hedge must be highly effective at reducing the risk associated with the exposure being hedged and must be formally designated at hedge inception. Nationstar considers a hedge to be highly effective if the change in fair value of the derivative hedging instrument is within 80% to 125% of the change in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk. Ineffective portions of the cash flow hedge are reflected in earnings as they occur as a component of interest expense.
Associated with Nationstar's derivatives $199.4 million in deposits from counterparties were received and $3.7 million provided to various counterparties as of June 30, 2013. These deposits are recorded in payables and accrued liabilities and other assets, respectively on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2012, the margin call deposits were $10.9 million recorded in other assets.

The following table shows the effect of derivative financial instruments that were designated as accounting hedges for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

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(in thousands)
Derivatives in ASC 815 Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in OCI on
Derivative
(Effective
Portion)
 
Location of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
OCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified
from
Accumulated
OCI into
Income
(Effective
Portion)
 
Location of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Income on
Derivative
(Ineffective
Portion and
Amount Excluded
from
Effectiveness
Testing)
 
Amount of  Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Income on
Derivative
(Ineffective
Portion)
For the three months ended June 30, 2013
Interest Rate Swap
 
$
1,819

 
Interest Expense
 
$

 
Interest Expense
 
$
61

For the three months ended June 30, 2012
Interest Rate Swap
 
$
(423
)
 
Interest Expense
 
$

 
Interest Expense
 
$

For the six months ended June 30, 2013
Interest Rate Swap
 
$
1,819

 
Interest Expense
 
$

 
Interest Expense
 
$
61

For the six months ended June 30, 2012
Interest Rate Swap
 
$
(423
)
 
Interest Expense
 
$

 
Interest Expense
 
$

The following tables provide the outstanding notional balances and fair values of outstanding positions for the dates indicated, and recorded gains/(losses) during the periods indicated (in thousands):

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Expiration
Dates
 
Outstanding
Notional
 
Fair
Value
 
Recorded
Gains /
(Losses)
For the six months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan sale commitments
2013
 
$
172,911

 
$
234

 
$
213

ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs
2013
 
7,293,052

 
114,907

 
(40,992
)
Forward MBS trades
2013
 
9,509,292

 
259,724

 
246,587

LPCs
2013
 
447,174

 
5,602

 
4,349

Interest rate swaps and caps
2018
 
544,000

 
2,977

 
61

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs
2013
 
2,210,962

 
23,992

 
(23,992
)
Interest rate swaps and caps (1) 
 

 

 
1,576

Interest rate swaps on ABS debt
2013-2017
 
631,831

 
1,426

 
420

       Forward MBS trades
2013
 
1,709,358

 
9,012

 
2,962

LPCs
2013
 
576,181

 
12,315

 
(12,229
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the year ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan sale commitments
2013
 
$
445

 
$
21

 
$
(613
)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs
2013
 
4,921,963

 
150,048

 
138,746

Forward MBS trades
2013
 
977,900

 
888

 
888

LPCs
2013
 
112,624

 
1,253

 
1,253

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps and caps
2013-2015
 
726,168

 
6,120

 
420

Interest rate swaps on ABS debt
2013-2017
 
654,192

 
1,846

 
(1,414
)
Forward MBS trades
2013
 
3,964,721

 
11,974

 
(6,144
)
LPCs
2013
 
78,839

 
86

 
(86
)
 
(1)
In January and June 2013, Nationstar terminated these interest rate swaps.



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12. Indebtedness
Notes Payable
A summary of the balances of notes payable for the dates indicated is presented below (in thousands).
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
Outstanding
 
Collateral
Pledged
 
Outstanding
 
Collateral
Pledged
Servicing Segment Notes Payable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MBS advance financing facility
$
425,930

 
$
479,875

 
$
185,817

 
$
206,622

Securities repurchase facility (2011)
11,620

 
55,603

 
11,774

 
55,603

2010-ABS advance financing facility

 

 
194,833

 
233,208

Nationstar Agency advance financing facility
878,378

 
935,959

 
476,091

 
549,284

MSR note
1,851

 
10,066

 
4,627

 
12,328

2012-AW agency advance financing facility

 

 
100,000

 
135,343

2012-C ABS advance financing facility

 

 
657,027

 
742,238

2012-R ABS advance financing facility

 

 
374,739

 
428,758

2012-W ABS advance financing facility

 

 
492,235

 
566,332

Reverse participations financing facility
84,966

 
103,062

 
65,943

 
76,455

MBS advance financing facility 2012
55,163

 
119,564

 

 

Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivable Trust
1,424,469

 
1,569,878

 

 

Originations Segment Notes Payable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$750 million warehouse facility
751,893

 
810,489

 
245,287

 
285,281

$600 million warehouse facility
540,101

 
586,488

 
224,790

 
241,867

$1.0 billion warehouse facility
972,733

 
1,036,874

 
356,104

 
371,836

$300 million warehouse facility
241,542

 
259,179

 
87,747

 
91,403

$400 million warehouse facility
380,449

 
465,474

 

 

ASAP+ facility
399,842

 
415,468

 
124,572

 
124,596

Total notes payable
$
6,168,937

 
$
6,847,979

 
$
3,601,586

 
$
4,121,154

Servicing Segment Notes Payable
MBS advance financing facility - Nationstar has a one-year committed facility agreement with a GSE, under which Nationstar may transfer to the GSE certain servicing advance receivables against the transfer of funds by the GSE. This facility has the capacity to purchase up to $775.0 million in eligible servicing advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50% to 4.00%. The maturity date of this facility is December 2013.
Securities repurchase facility (2011) - In December 2011, Nationstar entered into a securities repurchase facility with a financial services company. The master repurchase agreement (MRA) states that Nationstar may from time to time transfer to the financial services company eligible securities against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such securities to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. Additionally, the financial services company may elect to extend the transfer date for an additional 90 days at mutually agreed upon terms. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.50%. As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar has pledged the Company’s $55.6 million outstanding retained interest in the outstanding Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets securitization which was structured as a financing.
2010-ABS advance financing facility - In November 2010, Nationstar executed the 2010-ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility had the capacity to purchase up to $300.0 million of advance receivables. The interest rate was based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.00%. This debt was nonrecourse to Nationstar. The maturity date of this facility was May 2014. Nationstar terminated this revolving financing facility on June 7, 2013 at which time all outstanding balances had been repaid.
Nationstar Agency advance financing facility - In January 2013, Nationstar amended and restated the Agency Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility has a variable funding note (VFN) with the capacity to borrow up to

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$900.0 million and the interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.20% to 3.75% depending upon the class of the note. The maturity date of the VFN is October 2013. Nationstar also issued $300.0 million in term notes to institutional investors. The notes have a weighted average interest rate of 1.46% and a weighted average term of 3 years. The VFN and the term notes are secured by servicing advance receivables and the financing is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
MSR note - In connection with an October 2009 MSR acquisition, Nationstar executed a four-year note agreement with a GSE. As collateral for this note, Nationstar has pledged Nationstar’s rights, title, and interest in the acquired servicing portfolio. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus 2.50%. The maturity date of this facility is October 2013.
2012-AW Agency advance financing facility - In June 2012, Nationstar executed the 2012-AW Agency Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility had the capacity to borrow up to $100.0 million and the interest rate was based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50%. The maturity date of this facility was June 2013. This facility was secured by servicing advance receivables and was nonrecourse to Nationstar. Nationstar terminated this revolving financing facility on January 31, 2013 at which time all outstanding balances had been repaid.
2012-C ABS advance financing facility - In June 2012, Nationstar executed the 2012-C ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility had the capacity to borrow up to $700.0 million and the interest rate was based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.25% to 4.25%. The maturity date of this facility was November 2013. This facility was secured by servicing advance receivables and was nonrecourse to Nationstar. Nationstar terminated this revolving financing facility on June 7, 2013 at which time all outstanding balances had been repaid.
2012-R ABS advance financing facility - In June 2012, Nationstar executed the 2012-R ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility had the capacity to borrow up to $400.0 million and the interest rate was based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.37% to 8.00%. The maturity date of this facility was June 2014. This facility was secured by servicing advance receivables and was nonrecourse to Nationstar. Nationstar terminated this revolving financing facility on June 7, 2013 at which time all outstanding balances had been repaid.
2012-W ABS advance financing facility - In June 2012, Nationstar executed the 2012-W ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility had the capacity to borrow up to $500.0 million and the interest rate was based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.75%. The maturity date of this facility was June 2013. This facility was secured by servicing advance receivables and is nonrecourse to Nationstar. Nationstar terminated this revolving financing facility on June 7, 2013 at which time all outstanding balances had been repaid.
Reverse participations and max claim buyouts financing facility - In June 2012, Nationstar executed a reverse participations and max claim buyouts financing facility with a financial institution. This facility has capacity to borrow up to $150.0 million and the interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 4.00%. The maturity date of this facility is June 2014. This facility is partially secured by reverse mortgage loans.
MBS advance financing facility (2012) - In December 2012, Nationstar executed a MBS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility has the capacity to borrow up to $250.0 million. The interest rate is LIBOR plus a spread of 3.00%. The maturity date of this facility is January 2014. This facility is secured by servicing advance receivables.

Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivable Trust - In June 2013, Nationstar created an advance receivables trust with a number of financial institutions. This trust has variable funding notes (VFNs) with the capacity to borrow up to $1.075. billion The interest rate on this financial instrument is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.15% to 5.30% depending on the class of the note. The maturity date of the VFN June 2014. Nationstar also issued $1.0 billion of term notes to institutional investors. The notes have an average interest rate of 3.26% and the notes mature in June 2014, June 2016 and June 2018. The VFN and the term notes are secured by servicing advance receivables and the financing is nonrecourse to Nationstar.

Originations Segment Notes Payable
$750 million warehouse facility - Nationstar executed a MRA with a financial institution, which will expire in January 2014. This facility has a committed amount of $1.25 billion until October 7, 2013, and $750.0 million thereafter. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter in transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 1.75% to 2.50% which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral.
$600 million warehouse facility - Nationstar has a MRA with a financial services company, as amended, which will expire in April 2014. The facility has a committed amount of $300.0 million and an uncommitted amount of $300.0 million that can be

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granted at the discretion of the financial institution. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 0.75% to 3.50% which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral.
$1.0 billion warehouse facility - Nationstar has a MRA with a financial institution, which will expire in September 2013. This facility has a committed amount of $1.0 billion up until July 18, 2013, and $1.25 billion thereafter. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.25% to 3.25%, which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral.
$300 million warehouse facility - Nationstar has a MRA with a financial institution, which will expire in March 2014. This facility has a committed amount of $300.0 million. The MRA was increased to $500.0 million as of July 29, 2013, of which $300.0 million is committed and $200.0 million is uncommitted. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50%.
$400 million warehouse facility - Nationstar has a MRA with a financial institution, which will expire in June 2014. This facility has a committed amount of $650.0 million until August 12, 2013, and $400.0 million thereafter. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.50% to 4.25% which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral.
$75 million warehouse facility - Nationstar has a MRA with a financial institution, which will expire in June 2014. This facility has a committed amount of $75.0 million. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or MBS against the transfer of funds by the financial services company, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial services company to transfer such mortgage loans or MBS to Nationstar at a certain date, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.75 to 4.25%which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral.
ASAP + facility - Nationstar has executed As Soon As Pooled Plus agreements with a GSE, under which Nationstar transfers to the GSE eligible mortgage loans that are to be pooled into the GSE MBS against the transfer of funds by the GSE. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.50%. These agreements typically have a maturity of up to 45 days.

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Unsecured Senior Notes
A summary of the balances of unsecured senior notes is presented below (in thousands):
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
$285 million face value, 10.875% interest rate payable semi-annually, due April 2015
$
282,415

 
$
281,676

$375 million face value, 9.625% interest rate payable semi-annually, due May 2019
379,763

 
380,232

$400 million face value, 7.875% interest rate payable semi-annually, due October 2020
400,680

 
400,727

$600 million face value, 6.500%, interest rate payable semi-annually, due July 2021
606,305

 

$300 million face value, 6.500%, interest rate payable semi-annually, due June 2022
300,000

 

Total
$
1,969,163

 
$
1,062,635

In February 2013, Nationstar completed the offering of $400.0 million of unsecured senior notes, with a maturity date of July 2021. These notes were issued at par. In March 2013, Nationstar completed an additional offering of $200.0 million of the unsecured senior notes due July 2021. These notes were issued with an issue premium of $6.5 million for net cash proceeds before issuance costs of $606.5 million. Under the terms of these unsecured senior notes, Nationstar pays interest semiannually to the note holders at an interest rate of 6.500%. These unsecured senior notes were originally issued in a private placement and were subsequently registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
In May 2013, Nationstar completed the offering of $300.0 million of unsecured senior notes, with a maturity date of June 2022. These notes were issued at par. Under the terms of these unsecured senior notes, Nationstar pays interest semiannually to the note holders at an interest rate of 6.500%. These unsecured senior notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The indentures for the unsecured senior notes contain various covenants and restrictions that limit the Company's, Nationstar's, or certain of its subsidiaries’, ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create liens, consolidate, merge or sell substantially all of their assets, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates. The indentures contain certain events of default, including (subject, in some cases, to customary cure periods and materiality thresholds) defaults based on (i) the failure to make payments under the indenture when due, (ii) breach of covenants, (iii) cross-defaults to certain other indebtedness, (iv) certain bankruptcy or insolvency events, (v) material judgments and (vi) invalidity of material guarantees.
The ratios included in the indentures for the senior notes are incurrence-based compared to the customary ratio covenants that are often found in credit agreements that require a company to maintain a certain ratio.
As of June 30, 2013, the expected maturities of Nationstar's senior unsecured notes based on contractual maturities are as follows (in thousands).
Year
Amount
2014
$

2015
285,000

2016

2017

2018

Thereafter
1,675,000

Total
$
1,960,000

Legacy Asset and Other Financing
Nonrecourse Debt–Legacy Assets

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In November 2009, Nationstar completed the securitization of approximately $222.0 million of ABS, which was structured as a secured borrowing. This structure resulted in Nationstar carrying the securitized loans as mortgages on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheet and recognizing the asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as nonrecourse debt, totaling approximately $95.7 million and $100.6 million at June 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively. The principal and interest on these notes are paid using the cash flows from the underlying mortgage loans, which serve as collateral for the debt. The interest rate paid on the outstanding securities is 7.50%, which is subject to an available funds cap. The total outstanding principal balance on the underlying mortgage loans serving as collateral for the debt was approximately $319.2 million and $336.9 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Accordingly, the timing of the principal payments on this nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans. The unpaid principal balance on the outstanding notes was $111.3 million and $117.1 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Excess Spread Financing Debt at Fair Value
In conjunction with Nationstar's acquisition of certain MSRs on various pools of residential mortgage loans (the Portfolios), Nationstar has entered into sale and assignment agreements which are treated as financings with certain entities formed by New Residential in which New Residential and/or certain funds managed by Fortress own an interest. Nationstar, in transactions accounted for as financing arrangements, sold to such entities the right to receive a specified percentage of the excess cash flow generated from the Portfolios after receipt of a fixed basic servicing fee per loan.
Nationstar retains all ancillary income associated with servicing the Portfolios and the remaining portion of the excess cash flow after receipt of the fixed basic servicing fee. Nationstar continues to be the servicer of the Portfolios and provides all servicing and advancing functions. New Residential has no prior or ongoing obligations associated with the Portfolios.
Contemporaneous with the above, Nationstar entered into refinanced loan agreements with New Residential. Should Nationstar refinance any loan in the Portfolios, subject to certain limitations, Nationstar will be required to transfer the new loan or a replacement loan of similar economic characteristics into the Portfolios. The new or replacement loan will be governed by the same terms set forth in the sale and assignment agreement described above.

Nationstar has elected fair value accounting for these financing agreements.The total carrying amount of the outstanding excess spread financing agreements was $570.5 million and $288.1 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The following table shows the hypothetical effect on fair value of excess spread financing using various unfavorable variations of the expected levels of certain key assumptions used in valuing these liabilities at the dates indicated (in thousands):

 
Discount Rate
 
Total Prepayment
Speeds
 
Credit Losses
 
100 bps
Adverse
Change
200 bps
Adverse
Change
 
10%
Adverse
Change
20%
Adverse
Change
 
10%
Adverse
Change
20%
Adverse
Change
June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Excess spread financing
$
18,040

$
37,221

 
$
46,023

$
65,226

 
$
13,602

$
23,209

December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Excess spread financing
$
7,978

$
16,404

 
$
10,654

$
22,240

 
$
5,538

$
11,075


As the fair value on the outstanding excess spread financing is linked to the future economic performance of certain acquired MSRs, any adverse changes in the acquired MSRs would inherently benefit the net carrying amount of the excess spread financing, while any beneficial changes in certain key assumptions used in valuing the acquired MSRs would negatively impact the net carrying amount of the excess spread financing.
These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be evaluated with care. The effect on fair value of a 10% variation in assumptions generally cannot be determined because the relationship of the change in assumptions to the fair value may not be linear. Additionally, the impact of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value is calculated while holding other assumptions constant. In reality, changes in one factor may lead to changes in other factors (e.g., a decrease in total prepayment speeds may result in an increase in credit losses), which could impact the above hypothetical effects.
Participating Interest Financing
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these advances in the related Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) loans as secured borrowings, retaining the initial reverse mortgage interests on its consolidated balance sheet, and recording the pooled HMBS as participating interest financing liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. Monthly cash flows generated from the HECM loans are used to service the HMBS. The interest rate is based on the underlying HMBS rate with a range of 0.14% to 7.17%. The participating interest financing was $880.2 million and $580.8 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Financial Covenants
As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar was in compliance with its covenants on its borrowing arrangements and credit facilities. These covenants generally relate to Nationstar’s tangible net worth, liquidity reserves, and leverage requirements.

