0000950123-11-063358.txt : 20110630 0000950123-11-063358.hdr.sgml : 20110630 20110630172040 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-063358 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 14 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110630 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110630 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar Mortgage LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001507951 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MORTGAGE BANKERS & LOAN CORRESPONDENTS [6162] IRS NUMBER: 752921540 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370 FILM NUMBER: 11942980 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar Capital Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001507955 IRS NUMBER: 271996157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-14 FILM NUMBER: 11942994 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508009 IRS NUMBER: 203437712 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-12 FILM NUMBER: 11942992 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harwood Insurance Services, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508010 IRS NUMBER: 752921540 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-10 FILM NUMBER: 11942990 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harwood Service Co LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508011 IRS NUMBER: 752925375 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-11 FILM NUMBER: 11942991 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harwood Service Co Of Georgia, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508012 IRS NUMBER: 731643246 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-09 FILM NUMBER: 11942989 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harwood Service Co Of New Jersey, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508013 IRS NUMBER: 743047401 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-08 FILM NUMBER: 11942988 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508014 IRS NUMBER: 201356314 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-07 FILM NUMBER: 11942987 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar 2009 Equity Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508015 IRS NUMBER: 041583514 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-06 FILM NUMBER: 11942986 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar Equity Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508016 IRS NUMBER: 752711305 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-05 FILM NUMBER: 11942985 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar Industrial Loan Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508017 IRS NUMBER: 752786875 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-04 FILM NUMBER: 11942984 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nationstar Industrial Loan Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508018 IRS NUMBER: 752903483 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-03 FILM NUMBER: 11942983 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NSM Foreclosure Services Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508019 IRS NUMBER: 273916074 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-01 FILM NUMBER: 11942981 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NSM Recovery Services Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508020 IRS NUMBER: 273275696 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-02 FILM NUMBER: 11942982 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508022 IRS NUMBER: 752921540 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171370-13 FILM NUMBER: 11942993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 BUSINESS PHONE: (469) 549-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 350 HIGHLAND DRIVE CITY: LEWISVILLE STATE: TX ZIP: 75067 S-4/A 1 y04304a6sv4za.htm FORM S-4/A sv4za
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2011
Registration No. 333-171370
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
Amendment No. 6
to
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
 
 
     
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
  NATIONSTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION
     
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
  Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
6162
  6162
(Primary standard industrial classification code number)
  (Primary standard industrial classification code number)
75-2921540
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  27-1996157
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
  350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices)
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of principal executive offices)
 
and the Guarantors identified in Table of Additional Registrant Guarantors below
 
 
 
 
     
Anne Sutherland, Esq. 
  Duane McLaughlin, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
  One Liberty Plaza
350 Highland Drive
  New York, New York 10006
Lewisville, Texas, 75067
  (212) 225-2000
(469) 549-2000
   
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
  (Copies of all communications, including
communications sent
to agent for service)
     
 
 
 
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.
 
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  o
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o
 
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 


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Table of Additional Registrant Guarantors
 
                   
Name
   
Jurisdiction
   
I.R.S. Employer ID #
   
Address and Telephone #
Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III
General Partner, LLC
    Delaware     75-2921540     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P.      Delaware     20-3437712     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Harwood Service Company LLC     Delaware     75-2925375     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Harwood Insurance Services, LLC     California     75-2921540     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Harwood Service Company Of Georgia, LLC     Georgia     73-1643246     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Harwood Service Company Of New Jersey, LLC     New Jersey     74-3047401     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC     Delaware     20-1356314     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation     Delaware     27-1285662     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Nationstar Equity Corporation     Nevada     75-2711305     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Nationstar Industrial Loan Company     Tennessee     75-2786875     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation     Minnesota     75-2903483     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
NSM Recovery Services Inc.      Delaware     27-3275696     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
NSM Foreclosure Services Inc.      Delaware     27-3916074     350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
(469) 549-2000
                   


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 30, 2011
 
PROSPECTUS
 
(NATIONSTAR LOGO)
 
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
 
Nationstar Capital Corporation
 
Offer to Exchange any and all of our outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015
for $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

Terms of the Exchange Offer
 
  •  We are offering to exchange any and all of our outstanding 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015 that were issued on March 26, 2010 (the “Old Notes”) for an equal amount of new 10.875% Senior Notes 2015 (the “New Notes”, and together with the Old Notes, the “Notes”).
 
  •  The exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on          , 2011 (such date and time, the “Expiration Date”, unless we extend or terminate the exchange offer, in which case the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the exchange offer).
 
  •  Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
 
  •  All Old Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.
 
  •  The exchange of Old Notes for New Notes generally will not be a taxable exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
 
  •  We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.
 
  •  The terms of the New Notes to be issued in the exchange offer are substantially the same as the terms of the Old Notes, except that the offer of the New Notes is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the New Notes have no transfer restrictions, rights to additional interest or registration rights.
 
  •  The New Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of each of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Capital Corporation, jointly and severally, and will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of our existing and future domestic subsidiaries other than non-guarantor subsidiaries as defined by the indenture governing the New Notes. See “Description of the New Notes.”
 
  •  The New Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. A public market for the New Notes may not develop, which could make selling the New Notes difficult.
 
We are making the exchange offer in reliance on the position of the staff of the SEC as set forth in interpretive letters addressed to third parties in other transactions, including the SEC staff’s no-action letter, Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, available May 13, 1988. See “Description of the Exchange Offer—Resale of the New Notes.”
 
Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. The letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes where such Old Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Starting on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) and ending on the close of business 90 days after the Expiration Date, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
Investing in the New Notes to be issued in the exchange offer involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 18.
 
We are not making an offer to exchange Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The date of this prospectus is          , 2011.


 

 
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We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the offering that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this prospectus or the related registration statement. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to sell, or solicitations of offers to purchase, the securities offered by this document are unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this document does not extend to you. The information contained in this document speaks only as of the date of this document unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 to register this exchange offer of the New Notes, which you can access on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. This prospectus, which forms part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information included in that registration statement. For further information about us and about the New Notes offered in this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the public reference room maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. These materials are also available to the public from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.


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MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA
 
Certain market and industry data included in this prospectus has been obtained from third party sources that we believe to be reliable. Market estimates are calculated by using independent industry publications, government publications and third party forecasts in conjunction with our assumptions about our markets. We have not independently verified such third party information. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding any market, industry or similar data presented herein, such data involves risks and uncertainties and is subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.
 
WEBSITES
 
The information contained on or that can be accessed through any of our websites is not incorporated in, and is not part of, this prospectus or the registration statement.


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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
This prospectus summary contains basic information about our company and the offering. It may not contain all the information that may be important to you. For certain industry terms, investors are referred to the section entitled “Glossary of Industry Terms” beginning on page 86. Investors should carefully read this entire prospectus, including the information set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and in our consolidated financial statements and related notes. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to “Nationstar,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer collectively to Nationstar Mortgage LLC and its subsidiaries. With respect to the discussion of the terms of the notes on the cover page, in the section entitled “Prospectus Summary—Summary of the Exchange Offer,” in the section entitled “Prospectus Summary—Summary of the New Notes” and in the section entitled “Description of the New Notes,” references to “we,” “us” or “our” include only Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Capital Corporation and not any other subsidiaries of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.
 
Company Overview
 
We are a leading residential mortgage loan servicer and one of the top five non-bank servicers in the United States as measured by aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans serviced. We service mortgage loans in all 50 states and we are licensed as a residential mortgage loan servicer and/or a third-party default specialist in all states that require such licensing. In addition to our core Servicing business, we currently originate primarily conventional agency (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, collectively the “government sponsored enterprises” or the “GSEs”) and government (Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs) residential mortgage loans, and we are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states. Our headquarters and operations are based in Lewisville, Texas. As of April 30, 2011, we had a total of 2,176 employees.
 
Loan Servicing
 
We are one of the largest independent loan servicers in the United States. Our servicing portfolio consists of mortgage servicing rights acquired from or subserviced for various third parties as well as loans we originate through our integrated origination platform. As of March 31, 2011, our servicing portfolio included over 404,000 loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $67.0 billion. We service mortgage loans in all 50 states, and we are licensed as a residential mortgage loan servicer and/or a third party debt default specialist in all states that require such licensing. Our Servicing Segment produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees.
 
Servicing fees primarily consist of an amount based on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans serviced and also include ancillary fees such as late fees and insufficient funds fees. In addition, we earn interest income on amounts deposited in collection accounts and amounts held in escrow to pay property taxes and insurance, which we refer to as float income. We also generate incentive fees from owners of the loans that we service for meeting certain loss-mitigation metrics and for arranging successful loss mitigation programs. Moreover, the U.S. federal government pays us incentive fees for loans that we successfully modify within the parameters of the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP. In addition, we leverage our loan servicing business and customer base to provide several complementary services that generate fee-based revenues.
 
We use a flexible, high-touch servicing model that focuses on personal contact with borrowers and is designed to decrease borrower delinquencies and defaults on mortgages and to increase borrower repayment performance with a goal of home ownership preservation. Our operating culture emphasizes individual default specialist accountability for asset performance (what we refer to as credit loss ownership) and loss mitigation practices to improve asset performance and cash flow and to reduce credit losses. Our servicing model and operating culture have proven especially valuable in the current distressed residential market, and we have established an excellent track record servicing credit-sensitive loans.
 
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November 2008. These two portfolios were previously serviced by other servicers. These acquisitions helped us grow our servicing portfolio from $12.7 billion on December 31, 2007, to $67.0 billion on March 31, 2011, including approximately $25 billion in unpaid principal balance which we boarded in November and December 2010, when we entered into a subservicing agreement with a GSE.
 
Loan Originations
 
We are also one of the few high-touch servicers in the United States with a loan origination platform. We currently originate primarily prime agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans, and we are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states. Our Originations Segment diversifies our offering of mortgage services and further stabilizes our revenue stream. In 2009, we originated $1.5 billion in aggregate principal balance entirely consisting of conventional residential mortgage loans. In 2010 and in the first quarter of 2011, our originations totaled $2.8 billion and $0.7 billion, respectively, in aggregate principal balance. We originate loans through our three loan origination channels:
 
  •  Consumer Direct Retail Channel—through which we market refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans directly to selected consumers from our centralized call center;
 
  •  Distributed Retail Channel—through which we market refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans directly to consumers from local branches; and
 
  •  Wholesale Channel—through which we market our refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans to third party mortgage brokers.
 
We originate purchase money loans and refinance existing loans, including loans that we service. Our strategy is to mitigate the credit, market and interest rate risk from loan originations by either selling newly originated loans or placing them in GSE or government securitizations. We typically sell new loans within 30 days of origination, and we do not expect to hold any of the loans that we currently originate on our balance sheet on a long-term basis. At the time of sale, we have the option to retain the mortgage servicing rights on loans we originate.
 
Our origination capability differentiates us from other non-bank, high-touch loan servicers without an integrated origination platform by:
 
  •  providing us with an organic source of new loans to service as existing loans are repaid or otherwise liquidated as originated loans serviced by us typically generate higher returns than comparable mortgage servicing rights that we would acquire from a third party;
 
  •  providing an attractive supplementation to our servicing loss mitigation strategies by allowing us to modify and refinance mortgage loans, including loans that we service;
 
  •  creating a diversified source of revenue; and
 
  •  building brand recognition.
 
Legacy Assets and Other
 
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 term-financed our legacy assets with non-recourse debt that requires no additional capital or equity contributions. In conjunction with the transaction, we reclassified our legacy assets to “held for investment” on our consolidated balance sheet, which allowed us to eliminate further mark-to-market accounting exposure on these assets. We continue to service these loans using our high-touch servicing model. Additionally, we consolidated certain securitization trusts where it was determined that we had both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially


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be significant to the VIE, pursuant to new consolidation accounting guidance related to VIEs adopted on January 1, 2010.
 
Industry Overview
 
Loan Servicing
 
According to Inside Mortgage Finance, there were $10.5 trillion in residential mortgage loans outstanding in the United States as of March 31, 2011, and each mortgage loan requires servicing. Loan servicers normally earn a servicing fee of 25 to 50 basis points per annum on the unpaid principal balance of loans serviced, as well as associated ancillary fees, such as late fees. Consequently, a loan servicer can create value for both itself and the owner of the mortgage loan by increasing the number of borrowers that remain current in their repayment obligations. Owners may include a lender, investor or residential mortgage-backed securities trust, in the case of a securitized pool of mortgages.
 
Loan servicing primarily involves the calculation, collection and remittance of principal and interest payments, the administration of mortgage escrow accounts, the collection of insurance claims, the administration of foreclosure procedures, the management of real estate owned and the making of required advances. Loan servicers play a key role in the residential mortgage market by providing loan servicing functions on behalf of the owners of loans including collecting the scheduled principal and interest payments, as well as taxes and insurance; performing customer service functions; and taking active steps to mitigate any potential losses associated with borrower delinquencies and defaults. Typically, a servicer is contractually obligated to service a mortgage loan in accordance with accepted servicing industry practices as well as applicable regulations and statutes. A servicer’s rights and obligations are governed by the pooling and servicing agreement for the underlying loans. A subservicer’s rights and obligations are governed by the subservicing agreement with the third party that owns the related mortgage servicing rights.
 
To the extent a borrower does not make a payment, servicers are generally required to make advances of principal and interest, taxes and insurance and legal fees until such time as the underlying property is liquidated or the servicer determines that additional advances will not be recoverable from future payments, proceeds or other collections on the mortgage loan. In the event of foreclosure, servicers are entitled to reimbursement of advances from the sale proceeds of the related property. Typically, in the event such proceeds are insufficient to reimburse the advances in full, which we refer to as a non-recoverable advance, servicers are entitled to reimbursement of advances from collections on other mortgage loans in the related residential mortgage-backed securities trust. For this reason, advances and the right of reimbursement are typically senior to the claims of holders of securities issued by the residential mortgage-backed securities trusts.
 
Loan Originations
 
According to Inside Mortgage Finance, total residential mortgage originations in the United States were $1.6 trillion in 2010, a decrease of 13% compared to 2009. Of the 2010 originations, approximately 87% were conforming mortgages guaranteed by GSEs, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or government agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs. From 2006 to 2010, the annual aggregate principal balance of newly originated mortgage loans that were either insured or guaranteed by government agencies or sold to GSEs or into government securitizations increased from $1.1 trillion to $1.4 trillion, or at a compound annual growth rate, which we refer to as CAGR, of 6%.
 
The United States residential mortgage market consists of a primary mortgage market that links borrowers and lenders and a secondary mortgage market that links lenders and investors. In the primary mortgage market, residential mortgage lenders such as mortgage banking companies, commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions and other financial institutions originate or provide mortgages to borrowers. Lenders obtain liquidity for originations in a variety of ways, including


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by selling mortgages or mortgage-related securities into the secondary mortgage market. Loan originators that are banks also have access to customer deposits to fund their originations business.
 
The secondary mortgage market consists of institutions engaged in buying and selling mortgages in the form of whole loans (i.e., mortgages that have not been securitized) and mortgage- related securities. Government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and a government agency, Ginnie Mae, participate in the secondary mortgage market by purchasing mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities for investment and by issuing guaranteed mortgage-related securities.
 
Industry Trends
 
Loan Servicing
 
In a weak economic and credit environment with elevated delinquencies and defaults, servicing becomes operationally more challenging and more capital intensive as servicers need to add and train staff to manage the increase in delinquent borrowers. In addition, servicers are generally required to make advances on delinquent mortgage loans for principal and interest payments, taxes, insurance, legal fees and property maintenance fees, all of which are typically recovered upon foreclosure or liquidation. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, delinquent loans and foreclosures have increased from $0.6 trillion at December 2006 to $1.4 trillion at December 31, 2010. Furthermore, Fannie Mae estimates that as of December 31, 2010, it had $764 billion of assets within its own portfolio with characteristics that we believe make them credit-sensitive.
 
The majority of loan servicing in the United States is performed by the nation’s money center banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, which together service approximately 54% of all outstanding mortgage loans on one to four-family residences as of March 31, 2011. These bank-owned servicers mainly service conventional, performing mortgages and are most effective at routine account management of portfolios with low delinquencies that require limited interaction with borrowers. The traditional servicer model was constructed to process simple payments and minimize costs, and functioned well in environments characterized by low delinquencies and defaults. However, in the current environment of rising delinquencies, extensive foreclosures and elevated real estate owned activity, traditional servicers are experiencing higher operating costs, and their performance is declining due to the high level of foreclosures and liquidation processes. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, from 2007 through 2010, approximately 3.4 million homes were lost to foreclosure and as of September 30, 2010, more than 3.5 million mortgages were in foreclosure or 90+ days delinquent.
 
We believe that there is a growing recognition that the incremental cost of high-touch servicing, with a strong emphasis on asset performance and foreclosure avoidance, is a value added service as the credit loss savings that result are greater than those realized from traditional loan servicing business models. Holders of residential mortgage credit risk are demanding better performance and many are moving the servicing of their loans to specialized servicing companies with expertise and focus on asset performance.
 
The passage of both the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on October 1, 2008, and the U.S. federal government’s Making Home Affordable Plan announced on February 18, 2009, which we refer to as the MHA, and other related government initiatives provided an advantage for servicers with loss mitigation expertise. The MHA provides a financial incentive to servicers to modify qualifying loans in accordance with the plan’s guidelines and requirements.
 
Loan Originations
 
Residential mortgage loans are generally originated through either a direct lending network or a mortgage brokerage network. A direct lending network consists of retail branches, Internet and telephone-based operations. Typical referral sources for a direct lending network include realtors, homebuilders, credit unions, small banks and affinity groups.


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The length of time from the origination or purchase of a mortgage loan to its sale or securitization generally ranges from 10 to 60 days, depending on a variety of factors including loan volume, product type, interest rates and capital market conditions. An important source of capital for the residential mortgage industry is warehouse lending. These facilities provide funding to mortgage loan originators until the loans are sold to investors in the secondary mortgage loan market.
 
The MHA and other similar initiatives, along with low interest rates and a high rate of refinancing activity, provide opportunities for servicers that also conduct originations to leverage their servicing portfolio by refinancing existing loans.
 
Our Strengths
 
We believe the following competitive strengths contribute to our market position and differentiate us from our competition.
 
Attractive Business Model with Strong Cash Flow
 
We have an attractive business model as one of the few high-touch servicers in the United States with an integrated loan origination platform.
 
Our Servicing Segment produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees, and we are exposed to minimal credit risk with respect to the mortgage loans that we service. We believe that we continue to demonstrate our ability to produce lower delinquency rates on the loans we service, including credit-sensitive loans, compared to our competitors, and we believe that we will continue to acquire mortgage servicing rights at attractive prices from mortgage investors or provide subservicing for third parties that value our servicing capabilities.
 
We believe that our Originations Segment differentiates us from other high-touch servicers without an origination platform by providing us with a more cost-effective alternative to purchasing new mortgage servicing rights as the unpaid principal balance of our existing servicing portfolio decreases over time; diversifying and stabilizing our revenue in a variety of interest rate environments; and building brand recognition.
 
We generate significant cash flow for debt service as a result of the profitability of our Operating Segments. We believe that our focus on asset performance and operational efficiency has enabled us to strengthen our relationships with the GSEs and other third parties and has allowed us to grow our earnings from our Operating Segments.
 
Substantial Liquidity and Access to Multiple Capital and Funding Sources
 
We maintain substantial levels of funding and liquidity through multiple capital and funding sources for our Operating Segments. We have access to multiple funding sources, and we believe that our liquidity sources are sufficient to meet our immediate and future needs. These sources include servicing advance lines to finance our Servicing Segment, warehouse lines to finance our Originations Segment and loans from GSEs to facilitate the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights. As of March 31, 2011, we had a total of $855.9 million of unused capacity under our existing servicing advance facilities and origination warehouse lines. We believe that our strong relationships with liquidity providers and our continued ability to access sufficient capital during the recent economic downturn demonstrate the depth of our liquidity and access to capital. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Contractual Obligations.”
 
Servicing Platform with Loss Mitigation Focus
 
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flexible model allows for customization to meet individual borrower requirements, and is further differentiated by providing personal contact at critical borrower touch points, including via telephone, mail, electronic communications and other personal contact methods. Our approach facilitates strong relationships with borrowers and greater employee accountability for desired performance. We believe that our servicing expertise and focus on optimal outcomes reduces credit impairments and losses to loan investors. We believe that this model presents continued opportunities for growth.
 
Scalable Platform and Established Track Record
 
Establishing a servicing platform requires significant initial capital investments, infrastructure, licensing and expertise to properly service credit-sensitive loans, which creates substantial barriers to entry. We operate a highly scalable platform, with the capacity to add up to a total of approximately $15 billion of unpaid principal balance to our servicing operations within 90 to 120 days with minimal incremental fixed costs. We can service these additional accounts with our existing infrastructure, real estate and technology platform.
 
Additionally, we have used our high-touch servicing model and our mix of proprietary and commercially available technology solutions to establish a track record of superior performance in servicing credit-sensitive loans. The unpaid principal balance of the loans we serviced increased 428% from December 31, 2007 to March 31, 2011, primarily through acquiring mortgage servicing rights and entering into subservicing agreements. We believe these acquisitions and agreements can be attributed to our established track record in servicing credit-sensitive residential mortgage loans, and we believe that our track record, together with our scalable platform, positions us well relative to our competitors to acquire similar portfolios in the future.
 
Culture of Credit Loss Ownership and Accountability
 
Since our inception, our operating culture has emphasized superior operational and financial performance, credit loss ownership (our term for individual default specialist accountability for asset performance), employee development and customer relations. We establish financial and operational goals across all levels of the organization, and compensation for all of our employees is based upon achieving the desired results. As a result, we have a streamlined organizational structure that allows us to react to business needs and changes in an expeditious manner. We hire recent college graduates and teach them our business through a systematic training program. We primarily develop existing employees for management positions. We strongly endorse promotion from within and routinely identify and place senior level staff in our Manager in Training program as a developmental tool to prepare them for supervisory positions. Supervisors typically then rotate through progressively more complex management assignments to improve both their technical and managerial proficiency.
 
We believe that our culture of credit loss ownership and accountability has enabled us to outperform the industry. As of December 15, 2010, according to Loan Performance.com, our 60 or more day delinquency rate for our legacy assets (as a percentage of original balance) was approximately 12%, while the delinquency rate for the ABX 07-2 Mortgage Index was approximately 24%.
 
Stable and Seasoned Management Team
 
Our senior management team is comprised of experienced mortgage industry executives with an average of approximately 26 years in the industry and a track record of generating financial and operational improvements. Several members of our management team have held senior positions at other residential mortgage companies. In addition, our senior management team has remained in place through multiple business cycles and has a demonstrated ability to adapt to changing market conditions. We believe that the experience of our senior management team and its management philosophy are significant contributors to our operating performance.


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Our Strategy
 
Our primary goal is to increase the value of our loans and our clients’ loans by reducing delinquencies and credit losses. This goal is achieved through our culture, processes and expertise. We plan to grow our revenue and operating cash flow by employing the following business strategies:
 
Capitalizing on Industry Opportunities
 
We believe we are well positioned to benefit from the current trends in the residential mortgage industry. The disruption in the mortgage industry has resulted in limited access to funding and capital, lower than anticipated performance of residential portfolios and a strong demand for high-touch servicing. We believe that competitors with significant residential exposure or limited access to capital have shifted their operations to selling residential real estate assets, including mortgage servicing rights. This allows existing strong servicers the opportunity to acquire or subservice additional portfolios at attractive valuations. Additionally, due to a variety of economic factors, residential loan delinquencies and related losses are at historical highs prompting GSEs and other owners of residential mortgage loans to focus on home ownership preservation and servicing for superior credit performance. The heightened focus in these areas has led to a strong demand for high-touch servicers by these owners. Also, we believe that many of the largest loan servicers—who are experiencing unprecedented levels of delinquencies and losses—do not have sufficient internal capacity to perform high-touch servicing in their own portfolios and, as a result, may look to independent high-touch servicers to assist them in servicing their portfolios. As a result, we believe that there will continue to be strong demand for experienced high-touch servicers with a proven ability to improve loan performance. We also believe that there will be significant opportunities to continue to acquire mortgage servicing rights at attractive prices.
 
Maintaining and Growing Our Steady Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio
 
Our servicing business produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees. We intend to continue to utilize our established and scalable servicing platform to grow our servicing operations organically and through acquisitions. We believe that we will continue to benefit from our strong relationship with GSEs and other third party investors, which we believe will enable us to acquire additional servicing rights at attractive prices and subservicing contracts in order to grow our business. Additionally, we have invested in our loan administration and customer service servicing divisions to accommodate the increased scale and size of our portfolio, which allows us to service newly originated conventional mortgage loans at attractive return levels in a variety of operating and economic environments.
 
Continuing To Expand Our Originations Platform
 
Our Originations Segment diversifies our offering of mortgage services and further stabilizes our revenue stream by providing us with a natural hedge against fluctuations in prevailing interest rates. We have a diversified, multi-channel strategy to continue to build our conventional originations platform in order to organically replace servicing run-off. Through our origination platform, we are also able to create loan servicing assets at valuation levels below where our servicing competitors can purchase comparable mortgage servicing rights. Also, we can recapture loan payoffs in our existing servicing portfolio by providing origination services to our existing borrowers.
 
We believe that there are significant opportunities to originate loans for servicers and other financial institutions lacking origination capacity, and we intend to capitalize on these opportunities by expanding our retail channels. Our expansion efforts will focus primarily on purchase money lending, which is a stable origination source through various interest rate cycles. Unlike certain competitors who are required to utilize third party intermediaries in transactions with the GSEs and Ginnie Mae, we are a direct lender with the capability to sell loans directly to the GSEs and to securitize loans directly


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with Ginnie Mae. We believe that this capability allows us to control the credit quality of the loans we originate, thereby reducing our repurchase risk.
 
Engaging in Opportunistic Acquisitions and New Business Opportunities
 
There are numerous banks, insurance companies and other financial entities that have significant exposure to the residential mortgage sector. Our management, together with our dedicated servicing and origination relationship teams and our sponsor, Fortress Investment Group LLC, or Fortress, have extensive business and corporate expertise, receive numerous requests to review potential acquisition opportunities and continually conduct due diligence to identify potential opportunistic acquisitions. We are currently seeking out opportunities and believe there will continue to be significant opportunities to take advantage of the dislocation in the residential mortgage sector and acquire assets at attractive valuations. We intend to opportunistically grow our business through acquiring mortgage servicing rights, subservicing rights, servicing platforms and originations platforms. We may purchase assets and/or platforms of significant size. We believe there are several assets and platforms currently for sale in our industry and we are currently in the process of pursuing a number of such opportunities.
 
Company History
 
Nationstar Mortgage LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. We were formed in 1994 in Denver, Colorado as Nova Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation. In 1997, we moved our executive offices and primary operations to Dallas, Texas and changed our name to Centex Credit Corporation. In 2001, Centex Credit Corporation was merged into Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CHEC”). In 2006, FIF HE Holdings LLC, acquired all of our outstanding membership interests (the “Acquisition”), and we changed our name to Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Nationstar Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is our wholly-owned subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of being a corporate co-issuer of the notes.
 
Fortress Investment Group
 
As of March 31, 2011, FIF HE Holdings LLC, a holding company, is the sole member of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, owning 100% of our outstanding membership interests. FIF HE Holdings LLC, in turn, is primarily owned by certain private equity funds managed by an affiliate of Fortress and company management. Fortress is a leading global investment management firm with approximately $43.1 billion in fee paying assets under management as of March 31, 2011. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New Canaan, Philadelphia, Rome, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
 
Fortress has extensive experience and expertise in the residential mortgage and financial services sectors. Senior management members have managed businesses at many leading financial firms, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and UBS. Fortress has a strong track record of investing in the residential mortgage sector, including current or prior investments in: AMRESCO Inc., Conseco Finance Corp., Capstead Mortgage Corp., Italfondiario S.p.A., American General Finance Inc., GreenPoint and Bombardier.
 
Risk Factors
 
Participation in this exchange offer involves substantial risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the other information contained in this prospectus prior to participating in the exchange offer. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 17.


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Ownership Structure
 
Set forth below is the ownership structure of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2011.
 
(FLOW CHART)
 
Corporate Information
 
Our executive offices are located at 350 Highland Drive, Lewisville, Texas 75067 and our telephone number is (469) 549-2000.


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Summary of the Exchange Offer
 
Background On March 26, 2010, we issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Old Notes in an unregistered offering. In connection with that offering, we entered into a registration rights agreement on March 26, 2010 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) in which we agreed, among other things, to complete this exchange offer. Under the terms of the exchange offer, you are entitled to exchange Old Notes for New Notes evidencing the same indebtedness and with substantially similar terms. You should read the discussion under the heading “Description of the Notes” for further information regarding the New Notes.
 
The Exchange Offer We are offering to exchange, for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of our Old Notes validly tendered and accepted, $1,000 aggregate principal amount of our New Notes.
 
We will not pay any accrued and unpaid interest on the Old Notes that we acquire in the exchange offer. Instead, interest on the notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including March 26, 2010, the date on which we issued the Old Notes.
 
As of the date of this prospectus, approximately $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes are outstanding.
 
Denominations of New Notes Tendering holders of Old Notes must tender Old Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Expiration Date The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on          , 2011, unless we extend or terminate the exchange offer in which case the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the exchange offer.
 
Settlement Date The settlement date of the exchange offer will be as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the exchange offer.
 
Withdrawal of Tenders Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
 
Conditions to the Exchange Offer Our obligation to consummate the exchange offer is subject to certain customary conditions, which we may assert or waive. See “Description of the Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”
 
Procedures for Tendering To participate in the exchange offer, you must follow the automatic tender offer program (“ATOP”), procedures established by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for tendering Old Notes held in book-entry form. The ATOP procedures require that the exchange agent receive, prior to the Expiration Date of the exchange offer, a computer-


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generated message known as an “agent’s message” that is transmitted through ATOP and that DTC confirm that:
 
• DTC has received instructions to exchange your Old Notes; and
 
• you agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal.
 
For more details, please read “Description of the Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer” and “Description of the Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering.” If you elect to have Old Notes exchanged pursuant to this exchange offer, you must properly tender your Old Notes prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. All Old Notes validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange. Old Notes may be exchanged only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Consequences of Failure to Exchange If we complete the exchange offer and you do not participate in it, then:
 
• your Old Notes will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon their transfer;
 
• we will have no further obligation to provide for the registration under the Securities Act of those Old Notes except under certain limited circumstances; and
 
• the liquidity of the market for your Old Notes could be adversely affected.
 
Taxation The exchange pursuant to the exchange offer generally will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in this prospectus.
 
Use of Proceeds We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the New Notes in this exchange offer.
 
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Summary of the New Notes
 
Issuers Nationstar Mortgage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Nationstar Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
 
Securities Offered $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due April 1, 2015.
 
Maturity Date April 1, 2015.
 
Interest Rate 10.875% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2010. Interest on the New Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including March 26, 2010.
 
Guarantees The New Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of our existing and future domestic subsidiaries, other than our securitization and certain finance subsidiaries and subsidiaries that in the future we designate as excluded restricted and unrestricted subsidiaries.
 
Ranking The New Notes and the guarantees will be our and the guarantors’ general unsecured senior indebtedness, respectively, and will:
 
• rank equally in right of payment to all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness and other obligations that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes and the guarantees;
 
• rank senior in right of payment to any of our and the guarantors’ existing and future senior subordinated and subordinated indebtedness and other obligations that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes and the subsidiary guarantees; and
 
• be effectively junior in right of payment to all of our and the guarantors’ existing and future senior secured indebtedness and other obligations to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and other obligations.
 
Form and Denomination The New Notes will be issued in fully-registered form. The New Notes will be represented by one or more global notes, deposited with the trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee. Beneficial interests in the global notes will be shown on, and any transfers will be effective only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants.
 
The New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Optional Redemption We may redeem the New Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to April 1, 2013, at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes plus the applicable “make whole” premium, as described in “Description of the New Notes—Redemption—Optional Redemption,” plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date.


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We may redeem the New Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after April 1, 2013, at the applicable redemption price specified in “Description of the New Notes—Redemption—Optional Redemption,” plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date.
 
In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Notes at any time on or prior to April 1, 2013 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at the applicable redemption price specified “Description of the New Notes—Redemption—Optional Redemption,” plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date.
 
Change of Control If certain change-of-control events occur, we must offer to repurchase all of the New Notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.
 
