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Exhibit 99.1
(WALTER INVESTMENT LOGO)
Press Release
     
[NOT] FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE

November 3, 2010
   
 
  Investor and Media Contact: Whitney Finch
Director of Investor Relations
813.421.7694
wfinch@walterinvestment.com
WALTER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP. ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2010 FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Tampa, Fla.) — Walter Investment Management Corp. (NYSE Amex: WAC) (“Walter Investment” or the “Company”) today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.
The Company reported income before income taxes for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 of $10.0 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, as compared to income before income taxes for the year ago period of $9.6 million, or $0.46 per diluted share. Net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $9.7 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, as compared to net income for the third quarter 2009 of $8.2 million, or $0.40 per diluted share. Results for this quarter included a $1.7 million gain on debt extinguishment associated with temporary investments of excess cash in the Company’s securitization debt.
Mark J. O’Brien, Walter Investment’s Chairman and CEO, said, “We are pleased with the continued strong performance of both our legacy portfolio and the residential loan pools we have acquired this year. We believe these excellent results are due to our high-touch servicing platform. While we are selective about the assets we choose to purchase using the capital from last year’s equity raise, we continue to find attractively priced assets which meet our investment criteria, albeit at a slower pace than originally anticipated.”
Third Quarter 2010 Dividend Declaration
On November 2, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend of $0.50 per share to shareholders of record as of November 12, 2010, which will be paid on November 24, 2010.
Purchase of Marix Servicing, LLC
On November 2, 2010, the Company finalized the purchase transaction of Marix Servicing, LLC (“Marix”) a high-touch specialty servicer based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Company anticipates the acquisition of Marix will enhance its portfolio acquisition opportunities by providing a servicing platform with a nationwide footprint. Additionally, Marix provides an independent revenue stream, expanding the Company’s revenue growth opportunities, as well as a highly developed information technology infrastructure which will be leveraged by both organizations.
Third Quarter 2010 Operating Highlights
    Reflecting continued strong performance, consolidated delinquencies were 4.56 percent at September 30, 2010, as compared to 4.26 percent at June 30, 2010 and 5.55 percent at September 30, 2009. Walter Investment’s delinquency rates (adjusted to reflect comparable methodologies) remain better than the most recently released Mortgage Banker’s Association’s subprime industry survey average by more than 50 percent.
 
    On an annualized basis, the asset yield for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 was 10.14 percent and the Company’s interest cost on outstanding debt was 6.75 percent. The net interest margin for the quarter, which is net interest income as a percentage of average earning assets, was 5.15 percent, in-line with the third quarter of 2009.
 
    Loss severities were 16.9 percent in the third quarter, as compared to 14.3 percent for the second quarter of 2010 and 16.9 percent in the third quarter of 2009.
 
    During the third quarter of 2010, the Company paid dividends on August 27, 2010 of $12.9 million to its shareholders.
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Charles E. Cauthen, Walter Investment’s President and COO, said, “Our field servicing organization continues to deliver superior results from our residential loan portfolio, including the recently acquired pools of loans. We are also working actively on opportunities to integrate the Walter Investment and Marix servicing operations to leverage the best attributes of both platforms.”
In reference to recent concerns in the market regarding foreclosure processes and procedures, Mr. Cauthen said, “We recently conducted a review of such processes and procedures for both our servicing group and Marix. We are comfortable that proper compliance policies and procedures are in place and being followed. We expect this issue will have no direct effect on our operations.”
Third Quarter 2010 Financial Summary
Net interest income for the quarter was $21.0 million as compared to $20.8 million in the year-ago period. The increase reflects lower outstanding balances and lower voluntary prepayment speeds, offset by an improvement in seriously delinquent accounts.
The provision for loan losses was $3.2 million, compared with $2.7 million in the year ago period. Although overall default rates and loss severities have remained relatively flat as compared to the prior year quarter, defaults and severities were more concentrated in the accounts with higher average loan balances, have increased, resulting in a higher provision for losses in the current year period.
Non-interest income was $2.2 million in the third quarter of 2010 as compared to $3.3 million in the prior year period, primarily due to lower revenues from advisory services coupled with lower insurance premium revenue. The prior year period includes a gain from the sale of the Company’s third party insurance agency portfolio.
Non-interest expenses decreased from $11.8 million in the third quarter of 2009 to $10.0 million for the third quarter of 2010. The 2010 amount is net of a $1.7 million gain recognized as a result of the extinguishment of debt associated with the purchase of Mid-State Trust 2006-1 and Trust VIII bonds.
Third Quarter 2010 Liquidity Summary
At September 30, 2010, the Company had $40.2 million of cash. The Company had no borrowings under its $15 million revolving credit facility at September 30, 2010.
Purchase of Pools of Loans
During the third quarter of 2010, the Company completed the purchase of two pools of primarily performing, fixed-rate residential loans on single-family, owner occupied residences located within the Company’s existing southern United States geographic footprint. These purchases utilized $21.0 million of proceeds from the Company’s 2009 equity offering.
The Company has also recently entered into letters of intent to purchase additional pools of performing and nonperforming residential loans which, when settled, are expected to utilize approximately $10 million of proceeds from the equity offering.