13. General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist of the following for the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
 
For the three months ended
 
For the six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Servicing
$
58,880

 
$
19,324

 
$
106,652

 
$
30,403

Legal and professional fees
18,490

 
9,465

 
35,823

 
14,567

Outsourcing
15,981

 
1,932

 
35,498

 
3,988

Appraisal
12,028

 
444

 
16,812

 
489

Advertising
10,373

 
1,305

 
12,485

 
2,047

Loan processing charges
9,018

 
1,779

 
15,798

 
2,799

Depreciation and amortization
5,790

 
1,854

 
9,691

 
3,385

Other
28,522

 
10,307

 
51,965

 
17,844

Total general and administrative expenses
$
159,082

 
$
46,410

 
$
284,724

 
$
75,522


14. Income Taxes
Income tax expense was as follows (in thousands):

 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax expense
$
75,669

 
$
12,780

 
$
114,046

 
$
15,925

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
38.0
%
 
26.05
%
 
38.0
%
 
15.55
%

The financial statements for the period January 1, 2012 up to the Reorganization do not include income tax expense or benefit or any current or deferred income tax assets or liabilities. Nationstar Inc.'s corporate subsidiaries were subject to income taxes prior to the Reorganization, however, income tax expense (primarily state) and related tax liabilities were not material for presentation purposes.
The Company had a net deferred liability of $25.1 million at June 30, 2013 and a net deferred tax asset of $23.7 million at December 31, 2012. A valuation allowance of $45.6 million was recorded against deferred tax assets at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 as management believes that it is more likely than not that not all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.

15. Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides a definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The standard applies when GAAP requires or

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allows assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value and, therefore, does not expand the use of fair value in any new circumstance.
ASC 820 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, ASC 820 establishes a three-tiered fair value hierarchy based on the level of observable inputs used in the measurement of fair value (e.g., Level 1 representing quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market; Level 2 representing values using observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1; and Level 3 representing estimated values based on significant unobservable inputs). In addition, ASC 820 requires an entity to consider all aspects of nonperformance risk, including its own credit standing, when measuring the fair value of a liability. Under ASC 820, related disclosures are segregated for assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on the level used within the hierarchy to determine their fair values.
The following describes the methods and assumptions used by Nationstar in estimating fair values:
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash – The carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets approximates fair value.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale – Nationstar originates mortgage loans in the U.S. that it intends to sell to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae (collectively, the Agencies). Additionally, Nationstar holds mortgage loans that it intends to sell into the secondary markets via whole loan sales or securitizations. Nationstar measures newly originated prime residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value.
Mortgage loans held for sale are typically pooled together and sold into certain exit markets, depending upon underlying attributes of the loan, such as agency eligibility, product type, interest rate, and credit quality. Mortgage loans held for sale are valued using a market approach by utilizing either: (i) the fair value of securities backed by similar mortgage loans, adjusted for certain factors to approximate the fair value of a whole mortgage loan, including the value attributable to mortgage servicing and credit risk, (ii) current commitments to purchase loans or (iii) recent observable market trades for similar loans, adjusted for credit risk and other individual loan characteristics. As these prices are derived from market prices, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, subject to nonrecourse debt – Legacy Assets – Nationstar determines the fair value of loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt – Legacy Assets using internally developed valuation models. These valuation models estimate the exit price Nationstar expects to receive in the loan’s principal market. Although Nationstar utilizes and gives priority to observable market inputs such as interest rates and market spreads within these models, Nationstar typically is required to utilize internal inputs, such as prepayment speeds, credit losses, and discount rates. These internal inputs require the use of judgment by Nationstar and can have a significant impact on the determination of the loan’s fair value. As these prices are derived from a combination of internally developed valuation models and quoted market prices, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
Mortgage Servicing Rights – Fair Value – Nationstar estimates the fair value of its forward MSRs using a process that combines the use of a discounted cash flow model and analysis of current market data to arrive at an estimate of fair value. The cash flow assumptions and prepayment assumptions used in the model are based on various factors, with the key assumptions being mortgage prepayment speeds, discount rates, and credit losses. These assumptions are generated and applied based on collateral stratifications including product type, remittance type, geography, delinquency and coupon dispersion. These assumptions require the use of judgment by Nationstar and can have a significant impact on the determination of the MSR’s fair value. Periodically, management obtains third party valuations of a portion of the portfolio to assess the reasonableness of the fair value calculations provided by the cash flow model. Because of the nature of the valuation inputs, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
Reverse Mortgage Interests – Nationstar’s reverse mortgage interests consist of fees paid to taxing authorities for borrowers' unpaid taxes and insurance, and payments made to borrowers for line of credit draws on reverse mortgages. These advances include due and payable advances, which are recovered upon the foreclosure and sale of the subject property, and defaulted advances that can be securitized. Nationstar estimates the fair value using a market approach by utilizing the fair value of securities backed by similar advances on reverse mortgage loans, adjusted for certain factors. Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.

REO – Nationstar determines the fair value of REO properties through the use of third-party appraisals and broker price opinions, adjusted for estimated selling costs. Such estimated selling costs include realtor fees and other anticipated closing costs. These values are adjusted to take into account factors that could cause the actual liquidation value of foreclosed

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properties to be different than the appraised values. This valuation adjustment is based upon Nationstar’s historical experience with REO. REO is classified as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
Derivative Instruments – Nationstar enters into a variety of derivative financial instruments as part of its hedging strategy. The majority of these derivatives are exchange-traded or traded within highly active dealer markets. In order to determine the fair value of these instruments, Nationstar utilizes the exchange price or dealer market price for the particular derivative contract; therefore, these contracts are classified as Level 2. In addition, Nationstar enters into IRLCs and LPCs with prospective borrowers and other loan originators. These commitments are carried at fair value based on the fair value of related mortgage loans which are based on observable market data. Nationstar adjusts the outstanding IRLCs with prospective borrowers based on an expectation that it will be exercised and the loan will be funded. IRLCs and LPCs are recorded in derivative financial instruments in the consolidated balance sheets. These commitments are classified as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.
Notes Payable – Notes payable consists of outstanding borrowings on Nationstar's warehouse and advance financing facilities. As the underlying warehouse and advance finance facilities bear interest at rates that are periodically adjusted based on a market index, the carrying amount reported on the consolidated balance sheet approximates fair value. Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
Unsecured Senior Notes – The fair value of unsecured senior notes is based on quoted market prices and is considered Level 1 from the market observable inputs used to determine fair value.
Nonrecourse Debt – Legacy Assets – Nationstar estimates fair value based on the present value of future expected discounted cash flows with the discount rate approximating current market value for similar financial instruments. These prices are derived from a combination of internally developed valuation models and quoted market prices, and are classified as Level 3.
Excess Spread Financing – Nationstar estimates fair value based on the present value of future expected discounted cash flows with the discount rate approximating current market value for similar financial instruments. The cash flow assumptions and prepayment assumptions used in the model are based on various factors, with the key assumptions at June 30, 2013 being mortgage prepayment speeds of 12.5%, average life of 4.8 years, and discount rate of 13.1%. Key assumptions at December 31, 2012, were mortgage prepayment speeds of 14.0%, average life of 4.2 years and discount rate of 15.0%. Changes in fair value to the excess spread financing are recorded as a component of service fee income in Nationstar's consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income. As these prices are derived from a combination of internally developed valuation models and quoted market prices based on the value of the underlying MSRs, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
The range of various assumptions used in Nationstar's valuation of excess spread financing were as follows:
Excess Spread financing
Prepayment Speeds
Average
Life (years)
Discount
Rate
For the six months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
Low
8.0%
3.5 years
10.1%
High
17.7%
6.1 years
15.4%
For the year ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
Low
9.4%
3.0 years
13.6%
High
22.4%
4.5 years
15.5%
Participating Interest Financing – Nationstar estimates the fair value using a market approach by utilizing the fair value of securities backed by similar participating interests in reverse mortgage loans. Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.

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The estimated carrying amount and fair value of Nationstar’s financial instruments and other assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows for the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
 
 
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
 
Total Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
$
4,018,241

 
$

 
$
4,018,241

 
$

Mortgage servicing rights – fair value(1)
1,616,421

 

 

 
1,616,421

Other assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IRLCs
114,907

 

 
114,907

 

Forward MBS trades
259,724

 

 
259,724

 

LPCs
5,602

 

 
5,602

 

       Interest rate swaps and caps
2,977

 

 
2,977

 

Total assets
$
6,017,872

 
$

 
$
4,401,451

 
$
1,616,421

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps and caps
$
23,992

 
$

 
$
23,992

 
$

Interest rate swaps on ABS debt
1,426

 

 
1,426

 

       Forward MBS trades
9,012

 

 
9,012

 

       LPCs
12,315

 

 
12,315

 

Excess spread financing (at fair value)
570,497

 

 

 
570,497

Total liabilities
$
617,242

 
$

 
$
46,745

 
$
570,497

 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
 
Total Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
$
1,480,537

 
$

 
$
1,480,537

 
$

Mortgage servicing rights – fair value(1)
635,860

 

 

 
635,860

Other assets:

 

 

 

IRLCs
150,048

 

 
150,048

 

Forward MBS trades
888

 

 
888

 

LPCs
1,253

 

 
1,253

 

Total assets
$
2,268,586

 
$

 
$
1,632,726

 
$
635,860

LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps and caps
$
6,120

 
$

 
$
6,120

 
$

Interest rate swaps on ABS debt
1,846

 

 
1,846

 

Forward MBS trades
11,974

 


 
11,974

 


LPCs
86

 

 
86

 

Excess spread financing (at fair value)
288,089

 

 

 
288,089

Total liabilities
$
308,115

 
$

 
$
20,026

 
$
288,089

(1) 
Based on the nature and risks of these assets and liabilities, the Company has determined that presenting them as a single class is appropriate.

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The table below presents a reconciliation for all of Nationstar’s Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the dates indicated (in thousands):

 
 
ASSETS
 
LIABILITIES
For the three months ended June 30, 2013
 
Mortgage
servicing rights
 
Excess spread
financing
Beginning balance
 
1,289,643

 
498,906

Transfers into Level 3
 

 

Transfers out of Level 3
 

 

Total gains or losses
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings
 
32,876

 
23,781

Included in other comprehensive income
 

 

Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements
 
 
 
 
Purchases
 
243,841

 

Issuances
 
50,061

 
75,148

Sales
 

 

Settlements
 

 
(27,338
)
Ending balance
 
1,616,421

 
570,497

 
 
 
ASSETS
 
LIABILITIES
For the six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Mortgage
servicing rights
 
Excess spread
financing
Beginning balance
 
$
635,860

 
$
288,089

Transfers into Level 3
 

 

Transfers out of Level 3
 

 

Total gains or losses
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings
 
23,217

 
47,672

Included in other comprehensive income
 

 

Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements
 
 
 
 
Purchases
 
876,015

 

Issuances
 
81,329

 
282,729

Sales
 

 

Settlements
 

 
(47,993
)
Ending balance
 
$
1,616,421

 
$
570,497


 
 
ASSETS
 
LIABILITIES
For the year ended December 31, 2012
 
Mortgage
servicing rights
 
Excess spread
financing
Beginning balance
 
$
251,050

 
$
44,595

Transfers into Level 3
 

 

Transfers out of Level 3
 

 

Total gains or losses
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings
 
(68,242
)
 
10,683

Included in other comprehensive income
 

 

Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements
 
 
 
 
Purchases
 
394,445

 

Issuances
 
58,607

 
272,676

Sales
 

 

Settlements
 

 
(39,865
)
Ending balance
 
$
635,860

 
$
288,089


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The table below presents the items which Nationstar measures at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (in thousands).
 
 
Nonrecurring Fair Value
Measurements
 
Total Estimated
Fair Value
 
Total Gain
(Loss) Included
in Earnings
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
 
Three months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REO(1)
$

 
$

 
$
23,043

 
$
23,043

 
$
(2,107
)
Total assets
$

 
$

 
$
23,043

 
$
23,043

 
$
(2,107
)
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REO(1)
$

 
$

 
$
23,043

 
$
23,043

 
$
(3,199
)
Total assets
$

 
$

 
$
23,043

 
$
23,043

 
$
(3,199
)
Year ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REO(1)
$

 
$

 
$
10,467

 
$
10,467

 
$
(2,864
)
Total assets
$

 
$

 
$
10,467

 
$
10,467

 
$
(2,864
)
(1) 
Based on the nature and risks of these assets and liabilities, the Company has determined that presenting them as a single class is appropriate.

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The table below presents a summary of the estimated carrying amount and fair value of Nationstar’s financial instruments (in thousands).

 
June 30, 2013
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
385,938

 
$
385,938

 
$

 
$

Restricted cash
405,462

 
405,462

 

 

Mortgage loans held for sale
4,018,241

 

 
4,018,241

 

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt – Legacy assets
257,168

 

 

 
197,011

Reverse mortgage interests
1,086,024

 

 
1,092,753

 

Derivative financial instruments
383,210

 

 
383,210

 

Financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
6,168,937

 

 

 
6,168,937

Unsecured senior notes
1,969,163

 
2,020,060

 

 

Derivative financial instruments
46,745

 

 
46,745

 

Nonrecourse debt - Legacy assets
95,729

 

 

 
97,154

Excess spread financing
570,497

 

 

 
570,497

Participating interest financing
880,234

 

 
880,538

 

 
December 31, 2012
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
152,649

 
$
152,649

 
$

 
$

Restricted cash
393,190

 
393,190

 

 

Mortgage loans held for sale
1,480,537

 

 
1,480,537

 

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt – Legacy assets
238,907

 

 

 
220,755

Reverse mortgage interests
750,273

 

 
805,650

 

Derivative financial instruments
152,189

 

 
152,189

 

Financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
3,601,586

 

 

 
3,601,586

Unsecured senior notes
1,062,635

 
1,151,997

 

 

Derivative financial instruments
20,026

 

 
20,026

 

Nonrecourse debt - Legacy assets
100,620

 

 

 
102,492

Excess spread financing
288,089

 

 

 
288,089

Participating interest financing
580,836

 

 
593,741

 


16. Share-Based Compensation
Share-based compensation is recognized in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. This guidance requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as an expense in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, based on the fair values. The amount of compensation is measured at the fair value of the awards when granted and this cost is expensed over the required service period, which is normally the vesting period of the award.
Nationstar Inc. has adopted the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (2012 Plan), that offers equity-based awards to certain key employees of Nationstar, consultants, and non-employee directors. In connection with the initial public offering, on March 7, 2012, Nationstar Inc. made grants of restricted stock to management of 1,191,117 shares and also to non-employee directors of

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85,716 shares. As permitted under the 2012 plan, certain participants surrendered a portion of their Nationstar Inc. common stock to Nationstar Inc. in payment of a portion of their federal tax withholdings on their vested shares. The participants paid the remainder of their required tax payments with cash. As a result of the above activity, 163,087 shares of Nationstar Inc. common shares are held in treasury at their cost of $6.6 million.
The following table summarizes information about our restricted stock as of June 30, 2013 under the 2012 Plan (shares in thousands):
 
Shares
 
Grant Date Fair Value
 
Remaining Contractual Term
Restricted stock granted in conjunction with the initial public offering in March 2012
1,277
 
$14.00
 
1.7
Grants issued subsequent to public offering
69
 
$29.95
 
1.9
Forfeited
(53)
 

 

Restricted stock outstanding at December 31, 2012
1,293
 
 
 
 
Grants issued in 2013
299
 
$37.60
 
2.7
Forfeited
(24)
 
 
 
 
Shares surrendered to treasury to pay taxes
(163)
 
 
 
 
Restricted stock outstanding at June 30, 2013
1,405
 
 
 
 
Restricted stock unvested and expected to vest
921
 
 
 
 
Restricted stock vested and payable at June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
The following table summarizes the expected future vesting schedule of the restricted stock grants (in thousands):
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
Restricted stock expected to vest
15
413
413
81
In addition to the 2012 Plan, Nationstar management also had interests in certain of the predecessor parent company FIF’s restricted preferred units which fully vested on June 30, 2012. The weighted average grant date fair value of these units was $4.23. In conjunction with the final vesting under this plan, certain participants surrendered a portion of their Nationstar Inc. common stock to Nationstar in payment of a portion of their federal tax withholdings on their vested shares. The participants paid the remainder of their required tax payments with cash. As a result of the above activity, Nationstar holds 212,156 shares of Nationstar Inc. common shares at their cost of $4.6 million. These shares are reflected in Nationstar Inc.'s consolidated balance sheet as common shares held by subsidiary, a contra equity account. The shares are expected to be held by Nationstar until they can be distributed to Nationstar Inc.
Total compensation expense, net of forfeitures, for the 2012 Plan for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 was $2.7 million and $5.7 million, respectively. Total compensation expense, net of forfeitures, for the 2012 Plan and the predecessor plan recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 was $5.6 million and $8.0 million, respectively. Nationstar expects to recognize $4.8 million of compensation expense in the last six months of 2013, $5.0 million in 2014, $1.6 million in 2015 and $0.2 million in 2016.

17. Earnings Per Share

Net income per share is computed under the provisions of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Basic net income per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Dilutive potential common shares represent outstanding restricted stock.

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18. Capital Requirements
Certain of Nationstar’s secondary market investors require various capital adequacy requirements, as specified in the respective selling and servicing agreements. To the extent that these mandatory, imposed capital requirements are not met, Nationstar’s secondary market investors may ultimately terminate Nationstar’s selling and servicing agreements, which would prohibit Nationstar from further originating or securitizing these specific types of mortgage loans. In addition, these secondary market investors may impose additional net worth or financial condition requirements based on an assessment of market conditions or other relevant factors.
Among Nationstar’s various capital requirements related to its outstanding selling and servicing agreements, the most restrictive of these requires Nationstar to maintain a minimum adjusted net worth balance of $719.7 million. As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar was in compliance with its selling and servicing capital requirements.
Additionally, Nationstar is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of at least $400.0 million as of each quarter-end related to its outstanding Master Repurchase Agreements on its outstanding repurchase facilities. As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar was in compliance with these minimum tangible net worth requirements.
19. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation and Regulatory Matters
In the ordinary course of business, Nationstar Inc. and its subsidiaries are routinely named as defendants in or parties to many pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings, including putative class actions and other litigation. These actions and proceedings are generally based on alleged violations of consumer protection, securities, employment, contract and other laws. The certification of any putative class action could substantially increase our exposure to damages. These actions and proceedings are generally based on alleged violations of consumer protection, securities, employment, contract and other laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Additionally, along with others in our industry, we are subject to repurchase claims and may continue to receive claims in the future, including through securitization vehicles and master servicing arrangements that we have acquired and from our Legacy Portfolio. Certain of the actual or threatened legal actions include claims for substantial compensatory, punitive and/or, statutory damages or claims for an indeterminate amount of damages.

Further, in the ordinary course of business the Company and its subsidiaries can be or are involved in governmental and regulatory examinations, information gathering requests, investigations and proceedings (both formal and informal), regarding the Company’s business, certain of which may result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, injunctions or other relief. Such inquiries may include those into servicer foreclosure processes and procedures and lender-placed insurance. In particular, ongoing and other legal proceedings brought under state consumer protection statutes may result in a separate fine for each violation of the statute, which, particularly in the case of class action lawsuits, could result in damages substantially in excess of the amounts we earned from the underlying activities and that could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and financial position.