Asset Sales If we sell assets under certain circumstances, we will be required to make an offer to purchase the New Notes at their face amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, as of the purchase date.
 
Absence of a Public Market The New Notes are new securities for which there currently is no market and we cannot assure you that any public market for the New Notes will develop or be sustained.
 
Certain Covenants The indenture governing the New Notes will, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to:
 
• incur or guarantee additional indebtedness;
 
• incur liens;
 
• pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;
 
• make investments;
 
• consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of certain assets; and
 
• enter into transactions with our affiliates.
 
These covenants are subject to important exceptions, limitations and qualifications as described in “Description of the New Notes—Certain Covenants.”
 
Listing We do not intend to list the New Notes on any securities exchange.
 
Governing Law The New Notes are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
 
Book-Entry Depository DTC.
 
Trustee Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
 
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
 
The following tables summarize consolidated financial information for our business. You should read these tables along with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
 
The summary consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the summary consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 have been derived from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2008 has been derived from our audited financial statements, which is not included in this prospectus. The summary consolidated statement of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011 and the summary consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 2011 have been derived from our unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
 
                                         
          Three Months Ended
 
    Year Ended December 31,     March 31,  
    2008     2009     2010     2010     2011  
    (in thousands)  
Statement of Operations Data:
                                       
Revenues:
                                       
Total fee income
  $ 74,007     $ 100,218     $ 184,084     $ 38,750     $ 64,686  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
    (86,663 )     (21,349 )     77,344       12,429       20,506  
                                         
Total revenues
    (12,656 )     78,869       261,428       51,179       85,192  
Total expenses and impairments
    147,777       142,367       220,976       40,089       68,121  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    92,060       52,518       98,895       31,333       18,318  
Interest expense
    (65,548 )     (69,883 )     (116,163 )     (29,135 )     (25,368 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (23,689 )     (14 )     (9,801 )     (2,779 )      
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                (23,297 )     (9,777 )     (2,652 )
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    2,823       (17,379 )     (50,366 )     (10,358 )     (9,702 )
                                         
Net income (loss)
  $  (157,610 )   $  (80,877 )   $ (9,914 )   $ 732     $ 7,369  
                                         
 
                                 
        As of
    As of December 31,   March 31,
    2008   2009   2010   2011
    (in thousands)
Balance Sheet Data:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 9,357     $ 41,645     $ 21,223     $ 48,420  
Mortgage servicing rights
    110,808       114,605       145,062       151,159  
Total assets
      1,122,001        1,280,185       1,947,181       1,868,255  
Unsecured senior notes
                244,061       244,410  
Notes payable
    810,041       771,857       709,758       608,451  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
          177,675       138,662       133,592  
ABS nonrecourse debt
                496,692       489,321  
Total liabilities
    866,079       1,016,362       1,690,809       1,603,012  
Total members’ equity
    255,922       263,823       256,372       265,243  
 


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        Three Months Ended
    Year Ended December 31,   March 31,
    2008   2009   2010   2010   2011
    (in thousands)
Other Data:
                                       
Net cash provided by (used in):
                                       
Operating activities
  $ 40,212     $  (83,641 )   $ (101,653 )   $ (82,639 )   $ 131,586  
Investing activities
     (34,643 )     29,983       101,197       30,741       5,278  
Financing activities
    (37,463 )     85,946       (19,966 )     33,804       (109,667 )
Adjusted EBITDA (1) (non-GAAP measure)
    23,141       48,644       65,306       11,159       27,953  
Operating Segments:
                                       
Interest expense from unsecured senior notes
                24,628       1,719       7,548  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    11,701       27,915       6,043       4,600       3,784  
Depreciation and amortization
    1,172       1,542       1,873       355       641  
Share-based compensation
    1,633       579       8,999       147       5,238  
 
 
Notes
 
(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 (loss), 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 (if any), exit costs from our 2007 restructuring and certain non-cash items. Adjusted EBITDA excludes results from our legacy asset portfolio and certain securitization trusts that were consolidated upon adoption of the new accounting guidance eliminating the concept of QSPE.
 
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:
 
•  Financing arrangements for our Operating Segments are secured by assets that are allocated to these segments. Interest expense that relate to the financing of the unsecured senior notes is not considered in 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 2007 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 level, implementation of technology based solutions, rent and other general and administrative costs.
 
Management does not assess the growth prospect and profitability of our legacy asset portfolio and certain securitization trusts that were consolidated upon adoption of the new accounting guidance, except to the extent to assess cash flows from the assets in the legacy asset portfolio are sufficient to service its debt obligations.

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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 generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“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 mortgage servicing rights 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 their usefulness as comparative measures.
 
Because of these and other limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as measures 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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          Three Months Ended
 
    Year Ended December 31,     March 31,  
    2008     2009     2010     2010     2011  
    (in thousands)  
 
Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
                                       
Net income (loss)
  $  (157,610 )   $  (80,877 )   $ (9,914 )   $ 732     $ 7,369  
Add:
                                       
Net (income) loss from Legacy Portfolio and Other
    164,738       97,263       24,806       827       4,275  
                                         
Net income (loss) from Operating Segments
    7,128       16,386       14,892       1,559       11,644  
Adjust for:
                                       
Interest expense from unsecured senior notes
                24,628       1,719       7,548  
Depreciation and amortization
    1,172       1,542       1,873       355       641  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    11,701       27,915       6,043       4,600       3,784  
Exit costs(a)
    1,507       2,222                    
Share-based compensation
    1,633       579       8,999       147       5,238  
Fair value changes on interest rate swap(b)
                9,801       2,779        
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedge
                (930 )           (902 )
                                         
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 23,141     $ 48,644     $ 65,306     $ 11,159     $ 27,953  
                                         
 
 
(a) Relates to restructuring program initiated in 2007, which included closing several offices and the termination of a portion of our workforce. Restructuring charges for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, are primarily due to reserves on future lease payments.
 
(b) Relates to an interest rate swap agreement which was treated as an economic hedge under ASC 815 since inception to September 30, 2010.

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RISK FACTORS
 
You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all the other information included in this prospectus, before deciding to participate in the exchange offer and to invest in the New Notes. See also “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this prospectus.
 
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
 
Our foreclosure proceedings in certain states have been delayed due to inquiries by certain state Attorneys General, court administrators, and state and federal governmental agencies, the outcome of which could have a negative effect on our operations or liquidity.
 
Certain state Attorneys General, court administrators and governmental agencies, as well as representatives of the federal government, have issued letters of inquiry to mortgage servicing companies, including us, requesting written responses to questions regarding policies and procedures, especially with respect to notarization and affidavit procedures. These requests or any subsequent administrative, judicial or legislative actions taken by these regulators court administrators or other governmental entities may subject us to fines and other sanctions, including a foreclosure moratorium or suspension. Additionally, because we do business in all fifty states, we may be affected by regulatory actions or court decisions that are taken on the individual state level.
 
In addition to these inquiries, several state Attorneys General have requested that certain mortgage servicers, including us, suspend foreclosure proceedings pending internal review to ensure compliance with applicable law, and we have received requests from four such state Attorneys General. Pursuant to these requests and in light of industry-wide press coverage regarding mortgage foreclosure documentation practices, we, as a precaution, previously delayed foreclosure proceedings in 23 states, so that we may evaluate our foreclosure practices and underlying documentation. Upon completion of our internal review and responding to such inquiries, we resumed these previously delayed proceedings. Such inquiries, however, as well as continued court backlog and emerging court processes may cause an extended delay in the foreclosure process in certain states.
 
Even in states where we have not suspended foreclosure proceedings or where we have lifted or will soon lift any such delayed foreclosures, we have faced, and may continue to face, increased delays and costs in the foreclosure process. For example, we have incurred, and may continue to incur, additional costs related to the re-execution and re-filing of certain documents. We may also be required to take other action in our capacity as a servicer in connection with pending foreclosures. In addition, the current legislative and regulatory climate could lead borrowers to contest foreclosures who would not have contested such foreclosures under ordinary circumstances, and we may incur increased litigation costs if the validity of a foreclosure action is challenged by a borrower. Delays in foreclosure proceedings could also require us to make additional servicing advances and draw on our servicing advance facilities, or delay the recovery of advances, which could materially affect our earnings and liquidity and increase our need for capital.
 
The Dodd-Frank Act could increase our regulatory compliance burden and associated costs, limit our future capital raising strategies, and place restrictions on certain origination and servicing operations.
 
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act) into law. The Dodd-Frank Act represents a comprehensive overhaul of the financial services industry in the United States. The Dodd-Frank Act includes, among other things: (1) the creation of a Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify emerging systemic risks posed by financial firms, activities and practices, and to improve cooperation between federal agencies; (2) the creation of a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection authorized to promulgate and enforce consumer protection regulations relating to financial products; (3) the establishment of strengthened capital and prudential standards for banks and bank holding companies; (4) enhanced regulation of financial markets, including derivatives and securitization markets; (5) amendments to the Truth in Lending Act aimed at improving consumer protections with respect to mortgage originations,


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including originator compensation, minimum repayment standards, and prepayment considerations. The exact scope of and applicability of many of these requirements to us are currently unknown, as the regulations to implement the Dodd-Frank Act generally have not yet been finalized. These provisions of Dodd-Frank could increase our regulatory compliance burden and associated costs and place restrictions on certain origination and servicing operations, all of which could in turn adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
The enforcement consent orders by certain federal agencies against the largest servicers related to foreclosure practices could impose additional compliance costs on our servicing business.
 
On April 13, 2011, the four federal agencies overseeing certain aspects of the mortgage market: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), entered into enforcement consent orders with 14 of the largest mortgage servicers in the United States regarding foreclosure practices. The enforcement actions require the servicers, among other things: (1) to promptly correct deficiencies in residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure practices; (2) to make significant modifications in practices for residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, including communications with borrowers and limitations on dual-tracking, which occurs when servicers continue to pursue foreclosure during the loan modification process; (3) to ensure that foreclosures are not pursued once a mortgage has been approved for modification and to establish a single point of contact for borrowers throughout the loan modification and foreclosure processes; and (4) to establish robust oversight and controls pertaining to their third-party vendors, including outside legal counsel, that provide default management or foreclosure services. While these enforcement consent orders are considered as not preemptive to the state actions, it remains to be seen how state actions and proceedings will be affected by the federal consents.
 
Although we are not a party to the above enforcement consent orders, we might become subject to the terms of the consent orders if (1) we subservice loans for the servicers that are parties to the enforcement consent orders; (2) the agencies begin to enforce the consent orders by looking downstream to our arrangement with certain mortgage servicers; (3) our investors request that we comply with certain aspects of the consent orders, or (4) we otherwise find it prudent to comply with certain aspects of the consent orders. In addition, the practices set forth in such enforcement consent orders may be adopted by the industry as a whole, forcing us to comply with them in order to follow standard industry practices or required by our servicing agreements. While we have not made changes to our operating policies and procedures, potential changes to our servicing practices would increase compliance costs for our servicing business, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.
 
The continued deterioration of the residential mortgage market may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Since mid-2007, adverse economic conditions, including high unemployment, have impacted the residential mortgage market, resulting in unprecedented delinquency, default and foreclosure rates, leading to increased loss severities on all types of residential mortgage loans due to sharp declines in residential real estate values. Falling home prices have resulted in higher loan-to-value ratios and combined loan-to-value ratios, which yield lower recoveries in foreclosure, and result in an increase in loss severities above those that would have been realized had property values remained the same or continued to increase. As loan-to-value ratios increase, borrowers are left with equity in their homes that is not sufficient to permit them to refinance their existing loans. This may also give borrowers an incentive to default on their mortgage loan even if they have the ability to make principal and interest payments, which we refer to as strategic defaults.
 
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could decrease our origination volume through our Consumer Direct Retail originations channel, our largest originations channel by volume from December 31, 2006 to March 31, 2011, because this channel focuses predominantly on refinancing existing mortgage loans.
 
A continued deterioration or a delay in any recovery in the residential mortgage market may reduce the number of mortgages we service or new mortgages that we originate, reduce the profitability of mortgages currently serviced by us or adversely affect our ability to sell mortgage loans originated by us or increase delinquency rates. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We may experience serious financial difficulties as some servicers and originators have experienced.
 
Since late 2006, a number of servicers and originators of residential mortgage loans have experienced serious financial difficulties and, in some cases, have gone out of business. These difficulties have resulted, in part, from declining markets for their mortgage loans as well as from claims for repurchases of mortgage loans previously sold under provisions that require repurchase in the event of early payment defaults or for breaches of representations and warranties regarding loan quality and certain other loan characteristics. Higher delinquencies and defaults may contribute to these difficulties by reducing the value of mortgage loan portfolios and requiring originators to sell their portfolios at greater discounts to par. In addition, the cost of servicing an increasingly delinquent mortgage loan portfolio may be rising without a corresponding increase in servicing compensation. The value of many residual interests retained by sellers of mortgage loans in the securitization market has also been declining. Overall origination volumes are down significantly in the current economic environment. According to Inside Mortgage Finance, total U.S. residential mortgage origination volume decreased from $3.0 trillion in 2006 to $1.6 trillion in 2010. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Borrowers with adjustable rate mortgage loans are especially exposed to increases in monthly payments and they may not be able to refinance, which could cause delinquency, default and foreclosure and therefore adversely affect our business.
 
As of March 31, 2011, adjustable rate mortgage loans by count made up approximately 13% of our servicing portfolio. Borrowers with adjustable rate mortgage loans are being exposed to increased monthly payments when the related mortgage loan’s interest rate adjusts upward from an initial fixed rate or a low introductory rate, as applicable, to the rate computed in accordance with the applicable index and margin. Borrowers with adjustable rate mortgage loans seeking to refinance their mortgage loans to avoid increased monthly payments as a result of an upwards adjustment of the mortgage loan’s interest rate may no longer be able to find available replacement loans at comparably low interest rates. This increase in borrowers’ monthly payments, together with any increase in prevailing market interest rates, may result in significantly increased monthly payments for borrowers with adjustable rate mortgage loans, which may cause delinquency, default and foreclosure.
 
We principally service higher risk loans, which exposes us to a number of different risks.
 
A significant percentage of the mortgage loans we service are higher risk loans, meaning that the loans are to less creditworthy borrowers or for properties the value of which has decreased. These loans are more expensive to service because they require more frequent interactions with customers and greater monitoring and oversight. As a result, these loans tend to have higher delinquency and default rates, which can have a significant impact on our revenues, expenses and the valuation of our mortgage servicing rights. It may also be more difficult for us to recover advances we are required to make with respect to higher risk loans. In connection with the ongoing mortgage market reform and regulatory developments, servicers of higher risk loans may be subject to increased scrutiny by state and federal regulators or may experience higher compliance costs, which could result in higher servicing costs. We may not be able to pass along to our servicing clients any incremental costs we


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incur. All of the foregoing factors could therefore adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
A significant change in delinquencies for the loans we service could adversely affect our financial results.
 
Delinquency rates have a significant impact on our revenues, our expenses and on the valuation of our mortgage servicing rights as follows:
 
  •  Revenue.  An increase in delinquencies will result in lower revenue for loans that we service for GSEs because we only collect servicing fees from government-sponsored enterprises for performing loans. Additionally, while increased delinquencies generate higher ancillary fees, including late fees, these fees are not likely to be recoverable in the event that the related loan is liquidated. In addition, an increase in delinquencies lowers the interest income we receive on cash held in collection and other accounts.
 
  •  Expenses.  An increase in delinquencies will result in a higher cost of service due to the increased time and effort required to collect payments from delinquent borrowers. It may also result in an increase in interest expense as a result of an increase in our advancing obligations.
 
  •  Liquidity.  An increase in delinquencies also could negatively impact our liquidity because of an increase in borrowing under our advance facilities.
 
  •  Valuation of mortgage servicing rights.  We base the price we pay for mortgage servicing rights on, among other things, our projections of the cash flows from the related pool of mortgage loans. Our expectation of delinquencies is a significant assumption underlying those cash flow projections. If delinquencies were significantly greater than expected, the estimated fair value of our mortgage servicing rights could be diminished. When the estimated fair value of mortgage servicing rights is reduced, we would suffer a loss, which has a negative impact on our financial results.
 
A further increase in delinquency rates could therefore adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Decreasing property values have caused an increase in loan-to-value ratios, resulting in borrowers having little or negative equity in their property, which may reduce new loan originations and provide incentive to borrowers to strategically default on their loans.
 
According to CoreLogic, from December 2006 to December 2010, the number of borrowers who owe more on a related mortgage loan than the property is worth, or have negative equity in their property, has increased from 7% to 23%. We believe that borrowers with negative equity in their properties are more likely to strategically default on mortgage loans and that a significant increase in strategic defaults could materially affect our business. Also, with the exception of loans modified under the MHA, we are unable to refinance loans with high loan-to-value ratios. Increased loan-to-value ratios could reduce our ability to originate loans for borrowers with low or negative equity and could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
The industry in which we operate is highly competitive.
 
We operate in a highly competitive industry that could become even more competitive as a result of economic, legislative, regulatory and technological changes. In the servicing industry, we face competition in areas such as fees and performance in reducing delinquencies and entering successful modifications. Competition to service mortgage loans comes primarily from large commercial banks and savings institutions. These financial institutions generally have significantly greater resources and access to capital than we do, which gives them the benefit of a lower cost of funds. Additionally, our servicing competitors may decide to modify their servicing model to compete more directly with our


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servicing model, or our servicing model may generate lower margins as a result of competition or as overall economic conditions improve.
 
In the mortgage loan originations industry, we face competition in such areas as mortgage loan offerings, rates, fees and customer service. Competition to originate mortgage loans comes primarily from large commercial banks and savings institutions. These financial institutions generally have significantly greater resources and access to capital than we do, which gives them the benefit of a lower cost of funds.
 
In addition, technological advances and heightened e-commerce activities have increased consumers’ accessibility to products and services generally. This has intensified competition among banking as well as non-banking companies in offering mortgage loans and loan servicing. We may be unable to compete successfully in our industries and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
We might not be able to maintain or grow our business if we can not identify and acquire mortgage servicing rights or enter into additional subservicing agreements on favorable terms.
 
From December 31, 2007 to March 31, 2011, we have grown the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans we service from $12.7 billion to $67.0 billion, primarily through acquiring mortgage servicing rights and entering into subservicing agreements. Our servicing portfolio is subject to “run off,” meaning that mortgage loans serviced by us may be repaid at maturity, prepaid prior to maturity, refinanced with a mortgage not serviced by us or liquidated through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or other liquidation process or repaid through standard amortization of principal. As a result, our ability to maintain the size of our servicing portfolio depends on our ability to originate additional mortgages and to acquire the right to service additional pools of residential mortgages. We may not be able to acquire servicing rights or enter into additional subservicing agreements on terms favorable to us or at all. In determining the purchase price for servicing rights, management makes certain assumptions, many of which are beyond our control, including, among other things:
 
  •  the rates of prepayment and repayment within the underlying pools of mortgage loans;
 
  •  projected rates of delinquencies, defaults and liquidations;
 
  •  future interest rates;
 
  •  our cost to service the loans;
 
  •  ancillary fee income; and
 
  •  amounts of future servicing advances.
 
We may not be able to realize our significant investments in personnel and our technology platform if we cannot identify and acquire mortgage servicing rights or enter into additional subservicing agreements on favorable terms.
 
We have made, and expect to continue to make, significant investments in personnel and our technology platform to allow us to service additional loans. In particular, prior to acquiring a large portfolio of mortgage servicing rights or entering into a large subservicing contract, we invest significant resources in recruiting, training, technology and systems. We may not realize the expected benefits of these investments to the extent we are unable to increase the pool of residential mortgages serviced, or we do not appropriately value the mortgage servicing rights that we do purchase. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
We may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of potential future acquisitions.
 
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service any such assets, and/or integrate the businesses of such acquired companies with our business. The process of acquiring assets and/or companies may disrupt our business, and may not result in the full benefits expected. The risks associated with acquisitions include, among others:
 
  •  coordinating market functions;
 
  •  unanticipated issues in integrating information, communications and other systems;
 
  •  unanticipated incompatibility of purchasing, logistics, marketing and administration methods;
 
  •  retaining key employees; and
 
  •  the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business concerns.
 
Moreover, the success of any acquisition will depend upon our ability to effectively integrate the acquired servicing portfolios, origination platforms or businesses. The acquired servicing portfolios, originations platforms or businesses may not contribute to our revenues or earnings to any material extent, and cost savings and synergies we expect at the time of an acquisition may not be realized once the acquisition has been completed. If we inappropriately value the assets we acquire or the value of the assets we acquire declines after we acquire them, the resulting charges may negatively affect the carrying value of the assets on our balance sheet and our earnings. Furthermore, if we incur additional indebtedness to finance an acquisition, the acquired business may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow to service that additional indebtedness. Unsuitable or unsuccessful acquisitions could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
We may be unable to obtain sufficient capital to meet the financing requirements of our business.
 
Our financing strategy includes the use of significant leverage. Accordingly, our ability to finance our operations and repay maturing obligations rests in large part on our ability to borrow money. We are generally required to renew our financing arrangements each year, which exposes us to refinancing and interest rate risks. In addition, a large portion of our outstanding debt, including our MBS Advance Financing Facility, our ABS Advance Financing Facility, our MSR Notes, our $300 Million Warehouse Facility, our $100 Million Warehouse Facility, our $75 Million Warehouse Facility, our $50 Million Warehouse Facility and our GSE ASAP+ Short-Term Financing Facility, matures prior to 2013. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Summary of Other Indebtedness.” Our ability to refinance existing debt and borrow additional funds is affected by a variety of factors including:
 
  •  limitations imposed on us under the notes and other financing agreements that contain restrictive covenants and borrowing conditions that may limit our ability to raise additional debt;
 
  •  the decline in liquidity in the credit markets;
 
  •  prevailing interest rates;
 
  •  the strength of the lenders from whom we borrow;
 
  •  borrowing on advance facilities is limited by the amount of eligible collateral pledged and may be less than the borrowing capacity of the facility; and
 
  •  accounting changes that may impact calculations of covenants in our debt agreements.
 
In the ordinary course of our business, we periodically borrow money or sell newly-originated loans to fund our servicing and origination operations. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Our ability to fund current operations and meet our service advance obligations depends on our ability to secure these types of financings on acceptable terms and to renew or replace existing financings as they expire. Such financings may not be available with the GSEs or other counterparties on acceptable terms or at all.


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An event of default, a negative ratings action by a rating agency, an adverse action by a regulatory authority or a general deterioration in the economy that constricts the availability of credit—similar to the market conditions that we have experienced during the last two years—may increase our cost of funds and make it difficult for us to renew existing credit facilities and obtain new lines of credit. We intend to continue to pursue opportunities to acquire loan servicing portfolios, originations platforms and/or businesses that engage in loan servicing and/or loan originations. Our liquidity and capital resources may be diminished by any such transactions. Additionally, we believe that a significant acquisition may require us to raise additional capital to facilitate such a transaction, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
 
The Basel Committee recently announced the final framework for strengthening capital requirements, known as Basel III, which if implemented by U.S. bank regulatory agencies, will increase the cost of funding on banking institutions that we rely on for financing. Such Basel III requirements could reduce our sources of funding and increase the costs of originating and servicing mortgage loans. If we are unable to obtain sufficient capital on acceptable terms for any of the foregoing reasons, this could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We may not be able to continue to grow our loan origination volume.
 
Our loan origination business consists of refinancing existing loans and, increasingly, providing purchase money loans to homebuyers. The origination of purchase money mortgage loans is greatly influenced by traditional business clients in the home buying process such as realtors and builders. As a result, our ability to secure relationships with such traditional business clients will influence our ability to grow our purchase money mortgage loan volume and, thus, our loan origination business.
 
As we grow our retail origination business, we may not be able to receive the necessary volume of referrals or compete successfully with other retail branches in the communities. In addition, we may not recover investments made in acquiring or establishing branches or achieve margins acceptable to us. Our wholesale origination business operates largely through third party mortgage brokers who are not contractually obligated to do business with us. Further, our competitors also have relationships with our brokers and actively compete with us in our efforts to expand our broker networks. Accordingly, we may not be successful in maintaining our existing relationships or expanding our broker networks.
 
While we intend to use sales lead aggregators and Internet marketing to reach new borrowers, our Consumer Direct Retail origination platform may not succeed because of the referral-driven nature of our industry. Further, our largest customer base consists of the borrowers whose existing loans we service. Because we primarily service credit-sensitive loans, many of our existing servicing customers may not be able to qualify for conventional mortgage loans with us and/or may pose a higher credit risk than other consumers. Furthermore, our Consumer Direct Retail origination platform focuses predominantly on refinancing existing mortgage loans. This type of origination activity is sensitive to increases in interest rates. If we are unable to continue to grow our loan origination business, this could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our counterparties may terminate our servicing rights and subservicing contracts.
 
The owners of the loans we service and the primary servicers for the loans we subservice, may, under certain circumstances, terminate our mortgage servicing rights or subservicing contracts, respectively.
 
As is standard in the industry, under the terms of our master servicing agreement with GSEs, they have the right to terminate us as servicer of the loans we service on their behalf at any time and also have the right to cause us to sell the mortgage servicing rights to a third party. In addition, some may also have the right to require us to assign the mortgage servicing rights to a subsidiary and to sell our equity interest in the subsidiary to a third party. Under our subservicing contracts, the primary servicers for whom we conduct subservicing activities have the right to terminate our subservicing


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rights with or without cause, with little notice and little to no compensation. In November and December 2010, through our relationship with the same GSE, we boarded subservicing rights totaling approximately $25 billion in unpaid principal balance. We expect to continue to acquire subservicing rights, which could exacerbate these risks.
 
If we were to have our servicing or subservicing rights terminated on a material portion of our servicing portfolio, this could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Federal, state and local laws and regulations may materially adversely affect our business.
 
Federal, state and local governments have recently proposed or enacted numerous laws, regulations and rules related to mortgage loans generally, and foreclosure actions in particular. These laws, regulations and rules may result in delays in the foreclosure process, reduced payments by borrowers, modification of the original terms of mortgage loans, permanent forgiveness of debt and/or increased servicing advances. In some cases, local governments have ordered moratoriums on foreclosure activity, which prevent a servicer or trustee, as applicable, from exercising any remedies they might have in respect of liquidating a severely delinquent mortgage loan. Several courts also have taken unprecedented steps to slow the foreclosure process or prevent foreclosure altogether.
 
Due to the highly regulated nature of the residential mortgage industry, we are required to comply with a wide array of federal, state and local laws and regulations that regulate, among other things, the manner in which we conduct our servicing and originations business and the fees we may charge. These regulations directly impact our business and require constant compliance, monitoring and internal and external audits. A material failure to comply with any of these laws or regulations could subject us to lawsuits or governmental action, and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
In addition, there continue to be changes in legislation and licensing in an effort to simplify the consumer mortgage experience, which require technology changes and additional implementation costs for loan originators. We expect legislative changes will continue in the foreseeable future, which may increase our operating expenses.
 
Any of these changes in the law could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. See “Business—Regulation.”
 
Unlike competitors that are banks, we are subject to state licensing requirements and substantial compliance costs.
 
Because we are not a depository institution, we do not benefit from a federal exemption to state mortgage banking, loan servicing or debt collection licensing and regulatory requirements. We must comply with state licensing requirements in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, and we are sensitive to regulatory changes that may increase our costs through stricter licensing laws, disclosure laws or increased fees or that may impose conditions to licensing that we or our personnel are unable to meet. Future state legislation and changes in regulation may significantly increase the compliance costs on our operations or reduce the amount of ancillary fees, including late fees that we may charge to borrowers. This could make our business cost-prohibitive in the affected state or states and could materially affect our business.
 
Federal and state legislative and agency initiatives in mortgage-backed securities and securitization may adversely affect our business.
 
There are federal and state legislative and agency initiatives that could, once fully implemented, adversely affect our business. For instance, the risk retention requirement under the Dodd-Frank Act requires securitizers to retain a minimum beneficial interest in mortgage-backed securities that they sell through a securitization, absent certain qualified residential mortgage exemptions. Once implemented,


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the risk retention requirement may result in higher costs of certain origination operations and impose on us additional compliance requirements to meet servicing and origination criteria for qualified residential mortgages. Additionally, the amendments to Regulation AB relating to the registration statement required to be filed by an issuer of asset-backed securities, recently adopted by the SEC pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, would increase compliance costs for ABS issuers, which could in turn increase our cost of funding and operations. Lastly, certain proposed federal legislation would permit borrowers in bankruptcy to restructure mortgage loans secured by primary residences. Bankruptcy courts could, if this legislation is enacted, reduce the principal balance of a mortgage loan that is secured by a lien on mortgaged property, reduce the mortgage interest rate, extend the term to maturity or otherwise modify the terms of a bankrupt borrower’s mortgage loan. Any of the foregoing could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations.
 
Our business would be adversely affected if we lost our licenses.
 
Our operations are subject to regulation, supervision and licensing under various federal, state and local statutes, ordinances and regulations. In most states in which we operate, a regulatory agency regulates and enforces laws relating to mortgage servicing companies and mortgage origination companies such as us. These rules and regulations generally provide for licensing as a mortgage servicing company, mortgage origination company or third party debt default specialist, as applicable, requirements as to the form and content of contracts and other documentation, licensing of our employees and employee hiring background checks, licensing of independent contractors with whom we contract, restrictions on collection practices, disclosure and record-keeping requirements and enforcement of borrowers’ rights. In certain states, we are subject to periodic examination by state regulatory authorities. Some states in which we operate require special licensing or provide extensive regulation of our business.
 
We believe that we maintain all material licenses and permits required for our current operations and are in substantial compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. We may not be able to maintain all requisite licenses and permits, and the failure to satisfy those and other regulatory requirements could result in a default under our servicing agreements and have a material adverse effect on our operations. Those states that currently do not provide extensive regulation of our business may later choose to do so, and if such states so act, we may not be able to obtain or maintain all requisite licenses and permits. The failure to satisfy those and other regulatory requirements could result in a default under our servicing agreements and have a material adverse effect on our operations. Furthermore, the adoption of additional, or the revision of existing, rules and regulations could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We may be required to indemnify or repurchase loans we originated, or will originate, if our loans fail to meet certain criteria or characteristics or under other circumstances.
 
The indentures governing our securitized pools of loans and our contracts with purchasers of our whole loans contain provisions that require us to indemnify or repurchase the related loans under certain circumstances. While our contracts vary, they contain provisions that require us to repurchase loans if:
 
  •  our representations and warranties concerning loan quality and loan circumstances are inaccurate, including representations concerning the licensing of a mortgage broker;
 
  •  we fail to secure adequate mortgage insurance within a certain period after closing;
 
  •  a mortgage insurance provider denies coverage; and
 
  •  we fail to comply, at the individual loan level or otherwise, with regulatory requirements in the current dynamic regulatory environment.
 
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repurchase loans and would benefit from enforcing any repurchase remedies that they may have. We believe that our exposure to repurchases under our representations and warranties includes the current unpaid balance of all loans that we have sold. In the period of three months ended March 31, 2011 and three years ended December 31, 2008, 2009, and 2010, we have sold loans totaling an amount of $4.9 billion. To recognize the potential loan repurchase or indemnification losses, we have recorded a reserve amounting to $8.0 million as of March 31, 2011. Such reserve, however, may not be adequate to cover actual losses. See “MD&A—Comparison of Consolidated Balance Sheet Items—March 31, 2011 to December 31, 2010 - Liabilities and Members’ Equity” If we are required to indemnify or repurchase loans that we originate and sell or securitize that result in losses that exceed our reserve, this could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We may incur litigation costs and related losses if the validity of a foreclosure action is challenged by a borrower or if a court overturns a foreclosure.
 
We may incur costs if we are required to, or if we elect to, execute or re-file documents or take other action in our capacity as a servicer in connection with pending or completed foreclosures. We may incur litigation costs if the validity of a foreclosure action is challenged by a borrower. If a court were to overturn a foreclosure because of errors or deficiencies in the foreclosure process, we may have liability to a title insurer of the property sold in foreclosure. These costs and liabilities may not be legally or otherwise reimbursable to us, particularly to the extent they relate to securitized mortgage loans. In addition, if certain documents required for a foreclosure action are missing or defective, we could be obligated to cure the defect or repurchase the loan. A significant increase in litigation costs could adversely affect our liquidity, and our inability to be reimbursed for an advance could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We are required to follow the guidelines of the GSEs with which we do business, and we are not able to negotiate our fees with these entities for the purchase of our loans. Our competitors may be able to sell their loans to these entities on more favorable terms.
 
