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ACQUISITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
ACQUISITIONS  
ACQUISITIONS

5.  ACQUISITIONS

 

Homeward Fee-Based Businesses

 

On March 29, 2013, we acquired certain fee-based businesses associated with Ocwen’s acquisition of Homeward.  As part of the acquisition, Ocwen agreed not to develop similar fee-based businesses that would directly or indirectly compete with services provided by Altisource relative to the Homeward servicing portfolio.  Additionally, the terms of our service agreements with Ocwen were amended to extend the term from 2020 to 2025 (see Note 4).  We paid $75.8 million, after a working capital and net income adjustment of $11.1 million, for the Homeward fee-based businesses.  From the acquisition date through December 31, 2013, we recorded service revenue of $108.8 million and we estimate pre-tax income is $24.3 million related to these businesses.

 

Since the acquisition date, management adjusted the preliminary purchase price allocation and assigned associated asset lives based upon information that has become available.  In addition to the working capital adjustment, we also reduced premises and equipment by $1.2 million based on a post-acquisition detailed analysis of software licenses received.  The purchase price allocation and assessment of asset lives will continue to be revised as additional information about the fair value of assets and liabilities becomes available.  Such assessment must be completed within 12 months from the acquisition date.

 

The preliminary adjusted allocation of the purchase price is estimated as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premises and equipment

 

$

1,559

 

Customer relationship

 

75,609

 

 

 

77,168

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(1,351

)

 

 

 

 

Purchase price

 

$

75,817

 

 

 

 

Estimated
life
(in years)

 

 

 

 

 

Premises & equipment

 

3 - 5

 

Customer relationship

 

7

 

 

ResCap Fee-Based Businesses

 

On April 12, 2013, we entered into an agreement with Ocwen to establish additional terms related to the existing servicing arrangements between Altisource and Ocwen in connection with certain mortgage servicing platform assets of ResCap (the “ResCap Business”).  The Service Agreements provide that (i) Altisource will be the exclusive provider, except as prohibited by applicable law, to Ocwen of certain services related to the ResCap Business, (ii) Ocwen will not establish similar fee-based businesses that would directly or indirectly compete with Altisource’s services as they relate to the ResCap Business and (iii) Ocwen will market and promote the utilization of Altisource’s services to their various third party relationships.  Additionally, the parties agreed to use commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the loans associated with the ResCap Business are boarded onto Altisource’s mortgage servicing platform.  We paid $128.8 million ($80.0 million on April 12, 2013 and $48.8 million on May 10, 2013) for the ResCap fee-based businesses. From the acquisition date through December 31, 2013, we recorded service revenue of $59.4 million and we estimate pre-tax income is $19.9 million related to these businesses.

 

We acquired no tangible assets and assumed no liabilities in connection with the acquisition.  However, certain employees as well as practices and processes developed to support the ResCap servicing portfolio were components of the transaction.  We accounted for this transaction as a business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805.

 

Management prepared a final purchase price allocation and assigned associated asset lives based upon available information at the time of the agreement and through the date of filing.  The agreement consideration of $128.8 million was fully allocated to the customer relationship intangible asset with an estimated average useful life of 7 years.

 

Equator Acquisition

 

On November 15, 2013, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding limited liability company interests of Equator pursuant to the previously reported Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of August 19, 2013 (the “Purchase Agreement”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we paid $63.4 million at closing in cash (net of closing working capital adjustments), subject to certain post-closing adjustments based on current assets and current liabilities of Equator at closing, to be settled within 90 days of the closing date.  Additionally, the Purchase Agreement provides for the payment of up to $80 million in potential additional consideration (the “Earn Out”). The Earn Out consideration is determined based on Equator Adjusted EBITA (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in the three consecutive 12-month periods following closing. Up to $22.5 million of the Earn Out consideration can be earned in each of the first two 12-month periods, and up to $35.0 million can be earned in the third 12-month period.

 

Any amounts earned upon the achievement of Adjusted EBITA thresholds are payable through 2017.  We may, in our discretion, pay up to 20% of each payment of any Earn Out consideration in shares of Company restricted stock, with the balance to be paid in cash.  From the acquisition date through December 31, 2013, we recorded service revenue of $7.5 million, and pre-tax loss is $1.0 million.

 

The preliminary adjusted allocation of the purchase price is estimated as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

$

9,293

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

954

 

Premises and equipment

 

16,974

 

Customer relationships and trade names

 

43,393

 

Goodwill

 

82,460

 

Other non-current assets

 

242

 

Assets acquired

 

153,316

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(7,232

)

Deferred revenue

 

(36,689

)

Liabilities assumed

 

(43,921

)

 

 

 

 

Purchase price

 

$

109,395

 

 

The Equator purchase price includes the fair value of the Earn Out of $46.0 million, determined based on the present value of future estimated Earn Out payments.

 

 

 

Estimated
life
(in years)

 

 

 

 

 

Premises and equipment (excluding internally developed software)

 

3 - 5

 

Internally developed software (included in premises and equipment)

 

7

 

Customer relationships

 

7 - 15

 

Trade names

 

4

 

 

The following tables present the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations as if the Homeward, ResCap Business and Equator transactions had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

 

 

Year ended
December 31, 2013

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

As reported

 

Pro forma

 

Revenue

 

$

768,357

 

$

854,098

 

Net income attributable to Altisource

 

129,973

 

132,907

 

Earnings per share — diluted

 

5.19

 

5.31

 

 

 

 

Year ended
December 31, 2012

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

As reported

 

Pro forma

 

Revenue

 

$

568,360

 

$

781,834

 

Net income attributable to Altisource

 

110,627

 

129,229

 

Earnings per share — diluted

 

4.43

 

5.18

 

 

The unaudited pro forma information presents the combined operating results of Altisource and the Homeward, ResCap Business and Equator transactions.  The Homeward, ResCap Business and Equator operating results were derived from their historical financial statements for the most comparable periods available.  The results prior to the acquisition dates have been adjusted to include the pro forma impact of the adjustment of amortization of the acquired intangible assets based on the preliminary purchase price allocations, the adjustment of interest expense reflecting the portion of our $200 million senior secured term loan, increased to $400 million on May 7, 2013, and Amendment No. 2 to the senior secured term loan agreement dated as of December 9, 2013 used in the Homeward, ResCap Business and Equator transactions and to reflect the impact of income taxes on the pro forma adjustments utilizing Altisource’s effective income tax rate in each period presented.

 

The unaudited pro forma results are presented for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect additional revenue opportunities, the realization of any potential cost savings and any related integration costs.  Certain revenue opportunities and cost savings may result from the transactions and the conversion to the Altisource model; however, there can be no assurance that these revenue opportunities and cost savings will be achieved.  These pro forma results do not purport to be indicative of the results that would have actually been obtained if the transactions occurred as of the beginning of each of the periods presented, nor is the pro forma data intended to be a projection of results that may be obtained in the future.