The Company seeks to resolve all litigation and regulatory matters in the manner management believes is in the best interest of the Company and contests liability, allegations of wrongdoing and, where applicable, the amount of damages or scope of any penalties or other relief sought as appropriate in each pending matter. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with outstanding legal and regulatory proceedings utilizing the latest information available. Where available information indicates that it is probable a liability has been incurred and the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of that loss an accrued liability is established. The actual costs of resolving these proceedings may be substantially higher or lower than the amounts accrued.

When a loss contingency is not both probable and estimable, the Company does not establish an accrued liability. As a litigation or regulatory matter develops, the Company, in conjunction with any outside counsel handling the matter, evaluates on an ongoing basis whether such matter presents a loss contingency that is probable and estimable. If, at the time of evaluation, the loss contingency is not both probable and estimable, the matter will continue to be monitored for further developments that would make such loss contingency both probable and estimable. Once the matter is deemed to be both probable and estimable, the Company will establish an accrued liability and record a corresponding amount to litigation related expense. The Company will continue to monitor the matter for further developments that could affect the amount of the accrued liability that has been previously established. Litigation related expense, which includes the fees paid to external legal service providers, of $4.4 million and $8.0 million were included in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively, and $4.6 million and $6.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, were included in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

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For a number of matters for which a loss is probable or reasonably possible in future periods, whether in excess of a related accrued liability or where there is no accrued liability, the Company may be able to estimate a range of possible loss. In determining whether it is possible to provide an estimate of loss or range of possible loss, the Company reviews and evaluates its material litigation and regulatory matters on an ongoing basis, in conjunction with any outside counsel handling the matter. For those matters for which an estimate is possible, management currently believes the aggregate range of reasonably possible loss is $1.0 million to $4.8 million in excess of the accrued liability (if any) related to those matters. This estimated range of possible loss is based upon currently available information and is subject to significant judgment, numerous assumptions and known and unknown uncertainties. The matters underlying the estimated range will change from time to time, and actual results may vary substantially from the current estimate. Those matters for which an estimate is not possible are not included within the estimated range. Therefore, this estimated range of possible loss represents what management believes to be an estimate of possible loss only for certain matters meeting these criteria. It does not represent the Company's maximum loss exposure.
Based on current knowledge, and after consultation with counsel, management believes that the current legal accrued liability is appropriate, and the amount of any incremental liability arising from these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company, although the outcome of such proceedings could be material to the Company’s operating results and cash flows for a particular period depending, on among other things, the level of the Company’s revenues or income for such period. However, in the event of significant developments on existing cases, it is possible that the ultimate resolution, if unfavorable, may be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Loan and Other Commitments
Nationstar enters into IRLCs with prospective borrowers whereby the Company commits to lend a certain loan amount under specific terms and interest rates to the borrower. Nationstar also enters into LPCs with prospective sellers. These loan commitments are treated as derivatives and are carried at fair value (See Note 11 - Derivative Financial Instruments).

Nationstar has certain MSRs related to approximately $28.2 billion of unpaid principal balance in reverse mortgage loans. As servicer for these reverse mortgage loans, among other things, the Company is obligated to make advances to the loan customers as required. At June 30, 2013, the Company’s maximum unfunded advance obligation related to these MSRs was approximately $4.4 billion. Upon funding any portion of these advances, the Company expects to securitize and sell the advances in transactions that will be accounted for as financing arrangements.

Other Contingencies
In June 2011, Nationstar entered into an agreement to subservice loans for a financial services company. Nationstar began to subservice these loans in July and August 2011. This subservicing agreement included, among other things, a loss incentive and sharing arrangement. Under this arrangement, Nationstar can earn incentive fees of up to $2.5 million for successfully mitigating losses within a specific subserviced population of loans. This incentive fee would be recognized when earned. For this same population of loans, Nationstar is subject to loss sharing under certain conditions. Should losses in this population of loans exceed a specified level, Nationstar would be required to share a portion of the losses on such loans up to a maximum of $10.0 million. Losses under this arrangement would be recognized at the point at which Nationstar determines that a liability is expected to be incurred. At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, Nationstar has estimated no liability under this agreement.


20. Business Segment Reporting
Nationstar currently conducts business in two separate operating segments: Servicing and Originations. The Servicing segment provides loan servicing on Nationstar’s total servicing portfolio, including the collection of principal and interest payments and the assessment of ancillary fees related to the servicing of mortgage loans. The Originations segment involves the origination, packaging, and sale of agency mortgage loans into the secondary markets via whole loan sales or securitizations. Nationstar reports the activity not related to either operating segment in the Legacy Portfolio and Other column. The Legacy Portfolio and Other column includes primarily all subprime mortgage loans originated in the latter portion of 2006 and during 2007 or acquired from Nationstar’s predecessor.
Nationstar’s segments are based upon Nationstar’s organizational structure which focuses primarily on the services offered. The accounting policies of each reportable segment are the same as those of Nationstar except for 1) expenses for consolidated back-office operations and general overhead-type expenses such as executive administration and accounting, 2) revenues generated on inter-segment services performed, and 3) interest expense on unsecured senior notes. Expenses are allocated to individual segments based on the estimated value of services performed, including estimated utilization of square footage and corporate personnel as well as the equity invested in each segment. Revenues generated or inter-segment services performed are valued based on similar services provided to external parties.

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To reconcile to Nationstar’s consolidated results, certain inter-segment revenues and expenses are eliminated in the “Eliminations” column in the following tables.
The following tables are a presentation of financial information by segment for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
Three months ended June 30, 2013
 
Servicing
 
Originations
 
Operating
Segments
 
Legacy
Portfolio
and Other
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$
284,555

 
$

 
$
284,555

 
$
387

 
$
(21,633
)
 
$
263,309

Other fee income
50,388

 
7,466

 
57,854

 
(59
)
 

 
57,795

Total fee income
334,943

 
7,466

 
342,409

 
328

 
(21,633
)
 
321,104

Gain/(loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
(87
)
 
261,233

 
261,146

 
193

 
21,222

 
282,561

Total revenues
334,856

 
268,699

 
603,555

 
521

 
(411
)
 
603,665

Total expenses and impairments
183,958

 
149,117

 
333,075

 
6,776

 

 
339,851

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
21,842

 
26,908

 
48,750

 
3,276

 
411

 
52,437

Interest expense
(87,993
)
 
(25,215
)
 
(113,208
)
 
(4,703
)
 

 
(117,911
)
Gain on interest rate swaps and caps
577

 

 
577

 
212

 

 
789

Total other income (expense)
(65,574
)
 
1,693

 
(63,881
)
 
(1,215
)
 
411

 
(64,685
)
Income (loss) before taxes
$
85,324

 
$
121,275

 
$
206,599

 
$
(7,470
)
 
$

 
$
199,129

Depreciation and amortization
$
3,423

 
$
1,767

 
$
5,190

 
$
600

 
$

 
$
5,790

Total assets
7,019,100

 
4,623,859

 
11,642,959

 
345,422

 

 
11,988,381


 
 
Three months ended June 30, 2012
 
Servicing
 
Originations
 
Operating
Segments
 
Legacy
Portfolio
and Other
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated  
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$
88,161

 
$

 
$
88,161

 
$
620

 
$
(454
)
 
$
88,327

Other fee income
6,446

 
5,739

 
12,185

 
(98
)
 


 
12,087

Total fee income
94,607

 
5,739

 
100,346

 
522

 
(454
)
 
100,414

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
102,335

 
102,335

 

 
10

 
102,345

Total revenues
94,607

 
108,074

 
202,681

 
522

 
(444
)
 
202,759

Total expenses and impairments
73,656

 
47,980

 
121,636

 
8,726

 
10

 
130,372

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
3,002

 
5,017

 
8,019

 
4,942

 
454

 
13,415

Interest expense
(28,295
)
 
(4,014
)
 
(32,309
)
 
(3,604
)
 

 
(35,913
)
Loss on equity method investment
(477
)
 

 
(477
)
 

 

 
(477
)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps
150

 

 
150

 
(507
)
 

 
(357
)
Total other income (expense)
(25,620
)
 
1,003

 
(24,617
)
 
831

 
454

 
(23,332
)
Income (loss) before taxes
$
(4,669
)
 
$
61,097

 
$
56,428

 
$
(7,373
)
 
$

 
$
49,055

Depreciation and amortization
$
1,238

 
$
520

 
$
1,758

 
$
96

 
$

 
$
1,854

Total assets
3,553,883

 
1,071,251

 
4,625,134

 
271,096

 

 
4,896,230


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Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Servicing
 
Originations
 
Operating
Segments
 
Legacy
Portfolio
and Other
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$
491,015

 
$

 
$
491,015

 
$
942

 
$
(31,052
)
 
$
460,905

Other fee income
89,453

 
13,362

 
102,815

 
(141
)
 

 
102,674

Total fee income
580,468

 
13,362

 
593,830

 
801

 
(31,052
)
 
563,579

Gain/(loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
(185
)
 
441,026

 
440,841

 
101

 
30,206

 
471,148

Total revenues
580,283

 
454,388

 
1,034,671

 
902

 
(846
)
 
1,034,727

Total expenses and impairments
331,567

 
261,019

 
592,586

 
15,836

 

 
608,422

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income
35,222

 
37,887

 
73,109

 
8,090

 
846

 
82,045

Interest expense
(159,314
)
 
(41,974
)
 
(201,288
)
 
(8,997
)
 

 
(210,285
)
Gain on interest rate swaps and caps
1,372

 

 
1,372

 
685

 

 
2,057

Total other income (expense)
(122,720
)
 
(4,087
)
 
(126,807
)
 
(222
)
 
846

 
(126,183
)
Income (loss) before taxes
$
125,996

 
$
189,282

 
$
315,278

 
$
(15,156
)
 
$

 
$
300,122

Depreciation and amortization
$
5,971

 
$
2,747

 
$
8,718

 
$
973

 
$

 
$
9,691

Total assets
7,019,100

 
4,623,859

 
11,642,959

 
345,422

 

 
11,988,381


 
Six months ended June 30, 2012
 
Servicing
 
Originations
 
Operating
Segments
 
Legacy
Portfolio
and Other
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated  
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$
174,201

 
$

 
$
174,201

 
$
1,237

 
$
(921
)
 
$
174,517

Other fee income
13,865

 
5,720

 
19,585

 
(128
)
 

 
19,457

Total fee income
188,066

 
5,720

 
193,786

 
1,109

 
(921
)
 
193,974

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
172,835

 
172,835

 

 
22

 
172,857

Total revenues
188,066

 
178,555

 
366,621

 
1,109

 
(899
)
 
366,831

Total expenses and impairments
132,886

 
76,454

 
209,340

 
17,609

 

 
226,949

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
5,387

 
8,558

 
13,945

 
9,750

 
921

 
24,616

Interest expense
(45,223
)
 
(7,791
)
 
(53,014
)
 
(7,857
)
 
(22
)
 
(60,893
)
Loss on equity method investment
(594
)
 

 
(594
)
 

 

 
(594
)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps
188

 

 
188

 
(813
)
 

 
(625
)
Total other income (expense)
(40,242
)
 
767

 
(39,475
)
 
1,080

 
899

 
(37,496
)
Income (loss) before taxes
$
14,938

 
$
102,868

 
$
117,806

 
$
(15,420
)
 
$

 
$
102,386

Depreciation and amortization
$
2,098

 
$
903

 
$
3,001

 
$
384

 
$

 
$
3,385

Total assets
3,553,883

 
1,071,251

 
4,625,134

 
271,096

 

 
4,896,230



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21. Guarantor Financial Statement Information
As of June 30, 2013, Nationstar and Nationstar Capital Corporation have issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes which mature on various dates through June 1, 2022. The notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by all of Nationstar’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries other than its securitization and certain finance subsidiaries, certain other restricted subsidiaries and subsidiaries that in the future Nationstar designates as excluded restricted and unrestricted subsidiaries. All guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by Nationstar. Effective June 30, 2012, Nationstar Inc. and its two direct wholly-owned subsidiaries became guarantors of the unsecured senior notes as well. Presented below are consolidating financial statements of Nationstar Inc., Nationstar, and the guarantor subsidiaries for the periods indicated.

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
June 30, 2013
(IN THOUSANDS)
Assets
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$
374,194

 
$
1,892

 
$
9,852

 
$

 
$
385,938

Restricted cash

 
240,174

 
7,124

 
158,164

 

 
405,462

Accounts receivable

 
3,428,486

 
19,140

 
917

 

 
3,448,543

Mortgage loans held for sale

 
4,018,241

 

 

 

 
4,018,241

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt–Legacy Asset, net

 
37,531

 

 
219,637

 

 
257,168

Reverse mortgage interests

 
1,086,024

 

 

 

 
1,086,024

Mortgage servicing rights

 
1,627,330

 

 

 

 
1,627,330

Investment in subsidiaries
927,480

 
181,905

 

 

 
(1,109,385
)
 

Property and equipment, net

 
98,853

 
1,242

 
604

 

 
100,699

Derivative financial instruments

 
380,233

 

 
2,977

 

 
383,210

Other assets
31,464

 
249,787

 
134,140

 
2,041,363

 
(2,180,988
)
 
275,766

Total assets
$
958,944

 
$
11,722,758

 
$
163,538

 
$
2,433,514

 
$
(3,290,373
)
 
$
11,988,381

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
$

 
$
3,866,090

 
$

 
$
2,302,847

 
$

 
$
6,168,937

Unsecured senior notes

 
1,969,163

 

 

 

 
1,969,163

Payables and accrued liabilities

 
1,236,957

 
12,965

 
3,606

 
(31,465
)
 
1,222,063

Payables to affiliates
6,554

 
2,142,969

 

 

 
(2,149,523
)
 

Derivative financial instruments

 
46,745

 

 

 

 
46,745

Mortgage servicing liability

 
82,623

 

 

 

 
82,623

Nonrecourse debt–Legacy Assets

 

 

 
95,729

 

 
95,729

Excess spread financing - at fair value

 
570,497

 

 

 

 
570,497

Participating interest financing

 
880,234

 

 

 

 
880,234

Total liabilities
6,554

 
10,795,278

 
12,965

 
2,402,182

 
(2,180,988
)
 
11,035,991

Total equity
952,390

 
927,480

 
150,573

 
31,332

 
(1,109,385
)
 
952,390

Total liabilities and equity
$
958,944

 
$
11,722,758

 
$
163,538

 
$
2,433,514

 
$
(3,290,373
)
 
$
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$

 
$
284,942

 
$

 
$

 
$
(21,633
)
 
$
263,309

Other fee income

 
8,162

 
49,494

 
139

 

 
57,795

Total fee income

 
293,104

 
49,494

 
139

 
(21,633
)
 
321,104

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
261,339

 

 

 
21,222

 
282,561

Total Revenues

 
554,443

 
49,494

 
139

 
(411
)
 
603,665

Expenses and impairments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and benefits

 
160,066

 
11,564

 

 

 
171,630

General and administrative

 
141,456

 
17,573

 
53

 

 
159,082

Provision for loan losses

 

 

 
(249
)
 

 
(249
)
Loss on foreclosed real estate and other

 
3,771

 

 
(1,664
)
 

 
2,107

Occupancy

 
7,017

 
264

 

 

 
7,281

Total expenses and impairments

 
312,310

 
29,401

 
(1,860
)
 

 
339,851

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income

 
48,260

 

 
3,766

 
411

 
52,437

Interest expense

 
(96,916
)
 

 
(20,995
)
 

 
(117,911
)
Gain/(Loss) on interest rate swaps and caps

 
157

 

 
632

 

 
789

Gain/(loss) from subsidiaries
123,460

 
5,495

 

 

 
(128,955
)
 

Total other income (expense)
123,460

 
(43,004
)
 

 
(16,597
)
 
(128,544
)
 
(64,685
)
Income before taxes
123,460

 
199,129

 
20,093

 
(14,598
)
 
(128,955
)
 
199,129

Income tax expense/(benefit)

 
75,669

 

 

 

 
75,669

Net income/(loss)
123,460

 
123,460

 
20,093

 
(14,598
)
 
(128,955
)
 
123,460

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in value of cash flow hedges

 

 

 
1,819

 

 
1,819

Comprehensive income / (loss)
$
123,460

 
$
123,460

 
$
20,093

 
$
(12,779
)
 
$
(128,955
)
 
$
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$

 
$
491,957

 
$

 
$

 
$
(31,052
)
 
$
460,905

Other fee income

 
14,396

 
88,011

 
267

 

 
102,674

Total fee income

 
506,353

 
88,011

 
267

 
(31,052
)
 
563,579

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
440,942

 

 

 
30,206

 
471,148

Total Revenues

 
947,295

 
88,011

 
267

 
(846
)
 
1,034,727

Expenses and impairments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and benefits

 
288,654

 
17,963

 

 

 
306,617

General and administrative

 
257,859

 
26,812

 
53

 

 
284,724

Provision for loan losses

 

 

 
666

 

 
666

Loss on foreclosed real estate and other

 
4,067

 

 
(868
)
 

 
3,199

Occupancy

 
12,801

 
415

 

 

 
13,216

Total expenses and impairments

 
563,381

 
45,190

 
(149
)
 

 
608,422

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income

 
73,684

 

 
7,515

 
846

 
82,045

Interest expense

 
(166,524
)
 

 
(43,761
)
 

 
(210,285
)
Gain/(Loss) on interest rate swaps and caps

 
420

 

 
1,637

 

 
2,057

Gain/(loss) from subsidiaries
186,076

 
8,628

 

 

 
(194,704
)
 

Total other income (expense)
186,076

 
(83,792
)
 

 
(34,609
)
 
(193,858
)
 
(126,183
)
Income before taxes
186,076

 
300,122

 
42,821

 
(34,193
)
 
(194,704
)
 
300,122

Income tax expense/(benefit)

 
114,046

 

 

 

 
114,046

Net income/(loss) and comprehensive income/(loss)
186,076

 
186,076

 
42,821

 
(34,193
)
 
(194,704
)
 
186,076

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in value of cash flow hedges

 

 

 
1,819

 

 
1,819

Comprehensive income / (loss)
$
186,076

 
$
186,076

 
$
42,821

 
$
(32,374
)
 
$
(194,704
)
 
$
187,895



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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013
(IN THOUSANDS)

 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income/(loss)
$
186,076

 
$
186,076

 
$
42,821

 
$
(34,193
)
 
$
(194,704
)
 
$
186,076

Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 
 
(Gain)/loss from subsidiaries
(186,076
)
 
(8,628
)
 

 

 
194,704

 