Even though we currently originate conventional agency and government conforming loans, because we previously originated non-prime mortgage loans, we believe that we are required to pay a higher fee to access the secondary market for selling our loans to government-sponsored enterprises. We believe that because many of our competitors have always originated conventional loans, they are able to sell newly originated loans on more favorable terms than us. As a result, these competitors are able to earn higher margins than we earn on originated loans, which could materially impact our business.
 
In our transactions with the GSEs, we are required to follow specific guidelines that impact the way we service and originate mortgage loans including:
 
  •  our staffing levels and other servicing practices;
 
  •  the servicing and ancillary fees that we may charge;
 
  •  our modification standards and procedures; and
 
  •  the amount of advances reimbursable.
 
We cannot negotiate these terms with the GSEs and they are subject to change at any time. A significant change in these guidelines that has the effect of decreasing our fees or requires us to expend additional resources in providing mortgage services could decrease our revenues or increase our costs, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We are required to make servicing advances that can be subject to delays in recovery or may not be recoverable in certain circumstances.
 
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remittance requirements for investors, pay property taxes and insurance premiums, legal expenses and other protective advances. We also advance funds to maintain, repair and market real estate properties on behalf of investors. As home values change, we may have to reconsider certain of the assumptions underlying our decisions to make advances and, in certain situations, our contractual obligations may require us to make certain advances for which we may not be reimbursed. In addition, in the event a mortgage loan serviced by us defaults or becomes delinquent, the repayment to us of the advance may be delayed until the mortgage loan is repaid or refinanced or a liquidation occurs. A delay in our ability to collect an advance may adversely affect our liquidity, and our inability to be reimbursed for an advance could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Changes to government mortgage modification programs may adversely affect future incremental revenues.
 
Under HAMP and similar government programs, a participating servicer may be entitled to receive financial incentives in connection with any modification plans it enters into with eligible borrowers and subsequent “pay for success” fees to the extent that a borrower remains current in any agreed upon loan modification. While we participate in and dedicate numerous resources to HAMP, we may not continue to participate in or realize future revenues from HAMP or any other government mortgage modification program. Changes in legislation regarding HAMP that result in the modification of outstanding mortgage loans, and changes in the requirements necessary to qualify for refinancing mortgage loans may impact the extent to which we participate in and receive financial benefits from such programs, or may increase the expense of participating in such programs. Changes in governmental loan modification programs could also result in an increase to our costs.
 
Under the MHA, a participating servicer may receive a financial incentive to modify qualifying loans, in accordance with the plan’s guidelines and requirements. The MHA also allows us to refinance loans with a high loan-to-value ratio of up to 125%. This allows us to refinance loans to existing borrowers who have little or negative equity in their homes. Changes in legislation or regulations regarding the MHA could reduce our volume of refinancing originations to borrowers with little or negative equity in their homes. Changes to HAMP, the MHA and other similar programs could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We are highly dependent upon programs administered by GSEs such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to generate revenues through mortgage loan sales to institutional investors. Any changes in existing U.S. government-sponsored mortgage programs could materially and adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
Our ability to generate revenues through mortgage loan sales to institutional investors depends to a significant degree on programs administered by the GSEs, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a government agency, Ginnie Mae, and others that facilitate the issuance of mortgage-backed securities in the secondary market. These GSEs play a critical role in the residential mortgage industry, and we have significant business relationships with many of them. Almost all of the conforming loans that we originate qualify under existing standards for inclusion in guaranteed mortgage securities backed by GSEs. We also derive other material financial benefits from these relationships, including the assumption of credit risk by these GSEs on loans included in such mortgage securities in exchange for our payment of guarantee fees and the ability to avoid certain loan inventory finance costs through streamlined loan funding and sale procedures.
 
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The conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and related efforts, along with any changes in laws and regulations affecting the relationship between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the U.S. federal government, may adversely affect our business and prospects.
 
Due to increased market concerns about the ability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to withstand future credit losses associated with securities held in their investment portfolios, and on which they provide guarantees, without the direct support of the U.S. federal government, on July 30, 2008, the government passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the “FHFA”), placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship and, together with the U.S. Treasury, established a program designed to boost investor confidence in their respective debt and mortgage-backed securities. As the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the FHFA controls and directs the operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and may (i) take over the assets of and operate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with all the powers of the shareholders, the directors and the officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and conduct all business of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; (ii) collect all obligations and money due to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; (iii) perform all functions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which are consistent with the conservator’s appointment; (iv) preserve and conserve the assets and property of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; and (v) contract for assistance in fulfilling any function, activity, action or duty of the conservator.
 
In addition to the FHFA becoming the conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. Treasury and the FHFA have entered into preferred stock purchase agreements between the U.S. Treasury and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pursuant to which the U.S. Treasury will ensure that each of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac maintains a positive net worth.
 
Although the U.S. Treasury has committed capital to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, these actions may not be adequate for their needs. If these actions are inadequate, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could continue to suffer losses and could fail to honor their guarantees and other obligations. The future roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be significantly reduced and the nature of their guarantees could be considerably limited relative to historical measurements. Any changes to the nature of the guarantees provided by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could redefine what constitute agency and government conforming mortgage-backed securities and could have broad adverse market implications. Such market implications could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
The geographic concentration of our servicing portfolio may result in a higher rate of delinquencies and may affect our financial condition.
 
As of March 31, 2011, approximately 18%, 15% and 5% of the aggregate outstanding loan balance in our servicing portfolio is secured by properties located in California, Florida and Texas, respectively. Some of these states have experienced severe declines in property values and are experiencing a disproportionately high rate of delinquencies and foreclosures relative to other states. To the extent that these states continue to experience weaker economic conditions or greater rates of decline in real estate values than the United States generally, a concentration of the loans we service in those regions may be expected to increase the effect of the risks listed in this “Risk Factors” section. The impact of property value declines may increase in magnitude and it may continue for a long period of time. Additionally, if states in which we have greater concentrations of business were to change their licensing or other regulatory requirements to make our business cost prohibitive, this could require us to stop doing business in those states or increase the cost of doing business in those states and could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.


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We use financial models and estimates in determining the fair value of certain assets, such as mortgage servicing rights and investments in debt securities. If our estimates or assumptions prove to be incorrect, we may be required to record impairment charges, which could adversely affect our earnings.
 
We use internal financial models that utilize, wherever possible, market participant data to value certain of our assets, including our mortgage servicing rights, newly originated loans held for sale and investments in debt securities for purposes of financial reporting. These models are complex and use asset-specific collateral data and market inputs for interest and discount rates. In addition, the modeling requirements of mortgage servicing rights are complex because of the high number of variables that drive cash flows associated with mortgage servicing rights. Even if the general accuracy of our valuation models is validated, valuations are highly dependent upon the reasonableness of our assumptions and the predictability of the relationships that drive the results of the models. If loan loss levels are higher than anticipated, due to an increase in delinquencies or prepayment speeds, or financial market illiquidity continues beyond our estimate, the value of certain of our assets may decrease. We may be required to record impairment charges, which could impact our ability to satisfy minimum net worth covenants of $175.0 million and borrowing conditions in our debt agreements and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. Errors in our financial models or changes in assumptions could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our earnings may decrease because of changes in prevailing interest rates.
 
Our profitability is directly affected by changes in prevailing interest rates. The following are the material risks we face related to changes in prevailing interest rates:
 
  •  an increase in prevailing 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;
 
  •  a substantial and sustained increase in prevailing interest rates could adversely affect our loan origination volume because refinancing an existing loan would be less attractive for homeowners and qualifying for a loan may be more difficult for consumers;
 
  •  an increase in prevailing interest rates would increase the cost of servicing our outstanding debt, including our ability to finance servicing advances and loan originations;
 
  •  a decrease in prevailing interest rates may require us to record a decrease in the value of our mortgage servicing rights; and
 
  •  a change in prevailing interest rates could impact our earnings from our custodial deposit accounts.
 
Any such change in prevailing interest rates could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our hedging strategies may not be successful in mitigating our risks associated with interest rates.
 
From time to time, we have used various derivative financial instruments to provide a level of protection against interest rate risks, but no hedging strategy can protect us completely. The derivative financial instruments that we select may not have the effect of reducing our interest rate risks. In addition, the nature and timing of hedging transactions may influence the effectiveness of these strategies. Poorly designed strategies, improperly executed and documented transactions or inaccurate assumptions could actually increase our risks and losses. In addition, hedging strategies involve transaction and other costs. Our hedging strategies and the derivatives that we use may not be able to adequately offset the risks of interest rate volatility and our hedging transactions may result in or


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magnify losses. Furthermore, interest rate derivatives may not be available at all, or at favorable terms, particularly during economic downturns. Any of the foregoing risks could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
A downgrade in our servicer ratings could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Standard & Poor’s and Fitch rate us as a residential loan servicer. Our current favorable ratings from the rating agencies are important to the conduct of our loan servicing business. These ratings may be downgraded in the future. Any such downgrade could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
We depend on the accuracy and completeness of information about borrowers and counterparties.
 
In deciding whether to extend credit or to enter into other transactions with borrowers and counterparties, we may rely on information furnished to us by or on behalf of borrowers and counterparties, including financial statements and other financial information. We also may rely on representations of borrowers and counterparties as to the accuracy and completeness of that information and, with respect to financial statements, on reports of independent auditors. We additionally rely on representations from public officials concerning the licensing and good standing of the third party mortgage brokers through whom we do business. While we have a practice of independently verifying the borrower information that we use in deciding whether to extend credit or to agree to a loan modification, including employment, assets, income and credit score, if any of this information is intentionally or negligently misrepresented and such misrepresentation is not detected prior to loan funding, the value of the loan may be significantly lower than expected. Whether a misrepresentation is made by the loan applicant, the mortgage broker, another third party or one of our employees, we generally bear the risk of loss associated with the misrepresentation. We have controls and processes designed to help us identify misrepresented information in our loan origination operations. We, however, may not have detected or may not detect all misrepresented information in our loan originations and/or our business clients. Any such misrepresented information could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Technology failures could damage our business operations and increase our costs.
 
The financial services industry as a whole is characterized by rapidly changing technologies, and system disruptions and failures caused by fire, power loss, telecommunications failures, unauthorized intrusion, computer viruses and disabling devices, natural disasters and other similar events, may interrupt or delay our ability to provide services to our borrowers. Security breaches, acts of vandalism and developments in computer capabilities could result in a compromise or breach of the technology that we use to protect our borrowers’ personal information and transaction data. Systems failures could cause us to incur significant costs and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
The success and growth of our business will depend upon our ability to adapt to and implement technological changes.
 
Our mortgage loan origination business is currently dependent upon our ability to effectively interface with our brokers, borrowers and other third parties and to efficiently process loan applications and closings. The origination process is becoming more dependent upon technological advancement, such as our continued ability to process applications over the Internet, accept electronic signatures, provide process status updates instantly and other borrower-expected conveniences. Maintaining and improving this new technology and becoming proficient with it may also require significant capital expenditures. As these requirements increase in the future, we will have to fully develop these


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technological capabilities to remain competitive and any failure to do so could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Any failure of our internal security measures or breach of our privacy protections could cause harm to our reputation and subject us to liability.
 
In the ordinary course of our business, we receive and store certain confidential information concerning borrowers. Additionally, we enter into third party relationships to assist with various aspects of our business, some of which require the exchange of confidential borrower information. If a third party were to compromise or breach our security measures or those of the vendors, through electronic, physical or other means, and misappropriate such information, it could cause interruptions in our operations, expose us to significant liabilities, reporting obligations, remediation costs and damage to our reputation. Any of the foregoing risks could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our vendor relationships subject us to a variety of risks.
 
We have significant vendors that, among other things, provide us with financial, technology and other services to support our servicing and originations businesses. With respect to vendors engaged to perform activities required by servicing criteria, we have elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the applicable vendor and are required to have procedures in place to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor’s activities comply in all material respects with servicing criteria applicable to the vendor. In the event that a vendor’s activities do not comply with the servicing criteria, it could negatively impact our servicing agreements. In addition, if our current vendors were to stop providing services to us on acceptable terms, including as a result of one or more vendor bankruptcies due to poor economic conditions, we may be unable to procure alternatives from other vendors in a timely and efficient manner and on acceptable terms, or at all. Further, we may incur significant costs to resolve any such disruptions in service and this could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
The loss of the services of our senior managers could have an adverse effect on our business.
 
The experience of our senior managers is a valuable asset to us. Our management team has an average of approximately 26 years of experience in the residential mortgage origination and servicing industry and has been with us for an average of approximately 10 years. We do not maintain key life insurance policies relating to our senior managers. The loss of the services of our senior managers could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our historical financial statements do not reflect payments for income taxes.
 
Our historical financial statements set forth in this prospectus do not reflect any payments for income taxes. The indenture governing the notes permits us to distribute to our equity holders amounts (based generally on a hypothetical calculation of combined federal, state and local income taxes we would owe if we were taxable as a corporation) to pay their income taxes for so long as we are treated as a disregarded entity or partnership for income tax purposes. If we become taxable as a corporation, the indenture governing the notes generally will permit us to pay our combined tax group’s federal, state and local income taxes. See “Description of the New Notes—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”
 
Our business could suffer if we fail to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce.
 
Our future success will depend on our ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified personnel for all areas of our organization, in particular skilled managers, loan servicers, debt default specialists, loan officers and underwriters. Trained and experienced personnel are in high demand, and may be in short supply in some areas. Many of the companies with which we compete


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for experienced employees have greater resources than we have and may be able to offer more attractive terms of employment. In addition, we invest significant time and expense in training our employees, which increases their value to competitors who may seek to recruit them. We may not be able to attract, develop and maintain an adequate skilled workforce necessary to operate our businesses, and labor expenses may increase as a result of a shortage in the supply of qualified personnel. If we are unable to attract and retain such personnel, we may not be able to take advantage of acquisitions and other growth opportunities that may be presented to us and this could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Legal proceedings and related costs could adversely affect our financial results.
 
We are routinely involved in legal proceedings concerning matters that arise in the ordinary course of our business. The outcome of these proceedings may adversely affect our financial results. In addition, a number of participants in our industry have been the subject of class action lawsuits and regulatory actions by states’ attorneys general. Litigation and other proceedings may require that we pay settlement costs, damages, penalties or other charges, which could adversely affect our financial results. See “Business—Legal Proceedings.”
 
Negative public opinion could damage our reputation and adversely affect our earnings.
 
Reputation risk, or the risk to our business, earnings and capital from negative public opinion, is inherent in our business. Negative public opinion can result from our actual or alleged conduct in any number of activities, including lending and debt collection practices, corporate governance, and from actions taken by government regulators and community organizations in response to those activities. Negative public opinion can also result from media coverage, whether accurate or not. Negative public opinion can adversely affect our ability to attract and retain customers, trading counterparties and employees and can expose us to litigation and regulatory action. Although we take steps to minimize reputation risk in dealing with our customers and communities, this risk will always be present in our organization.
 
Fortress indirectly controls our sole equityholder and there may be situations in which the interests of Fortress and the holders of the notes will not be aligned.
 
FIF HE Holdings LLC, a holding company, is our sole member, owning 100% of our outstanding membership interests. FIF HE Holdings LLC, in turn, is owned by certain private equity funds managed by an affiliate of Fortress and our past and present management. As a result, Fortress is able to control our business direction and policies, including mergers, acquisitions and consolidations with third parties and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets. Consequently, circumstances may arise in which the interests of Fortress could be in conflict with your interests as a holder of the notes, and Fortress may pursue transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their equity investment, even though the transaction might involve risks to holders of the notes.
 
Risks Related to the New Notes
 
Our substantial indebtedness may limit our financial and operating activities and our ability to incur additional debt to fund future needs.
 
As of March 31, 2011, we and our guarantors had approximately $633.7 million of total indebtedness and unfunded availability of approximately $855.9 million under our various financing facilities. Our substantial indebtedness and any future indebtedness we incur could:
 
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  •  make it more difficult for us to satisfy and comply with our obligations with respect to the notes;
 
  •  subject us to increased sensitivity to increases in prevailing interest rates;
 
  •  place us at a competitive disadvantage to competitors with relatively less debt in economic downturns, adverse industry conditions or catastrophic external events; or
 
  •  reduce our flexibility in planning for or responding to changing business, industry and economic conditions.
 
Our substantial obligations could have other important consequences. For example, our failure to comply with the restrictive covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness, including the indenture governing the notes, which limit our ability to incur liens, to incur debt and to sell assets, could result in an event of default that, if not cured or waived, could harm our business or prospects and could result in our bankruptcy.
 
We may incur more debt, which could exacerbate the risks described above.
 
We and our subsidiaries are able to incur additional indebtedness in the future, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness, including the indenture governing the notes. Although these agreements generally restrict us and our restricted subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. If we or our subsidiaries incur additional debt, the related risks could be magnified.
 
We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations including the notes.
 
Our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to make scheduled payments on our debt obligations including the notes will depend on our current and future financial performance, which is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. If we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to satisfy our debt obligations, including interest payments and the payment of principal at maturity, we may have to undertake alternative financing plans, such as refinancing or restructuring our debt, selling assets, reducing or delaying capital investments or seeking to raise additional capital. Such alternative financing plans may not be available or may not be able to generate timely and sufficient amount of proceeds to satisfy our debt obligations. Additional financing may not be obtained on acceptable terms, or permitted under the terms of our various debt instruments then in effect. Furthermore, our ability to refinance would depend upon the condition of the finance and credit markets. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt obligations, or to refinance our obligations on commercially reasonable terms or on a timely basis, would materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
In addition, we are dependent on the cash flow of and dividends and distributions to us from our subsidiaries in order to service our current indebtedness. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due pursuant to any indebtedness of ours or to make any funds available therefor, except for those subsidiaries that have guaranteed our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness and that will guarantee our obligations under the notes. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay any dividends and distributions will be subject to, among other things, the terms of any debt instruments of our subsidiaries then in effect as well as applicable law. Our subsidiaries may not be able to generate cash flow sufficient to pay dividends or distributions to us that enable us to pay interest or principal on our existing indebtedness or the notes.
 
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the ability to renegotiate these obligations. If upon the maturity date other arrangements prohibit us from repaying the notes, we could try to obtain waivers of such prohibitions from the lenders and holders under those arrangements, or we could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain the restrictions. In these circumstances, if we were not able to obtain such waivers or refinance these borrowings, we would be unable to repay the notes.
 
The indenture governing the notes, as well as other agreements governing our debt, include provisions that may restrict our financial and business operations, but may not necessarily restrict our ability to take actions that may impair our ability to repay the notes.
 
The agreements governing our indebtedness, including our servicing advance facilities that relate to servicing loan portfolios, our warehouse facilities that relate to originating mortgage loans, the notes we issued to finance our purchase of a portfolio of mortgage servicing rights and the indenture that will govern the notes, contain negative covenants customary for such financings, such as limiting our ability to sell or dispose of assets, incur additional indebtedness or liens, make certain restricted payments, make certain investments, consummate mergers, consolidations or other business combinations or engage in other lines of business. These restrictions may interfere with our ability to engage in other necessary or desirable business activities, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our financing facilities also require us to comply with certain financial ratios and covenants, such as maximum leverage ratios, minimum tangible net worth, minimum liquidity and positive earnings covenants. In addition, availability under certain of our financing facilities is limited by borrowing base and minimum collateral conditions. Our ability to comply with these covenants depends on our financial condition and performance and also is subject to events outside our control. Asset write-downs, other non-cash charges and other one-time events also impact our ability to comply with these covenants. In addition, these restrictions may interfere with our ability to obtain financing or to engage in other necessary or desirable business activities, which may have a material effect on our operations. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. Moreover, if we fail to comply with these covenants and are unable to obtain a waiver or amendment, an event of default would result.
 
Our financing facilities and other debt agreements, including the indenture governing the notes, also contain other events of default customary for such financings. In addition, as a servicer, we are required to observe and perform the covenants and obligations in the agreements under which we service loans. As a servicer, we also have obligations under Regulation AB under the Securities Act. Failure to service in accordance with these requirements may lead to an event of default under our credit facilities. We may not have sufficient liquidity to repay or refinance the notes or borrowings under our credit facilities if such amounts were accelerated upon an event of default. If we are unable to service our debt, this could materially affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on the notes.
 
Any default under the agreements covering our indebtedness that is not waived by the required lenders, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could make us unable to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the notes and substantially decrease the market value of the notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain alternative financing necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our indebtedness, we would be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness, which could also result in an event of default under other financing agreements. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and


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unpaid interest, or we could be forced to apply all available cash flows to repay such indebtedness, and, in any case, we could ultimately be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.
 
The repayment of the notes will be effectively subordinated to substantially all of our existing and future secured debt and the existing and future secured debt of our subsidiaries.
 
The notes, and each guarantee of the notes, will be unsecured obligations. The notes, and any other unsecured debt securities issued by us, will be effectively junior in right of payment to all secured indebtedness. In the event of our bankruptcy, or the bankruptcy of our subsidiaries or special purpose vehicles, holders of any secured indebtedness of ours or of our subsidiaries will have claims that are prior to the claims of the holders of any debt securities issued by us with respect to the assets securing our other indebtedness. As of March 31, 2011, the aggregate carrying value of our and our subsidiaries’ secured indebtedness was approximately $1,231.4 million.
 
If we defaulted on our obligations under any of our secured debt, our secured lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. If any secured indebtedness were to be accelerated, our assets may not be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness, including the notes. In addition, upon any distribution of assets pursuant to any liquidation, insolvency, dissolution, reorganization or similar proceeding, the holders of secured indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in full from the proceeds of the collateral securing our secured indebtedness before the holders of the notes will be entitled to receive any payment with respect thereto. As a result, the holders of the notes may recover proportionally less than holders of secured indebtedness.
 
The notes and related subsidiary guarantees will effectively be subordinated to indebtedness of our existing and future non-guarantor subsidiaries.
 
Not all of our subsidiaries will guarantee the notes. The notes will be effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities and commitments, including trade payables, of our existing and future subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes. Any right of the holders of the notes to participate in the assets of a non-guarantor subsidiary upon any liquidation or reorganization of the subsidiary will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary’s creditors.
 
As of the date of this prospectus, Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust 2009-A; Nationstar Home Equity Loan 2009-A REO LLC; Nationstar Residual, LLC; Nationstar Advance Funding II, LLC; Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADV1; Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2010-ADV1; Nationstar Funding LLC and Nationstar Advance Funding LLC are our non-guarantor subsidiaries. Non-guarantor subsidiaries held approximately 51.3% of our total assets as of March 31, 2011.
 
Unrestricted subsidiaries generally will not be subject to any of the covenants in the indenture and will not guarantee the notes, and we may not be able to rely on the cash flow or assets of those unrestricted subsidiaries to pay our indebtedness.
 
Subject to compliance with the restrictive covenants contained in the indenture governing the notes, we will be permitted to designate certain of our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. If we designate a subsidiary guarantor as an unrestricted subsidiary for purposes of the indenture governing the notes, any guarantees of the notes by such subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries will be released under the indenture. As a result, the creditors of the unrestricted subsidiary and its subsidiaries will have a senior claim on the assets of such unrestricted subsidiary and its subsidiaries.
 
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respect of the notes. Accordingly, we may not be able to rely on the cash flow or assets of unrestricted subsidiaries to pay any of our indebtedness, including the notes.
 
As of the date of this prospectus there are no unrestricted subsidiaries, and we do not have any plans to designate any of our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
 
Your right to be repaid would be adversely affected if a court determined that any of our subsidiaries made any guarantee for inadequate consideration or with the intent to defraud creditors.
 
Under the federal bankruptcy laws and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer laws, any guarantee made by any of our subsidiaries could be voided, or claims under the guarantee made by any of our subsidiaries could be subordinated to all other obligations of any such subsidiary, if the subsidiary, at the time it incurred the obligations under the guarantee:
 
  •  incurred the obligations with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors; or
 
  •  received less than reasonably equivalent value in exchange for incurring those obligations; and
 
  •  was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of that incurrence;
 
  •  was engaged in a business or transaction for which the subsidiary’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or
 
  •  intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay those debts as they mature.
 
A legal challenge to the obligations under any guarantee on fraudulent conveyance grounds could focus on any benefits received in exchange for the incurrence of those obligations. A guarantee could be subject to the claim that, since the guarantee was incurred for our benefit and only indirectly for the benefit of the guarantor, the obligations of the applicable guarantor were incurred for less than fair consideration. The liability of each guarantor under the indenture will be limited to the amount that will result in its guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance, but a court may apply an alternative standard to determine the maximum liability of each guarantor. We believe that each of our subsidiaries making a guarantee will receive reasonably equivalent value for incurring the guarantee, but a court may disagree with our conclusion.
 
The measures of insolvency for purposes of the fraudulent transfer laws vary depending on the law applied in the proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if:
 
  •  the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, is greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;
 
  •  the present fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or
 
  •  it cannot pay its debts as they become due.
 
The credit ratings assigned to the notes may not reflect all risks of an investment in the notes.
 
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reflect the potential impact of risks related to structure, market or other factors related to the value of the notes.
 
We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer required by the indenture governing the notes.
 
Upon the occurrence of a “change of control,” as defined in the indenture governing the notes, we must offer to buy back the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest and special interest, if any, to the date of the repurchase. Our failure to purchase, or give notice of purchase of, the notes would be a default under the indenture governing the notes. See “Description of New Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”
 
If a change of control occurs, it is possible that we may not have sufficient assets at the time of the change of control to make the required repurchase of notes or to satisfy all obligations under our other debt instruments, including future debt instruments. In order to satisfy our obligations, we could seek to refinance our indebtedness or obtain a waiver from the other lenders or you as a holder of the notes. We may not be able to obtain a waiver or refinance our indebtedness on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Our failure to repurchase any notes submitted in a change of control offer could constitute an event of default under our other debt documents, even if the change of control offer itself would not cause a default under the indenture governing the notes.
 
The change of control provision in the indenture may not protect you in the event we consummate a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or other similar transaction, unless such transaction constitutes a change of control under the indenture. Such a transaction may not involve a change in voting power or beneficial ownership or, even if it does, may not involve a change of the magnitude required under the definition of a change of control triggering event in the indenture to trigger our obligation to repurchase the notes.
 
There is no established trading market for the notes. If an actual trading market does not develop for the notes, you may not be able to resell the notes quickly, for the price that you paid or at all.
 
The notes are a new issue of securities and therefore there is no established trading market for the notes, and an active trading market may not develop. We do not intend to apply for the notes to be listed on any securities exchange or to arrange for any quotation on any automated dealer quotation systems. The initial purchasers have advised us that they intend to make a market in the notes, but they are not obligated to do so. The initial purchasers may discontinue any market making in the notes at any time, at their sole discretion. As a result, there might be very little liquidity of any trading market for the notes.
 
You may not be able to sell your notes at a particular time or at all, or the prices that you receive when you sell them may not be favorable. You may not be able to resell your notes at their fair market value. The liquidity of, and trading market for, the notes may also be adversely affected by, among other things:
 
  •  prevailing interest rates;
 
  •  our operating performance and financial condition;
 
  •  the interest of securities dealers in making a market; and
 
  •  the market for similar securities.
 
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notes will be subject to disruptions. Any disruptions may have a negative effect on noteholders, regardless of our prospects and financial performance.
 
The Old Notes were issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
 
The Old Notes were issued with OID for U.S. federal income tax purposes because the stated principal amount of the notes exceeded their issue price by more than a de minimis amount.
 
U.S. holders will generally be required to include such OID in gross income on a constant yield to maturity basis in advance of the receipt of cash payment thereof and regardless of such holders’ method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”
 
Risks Relating to the Exchange Offer
 
The consummation of the exchange offer may not occur.
 
We are not obligated to complete the exchange offer under certain circumstances. See “Description of the Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” Even if the exchange offer is completed, it may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the exchange offer may have to wait longer than expected to receive their New Notes, during which time those holders of Old Notes will not be able to effect transfers of their Old Notes tendered in the exchange offer.
 
You may be required to deliver prospectuses and comply with other requirements in connection with any resale of the New Notes.
 
If you tender your Old Notes for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the New Notes, you will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the New Notes. In addition, if you are a broker-dealer that receives New Notes for your own account in exchange for Old Notes that you acquired as a result of market-making activities or any other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes.


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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This prospectus 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,” “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. Also see “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus regarding the additional factors that have impacted or may impact our performance and financial results. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, without limitation:
 
  •  the impact of the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 on our business activities and practices, costs of operations and overall results of operations;
 
  •  the impact on our servicing practices of enforcement consent orders entered into by 14 of the largest servicers and four federal agencies;
 
  •  the continued deterioration of the residential mortgage market, increase in monthly payments on adjustable rate mortgage loans, adverse economic conditions, decrease in property values or increase in delinquencies and defaults;
 
  •  our ability to compete successfully in the mortgage loan servicing and mortgage loan originations industry;
 
  •  our ability to maintain the size of our servicing portfolio by successfully identifying attractive acquisition opportunities, including mortgage servicing rights, subservicing contracts, servicing platforms and origination platforms;
 
  •  our ability to scale-up appropriately and integrate our acquisitions to realize the anticipated benefits of any such potential future acquisitions;
 
  •  our ability to obtain sufficient capital to meet our financing requirements;
 
  •  our ability to grow our loan origination volume and develop a distributed retail sales channel;
 
  •  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 accounting standards;
 
  •  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 GSEs or a significant change in such guidelines;
 
  •  delays in our ability to collect or be reimbursed for servicing advances;
 
  •  changes to the Home Affordable Modification Program, the Make Home Affordable Plan or other similar government programs;
 
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  •  changes in our business relationships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae and others that facilitate the issuance of mortgage-backed securities;
 
  •  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;
 
  •  requirement to write down the value of certain assets;
 
  •  changes in prevailing interest rates;
 
  •  our ability to successfully mitigate our risks through hedging strategies;
 
  •  changes in 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;
 
  •  changes to our income tax status;
 
  •  failure to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce;
 
  •  increase in legal proceedings and related costs;
 
  •  changes in public opinion concerning mortgage originators or debt default specialists;
 
  •  conflicts of interest with Fortress and the holders of the notes; and
 
  •  other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus beginning on page 17.
 
We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date they were made. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.


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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
 
The following tables present selected consolidated financial information for our business. You should read these tables along with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
 
We have not presented selected consolidated statement of operations and balance sheet data for periods prior to the Acquisition. The entity that we acquired—CHEC—was a consolidated subsidiary of Centex Financial Services (“CFS”), and we did not receive, separate audited or unaudited financials of CHEC in connection with the Acquisition. We only received consolidated financials of CFS. In 2009, CFS was subsequently acquired by a third party. We do not have, nor do we have the right to obtain, financial statements for CHEC prior to the date of the Acquisition. Therefore, because the information is not available to us, it cannot be created without unreasonable effort and expense. We also believe that financial information for the period from April 1, 2006 to July 10, 2006 does not contribute to an investor’s understanding of our historical financial performance and financial condition because, before the Acquisition, CHEC had historically operated as a subprime mortgage lender. After the Acquisition, in the third fiscal quarter of 2007, we transformed the business from a subprime mortgage lender to a mortgage servicer and conforming loan originator. As a result, financial information with respect to the business conducted before the Acquisition would not provide useful information to investors about trends in our financial condition and results of operation.
 