 


 

Purchase of Bonds
During the quarter, the Company invested approximately $17.5 million to purchase a portion of the Company’s mortgage-backed debt from its 2006-1 securitization and approximately $2.4 million from its Trust VIII securitization through brokerage transactions. These purchases resulted in gains of approximately $1.7 million recognized in the results for the third quarter.
On November 1, 2010, the Company invested approximately $14.4 million to purchase a portion of the Company’s mortgage-backed debt from its Trust 2006-1 securitization through a brokerage transaction. The Company anticipates the purchase will result in a gain of approximately $2.3 million which will be recognized in the fourth quarter.
Conference Call Webcast
Members of the Company’s leadership team will discuss Walter Investment’s third quarter results and other general business matters during a conference call and live webcast to be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. To listen to the event live or in an archive which will be available for 30 days, visit the Company’s website at www.walterinvestment.com.
About Walter Investment Management Corp.
Walter Investment Management Corp. is an asset manager, mortgage servicer and mortgage portfolio owner specializing in non-conforming, less-than-prime, and other credit-challenged mortgage assets. Based in Tampa, Fla., the Company currently has $1.8 billion of assets under management and annual revenues of approximately $180 million. The Company is structured as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and employs approximately 340 people. For more information about Walter Investment Management Corp., please visit the Company’s website at www.walterinvestment.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this release and in any of Walter Investment Management Corp.’s public documents referred to herein, contain or incorporate by reference “forward-looking” statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Walter Investment Management Corp. is including this cautionary statement to make applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical fact are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “objective,” “plan,” “goal” and similar expressions, and the opposites of such words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current beliefs, intentions and expectations; however, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements, to differ materially from those reflected in the statements made or incorporated in this release. Thus, these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and should not be relied upon as predictions of future events. The risks and uncertainties referred to above include, but are not limited to, the continued availability of loan portfolios meeting the Company’s performance criteria at prices that will result in desired returns and financing sources to purchase additional portfolios, the completion of the Marix transaction in accordance with the terms and conditions of the purchase agreement; the accuracy of management’s due diligence on and its assessment of the Marix business; future economic and business conditions; the loss by Marix of key customers or reduction in the services contracted for by any such customers; the failure of the market for Marix’s services to develop; the possibility that the Company may not be able to integrate the business, operations and employees of Marix successfully; the inability to manage growth; the effects of competition from a variety of local, regional, national and other mortgage servicers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2010.

 


 

All forward-looking statements set forth herein are qualified by this cautionary statement and are made only as of November 3, 2010. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained herein, including without limitation, any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, or otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.

 


 

Walter Investment Management Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2010     2009     2010     2009  
Net interest income:
                               
Interest income
  $ 41,307     $ 43,019     $ 124,817     $ 133,525  
Less: Interest expense
    20,316       22,229       62,612       67,972  
 
                       
Total net interest income
    20,991       20,790       62,205       65,553  
Less: Provision for loan losses
    3,234       2,701       11,224       10,663  
 
                       
Total net interest income after provision for loan losses
    17,757       18,089       50,981       54,890  
 
                               
Non-interest income:
                               
Premium revenue
    1,778       2,025       6,636       8,086  
Other income, net
    437       1,263       2,213       2,066  
 
                       
Total non-interest income
    2,215       3,288       8,849       10,152  
 
                               
Non-interest expenses:
                               
Claims expense
    914       1,098       2,739       3,760  
Salaries and benefits
    5,708       5,441       18,547       15,254  
Legal and professional
    1,014       615       2,849       3,215  
Occupancy
    350       223       1,023       1,023  
Technology and communication
    681       687       2,082       2,236  
Depreciation and amortization
    59       105       243       336  
General and administrative
    2,868       3,219       8,131       8,286  
Gain on debt extinguishment
    (1,680 )           (1,680 )      
Losses (gains) on real estate owned, net
    60       401       (1,293 )     548  
Related party — allocated corporate charges
                      853  
 
                       
Total non-interest expenses
    9,974       11,789       32,641       35,511  
 
                               
Income before income taxes
    9,998       9,588       27,189       29,531  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    312       1,345       828       (75,725 )
 
                       
Net income
  $ 9,686     $ 8,243     $ 26,361     $ 105,256  
 
                       
 
                               
Basic earnings per common and common equivalent share
  $ 0.36     $ 0.40     $ 0.98     $ 5.16  
 
                               
Diluted earnings per common and common equivalent share
  $ 0.36     $ 0.40     $ 0.98     $ 5.15  
 
                               
Total dividends declared per common and common equivalent shares
  $ 0.50     $ 0.50     $ 1.00     $ 0.50  
 
                               
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding — basic
    26,474,001       20,586,199       26,411,018       20,299,435  
 
                               
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding — diluted
    26,569,897       20,687,965       26,492,850       20,357,139  

 


 

Walter Investment Management Corp. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollars in thousands, except share amounts)
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2010     2009  
ASSETS
               