Share-based compensation

 
5,717

 

 

 

 
5,717

Provision for loan losses

 

 

 
666

 

 
666

Loss on foreclosed real estate and other

 
4,067

 

 
(868
)
 

 
3,199

(Gain)/loss on ineffectiveness on interest rate swaps and cap

 
1,426

 

 
(3,483
)
 

 
(2,057
)
Fair value changes in excess spread financing

 
47,672

 

 

 

 
47,672

Depreciation and amortization

 
9,408

 
242

 
41

 

 
9,691

Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights

 
(23,767
)
 

 

 

 
(23,767
)
Amortization (accretion) of premiums/discounts

 
21,159

 

 
(1,141
)
 

 
20,018

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
(440,942
)
 

 

 
(30,206
)
 
(471,148
)
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees

 
(10,948,657
)
 

 

 

 
(10,948,657
)
Proceeds on sale of and payments of mortgage loans held for sale

 
8,569,491

 

 
5,858

 
30,206

 
8,605,555

Net tax effect of stock grants
(2,660
)
 

 

 

 

 
(2,660
)
Cash settlement on derivative financial instruments

 

 

 
(4,544
)
 

 
(4,544
)
Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, including servicing advances, net

 
388,358

 
(17,314
)
 
197

 

 
371,241

Receivables from/(payables to) affiliates

 
79,203

 

 

 
(79,203
)
 

Reverse mortgage funded advances

 
(320,692
)
 

 

 

 
(320,692
)
Other assets
(2,690
)
 
(58,276
)
 
(27,638
)
 
(43,739
)
 
103,085

 
(29,258
)
Payable and accrued liabilities
9,244

 
326,782

 
11,150

 
223

 
(23,882
)
 
323,517

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
3,894

 
(2,161,603
)
 
9,261

 
(80,983
)
 

 
(2,229,431
)

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Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals

 
(30,094
)
 
(649
)
 
(645
)
 

 
(31,388
)
Deposit on reverse mortgage servicing rights, net

 
(15,059
)
 

 

 

 
(15,059
)
Deposit on / purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred

 
(959,703
)
 

 

 

 
(959,703
)
Loan repurchases from Ginnie Mae

 
(20,806
)
 

 

 

 
(20,806
)
Proceeds from sales of REO

 
39,194

 

 

 

 
39,194

Business Acquisition
 
 
(78,200
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(78,200
)
Net cash used in investing activities

 
(1,064,668
)
 
(649
)
 
(645
)
 

 
(1,065,962
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes

 
894,269

 

 

 

 
894,269

Transfers to/from restricted cash

 
(94,517
)
 
(7,121
)
 
89,366

 

 
(12,272
)
Due to financial services companies

 
199,369

 

 

 

 
199,369

Issuance of participating interest financing

 
304,171

 

 

 

 
304,171

Issuance of excess spread financing

 
330,862

 

 

 

 
330,862

Increase (decrease) in notes payable, net

 
1,874,559

 

 
7,818

 

 
1,882,377

Repayment of nonrecourse debt–Legacy assets

 

 

 
(5,704
)
 

 
(5,704
)
Repayment of excess servicing spread financing

 
(47,602
)
 

 

 

 
(47,602
)
Debt financing costs

 
(17,884
)
 

 

 

 
(17,884
)
Net tax benefit for stock grants issued
2,660

 

 

 

 

 
2,660

Contributions from joint venture members to noncontrolling interests

 
4,990

 

 

 

 
4,990

Redemption of shares for stock vesting
(6,554
)
 

 

 

 

 
(6,554
)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
(3,894
)
 
3,448,217

 
(7,121
)
 
91,480

 

 
3,528,682

Net increase/(decrease) in cash

 
221,946

 
1,491

 
9,852

 

 
233,289

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 
152,248

 
401

 

 

 
152,649

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$

 
$
374,194

 
$
1,892

 
$
9,852

 
$

 
$
385,938



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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2012
(IN THOUSANDS)

 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
(Parent)
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$
152,248

 
$
401

 
$

 
$

 
$
152,649

Restricted cash

 
145,657

 
3

 
247,530

 

 
393,190

Accounts receivable

 
3,040,666

 
1,826

 
1,114

 

 
3,043,606

Mortgage loans held for sale

 
1,480,537

 

 

 

 
1,480,537

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt–Legacy Asset, net

 
14,700

 

 
224,207

 

 
238,907

Reverse mortgage interests

 
750,273

 

 

 

 
750,273

Mortgage servicing rights

 
646,833

 

 

 

 
646,833

Investment in subsidiaries
728,908

 
149,188

 

 

 
(878,096
)
 

Property and equipment, net

 
74,191

 
835

 

 

 
75,026

Derivative financial instruments

 
152,189

 

 

 

 
152,189

Other assets
28,774

 
159,976

 
94,202

 
1,987,883

 
(2,077,902
)
 
192,933

Total assets
$
757,682

 
$
6,766,458

 
$
97,267

 
$
2,460,734

 
$
(2,955,998
)
 
$
7,126,143

Liabilities and members’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
$

 
$
1,306,557

 
$

 
$
2,295,029

 
$

 
$
3,601,586

Unsecured senior notes

 
1,062,635

 

 

 

 
1,062,635

Payables and accrued liabilities

 
640,369

 
1,815

 
3,383

 
(14,136
)
 
631,431

Payables to affiliates

 
2,063,766

 

 

 
(2,063,766
)
 

Derivative financial instruments

 
12,060

 

 
7,966

 


 
20,026

Mortgage servicing liability

 
83,238

 

 

 

 
83,238

Nonrecourse debt–Legacy Assets

 

 

 
100,620

 

 
100,620

Excess spread financing – fair value

 
288,089

 

 

 

 
288,089

Participating interest financing

 
580,836

 

 

 

 
580,836

Total liabilities

 
6,037,550

 
1,815

 
2,406,998

 
(2,077,902
)
 
6,368,461

Total equity
757,682

 
728,908

 
95,452

 
53,736

 
(878,096
)
 
757,682

Total liabilities and equity
$
757,682

 
$
6,766,458

 
$
97,267

 
$
2,460,734

 
$
(2,955,998
)
 
$
7,126,143



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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
(IN THOUSANDS)
 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$

 
$
86,328

 
$

 
$
2,453

 
$
(454
)
 
$
88,327

Other fee income

 
5,459

 
6,511

 
117

 

 
12,087

Total fee income

 
91,787

 
6,511

 
2,570

 
(454
)
 
100,414

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
102,345

 

 

 

 
102,345

Total revenues

 
194,132

 
6,511

 
2,570

 
(454
)
 
202,759

Expenses and impairments:

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 
76,005

 
2,742

 

 

 
78,747

General and administrative

 
43,173

 
811

 
2,426

 

 
46,410

Provision for loan losses

 
(461
)
 

 
1,316

 

 
855

Loss on foreclosed real estate

 
124

 

 
1,366

 

 
1,490

Occupancy

 
2,870

 

 

 

 
2,870

Total expenses and impairments

 
121,711

 
3,553

 
5,108

 

 
130,372

Other income / (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 
7,667

 

 
5,294

 
454

 
13,415

Interest expense

 
(28,637
)
 

 
(7,276
)
 

 
(35,913
)
Loss on equity method investments

 
(477
)
 

 

 

 
(477
)
Gain/(loss) on interest rate swaps and caps

 
(506
)
 

 
149

 

 
(357
)
Gain / (loss) from subsidiaries
32,602

 
(1,448
)
 

 

 
(31,154
)
 

Total other income / (expense)
32,602

 
(23,401
)
 

 
(1,833
)
 
(30,700
)
 
(23,332
)
Income before taxes
32,602

 
49,020

 
2,958

 
(4,371
)
 
(31,154
)
 
49,055

Income tax (expense)/benefit
3,673

 
(16,418
)
 
(5
)
 
(30
)
 

 
(12,780
)
Net income
36,275

 
32,602

 
2,953

 
(4,401
)
 
(31,154
)
 
36,275

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:


 


 


 


 


 


Change in value of cash flow hedges

 

 

 
(423
)
 

 
(423
)
Comprehensive income / (loss)
$
36,275

 
$
32,602

 
$
2,953

 
$
(4,824
)
 
$
(31,154
)
 
$
35,852



 


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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
(IN THOUSANDS)
 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Servicing fee income
$

 
$
170,499

 
$

 
$
4,939

 
$
(921
)
 
$
174,517

Other fee income

 
5,576

 
13,649

 
232

 

 
19,457

Total fee income

 
176,075

 
13,649

 
5,171

 
(921
)
 
193,974

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale

 
172,857

 

 

 

 
172,857

Total revenues

 
348,932

 
13,649

 
5,171

 
(921
)
 
366,831

Expenses and impairments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and benefits

 
135,588

 
4,824

 

 

 
140,412

General and administrative

 
69,199

 
1,377

 
4,946

 

 
75,522

Provision for loan losses

 

 

 
1,608

 

 
1,608

Loss on foreclosed real estate

 
124

 

 
3,631

 

 
3,755

Occupancy

 
5,652

 

 

 

 
5,652

Total expenses and impairments

 
210,563

 
6,201

 
10,185

 

 
226,949

Other income / (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income

 
13,554

 

 
10,141

 
921

 
24,616

Interest expense

 
(46,832
)
 

 
(14,061
)
 

 
(60,893
)
Loss on equity method investments

 
(594
)
 

 

 

 
(594
)
Gain/(loss) on interest rate swaps
and caps


 
(812
)
 

 
187

 

 
(625
)
Gain / (loss) from subsidiaries
64,660

 
(1,334
)
 

 

 
(63,326
)
 

Total other income / (expense)
64,660

 
(36,018
)
 

 
(3,733
)
 
(62,405
)
 
(37,496
)
Income before taxes
64,660

 
102,351

 
7,448

 
(8,747
)
 
(63,326
)
 
102,386

Income tax (expense)/benefit
21,801

 
(37,691
)
 
(5
)
 
(30
)
 

 
(15,925
)
Net income / (loss)
86,461

 
64,660

 
7,443

 
(8,777
)
 
(63,326
)
 
86,461

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in value of cash flow hedges

 

 

 
(423
)
 

 
(423
)
Comprehensive income / (loss)
$
86,461

 
$
64,660

 
$
7,443

 
$
(9,200
)
 
$
(63,326
)
 
$
86,038



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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
(IN THOUSANDS)
 

 
 
Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
(Parent)
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income/(loss)
 
$
86,461

 
$
64,660

 
$
7,443

 
$
(8,777
)
 
$
(63,326
)
 
$
86,461

Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities:
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
(Gain)/loss from subsidiaries
 
(64,660
)
 
1,334

 

 

 
63,326

 

Share-based compensation
 

 
8,030

 

 

 

 
8,030

Provision for loan losses
 

 

 

 
1,608

 

 
1,608

(Gain)/loss on sale of mortgage loans
 

 
(172,857
)
 

 

 

 
(172,857
)
Loss on foreclosed real estate and other
 

 
124

 

 
3,631

 

 
3,755

Loss on equity method investments
 

 
594

 

 

 

 
594

(Gain)/loss on ineffectiveness on interest rate swaps and cap
 

 
812

 

 
(187
)
 

 
625

Fair value changes in excess spread financing
 

 
7,263

 

 

 

 
7,263

Depreciation and amortization
 

 
3,385

 

 

 

 
3,385

Fair value changes in mortgage servicing rights
 

 
20,380

 

 

 

 
20,380

Amortization/accretion of mortgage servicing rights at amortized cost
 

 
(624
)
 

 

 

 
(624
)
Amortization (accretion) of premiums/discounts
 

 
7,414

 

 
(1,563
)
 

 
5,851

Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
 

 
(2,996,372
)
 

 

 

 
(2,996,372
)
Proceeds on sale of and payments of mortgage loans held for sale
 

 
2,723,337

 

 
1,033

 

 
2,724,370

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, including servicing advances, net
 

 
(340,581
)
 
(188
)
 
279,273

 
195

 
(61,301
)
Reverse mortgage funded advances
 

 
(220,788
)
 

 

 

 
(220,788
)
Other assets
 
(27,498
)
 
1,462,842

 
(7,181
)
 
(1,533,832
)
 
24,647

 
(81,022
)
Payable and accrued liabilities
 
2,847

 
337,788

 

 
(1,776
)
 
(24,842
)
 
314,017

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
 
(2,850
)
 
906,741

 
74

 
(1,260,590
)
 

 
(356,625
)

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Nationstar Inc.
 
Issuer
(Parent)
 
Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Non-Guarantor
(Subsidiaries)
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
 

 
(8,102
)
 

 

 

 
(8,102
)
Cash proceeds from assumption of reverse mortgage servicing rights, net
 


 
11,852

 

 

 

 
11,852

Deposit on/purchase of forward mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
 

 
(1,979,836
)
 

 

 

 
(1,979,836
)
Loan repurchases from Ginnie Mae
 

 
(4,464
)
 

 

 

 
(4,464
)
Proceeds from sales of REO
 

 
6,764

 

 
5,133

 

 
11,897

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
 

 
(1,973,786
)
 

 
5,133

 

 
(1,968,653
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes
 

 
269,500

 

 

 

 
269,500

Transfers to/from restricted cash
 

 
(78,503
)
 

 
(23,106
)
 

 
(101,609
)
Issuance of common stock, net of IPO issuance costs
 
249,550

 

 

 

 

 
249,550

Issuance of participating interest financing
 

 
182,577

 

 

 

 
182,577

Issuance of excess spread financing
 

 
187,438

 

 

 

 
187,438

Increase (decrease) in notes payable
 

 
253,391

 

 
1,285,794

 

 
1,539,185

Repayment of nonrecourse debt–Legacy assets
 

 

 

 
(7,231
)
 

 
(7,231
)
Repayment of excess servicing spread financing
 

 
(5,507
)
 

 

 

 
(5,507
)
Distribution to subsidiaries
 
(246,700
)
 

 
 
 
 
 
246,700

 

Contribution of parent
 

 
246,700

 

 

 
(246,700
)
 

Debt financing costs
 

 
(35,178
)
 

 

 

 
(35,178
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
2,850

 
1,020,418

 

 
1,255,457

 

 
2,278,725

Net increase/(decrease) in cash
 

 
(46,627
)
 
74

 

 

 
(46,553
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 

 
62,201

 
244

 

 

 
62,445

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$

 
$
15,574

 
$
318

 
$

 
$

 
$
15,892




22. Disclosures Related to Transactions with Affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC
Nationstar maintains a marketing agreement with Springleaf Home Equity, Inc., Springleaf General Financial Services of Arkansas, Inc. and MorEquity, Inc. (collectively “Springleaf”), each of which are indirectly owned by investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Pursuant to this agreement, Nationstar markets mortgage originations products to customers of Springleaf, and is compensated by the origination fees of loans that Nationstar refinances.
Additionally, Nationstar has several agreements to act as the loan subservicer for Springleaf, including one for a whole loan "unencumbered" portfolio and seven for securitized loan portfolios, totaling $3.2 billion for which Nationstar receives a monthly per loan subservicing fee and other performance incentive fees subject to the agreements with Springleaf. For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, Nationstar recognized revenue of $1.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively in additional servicing and other performance incentive fees related to these portfolios. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, Nationstar recognized revenue of $4.0 million and $5.1 million, respectively, in additional servicing and other performance incentive fees related to these portfolios. At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, Nationstar had an outstanding

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receivable from Springleaf of $0.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, which was included as a component of accounts receivable.
Nationstar is the loan servicer for three securitized loan portfolios managed by Newcastle, which is managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC, for which Nationstar receives a monthly net servicing fee equal to 0.50% per annum on the unpaid principal balance of the portfolios, which was $0.9 billion and $1.0 billion, as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, Nationstar received servicing fees and other performance incentive fees of $1.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, Nationstar received servicing fees and other performance incentive fees of $2.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively.
Additionally, Nationstar has entered into several agreements with certain entities formed by Newcastle, in which Newcastle and/or certain funds managed by Fortress own an interest (each a "Newcastle Entity"), where Nationstar sold to the related Newcastle Entity the right to receive a portion of the excess cash flow generated from certain acquired MSRs after receipt of a fixed basic servicing fee per loan. Nationstar retains all ancillary income associated with servicing such MSRs and the remaining portion of the excess cash flow after receipt of the fixed basic servicing fee. Nationstar is the servicer of the loans and provides all servicing and advancing functions for the portfolio. The related Newcastle Entity does not have prior or ongoing obligations associated with these MSR portfolios. Furthermore, should Nationstar refinance any loan in such portfolios, subject to certain limitations, Nationstar will be required to transfer the new loan or a replacement loan of similar economic characteristics into the portfolios. The new or replacement loan will be governed by the same terms set forth in the agreements described above.
The fair value on the outstanding liability related to these agreements was $570.5 million and $288.1 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

In February 2013, Nationstar acquired certain fixed and adjustable rate reverse mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance totaling $83.1 million for a purchase price of $50.2 million. In conjunction with this acquisition, Nationstar entered into an agreement with NIC Reverse Loan LLC, a subsidiary of Newcastle, to sell a participating interest of the acquired reverse mortgage loans. Both Nationstar and NIC Reverse Loan LLC are entitled to the related percentage interest of all amounts received with respect to the reverse mortgage loans, net of payments of servicing fees and the reimbursement to Nationstar of servicing advances. Nationstar receives a fixed payment per loan for servicing these reverse mortgage loans. Nationstar records these reverse mortgage loans as reverse mortgage interests on the Company's consolidated balance sheet.
23. Related Party Disclosure
In March 2011, Nationstar entered into a limited partnership agreement with ANC Acquisition LLC (ANC). ANC was the parent company of National Real Estate Information Services, LP (NREIS), which through the ANC partnership Nationstar held a non-controlling interest in NREIS, an ancillary real estate services and vendor management company that directly and indirectly provided title agency settlement or valuation services for loan originations and default management. As Nationstar was able to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the policies and procedures of the entity, and Nationstar owned less than 50% of the voting interests, Nationstar applied the equity method of accounting. In March 2012 as part of the initial public offering restructuring, Nationstar assumed FIF’s 13% ownership in NREIS, increasing the total Nationstar investment to 35%. For the three months ended June 30, 2013, Nationstar disbursed no servicing-related advances and $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012. Nationstar disbursed servicing-related advances of $0.01 million and $7.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Through the third quarter of 2012, Nationstar had recognized its portion of NREIS' loss on equity method investment of $1.3 million. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the management of NREIS made the decision to wind down its operations due to continuing poor financial results. Because of the decision to wind down operations and the financial condition of NREIS, Nationstar recorded additional losses amounting to $9.0 million. In addition to its initial investment, Nationstar, during May 2012, advanced NREIS $2.0 million for future services. Nationstar determined that these deposits would not be recovered and fully impaired this additional deposit. In order to effect an orderly wind down of the operation, Nationstar, together with the majority owners of ANC, agreed to fund a portion of the expected wind down costs. As such, Nationstar recorded $2.3 million of losses in excess of its investment at December 31, 2012. There were no losses incurred for the three or six months ended June 30, 2013.
24. Subsequent Events

In July 2013, Nationstar completed another portion of the MSR purchase (see Note 1). Nationstar closed on MSRs related to residential mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $47 billion, all of which are non-conforming loans in private label securitizations.