The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 have been derived from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2007 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2008 have been derived from our audited financial statements that are not included in this prospectus. The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the period from July 11, 2006 to December 31, 2006 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2006, and 2007 have been derived from our unaudited financial statements, which are not included in this prospectus. The selected consolidated statement of operations data for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2011 and the selected consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 2011 have been derived from our unaudited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
 


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    July 11, 2006
                            Three Months Ended
 
    to December
    Year Ended December 31,     March 31,  
     31, 2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     2010     2011  
    (in thousands)  
 
Statement of Operations Data:
                                                       
Revenues:
                                                       
Total fee income
  $ 14,161     $ 46,301     $ 74,007     $ 100,218     $ 184,084     $ 38,750     $ 64,686  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
    4,476       (94,673 )     (86,663 )     (21,349 )     77,344       12,429       20,506  
                                                         
Total revenues
    18,637       (48,372 )     (12,656 )     78,869       261,428       51,179       85,192  
Total expenses and impairments
    98,837       259,222       147,777       142,367       220,976       40,089       68,121  
Other income (expense):
                                                       
Interest income
    75,114       163,022       92,060       52,518       98,895       31,333       18,318  
Interest expense
    (55,172 )     (118,553 )     (65,548 )     (69,883 )     (116,163 )     (29,135 )     (25,368 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
          (21,353 )     (23,689 )     (14 )     (9,801 )     (2,779 )      
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                            (23,297 )     (9,777 )     (2,652 )
                                                         
Total other income (expense)
    19,942       23,116       2,823       (17,379 )     (50,366 )     (10,358 )     (9,702 )
                                                         
Net income (loss)
  $  (60,258 )   $  (284,478 )   $  (157,610 )   $  (80,877 )   $ (9,914 )   $ 732     $ 7,369  
                                                         
 
                                                 
        As of
    As of December 31,   March 31,
    2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011
    (in thousands)
 
Balance Sheet Data:
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 10,335     $ 41,251     $ 9,357     $ 41,645     $ 21,223     $ 48,420  
Mortgage servicing rights
    49,783       82,634       110,808       114,605       145,062       151,159  
Total assets
    2,145,007       1,303,221       1,122,001       1,280,185       1,947,181       1,868,255  
Unsecured senior notes
                            244,061       244,410  
Notes payable
    1,966,368       967,307       810,041       771,857       709,758       608,451  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
                      177,675       138,662       133,592  
ABS nonrecourse debt
                            496,692       489,321  
Total liabilities
    2,005,213       1,041,525       866,079       1,016,362       1,690,809       1,603,012  
Total members’ equity
    139,794       261,696       255,922       263,823       256,372       265,243  

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
The following table sets forth information regarding our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods shown. For purposes of calculating this ratio, (i) earnings consist of income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes and fixed charges and (ii) fixed charges consist of interest expense, which includes amortization of deferred finance charges, and imputed interest on our lease obligations. The interest component of rent was determined based on an estimate of a reasonable interest factor at the inception of the leases.
 
                                                         
    July 11, 2006
                  Three Months Ended
    to December
  Year Ended December 31,   March 31,
     31, 2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2010   2011
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     1.02       1.28  
 
 
(1) Earnings for the period from July 11, 2006 to December 31, 2006 and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiencies were $60.3 million, $284.5 million, $157.6 million, $80.9 million and $9.9 million, respectively.


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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
 
Purpose of the Exchange Offer
 
On March 26, 2010, we issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Old Notes. In connection with that issuance, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement on March 26, 2010. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed that we would use reasonable best efforts to:
 
  •  file a registration statement (“Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) covering an offer to the Holders of Old Notes to exchange all Old Notes for New Notes not later than March 31, 2011;
 
  •  have the Exchange Offer Registration Statement remain effective for 90 days after Expiration Date for use by broker-dealers who acquired the Old Notes directly from us;
 
  •  commence the Exchange Offer as soon as reasonably practicable after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC; and
 
  •  complete the registered exchange offer not later than 90 days after March 31, 2011.
 
Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we will offer the New Notes in exchange for the Old Notes. We filed a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement as an exhibit to the registration statement.
 
Resale of the New Notes
 
We are making the exchange offer in reliance on the position of the staff of the SEC as set forth in interpretive letters addressed to other parties in other transactions. For further information on the SEC’s position, see Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, available May 13, 1988, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, available June 5, 1991 and Shearman & Sterling, available July 2, 1993, and other interpretive letters to similar effect. We have not sought our own interpretive letter, however, and we cannot assure you that the staff would make a similar determination with respect to the exchange offer as it has in interpretive letters to other parties. Based on these interpretations by the staff, we believe that the New Notes issued under the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by you, without further compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, so long as you:
 
  (1)   are acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of the business of yourself and any beneficial owner;
 
  (2)   are not participating in, and do not intend to participate in, a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;
 
  (3)   are not a broker-dealer who acquired the Old Notes directly from us; and
 
  (4)   are not an “affiliate” of ours, within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
By tendering the Old Notes in exchange for New Notes, you will be required to represent to us that each of the above statements applies to you. If you are participating in or intend to participate in, a distribution of the New Notes, or have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes to be acquired in this exchange offer, you may be deemed to have received restricted securities and may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC. If you are so deemed, you will have to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction.
 
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other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the New Notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes which the broker-dealer acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
The exchange offer is not being made to, nor will we accept tenders for exchange from, holders of Old Notes in any jurisdiction in which the exchange offer or the acceptance of it would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
 
Terms of the Exchange Offer
 
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all Old Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. We will issue $1,000 principal amount of New Notes in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes validly tendered and accepted pursuant to the exchange offer.
 
We will not pay any accrued and unpaid interest on the Old Notes that we acquire in the exchange offer. Instead, interest on the New Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including March 26, 2010, the date on which we issued the Old Notes.
 
Tendering holders of Old Notes must tender Old Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000, and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. New Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
The terms of the New Notes are identical in all material respects to the terms of the Old Notes, except that:
 
  (1)   we have registered the New Notes under the Securities Act and therefore these notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer; and
 
  (2)   specified rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, including the provisions providing for payment of additional interest in specified circumstances relating to the exchange offer, will be eliminated for all the Notes.
 
The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes. The New Notes will be issued under the same indenture and will be entitled to the same benefits under that indenture as the Old Notes being exchanged. As of the date of this prospectus, approximately $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes are outstanding. Old Notes accepted for exchange will be retired and cancelled and not reissued.
 
Except as described under “Form, Book-Entry Procedures and Transfer,” we will issue the New Notes in the form of one or more global notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, and each beneficial owner’s interest in it will be transferable in book-entry form through DTC.
 
We will conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
 
We will be considered to have accepted validly tendered Old Notes if and when we have given oral or written notice to that effect to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the New Notes from us.
 
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Notes, without expense, to the tendering holder as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the exchange offer.
 
Holders who tender Old Notes will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes on exchange of Old Notes in connection with the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the exchange offer. See “—Other Fees and Expenses” and “—Transfer Taxes.”
 
If we successfully complete the exchange offer, any Old Notes which holders do not tender or which we do not accept in the exchange offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest. The holders of Old Notes after the exchange offer in general will not have further rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, including registration rights and any rights to additional interest. Holders wishing to transfer the Old Notes would have to rely on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
 
Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments; Termination
 
For purposes of the exchange offer, the term “Expiration Date” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on          , 2011, subject to our right to extend that time and date in our sole discretion, in which case the Expiration Date means the latest time and date to which the exchange offer is extended.
 
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, by giving oral or written notice to the exchange agent, to:
 
  •  extend the exchange offer;
 
  •  terminate the exchange offer if a condition to our obligation to exchange Old Notes for New Notes is not satisfied or waived on or prior to the Expiration Date; and
 
  •  amend the exchange offer.
 
If the exchange offer is amended in a manner that we determine constitutes a material change, we will extend the exchange offer for a period of two to ten business days, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the holders, if the exchange offer would otherwise have expired during that two to ten business day period.
 
We will notify holders of the Old Notes of any extension, amendment or termination of the exchange offer by press release or other public announcement. We will announce any extension of the Expiration Date no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date. We have no other obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any information about any extension, amendment or termination.
 
Settlement Date
 
We will deliver the New Notes on the settlement date, which will be as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the exchange offer. We will not be obligated to deliver New Notes unless the exchange offer is consummated.
 
Conditions to the Exchange Offer
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue New Notes in exchange for, any Old Notes and may terminate or amend the exchange offer if at any time before the expiration of the exchange offer, we determine (i) that the exchange offer violates applicable law, any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC or any order of any governmental agency or court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) an action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which might materially


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impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer or a material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to us; or (iii) all governmental approvals that we deem necessary for the consummation of the exchange offer have not been obtained.
 
The foregoing conditions are for our sole benefit and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition or may be waived by us in whole or in part at any time and from time to time. The failure by us at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any of those rights and each of those rights shall be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time. Any determination made by us concerning an event, development or circumstance described or referred to above will be conclusive and binding.
 
If any of the foregoing conditions are not satisfied, we may, at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date:
 
  •  terminate the exchange offer and return all tendered Old Notes to the respective tendering holders;
 
  •  modify, extend or otherwise amend the exchange offer and retain all tendered Old Notes until the Expiration Date, as extended, subject, however, to the withdrawal rights of holders; or
 
  •  to the extent lawful, waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the exchange offer and accept all Old Notes tendered and not previously validly withdrawn.
 
In addition, we will not accept for exchange any Old Notes tendered, and no New Notes will be issued in exchange for those Old Notes, if at such time any stop order shall be threatened or in effect with respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part or with respect to the qualification of the indenture governing the New Notes under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
 
Effect of Tender
 
Any tender by a holder, and our subsequent acceptance of that tender, of Old Notes will constitute a binding agreement between that holder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer described in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal. The acceptance of the exchange offer by a tendering holder of Old Notes will constitute the agreement by that holder to deliver good and marketable title to the tendered Old Notes, free and clear of any and all liens, restrictions, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or rights of any kind of third parties.
 
Letter of Transmittal; Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Holders of Old Notes
 
Upon agreement to the terms of the letter of transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message, a holder, or the beneficial holder of Old Notes on behalf of which the holder has tendered, will, subject to that holder’s ability to withdraw its tender, and subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offer generally, thereby:
 
  (1)   irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to or upon our order or the order of our nominee all right, title and interest in and to, and any and all claims in respect of or arising or having arisen as a result of the holder’s status as a holder of, all Old Notes tendered thereby, such that thereafter the holder shall have no contractual or other rights or claims in law or equity against us or any fiduciary, trustee, fiscal agent or other person connected with the Old Notes arising under, from or in connection with those Old Notes;
 
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  (3)  release and discharge us and the trustee for the Old Notes from any and all claims the holder may have, now or in the future, arising out of or related to the Old Notes tendered thereby, including, without limitation, any claims that the holder is entitled to receive additional principal or interest payments with respect to the Old Notes tendered thereby, other than as expressly provided in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, or to participate in any redemption or defeasance of the Old Notes tendered thereby.
 
In addition, by tendering Old Notes in the exchange offer, each holder of Old Notes will represent, warrant and agree that:
 
  (1)  it has received and reviewed this prospectus;
 
  (2)  it is the beneficial owner (as defined below) of, or a duly authorized representative of one or more beneficial owners of, the Old Notes tendered thereby, and it has full power and authority to execute the letter of transmittal;
 
  (3)  the Old Notes being tendered thereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and we will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to those Old Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, when we accept the same;
 
  (4)  it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer any Old Notes tendered thereby from the date of the letter of transmittal, and any purported sale, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;
 
  (5)  in evaluating the exchange offer and in making its decision whether to participate in the exchange offer by tendering its Old Notes, it has made its own independent appraisal of the matters referred to in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal and in any related communications and it is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, express or implied, made to it by us or the exchange agent, other than those contained in this prospectus, as amended or supplemented through the Expiration Date;
 
  (6)  the execution and delivery of the letter of transmittal shall constitute an undertaking to execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions described or referred to in this prospectus;
 
  (7)  the agreement to the terms of the letter of transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, constitute the irrevocable appointment of the exchange agent as its attorney and agent and an irrevocable instruction to that attorney and agent to complete and execute all or any forms of transfer and other documents at the discretion of that attorney and agent in relation to the Old Notes tendered thereby in favor of us or any other person or persons as we may direct and to deliver those forms of transfer and other documents in the attorney’s and agent’s discretion and the certificates and other documents of title relating to the registration of Old Notes and to execute all other documents and to do all other acts and things as may be in the opinion of that attorney or agent necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the acceptance of the exchange offer, and to vest in us or our nominees those Old Notes;
 
  (8)  the terms and conditions of the exchange offer shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, the letter of transmittal, which shall be read and construed accordingly;
 
  (9)  it is acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of the business of the holder and any beneficial owner;
 
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  with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;
 
  (11)  it is not a broker-dealer who acquired the Old Notes directly from us; and
 
  (12)  it is not an “affiliate” of ours, within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
The representations, warranties and agreements of a holder tendering Old Notes will be deemed to be repeated and reconfirmed on and as of the Expiration Date and the settlement date. For purposes of this prospectus, the “beneficial owner” of any Old Notes means any holder that exercises investment discretion with respect to those Old Notes.
 
Absence of Dissenters’ Rights
 
Holders of the Old Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the exchange offer.
 
Acceptance of Old Notes for Exchange and Delivery of New Notes
 
On the settlement date, New Notes to be issued in exchange for Old Notes in the exchange offer, if consummated, will be delivered in book-entry form.
 
We will be deemed to accept validly tendered Old Notes that have not been validly withdrawn as provided in this prospectus when, and if, we give oral or written notice of acceptance to the exchange agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, delivery of the New Notes will be made by the exchange agent on the settlement date following receipt of that notice. The exchange agent will act as agent for tendering holders of Old Notes for the purpose of receiving Old Notes and transmitting New Notes as of the settlement date. If any tendered Old Notes are not accepted for any reason described in the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, such unaccepted Old Notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holders as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.
 
Procedures for Tendering
 
To participate in the exchange offer, you must properly tender your Old Notes to the exchange agent as described below. We will only issue New Notes in exchange for Old Notes that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the Old Notes, and you should follow carefully the instructions on how to tender your Old Notes. It is your responsibility to properly tender your Old Notes. We have the right to waive any defects. However, we are not required to waive defects, and neither we, nor the exchange agent is required to notify you of defects in your tender.
 
If you have any questions or need help in exchanging your Old Notes, please contact the exchange agent at the address or telephone numbers set forth below.
 
All of the Old Notes were issued in book-entry form, and all of the Old Notes are currently represented by global certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. We have confirmed with DTC that the Old Notes may be tendered using DTC’s automatic tender offer program, or ATOP. The exchange agent will establish an account with DTC for purposes of the exchange offer promptly after the commencement of the exchange offer, and DTC participants may electronically transmit their acceptance of the exchange offer by causing DTC to transfer their Old Notes to the exchange agent using the ATOP procedures. In connection with the transfer, DTC will send an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent. The agent’s message will state that DTC has received instructions from the participant to tender Old Notes and that the participant agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal.


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By using the ATOP procedures to exchange Old Notes, you will not be required to deliver a letter of transmittal to the exchange agent. However, you will be bound by its terms just as if you had signed it.
 
Determinations Under the Exchange Offer.  We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes. Our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any Old Notes not properly tendered or any Old Notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defect, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as we shall determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Notes, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the exchange.
 
When We Will Issue New Notes.  In all cases, we will issue New Notes for Old Notes that we have accepted for exchange under the exchange offer only after the exchange agent receives, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date:
 
  •  a book-entry confirmation of such number of Old Notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC; and
 
  •  a properly transmitted agent’s message.
 
Return of Old Notes Not Accepted or Exchanged.  If we do not accept any tendered Old Notes for exchange or if Old Notes are submitted for a greater principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, the unaccepted or non-exchanged Old Notes will be returned without expense to their tendering holder. Such non-exchanged Old Notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC. These actions will occur as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.
 
Participating Broker-Dealers.  Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, where those Old Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those New Notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
Withdrawal of Tenders
 
Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
 
For a withdrawal to be effective, you must comply with the appropriate ATOP procedures. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with withdrawn Old Notes and otherwise comply with the ATOP procedures.
 
We will determine all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility and time of receipt of a notice of withdrawal. Our determination shall be final and binding on all parties. We will deem any Old Notes so withdrawn not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer.
 
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under “—Procedures for Tendering” above at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date of the exchange offer.
 
Exchange Agent
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association has been appointed as the exchange agent for the exchange offer. All correspondence in connection with the exchange offer should be sent or delivered by each holder of Old Notes, or a beneficial owner’s commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee, to the exchange agent at:
 
By Regular Mail or Overnight Courier:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Operations
MAC N9303-121
Sixth & Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55479

By facsimile: (612)-667-6282

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone: (800) 344-5128
 
Questions concerning tender procedures and requests for additional copies of this prospectus or the letter of transmittal should be directed to the exchange agent at the address, telephone numbers or fax number listed above. Holders of Old Notes may also contact their commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the exchange offer. We will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
 
Announcements
 
We may make any announcement required pursuant to the terms of this prospectus or required by the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder through a reasonable press release or other public announcement in our sole discretion; provided, that, if any such announcement is made by issuing a press release to Business Wire, such announcement shall be reasonable and sufficient.
 
Other Fees and Expenses
 
We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders of the Old Notes. The principal solicitation is being made by mail. Additional solicitations may, however, be made by e-mail, facsimile transmission, telephone or in person by the exchange agent as well as our officers and other employees and those of our affiliates.
 
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with this exchange offer and will not make any payments to broker-dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. However, we will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
 
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returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax on those Old Notes.
 
Consequences of Failure to Exchange
 
Holders of Old Notes who do not exchange their Old Notes for New Notes under this exchange offer will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable in the Old Notes (i) as set forth in the legend printed on the Old Notes as a consequence of the issuance of the Old Notes pursuant to exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and (ii) otherwise as set forth in the prospectus distributed in connection with the private offering of the Old Notes.
 
Any Old Notes not tendered by their holders in exchange for New Notes in this exchange offer will not retain any rights under the Registration Rights Agreement (except in certain limited circumstances). See “—Resale Registration Statement; Additional Interest.”
 
In general, you may not offer or sell the Old Notes unless they are registered under the Securities Act, or if the offer or sale is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We do not intend to register resales of the Old Notes under the Securities Act. Based on interpretations of the SEC staff, New Notes issued pursuant to this exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by their holders (other than any such holder that is our “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that the holders acquired the New Notes in the ordinary course of the business of the holder and any beneficial owner and the holders are not engaged in, have no arrangement with any person to participate in, and do not intend to engage in, any public distribution of the New Notes to be acquired in this exchange offer. Any holder who tenders in this exchange offer and is engaged in, has an arrangement with any person to participate in, or intends to engage in, any public distribution of the New Notes (i) may not rely on the applicable interpretations of the SEC and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction.
 
Resale Registration Statement; Additional Interest
 
Under the Registration Rights Agreement, we have agreed that if:
 
  (1)   any change in law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit us to effect the exchange offer;
 
  (2)   for any other reason the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed by March 31, 2011 or the exchange offer is not completed within 90 days after March 31, 2011;
 
  (3)   any holder of the Notes notifies us that:
 
  (a)   it is prohibited by law or SEC policy from participating in the exchange offer; or
 
  (b)   it may not resell the New Notes acquired by it in the exchange offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales; or
 
  (c)   it is a broker-dealer (“Participating Broker-Dealer”) receiving New Notes in the exchange offer and owns Notes acquired directly from us or an affiliate of ours;
 
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Statement have been sold, or (b)(i) the Notes are freely transferable by holders that are not our affiliates in accordance with Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act or otherwise where no conditions of Rule 144 are then applicable (other than the holding period requirement in paragraph (d)(1)(ii) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period requirement is satisfied), (ii) the restrictive legend has been removed from the Notes, and (iii) the Notes do not bear a restricted CUSIP number. We will, in the event a Shelf Registration Statement is filed, among other things, provide to each holder for whom such Shelf Registration Statement was filed copies of the prospectus which is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, notify each such holder when the Shelf Registration Statement has become effective and take certain other actions as are required to permit unrestricted resales of the Notes. A holder selling Old Notes or New Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement generally would be required to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, and will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement which are applicable to such holder (including certain indemnification obligations).
 
The Registration Rights Agreement further provides that in the event that either (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed prior to June 30, 2011, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required under Registration Rights Agreement, has not become effective on or prior to June 30, 2011 or (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required, ceases to be effective or this prospectus ceases to be usable for more than 30 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, the interest rate on the Old Notes will be increased by (x) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following and (y) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90 day period thereafter, in each case until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required, becomes effective or is no longer required or this prospectus becomes usable, up to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum.
 
Other
 
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risk, uncertainties and assumptions. See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements as a result of many factors, including those discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Except where the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the business of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries.
 
General
 
Our Business
 
We are a leading residential mortgage loan servicer and one of the largest non-bank residential mortgage servicers in the United States as measured by aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans serviced. We service mortgage loans in all 50 states, and we are licensed as a residential mortgage loan servicer and/or a third-party default specialist in all states that require such licensing. In addition to our core Servicing business, we currently originate primarily conventional agency (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and government (Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs) residential mortgage loans, and we are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states. Our headquarters and operations are based in Lewisville, Texas. As of April 30, 2011, we had a total of 2,176 employees.
 
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 non-recourse loan that requires no additional capital or equity contributions. Additionally, we consolidated certain securitization trusts where it was determined that we had both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the variable interest entities’ (VIE) economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, pursuant to new consolidation accounting guidance related to VIEs adopted on January 1, 2010.
 
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: Servicing and Originations.
 
Managing Business Performance
 
Management is focused on four key initiatives to manage our Operating Segments: (i) effective management of our servicing portfolio; (ii) growing our servicing portfolio through the acquisition of servicing rights or entering into subservicing contracts; (iii) origination and sale or securitization of conventional agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans and retention of mortgage servicing rights; and (iv) origination and sale or securitization of conventional agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans and retention of mortgage servicing rights. We also focus on access to diverse and multiple liquidity sources to finance (i) our obligations to pay advances as required by our servicing agreements and (ii) our loan originations.
 
We service loans by purchasing the right to service the loans, which is referred to as a “mortgage servicing right,” from the owner of the mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans, or retaining the mortgage servicing right related to the loans that we originate and sell. Additionally, we enter into subservicing contracts with primary servicers that own mortgage servicing rights, pursuant to which we agree to service the loan on behalf of the primary servicer for a fee. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of our servicing portfolio as of March 31, 2011, December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $67.0 billion, $64.2 billion, $33.7 billion and $21.3 billion, respectively.


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Servicing fee income is primarily based on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans serviced and varies by loan type. Other factors that impact servicing fee income include delinquency rates, delinquency status and prepayment speeds.
 
Delinquency rates on the loans we service impact the contractual servicing and ancillary fees we receive, and the costs to service. Delinquent loans cost more to service than performing loans due to the additional resources and servicing advances required. We monitor our delinquency levels through our staffing models, our business plans and other macroeconomic factors.
 
Apart from the cost of financing our advances, the largest cost in our servicing organization is staffing cost, which is primarily impacted by delinquency levels and the size of our portfolio. Other operating costs in our Servicing Segment include technology, occupancy and general and administrative costs. Management continually monitors these costs to improve efficiency by streamlining workflows and implementing technology based solutions.
 
We provide services complementary to our servicing business by leveraging our servicing expertise for our current clients for either a base and/or incentive fee. We also own a non-controlling interest in NREIS, an ancillary real estate services and vendor management company that directly and indirectly provides title agency settlement or valuation services for loan originations and default management.
 
We intend to continue building our conventional originations platform. Through our originations platform, we are able to create mortgage servicing assets at a reasonable cost and partially replenish our servicing portfolio organically.
 
Prevailing interest rates are one of the key factors that impact origination volume. Housing market trends also impact origination volume with a strong housing market leading to higher loan origination volume, and a weak housing market leading to lower loan origination volume. Management continually evaluates interest rate movements and trends to assess the impact on loan applications and volume, as well as their corresponding impact on revenue and costs.
 
In evaluating revenue per loan originated, management focuses on various revenue sources, including: loan origination points and fees; and overall gain or loss on the sale or securitization of the loan. These components are compared to established revenue targets and operating plans.
 
In addition to the cost of financing our originations, our Originations Segment operating costs include staffing costs, sales commissions, technology, rent and other general and administrative costs. Management continually monitors costs through comparisons to operating plans.
 
Market Considerations
 
Revenues from our Operating Segments primarily consist of (i) servicing fee income based generally on the size of our servicing portfolio and (ii) gain on mortgage loans held for sale based generally on the origination volume. Maintaining and growing our revenues depends on our ability to acquire additional mortgage servicing rights, enter into additional subservicing agreements and expand our originations platform.
 
Servicing
 
Current trends in the mortgage servicing industry include high delinquencies, a significant increase in loan modifications and the need for more loss mitigation and high-touch servicing expertise.
 
Overall, all segments of the residential mortgage sector, including conventional and non-prime, have experienced increased delinquency levels and higher credit losses due to stress in the real estate market and economic environment. Residential loan delinquencies and related losses are at historical highs, prompting GSEs and other owners of mortgage loans to focus on home ownership preservation and superior credit performance.


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The increase in delinquencies has placed significant pressure on the operating capacity of servicers that are not staffed at appropriate levels for delinquent borrowers and also led owners of mortgage loans to search for servicers with experience in loss mitigation. This trend has led to increased demand for experienced high-touch servicers and provides us opportunities to acquire additional mortgage servicing rights and enter into additional subservicing contracts.
 
These trends may also be impacted by the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the negotiations involving the 50 State Attorney Generals, certain federal regulators and servicers, the enforcement consent orders entered into by 14 of the largest servicers and four federal agencies, potential 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, and the initiative of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align the servicing requirements related to delinquent mortgages and to modify the servicing compensation related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
 
However, we cannot predict how many, if any, mortgage servicing rights will be available for sale or subservicing opportunities will be available in the future; if we will be able to acquire mortgage servicing rights from third parties and enter into additional subservicing contracts, including any transactions facilitated by GSEs; or whether these mortgage servicing rights will be available at acceptable prices or on acceptable terms.
 
Originations
 
Today’s U.S. residential loan originations sector primarily offers conventional agency and government conforming mortgage loans. Non-prime and alternative lending programs and products represent only a small fraction of total originations. This has led to a consolidation in mortgage lenders in both the retail and wholesale channels and has resulted in less competition. We believe that the consolidation of the lending community has led to a market share opportunity for us.
 
Origination volume is impacted by changes in interest rates and the housing market. Depressed home prices and increased loan-to-value ratios may preclude many potential borrowers, including borrowers whose existing loans we service, from refinancing their existing loans. An increase in prevailing interest rates could decrease our origination volume through our Consumer Direct Retail originations channel, our largest originations channel by volume, because this channel focuses predominantly on refinancing existing mortgage loans.
 
In addition, there continue to be changes in legislation and licensing in an effort to simplify the consumer mortgage experience, which require technology changes and additional implementation costs for loan originators. We expect legislative changes will continue in the foreseeable future, which may increase our operating expenses.
 
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 two 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; and (b) sale of mortgage loans. 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. Management currently views its fair value measurements, which include the valuation of mortgage loans held for sale, the valuation of mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, investment in debt securities-available-for sale, the valuation of mortgage servicing rights, the


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valuation of derivative instruments, the valuation of ABS nonrecourse debt and sale of mortgage loans to be our critical accounting policies.
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
 
Through September 30, 2009, we recorded mortgage loans held for sale at the lower of amortized cost or fair value on an aggregate basis grouped by delinquency status. Effective October 1, 2009, we elected to measure newly originated conventional residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, as permitted under current accounting guidance. We estimate fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators including recent trades and outstanding commitments, calculated on an aggregate basis.
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
 
We determine the fair value on loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt using internally developed valuation models. These valuation models estimate the exit price we expect to receive in the loan’s principal market. Although we utilize and give priority to observable market inputs such as interest rates and market spreads within these models, we typically are required to utilize internal inputs, such as prepayment speeds, credit losses, and discount rates. These internal inputs require the use of our judgment and can have a significant impact on the determination of the loan’s fair value.
 
Investment in Debt Securities
 
Investment in debt securities consists of beneficial interests we retain in securitization transactions accounted for as a sale under current accounting guidance. These securities are classified as available-for-sale securities, and are therefore carried at their market value with the net unrealized gains or losses reported in the comprehensive income (loss) component of members’ equity. We base our valuation of debt securities on observable market prices when available; however, due to illiquidity in the markets, observable market prices were not available on these debt securities at December 31, 2010 and 2009. When observable market prices are not available, we base valuations on internally developed discounted cash flow models that use a market-based discount rate. The valuation considers recent market transactions, experience with similar securities, current business conditions and analysis of the underlying collateral, as available. In order to estimate cash flows, we utilize a variety of assumptions, including assumptions for prepayments, cumulative losses, and other variables.
 
We evaluate investment in debt securities for impairment each quarter, and investment in debt securities is considered to be impaired when the fair value of the investment is less than its cost. The impairment is separated into impairments related to credit losses, which are recorded in current period operations, and impairments related to all other factors, which are recorded in other comprehensive income/loss.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
We recognize mortgage servicing rights related to all existing residential mortgage loans transferred to a third party in a transfer that meets the requirements for sale accounting. Additionally, we may acquire the rights to service residential mortgage loans through the purchase of these rights from third parties. We apply fair value accounting to these mortgage servicing rights, with all changes in fair value recorded as a charge or credit to servicing fee income in the consolidated statement of operations. We estimate the fair value of our mortgage servicing rights 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 and discount rates.


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We use internal financial models that use, wherever possible, market participant data to value our mortgage servicing rights. These models are complex and use asset-specific collateral data and market inputs for interest and discount rates. In addition, the modeling requirements of mortgage servicing rights are complex because of the high number of variables that drive cash flows associated with mortgage servicing rights. Even if the general accuracy of our valuation models is validated, valuations are highly dependent upon the reasonableness of our assumptions and the predictability of the relationships that drive the results of the models. On a periodic basis, a portion of our mortgage servicing rights is reviewed by an outside valuation expert.
 
Derivative Financial Instruments
 
We utilize certain derivative instruments in the ordinary course of our business to manage our exposure to changes in interest rates. These derivative instruments include forward sales of mortgage-backed securities, forward loan sale commitments and interest rate swaps and caps. We also issue interest rate lock commitments to borrowers in connection with single family mortgage loan originations. We recognize all derivative instruments on our consolidated statement of financial position at fair value. The estimated fair values of forward sales of mortgage-backed securities, forward sale commitments and interest rate swaps and caps are based on quoted market values and are recorded as other assets or derivative financial instruments liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. The initial and subsequent changes in value on forward sales of mortgage-backed securities are a component of gain/(loss) on mortgage loans held for sale in the consolidated statement of operations. The estimated fair values of interest rate lock commitments are based on quoted market values and are recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. The initial and subsequent changes in value of interest rate lock commitments are a component of gain on mortgage loans held for sale in the consolidated statement of operations.
 
ABS Nonrecourse Debt
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance related to VIEs eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing SPEs are now subject to the new consolidation guidance. Upon adoption of this new accounting guidance, we identified certain securitization trusts where we, through our affiliates, continued to hold beneficial interests in these trusts. These retained beneficial interests obligate us 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. In addition, as Master Servicer on the related mortgage loans, we retain the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. When it is determined that we have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, the assets and liabilities of these VIEs are included in our consolidated financial statements. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, we derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization, including any retained investment in debt securities, mortgage servicing rights, and any remaining residual interests. In addition, we recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on our consolidated balance sheet.
 
We estimate the fair value of ABS nonrecourse debt based on the present value of future expected discounted cash flows with the discount rate approximating current market value for similar financial instruments.
 
Sale of Mortgage Loans
 
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maintain effective control over the transferred assets through either (a) an agreement that entitles and obligates us to repurchase or redeem them before their maturity or (b) the ability to unilaterally cause the holder to return specific assets. Loan securitizations structured as sales as well as whole loan sales are accounted for as sales of mortgage loans and the resulting gains or losses on such sales, net of any accrual for standard representations and warranties, are reported in operating results as a component of gain/(loss) on mortgage loans held for sale in the consolidated statement of operations during the period in which the securitization closes or the sale occurs.
 
Recent Developments
 
On May 16, 2011, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (“Holdco”) filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its initial public offering. Pursuant to a restructuring to be consummated prior to the completion of the offering, Holdco would acquire indirect ownership of 100% of our outstanding equity interests.
 
On June 21, 2011, we entered into a subservicing agreement with First Tennessee Bank National Association (“FT”), whereby certain mortgage loans from time to time owned by FT will be serviced by us and the mortgage loans for which FT acts as servicer for certain investors will be subserviced. The aggregate loans to be serviced and subserviced by us pursuant to this arrangement have an unpaid principal balance of $26.2 billion.
 
The subservicing agreement requires us to service and subservice loans on behalf of FT consistent with its normal servicing practices and, as applicable, the terms of the loans and FT’s contractual obligations contained in its servicing and securitization agreements and arrangements between FT and its investors.
 
In connection with the subservicing agreement, we made customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning, among other things, that we (i) are an approved servicer with certain governmental agencies and (ii) will maintain minimum ratings with certain rating agencies and Freddie Mac. The subservicing agreement includes, among other things, a loss incentive and sharing arrangement.
 