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 40,199     $ 99,286  
Restricted cash
    10,875       8,963  
Restricted cash of securitization trusts
    38,192       42,691  
Receivables, net
    3,524       3,052  
Residential loans, net of allowance for loan losses of $5,388 and $3460, respectively
    355,212       333,636  
Residential loans of securitization trusts, net of allowance for loan losses of $10,893 and $14,201, respectively
    1,256,404       1,310,710  
Subordinate security
    1,820       1,801  
Real estate owned
    28,259       21,981  
Real estate owned of securitization trusts
    35,949       41,143  
Deferred debt issuance costs
    17,360       18,450  
Other assets
    4,979       5,961  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,792,773     $ 1,887,674  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
Accounts payable
  $ 590     $ 13,489  
Accounts payable of securitization trusts
    539       556  
Accrued expenses
    28,386       28,296  
Deferred income taxes, net
    118       173  
Mortgage-backed debt of securitization trusts
    1,183,636       1,267,454  
Accrued interest of securitization trusts
    8,129       8,755  
Other liabilities
    801       767  
 
           
Total liabilities
    1,222,199       1,319,490  
 
           
 
       
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share:
               
Authorized - 10,000,000 shares
               
Issued and outstanding - 0 shares at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
           
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share:
               
Authorized - 90,000,000 shares
               
Issued and outstanding - 25,758,716 and 25,642,889 shares at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
    258       256  
Additional paid-in capital
    125,955       122,552  
Retained earnings
    442,981       443,433  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    1,380       1,943  
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    570,574       568,184  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 1,792,773     $ 1,887,674  
 
           

 


 

Walter Investment Management Corp. and Subsidiaries
Operating Statistics
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
                         
    2010   2010   2009
    Q3   Q2   Q3
     
30+ Delinquencies (1)
    4.56 %     4.26 %     5.55 %
90+ Delinquencies (1)
    2.57 %     2.31 %     3.24 %
 
                       
Provision for Losses
  $ 3.2     $ 4.0     $ 2.7  
Net Charge-offs
  $ 3.7     $ 4.6     $ 3.2  
     
Charge-off Ratio (2)
    0.90 %     1.13 %     0.75 %
 
                       
Allowance for Losses
  $ 16.3     $ 16.7     $ 17.8  
Allowance for Losses Ratio (3)
    1.00 %     1.02 %     1.05 %
 
                       
30+ Delinquencies (1)
  $ 80.8     $ 75.5     $ 102.7  
REO (Real Estate Owned)
    64.2       62.2       56.7  
TIO (Taxes, Insurance, Escrow and Other Advances)
    17.2       16.2       15.4  
     
Nonperforming Assets (Delinquencies + REO + TIO)
  $ 162.2     $ 153.9     $ 174.8  
Nonperforming Assets Ratio (4)
    8.75 %     8.32 %     9.08 %
 
                       
Default Rate (5)
    5.15 %     6.37 %     5.37 %
Fixed Rate Mortgages
    5.10 %     5.96 %     5.20 %
Adjustable Rate Mortgages
    9.34 %     37.07 %     14.71 %
 
                       
Loss Severity (6)
    16.86 %     14.30 %     16.90 %
Fixed Rate Mortgages
    12.15 %     11.69 %     12.51 %
Adjustable Rate Mortgages
    64.99 %     41.54 %     61.75 %
 
                       
Number of Accounts Serviced (7)
    34,520       34,700       35,725  
 
                       
Total Portfolio (8)
  $ 1,853.8     $ 1,850.6     $ 1,924.7  
 
                       
ARM Portfolio (9)
  $ 28.0     $ 23.5     $ 27.3  
 
                       
Prepayment Rate (Voluntary CPR)
    2.63 %     3.13 %     3.36 %
 
                       
Book Value per Share (10)
  $ 22.15     $ 22.28     $ 25.60  
 
                       
Debt to Equity Ratio
    2.07:1       2.14:1       2.54:1  
 
(1)   Delinquencies are defined as the percentage of principal balances outstanding which have monthly payments over 30 days past due. The calculation of delinquencies excludes from delinquent amounts those accounts that are in bankruptcy proceedings that are paying their mortgage payments in contractual compliance with bankruptcy court approved mortgage payment obligations.
 
(2)   The charge-off ratio is calculated as annualized net charge-offs, divided by average residential loans before the allowance for losses.
 
(3)   The allowance for losses ratio is calculated as period-end allowance for losses divided by period-end residential loans before the allowance for losses.
 
(4)   The nonperforming assets ratio is calculated as period-end non-performing assets, divided by period-end principal balance of residential loans plus REO and TIO.
 
(5)   Default rate is calculated as the annualized balance of repossessions for the quarter divided by the average total balance of the portfolio for the quarter.
 
(6)   Loss severities are calculated as the loss on sale of REO properties divided by the carrying value of REO.
 
(7)   Includes REO accounts.
 
(8)   Total portfolio includes the principal balance of residential loans, REO and TIO.
 
(9)   ARM portfolio includes the principal balance of adjustable rate residential loans and REO resulting from defaulted adjustable rate residential loans.
 
(10)   Book Value per share is calculated by dividing the Company’s equity by total shares issued and outstanding of 25,758,716.
 
NM   Not Meaningful