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In July 2013, Nationstar created an advance receivables trust with a financial institution. This trust has the capacity to borrow up to $2.0 billion and its interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50%. The maturity date is June 2014. This trust is secured by servicing advance receivables and the financing is nonrecourse to Nationstar.

In July 2013, Nationstar created an advance receivables trust with a financial institution. This trust has the capacity to borrow up to $2.5 billion. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.50% to 4.25%. and the maturity date is June 2014. This trust is secured by servicing advance receivables and the financing is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
In July 2013, Nationstar completed the offering of $250.0 million of unsecured senior notes, with a maturity date of August 2018. These notes were issued at par. Under the terms of these unsecured senior notes, Nationstar pays interest semiannually to the note holders at an interest rate of 6.500%. These unsecured senior notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
On August 2, 2013, Nationstar entered in a new $700.0 million warehouse facility with a financial institution, which will expire August 2014. The facility has a committed amount of $350.0 million and an uncommitted amount of $350.0 million that can be granted at the discretion of the financial institution. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus 2.25%.
On March 7, 2013, a purported investor in certain residential mortgage-backed securities, serviced by Nationstar, filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the trial court), alleging that Nationstar sold loans at auction, for six trusts where Nationstar acts as master servicer, in violation of the underlying pooling and servicing agreements. The Court temporarily enjoined Nationstar from further sales of loans in response to the complaint; however, on April 22, 2013, the Court dissolved the temporary restraining order, on the stipulation of the parties. On July 2, 2013 Nationstar filed a Motion to Dismiss the case in its entirety.
In a related matter, Nationstar filed suit on July 25, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, seeking Declaratory Relief against, a bidder on defaulted loans in the auction referenced above. On July 29, 2013 the bidder sued by Nationstar and other related entities, filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging breach of contract and promissory estoppel over the same auction that is the subject of the suit filed by Nationstar.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
In conjunction with the completion of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s initial public offering in March 2012, Nationstar Mortgage LLC became a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. was formed as a Delaware corporation for the purpose of reorganizing the structure of FIF HE Holdings LLC (FIF) and Nationstar Mortgage LLC so that the common stock issuer was a corporation rather than a limited liability company. Investors in FIF exchanged their membership units for shares in Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. Because Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. had no operations prior to the reorganization and initial public offering, Nationstar Mortgage LLC is the predecessor company. The following discussion and analysis relates to the operations of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The terms “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the business of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. and subsidiaries (Nationstar Inc. or the Company) or its predecessor Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Nationstar) as appropriate.
General
Our Business
We are a real estate services company engaged primarily in the servicing of residential loans for others and the origination and selling or securitization of single-family conforming mortgage loans to GSEs or other third-party investors in the secondary market. Nationstar, our principal operating subsidiary, is a leading high touch non-bank residential mortgage servicer with a broad array of servicing capabilities across the residential mortgage product spectrum. We have been one of the fastest growing mortgage servicers since 2007 as measured by annual percentage growth in UPB, having grown 79.6% annually on a compounded basis. As of June 30, 2013, we serviced over 1.9 million residential mortgage loans with an aggregate UPB of $318.1 billion, making us one of the largest non-bank servicers in the United States as of June 30, 2013.
We service loans as the owner of the forward MSRs, which we refer to as “primary servicing,” and we service loans on behalf of other MSR or mortgage owners, which we refer to as “subservicing.” We acquire MSRs on a standalone basis and have also developed an innovative model for investing on a capital light basis by co-investing with financial partners in “excess MSRs.” Subservicing represents another capital light means of growing our servicing business, as subservicing contracts are typically awarded on a no-cost basis and do not require substantial capital. As of June 30, 2013, our primary servicing and subservicing, represented 78.5% and 12.6%, respectively of our total servicing portfolio, with 8.9% of our outstanding servicing portfolio consisting of reverse residential mortgage loans. In addition, we operate several adjacent real estate services businesses designed to meet the changing needs of the mortgage industry. These businesses offer an array of ancillary services, including providing services for delinquent loans, managing loans in the foreclosure/REO process and providing title insurance agency, loan settlement and valuation services on newly originated and re-originated loans.

In January 2013, we entered into a mortgage servicing rights purchase and sale agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with a financial institution. Under the Purchase Agreement, we agreed to purchase the rights to service approximately 1.3 million residential mortgage loans with a total UPB of approximately $215 billion, and approximately $5.8 billion of related servicing advance receivables. Approximately 47% of these loans (by UPB) are owned, insured or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae, and the remaining 53% of these loans are non-conforming loans in private label securitizations.

The aggregate purchase price is approximately $7.1 billion, which we expect to fund through a combination of cash on hand, the proceeds of a co-investment by New Residential Investment Corp. (New Residential), and certain funds managed by Fortress, the proceeds of advance financing facilities, and/or other issuances of debt. On January 31, 2013, we closed on the MSRs and associated servicing advance receivables with respect to those loans owned, insured or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On February 1, 2013, we closed on the MSRs and associated servicing advance receivables with respect to those loans owned, insured or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae. We boarded the acquired agency portfolio balance between February and June 2013. The remaining private label securitization portfolios are expected to close and board onto our servicing system through the reminder of 2013.

In July 2013, we completed another portion of the MSR purchase. We closed on MSRs related to residential mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $47 billion, all of which are non-conforming loans in private label securitizations.
We operate a fully integrated loan originations platform to complement and enhance our servicing business. We originate primarily conventional agency (GSE) and government-insured residential mortgage loans and, to mitigate risk, typically sell these loans within 30 days while retaining the associated servicing rights. Our originations efforts are primarily focused on “re-origination,” which involves actively working with existing borrowers to refinance their mortgage loans. By re-originating loans for existing borrowers, we retain the servicing rights, thereby extending the longevity of the servicing cash flows, which we refer to as “recapture.”

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On May 31, 2013, we acquired the loan origination operations and certain assets of Greenlight Financial Services, a residential mortgage originator ("Greenlight"). The assets acquired from Greenlight consist of certain personal property and equipment, intellectual property (including the Greenlight trademark), prepaid expenses and unfunded loan pipeline. Certain post-closing liabilities related to these assets were also assumed as part of the transaction. The aggregate purchase price for these assets was $75.7 million, $65.7 million of which was paid on May 31, 2013, with the balance payable following the closing subject to certain contingencies.
We also have a legacy asset portfolio, which consists primarily of non-prime and nonconforming residential mortgage loans, most of which we originated from April to July 2007. In November 2009, we engaged in a transaction through which we term-financed our legacy assets with a nonrecourse loan.
The analysis of our financial condition and results of operations as discussed herein is primarily focused on the combined results of our two Operating Segments: the Servicing Segment and the Originations Segment.
Our internet address is www.nationstarholdings.com. Through this internet website (under the “Investor Relations / Financial Information” link), we make available, free of charge, our reports that are electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Information contained on or available through this website is not incorporated by reference herein.
Critical Accounting Policies
Various elements of our accounting policies, by their nature, are inherently subject to estimation techniques, valuation assumptions and other subjective assessments. In particular, we have identified four policies that, due to the judgment, estimates and assumptions inherent in those policies, are critical to an understanding of our consolidated financial statements. These policies relate to: (a) fair value measurements, (b) sale of mortgage loans, (c) accounting for mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt and (d) valuation of deferred tax assets. We believe that the judgment, estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are appropriate given the factual circumstances at the time. However, given the sensitivity of our consolidated financial statements to these critical accounting policies, the use of other judgments, estimates and assumptions could result in material differences in our results of operations or financial condition.
For further information on our critical accounting policies, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2012.
Selected Financial Data
Selected consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations and other selected data are as follows (dollars in thousands).
 
June 30, 2013
December 31, 2012
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data:
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
385,938

$
152,649

Accounts receivable
3,448,543

3,043,606

Mortgage loans held for sale
4,018,241

1,480,537

Mortgage servicing rights
1,627,330

646,833

Total assets
11,988,381

7,126,143

Notes payable
6,168,937

3,601,586

Unsecured senior notes
1,969,163

1,062,635

Nonrecourse debt-legacy assets
95,729

100,620

Excess spread financing (at fair value)
570,497

288,089

Participating interest financing
880,234

580,836

Total liabilities
11,035,991

6,368,461

Total Nationstar Inc. stockholders' equity
947,400

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income Data:
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended  June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 Total revenues
$
603,665

 
$
202,759

 
$
1,034,727

 
$
366,831

 Total expenses and impairments
339,851

 
130,372

 
608,422

 
226,949

 Total other expense
(64,685
)
 
(23,332
)
 
(126,183
)
 
(37,496
)
Income before taxes
199,129

 
49,055

 
300,122

 
102,386

 Total income tax expense
75,669

 
12,780

 
114,046

 
15,925

 Net income
123,460

 
36,275

 
186,076

 
86,461

Change in value of designated cash flow hedge
1,819

 
(423
)
 
1,819

 
(423
)
Comprehensive income
$
125,279

 
$
35,852

 
$
187,895

 
$
86,038

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Financial Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by / (used in):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Operating activities
$
(1,857,192
)
 
$
(491,908
)
 
$
(2,229,431
)
 
$
(356,625
)
      Investing activities
(738,199
)
 
(1,966,271
)
 
(1,065,962
)
 
(1,968,653
)
      Financing activities
2,761,290

 
2,118,077

 
3,528,682

 
2,278,725

Adjusted EBITDA(1) (non-GAAP measure)
243,693

 
101,201

 
421,928

 
178,443

     Operating Segments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Interest expense from unsecured senior notes
39,073

 
13,516

 
69,763

 
22,058

     Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
(32,876
)
 
20,875

 
(23,217
)
 
20,380

     Fair value changes on excess spread financing
23,781

 
2,412

 
47,672

 
7,263

     Depreciation and amortization
5,190

 
1,758

 
8,718

 
3,001

     Share-based compensation
2,840

 
6,353

 
5,698

 
8,747

Fair value changes in mortgage servicing rights net of excess spread financing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Mortgage servicing rights:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
118,362

 
(11,054
)
 
161,723

 
(1,686
)
Other changes in fair value
(85,486
)
 
(9,821
)
 
(138,506
)
 
(18,694
)
Excess spread financing:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
(58,471
)
 
(4,950
)
 
(100,433
)
 
(11,377
)
Other changes in fair value
34,690

 
2,538

 
52,761

 
4,114



(1) 
Adjusted EBITDA is a key performance measure used by management in evaluating the performance of our segments. Adjusted EBITDA represents our Operating Segments' income, and excludes income and expenses that relate to the financing of the unsecured senior notes, depreciable (or amortizable) asset base of the business, income taxes, exit costs from our 2007 restructuring and certain non-cash items. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes results from our legacy asset portfolio.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA provides us with a key measure of our Operating Segments' performance as it assists us in comparing our Operating Segments' performance on a consistent basis. Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful in assessing the profitability of our core business and uses Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating our operating performance as follows:
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evaluating our operating performance because this obligation is serviced by the excess earnings from our Operating Segments after the debt obligations that are secured by their assets.
To monitor operating costs of each Operating Segment excluding the impact from depreciation, amortization and fair value change of the asset base, exit costs from our restructuring and non-cash operating expense, such as share-based compensation. Operating costs are analyzed to manage costs per our operating plan and to assess staffing levels, implementation of technology based solutions, rent and other general and administrative costs.
Management does not assess the growth prospects and the profitability of our legacy asset portfolio, except to the extent necessary to assess whether cash flows from the assets in the legacy asset portfolio are sufficient to service its debt obligations.
We also use Adjusted EBITDA (with additional adjustments) to measure our compliance with covenants such as leverage coverage ratios for our unsecured senior notes.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the cash requirements necessary to service principal payments related to the financing of the business;
Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our corporate debt;
although depreciation and amortization and changes in fair value of MSRs are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Because of these and other limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. Adjusted EBITDA is presented to provide additional information about our operations. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, operating income, net income, operating cash flow and other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only supplementally.

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For the three months ended June 30,
For the six months ended June 30,
Net Income from Operating Segments to Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation (dollars in thousands):
2013
 
2012
2013
 
2012
Net income
$
123,460

 
$
36,275

$
186,076

 
$
86,461

Plus: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss from Legacy Portfolio and Other
7,470

 
7,373

15,156

 
15,420

Income tax expense
75,669

 
12,780

114,046

 
15,925

Income from Operating Segments
206,599

 
56,428

315,278

 
117,806

Adjust for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense from unsecured senior notes
39,073

 
13,516

69,763

 
22,058

Depreciation and amortization
5,190

 
1,758

8,718

 
3,001

Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
(32,876
)
 
20,875

(23,217
)
 
20,380

Amortization of mortgage servicing rights/obligations - at amortized cost
(275
)
 
9

(550
)
 
(624
)
 Share-based compensation
2,840

 
6,353

5,698

 
8,747

 Fair value changes on excess spread financing
23,781

 
2,412

47,672

 
7,263

 Fair value changes in derivatives
(639
)
 
(150
)
(1,434
)
 
(188
)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
243,693


$
101,201

$
421,928

 
$
178,443


Results of Operations
Below is a summarization of our consolidated operating results for the periods indicated. We provide further discussion of our results of operations for each of our reportable segments under “Segment Results” below. Certain income and expenses not allocated to our reportable segments are presented under “Legacy Portfolio and Other” below and discussed in “Note 20—Business Segment Reporting”, in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Comparison of Consolidated Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Revenues increased $400.9 million to $603.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 from $202.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, due to increases in both our total fee income and our gain on mortgage loans held for sale. The increase in our total fee income was primarily the result of our higher average forward servicing portfolio balance, which increased to $222.1 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $97.3 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase in the fair value of our mortgage servicing portfolio, and an increase in modification fees earned from HAMP and non-HAMP modifications combined with fees earned from our reverse mortgage portfolio. The increase in the gain on loans held for sale was a result of the $5.3 billion, or 294.4%, increase in the amount of loans originated during the 2013 period compared to the 2012 period, an increase in the value of servicing capitalized due to the larger volume of loan sales and subsequent retention of MSRs.
Expenses and impairments increased $209.5 million to $339.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 from $130.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, primarily due to the increase in compensation expenses related to increased staffing levels in order to accommodate our larger servicing portfolio and originations volumes as well as other related increases in general and administrative expenses.
Other expense increased $41.4 million to $64.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 from $23.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, primarily due to a decrease in our net interest margin resulting from higher average outstanding balances on our outstanding warehouse and advance facilities combined with a higher average outstanding balance on our senior unsecured notes.
For the three months ended June 30, 2013, we incurred tax expense of $75.7 million, an increase of $62.9 million over the comparable 2012 period. During March 2012, we became a taxable entity in conjunction with our initial public offering. We were a taxable entity for the entire 2013 period.

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Revenues increased $667.9 million to $1,034.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 from $366.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, due to increases in both our total fee income and our gain on mortgage loans held for sale. The
increase in our total fee income was primarily the result of our higher average forward servicing portfolio balance of $215.6
billion for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $99.0 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and an
increase in loss mitigation and performance based incentive fees, an increase in the fair value of our mortgage servicing portfolio, combined with fees earned from our reverse mortgage portfolio, which we began servicing in January 2012. The increase in the gain on loans held for sale was a result of the $7.5 billion, or 250.0%, increase in the amount of loans originated during the 2013 period compared to the 2012 period, higher margins earned on the sale of residential mortgage loans during the period and an increase in the value of our outstanding derivative financial instruments as a result of an increase in our outstanding mortgage loan commitments.

Expenses and impairments increased $381.5 million to $608.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 from $226.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, primarily due to the increase in compensation expenses related to increased
staffing levels in order to accommodate our larger servicing portfolio and originations volumes as well as other related
increases in general and administrative expenses.

Other expense increased $88.7 million to $126.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 from $37.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, primarily due to a decrease in our net interest margin resulting from higher average outstanding
balances on our outstanding warehouse and advance facilities combined with a higher average outstanding balance on our
senior unsecured notes.

For the six months ended June 30, 2013, we incurred tax expense of $114.0 million, an increase of $98.1 million over the comparable 2012 period. During March 2012, we became a taxable entity in conjunction with our initial public offering. We were a taxable entity for the entire 2013 period.
Segment Results
Our primary business strategy is to generate recurring, stable income from managing and growing our servicing portfolio. We operate through two business segments: the Servicing Segment and the Originations Segment, which we refer to collectively as our Operating Segments. We report the activity not related to either operating segment in Legacy Portfolio and Other. Legacy Portfolio and Other includes primarily all subprime mortgage loans originated mostly from April to July 2007 or acquired.
The accounting policies of each reportable segment are the same as those of the consolidated financial statements except for (i) expenses for consolidated back-office operations and general overhead expenses such as executive administration and accounting, (ii) revenues generated on inter-segment services performed, and (iii) interest expense on unsecured senior notes. Expenses are allocated to individual segments based on the estimated value of services performed, including total revenue contributions, personnel headcount, and the equity invested in each segment. Revenues generated or inter-segment services performed are valued based on similar services provided to external parties.

Servicing Segment
The Servicing Segment provides loan servicing on our primary and subservicing portfolios, including the collection of principal and interest payments and the generation of ancillary fees related to the servicing of mortgage loans. We also service approximately $28.2 billion in reverse residential mortgage loans which we acquired in 2012. Servicing reverse mortgage loans involves monitoring the condition of the property, advancing for delinquent taxes and insurance, advancing for line of credit draws, and dealing with foreclosure and recovery in the event of default.
Increase in aggregate UPB of our servicing portfolio primarily governs the increase in revenues, expenses and other income (expense) of our Servicing Segment.
The table below provides detail of the UPB of our servicing portfolio at the periods indicated.
 