Events of default for us under the subservicing agreement include, among other things, our failure to make deposits of certain amounts collected or to provide reports.
 
FT can terminate the subservicing agreement upon the occurrence of certain events, including defaults by us or, at FT’s sole discretion, upon 90 days’ notice (a “Company Convenience Termination”), provided that FT may not terminate the subservicing agreement in its entirety during the initial two years of the subservicing agreement . FT will be required to pay a termination fee if it exercises a Company Convenience Termination. The subservicing agreement can also be terminated with respect to any loans that are sold or securitized by FT.
 
We can terminate the subservicing agreement upon the occurrence of certain events including defaults by FT, if we determine that we cannot continue to subservice the loans under applicable law (after determining in good faith that the incapacity cannot be cured or curing the incapacity is not commercially reasonable), or upon 180 days’ notice to the extent we and FT are unable to mutually agree on certain fees in the event of future material changes to servicing requirements (a “NationStar Convenience Termination”). We will be required to pay a termination fee if we exercise a NationStar Convenience Termination.
 
The subservicing agreement has a three year term and FT has the right to extend the term for one or more three year periods.
 
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We expect to board the approximately 141,000 loans onto our system during the third quarter 2011 at which time we will begin our servicing and subservicing responsibilities under the subservicing agreement.
 
Results of Operations
 
Consolidated Results
 
The following table summarizes our consolidated operating results for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Total fee income
  $ 64,686     $ 38,750     $ 184,084     $ 100,218     $ 74,007  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
    20,506       12,429       77,344       (21,349 )     (86,663 )
                                         
Total revenues
    85,192       51,179       261,428       78,869       (12,656 )
Total expenses and impairments
    68,121       40,089       220,976       142,367       147,777  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    18,318       31,333       98,895       52,518       92,060  
Interest expense
    (25,368 )     (29,135 )     (116,163 )     (69,883 )     (65,548 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
          (2,779 )     (9,801 )     (14 )     (23,689 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    (2,652 )     (9,777 )     (23,297 )            
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (9,702 )     (10,358 )     (50,366 )     (17,379 )     2,823  
                                         
Net income/(loss)
  $ 7,369     $ 732     $ (9,914 )   $ (80,877 )   $ (157,610 )
                                         
 
We provide further discussion of our results of operations for each of our reportable segments in the “Segment Results” section below. Certain income and expenses not allocated to our reportable segments are presented in the Legacy Portfolio and Other as discussed in Note 22- Business Segment Reporting, in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this prospectus.
 
Comparison of Consolidated Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Revenues increased $34.0 million from $51.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 to $85.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to the significant increase in our total fee income and an increase in our gain on mortgage loans held for sale. The increase in our total fee income was primarily a result of (1) our higher average servicing portfolio balance of $65.9 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $33.3 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2010, and (2) an increase in portfolio level performance-based fees and fees earned for loss mitigation activities. The increase in the gain on loans held for sale was a result of the $141.5 million, or 27.6%, increase in the amount of loans originated during the 2011 period compared to the 2010 period.
 
Expenses and impairments increased $28.0 million from $40.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 to $68.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to the increase in compensation expenses related to increased staffing levels in order to accommodate our larger servicing portfolio and originations as well as other related increases in general and administrative expenses. Our 2011 operating results include a $5.2 million increase in share-based


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compensation expense from revised compensation arrangements executed with certain members of our executive team.
 
Other expense decreased $0.7 million from $10.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 to $9.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, primarily due to the effects of the derecognition of a previously consolidated VIE and the losses on our outstanding interest rate swap positions during the 2010 period.
 
Comparison of Consolidated Results for the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Revenues increased $182.5 million from $78.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 to $261.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to the significant increase in our total fee income and an increase in our gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale. The increase in our total fee income was primarily a result of (1) our higher average servicing portfolio balance of $38.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $25.8 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009, and (2) an increase in portfolio level performance-based fees and fees earned for loss mitigation activities. The increase in the gain on loans held for sale was a result of the $1.3 billion, or 88.7%, increase in the amount of loans originated during 2010 as well as the elimination of lower of cost or market adjustments related to our legacy asset portfolio.
 
Expenses and impairments increased $78.6 million from $142.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 to $221.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to the increase in compensation expenses related to increased staffing levels in order to accommodate our larger servicing portfolio and originations as well as other related increases in general and administrative expenses. Our 2010 operating results include an additional $12.1 million in share-based compensation expense from revised compensation arrangements executed with certain members of our executive team. Additionally, expenses and impairments increased from the consolidation of certain VIEs from January 1, 2010, and from expenses associated with the settlement of certain claims.
 
Other expense increased $33.0 million from $17.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 to $50.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to the effects of the consolidation of certain VIEs and the losses on our outstanding interest rate swap positions during 2010.
 
Comparison of Consolidated Results for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Revenues increased $91.6 million from $(12.7) million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $78.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, primarily due to (1) the increase in fee income as a result of the 57.7% increase in our servicing portfolio year over year and (2) the reduction in the loss on mortgage loans held for sale.
 
The decrease in loss was caused by the increase in our loans originated during 2009 compared to 2008 and the reduction in the lower of cost or market adjustments recorded in 2009 compared to 2008.
 
Expenses and impairments decreased $5.4 million from $147.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $142.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, primarily due to the reduction in the other-than-temporary impairments recognized on available for sale securities during 2009, partially offset by the increase in all other expense categories due to the increases in our loan originations and loan servicing portfolio.
 
Other income (expense) increased $20.2 million from $2.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 to $(17.4) million for the year ended December 31, 2009, primarily due to a decrease in interest income and an increase in interest expense as a result of larger advance balances caused by our increased servicing portfolio, offset by a reduction in loss on interest rate swaps and caps.


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Segment Results
 
Our primary business strategy is to generate recurring, stable income from managing and growing our servicing portfolio and our originations. We operate through two business segments: Servicing and Originations, which we refer to collectively as our Operating Segments. We report the activity not related to either operating segment in the Legacy Portfolio and Other. The Legacy Portfolio and Other includes primarily all sub-prime mortgage loans (i) originated in the latter portion of 2006 and during 2007 or (ii) acquired from Centex Home Equity Company, LLC (CHEC), and VIEs which were consolidated pursuant to the January 1, 2010 adoption of new consolidation guidance related to VIEs.
 
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 and (ii) revenues generated on inter-segment services performed. Expenses are allocated to individual segments based on the estimated value of the services performed, including estimated utilization or 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.
 
Servicing Segment
 
The Servicing Segment provides loan servicing on our servicing portfolio, including the collection of principal and interest payments and the generation of ancillary fees related to the servicing of mortgage loans.
 
The following table summarizes our operating results from our Servicing Segment for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 58,724     $ 35,766     $ 175,569     $ 91,266     $ 69,235  
Other fee income
    2,394       1,784       7,273       8,867       5,366  
                                         
Total fee income
    61,118       37,550       182,842       100,133       74,601  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
                             
                                         
Total revenues
    61,118       37,550       182,842       100,133       74,601  
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    29,410       16,673       78,269       56,726       41,755  
General and administrative
    9,621       3,576       24,664       10,669       9,878  
Occupancy
    1,376       1,033       4,350       3,502       3,404  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    40,407       21,282       107,283       70,897       55,037  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    967       220       263       4,143       10,872  
Interest expense
    (13,457 )     (10,646 )     (51,791 )     (25,877 )     (15,718 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
          (2,779 )     (9,801 )            
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (12,490 )     (13,205 )     (61,329 )     (21,734 )     (4,846 )
                                         
Net income from Servicing Segment
  $ 8,221     $ 3,063     $ 14,230     $ 7,502     $ 14,718  
                                         


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Increase in aggregate unpaid principal balance 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 characteristics and key performance metrics of our servicing portfolio as of or for the period ended.
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
    (dollars in millions, except for average loan amount)  
 
Unpaid principal balance (by investor):
                                       
Special Servicing
  $ 8,692     $ 1,889     $ 4,893     $ 1,554     $ 1,218  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    51,425       23,737       52,194       24,235       10,709  
ABS
    6,927       7,656       7,089       7,875       9,415  
                                         
Total unpaid principal balance
  $ 67,044     $ 33,282     $ 64,176     $ 33,664     $ 21,342  
                                         
Loan count—servicing
    404,734       228,365       389,172       230,615       159,336  
Average Servicing Portfolio
  $ 65,929     $ 33,277     $ 38,653     $ 25,799     $ 12,775  
Average loan amount
  $ 165,648     $ 145,739     $ 164,904     $ 145,977     $ 133,943  
Average coupon
    5.67 %     6.53 %     5.74 %     6.76 %     7.49 %
Average FICO
    627       627       631       644       588  
60+ delinquent (% of loans)(1)
    16.82 %     18.10 %     17.0 %     19.9 %     13.1 %
Total prepayment speed (12 month CPR)
    13.0 %     13.2 %     13.3 %     16.3 %     16.2 %
 
 
(1) 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.
 
Revenues
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Total revenues were $61.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $37.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $23.5 million, or 62.5%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Servicing fee income increased $23.0 million period over period primarily from:
 
  (a)  Increase of $21.7 million due to higher average unpaid principal balance of $65.9 billion in the 2011 period compared to $33.3 billion in the comparable 2010 period. The increase in our servicing portfolio was primarily driven by an increase in average unpaid principal balance for loans serviced for government-sponsored enterprises and other subservicing contracts for third party investors of $51.7 billion in the 2011 period compared to $23.9 billion in the comparable 2010 period. This increase was offset by a decrease in average unpaid principal balance for our private asset-backed securitizations portfolio, which decreased to $7.0 billion in the 2011 period compared to $7.7 billion in the comparable 2010 period.
 
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an expiration date of December 31, 2012 and is only eligible for first lien mortgages that were originated on or before January 1, 2009. For non-HAMP modifications, we generally do not waive late fees, and we charge a modification fee. These amounts are collected at the time of the modification.
 
  (c)  Increase of $1.0 million from change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights which was recognized in servicing fee income. The fair value of our mortgage servicing rights (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 utilize 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, as disclosed under “Business—Legal Proceedings” on page 122, we delayed certain foreclosure activities temporarily. Although we have resumed those previously delayed proceedings, changes in the foreclosure process that may be required by governments 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 into 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.
 
  (d)  Decrease of $0.8 million due to decreased loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees earned from a government-sponsored enterprise.
 
  •  Other fee income was $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 33.3%, due to lower REO sales commissions resulting from a decline in REO sales managed by our internal REO sales group.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Total revenues were $182.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $100.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $82.7 million, or 82.6%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Servicing fee income increased $84.3 million period over period primarily from:
 
  (a)  Increase of $34.8 million due to higher average unpaid principal balance of $38.7 billion in 2010 compared to $25.8 billion in 2009. The increase in our servicing portfolio was primarily driven by an increase in average unpaid principal balance for loans serviced for government-sponsored enterprises and other subservicing contracts for third party investors of $31.2 billion in 2010 compared to $17.2 billion in 2009. This increase was partially offset by a


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  decrease in average unpaid principal balance for our asset-backed securitizations portfolio, which decreased to $7.4 billion in 2010 compared to $8.6 billion in 2009.
 
  (b)  Increase of $8.9 million due to increased loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees earned from a GSE.
 
  (c)  Increase of $17.9 million due to higher fees earned from HAMP and from modification fees earned on non-HAMP modifications. As a high-touch servicer, we use modifications as a key loss mitigation tool. Under HAMP, subject to a program participation cap, we, as a servicer, will receive an initial incentive payment of up to $1,500 for each loan modified in accordance with HAMP subject to the condition that the borrower successfully completes a trial modification period. With this program, the servicer must forego any late fees and may not charge any other fees. In addition, provided that a HAMP modification does not become 90 days or more delinquent, we will receive an additional incentive fee of up to $1,000. Initial redefault rates have been favorable, averaging 10% to 20%. The HAMP program has an expiration date of December 31, 2012 and is only applicable to first lien mortgages that were originated on or before January 1, 2009. For non-HAMP modifications, we generally do not waive late fees, and we charge a modification fee. These amounts are collected at the time of the modification.
 
  (d)  Increase of $21.9 million from change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights which was recognized in servicing fee income. The fair value of our mortgage servicing rights (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 utilize 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.
 
  (e)  Increase of $1.0 million due to an increase in ancillary and late fees arising from growth in the servicing portfolio. Late fees are recognized as revenue at collection.
 
  •  Other fee income decreased $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 due to lower lender-placed insurance commissions and lower REO sales commissions resulting from a decline in REO sales managed by our internal REO sales group.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Total revenues were $100.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $74.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $25.5 million, or 34.2%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Servicing fee income increased $22.1 million year over year primarily from:
 
  (a)  Increase of $20.8 million due to higher average unpaid principal balance of $25.8 billion in 2009 compared to $12.8 billion in 2008. The increase in our servicing portfolio was


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  primarily driven by an increase in average unpaid principal balance for loans serviced for GSEs and other subservicing contracts for third party investors in 2009 compared to 2008. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in average unpaid principal balance for our asset-backed securitizations portfolio, which decreased in 2009 compared to 2008.
 
  (b)  Increase of $7.7 million due to increased loss mitigation and performance-based incentive fees earned from a GSE.
 
  (c)  Increase of $3.3 million due to higher modification fees earned from HAMP and from modification fees earned on non-HAMP modifications.
 
  (d)  Increase of $7.0 million due to increased collection of late fees, primarily due to higher average unpaid principal balance of our servicing portfolio. Late fees are recognized as revenue at collection.
 
  (e)  Decrease of $16.2 million from change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights which was recognized in servicing fee income.
 
  •  Other fee income increased $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 from higher lender-placed insurance commissions, which is primarily due to higher delinquency rates in 2009 compared to 2008.
 
Expenses and Impairments
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Expenses and impairments were $40.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $21.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $19.1 million, or 89.7%, primarily due to the increase of $12.7 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense resulting from an increase in headcount from 1,007 in 2010 to 1,243 in 2011 and $4.7 million in additional share-based compensation from revised compensation arrangements with certain of our executives. Additionally, we recognized an increase of $6.4 million in general and administrative and occupancy-related expenses associated with increased headcount and growth in the servicing portfolio.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Expenses and impairments were $107.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $70.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $36.4 million, or 51.3%, primarily due to an increase of $21.6 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense resulting from an increase in headcount from 910 in 2009 to 1,178 in 2010 and $4.9 million in additional share-based compensation from revised compensation arrangements with certain of our executives. Additionally, we recognized an increase of $14.8 million in general and administrative and occupancy expenses associated with increased headcount, growth in the servicing portfolio and increases in reserves for non-recoverable advances.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Expenses and impairments were $70.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $55.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $15.9 million, or 28.9%, primarily due to the increase of $14.9 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense resulting from an increase in headcount from 570 in 2008 to 910 in 2009.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Total other income (expense) was $(12.5) million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $(13.2) million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease in expense, net of income, of $0.7 million, or 5.3%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
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  •  Interest expense was $13.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $10.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $2.9 million, or 27.4%, primarily due to the senior unsecured notes, paying 10.875% interest expense. This increase was partially offset by lower interest expense on the remaining debt. Excluding the senior unsecured notes, the average outstanding debt was $373.8 million in 2011 compared to $630.1 million for the same period in 2010.
 
  •  Loss on interest rate swaps and caps was $0.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Effective October 1, 2010, we designated an existing interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge against outstanding floating rate financing associated with one of our outstanding servicer advance facilities. This interest rate swap is recorded at fair value, with any changes in fair value being recorded as an adjustment to other comprehensive income. Prior to this designation, any changes in fair value were being recorded as a loss on interest rate swaps and caps on our statement of operations.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Total other income (expense) was $(61.3) million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $(21.7) million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase in expense, net of income, of $39.6 million, or 182.5%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Interest income decreased $3.8 million due to lower average index rates received on custodial cash deposits associated with mortgage loans serviced combined with lower average outstanding custodial cash deposit balances.
 
  •  Interest expense increased $25.9 million primarily due to higher average outstanding debt of $638.6 million in 2010 compared to $313.3 million in 2009, offset by lower interest rates due to declines in the base LIBOR and decreases in the overall index margin on outstanding servicer advance facilities. Additionally, in 2010, we have included the balances related to our outstanding corporate note and senior unsecured debt balances, and the related interest expense thereon, as a component of our Servicing Segment. As a result of the weakening housing market, we continued to carry approximately $530.9 million in residential mortgage loans that we were unable to securitize as mortgage loans held for sale on our balance sheet throughout most of 2009. During this time period, we allocated a portion of our outstanding corporate note balance to Legacy Portfolio and Other to account for the increased capacity and financing costs we incurred while these loans were retained on our balance sheet. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded $21.7 million in interest expense related to our outstanding corporate and 10.875% senior notes.
 
  •  Loss on interest rate swaps and caps was $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, with no corresponding gain or loss recognized for the year ended December 31, 2009. The loss for the period was a result of a decline in fair value recognized during the period on outstanding interest rate swaps designed to economically hedge the interest rate risk associated with our 2009-ADV1 Servicer Advance Facility. This facility was not executed until the end of the fourth quarter of 2009, so we did not recognize any corresponding fair value adjustments during the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Total other income (expense), which for the most part consisted of interest expense, was $(21.7) million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $(4.8) million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase in expense, net of income, of $16.9 million, or 352.1%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Increase of $7.7 million from additional amortization of deferred financing costs resulting from refinancing or renewal of our advance financing facilities.
 
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  •  Increase of $1.4 million from compensating interest due to increased average unpaid principal balance.
 
  •  Increase of $1.1 million from higher average outstanding debt of $313.3 million in 2009 compared to $259.1 million in 2008, offset by lower interest rates due to declines in the base LIBOR.
 
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.
 
The following table summarizes our operating results from our Originations Segment for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $     $     $     $     $  
Other fee income
    4,044       1,666       7,042       1,156       589  
                                         
Total fee income
    4,044       1,666       7,042       1,156       589  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    20,569       12,446       77,498       54,437       21,985  
                                         
Total revenues
    24,613       14,112       84,540       55,593       22,574  
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    16,293       10,732       57,852       31,497       18,357  
General and administrative
    4,893       4,801       26,761       14,586       10,864  
Occupancy
    626       404       2,307       1,449       1,574  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    21,812       15,937       86,920       47,532       30,795  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    2,603       1,629       11,848       4,261       1,920  
Interest expense
    (1,981 )     (1,308 )     (8,806 )     (3,438 )     (1,289 )
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    622       321       3,042       823       631  
                                         
Net income (loss) from Originations Segment
  $ 3,423     $ (1,504 )   $ 662     $ 8,884     $ (7,590 )
                                         
 
Increase in origination 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 presented.
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended
       
    March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
 
Origination Volume (in millions):
                                       
Retail
  $ 425     $ 306     $ 1,608     $ 1,093     $ 538  
Wholesale
    229       207       1,184       386       4  
                                         
Total Originations
  $ 654     $ 513     $ 2,792     $ 1,479     $ 542  
                                         
 
Revenues
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Total revenues were $24.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $14.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $10.5 million, or 74.5% primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Other fee income was $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $2.3 million, or 135.3%.


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  The increase is primarily due to higher points and fees collected on originated loans as a result of higher originations volume.
 
  •  Gain on mortgage loans held for sale was $20.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $12.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $8.2 million, or 66.1%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  (a)   Increase of $5.9 million from larger volume of originations, which increased from $512.6 million in the 2010 period to $654.1 million in the comparable 2011 period.
 
  (b)   Increase of $3.5 million from capitalized mortgage servicing rights due to the larger volume of originations and subsequent retention of servicing rights.
 
  (c)   Decrease of $1.3 million from change in unrealized gains/losses on derivative financial instruments. These include interest rate lock commitments and forward sales of mortgage-backed securities.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Total revenues were $84.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $55.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $28.9 million, or 52.0%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Other fee income increased $5.8 million primarily due to our election to measure newly originated conventional residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, effective October 1, 2009. Subsequent to this election, any collected points and fees related to originated mortgage loans held for sale are included in other fee income. Prior to this election, points and fees were recorded as deferred origination income and recognized over the life of the mortgage loan as an adjustment to our interest income yield or, when the related loan was sold to a third-party purchaser, included as a component of gain on mortgage loans held for sale.
 
  •  Gain on mortgage loans held for sale increased $23.1 million primarily from:
 
  (a)  Increase of $22.4 million from improved margins and larger volume of originations, which increased from $1.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2009 to $2.8 billion in originations for the year December 31, 2010.
 
  (b)  Increase of $17.9 million from capitalized mortgage servicing rights due to the larger volume of originations and subsequent retention of servicing rights.
 
  (c)  Decrease of $0.7 million from change in unrealized gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments. These include interest rate lock commitments and forward sales of mortgage-backed securities.
 
  (d)  Decrease of $20.2 million from recognition of points and fees earned on mortgage loans held for sale for the year ended December 31, 2009. Effective October 1, 2009, all points and fees are recognized at origination upon the election to apply fair value accounting to newly-originated loans and are recognized as a component of other fee income.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Total revenues were $55.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $22.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $33.0 million, or 146.0%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Gain on mortgage loans held for sale increased $32.4 million primarily from:
 
  (a)  Increase of $24.8 million from larger volume of originations, which increased from $0.5 billion in 2008 to $1.5 billion in 2009.
 
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  (c)  Increase of $3.8 million from change in unrealized gains/(losses) on derivative financial instruments. These include interest rate lock commitments and forward sales of mortgage-backed securities.
 
Expenses and Impairments
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Expenses and impairments were $21.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $5.9 million, or 37.1%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Increase of $5.6 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense from increase in headcount of 450 in 2010 to 742 in 2011 and increases in performance-based compensation. Additionally, we recognized $0.5 million in share-based compensation expense from revised compensation arrangements with certain of our executives.
 
  •  Increase of $0.3 million in general and administrative and occupancy expense primarily due to increase in overhead expenses from the larger volume of originations in 2011.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Expenses and impairments were $86.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $47.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $39.4 million, or 82.9%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Increase of $26.4 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense from increase in headcount of 452 in 2009 to 688 in 2010 and increases in performance based compensation. Additionally, we recognized $3.6 million in share-based compensation expense from revised compensation arrangements with certain of our executives.
 
  •  Increase of $13.1 million in general and administrative and occupancy expense primarily due to increase in overhead expenses from the larger volume of originations in 2010 and expenses associated with the settlement of certain claims.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Expenses and impairments were $47.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $30.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $16.7 million, or 54.2%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Increase of $13.1 million in salaries, wages and benefits expense from increase in headcount of 311 in 2008 to 452 in 2009 and increases in performance based compensation.
 
  •  Increase of $3.7 million in general and administrative expense primarily due to increase in overhead expenses from larger volume of origination in 2009.
 
Other Income (Expense)
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Total other income (expense) was $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $0.3 million, primarily due to the net effects of the following:
 
  •  Interest income increased $1.0 million, or 62.5%, 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.
 
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For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Total other income (expense) was $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase in income, net of expense, of $2.2 million, or 275.0%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Interest income increased $7.5 million from 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 increased $5.4 million primarily due to an increase in origination volume in 2010 and associated financing required to originate these loans combined with a slight increase in outstanding average days in warehouse on newly originated loans.
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Total other income (expense) was $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase in income, net of expense, of $0.2 million, or 33.3%, primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Interest income increased $2.4 million primarily due to interest earned from originated loans prior to sale or securitization. Loans are typically sold within 30 days of origination.
 
  •  Interest expense increased $2.1 million primarily due to interest expense from warehouse facilities that finance the origination of loans.
 
Legacy Portfolio and Other
 
Through December 2009, our legacy asset portfolio consisted 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 held for investment on our consolidated balance sheets and recognizing the asset-backed certificates as nonrecourse debt. Prior to September 2009, these residential mortgage loans were classified as mortgage loans held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet and carried at the lower of cost or fair value and financed through a combination of our existing warehouse facilities and our corporate note. 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.
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE. Consequently, all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to the new consolidation guidance. Upon consolidation of certain of these VIEs, we recognized the securitized mortgage loans related to these securitization trusts as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements). Additionally, we elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10. Assets and liabilities related to these VIEs are included in Legacy Portfolio and Other in our segmented results.


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The following table summarizes our operating results from Legacy Portfolio and Other for the periods indicated (in thousands).
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011     2010     2010     2009     2008  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 567     $ 458     $ 820     $     $  
Other fee income
    781       1,210       2,643              
                                         
Total fee income
    1,348       1,668       3,463              
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
                      (75,786 )     (108,648 )
                                         
Total revenues
    1,348       1,668       3,463       (75,786 )     (108,648 )
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    1,283       2,101       13,148       3,537       2,854  
General and administrative
    1,050       343       7,488       5,239       1,452  
Provision for loan losses
    1,128             3,298              
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    2,247       (21 )     205       7,512       2,567  
Occupancy
    257       464       2,788       1,912       1,043  
Loss on available-for-sale securities-other-than-temporary
                      6,809       55,212  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    5,965       2,887       26,927       25,009       63,128  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    12,924       27,350       77,521       44,114       79,268  
Interest expense
    (9,930 )     (17,181 )     (55,566 )     (40,568 )     (48,541 )
Gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps
                      (14 )     (23,689 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    (2,652 )     (9,777 )     (23,297 )            
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    342       392       (1,342 )     3,532       7,038  
                                         
Net loss from Legacy Portfolio & Other
  $ (4,275 )   $ (827 )   $ (24,806 )   $ (97,263 )   $ (164,738 )
                                         
 
The table below provides detail of the characteristics of our Legacy Portfolio and other for the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
                                         
    Three Months Ended March 31,     Year Ended December 31,  
    2011(1)     2010(1)     2010(1)     2009     2008  
 
Legacy Portfolio and Other Performance:
                                       
Performing—UPB
  $ 1,050,676     $ 1,446,085     $ 1,037,201     $ 345,516     $ 627,368  
Nonperforming (90+ Delinquency)—UPB
    318,881       628,576       337,779       141,602       100,452  
Real Estate Owned—Estimated Fair Value
    24,417       28,917       27,337       10,262       21,822  
                                         
Total Legacy Portfolio and Other—UPB
  $ 1,393,974     $ 2,103,578     $ 1,402,317     $ 497,380     $ 749,642  
                                         
 
 
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Total revenues were $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Expenses and impairments were $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $3.1 million, or 106.9%, primarily a result of higher charge-offs experienced on liquidated real estate properties. Additionally, we recorded a $1.1 million provision for loan losses on credit impaired loans during the 2011 period.
 
Interest income, net of interest expense, decreased to $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared to $10.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The decrease in net interest income was primarily due to the effects of the derecognition of previously consolidated VIEs.
 
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations were $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to a $9.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Fair value changes in ABS securitizations is the net result of the reductions in the fair value of the assets (Mortgage loans held for investment and Real estate owned) and the reductions in the fair value of the liabilities (ABS nonrecourse debt.)
 
For the Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Total revenues were $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $(75.8) million for the year ended December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily a result of a change in classification on mortgage loans held for sale discussed above, with no gain on mortgage loans held for sale recorded for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to a loss of $75.8 million recorded for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
Expenses and impairments were $26.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $25.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $1.9 million, or 7.6%, primarily due to an increase in headcount and allocated expenses for corporate support functions and executive oversight. Additionally, we recognized $3.6 million in additional share-based compensation expense from revised compensation arrangements with certain of our executives, as well as, a $3.3 million provision for loan losses. These expense increases were offset by the net impact of the adoption of new accounting guidance on the consolidation of certain securitization trusts which resulted in a $7.3 million reduction in charges from losses realized on foreclosed real estate and a decrease of $6.8 million in other-than-temporary impairments recognized on our investment in debt securities-available-for-sale.
 
Total other income (expense) was $(1.3) million for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $4.8 million, or 137.1%. The decrease was primarily due to an increase in our net interest income, offset by fair value changes in our ABS securitizations. Interest income, net of interest expense, increased to $21.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. The increase in interest income, net was due to the consolidation of certain securitization trusts upon the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs. Fair value changes in ABS securitizations included a loss of $23.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, with no corresponding amount for the year ended December 31, 2009, due to the election of the fair value option on consolidated VIEs.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Total revenues were $(75.8) million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $(108.6) million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $32.8 million, or 30.2%. This increase was a result of lower mark-to-market adjustments on our outstanding legacy portfolio. We accounted for the excess of cost over fair value of these loans as a valuation allowance with changes in the valuation allowance included in loss on mortgage loans held for sale. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the change in the outstanding valuation allowance resulted in net income of


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$8.8 million, compared to a net loss of $42.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. These amounts were partially offset by higher realized losses on existing portfolio rewrites and liquidations on our existing legacy portfolio and real estate owned of $80.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to a loss of $56.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
Expenses and impairments were $25.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $63.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, a decrease of $38.1 million, or 60.4%, primarily due to a decrease of $48.4 million in other-than-temporary impairments recognized on our investment in debt securities-available-for-sale attributable to lower overall outstanding carrying balances on outstanding debt securities, offset by an increase in unallocated corporate expenses and an increase in losses realized on loans held for investment and foreclosed real estate.
 
The deterioration of the housing market and related illiquidity in the capital markets resulted in an overall decrease in the credit quality of the residential mortgage loans that collateralize our retained investment in debt securities. As a result of these weakening conditions, in 2008 we determined that we would not be able to fully recover all of our recorded investment in these related debt securities, and recorded an other-than-temporary impairment of $55.2 million, compared to $6.8 million in impairments for the year ended December 31, 2009. The decrease in our recognized impairments was primarily a result of our lower overall total outstanding investment in these debt securities.
 
During late 2008 and 2009, increased foreclosure activities resulted in an increase in real estate owned, coupled with the continuing deterioration of the housing market, our real estate owned losses increased. Our increased loss severities were also impacted by management initiatives enacted in 2009 to liquidate existing foreclosed real estate in advance of continued deterioration in certain housing markets.
 
We estimate the fair value of the real estate owned at the time that a loan is transferred to the real estate owned classification. Real estate owned is recorded at estimated fair value less costs to sell at the date of foreclosure. Fair value is estimated using the most recently obtained appraised value or broker price opinion, as applicable, adjusted, as necessary, to reflect expected price concessions based on historical experience. Upon foreclosure, we obtain a third party appraisal and a third party broker price opinion. Subsequently, we obtain updated broker price opinions every 90 days for our real estate owned. We review recent real estate owned sales activity on a quarterly basis to ensure that the resulting overall net sales proceeds received are consistent with our estimated fair value. Any subsequent declines in fair value are credited to a valuation allowance and charged to operations as incurred.
 
Total other income was $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, a decrease of $3.5 million, or 50.0%. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in net interest income year over year of approximately $27.3 million, offset by a decrease in loss on interest rate swaps and caps. The decrease in interest income, net was attributable to an overall decrease in our total outstanding performing legacy portfolio assets to $345.5 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to $627.4 million as of December 31, 2008. In addition, our weighted average interest rates on our outstanding legacy portfolio assets decreased to 7.58% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to 9.11% for the year ended December 31, 2008. Loss on interest rate swaps and caps decreased to $0.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to $23.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. Prior to 2009, we entered into interest rate swap agreements to economically hedge the interest payments on the warehouse debt and securitization of our mortgage loans held for sale. The $23.7 million decrease in loss on interest rate swaps and caps was due to our unwinding of outstanding interest rate swap positions during 2008.


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Analysis of Items on Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
The following table presents our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2011, December 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands).
 
                         
    March 31,
    December 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010     2009  
    (unaudited)              
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 48,420     $ 21,223     $ 41,645  
Restricted cash
    73,100       91,125       52,795  
Accounts receivable, net
    454,235       439,071       509,974  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    268,950       371,160       203,131  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    262,268       266,840       301,910  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    530,681       538,440        
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
                2,486  
Receivables from affiliates
    7,542       8,993       12,574  
Mortgage servicing rights
    151,159       145,062       114,605  
Property and equipment, net
    11,255       8,394       6,575  
Real estate owned, net (includes $16,142, $17,509 and $0, respectively, of real estate owned, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    24,417       27,337       10,262  
Other assets
    36,228       29,536       24,228  
                         
Total assets
  $ 1,868,255     $ 1,947,181     $ 1,280,185  
                         
Liabilities and members’ equity
                       
Notes payable
  $ 608,451     $ 709,758     $ 771,857  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,410       244,061        
Payables and accrued liabilities
    103,899       75,054       66,830  
Derivative financial instruments
    7,724       7,801        
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615       18,781        
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    133,592       138,662       177,675  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    489,321       496,692        
                         
Total liabilities
    1,603,012       1,690,809       1,016,362  
Total members’ equity
    265,243       256,372       263,823  
                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,868,255     $ 1,947,181     $ 1,280,185  
                         
 
Comparison of Consolidated Balance Sheet Items—March 31, 2011 to December 31, 2010
 
Assets
 
Restricted cash consists of 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. Restricted cash was $73.1 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $18.0 million from December 31, 2010, primarily a result of decreased servicer advance reimbursement amounts.
 