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June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
Servicing Portfolio (in millions)
 
 
 
Unpaid principal balance (by investor):
 
 
 
Special servicing
$
12,330

 
$
8,996

Government-sponsored enterprises
196,164

 
72,899

Non-Agency securitizations
48,753

 
17,333

Total boarded forward servicing portfolio
257,247

 
99,228

Acquired Servicing Rights owned - serviced by others
21,299

 

Acquired Servicing Rights owned - serviced by predecessor
11,393

 
66,615

Total forward servicing portfolio
289,939

 
165,843

Reverse mortgage servicing
28,176

 
27,232

Total servicing portfolio unpaid principal balance
$
318,115

 
$
193,075

The table below provides detail of the characteristics and key performance metrics of our forward servicing portfolio for the periods indicated.
 
Six months ended June 30,
2013 (1)
 
2012
($ in millions, except for average loan amount)
 
 
 
Loan count-servicing
1,565,432

 
608,212

Ending unpaid principal balance
$
257,247

 
$
99,228

Average unpaid principal balance
$
215,592

 
$
99,016

Average loan amount
$
164,329

 
$
163,147

Average coupon(2)
5.19
%
 
5.52
%
Average FICO
681

 
672

60+ delinquent (% of loans) (3)
11.8
%
 
11.9
%
Total prepayment speed (12 month constant pre-payment rate)
17.9
%
 
15.5
%

(1) 
2013 characteristics and key performance metrics of our servicing portfolio exclude approximately $32.7 billion and approximately 211,602 units of forward residential mortgage loans acquired and currently serviced by others. These loans have been excluded from our key performance metrics above.
(2) 
The Company's servicing portfolio contains a wide range of coupons ranging from 3.00% to more than 7.00%. The average coupon listed in the table above is the arithmetic mean coupon of boarded loans in the Company's servicing portfolio as of June 30, 2013 and 2012.
(3) 
Loan delinquency is based on the current contractual due date of the loan. In the case of a completed loan modification, delinquency is based on the modified due date of the loan.
The following table provides information on the fair value of the Company's owned forward MSR portfolio together with the most significant assumptions utilized in determining such fair value at the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
MSR - Fair Value
$
1,616,421

 
$
635,860

Unpaid principal balance on forward loans serviced for others

 

Credit Sensitive loans
$
206,668,105

 
$
114,629,399

Interest Sensitive loans
35,814,165

 
16,494,985

Total
$
242,482,270

 
$
131,124,384

Nationstar used the following weighted average assumptions in estimating the fair value of MSRs for the dates indicated:

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June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Credit Sensitive MSRs
 
 
 
Discount rate
15.50
%
 
18.11
%
Total prepayment speeds
19.43
%
 
22.42
%
Expected weighted-average life
4.83 years

 
4.12 years

Credit losses
22.98
%
 
24.68
%
Interest Rate Sensitive MSRs
 
 

Discount rate
10.60
%
 
10.62
%
Total prepayment speeds
11.17
%
 
17.08
%
Expected weighted average life
7.37 years

 
5.19 years

Credit losses
13.75
%
 
11.09
%
Our Credit Sensitive MSRs increased by approximately $92.1 billion in UPB of mortgage loans serviced in 2013 due to several significant acquisitions of MSRs. Overall, these additions to our portfolio, while predominantly credit sensitive, were less delinquent than our previously owned Credit Sensitive MSRs. With respect to the assumptions utilized in determining the fair value of the Credit Sensitive MSRs, the assumed discount rate decreased 2.61% to 15.50% at June 30, 2013 from 18.11% at December 31, 2012, due to our acquisitions of better performing Credit Sensitive MSRs. The assumed total prepayment speeds decreased 2.99% to 19.43% at June 30, 2013 from 22.42% at December 31, 2012, due to lower voluntary prepayment speeds inherent in the newly acquired portfolios. The assumed expected weighted-average life increased 0.71 years, to 4.83 years at June 30, 2013 from 4.12 years at December 31, 2012, due to the decrease in the weighted-average prepayment speeds of the credit sensitive loans. The assumed credit losses decreased 1.70% to 22.98 % at June 30, 2013 from 24.68% at December 31, 2012, also principally due to our addition of lower delinquency credit sensitive loans in 2013.
Our Interest Rate Sensitive MSRs increased by approximately $19.3 billion in UPB of mortgage loans serviced in 2013. This increase was driven primarily by our expanding origination activity. With respect to the assumptions utilized in determining the fair value of our Interest Rate Sensitive MSRs, the assumed discount rate remained flat at 10.60% at June 30, 2013 from 10.62% at December 31, 2012. The assumed total prepayment speeds decreased 5.91% to 11.17% at June 30, 2013 from 17.08% at December 31, 2012, due to the fact that the MSRs were originated in a lower interest rate environment than those in prior years, resulting in lower propensity to prepay. The assumed expected weighted-average life increased 2.18 years, to 7.37 years at June 30, 2013 from 5.19 years at December 31, 2012, due to the lower expected prepayment speeds on newly originated MSRs due to the lower interest rate environment. The assumed credit losses increased 2.66% to 13.75% at June 30, 2013 from 11.09% at December 31, 2012, due to slightly higher credit risk identified on certain newly originated MSRs, in particular newly originated MSRs on HARP loans.

In conjunction with Nationstar's acquisition of certain mortgage servicing rights on various pools of residential mortgage loans (the Portfolios), Nationstar has entered into sale and assignment agreements which are treated as financings. Under these agreements, Nationstar sold to New Residential and/or certain Funds managed by Fortress the right to receive a portion of the excess cash flow generated from the Portfolios after receipt of a fixed basic servicing fee per loan. Nationstar accounts for the excess spread financing arrangements as financings as required under ASC 470, Debt.

Nationstar has elected to measure the outstanding financings related to the excess spread financing agreements at fair value, as permitted under ASC 825, Financial Instruments, with all changes in fair value recorded as a charge or credit to servicing fee income in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The fair value on excess spread financing is based on the present value of future expected discounted cash flows with the discount rate approximating current market value for similar financial instruments.
The following table provides information on the fair value of the Company's excess spread financing that is utilized to finance a portion of our MSRs for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands).

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June 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Excess spread financing - fair value
$
570,497

 
$
288,089

Weighted-average assumptions:

 

Mortgage prepayment speeds
13
%
 
14
%
Average life of mortgage loans
4.6 years

 
4.2 years

Discount rate
13
%
 
15
%
As of June 30, 2013, we were a party to several excess spread financing arrangements with similar, but not identical, contract terms. With respect to the weighted average assumptions utilized in determining the fair value of the Company's excess spread financing, the assumed mortgage prepayment speeds decreased 1% to 13% at June 30, 2013 from 14% at December 31, 2012, primarily due to the lower voluntary prepayment profiles on the excess spread financing arrangements that were entered into during 2013 in comparison with the expected voluntary prepayment profile of the excess spread financing entered into during 2012. The assumed average life of mortgage loans increased 0.4 years to 4.6 years at June 30, 2013 from 4.2 years at December 31, 2012, due to the lower average prepayment speed assumptions given the current interest rate environment. The assumed discount rate decreased 2% to 13% at June 30, 2013 from 15% at December 31, 2012, because the credit profile of the MSR portfolios underlying the excess spread financing arrangements entered into during 2013 was slightly better than the prior arrangement.

The activity in our excess spread financing carried at fair value is as follows for the date indicated (in thousands): 
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
Fair value at the beginning of the period
$
288,089

Additions:
 
New financings
282,729

Deductions:
 
Settlements
(47,993
)
Changes in fair value:
 
Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
100,433

Other changes in fair value
(52,761
)
Fair value at the end of the period
$
570,497


The table below provides detail of the characteristics and key performance metrics of our reverse servicing portfolio six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
Six months ended June 30,
2013
 
2012
($ in millions, except for average loan amount)

 
 
Loan count
166,172

 
168,961

Ending unpaid principal balance
$
28,176

 
$
27,232

Average loan amount
$
169,559

 
$
162,170

Average coupon
3.17
%
 
3.20
%
Average borrower age
77

 
76


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Servicing Fee Income
Servicing fee income consists of the following for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
For the three months ended June 30,
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
2013
 
2012
Servicing fee income
$
194,206

 
$
82,080

$
366,287

 
$
142,693

Loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees
11,411

 
7,046

17,217

 
14,954

Modification fees
36,737

 
7,217

61,454

 
14,532

Late fees and other ancillary charges
12,893

 
6,657

24,486

 
14,294

Reverse mortgage fees
9,884

 
8,390

28,577

 
15,241

Other servicing fee related revenues
10,329

 
58

17,449

 
131

Total servicing fee income before MSR fair value adjustments
275,460

 
111,448

515,470

 
201,845

MSR fair value adjustments
32,876

 
(20,875
)
23,217

 
(20,380
)
Fair value adjustments on excess spread financing
(23,781
)
 
(2,412
)
(47,672
)
 
(7,264
)
Total servicing fee income
$
284,555

 
$
88,161

$
491,015

 
$
174,201

The following tables provide servicing fee income and UPB by primary servicing, subservicing, adjacent businesses and reverse servicing for and at the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Primary servicing
$
234,245

 
$
69,420

 
$
426,234

 
$
119,061

Subservicing
26,230

 
31,728

 
52,571

 
63,646

Adjacent businesses

5,101

 
1,910

 
8,088

 
3,897

Reverse servicing
9,884

 
8,390

 
28,577

 
15,241

Total servicing fee income before MSR fair value adjustments
$
275,460

 
$
111,448


$
515,470

 
$
201,845



June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
UPB (in millions)
 
 
 
Primary servicing
$
249,728

 
$
119,131

Subservicing
40,211

 
46,712

Reverse servicing
28,176

 
27,232

Total unpaid principal balance
$
318,115

 
$
193,075


Servicing Segment for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Service Fee Income
Servicing fee income was $284.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $88.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $196.4 million, or 222.7%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
.
Increase of $112.1 million due to higher average UPB on our forward servicing portfolio, which increased to $222.1 billion in the 2013 period compared to $97.3 billion in the comparable 2012 period. The increase in our servicing portfolio was primarily driven by an increase in average UPB for loans serviced for GSEs and other subservicing contracts for third-party investors of $90.2 billion to $160.7 billion in the 2013 period compared to $70.4 billion in the comparable 2012 period. In addition, we also experienced an increase in average UPB for our private asset-backed securitizations portfolio, which increased to $49.8 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $17.7 billion in the comparable 2012 period.
Increase of $4.4 million due to increased loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees earned from a GSE.

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Increase of $29.5 million due to higher modification fees earned from HAMP and non-HAMP modifications.
Increase of $6.2 million from increased collections from late fees and other ancillary charges.
Increase of $1.5 million from fees earned from our reverse mortgage portfolio.
Increase of $53.8 million from change in fair value on MSRs which was recognized in servicing fee income. The fair value of our MSRs is based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows related to servicing these loans. The revenue components of the cash flows are servicing fees, interest earned on custodial accounts, and other ancillary income. The expense components include operating costs related to servicing the loans (including delinquency and foreclosure costs) and interest expenses on servicing advances. The expected future cash flows are primarily impacted by prepayment estimates, delinquencies, and market discount rates. Generally, the value of MSRs increases when interest rates increase and decreases when interest rates decline due to the effect those changes in interest rates have on prepayment estimates. Other factors affecting the MSR value includes the estimated effects of loan modifications on expected cash flows. Such modifications tend to positively impact cash flows by extending the expected life of the affected MSR and potentially producing additional revenue opportunities depending on the type of modification. In valuing the MSRs, we believe our assumptions are consistent with the assumptions other major market participants use. These assumptions include a level of future modification activity that we believe major market participants would use in their valuation of MSRs. Internally, we have modification goals that exceed the assumptions utilized in our valuation model. Nevertheless, were we to apply an assumption of a level of future modifications consistent with our internal goals to our MSR valuation, we do not believe the resulting increase in value would be material. Additionally, several state attorneys general have previously requested that certain mortgage servicers, including us, suspend foreclosure proceedings pending internal review to ensure compliance with applicable law. Although we resumed those previously delayed proceedings in 2011, changes in the foreclosure process that may be required by government or regulatory bodies could increase the cost of servicing and diminish the value of our MSRs. We utilize assumptions of servicing costs that include delinquency and foreclosure costs that we believe major market participants would use to value their MSRs. We periodically compare our internal MSR valuation to third-party valuation of our MSRs to help substantiate our market assumptions. We have considered the costs related to the delayed proceedings in our assumptions and we do not believe that any resulting decrease in the MSR was material given the expected short-term nature of the issue.
Decrease of $21.4 million from change in fair value of our excess spread financing arrangements. In conjunction with various MSR acquisitions, we have entered into sale and assignment agreements, which we treated as financings, whereby we sold the right to receive a portion of the excess cash flow generated from certain underlying MSR portfolios after receipt of a fixed basic servicing fee per loan. We measure these financing arrangements at fair value.
Other Fee Income
Other fee income was $50.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $6.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $44.0 million, or 687.5%, due to an increase in Solutionstar revenues as a result of our Equifax acquisition combined with higher commissions earned on lender placed insurance and higher REO sales commissions.
Expenses and Impairments
Expenses and impairments were $184.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $73.7 million the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $110.3 million, or 149.7%, primarily due to the increase of $41.4 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense resulting primarily from an increase in average headcount from 1,859 in the 2012 period to 3,915 in the 2013 period and an increase of $68.6 million in general and administrative and occupancy-related expenses associated with increased headcount and growth in the servicing portfolio.

The following table provides primary servicing, subservicing, reverse servicing, adjacent businesses and other Servicing Segment expenses for the periods indicated (in thousands). Other Servicing Segment expenses primarily includes share-based compensation expenses.
 

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For the three months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Primary servicing
$
130,732

 
$
29,887

Subservicing
31,826

 
29,203

Reverse servicing
13,792

 
6,959

Adjacent businesses
2,510

 
2,446

Other Servicing Segment expenses
5,098

 
5,161

Total expenses and impairments
$
183,958

 
$
73,656

Other Income (Expense)
Total other expense was $65.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $25.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase in expense, net of income, of $40.0 million or 156.3%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Interest income was $21.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $3.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $18.8 million, due in part to interest earned on our participating interests in reverse mortgages combined with accretion recognized related to discounts recorded on acquired servicer advances. During 2013, in conjunction with an MSR acquisition, we allocated a discount to the related acquired servicer advances. This discount is realized as the underlying servicer advances are collected. We recognized $5.1 million of the discount for the three months ended June 30, 2013 related to collections on the servicer advances.

Interest expense was $88.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $28.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $59.7 million, or 211.0%, primarily due to higher average outstanding debt of $3,373.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $1,151.6 million in the comparable 2012 period. The impact of the higher debt balances is partially offset by lower interest rates due to declines in the base LIBOR and decreases in the overall index margin on outstanding servicer advance facilities. Interest expense from the senior unsecured notes was $28.9 million and $13.5 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Servicing Segment for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

Servicing Fee Income

Servicing fee income was $491.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $174.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $316.8 million, or 181.9%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Increase of $223.6 million due to higher average UPB on our forward servicing portfolio of $215.6 billion in the 2013 period compared to $99.0 billion in the comparable 2012 period. The increase in our servicing portfolio was primarily driven by an increase in average UPB for loans serviced for GSEs and other subservicing contracts for third-party investors of $153.0 billion in the 2013 period compared to $71.3 billion in the comparable 2012 period. In addition, we also experienced an increase in average UPB for our private asset-backed securitizations portfolio, which increased to $51.0 billion in the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $18.1 billion in the comparable 2012 period.

Increase of $2.2 million due to increased loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees earned from a GSE.

Increase of $47.0 million due to higher modification fees earned from HAMP and non-HAMP modifications.

Increase of $10.2 million from higher collections from late fees and other ancillary charges.

Increase of $13.4 million from fees earned from our reverse mortgage portfolio for which we began servicing in
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Increase of $43.6 million from change in fair value on MSRs which was recognized in servicing fee income. The fair value of our MSRs is based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows related to servicing these loans.The revenue components of the cash flows are servicing fees, interest earned on custodial accounts, and other ancillary income. The expense components include operating costs related to servicing the loans (including delinquency and foreclosure costs) and interest expenses on servicing advances. The expected future cash flows are primarily impacted by prepayment estimates, delinquencies, and market discount rates. Generally, the value of MSRs increases when interest rates increase and decreases when interest rates decline due to the effect those changes in interest rates have on prepayment estimates. Other factors affecting the MSR value includes the estimated effects of loan modifications on expected cash flows. Such modifications tend to positively impact cash flows by extending the expected life of the affected MSR and potentially producing additional revenue opportunities depending on the type of modification. In valuing the MSRs, we believe our assumptions are consistent with the assumptions other major market participants use. These assumptions include a level of future modification activity that we believe major market participants would use in their valuation of MSRs. Internally, we have modification goals that exceed the assumptions utilized in our valuation model. Nevertheless, were we to apply an assumption of a level of future modifications consistent with our internal goals to our MSR valuation, we do not believe the resulting increase in value would be material. Additionally, several state attorneys general have previously requested that certain mortgage servicers, including us, suspend foreclosure proceedings pending internal review to ensure compliance with applicable law. Although we resumed those previously delayed proceedings in 2011, changes in the foreclosure process that may be required by government or regulatory bodies could increase the cost of servicing and diminish the value of our MSRs. We utilize assumptions of servicing costs that include delinquency and foreclosure costs that we believe major market participants would use to value their MSRs. We periodically compare our internal MSR valuation to third party valuation of our MSRs to help substantiate our market assumptions. We have considered the costs related to the delayed proceedings in our assumptions and we do not believe that any resulting decrease in the MSR was material given the expected short-term nature of the issue.

Decrease of $40.4 million from change in fair value of our excess spread financing arrangement. In conjunction with various MSR acquisitions, we have entered into sale and assignment agreements, which we treated as financings,
whereby we sold the right to receive 65% of the excess cash flow generated from certain underlying MSR portfolios
after receipt of a fixed basic servicing fee per loan. We measure these financing arrangements at fair value.

Other Fee Income

Other fee income was $89.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $13.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $75.6 million, or 543.9% due to an increase in Solutionstar revenues as a result of our Equifax Settlement Solutions acquisition combined with higher commissions earned on lender placed insurance and higher REO sales commissions.

Expenses and impairments

Expenses and impairments were $331.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $132.9 million the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $198.7 million, or 149.5%, primarily due to the increase of $73.9 million in salaries,wages and benefits expense resulting primarily from an increase in average headcount from 1,876 in the 2012 period to 3,593 in the 2013 period and an increase of $124.8 million in general and administrative and occupancy-related expenses associated with increased headcount and growth in the servicing portfolio.

The following table provides primary servicing, subservicing, reverse servicing, adjacent businesses and other Servicing
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For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Primary servicing
$
225,758

 
$
54,213

Subservicing
65,225

 
56,412

Reverse servicing
26,499

 
8,872

Adjacent businesses
4,684

 
5,213

Other Servicing Segment expenses
9,401

 
8,176

Total expenses and impairments
$
331,567

 
$
132,886


Other Income (Expense)

Total other expense was $122.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $40.2 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase in expense, net of income, of $82.5 million, or 205.2%, primarily due to the net
effect of the following:

Interest income was $35.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $5.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $29.8 million primarily attributable to interest earned on our outstanding
participating interests in reverse mortgages of $23.4 million, with $14.4 million earned in the comparable 2012 period.

Interest expense was $159.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $45.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $114.1 million, or 252.4%, primarily due to higher average outstanding debt of $1,462.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $871.9 million in the comparable 2012 period. The impact of the higher debt balances is partially offset by lower interest rates due to declines in the base LIBOR and decreases in the overall index margin on outstanding servicer advance facilities. Interest expense from the senior unsecured notes was $51.6 million and $22.1 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
Originations Segment
The Originations Segment involves the origination, packaging, and sale of GSE mortgage loans into the secondary markets via whole loan sales or securitizations.
Increase in originations volume primarily governs the increase in revenues, expenses and other income (expense) of our Originations Segment. The table below provides detail of the loan characteristics of loans originated for the periods indicated.
 
 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
For the six months ended June 30,
Originations Volume (in millions)
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Retail
$
3,403.0

 
$
1,211.4

 
$
5,446.1

 
$
1,885.0

Wholesale
2,163.3

 
595.0

 
3,266.0

 
1,112.0

Correspondent

1,547.0

 

 
1,814.2

 

Total Originations
$
7,113.3

 
$
1,806.4

 
$
10,526.3

 
$
2,997.0

Originations Segment for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Originations Revenue
Total revenue was $268.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $108.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $160.6 million, or 148.6%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Other fee income was $7.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $5.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $1.8 million, primarily due to an increase in net points and fees collected of $21.3 million offset by a decrease in broker fees paid of $19.4 million.


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Gain on mortgage loans held for sale consists of the following for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
 
For the three months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Gain on sale
$
187,775

 
$
48,579

Provision for repurchases
(7,905
)
 
(2,776
)
Capitalized servicing rights
50,061

 
11,062

Fair value mark-to-market adjustments
(123,248
)
 
30,942

Mark-to-market on derivatives/hedges
154,550

 
14,528

Total gain on mortgage loans held for sale
$
261,233

 
$
102,335


Gain on mortgage loans held for sale was $261.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $102.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $158.9 million, or 155.3%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Increase of $139.2 million from larger volume of originations, which increased to $7.1 billion in 2013 from $1.8 billion in 2012, and higher margins earned on the sale of residential mortgage loans during the period.
Increase of $39.0 million from capitalized MSRs due to the larger volume of originations and subsequent retention of MSRs.
Increase of $140.1 million from change in unrealized gains/losses on derivative financial instruments. These include IRLCs and forward sales of MBS.
Decrease of $154.1 million resulting from the change in fair value on newly-originated loans.
Decrease of $5.1 million from a larger provision for repurchases as a result of the increase in our loan sale volume.

Expenses and Impairments
Expenses and impairments were $149.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $48.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $101.1 million, or 210.6%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Increase of $52.0 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense from increase in average headcount of 2,556 in 2013 from 948 in 2012 and increases in performance-based compensation due to increases in originations volume.
Increase of $49.1 million in general and administrative and occupancy expense primarily due to an increase in our overhead expenses from the higher originations volume in the 2013 period.
Other Income and Expenses
Total other income (expense) was $1.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase in expense, net of income, of $0.7 million primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Interest income was $26.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $5.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $21.9 million, or 438.0%, representing interest earned from originated loans prior to sale or securitization. The increase is primarily due to the increase in the volume of originations. Loans are typically sold within 30 days of origination.
Interest expense was $25.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $4.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $21.2 million, or 530.0%, primarily due to an increase in originations volume in 2013 and associated financing required to originate these loans, combined with a slight increase in outstanding average days in warehouse on newly originated loans. Additionally, we recognized $10.1 million additional interest expense on senior unsecured notes. In the third quarter of 2012, we began allocating a portion of our interest expense from our unsecured senior notes to our originations segment to match the benefit this segment will receive from future portfolio acquisitions due to the ability to recapture portfolio runoff.

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Originations Segment for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

Originations Revenue

Total revenues were $454.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $178.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $275.8 million, or 154.4%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Other fee income was $13.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $5.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $7.7 million, or 135.1%, primarily due to an increase in net points and fees collected on originated loans as a result of the increase in our origination volume.

Gain on mortgage loans held for sale consists of the following for the periods indicated (in thousands).

 
For the six months ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Gain on sale
$
326,642

 
$
92,494

Provision for repurchases
(13,445
)
 
(5,781
)
Capitalized servicing rights
81,329

 
24,128

Fair value mark-to-market adjustments
(130,182
)
 
25,294

Mark-to-market on derivatives/hedges
176,682

 
36,700

Total gain on mortgage loans held for sale
$
441,026

 
$
172,835


Gain on mortgage loans held for sale was $441.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $172.8 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $268.2 million, or 155.2%, primarily due to the net effect of the
following:

Increase of $234.1 million from larger volume of originations, which increased to $10.5 billion in 2013 from $3.0 billion in 2012 , and higher margins earned on the sale of residential mortgage loans during the period.

Increase of $57.2 million from capitalized MSRs due to the larger volume of originations and subsequent retention of MSRs.

Decrease of $155.5 million resulting from the change in fair value on newly-originated loans.

Increase of $140.0 million from change in unrealized gains/losses on derivative financial instruments. These include
IRLCs and forward sales of MBS.

Decrease of $7.6 million from an increase in our provision for repurchases as a result of the increase in our loan sale volume.

Expenses and Impairments

Expenses and impairments were $261.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $76.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $184.5 million, or 241.2%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Increase of $92.8 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense from increase in average headcount of 909 in 2012 to 2,338 in 2013 and increases in performance-based compensation due to increases in originations volume.

Increase of $91.6 million in general and administrative and occupancy expense primarily due to an increase in our
overhead expenses from the higher originations volume in the 2013 period.

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Total other income (expense) was $(4.1) million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease in income, net of expense, of $4.9 million, or 612.5% primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Interest income was $37.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $8.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $29.3 million, or 340.7%, representing interest earned from originated loans prior to sale or securitization. The increase is primarily due to the increase in the volume of originations. Loans are typically
sold within 30 days of origination.

Interest expense was $42.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to $7.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $34.2 million, or 438.5%, primarily due to an increase in originations volume in 2013 and associated financing required to originate these loans, combined with a slight increase in outstanding average days in warehouse on newly originated loans. Additionally, we recognized an additional $18.1 million in amortization on our outstanding debt facilities due to recent amendments and modifications on our outstanding warehouse facilities.

Legacy Portfolio and Other
Our Legacy Portfolio and Other consist primarily of non-prime and nonconforming residential mortgage loans that we primarily originated from April to July 2007. Revenues and expenses are primarily a result of mortgage loans transferred to securitization trusts that were structured as secured borrowings, resulting in carrying the securitized loans as mortgage loans on our consolidated balance sheets and recognizing the asset-backed certificates as nonrecourse debt. These loans were transferred on October 1, 2009, from mortgage loans held for sale to a held-for-investment classification at fair value on the transfer date. Subsequent to the transfer date, we completed the securitization of the mortgage loans, which was structured as a secured borrowing. This structure resulted in carrying the securitized loans as mortgages on our consolidated balance sheet and recognizing the asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as nonrecourse debt.
The table below provides detail of the characteristics of our securitization trusts included in Legacy Portfolio and other for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
 
June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Performing – UPB
$
270,473

 
$
294,527

Nonperforming (90+ Delinquency) - UPB
89,279

 
70,731

REO - Estimated Fair Value
23,043

 
3,429

Total Legacy Portfolio and Other – UPB
$
382,795

 
$
368,687


Legacy Portfolio and Other for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Total revenues remained the same at $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012.
Total expenses and impairments were $6.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $8.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $1.9 million, or 21.8%.
Interest income, net of interest expense decreased to $(1.4) million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012.
In addition, we recorded a gain on interest rate swaps and caps of $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, compared to loss of $(0.5) million recorded during the comparable 2012 period. In conjunction with the Reorganization, FIF contributed outstanding interest rate swaps in March 2012 to Nationstar. These interest rate swaps generally require Nationstar to pay a fixed interest rate and receive a variable interest rate based on LIBOR. These interest rate swaps have not been designated as accounting hedges.

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Total revenues were $0.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $0.2 million. This decrease was primarily a result of decreased service fee income.

Total expenses and impairments were $15.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $17.6 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $1.8 million, or 10.2%. This change was primarily due to a decrease in loss on foreclosed real estate and provision for loan losses.

Interest income, net of interest expense, decreased to $(0.9) million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012. The decrease in net interest income was primarily due to an increase in settlement expenses related to certain interest rate swaps.

Analysis of Items on Consolidated Balance Sheet

Assets
Restricted cash consists of certain custodial accounts related to collections on certain mortgage loans and mortgage loan advances that have been pledged to debt counterparties under various master repurchase agreements (MRAs). Restricted cash was $405.5 million at June 30, 2013, an increase of $12.3 million from December 31, 2012, primarily a result of lower servicer advance reimbursement amounts due to the timing of recoveries on pledged servicer advances offset by new custodial deposits on additional custodial balances related to our servicing portfolio acquisitions.

Accounts receivable consists primarily of accrued interest receivable on mortgage loans and securitizations, collateral deposits on surety bonds and advances made to nonconsolidated securitization trusts and various taxing authorities, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately repaid from the securitization trusts. Accounts receivable increased $0.4 billion to $3.4 billion at June 30, 2013, primarily due to the increase in our servicing portfolio as a result of the closing on a portion of our MSR acquisition during the first and second quarters of 2013.

Mortgage loans held for sale are carried at fair value. We estimate fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators including recent trades and outstanding commitments. Mortgage loans held for sale were $4.0 billion at June 30, 2013, an increase of $2.5 billion from December 31, 2012, primarily due to $10.9 billion of loan originations and purchases during the 2013 period partially offset by $8.4 billion in mortgage loan sales.

Mortgage loans held for investment, principally subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets consist of nonconforming or non-prime mortgage loans securitized which serve as collateral for the nonrecourse debt. Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets was $257.2 million at June 30, 2013, an increase of $18.3 million from December 31, 2012. This increase was primarily a result of $26.4 million in purchased agency loans that were ineligible to be resold. These purchases were offset by principle payments and prepayments received.

Reverse mortgage interests consists of scheduled and unscheduled draws on reverse residential mortgage loans, capitalized interest and servicing fees, and fees paid to taxing authorities to cover unpaid taxes and insurance. Reverse mortgage interests were $1.1 billion at June 30, 2013, an increase of $0.3 billion from December 31, 2012, primarily due to additional amounts advanced under reverse mortgage interests. In addition to new advances made, in February 2013, Nationstar acquired certain fixed and adjustable rate reverse mortgage loans with NIC Reverse Loan LLC.

MSRs consist of servicing assets related to all existing forward residential mortgage loans transferred to a third party in a transfer that meets the requirements for sale accounting or through the acquisition of the right to service residential mortgage loans that do not relate to our assets and certain reverse residential mortgage loans. MSRs were $1.6 billion at June 30, 2013, an increase of $1.0 billion over December 31, 2012, primarily a result of the purchase of servicing portfolios for $876.0 million combined with capitalization of $81.3 million newly created MSRs, and a $23.2 million increase in the fair value of our MSRs.

Property and equipment, net is comprised of land, furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, computer software, computer hardware, and software in development and other. These assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment, net was $100.7 million at June 30, 2013, an increase of $25.7 million from December 31, 2012, as we invested in information technology systems to support volume growth in both our Servicing and Originations Segments.

Derivative financial instruments include IRLCs, forward sales of MBS, forward sales commitments, LPCs and interest rate swaps, all of which are recorded at fair value. Derivative financial instruments increased $231.0 million from December 31, 2012 to $383.2 million at June 30, 2013. The change was primarily driven by an increase in the value of outstanding forward sales of MBS which increased $258.8 million from December 31, 2012.


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Other assets include deferred financing costs, REO, receivables from affiliates, prepaid expenses and loans subject to repurchase rights from Ginnie Mae. Other assets increased $82.9 million from December 31, 2012 to $275.8 million, primarily due to an increase in goodwill and other intangibles of $61.4 million due to two business combinations combined with a $20.9 million increase in deferred financing costs.

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

At June 30, 2013, total liabilities were $11.0 billion, a $4.6 billion increase from December 31, 2012. The increase was primarily due to a $2,567.3 million increase in notes payable as we financed outstanding advances acquired during the Bank of America portfolio acquisition and our issuance of $900.0 million in unsecured senior notes in February, March and May 2013. In addition, we had an increase in excess spread financing of $282.4 million and an increase in participating interest financing of $299.4 million. The increases are generally the result of our acquisitions of MSR portfolios and the increase in our mortgage origination business.

Included in our payables and accrued liabilities caption on our balance sheet is our reserve for repurchases and indemnifications of $27.2 million and $18.5 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. This liability represents our (i) estimate of losses to be incurred on the repurchase of certain loans that we previously sold and (ii) estimate of losses to be incurred for indemnification of losses incurred by purchasers or insurers with respect to loans that we sold. Certain sale contracts include provisions requiring us to repurchase a loan or indemnify the purchaser or insurer for losses if a borrower fails to make certain initial loan payments due to the acquirer or if the accompanying mortgage loan fails to meet certain customary representations and warranties. These representations and warranties are made to the loan purchasers or insurers about various characteristics of the loans, such as the manner of origination, the nature and extent of underwriting standards applied and the types of documentation being provided and typically are in place for the life of the loan. Although the representations and warranties are in place for the life of the loan, we believe that most repurchase requests occur within the first five years of the loan. In the event of a breach of the representations and warranties, we may be required to either repurchase the loan or indemnify the purchaser for losses it sustains on the loan. In addition, an investor may request that we refund a portion of the premium paid on the sale of mortgage loans if a loan is prepaid within a certain amount of time from the date of sale. We record a provision for estimated repurchases, loss indemnification and premium recapture on loans sold, which is charged to gain on mortgage loans held for sale.

The activity of our outstanding repurchase reserves were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands).

 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Repurchase reserves, beginning of period
$
18,511

 
$
10,026

Additions
13,445

 
13,121

Charge-offs
(4,728
)
 
(4,636
)
Repurchase reserves, end of period
$
27,228

 
$
18,511


The following table summarizes the changes in UPB and loan count related to unresolved repurchase and indemnification requests for the periods indicated (dollars in millions):
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
 
UPB
 
Count
 
UPB
 
Count
Beginning balance
$
14.0

 
79

 
$
12.9

 
61

Repurchases & indemnifications
(5.9
)
 
(40
)
 
(5.5
)
 
(26
)
Claims initiated
21.0

 
114

 
24.3

 
132

Rescinded
(17.5
)
 
(96
)
 
(17.7
)
 
(88
)
Ending Balance
$
11.6

 
57

 
$
14.0

 
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The following table details our loan sales by period (dollars in billions):

 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
Total
 
$
 
Count
 
$
 
Count
 
$
 
Count
 
$
 
Count
 
$
 
Count
 
$
 
Count
Loan Sales
$
8.5

 
38,035
 
$
6.9

 
31,262

 
$
3.3

 
16,629

 
$
2.6

 
13,090

 
$
1.0

 
5,344

 
$
22.3

 
104,360


We increase the reserve by applying an estimated loss factor to the principal balance of loan sales. Secondarily, the reserve may be increased based on outstanding claims received. We have observed an increase in repurchase requests in each of the last five years. We believe that because of the increase in our loan originations since 2008, repurchase requests are likely to increase. Should home values continue to decrease, our realized loan losses from loan repurchases and indemnifications may increase as well. As such, our reserve for repurchases may increase beyond our current expectations. While the ultimate amount of repurchases and premium recapture is an estimate, we consider the liability to be adequate at each balance sheet date.

At June 30, 2013, total Nationstar Inc. stockholders' equity was $947.4 million, a $189.7 million increase from December 31, 2012, which is primarily attributable to net income of $186.1 million in the 2013 period, $5.7 million in share-based compensation, $2.7 million in excess tax benefit from share based compensation and offset by a tax withholding of $6.6 million related to a share based settlement of common stock by management.

Impact of Inflation and Changing Prices
Our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto presented herein have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which requires the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of our operations. Unlike most industrial companies, nearly all of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on our performance than do the effects of general levels of inflations. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and services.

Recent Accounting Developments
See Note 2, Recent Accounting Developments, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements for details of recently issued accounting pronouncements and their expected impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity measures our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including the funding of servicing advances, the payment of operating expenses, the originations of loans and the repayment of borrowings. Our cash balance increased to $385.9 million as of June 30, 2013 from $152.6 million as of December 31, 2012, primarily due to cash inflows from financing activities, offset by cash outflows in our operating and investing activities.

From 2010 through 2012, we have completed offerings of $1.1 billion of unsecured senior notes, with maturity dates ranging from April 2015 to October 2020. We pay interest semi-annually to the note holders of these notes at interest rates ranging from 7.875% to 10.875%. In the first and second quarters of 2013, we completed offerings of $900.0 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes, with maturity dates of July 2021 and June 2022. Under the terms of the unsecured senior notes, we pay interest semi-annually to the note holders at an interest rate of 6.50%.
In July 2013, Nationstar completed the offering of $250.0 million of unsecured senior notes, with a maturity date of August 2018. These notes were issued at par. Under the terms of these unsecured senior notes, we pay interest semiannually to the note holders at an interest rate of 6.500%. These unsecured senior notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We use a significant portion of the proceeds from these offerings to fund newly originated loans until these funds are ultimately deployed towards the purchase of mortgage servicing rights or other purposes.

We grew our servicing portfolio to $318.1 billion in UPB as of June 30, 2013 from $193.1 billion in UPB as of June 30, 2012. We shifted our strategy after 2007 to leverage our industry-leading servicing capabilities and capitalize on the

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opportunities to grow our originations platform which has led to the strengthening of our liquidity position. As a part of our shift in strategy, we ceased originating non-prime loans in 2007, and new originations have been focused on loans that are eligible to be sold to GSEs. Since 2008, substantially all originated loans have either been sold or are pending sale.