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, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately paid back to us from the securitization trusts. Accounts receivable increased $15.1 million to $454.2 million at March 31, 2011, because of our larger outstanding serving portfolio, which resulted in a $10.2 million increase in corporate and escrow advances and an $8.3 million increase in receivables from trusts.


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Mortgage loans held for sale are carried at fair value, as permitted under ASC 825, Financial Instruments. We estimate fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators including recent trades and outstanding commitments. Mortgage loans held for sale was $269.0 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $102.2 million from December 31, 2010, as $765.7 million mortgage loan sales was partially offset by $654.1 million loan originations.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—legacy assets consist of nonconforming or subprime mortgage loans securitized which serve as collateral for the nonrecourse debt. Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—legacy assets was $262.3 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $4.5 million from December 31, 2010 as $5.8 million was transferred to real estate owned.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt consist of mortgage loans that were recognized upon the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs effective January 1, 2010. To more accurately represent the future economic performance of the securitization collateral and related debt balances, we elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10 Financial Instruments-Overall. Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt was $530.7 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $7.7 million from December 31, 2010, as $16.2 million was transferred to real estate owned, which was partially offset by improvements in the fair value of the mortgage loan portfolio.
 
Receivables from affiliates consist of periodic transactions with Nationstar Regular Holdings, Ltd., a subsidiary of FIF HE Holdings LLC. These transactions typically involve the monthly payment of principal and interest advances that are required to be remitted to securitization trusts as required under various Pooling and Servicing Agreements. These amounts are later repaid to us when principal and interest advances are recovered from the respective borrowers. Receivables from affiliates were $7.5 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $1.5 million from December 31, 2010, as a result of increased recoveries on outstanding principal and interest advances.
 
Mortgage servicing rights consist of servicing assets related to all existing 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. Mortgage servicing rights were $151.2 million at March 31, 2011, an increase of $6.1 million over December 31, 2010, primarily a result of the capitalization of $9.9 million newly created mortgage servicing rights, partially offset by $3.8 million change in the fair value of the rights.
 
Property and equipment, net is comprised of land, furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, computer software, and computer hardware. These assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Property and equipment, net increased $2.9 million as we invested in information technology systems to support volume growth in the Originations segment.
 
Real estate owned, net represents property we acquired as a result of foreclosures on delinquent mortgage loans. Real estate owned, net is recorded at estimated fair value, less costs to sell, at the date of foreclosure. Any subsequent operating activity and declines in value are charged to earnings. Real estate owned, net was $24.4 million at March 31, 2011, a decrease of $2.9 million over December 31, 2010. This decrease was primarily a result of sales of real estate, partially offset by transfers from mortgage loans held for investment.
 
Other assets increased $6.6 million when the company acquired a 22% interest in ANC Acquisition LLC (see Note 8 of our accompanying Unaudited Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.) Other assets also include deferred financing costs, derivative financial instruments, and prepaid expenses.
 
Liabilities and Members’ Equity
 
At March 31, 2011, total liabilities were $1,603.0 million, an $87.8 million decrease from December 31, 2010. The decrease in total liabilities was primarily a result of $104.5 million repayment of the outstanding warehouse facility notes payable, partially offset by a $27.0 million increase in payables owed to securitization trusts.


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Included in our payables and accrued liabilities caption on our balance sheet is our reserve for repurchases and indemnifications amounting to $8.0 million and $7.3 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. This liability represents our (i) estimate of losses to be incurred on the repurchase of certain loans that we previously sold and (ii) an 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 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 (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale.
 
The activity of our outstanding repurchase reserves were as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
          Three months
 
    Year ended
    ended
 
    December 31,
    March 31,
 
    2010     2011  
 
Repurchase reserves, beginning of period
  $ 3,648     $ 7,321  
Additions
    4,649       929  
Charge-offs
    (976 )     (271 )
                 
Repurchase reserves, end of period
  $ 7,321     $ 7,979  
                 
 
The following table summarizes the changes in our loan count and unpaid principal balance related to unresolved repurchase and indemnification requests:
 
                                                 
                            Three Months
 
                            Ended
 
    Years Ended December 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2010     2011  
    Count     $     Count     $     Count     $  
    $ amounts in millions  
 
Beginning balance
    3     $ 0.3       8     $ 1.3       21     $ 4.3  
Repurchases & indemnifications
    (17 )     (2.7 )     (8 )     (1.9 )     (3 )     (0.6 )
Claims initiated
    28       4.6       53       10.8       37       7.9  
Rescinded
    (6 )     (0.9 )     (32 )     (5.9 )     (17 )     (4.2 )
                                                 
Ending Balance
    8     $ 1.3       21     $ 4.3       38     $ 7.4  
                                                 
 
The following table details our loan sales by period:
 
                                                                                 
    Year Ended December 31,   Three Months Ended
       
    2008   2009   2010   March 31, 2011   Total
    Count   $   Count   $   Count   $   Count   $   Count   $
    $ amounts in billions
 
Loan sales
    3,412     $ 0.5       5,344     $ 1.0       13,090     $ 2.6       3,832     $ 0.8       25,678     $ 4.9  
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the reserve for repurchases and indemnifications increased by approximately $0.7 million. This increase was principally due to the significant increase in loan sales during 2011 over the 2010 period. 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


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outstanding claims received. We have observed an increase in repurchase requests in each of the last two years and into 2011. We believe that because of the increase in our originations during 2009, 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, we expect that repurchase requests are likely to increase. Should home values continue to decrease, our realized losses from loan repurchases and indemnifications may increase as well. As such, our reserve for repurchases may be required to 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 March 31, 2011, outstanding members’ equity was $265.2 million, a $8.8 million increase from December 31, 2010, which is primarily attributed to the Company earning $7.4 million net income in the current quarter, $5.3 million share-based compensation, partially offset by $3.9 million distribution to parent.
 
Comparison of Consolidated Balance Sheet Items—December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2009
 
Assets
 
Restricted cash consists of 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. Restricted cash was $91.1 million at December 31, 2010, an increase of $38.3 million from December 31, 2009, primarily a result of the increase in custodial deposits from mortgage loan advances. These custodial deposits are held in trust until they are remitted to the bond investors to pay down the asset-backed certificates.
 
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, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately paid back to us from the securitization trusts. Accounts receivable was $439.1 million at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $70.9 million from December 31, 2009. The decrease in accounts receivable was primarily a result of decreases in outstanding delinquency and corporate and escrow advances of $57.6 million and $41.6 million, respectively. During the period, the GSEs began to repurchase loans from securitization trusts that we service for them that are 120 days or more past due. In conjunction with these repurchases, principal and interest advances that we had made as servicer for these loans were repaid. As such, our accounts receivable balance decreased significantly during the period as well as our corresponding borrowings under our MBS Advance Funding facility that we utilize to fund such advances.
 
Mortgage loans held for sale are carried at fair value, as permitted under ASC 825, Financial Instruments. We estimate fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators including recent trades and outstanding commitments. Mortgage loans held for sale was $371.2 million at December 31, 2010, an increase of $168.1 million over December 31, 2009, a result of higher origination volume during the 2010 period.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—legacy assets consist of nonconforming or subprime mortgage loans securitized which serve as collateral for the nonrecourse 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. Any decreases in expected cash flows subsequent to the transfer are recognized as a valuation allowance. Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—legacy assets was $266.8 million at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $35.1 million from December 31, 2009, a result of principal collections and liquidations on the outstanding mortgage loans.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt consist of mortgage loans that were recognized upon the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs effective January 1, 2010. To more accurately represent the future economic performance of the securitization collateral and related debt balances, we elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10 Financial Instruments-Overall. This option was applied to all eligible items within the VIE, including mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related ABS nonrecourse debt.


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Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale consists of beneficial interests we retain in securitization transactions accounted for as a sale under the guidance of ASC 860. Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance for VIEs eliminated the concept of a QSPE and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to the new consolidation guidance. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests, including retained investment in debt securities, obtained as part of the securitization (see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements).
 
Receivables from affiliates consist of periodic transactions with Nationstar Regular Holdings, Ltd., a subsidiary of FIF HE Holdings LLC. These transactions typically involve the monthly payment of principal and interest advances that are required to be remitted to securitization trusts as required under various Pooling and Servicing Agreements. These amounts are later repaid to us when principal and interest advances are recovered from the respective borrowers. Receivables from affiliates were $9.0 million at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $3.6 million from December 31, 2009, as a result of increased recoveries on outstanding principal and interest advances.
 
Mortgage servicing rights consist of servicing assets related to all existing 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. Mortgage servicing rights were $145.1 million at December 31, 2010, an increase of $30.5 million over December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily a result of the capitalization of newly created mortgage servicing rights of $26.3 million, combined with the purchase of $17.8 million in mortgage servicing rights, offset by the de-recognition of previously recognized mortgage servicing rights on the consolidation of certain securitization trusts for the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs of $7.6 million, and the change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights.
 
Property and equipment, net increased by approximately $1.8 million, primarily as a result of expenditures related to newly opened retail branches and increased hardware acquisitions to support servicing expansion.
 
Real estate owned, net represents property we acquired as a result of foreclosures on delinquent mortgage loans. Real estate owned, net is recorded at estimated fair value, less costs to sell, at the date of foreclosure. Any subsequent operating activity and declines in value are charged to earnings. Real estate owned, net was $27.3 million at December 31, 2010, an increase of $17.0 million over December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily a result of the adoption of the new accounting guidance related to VIEs, resulting in the recognition of $17.5 million in real estate owned properties from a consolidated VIE.
 
Other assets consist of principally deferred financing costs, derivative financial instruments, and prepaid expenses. Other assets were $29.5 million at December 31, 2010, an increase of $5.3 million over December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily a result of an increase in deferred financing costs from our March 2010 offering and other higher prepaid expenses.
 
Liabilities and Members’ Equity
 
At December 31, 2010, total liabilities were $1.7 billion, a $0.7 billion increase from December 31, 2009. The increase in total liabilities was primarily a result of the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs, resulting in the recognition of $0.5 billion in asset-backed certificates from a consolidated VIE combined with a March 2010 offering of Senior Unsecured Notes of $244 million.
 
Included in our payables and accrued liabilities caption on our balance sheet is our reserve for repurchases and indemnifications amounting to $7.3 million and $3.6 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. This liability represents our (i) estimate of losses to be incurred on the repurchase of certain loans that we previously sold and (ii) an estimate of losses to be incurred for indemnification of losses incurred by purchasers or insurers with respect to loans that we sold.
 
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the 2009 period. We increase the reserve by applying an estimated loss factor to the principal balance of loan sales. Secondarily, the reserve was increased based on outstanding claims received, and 2010 represented the first year that we have received make whole requests that we considered to be probable and estimable. We have observed an increase in repurchase requests in each of the last two years. We believe that because of the increase in our originations during 2009 and 2010, we expect that repurchase requests are likely to increase. Should home values continue to decrease, our realized losses from loan repurchases and indemnifications may increase as well. As such, our reserve for repurchases may be required to 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 December 31, 2010, outstanding members’ equity was $256.4 million, a $7.4 million decrease from December 31, 2009. The decrease in members’ equity was primarily driven by an $9.9 million net loss for the year ended December 31, 2010, a cumulative effect adjustment from the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs resulting in a cumulative effect decrease in our beginning members’ units of $8.1 million, offset by $9.5 million in share-based compensation (net of taxes) during the period and $1.1 million in the change in value of a cash flow hedge.
 
Recent Accounting Developments
 
On January 1, 2010, we adopted new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting guidance on transfers of financial assets and consolidation of VIEs. This new accounting guidance revises sale accounting criteria for transfers of financial assets, including elimination of the concept of and accounting for qualifying special purpose entities (QSPEs), and significantly changes the criteria for consolidation of a VIE. The adoption of this new accounting guidance resulted in the consolidation of certain VIEs that previously were QSPEs that were not recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheet prior to January 1, 2010. We recorded an $8.1 million charge to members’ equity on January 1, 2010 for the cumulative effect of the adoption of this new accounting guidance, which resulted principally from the derecognition of the retained interests in the securitizations. Initial recording of these assets and liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheet had no impact at the date of adoption on consolidated results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (Update No. 2010-06). Update No. 2010-06 requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements, including separate disclosures of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and the reasons for the transfers. Additionally, the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements. Update No. 2010-06 also clarifies previous disclosure requirements, including the requirement that entities provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements for both Level 2 and Level 3 measurements. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures required under Update No. 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, and was adopted for the interim reporting period ending March 31, 2010, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlement in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-18, Effect of a Loan Modification When the Loan Is Part of a Pool That Is Accounted for as a Single Asset (Update No. 2010-18). Update No. 2010-18 clarifies the accounting treatment for modifications of loans that are accounted for within a pool under Subtopic 310-30, Receivables—Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality (Subtopic 310-30), requiring an entity to continue to include modified loans in the pool even if the modification of those loans would otherwise be considered a troubled debt restructuring. Loans accounted for individually under Subtopic 310-30 continue to be subject to the troubled debt restructuring accounting provisions within Subtopic 310-40, Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings


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by Creditors. The amendments in this update were effective for Nationstar for modifications of loans accounted for within pools under Subtopic 310-30 occurring in the first interim or annual period ending on or after July 15, 2010. The adoption of Update No. 2010-18 did not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20, Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses (Update No. 2010-20). Update No. 2010-20 is intended to provide users of financial statements with greater transparency regarding a company’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of its financing receivables. It is intended to provide additional information to assist financial statement users in assessing an entity’s credit risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses. The additional disclosure requirements for this amendment are effective for Nationstar for annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2010-20 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-02, A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring is a Troubled Debt Restructuring (Update No. 2011-02). Update No. 2011-02 is intended to reduce the diversity in identifying troubled debt restructurings (TDRs), primarily by clarifying certain factors around concessions and financial difficulty. In evaluating whether a restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring, a creditor must separately conclude that: 1) the restructuring constitutes a concession; and 2) the debtor is experiencing financial difficulties. The clarifications will generally result in more restructurings being considered troubled. The amendments in this update will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after June 15, 2011, with retrospective application to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of Update No. 2011-02 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-03, Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements (Update No. 2011-03). Update No. 2011-03 is intended to improve the accounting and reporting of repurchase agreements and other agreements that both entitle and obligate a transferor to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity. This amendment removes the criterion pertaining to an exchange of collateral should not be a determining factor in assessing effective control, including (1) the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem the financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee, and (2) the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion. Other criteria applicable to the assessment of effective control are not changed by the amendments in the update. The amendments in this update will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2011-03 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (Update No. 2011-04). Update No. 2011-04 is intended to provide common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The changes required in this update include changing the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments in this update are to be applied prospectively and are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2011-04 will not have a material impact on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Liquidity measures our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including the funding of servicing advances, paying operating expenses, origination of loans and repayment of borrowings. Our cash balance decreased from $41.6 million as of December 31, 2009 to $21.2 million as of December 31, 2010, primarily due to greater cash outflows from our financing activities to repay our outstanding debt facilities. Our cash balance increased from $21.2 million as of December 31, 2010 to


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$48.4 million as of March 31, 2011, primarily due to greater cash inflows from operating activities, partially offset by cash outflows from financing activities.
 
We shifted our strategy after 2007 to leverage our industry-leading servicing capabilities and capitalize on the opportunities to grow our origination 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. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, substantially all originated loans have either been sold or are pending sale. Additionally, we grew our servicing portfolio from $33.7 billion as of December 31, 2009 to $67.0 billion as of March 31, 2011.
 
As part of the normal course of our business, we borrow money 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.
 
In March 2010, we completed the offering of $250 million of 10.875% senior notes, which were issued with an issue discount of $7.0 million for net cash proceeds of $243.0 million, with a maturity date of April 2015. These unsecured senior notes pay interest biannually at an interest rate of 10.875%. Cash proceeds from this offering were used to pay down outstanding balances on our existing debt facilities.
 
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 and other secured borrowings; (ii) servicing fees and ancillary fees; (iii) payments received from sale or securitization of loans; and (iv) payments received from mortgage loans held for sale.
 
Our primary uses of funds for liquidity include: (i) funding of servicing advances; (ii) origination of loans; (iii) payment of interest expenses; (iv) payment of operating expenses; and (v) repayment of borrowings.
 
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.
 
We intend to continue to seek opportunities to acquire loan servicing portfolios, originations platforms and/or businesses that engage in loan servicing and/or loan originations. We cannot predict the extent to which our liquidity and capital resources will be diminished by any such transactions. Additionally, we believe that a significant acquisition may require us to raise additional capital to facilitate such a transaction. We would likely finance acquisitions through a combination of corporate debt issuances, asset-backed acquisition financing and/or cash from operations.
 
Operating Activities
 
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$214.2 million was primarily due to better management of working capital and growth in loan originations volume. The improvement was primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  $80.3 million improvement in working capital, which provided $12.5 million cash for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and used $67.8 million during the same period in the prior year.
 
  •  $273.4 million improvement in proceeds received from sale of originated loans, which provided $765.7 million and $492.3 million for the three month period ending March 31, 2011 and 2010, partially offset by $141.5 million increase in cash used to originate loans. Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees, used $654.1 million and $512.6 million in the three month period ending March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
Our operating activities used ($101.7) million and ($83.6) million of cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease of $18.1 million was primarily due to the net effect of the following:
 
  •  Increase of $1,613.9 million attributable to increased proceeds received from sale of loans, offset by decrease in cash attributable to $1,311.1 million increase in origination volume.
 
  •  Decrease in principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgages loans held for sale of $437.7 million.
 
  •  Increase of $130.4 million primarily due to decreased delinquency advances to investors to cover scheduled payments of principal and interest that are required to be remitted to securitization trusts.
 
  •  Increase of $71.0 million attributable to decrease in net loss period over period, primarily a result of increased revenues from our higher servicing portfolio and increased volume in loan originations.
 
Our operating activities provided (used) $(83.6) million and $40.2 million of cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The decrease in operating cash flow from 2008 to 2009 was primarily due to $934.6 million higher volume of originations in 2009, offset by $493.5 million increase from proceeds received from sale of loans and $268.9 million increase in principal payments received from loans.
 
Investing Activities
 
Our investing activities provided $5.3 million and $30.7 million of cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The $25.4 million decrease in cash flows from investing activities from 2010 to 2011 was primarily a result of a $17.9 million decrease in cash proceeds from sales of real estate owned. Also, in March 2011, we acquired a 22% interest in ANC Acquisition LLC (ANC) for $6.6 million. ANC is the parent company of National Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (NREIS), a real estate services company.
 
Our investing activities provided (used) $101.2 million, $30.0 million and $(34.6) million of cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The increase in cash flows from investing activities from 2009 to 2010 was primarily a result of an increase in cash proceeds from sales of real estate owned and principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt. The increase in cash flow from investing activities from 2008 to 2009 was primarily due to the absence of interest rate swap settlements in 2009 compared to $51.6 million of settlements in 2008 and a $17.8 million decrease in cash used for the purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities, offset by no principal payments received from debt securities in 2009 compared to $8.4 million in 2008.
 
Financing Activities
 
Our financing activities used $109.7 million cash flow during the three month period ending March 31, 2010 and provided $33.8 million of cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The primary source of financing cash flow during the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $243.0 million proceeds from offering the Senior Unsecured Notes. During the three months ended


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March 31, 2010, the Company used $35.6 million to repay ABS non-recourse debt, used $11.3 million for debt financing costs, and used $164.6 million to repay the outstanding notes payable. During the current quarter, the Company used less cash for debt financing costs and to repay debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company used $14.3 million to repay ABS non-recourse debt, used $2.3 million for debt financing costs, and used $101.3 million to repay the outstanding notes payable.
 
Our financing activities provided (used) $(20.0) million, $85.9 million and $(37.5) million of cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The increase in cash outflow from financing activities from 2009 to 2010 was primarily a result of repayment of ABS and Legacy Asset nonrecourse debt. We also did not receive any capital contributions from our existing members in 2010, compared to $20.7 million in capital contributions received in 2009. In 2009, we issued non-recourse debt, which provided $191.3 million in cash. The increase in cash flow from financing activities from 2008 to 2009 was primarily due to the non-recourse debt, net issued in 2009 related to the secured financing of our legacy assets.
 
Contractual Obligations
 
The table below sets forth our contractual obligations, excluding our Legacy Asset Securitized Debt and ABS nonrecourse debt, as of December 31, 2010 (in thousands):
 
                                         
          2012
    2014
    After
       
    2011     to 2013     to 2015     2015     Total  
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
  $     $     $ 250,000           $ 250,000  
Interest expense from Senior Unsecured Notes
    27,188       54,375       33,985             115,548  
MBS Advance Financing Facility
    114,562                         114,562  
ABS Advance Financing Facility
    236,808                         236,808  
MSR Notes
    5,552       10,181                   15,733  
$300 Million Warehouse Facility (1)
    209,477                           209,477  
$100 Million Warehouse Facility
    39,014                         39,014  
$75 Million Warehouse Facility
    43,059                         43,059  
GSE ASAP+ Short-Term Financing Facility
    51,105                         51,105  
Operating leases
    7,015       13,299       7,972       1,243       29,529  
                                         
    $ 733,780     $ 77,855     $ 291,957     $ 1,243     $ 1,104,835  
                                         
 
 
Notes
 
(1) Amended in February 2011 to expire in February 2012.
 
In addition to the above contractual obligations, we have also been involved with several securitizations of asset-backed securities, 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 real estate owned. The outstanding principal balance on our Nonrecourse Debt—Legacy Assets and ABS nonrecourse debt was $161.2 million and $1,037.9 million respectively, as of December 31, 2010.
 
There were no other significant changes to our outstanding contractual obligations outstanding as of March 31, 2011 from amounts disclosed above.
 
Summary of Other Indebtedness
 
Senior Unsecured Notes
 
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maturity date of April 2015. These unsecured senior notes pay interest biannually at an interest rate of 10.875%.
 
The indenture for our unsecured senior notes contains various covenants and restrictions that will limit us and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create liens, designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries, consolidate, merge or sell substantially all the assets, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates.
 
Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the indenture governing the unsecured senior notes, is the key financial covenant measure that monitors our ability to undertake investing and financing functions, such as making investments/acquisitions, paying dividends, and incurring additional indebtedness.
 
The ratios included in the indenture for the unsecured 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.
 
The consolidated leverage ratio as defined in the indenture is equal to Corporate Indebtedness, as defined in the indenture, divided by Consolidated EBITDA, and limits our activities as discussed above, if the ratio is equal to or greater than 4.5.
 
Consolidated EBITDA is computed as follows (in thousands):
 
         
    Twelve Months Ended
 
    March 31, 2011  
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (3,277 )
Adjust for:
       
Impact from consolidation of securitization trusts(1)
    (6,499 )
Interest expense from Corporate Indebtedness(2)
    30,456  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,470  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights(3)
    4,977  
Exit costs
    2,159  
Share-based compensation
    17,909  
Fair value changes on interest rate swap
    7,022  
Ineffective portion of cash flow hedge
    (1,832 )
(Gain) loss from asset sales and other than temporary impairment of assets
    8,609  
Amortization/write-off of deferred financing cost for debt obligations in existence prior to issuance of unsecured senior notes
    12,071  
Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets
    (32,409 )
Other
    46  
         
Consolidated EBITDA
  $ 41,702  
         
 
 
(1) Represents impact to net income from the consolidation of certain securitization trusts. Net income, as defined in the Indenture, is based on generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of December 31, 2009, and does not include the impact of the consolidation of identified VIEs where we have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
 
(2) Includes interest expense from the unsecured senior notes and an unsecured line of credit that was paid down with the proceeds from the unsecured senior notes.
 
(3) Represents change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights after deconsolidation of the securitization trusts as discussed in note (1) above.
 
Servicing
 
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two separate advance financing facilities had $625.0 million of committed capacity to fund the Servicing Segment. In addition, we had a $200 million advance facility that had not been drawn upon, and $14.3 million of notes outstanding that we had entered into to purchase a portfolio of mortgage servicing rights.
 
MBS Advance Financing Facility
 
Our MBS Advance Financing Facility is used to finance our obligations to pay advances as required by our servicing agreements. These agreements may require us to advance certain payments to the owners of the mortgage loans we service, including: principal and interest, or P&I advances, taxes and insurance, or T&I advances, or legal fees, maintenance and preservation costs, or corporate advances. See “Industry—Servicing Industry Overview.”
 
In September 2009, we entered into our MBS Advance Financing Facility with a government- sponsored enterprise which currently has a total facility size of $275.0 million. Our MBS Advance Financing Facility is secured by certain servicing advance receivables and is subject to margin calls in the event that the value of our collateral decreases. We draw on the facility periodically throughout the month, as necessary, to satisfy our advancing obligations under our servicing agreements, and we repay the facility when advances are recovered through liquidations, prepayments and reimbursement of advances from modifications.
 
Our MBS Advance Facility requires us to comply with various customary operating covenants and performance tests on the underlying receivables related to payment rates and minimum balance. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 2.50%. The maturity date of this facility is December 2011. As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenants and performance tests under our MBS Advance Financing Facility and had an aggregate principal amount of $136.8 million outstanding.
 
ABS Advance Financing Facility
 
In November 2007, we entered into our ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial services company. In December 2009, we entered into an amendment to our ABS Advance Financing Facility, which, as amended, has a total facility size of $350.0 million. The transaction was a securitization of the servicing advance receivables that entailed the issuance and sale of $174.0 million in term notes and $176.0 million in variable funding notes. Our ABS Advance Financing Facility is a non-recourse obligation that is secured by certain servicing advance receivables. We draw on the facility periodically throughout the month, as necessary, to satisfy our advancing obligations under our servicing agreements, and we repay the facility when advances are recovered through liquidations, prepayments and reimbursement of advances after modifications. The balance of the $174.0 million term notes stays constant, while the variable funding notes fluctuate with our financing needs.
 
Our ABS Advance Facility requires us to comply with various customary operating covenants and performance tests on the underlying receivables related to payment rates and minimum balance. The interest rate is based on LIBOR, subject to an interest rate swap, and had a weighted average cost of 4.82% during the year ended December 31, 2010 and 4.79% during the three month period ending March 31, 2011. Upon an event of default, the notes issued by the servicing advance facilities may be declared immediately due and payable. The stated maturity date of this facility is December 2013, twenty-four months after the repayment date of December 2011. As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenants and performance tests under our ABS Advance Financing Facility and had an aggregate principal amount of $219.1 million outstanding.
 
In December 2010, we executed the 2010-ABS Advance Financing Facility with a financial institution. This facility has the capacity to purchase up to $200 million of advance receivables. This facility is a non-recourse obligation that will be secured by certain servicing advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.00%. The maturity date of this facility with the financial institution is July 2011, which may be extended if we elect to pledge any additional advances to this facility. We have yet to draw on this facility as of March 31, 2011.


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MSR Notes
 
In October 2009, we entered into our MSR Notes, with an aggregate principal amount of $22.2 million, to a GSE to finance our acquisition of certain mortgage servicing rights. Our MSR Notes are secured by all of our rights, title and interest in the mortgage servicing rights that we acquired in the transaction.
 
Our MSR Notes require us to comply with various customary operating covenants and specific covenants including maintaining a disaster recovery plan, maintaining priority of the lender’s lien, and certain covenants related to the collateral and limitations on the creation of liens on the collateral or assigned servicing compensation. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 2.50%. The maturity date of our MSR Notes is October 2013. As of March 31, 2011, we had an aggregate principal amount of $14.3 million outstanding.
 
Originations
 
As of March 31, 2011 we maintained five separate financing facilities with $625 million of committed capacity to fund the Originations Segment: our $300 Million Warehouse Facility, our $100 Million Warehouse Facility, our $75 Million Warehouse Facility, our $50 Million Warehouse Facility and our GSE ASAP+ Short-Term Financing Facility.
 
$300 Million Warehouse Facility
 
Our $300 Million Warehouse Facility is used to finance our loan originations on a short-term basis. In the ordinary course, we originate mortgage loans on a near-daily basis, and we use a combination of our four warehouse facilities and cash to fund the loans. We agree to transfer to our counterparty certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the counterparty, with a simultaneous agreement by the counterparty to transfer the loans back to us at a date certain, or on demand by us, against the transfer of funds from us. We typically renegotiate our warehouse facilities on an annual basis. See “Industry—Industry Overview.”
 
In July 2006, we entered into our $300 Million Warehouse Facility with a financial services company. In January 2010, we amended our $300 Million Warehouse Facility. We sell our newly originated mortgage loans to our counterparty to finance the origination of our mortgage loans and typically repurchase the loan within 30 days of origination when we sell the loan to a GSE or into a government securitization.
 
Our $300 Million Warehouse Facility requires us to comply with various customary operating covenants and specific covenants including maintaining a minimum tangible net worth of $150.0 million, limitations on transactions with affiliates, maintenance of liquidity of $20 million and the maintenance of additional funding through warehouse loans. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 2.00%, with a minimum interest rate of 4.00%. As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenants and performance tests under our $300 Million Warehouse Facility and had an aggregate principal amount of $177.6 million outstanding.
 
In February 2011, we amended our $300 Million Warehouse Facility, which as amended, is set to expire in February 2012, has an interest rate based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.25% and requires us to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of not less than $175 million.
 
$100 Million Warehouse Facility
 
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based on LIBOR plus a margin of 3.50%. The termination date of this facility is December 2011. As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenants and performance tests under our $100 Million Warehouse Facility and had an aggregate principal amount of $27.9 million outstanding.
 
$75 Million Warehouse Facility
 
In February 2010, we entered into our Warehouse Facility with a financial services company, with a total facility size of $50.0 million. In October 2010, this facility was increased to $75.0 million. We sell our newly originated mortgage loans to our counterparty to finance the origination of our mortgage loans and typically repurchase the mortgage loan within 30 days of origination when we sell the mortgage loan to a GSE or into a government securitization.
 
Our $75 Million Warehouse Facility requires us to comply with various customary operating covenants and specific covenants including financial covenants regarding our liquidity ratio of liabilities and warehouse credit to net worth and operating income, maintenance of a minimum tangible net worth of $150.0 million, maintenance of additional warehouse facilities and limitations on entering into warehouse facilities with more favorable terms (with respect to the lender) than this facility without also applying those more favorable terms to this facility. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 2.75% to 3.25%. The termination date of this facility is October 2011. As of March 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all covenants and performance tests under this facility and had an aggregate principal amount of $27.1 million outstanding.
 
$50 Million Warehouse Facility
 
In March 2011, we executed a Master Repurchase Agreement with a financial institution, under which we may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $50.0 million, in which we agree to transfer to the same financial institution certain mortgage loans and certain securities against the transfer of funds by the same financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the same financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans and securities to us at a date certain, or on our demand, against the transfer of funds to us. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.45% to 3.95%, which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral. The maturity date of this Master Purchase Agreement is March 2012.
 
GSE ASAP+ Short-Term Financing Facility
 
During 2009, we began executing a series of As Soon As Pooled Plus, or ASAP+, agreements with a GSE with a total commitment of $100.0 million. Pursuant to these agreements, we agree to transfer to the GSE certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the government-sponsored enterprise, with a simultaneous agreement by the counterparty to transfer the loans back to us at a date certain, or on demand by us, against the transfer of funds from us. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a margin of 1.50%. These agreements typically have a maturity of up to 45 days. As of March 31, 2011, we had an aggregate principal amount of $5.5 million outstanding.
 
Legacy Assets and Other
 
Legacy Asset Term-Funded Notes
 
In November 2009, we completed the securitization of mortgage assets and issued approximately $222.4 million of our Legacy Asset Term-Funded Notes. The interest rate is 7.50%, subject to an available funds cap. In conjunction with the securitization, we reclassified our legacy assets as “held for investment” on our consolidated balance sheet and recognize the Legacy Asset Term-Funded Notes as non-recourse debt. We pay the principal and interest on these notes using the cash flows from the underlying legacy assets, which serve as collateral for the debt. As of March 31, 2011, the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the legacy assets that secure our Legacy Asset Term-Funded Notes was $419.6 million. Monthly cash flows generated from the legacy assets are used to service the debt, which has a final legal maturity of October 2039. As of March 31, 2011, our Legacy Asset Term-Funded Notes had a par amount and carrying value, net of financing costs and unamortized discount of $155.3 million and $133.6 million, respectively.