In 2012, we acquired the servicing rights of approximately $28.4 billion in unpaid principal balance in reverse mortgage loans. As servicer for these reverse mortgage loans, among other things, we are required to make advances to borrowers as required. These advances are temporarily financed through our reverse participations and max claim buyouts financing facility. We typically hold the participation interests which are made up of the related advances for approximately 30 days and then pool the participation interests into a government securitization and repay the financing facility. At June 30, 2013, our maximum unfunded advance obligation related to these reverse mortgage loans was approximately $4.4 billion.

As part of the normal course of our business, we borrow money periodically to fund servicing advances and loan originations. The loans we originate are financed through several warehouse lines on a short-term basis. We typically hold the loans for approximately 30 days and then sell the loans or place them in government securitizations and repay the borrowings under the warehouse lines. We rely upon several counterparties to provide us with financing facilities to fund a portion of our servicing advances and to fund our loan originations on a short- term basis. Our ability to fund current operations depends upon our ability to secure these types of short term financings on acceptable terms and to renew or replace the financings as they expire.

At this time, we see no material negative trends that we believe would affect our access to long-term borrowings, short-term borrowings or bank credit lines sufficient to maintain our current operations, or would likely cause us to cease to be in compliance with any applicable covenants in our indebtedness or that would inhibit our ability to fund operations and capital commitments for the next 12 months.

Our primary sources of funds for liquidity include: (i) lines of credit, other secured borrowings and the unsecured senior notes; (ii) servicing fees and ancillary fees; (iii) payments received from sale or securitization of loans; (iv) payments received from mortgage loans held for sale; and (v) payments from the liquidation or securitization of our outstanding participating interests in reverse mortgage loans.

Our primary uses of funds for liquidity include: (i) funding of servicing advances; (ii) originations of loans; (iii) payment of interest expenses; (iv) payment of operating expenses; (v) repayment of borrowings; (vi) payments for acquisitions of MSRs; and (vii) scheduled and unscheduled draws on our serviced reverse residential mortgage loans.

Our servicing agreements impose on us various rights and obligations that affect our liquidity. Among the most significant of these obligations is the requirement that we advance our own funds to meet contractual principal and interest payments for certain investors and to pay taxes, insurance, foreclosure costs and various other items that are required to preserve the assets being serviced. Delinquency rates and prepayment speed affect the size of servicing advance balances. As a result of our purchases of the servicing rights to certain reverse mortgages in 2012, we are required to fund payments due to borrowers, which advances are typically greater than advances on forward residential mortgages. These advances are typically recovered upon weekly or monthly reimbursement or from sale in the market.

We believe there are opportunities to grow our business through acquisitions and we actively explore potential acquisition opportunities in the ordinary course of our business. Potential acquisitions may include MSRs relating to residential mortgage loans, subservicing contracts, servicing platforms and originations platforms, as well as other assets and liabilities or businesses in related lines of business. Any future acquisitions could require substantial additional capital in excess of cash from operations. We may fund these potential acquisitions through a combination of cash on hand, the proceeds of a co-investment by New Residential, and certain funds managed by Fortress, the proceeds of advance financing facilities and/or other issuances of debt.

Operating Activities

Our operating activities used $2,229.4 million of cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and $356.6 million of cash flow for the same period in the prior year. The increase in cash used by operating activities of $1,872.8 million during the 2013 period was primarily due to higher volume originations of residential mortgage loans partially offset by higher volume of sales of mortgage loans. The increase was primarily due to the net effect of the following:

Increase of $7,952.3 million due to higher originations volume combined with our purchases of mortgage loans held for sale. We originated and purchased $10,948.7 million in residential mortgage loans during the six month period ended June 30, 2013, compared to $2,996.4 million in mortgage originations and purchases for the comparable 2012 period. This increase in cash outflows was partially offset by an increase of $5,881.2 million in our cash inflows from

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proceeds received from the sale of our residential mortgage loans and payments received on mortgage loans. We received $8,605.6 million in cash proceeds from loan sales and principal collections for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $2,724.4 million for the comparable 2012 period.

Increase of $393.9 million in cash inflows provided by working capital which provided $344.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $49.1 million in cash outflow for the comparable 2012 period.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities used $1,066.0 million and $1,968.7 million of cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The $902.7 million decrease in cash flows used by investing activities from the 2012 period to the 2013 period was primarily a result of MSR acquisitions completed to 2012, offset by a $78.2 million cash outflow related to our acquisition of Greenlight Financial Services and Equifax Settlement Services.

Financing Activities

Our financing activities provided $3,528.7 million and $2,278.7 million of cash flow during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The $1,250.0 million increase in cash flows provided by our financing activities was primarily the result of our three additional unsecured senior notes offerings during February 2013, March 2013 and May 2013, respectively, combined with an increase in proceeds from the issuance of notes payable primarily as a result of our increased originations volume.

Contractual Obligations

The table below sets forth our contractual obligations, excluding legacy asset securitized debt, our excess spread financing, and our participating interest financing at June 30, 2013.

 
Less than 1 Year
 
1-3 Years

 
3-5 Years
 
More than 5 Years  
 
Total     
Unsecured senior notes
$

 
$
285,000

 
$

 
$
1,675,000

 
$
1,960,000

Interest expense from unsecured senior notes
153,027

 
283,218

 
252,188

 
329,831

 
1,018,264

MBS advance financing facility
425,930

 

 

 

 
425,930

Securities repurchase facility (2011)
11,620

 

 

 

 
11,620

Nationstar Agency advance financing facility
878,378

 

 

 

 
878,378

MSR Note
1,851

 

 

 

 
1,851

Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivable Trust
1,424,469

 

 

 

 
1,424,469

MBS advance financing facility 2012
55,163

 

 

 

 
55,163

Reverse participation financing facility
84,966

 

 

 

 
84,966

$750 million warehouse facility
751,893

 

 

 

 
751,893

$600 million warehouse facility
540,101

 

 

 

 
540,101

$1.0 billion warehouse facility
972,733

 

 

 

 
972,733

$300 million warehouse facility
241,542

 

 

 

 
241,542

$400 million warehouse facility
380,449

 

 

 

 
380,449

ASAP+ facility
399,842

 

 

 

 
399,842

Lease obligations
32,178

 
56,431

 
25,842

 
23,741

 
138,192

Total
$
6,354,142

 
$
624,649

 
$
278,030

 
$
2,028,572

 
$
9,285,393


In addition to the above contractual obligations, we have also been involved with several securitizations of ABS, which were structured as secured borrowings. These structures resulted in us carrying the securitized loans as mortgages on our consolidated balance sheet and recognizing the asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as nonrecourse debt. The timing of the principal payments on this nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans and liquidation of REO. The outstanding principal balance on our Nonrecourse Debt-Legacy Assets was $95.7 million at

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June 30, 2013. The repayment of our excess spread financing is based on amounts received on the underlying mortgage loans. As such, we have excluded the financing from the table above. The fair value of our excess spread financing was $570.5 million at June 30, 2013. The repayment of our participating interest financing is based on amounts received related to our reverse mortgage interests and as such we have excluded this financing from the table above. The recorded amount of our participating interest financing was $880.2 million at June 30, 2013.

In July 2013, we completed the offering of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2018, for net cash proceeds of $245.7 million.

Variable Interest Entities and Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

See Note 4, Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations, of the notes of the consolidated financial statements for a summary of Nationstar's transactions with VIEs and unconsolidated balances details of their impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Derivatives

See Note 11, Derivative Financial Instruments, of the notes of the consolidated financial statements for a summary of Nationstar's derivative transactions.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We are exposed to a variety of market risks which include interest rate risk, consumer credit risk and counterparty credit risk.
Interest Rate Risk
Changes in interest rates affect our operations primarily as follows:
Servicing Segment
 
an increase in interest rates would increase our costs of servicing our outstanding debt, including our ability to finance servicing advances;
a decrease (increase) in interest rates would generally increase (decrease) prepayment rates and may require us to report a decrease (increase) in the value of our MSRs;
a change in prevailing interest rates could impact our earnings from our custodial deposit accounts; and
an increase in interest rates could generate an increase in delinquency, default and foreclosure rates resulting in an increase in both operating expenses and interest expense and could cause a reduction in the value of our assets.

Originations Segment
 
a substantial and sustained increase in prevailing interest rates could adversely affect our loan originations volume because refinancing an existing loan would be less attractive and qualifying for a loan may be more difficult; and
an increase in interest rates would increase our costs of servicing our outstanding debt, including our ability to finance loan originations;
We actively manage the risk profiles of IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale on a daily basis and enter into forward sales of MBS in an amount equal to the portion of the IRLC expected to close, assuming no change in mortgage interest rates. In addition, to manage the interest rate risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale, we enter into forward sales of MBS to deliver mortgage loan inventory to investors.
Consumer Credit Risk
We sell our loans on a nonrecourse basis. We also provide representations and warranties to purchasers and insurers of the loans sold that typically are in place for the life of the loan. In the event of a breach of these representations and warranties, we may be required to repurchase a mortgage loan or indemnify the purchaser, and any subsequent loss on the mortgage loan may be borne by us. If there is no breach of a representation and warranty provision, we have no obligation to repurchase the loan or indemnify the investor against loss. The outstanding UPB of loans sold by us represents the maximum potential exposure related to representation and warranty provisions.

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We maintain a reserve for losses on loans repurchased or indemnified as a result of breaches of representations and warranties on our sold loans. Our estimate is based on our most recent data regarding loan repurchases and indemnity payments, actual credit losses on repurchased loans, recovery history, among other factors. Our assumptions are affected by factors both internal and external in nature. Internal factors include, among other things, level of loan sales, as well as to whom the loans are sold, the expectation of credit loss on repurchases and indemnifications, our success rate at appealing repurchase demands and our ability to recover any losses from third parties. External factors that may affect our estimate include, among other things, the overall economic condition in the housing market, the economic condition of borrowers, the political environment at investor agencies and the overall U.S. and world economy. Many of the factors are beyond our control and may lead to judgments that are susceptible to change.
Counterparty Credit Risk
We are exposed to counterparty credit risk in the event of non-performance by counterparties to various agreements. We monitor the credit ratings of our counterparties and do not anticipate losses due to counterparty non-performance.
Sensitivity Analysis
We assess our market risk based on changes in interest rates utilizing a sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity analysis measures the potential impact on fair values based on hypothetical changes (increases and decreases) in interest rates.
We use a duration-based model in determining the impact of interest rate shifts on our loan portfolio, certain other interest-bearing liabilities measured at fair value and interest rate derivatives portfolios. The primary assumption used in these models is that an increase or decrease in the benchmark interest rate produces a parallel shift in the yield curve across all maturities.
We utilize a discounted cash flow analysis to determine the fair value of MSRs and the impact of parallel interest rate shifts on MSRs. The primary assumptions in this model are prepayment speeds and market discount rates. However, this analysis ignores the impact of interest rate changes on certain material variables, such as the benefit or detriment on the value of future loan originations, non-parallel shifts in the spread relationships between MBS, swaps and U.S. Treasury rates and changes in primary and secondary mortgage market spreads. For mortgage loans, IRLCs and forward delivery commitments on MBS, we rely on a model in determining the impact of interest rate shifts. In addition, for IRLCs, the borrower’s propensity to close their mortgage loans under the commitment is used as a primary assumption.
Our total market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including market volatility and the liquidity of the markets. There are certain limitations inherent in the sensitivity analysis presented, including the necessity to conduct the analysis based on a single point in time and the inability to include the complex market reactions that normally would arise from the market shifts modeled.

We used June 30, 2013 market rates on our instruments to perform the sensitivity analysis. The estimates are based on the market risk sensitive portfolios described in the preceding paragraphs and assume instantaneous, parallel shifts in interest rate yield curves. These sensitivities are hypothetical and presented for illustrative purposes only. Changes in fair value based on variations in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in fair value may not be linear.
The following table summarizes the estimated change in the fair value of our assets and liabilities sensitive to interest rates as of June 30, 2013 given hypothetical instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve:
 

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Change in Fair Value
June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
Down 25 bps
 
Up 25 bps      
Increase (decrease) in assets
 
 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale
$
56,428

 
$
(59,098
)
Mortgage servicing rights – fair value
(26,062
)
 
26,914

Other assets (derivatives)
 
 
 
Interest Rate Lock Commitments
86,230

 
(100,875
)
Total change in assets
116,596

 
(133,059
)
Increase (decrease) in liabilities
 
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps and caps
2,590

 
(2,554
)
Forward MBS trades
140,929

 
(150,699
)
Excess spread financing (at fair value)
(7,207
)
 
7,832

Total change in liabilities
136,312

 
(145,421
)
Total, net change
$
(19,716
)
 
$
12,362


Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), as of June 30, 2013.
Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2013, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Disclosure controls and procedures are designed at a reasonable assurance level and are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
There have been no material changes or additions to the legal proceedings previously disclosed under "Legal Proceedings" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013. From time to time, we are party to various legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of conducting business. Although the outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not currently expect any of the proceedings pending against us, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations (see Note 19 - Commitments and Contingencies and Note 24 - Subsequent Events).
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes or additions to the risk factors previously disclosed under “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchase of Equity Securities By the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

Period
(a) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased 1
(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
(b) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
(d) Maximum Number (or Appropriate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Program
April 1, 2013 - April 30, 2013





May 1, 2013 - May 31, 2013





June 1, 2013 - June 30, 2013

3,203 Shares

$ 41.68



Total
3,203 Shares

$ 41.68




1 The 3,203 shares of common stock of Nationstar Inc. reported herein represent the surrender of these shares to Nationstar Inc. in an amount equal to the amount of tax withheld by Nationstar Inc. in satisfaction of the withholding obligations of certain employees in connection with the vesting of restricted shares. As of the date of this report, Nationstar Inc. has no publicly announced plans or programs to repurchase Nationstar Inc. common stock.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.

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Item 6. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
 
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.1+
Acquisition Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2013, by and among Greenlight Financial Services, Joann Pham and Nationstar Mortgage LLC
8-K
001-35449
2.1
5/9/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.1
Indenture, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, the guarantors thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
8-K
001-35449
4.1
5/31/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.2
Form of Global Note for $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
8-K
001-35449
4.2
5/31/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.3
Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.1
6/11/2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.4
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.2
6/11/2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.5
Series 2013-VF2 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.3
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.6
Series 2013-VF3 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.4
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.7
Series 2013-VF4 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.5
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
4.8
Series 2013-T1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.6
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.9
Series 2013-T2 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.7
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.10
Series 2013-T3 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.8
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.11
Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.12
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.13
Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
4.14
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.15
Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 21, 2013 to the Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement, dated as of January 31, 2013 to the Fourth Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2013, between Nationstar Agency Advance Funding Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and as sole noteholder of the Class A-VF1 variable funding notes, the Class B-VF1 variable funding notes, the Class C-VF1 variable funding notes and the Class D-VF1 variable funding notes
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.1
Second Amendment, dated April 1, 2013, to the Addendum to Mortgage Selling and Servicing Contract (Early Advance Funding Agreement), dated December 31, 2012, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.2
Amendment No. 6, dated May 31, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated October 21, 2010, between Bank of America, N.A. and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.3*
Amendment Number One, dated May 31, 2013, to the Transactions Terms Letter for Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated January 30, 2013, between Bank of America, N.A. and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.4
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Advance Funding III LLC and Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust
8-K
001-35449
10.1
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.5
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-BofA and Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
10.6
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-CS and Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.7
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Advance Funding III LLC
8-K
001-35449
10.2
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.8
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-BofA




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.9
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-CS




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.10
Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated May 17, 2013, between Barclays Bank PLC, as purchaser and agent, Sutton Funding LLC, as purchaser, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as seller




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.11 **
Nationstar Mortgage LLC Executive Management Incentive Plan, which amended and restated the Nationstar Mortgage LLC Management Incentive Plan
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

*
Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted and have been filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 as promulgated with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

**
Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

+
Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any referenced schedule to the SEC upon request.




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

 
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
 
August 9, 2013
 
/s/ Jay Bray
Date
 
Jay Bray
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 

August 9, 2013
 
/s/ David C. Hisey
Date
 
David C. Hisey
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)


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Exhibit Index
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
2.1+
Acquisition Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2013, by and among Greenlight Financial Services, Joann Pham and Nationstar Mortgage LLC

8-K
001-35449
2.1
5/9/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.1
Indenture, dated as of May 31, 2013, by and among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, the guarantors thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
8-K
001-35449
4.1
5/31/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.2
Form of Global Note for $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
8-K
001-35449
4.2
5/31/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.3
Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.1
6/11/2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.4
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.2
6/11/2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.5
Series 2013-VF2 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.3
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.6
Series 2013-VF3 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.4
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
4.7
Series 2013-VF4 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.5
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.8
Series 2013-T1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.6
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.9
Series 2013-T2 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.7
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.10
Series 2013-T3 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as an administrative agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as an administrative agent, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as an administrative agent
8-K
001-35449
4.8
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.11
Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.12
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
4.13
Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and as administrator, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.14
Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement to Indenture, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS, as issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as administrator and as servicer, and Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.15
Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 21, 2013 to the Series 2013-VF1 Indenture Supplement, dated as of January 31, 2013 to the Fourth Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2013, between Nationstar Agency Advance Funding Trust, as issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as indenture trustee, calculation agent, paying agent and securities intermediary, and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and as sole noteholder of the Class A-VF1 variable funding notes, the Class B-VF1 variable funding notes, the Class C-VF1 variable funding notes and the Class D-VF1 variable funding notes
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.1
Second Amendment, dated April 1, 2013, to the Addendum to Mortgage Selling and Servicing Contract (Early Advance Funding Agreement), dated December 31, 2012, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.2
Amendment No. 6, dated May 31, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated October 21, 2010, between Bank of America, N.A. and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.3*
Amendment Number One, dated May 31, 2013, to the Transactions Terms Letter for Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated January 30, 2013, between Bank of America, N.A. and Nationstar Mortgage LLC




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.4
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Advance Funding III LLC and Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust
8-K
001-35449
10.1
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.5
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-BofA and Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-BofA




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.6
Receivables Pooling Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-CS and Nationstar Servicer Advance Receivables Trust 2013-CS




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit Number
Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed or Furnished Herewith
10.7
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Advance Funding III LLC
8-K
001-35449
10.2
6/11/2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.8
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-BofA




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.9
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated July 1, 2013, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC 2013-CS




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.10
Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated May 17, 2013, between Barclays Bank PLC, as purchaser and agent, Sutton Funding LLC, as purchaser, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as seller




X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.11 **
Nationstar Mortgage LLC Executive Management Incentive Plan, which amended and restated the Nationstar Mortgage LLC Management Incentive Plan
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32.1
Certification by Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32.2
Certification by Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

*
Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted and have been filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 as promulgated with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

**
Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.


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+
Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any referenced schedule to the SEC upon request.

93