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ABS Nonrecourse Debt
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new consolidation guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, we derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization. In addition, we recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on our consolidated balance sheet. Additionally, we elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10. 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 based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 0.13% to 2.00%, which is subject to an interest rate cap. The total outstanding principal balance on the underlying mortgage loans servicing as collateral for the debt was approximately $1,000.6 million at March 31, 2011. The timing of the principal payments on this ABS nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans. The outstanding principal balance on the outstanding notes related to these consolidated securitization trusts was $1,009.6 million at March 31, 2011.
 
Variable Interest Entities
 
We have been the transferor in connection with a number of securitizations or asset-backed financing arrangements, from which we have continuing involvement with the underlying transferred financial assets. We aggregate these securitizations or asset-backed financing arrangements into two groups: (i) securitizations of residential mortgage loans and (ii) transfers accounted for as secured borrowings.
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance related to VIEs eliminated the concept of a QSPE and all existing SPEs are now subject to the new consolidation guidance. Upon adoption of this new accounting guidance, we identified certain securitization trusts where we, through our affiliates, continued to hold beneficial interests in these trusts. These retained beneficial interests obligate us 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. In addition, as Master Servicer on the related mortgage loans, we retain the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. When it is determined that we have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, the assets and liabilities of these VIEs are included in our consolidated financial statements. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, we derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization, including any retained investment in debt securities, mortgage servicing rights, and any remaining residual interests. In addition, we recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on our consolidated balance sheet.
 
We also maintained various agreements with SPEs, under which we transfer mortgage loans and/or advances on residential mortgage loans in exchange for cash. These SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred mortgage loans and/or advances. These transfers do not qualify for sale treatment because we continue to retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and continue to carry the transferred assets and recognize the related liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet. Collections on the mortgage loans and/or advances 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 us and can only look to the assets of the SPEs themselves for satisfaction of the debt.
 
SPEs created for the purpose of issuing debt supported by collections on loans that have been transferred to it are considered VIEs. VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary and have the power to direct the activities that directly impact the economic performance are consolidated into our consolidated financial statements.


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A summary of the assets and liabilities of our transactions with VIEs included in our consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2011 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                         
          Transfers
       
          Accounted for
       
          as
       
    Securitization
    Secured
       
March 31, 2011
  Trusts     Borrowings     Total  
 
Assets
                       
Restricted cash
  $ 694     $ 20,015     $ 20,709  
Accounts receivable
    3,138       265,498       268,636  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
          256,108       256,108  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    530,681             530,681  
Real estate owned
    16,142       7,808       23,950  
                         
Total Assets
  $ 550,655     $ 549,429     $ 1,100,084  
                         
Liabilities
                       
Notes payable
  $     $ 219,146     $ 219,146  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    123       1,187       1,310  
Outstanding servicer advances(1)
    32,810             32,810  
Derivative financial instruments
          6,760       6,760  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615             15,615  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
          133,592       133,592  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    490,171             490,171  
                         
Total Liabilities
  $ 538,719     $ 360,685     $ 899,404  
                         
 
 
(1) Outstanding servicer advances consists of principal and interest advances paid by Nationstar to cover scheduled payments and interest that have not been timely paid by borrowers. These outstanding servicer advances are eliminated upon the consolidation of the securitization trusts.
 
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
A summary of the outstanding collateral and certificate balances for securitization trusts, including any retained beneficial interests and mortgage servicing rights, that were not consolidated by us for the years ending March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and 2009 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                         
    March 31,
  December 31,
  December 31,
    2011(1)   2010(1)   2009(2)
 
Total collateral balance
  $ 3,950,854     $ 4,038,978     $ 3,240,879  
Total certificate balance
    3,944,442       4,026,844       3,262,995  
Total beneficial interests held at fair value
                2,486  
Total mortgage servicing rights at fair value
    25,847       26,419       20,505  
 
 
(1) Unconsolidated securitization trusts as of December 31, 2010 consist of VIE’s where we lack (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance or (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE.
 
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Derivatives
 
We record all derivative transactions at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets. We use these derivatives primarily to manage our interest rate risk and price risk associated with interest rate lock commitments, which we refer to as IRLCs. We actively manage the risk profiles of our IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale on a daily basis. To manage the price risk associated with IRLCs, we enter into forward sales of mortgage-backed securities in an amount equal to the portion of the IRLC we expected to close, assuming no change in interest rates.
 
In addition, to manage the interest rate risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale, we enter into forward sales of mortgage-backed securities to deliver mortgage loan inventory to investors.
 
We also entered into interest rate cap agreements to hedge the interest payments on our ABS Servicing Facility and our MBS Servicing Facility. These interest rate cap agreements generally require an upfront payment and receive cash flow only when a variable rate based on LIBOR exceeds a defined interest rate. As of March 31, 2011, these interest rate cap agreements were out of the money and, unless there is a significant change to LIBOR, we do not anticipate a material effect to our consolidated financial statements.
 
To hedge the aggregate risk of interest rate fluctuations with respect to our outstanding borrowings, we have entered into swap agreements whereby we receive floating rate payments in exchange for fixed rate payments, effectively converting our outstanding borrowings to fixed rate debt.
 
As part of our January 1, 2010 adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs, we were required to consolidate certain VIEs related to previous asset-backed securitizations that were treated as sales under GAAP. Accordingly, we recognized all assets and liabilities held by these securitization trusts in our consolidated balance sheet. As a form of credit enhancement to the senior noteholders, these securitization trusts contained embedded interest rate swap agreements to hedge the required interest payments on the underlying asset-backed certificates. These interest rate swap agreements generally require the securitization trust to pay a variable interest rate and receive a fixed interest rate based on LIBOR.


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GLOSSARY OF INDUSTRY TERMS
 
Adjustable Rate Mortgage.  A mortgage loan where the interest rate on the loan adjusts periodically based on a specified index and margin agreed to at the time the loan is originated.
 
Agency and Government Conforming Loan.  A mortgage loan that meets all requirements (loan type, maximum amount, loan-to-value ratio and credit quality) for purchase by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or FHA.
 
Compensating Interest.  Money paid to the owner of a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans on a monthly basis (typically by the servicer from its own funds) to compensate the owner of the mortgage loan for interest shortfalls caused by intra-month prepayments.
 
Consumer Direct Retail Origination.  A type of mortgage loan origination pursuant to which a lender markets refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans directly to selected consumers.
 
Conventional Mortgage Loans.  A mortgage loan that is not guaranteed or insured by the FHA, the VA or any other government agency. Although a conventional loan is not insured or guaranteed by the government, it can still follow the guidelines of GSEs.
 
Corporate Advance.  A servicing advance to pay costs and expenses incurred in foreclosing upon, preserving and selling real estate owned, including attorneys’ and other professional fees and expenses incurred in connection with foreclosure and liquidation or other legal proceedings arising in the course of servicing the mortgage loans.
 
Credit-Sensitive Loan.  A mortgage loan with certain characteristics such as low borrower credit quality, relaxed original underwriting standards and high loan-to-value ratio, which we believe indicates that the mortgage loan presents an elevated credit risk.
 
Delinquent Loan.  A mortgage loan that is 30 or more days past due from its scheduled due date.
 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, which guarantees certain home loans for qualified borrowers.
 
Distributed Retail Originations.  A type of mortgage loan origination pursuant to which a lender markets primarily purchase money mortgage loans directly to consumers from local branches.
 
Fannie Mae.  The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered association that buys mortgage loans from lenders and resells them as securities in the secondary mortgage market.
 
Federal Housing Administration (FHA).  The Federal Housing Administration is a U.S. federal government agency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders in compliance with FHA guidelines throughout the United States.
 
Float Income.  Interest income earned by a servicer on (i) funds collected from borrowers during the period of time between receipt of the funds and the remittance of the funds to investors and (ii) funds collected from borrowers for the payment of taxes and insurance, where applicable.
 
Freddie Mac.  The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a federally chartered corporation that buys mortgage loans from lenders and resells them as securities in the secondary mortgage market.
 
Ginnie Mae.  The Government National Mortgage Association, a wholly-owned U.S. federal government corporation that is an agency of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The main focus of Ginnie Mae is to ensure liquidity for U.S. federal government-insured mortgages including those insured by the FHA. Ginnie Mae guarantees to investors who purchase mortgage- backed securities the timely payment of principal and interest. Ginnie Mae securities are the only mortgage-backed securities to carry the full faith and credit guarantee of the U.S. federal government.
 
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High-Touch Servicing.  A servicing model that is designed to increase borrower repayment performance with a view towards home ownership preservation, and to decrease borrower delinquencies and defaults on mortgage portfolios. This model emphasizes a focus on loss mitigation and frequent interactions with borrowers—via telephone, mail, electronic communications and other personal contact methods.
 
Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).  A U.S. federal government program designed to help eligible homeowners avoid foreclosure through mortgage loan modifications. Participating servicers may be entitled to receive financial incentives in connection with loan modifications they enter into with eligible borrowers and subsequent “pay for success” fees to the extent that a borrower remains current in any agreed upon loan modification.
 
Independent Loan Servicer.  A loan servicer that is not affiliated with a depository institution.
 
Loan Modification.  Temporary or permanent modifications, including re-modifications, to the terms and conditions of a borrower’s original mortgage loan. Loan modifications are usually made to loans that are in default, or in imminent danger of defaulting.
 
Loan-to-Value Ratio (LTV).  The unpaid principal balance of a mortgage loan as a percentage of the total appraised value of the property that secures the loan. LTV is one of the key risk factors that originators assess when qualifying borrowers for a mortgage loan. A loan with a low LTV is seen as less of a credit risk than a loan with a high LTV. An LTV over 100% indicates that the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loan exceeds the value of the property.
 
Loss Mitigation.  The range of servicing activities designed by a servicer to minimize the losses suffered by the owner of a mortgage loan in connection with a borrower default. Loss mitigation techniques include short-sales, deed-in-lieu of foreclosures and loan modifications, among other options.
 
Making Home Affordable Plan (MHA).  Also known as the President of the United States’ Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. A U.S. federal government program designed to help eligible homeowners avoid foreclosure and keep their homes by refinancing their existing mortgages. MHA loans are available to eligible homeowners with loan-to-value ratios of up to 125%.
 
Mortgage Servicing Right.  The right to service a loan or pool of loans and to receive a servicing fee. Mortgage servicing rights may be bought and sold, resulting in the transfer of loan servicing obligations.
 
Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan.  A mortgage loan that does not meet the standards of eligibility for purchase or securitization by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae.
 
Non-Recoverable Advance.  A servicing advance made by a servicer, which will not ultimately be recoverable by the servicer from funds received upon liquidation of the underlying property of the mortgage loan.
 
Origination.  The process through which a lender provides a mortgage loan to a borrower.
 
P&I Advance.  A servicing advance to cover scheduled payments of principal and interest that have not been timely paid by borrowers. P&I Advances serve to ensure the cash flows paid to holders of securities issued by the residential mortgage-backed securities trust.
 
Prepayment Speed.  The rate at which mortgage prepayments occur or are projected to occur. The statistic is calculated on an annualized basis and expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal balance.
 
Primary Servicer.  The servicer that owns the right to service a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans. This differs from a subservicer, which has a contractual right with the primary servicer to service a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans in exchange for a subservicing fee.
 
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default risk and are made to borrowers with good credit records and a monthly income at least three to four times greater than their monthly housing expenses (mortgage payments plus taxes and other debt payments). Mortgages not classified as conventional mortgages are generally called either non-prime or Alt-A.
 
Real Estate Owned.  Property acquired by the servicer on behalf of the owner of a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans, usually through foreclosure or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure on a defaulted loan. The servicer or a third party real estate management firm is responsible for selling the real estate owned. Net proceeds of the sale are returned to the owner of the related loan or loans. In most cases, the sale of real estate owned does not generate enough to pay off the balance of the loan underlying the real estate owned, causing a loss to the owner of the related mortgage loan.
 
Residential Mortgage-Backed Security.  A fixed income security backed by pools of residential mortgages.
 
Servicing.  The performance of contractually specified administrative functions with respect to a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans. Duties of a servicer typically include, among other things, collecting monthly payments, maintaining escrow accounts, providing periodic reports and managing insurance. A servicer is generally compensated with a specific fee outlined in the contract established prior to the commencement of the servicing activities.
 
Servicing Advance.  In the course of servicing loans, servicers are required to make servicing advances that are reimbursable from collections on the related mortgage loan. There are typically three types of servicing advances: P&I Advances, T&I Advances and Corporate Advances. Servicing advances are reimbursed to the servicer if and when the borrower makes a payment on the underlying mortgage loan or upon liquidation of the underlying mortgage loan. The types of servicing advances that a servicer must make are set forth in its servicing agreement with the owner of the mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans.
 
Servicing Advance Facility.  A secured financing facility backed by a pool of mortgage servicing advance receivables made by a servicer to the owner of a mortgage loan or pool of mortgage loans.
 
Special Servicers.  Special servicers are responsible for enhancing recoveries on delinquent loans and real estate owned assets. Loans are transferred to a special servicer based on predetermined delinquency or other performance measures.
 
Subservicing.  Subservicing is the process of outsourcing the duties of the primary servicer to a third party servicer. The third party servicer performs the servicing responsibilities for a fee and is typically not responsible for making servicing advances.
 
T&I Advance.  A servicing advance to pay specified expenses associated with the preservation of a mortgaged property or the liquidation of defaulted mortgage loans, including but not limited to property taxes, insurance premiums or other property-related expenses that have not been timely paid by borrowers in order for the lien holder to maintain their interest in the property.
 
Unpaid Principal Balance.  The amount of principal outstanding on a mortgage loan or a pool of mortgage loans. Unpaid principal balance is used as a means of estimating future revenue stream for a servicer.
 
Warehouse Facility.  A type of facility used to finance mortgage loan originations. Pursuant to a warehouse facility, a loan originator typically agrees to transfer to a counterparty certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the counterparty, with a simultaneous agreement by the counterparty to transfer the loans back to the originator at a date certain, or on demand, against the transfer of funds from the originator.
 
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INDUSTRY
 
We conduct our business in the residential mortgage industry in the United States. We participate in two distinct, but related, sectors of the mortgage industry: residential mortgage loan servicing and residential mortgage loan originations.
 
Servicing Industry Overview
 
According to Inside Mortgage Finance, there were $10.5 trillion in residential mortgage loans outstanding in the United States as of March 31, 2011, and each mortgage loan must be serviced by a loan servicer. Loan servicers who own mortgage servicing rights normally earn a servicing fee of 25 to 50 basis points per annum on the unpaid principal balance of loans serviced, as well as associated ancillary fees, such as late fees. Consequently, a loan servicer can create value for both itself and the owner of the mortgage loan by increasing the number of borrowers that remain current in their repayment obligations. Owners may include a lender, investor or residential mortgage-backed securities trust, in the case of a securitized pool of mortgages.
 
Loan servicing primarily involves the calculation, collection and remittance of principal and interest payments, the administration of mortgage escrow accounts, the collection of insurance claims, the administration of foreclosure procedures, the management of real estate owned and the making of required advances.
 
In a weak economic and credit environment with elevated delinquencies and defaults, servicing becomes operationally more challenging and more capital intensive as servicers need to add and train staff to manage the increase in delinquent borrowers. In addition, servicers are generally required to make advances on delinquent mortgage loans for principal and interest payments, taxes, insurance, legal fees and property maintenance fees, all of which are typically recovered upon foreclosure or liquidation. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, delinquent loans and foreclosures have increased from $0.6 trillion at December 2006 to $1.4 trillion in December 31, 2010. Furthermore, Fannie Mae estimates that as of December 31, 2010, it had $764 billion of assets within its own portfolio with characteristics that we believe make them credit-sensitive.
 
Mortgage Servicing Functions
 
Loan servicers play a key role in the residential mortgage market by providing loan servicing functions on behalf of the owners of mortgage loans including collecting the scheduled principal and interest payments, taxes and insurance, performing customer service functions and taking active steps to mitigate any potential losses associated with borrower delinquencies and defaults. Typically, a servicer is contractually obligated to service a mortgage loan in accordance with accepted servicing industry practices as well as applicable regulations and statutes. A servicer’s rights and obligations are governed by the pooling and servicing agreement for the underlying loans. A subservicer’s rights and obligations are governed by the subservicing agreement with the third party that owns the related mortgage servicing rights.
 
To the extent a borrower does not make a payment, servicers are generally required to make advances of principal and interest, taxes and insurance and legal fees until such time as the underlying property is liquidated or the servicer determines that additional advances will not be recoverable from future payments, proceeds or other collections on the mortgage loan. In the event of a foreclosure, servicers are entitled to reimbursement of advances from the sale proceeds of the related property and, typically, in the event of non-recoverable advances, from collections on other mortgage loans in the related residential mortgage-backed securities trusts they service.
 
Collection efforts attempt to maximize early contact with borrowers who are late or newly delinquent, with more focused attention on borrowers of lower credit quality. In addition, servicers are responsible for closely managing their collection calls and letter campaigns which are tailored to specific loan products.


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Loan Servicing Landscape
 
The majority of loan servicing in the United States is performed by the nation’s money center banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank, which together service approximately 54% of all outstanding mortgage loans on one to four-family residences as of March 31, 2011. These bank-owned servicers mainly service conventional, performing mortgages and are most effective at routine account management of portfolios with low delinquencies that require limited interaction with the borrowers. The traditional servicer model was constructed to process simple payments and minimize costs, and functioned well in environments characterized by low delinquencies and defaults. However, in the current environment of rising delinquencies, extensive foreclosures and elevated real estate owned activity, traditional servicers are experiencing higher operating costs, and their performance metrics are declining due to the elevated level of foreclosures and liquidation processes. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, from 2007 through 2010, approximately 3.4 million homes were lost to foreclosure and as of September 30, 2010, more than 3.5 million mortgages were in foreclosure or 90+ days delinquent. Given this environment, there is a demonstrated need for high-touch servicers of credit-sensitive assets, resulting in significant growth opportunities for us and other independent high-touch loan servicers.
 
Servicer Compensation
 
Loan servicers primarily service loans on which they own the mortgage servicing right, which is referred to as primary servicing. Alternatively, loan servicers may enter into a subservicing agreement with the entity that owns the mortgage servicing right pursuant to which the servicer agrees to service the loan on the owner’s behalf. Loan servicers earn servicing fees pursuant to these mortgage servicing rights and subservicing contracts, and these fees represent the largest source of revenue from loan servicing operations. By purchasing the mortgage servicing right, the loan servicer is generally entitled to receive 25 to 50 basis points annually on the average unpaid principal balance of the loans serviced. Under subservicing arrangements, where the loan servicer does not pay for the mortgage servicing right and is not required to make advancing obligations and is only required to make intra-month advancing obligations, the servicer generally receives a per loan fee that generally equates to between 5 and 45 basis points annually on the unpaid principal balance. The servicing and subservicing fees are typically supplemented by incentive fees and ancillary fees. Incentive fees include modification initiation and success fees from the HAMP program and modification or collateral workout related incentives from various pool owners and GSEs. Ancillary fees include late fees, insufficient funds fees, convenience fees and interest income earned on loan payments that have been collected but have not yet been remitted to the owner of the mortgage loan, or float. Loan servicers have additional opportunities to provide value-added services to the owners of the loans they service. These value-added adjacent services can include obtaining broker price opinions for valuation of underlying properties, trustee services, real estate owned preservation services and other revenues related to real estate owned sales.
 
Advances
 
In the course of servicing delinquent loans, servicers are required to make advances that are reimbursable from collections on the related mortgage loan, or in the event of a non-recoverable advance, from collections on other mortgage loans in the related residential mortgage-backed securities trust.
 
There are generally three types of advances: P&I Advances, T&I Advances and Corporate Advances.
 
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T&I Advances:  Advances to pay specified expenses associated with the preservation of a mortgaged property or the liquidation of defaulted mortgage loans, including, but not limited to, property taxes, insurance premiums or other property-related expenses that have not been timely paid by borrowers.
 
Corporate Advances:  Advances to pay costs and expenses incurred in foreclosing upon, preserving and selling real estate owned, including attorneys’ and other professional fees and expenses incurred in connection with foreclosure and liquidation or other legal proceedings arising in the course of servicing mortgage loans.
 
A servicer may decide to stop making P&I Advances prior to liquidation of the mortgage loan if the servicer deems future P&I Advances to be non-recoverable. In this circumstance, T&I Advances and Corporate Advances will likely continue in order to preserve existing value of the mortgage loan and complete the foreclosure and real estate owned sale process.
 
Servicers of GSE Securities are reimbursed by the GSE for their advances upon completion of the foreclosure sale at which point the mortgage loan is repurchased out of the MBS by the GSE. Servicers of GSE Securities are not responsible for managing real estate owned. Conversely, servicers of non-agency MBS are obligated under the servicing agreement to make advances through liquidation of the related real estate owned.
 
Subservicing is distinct from MSR servicing as a subservicer recovers advances in the month following the advance disbursement, and not upon sale of the related property. As a result of more timely recovery of advances, subservicing generally requires much less capital than MSR servicing.
 
Advances are a non-interest bearing asset. Non-bank servicers typically utilize securitizations (i.e., match funded liabilities) to finance their advances. The securitizations are generally non-recourse to the servicer, and the advances are financed at a discount to par accounting for the non-interest bearing nature of the asset. Advance rates for securitizations generally range between 70% to 85% depending upon the rating and structure.
 
Industry Dynamics
 
We believe a number of factors associated with the dislocation in the mortgage industry have led to a supply and demand imbalance in the residential servicing market, creating an exceptional market opportunity for non-bank servicers. These factors include:
 
Elevated delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures and real estate owned:
 
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, delinquent loans and foreclosures have increased from $0.6 trillion at December 2006 to $1.4 trillion at December 31, 2010. The Mortgage Bankers Association forecasts that delinquent loans and loans in foreclosure peaked in early 2010 and will stay elevated for quite some time. Moody’s Analytics projects that home prices will decline further in 2011 and begin to recover in 2012. We believe further home price declines will continue to drive increased levels of delinquency and foreclosure as more borrowers owe more on their homes than their homes are worth. In a period of elevated mortgage delinquencies and defaults, servicing becomes operationally more challenging as servicers need to dedicate more resources to manage the increase in delinquent borrowers. In the current environment of rising delinquencies, extensive foreclosures, expected further home price declines, and elevated real estate owned activity, we believe traditional bank servicers will continue to recognize the importance of high touch servicing—strong emphasis on


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superior asset performance and loss mitigation expertise—and seek to partner with servicers who they believe can be more effective at reducing credit losses.
 
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Source: Mortgage Bankers Association, HOPE NOW, CoreLogic, Calculated Risk
 
Regulatory and legislative factors:
 
As a result of the severe dislocation in the U.S. housing market and the related fallout, regulatory and legislative attention on the mortgage industry has increased. Numerous legislative and regulatory actions have been proposed, including (i) the capital requirements associated with the implementation of Basel III that will result in increased capital requirements for depository institutions that own mortgage servicing rights; (ii) the QRM provision and others contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (iii) the negotiations involving the 50 state Attorneys General, certain federal regulators and servicers that we believe will increase costs disproportionately towards the largest traditional bank-owned servicers; (iv) the enforcement consent orders entered into by 14 of the largest mortgage servicers and four federal agencies; (v) the initiative of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align the servicing requirements related to delinquent mortgages and to modify the servicing compensation related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans; and (vi) the anticipated changes to servicer compensation. We believe these factors will continue to increase compliance costs for the largest servicers and will cause many to divest servicing rights and/or outsource significant segments of their mortgage operations. Additionally, we believe there are a limited number of non-bank servicers uniquely positioned to capitalize upon these opportunities and provide the expected level of service. We believe these factors will continue to drive a bifurcation within the servicing market between front-end and back-end servicing compensation.
 
Reform of government sponsored enterprises:
 
On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or the FHFA, placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship and, together with the U.S. Treasury, established a program designed to boost investor confidence in their respective debt and mortgage-backed securities. The U.S. government has expressed interest in reforming and significantly reducing the participation of the GSEs in the residential mortgage market. As a result of their conservatorship and the anticipation of their eventual reduced participation in the market, we believe the GSEs will continue to facilitate servicing transfers to strong, proven servicers of credit sensitive loans with a track record of improving asset performance and mitigating credit losses. We expect these transfers to accelerate as market forces continue to erode portfolio performance. Due to our history of strong asset performance and our long-standing relationships with the GSEs, we believe that we are among a very limited number of servicers uniquely positioned to acquire additional GSE-controlled servicing.
 
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implementing government hardship assistance programs will be rewarded with higher incentive fees and more servicing transfers from the GSEs. In contrast, we expect that servicers not meeting the GSEs’ performance benchmarks will be penalized with compensatory fees and potential servicing revocations. We believe these trends favor servicers such as us that have a track record of improving asset performance on the loan they service.
 
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Opportunities under HAMP
 
In response to the rising level of foreclosures, the United States Department of the Treasury announced the implementation of HAMP in February 2009, which is designed to keep borrowers in their homes. HAMP provides financial incentives to loan servicers and borrowers to successfully modify qualifying residential mortgages. Under the program, servicers receive an up-front fee of $1,000 for each completed modification and an additional $500 if the loan is current, but in risk of imminent default, at the time the borrower enters the HAMP trial period. Servicers also receive “Pay-for-Success” payments of as much as $1,000 each year for up to three years. These fees accrue monthly and are paid annually on the anniversary of the month in which the trial period plan was executed. The annual incentives are predicated on the borrower remaining in good standing (i.e., the borrower must not be more than 2 months delinquent at any time during the year).
 
Originations Industry Overview
 
According to Inside Mortgage Finance, total residential mortgage originations in the United States were $1.6 trillion in 2010, a decrease of 13% compared to 2009. Of the 2010 originations, approximately 87% were conforming mortgages guaranteed by GSEs, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or government agencies, such as the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans’ Administration. From 2006 to 2010, the annual aggregate principal balance of newly originated mortgage loans that were either insured or guaranteed by government agencies or sold to GSEs or into government securitizations increased from $1.1 trillion to $1.4 trillion, or at a CAGR of 6%.
 
The United States residential mortgage market consists of a primary mortgage market that links borrowers and lenders and a secondary mortgage market that links lenders and investors. In the primary mortgage market, residential mortgage lenders such as mortgage banking companies, commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions and other financial institutions originate or provide mortgages to borrowers. Lenders obtain the funds they lend to mortgage borrowers in a variety of ways, including by selling mortgages or mortgage-related securities into the secondary mortgage market. The secondary mortgage market consists of institutions engaged in buying and selling mortgages in the form of whole loans (i.e., mortgages that have not been securitized) and mortgage-related securities. Government- sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and a government agency, Ginnie Mae, participate in the secondary mortgage market by purchasing mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities for investment and by issuing guaranteed mortgage-related securities.


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Loan Origination Process
 
Residential mortgage loans are generally originated through either a direct retail lending network or a mortgage brokerage network.
 
A direct retail lending network consists of distributed retail branches which are individual branch locations and/or a centralized retail platform. A centralized retail platform is a telephone based platform with multiple loan officers in one location. Typical referral sources for a direct retail lending network include realtors, homebuilders, credit unions, banks, the Internet and refinances from existing servicing portfolios. In a direct lending retail network, the lender controls all loan origination processes, including: sourcing the borrower, taking the application and setting the interest rate, ordering the appraisal, underwriting and processing the loan and closing and funding the loan.
 
Loans sourced by mortgage brokers are funded by the lender and generally closed in the lender’s name. When originating loans through mortgage brokers, the mortgage broker’s role is to identify the applicant, assist in completing the loan application, gather necessary information and documents and serve as the liaison to the borrower through the lending process. The lender reviews and underwrites the application submitted by the mortgage broker, approves or denies the application, sets the interest rate and other terms of the loan and, upon acceptance by the borrower and satisfaction of all conditions required by the lender, funds the loan. Because mortgage brokers conduct their own marketing, employ their own personnel to complete the loan applications and maintain contact with the borrowers, mortgage brokers represent an efficient loan origination channel.
 
The length of time from the origination or purchase of a mortgage loan to its sale or securitization generally ranges from 10 to 60 days, depending on a variety of factors including loan volume, product type, interest rates and capital market conditions. An important source of capital for the residential mortgage industry is warehouse lending. These facilities provide funding to mortgage loan originators until the loans are sold to investors in the secondary mortgage loan market.
 
Types of Mortgage Loans
 
Mortgage loans generally fall into one of the following five categories: prime conforming mortgage loans, prime non-conforming mortgage loans, government mortgage loans, non-prime mortgage loans and prime second-lien mortgage loans.
 
Prime Conforming Mortgage Loans:  These are prime credit quality first-lien mortgage loans secured by single-family residences that meet or “conform” to the underwriting standards established by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for inclusion in their guaranteed mortgage securities programs.
 
Prime Non-Conforming Mortgage Loans:  These are prime credit quality first-lien mortgage loans secured by single-family residences that either (1) do not conform to the underwriting standards established by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, because they have original principal amounts exceeding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limits, which are commonly referred to as jumbo mortgage loans, or (2) have alternative documentation requirements and property or credit-related features (e.g., higher loan-to-value or debt-to-income ratios) but are otherwise considered prime credit quality due to other compensating factors.
 
Government Mortgage Loans:  These are first-lien mortgage loans secured by single-family residences that are insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and securitized into Ginnie Mae securities.
 
Non-prime Mortgage Loans:  These are first-lien and certain junior lien mortgage loans secured by single-family residences, made to individuals with credit profiles that do not qualify for a prime loan, have credit-related features that fall outside the parameters of prime mortgage loans or have performance characteristics that otherwise expose us to comparatively higher risk of loss.


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Prime Second-Lien Mortgage Loans:  These are open- and closed-end mortgage loans secured by a second or more junior lien on single-family residences, which include home equity mortgage loans.
 
Due to the significant stress in the residential mortgage industry experienced over the last few years, underwriting standards have improved. Some of these improvements include the elimination or significant reduction of mortgage affordability products such as no income verification loans, limited or no documentation loans, option adjustable rate mortgage loans, and non-owner occupied loans. Also, underwriting standards now include higher minimum credit scores and lower maximum loan-to-value ratios than were acceptable under past lending practices. These improvements in underwriting standards should lead to improved performance.
 


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BUSINESS
 
Overview
 
We are a leading residential mortgage loan servicer and one of the top five non-bank servicers in the United States as measured by aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans serviced. We service mortgage loans in all 50 states and we are licensed as a residential mortgage loan servicer and/or a third-party default specialist in all states that require such licensing. In addition to our core Servicing business, we currently originate primarily conventional agency (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and government (Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs) residential mortgage loans, and we are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states. Our headquarters and operations are based in Lewisville, Texas. As of April 30, 2011, we had a total of 2,176 employees.
 
Loan Servicing
 
We are one of the largest independent loan servicers in the United States. Our servicing portfolio consists of mortgage servicing rights acquired from or subserviced for various third parties as well as loans we originate through our integrated origination platform. As of March 31, 2011, our servicing portfolio included over 404,000 loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $67.0 billion. We service mortgage loans in all 50 states, and we are licensed as a residential mortgage loan servicer and/or a third party debt default specialist in all states that require such licensing. Our Servicing Segment produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees.
 
Servicing fees primarily consist of an amount based on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans serviced or a per-loan fee amount and also include ancillary fees such as late fees. In addition, we earn interest income on amounts deposited in collection accounts and amounts held in escrow to pay property taxes and insurance, which we refer to as float income. We also generate incentive fees from owners of the loans that we service for meeting certain loss-mitigation metrics and for arranging successful loss mitigation programs. Moreover, the U.S. federal government pays us incentive fees for loans that we successfully modify within the parameters of the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP. In addition, we leverage our loan servicing business and customer base to provide several complementary services that generate fee-based revenues.
 
We use a flexible, high-touch servicing model that focuses on personal contact with borrowers and is designed to decrease borrower delinquencies and defaults on mortgages and to increase borrower repayment performance with a goal of home ownership preservation. Our operating culture emphasizes individual default specialist accountability for asset performance (what we refer to as credit loss ownership) and loss mitigation practices to improve asset performance and cash flow and to reduce credit losses. Our servicing model and operating culture have proven especially valuable in the current distressed residential market, and we have established an excellent track record servicing credit-sensitive loans.
 
We believe that our demonstrated performance in servicing loans for a GSE facilitated our acquisitions of two significant mortgage servicing rights portfolios totaling approximately $25.0 billion since November 2008. These two portfolios were previously serviced by other servicers. These acquisitions helped us grow our servicing portfolio from $12.7 billion on December 31, 2007, to $67.0 billion on March 31, 2011, including approximately $25 billion in unpaid principal balance which we boarded in November and December 2010, when we entered into a subservicing agreement with a GSE. We expect this relationship to generate additional portfolio servicing opportunities in the future.
 
Loan Originations
 
We are also one of the few high-touch servicers in the United States with a loan origination platform. We currently originate primarily conventional agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans, and we are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states. Our Originations Segment diversifies our offering of mortgage services and further stabilizes our revenue stream. In 2009, we originated $1.5 billion in aggregate principal balance entirely consisting of


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conventional residential mortgage loans. In 2010 and in the first quarter of 2011, our originations totaled $2.8 billion and $0.7 billion, respectively in aggregate principal balance. We originate loans through our three loan origination channels:
 
  •  Consumer Direct Retail Channel—through which we market refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans directly to selected consumers from our centralized call center;
 
  •  Distributed Retail Channel—through which we market refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans directly to consumers from local branches; and
 
  •  Wholesale Channel—through which we market our refinancing and purchase money mortgage loans to third party mortgage brokers.
 
We originate purchase money loans and refinance existing loans, including loans that we service. Our strategy is to mitigate the credit, market and interest rate risk from loan originations by either selling newly originated loans or placing them in GSE or government securitizations. We typically sell new loans within 30 days of origination, and we do not expect to hold any of the loans that we currently originate on our balance sheet on a long-term basis. At the time of sale, we have the option to retain the mortgage servicing rights on loans we originate.
 
Our origination capability differentiates us from other non-bank, high-touch loan servicers without an integrated origination platform by:
 
  •  providing us with an organic source of new loans to service as existing loans are repaid or otherwise liquidated as originated loans serviced by us typically generate higher returns than comparable mortgage servicing rights that we would acquire from a third party;
 
  •  providing an attractive supplementation to our servicing loss mitigation strategies by allowing us to modify and refinance mortgage loans, including loans that we service;
 
  •  creating a diversified source of revenue; and
 
  •  building brand recognition.
 
Legacy Assets and Other
 
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 term-financed our legacy assets with a non-recourse loan that requires no additional capital or equity contributions. In conjunction with the transaction, we reclassified our legacy assets to “held for investment” on our consolidated balance sheet, which allowed us to eliminate further mark-to-market accounting exposure on these assets. We continue to service these loans using our high-touch servicing model. Additionally, we consolidated certain securitization trusts where it was determined that we had both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, pursuant to new consolidation accounting guidance related to VIEs adopted on January 1, 2010.
 
History and Operating Structure
 
We are a Delaware limited liability company. We were formed in 1994 in Denver, Colorado as Nova Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation. In 1997, we moved our executive offices and primary operations to Dallas, Texas and, in the same year, we changed our name to Centex Credit Corporation. In 2001, Centex Credit Corporation was merged into Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. In 2006, FIF HE Holdings LLC, acquired all of our outstanding membership interests and we changed our name to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC. Nationstar Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is our wholly-owned subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of being a corporate co-issuer of the notes.


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Competitive Strengths
 
We believe the following competitive strengths contribute to our market position and differentiate us from our competition.
 
Attractive Business Model with Strong Cash Flow
 
We have an attractive business model as one of the few high-touch servicers in the United States with an integrated loan origination platform.
 
Our Servicing Segment produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees, and we are exposed to minimal credit risk with respect to the mortgage loans that we service. We believe that we continue to demonstrate our ability to produce lower delinquency rates on the loans we service, including credit-sensitive loans, compared to our competitors, and we believe that we will continue to acquire mortgage servicing rights at attractive prices from mortgage investors or provide subservicing for third parties that value our servicing capabilities.
 
We believe that our Originations Segment differentiates us from other high-touch servicers without an origination platform by providing us with a more cost-effective alternative to purchasing new mortgage servicing rights as the unpaid principal balance of our existing servicing portfolio decreases over time; diversifying and stabilizing our revenue in a variety of interest rate environments; and building brand recognition.
 
We generate significant cash flow for debt service as a result of the profitability of our Operating Segments. We believe that our focus on asset performance and operational efficiency has enabled us to strengthen our relationships with the GSEs and other third parties and has allowed us to grow our earnings from our Operating Segments.
 
Substantial Liquidity and Access to Multiple Capital and Funding Sources
 
We maintain substantial levels of funding and liquidity through multiple capital and funding sources for our Operating Segments. We have access to multiple funding sources, and we believe that our liquidity sources are sufficient to meet our immediate and future needs. These sources include servicing advance lines to finance our Servicing Segment, warehouse lines to finance our Originations Segment and loans from GSEs to facilitate the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights. As of March 31, 2011, we had a total of $855.9 million of unused capacity under our existing servicing advance facilities and origination warehouse lines. We believe that our strong relationships with liquidity providers and our continued ability to access sufficient capital during the recent economic downturn demonstrate the depth of our liquidity and access to capital. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Contractual Obligations.”
 
Servicing Platform with Loss Mitigation Focus
 
We believe that, by focusing on personal contact with borrowers, our high-touch servicing approach reduces credit losses and maximizes cash collections for credit-sensitive loans. This highly flexible model allows for customization to meet individual borrower requirements, and is further differentiated by providing personal contact at critical borrower touch points, including via telephone, mail, electronic communications and other personal contact methods. Our approach facilitates strong relationships with borrowers and greater employee accountability for desired performance. We believe that our servicing expertise and focus on optimal outcomes reduces credit impairments and losses to loan investors. We believe that this model presents continued opportunities for growth.


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Scalable Platform and Established Track Record
 
Establishing a servicing platform requires significant initial capital investments, infrastructure, licensing and expertise to properly service credit-sensitive loans, which creates substantial barriers to entry. We operate a highly scalable platform, with the capacity to add up to a total of approximately $15 billion of unpaid principal balance to our servicing operations within 90 to 120 days with minimal incremental fixed costs. We can service these additional accounts with our existing infrastructure, real estate and technology platform.
 
Additionally, we have used our high-touch servicing model and our mix of proprietary and commercially available technology solutions to establish a track record of superior performance in servicing credit-sensitive loans. The unpaid principal balance of the loans we serviced increased 428% from December 31, 2007 to March 31, 2011, primarily through acquiring mortgage servicing rights and entering into subservicing agreements. We believe these acquisitions and agreements can be attributed to our established track record in servicing credit-sensitive residential mortgage loans, and we believe that our track record, together with our scalable platform, positions us well relative to our competitors to acquire similar portfolios in the future.
 
Culture of Credit Loss Ownership and Accountability
 
Since our inception, our operating culture has emphasized superior operational and financial performance, credit loss ownership (our term for individual default specialist accountability for asset performance), employee development and customer relations. We establish financial and operational goals across all levels of the organization and compensation for all of our employees is based upon achieving the desired results. As a result, we have a streamlined organizational structure that allows us to react to business needs and changes in an expeditious manner. We hire recent college graduates and teach them our business through a systematic training program. We primarily develop existing employees for management positions. We strongly endorse promotion from within and routinely identify and place senior level staff in our Manager in Training program as a developmental tool to prepare them for supervisory positions. Supervisors typically then rotate through progressively more complex management assignments to improve both their technical and managerial proficiency.
 
We believe that our culture of credit loss ownership and accountability has enabled us to outperform the industry. As of December 15, 2010, according to Loan Performance.com, our 60 or more day delinquency rate for our legacy assets (as a percentage of original balance) was approximately 12% while the delinquency rate for the ABX 07-2 Mortgage Index was approximately 24%.
 
Stable and Seasoned Management Team
 
Our senior management team is comprised of experienced mortgage industry executives with an average of approximately 26 years in the industry and a track record of generating financial and operational improvements. Several members of our management team have held senior positions at other residential mortgage companies. In addition, our senior management team has remained in place through multiple business cycles and has a demonstrated ability to adapt to changing market conditions. We believe that the experience of our senior management team and its management philosophy are significant contributors to our operating performance.


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Our Strategy
 
Our primary goal is to increase the value of our loans and our clients’ loans by reducing delinquencies and credit losses. This goal is achieved through our culture, processes and expertise. We plan to grow our revenue and operating cash flow by employing the following business strategies:
 
Capitalizing on Industry Opportunities
 
We believe we are well positioned to benefit from the current trends in the residential mortgage industry. The disruption in the mortgage industry has resulted in limited access to funding and capital, lower than anticipated performance of residential portfolios and a strong demand for high-touch servicing. We believe that competitors with significant residential exposure or limited access to capital have shifted their operations to selling residential real estate assets, including mortgage servicing rights. This allows existing strong servicers the opportunity to acquire or subservice additional portfolios at attractive valuations. Additionally, due to a variety of economic factors, residential loan delinquencies and related losses are at historical highs prompting GSEs and other owners of residential mortgage loans to focus on home ownership preservation and servicing for superior credit performance. The heightened focus in these areas has led to a strong demand for high-touch servicers by these owners. Also, we believe that many of the largest loan servicers—who are experiencing unprecedented levels of delinquencies and losses—do not have sufficient internal capacity to perform high-touch servicing in their own portfolios and, as a result, may look to independent high-touch servicers to assist them in servicing their portfolios. As a result, we believe that there will continue to be strong demand for experienced high-touch servicers with a proven ability to improve loan performance. We also believe that there will be significant opportunities to continue to acquire mortgage servicing rights at attractive prices.
 
Maintaining and Growing Our Steady Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio
 
Our servicing business produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees. We intend to continue to utilize our established and scalable servicing platform to grow our servicing operations organically and through acquisitions. We believe that we will continue to benefit from our strong relationship with GSEs and other third party investors, which we believe will enable us to acquire additional servicing rights at attractive prices and subservicing contracts in order to grow our business. Additionally, we have invested in our loan administration and customer service servicing divisions to accommodate the increased scale and size of our portfolio, which allows us to service newly originated conventional mortgage loans at attractive return levels in a variety of operating and economic environments.
 
Continuing To Expand Our Originations Platform
 
Our Originations Segment diversifies our offering of mortgage services and further stabilizes our revenue stream by providing us with a natural hedge against fluctuations in prevailing interest rates. We have a diversified, multi-channel strategy to continue to build our conventional originations platform in order to organically replace servicing run-off. Through our origination platform, we are also able to create loan servicing assets at valuation levels below where our servicing competitors can purchase comparable mortgage servicing rights. Also, we can recapture loan payoffs in our existing servicing portfolio by providing origination services to our existing borrowers.
 
We believe that there are significant opportunities to originate loans for servicers and other financial institutions lacking origination capacity, and we intend to capitalize on these opportunities by expanding our retail channels. Our expansion efforts will focus primarily on purchase money lending, which is a stable origination source through various interest rate cycles. Unlike certain competitors who are required to utilize third party intermediaries in transactions with the GSEs and Ginnie Mae, we are a direct lender with the capability to sell loans directly to the government-sponsored enterprises and to securitize loans directly with Ginnie Mae. We believe that this capability allows us to control the credit quality of the loans we originate, thereby reducing our repurchase risk.


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Engaging in Opportunistic Acquisitions and New Business Opportunities
 
There are numerous banks, insurance companies and other financial entities that have significant exposure to the residential mortgage sector. Our management, together with our dedicated servicing and origination relationship teams and our sponsor, Fortress Investment Group LLC, or Fortress, have extensive business and corporate expertise, receive numerous requests to review potential acquisition opportunities and continually conduct due diligence to identify potential opportunistic acquisitions. We are currently seeking out opportunities and believe there will continue to be significant opportunities to take advantage of the dislocation in the residential mortgage sector and acquire assets at attractive valuations. We intend to opportunistically grow our business through acquiring mortgage servicing rights, subservicing rights, servicing platforms and originations platforms. We may purchase assets and/or platforms of significant size. We believe there are several assets and platforms currently for sale in our industry and we are currently in the process of pursuing a number of such opportunities.
 
Our Operations
 
We are a leading residential mortgage company specializing in residential mortgage loan servicing and conventional residential mortgage loan originations. Our business primarily consists of two Operating Segments: Servicing and Originations.
 
Servicing
 
We are one of the largest independent loan servicers in the United States. As of March 31, 2011, our servicing portfolio included over 404,000 loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $67.0 billion. The servicing portfolio consists of loans originated by our integrated origination platform as well as mortgage servicing rights either acquired or subserviced from various third parties. We service these loans using a high-touch servicing model designed to increase borrower repayment performance and home ownership preservation and decrease borrower delinquencies and defaults. The unpaid principal balance of the loans we serviced increased 428% from December 31, 2007 to March 31, 2011, primarily through acquiring mortgage servicing rights and entering into subservicing agreements. As set forth in the chart below, revenues from our Servicing Segment were $74.6 million, $100.1 million and $182.8 million for 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively, and $61.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
 
                                 
    Year Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2009     2010     2011  
                      (unaudited)  
Servicing Portfolio (dollars in millions):
                               
Unpaid principal balance (by investor):
                               
Special Servicing
  $ 1,218     $ 1,554     $ 4,893     $ 8,692  
Government-sponsored enterprises
    10,709       24,235       52,194       51,425  
ABS
    9,415       7,875       7,089       6,927  
                                 
Total unpaid principal balance
  $ 21,342     $ 33,664     $ 64,176     $ 67,044  
                                 
Summary Financial Data (dollars in thousands):
                               
Total revenue
  $  74,601     $  100,133     $ 182,842     $ 61,118  
Net income
    14,718       7,502       14,230       8,221  


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Key performance metrics for our servicing portfolio are shown in the chart below:
 
                                 
    December 31,     March 31,
 
    2008     2009     2010     2011  
    (dollars in millions, except for average loan amount)  
 
Loan count—servicing
    159,336       230,615       389,172       404,734  
Ending unpaid principal balance
  $ 21,342     $ 33,664     $ 64,176     $ 67,044  
Average unpaid principal balance
  $ 12,775     $ 25,799     $ 38,653     $ 65,929  
Average loan amount
  $  133,943     $  145,977     $ 164,904     $ 165,648  
Average coupon
    7.49 %     6.76 %     5.74 %     5.67 %
Average FICO
    588       644       631       627  
60+ DQ (% of loans)
    13.1 %     19.9 %     17.0 %     16.82 %
Total prepayment speed (12 month CPR)
    16.2 %     16.3 %     13.3 %     13.0 %
 
Our Servicing Model
 
Our servicing business produces recurring, fee-based revenues based upon contractually established servicing fees. Servicing fees are primarily based on the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans serviced and the payment structure varies by loan source and type. For loans that we do not originate, the services we provide and the fees we receive vary depending on our agreement with the owner of the mortgage loan or the primary servicer, as the case may be. These include differences in rate of servicing fees as a percentage of unpaid principal balance and in the structure of advances. For a more detailed description of advances, see “Industry—Servicing Industry Overview.”
 
Our operating culture emphasizes credit loss ownership and loss mitigation practices to improve asset performance and cash flow and to reduce credit losses. We seek to ensure that each loan that we service is paid in accordance with its terms. In circumstances where the borrower is, or is at risk of becoming, delinquent or in default, we employ both industry standard and proprietary strategies to work proactively with borrowers in an effort to bring borrowers current in their payments, avoiding foreclosure and keeping borrowers in their homes. We refer to this frequent interaction with borrowers—via phone, Internet, mailings, and personal contact methods—as high-touch loan servicing. Our servicing model and operating culture have proven especially valuable in the current high- delinquency environment.
 
To ensure a customer-centric focus, we have separate account resolution and foreclosure prevention groups for each type of owner of mortgage loans for whom we service. We maintain centralized loan administration and default management groups, which provide services to all customers.
 
We are dedicated to a culture of customer service and credit ownership for our servicing employees. We hire recent college graduates and train them in the mortgage servicing business by systematically rotating them through a variety of our business teams. Our new employees initially work on performing loans and loans that are less than 30 days past due. After gaining experience in this environment, we train our employees in the more challenging 60 and 90 day delinquent categories, where we particularly emphasize a culture of ownership and accountability.
 
To select the best resolution option for a delinquent loan, we perform a structured analysis of all options using information provided by the borrower as well as external data. We use recent broker price opinions, automated valuation models and other methods to value the property. We then determine the option with the best expected outcome for the owner of the mortgage loan. In the current environment, loan modifications often provide a better outcome for owners of mortgage loans than foreclosure. We believe that our high-touch servicing model is more effective in keeping borrowers in their homes and avoiding foreclosure. This is a win-win situation for both the owners of mortgage loans and the borrowers that we serve. We conducted over 41,000 loan modifications in 2010 as compared to over 29,000 in 2009. The majority of loans modified were delinquent, although we modified some performing loans proactively under the American Securitization Forum guidelines.


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The most common term modified is the interest rate, while some modifications also involve the forbearance or rescheduling of delinquent principal and interest. Of the loans we modified in 2010, we modified over 12,000 mortgage loans pursuant to the MHA. Under the MHA, we receive an annual financial incentive for up to four years, provided certain conditions are met. At the same time, we forego uncollected late fees incurred in the year of modification for each qualifying loan modification.
 
The GSEs act as a source of liquidity for the secondary mortgage market and contract with various independent servicers to service their mortgage loan portfolio. In transactions with the GSEs, we are required to follow specific guidelines that impact the way we service and originate mortgage loans including:
 
  •  our staffing levels and other servicing practices;
 
  •  the servicing and ancillary fees that we may charge;
 
  •  our modification standards and procedures; and
 
  •  the amount of advances reimbursable.
 
During December 2009, Nationstar entered into a strategic relationship with a government-sponsored enterprise, which contemplates, among other things, significant mortgage servicing rights and subservicing transfers to Nationstar upon terms to be determined. Under this arrangement, if certain delivery thresholds have been met, the GSE may require Nationstar to establish an operating division or newly created subsidiary with separate, dedicated employees within a specified timeline to service such mortgage servicing rights and subservicing. After a specified time period, the GSE may purchase the subsidiary at an agreed upon price.
 
Our Servicing Portfolio
 
Our servicing portfolio consists of mortgage servicing rights that we retain from loans that we originate; mortgage servicing rights that we acquire from third party investors, including in transactions facilitated by GSEs, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; and mortgage servicing rights that we manage through subservicing contracts with third party investors. Our loan servicing operations are located in Lewisville, Texas.
 
The charts below illustrate the composition of our servicing portfolio by investor and product type as of December 31, 2010.
 
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
 
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enter into a subservicing agreement with the entity that owns the mortgage servicing right pursuant to which we agree to service the loan on behalf of the primary servicer. We earn servicing fees pursuant to these servicing and subservicing contracts, and these fees represent the largest source of revenue from our loan servicing operations. In the majority of cases, we purchase the mortgage servicing rights, which generally entitle us to receive 25 to 50 basis points annually on the average unpaid principal balance of the loans serviced, with a weighted average across our servicing portfolio of approximately 35 basis points. Under subservicing arrangements, where we do not pay for the mortgage servicing rights and are only required to make intra-month advancing obligations, we generally receive a per loan fee that generally equates to between 5 and 45 basis points annually on the unpaid principal balance. The servicing and subservicing fees are supplemented by related income, including late fees, insufficient funds fees, fees from borrowers who pay by telephone and interest income earned on funds held in escrow to pay taxes and insurance and loan payments that we have collected but have not yet remitted to the owner of the loan.
 
As set forth in the chart below, our servicing portfolio is diversified with respect to geography. As of December 31, 2010, 66.2% of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans we service were secured by properties located in the ten largest states by population. Therefore, we are not as susceptible to local and regional real estate price fluctuations as servicers whose portfolios are more concentrated in a single state or region.
 
(PERFORMANCE GRAPH)
 
Key Drivers of Revenue
 
Three key factors drive the amount of revenue we generate from our Servicing operations: aggregate unpaid principal balance, delinquency rates and prepayment speed.
 
Aggregate Unpaid Principal Balance:  Aggregate unpaid principal balance is a key revenue driver. As noted earlier, servicing fees are usually earned as a percentage of unpaid principal balance, and growth in the unpaid principal balance of a portfolio means growth in servicing fees. Additionally, a larger servicing portfolio generates increased ancillary fees and leads to larger custodial balances that generate greater float income. A larger servicing portfolio also drives increases in expenses. We will also incur additional interest expense to finance the servicing advances as the size of our portfolio increases. Servicers of GSEs collect servicing fees only on performing loans while servicers of non-government-sponsored enterprise residential mortgage-backed securities, are entitled to servicing fees on both performing loans and delinquent loans. The servicing fee relating to delinquent loans is accrued and paid from liquidation proceeds ahead of the reimbursement of advances.


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Delinquency Rates:  Delinquency rates also have a significant impact on our results of operations. Delinquent loans are more expensive to service than performing loans because our cost of servicing is higher and, although credit losses are generally not a concern for our financial results, our advances to investors increase, which results in higher financing costs. Performing loans include those loans that are current or have been delinquent for less than 30 days in accordance with their original terms and those loans on which borrowers are making scheduled payments under loan modifications, forbearance plans or bankruptcy plans. We consider all other loans to be delinquent.
 
When borrowers are delinquent, the amount of funds that we are required to advance to the owners of the loans on behalf of the borrowers increases. While the collectability of advances is generally not an issue, we do incur significant costs to finance those advances. We intend to utilize both securitization and revolving credit facilities to finance our advances. As a result, increased delinquencies result in increased interest expense.
 
The cost of servicing delinquent loans is higher than the cost of servicing performing loans primarily because the loss mitigation techniques that we employ to keep borrowers in their homes are more costly than the techniques used in handling a performing loan. When loans are performing, we have limited interaction with the borrowers, and relatively low-cost customer service personnel conduct most of the interaction. Once a loan becomes delinquent, however, we must employ our loss mitigation capabilities to work with the borrower to return the loan to performing status. These procedures involve increased contact with the borrower and the development of forbearance plans, loan modifications or other techniques by highly skilled consultants with higher compensation. On those occasions when loans go into foreclosure, we incur additional costs related to coordinating the work of local attorneys to represent us in the foreclosure process. Finally, when we foreclose on loans, we employ specialists to service the real estate and manage the sale of those properties on behalf of our investors. A significant increase in delinquencies would cause us to increase our activities in these areas resulting in increased operating expenses.
 
Prepayment Speed:  A significant driver of our business is prepayment speed, which is the measurement of how quickly unpaid principal balance is reduced. Items reducing unpaid principal balance include normal monthly principal payments, refinancings, voluntary property sales and involuntary property sales such as foreclosures or short sales. Prepayment speed impacts future servicing fees, amortization of servicing rights, float income, interest expense on advances and compensating interest expense. When prepayment speed increases, our servicing fees decrease faster than projected due to the shortened life of a portfolio. The converse is true when prepayment speed decreases.
 
Prepayment speed affects our float income. Decreased prepayment speed typically leads to our holding lower float balances before remitting payoff collections to the investor and lower float income due to a lower invested balance. Lower prepayments have been associated with higher delinquency rates, higher advance balances and interest expense.
 
Servicing Organization
 
The servicing organization is comprised of four primary functional areas as detailed below.
 
Loan Administration:  The loan administration area includes the customer service, payment processing, loan accounting, escrow, taxes and insurance and document administration groups. The customer service group is primarily responsible for handling borrower inquiries including date of last payment, date of next payment due, arranging for a payment, refinance assistance and standard escrow and balance questions. In December 2010, the customer service group managed over 110,000 calls and service inquiries. The payment processing group is responsible for posting borrower payments and managing any payment-related issues. The majority of the borrower payments are posted electronically via our lock-box operation, Western Union, ACH or web-based payments. The loan accounting group manages the payoff of loans. The escrow, taxes and insurance group manage all escrow balances and the external vendors we utilize for property insurance and tax tracking. The


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document administration group manages the lien release process upon the payoff of a loan and the tracking of loan documents for new originations.
 
Account Resolution:  The account resolution group is responsible for early stage collections (borrowers who are 1 to 59 days delinquent). For accounts where payments are past due but not yet delinquent (less than 30 days past due), we use a behavioral scoring methodology to prioritize our borrower calling efforts. The key drivers of behavioral score are payment pattern behavior (i.e., if the borrower historically has made their payment on the 5th of each month and that pattern changes more attention will be paid to the borrower) and updated credit scores. For accounts 31 to 59 days delinquent, default specialists are assigned individual accounts and are charged with making contact with the delinquent borrower to understand the reason for delinquency and attempt to collect a payment or work on an alternative solution. In the account resolution group, we use a combination of predictive dialer technology and account level assignments to contact the borrowers. The primary objective of this group is to reduce delinquency levels.
 
Foreclosure Prevention:  The foreclosure prevention group, commonly referred to in the industry as loss mitigation, is responsible for late stage collections (borrowers who are 60 or more days delinquent). The primary focus of this group is reducing delinquency levels. All accounts in this group are assigned to individual default specialists loss mitigators. The primary role of the default specialist loss mitigator is to contact the borrower and understand the reasons for the borrower’s delinquency and the borrower’s desire and ability to stay in their house. The foreclosure prevention group performs most of our government and other loan modifications.
 
Default Management:  The default management area includes the foreclosure, bankruptcy, real estate owned and claims processing groups. The foreclosure group manages accounts involved in the foreclosure process. In the late stage delinquency status, we will initiate foreclosure proceedings in accordance with state foreclosure timelines. Accounts in the foreclosure group are assigned to foreclosure specialists based on a state-specific assignment. The primary focus of the foreclosure group is to perform the foreclosure process in accordance with the state timelines. Any account which has filed bankruptcy is assigned to a bankruptcy specialist who will administer the bankruptcy plain proceedings in accordance with applicable law and in conjunction with an outsourcing firm. The real estate owned group manages properties within the servicing portfolio that have completed the foreclosure process. We use both internal and external resources to manage the disposition of the real estate owned properties. The primary goal of the real estate owned team is to dispose of the property within an acceptable timeframe at the lowest possible loss.
 
Originations
 
We are one of the few high-touch servicers in the United States with a loan origination platform. We are licensed to originate residential mortgage loans in 49 states and have obtained all required federal approvals to originate FHA and conventional loans. We currently originate conventional agency and government conforming residential mortgage loans, which we either sell servicing released to other secondary market participants, which we refer to as conduits, or securitize through the issuance of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae bonds. As such, we minimize any credit or interest rate risk by not retaining loans on our balance sheet for more than approximately 30 days beyond funding. As set forth in the chart below, revenues from our Originations Segment were $22.6 million, $55.6 million and $84.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively, and $24.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. The significant decrease in origination volume from 2007 to 2008 resulted from our decision to move from the non-prime market in the latter portion of 2007 to the conventional agency and government conforming residential mortgage market. Origination volumes in 2009 and 2010 increased significantly as we expanded our conventional market footprint.
 


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    Year Ended December 31,     Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2008     2009     2010     2011  
                      (unaudited)  
 
Origination Volume ($ in millions):
                               
Retail
  $ 538     $ 1,093     $ 1,608     $ 425  
Wholesale
    4       386       1,184       229  
                                 
Total Originations
  $ 542     $ 1,479     $ 2,792     $ 654  
                                 
Summary Financial Data ($ in thousands):
                               
Total revenue
  $  22,574     $  55,593     $  84,540     $  24,613  
Net income (loss)
    (7,590 )     8,884       662       3,423  
 
Our Originations Platform
 
We originate loans through our three loan origination channels: Consumer Direct Retail, Distributed Retail and Wholesale. Our largest channel is our Consumer Direct Retail channel which operates as a centralized call center. Our second largest channel, the Wholesale channel, involves brokers sourcing borrowers for us. Our smallest and newest channel is our Distributed Retail channel, which includes traditional retail branches with loan officers who source loans primarily from realtors and builders. We currently have twelve retail locations in Texas, Alabama and Tennessee and, while it is our newest channel, we believe the Distributed Retail channel represents a significant growth opportunity for us. Our multi-channel origination strategy enables us to diversify our originations without becoming overly reliant on any single segment of the mortgage loan market.
 
We originate purchase money loans and refinance existing loans, including those that we service. Our strategy is to mitigate the credit, market and interest rate risk from loan originations by either selling newly originated loans or placing them in GSEs or government securitizations. We typically sell new loans within 30 days of origination, and we do not expect to hold any of the loans that we currently originate on our balance sheet on a long-term basis. At the time of sale, we have the option to retain the mortgage servicing rights on loans we originate.
 
Our origination capability differentiates us from other non-bank, high-touch loan servicers without an integrated origination platform by:
 
  •  providing us with an organic source of new loans to service as existing loans are repaid or otherwise liquidated—originated loans serviced by us generate higher returns than comparable mortgage servicing rights that we would acquire from a third party;
 
  •  providing an attractive complement to servicing by allowing us to modify and refinance mortgage loans, including loans that we service;
 
  •  creating a diversified source of revenue that we believe will remain stable in a variety of interest rate environments; and
 
  •  building brand recognition.
 
Originations Organization
 
Each of our loan origination channels has dedicated operations, support and fulfillment functions (processing, underwriting, closing and shipping) which are primarily performed at our offices in Lewisville, Texas. As part of our efforts to manage credit risk and enhance operating efficiencies, the underwriting, closing, funding and shipping for all of our originations channels are managed centrally. Centralizing these functions is designed to enable us to control loan quality, loan processing times, cost and, ultimately, borrower satisfaction. Additionally, to maintain independence from the sales

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organization, we have the underwriting function report directly to the Chief Financial Officer. Our three mortgage loan originations channels are discussed in more detail below:
 
Retail Originations—Consumer Direct
 
In the year ended December 31, 2010, our largest originations channel was our Consumer Direct Retail channel. We employ a single centralized call center strategy leveraging multiple potential borrower lead sources. In our Consumer Direct Retail channel, each sales team typically consists of between 10 and 12 mortgage professionals managed by a sales leader. Three to four sales leaders report to a senior vice president responsible for the specific lead source.
 
Our primary divisions within our Consumer Direct Retail channel include Renewal, New Customer Acquisition, Centralized Purchase and Strategic Alliances. Each division specializes in meeting the needs of their specific target borrowers. This strategy provides a flexible organizational structure capable of shifting to new opportunities quickly. The four divisions of our Consumer Direct Retail channel are as follows:
 
Renewal:  Focuses on retaining current borrowers in our servicing portfolio and utilizes an integrated approach with our Servicing Segment to capture borrowers who either qualify to refinance their current mortgage or who take action indicating they may be paying off their loan. The Renewal teams receive leads for borrowers from telemarketing, live transfers and scheduled callbacks from Customer Service and website programs.
 
New Customer Acquisition:  Focuses on generating new mortgage business from prospective borrowers. We use credit bureau modeling to identify borrowers who are likely to be in the market for and likely to qualify to refinance their existing mortgage loan. Marketing channels include telemarketing, direct marketing, Internet lead aggregators, credit bureau triggers such as mortgage inquiries and website programs.
 
Purchase:  Focuses on meeting the purchase needs of borrowers through a centralized sales force that focus on real estate owned financing programs, relocation lending and business to business and a decentralized sales force located in real estate offices in various states. All fulfillment operations are done through a centralized group. Our marketing channels include both consumer and business strategies such as e-mail or newsletter campaigns, flyers, websites and other direct marketing programs.
 
Strategic Alliances (Partner Plus):  Focuses on serving the needs of strategic and joint marketing partners who, in many cases, do not have the originations capabilities to provide refinancing for their own portfolios. Currently, we are providing origination services to several servicers without origination capability. In many instances, these alliances involve providing certain incentives for the borrower to refinance (e.g., payment of closing fees). These programs typically begin with a direct mail announcement of the partnership followed by direct marketing campaigns to increase borrower responses.
 
Wholesale Originations
 
In the year ended December 31, 2010, our Wholesale channel was our second largest originations channel. The primary business strategy of the Wholesale channel is to acquire high-quality servicing at a reduced price through a network of non-exclusive relationships with various approved mortgage companies and mortgage brokers. The Wholesale channel is comprised of seven sales regions throughout the United States, each staffed with a regional sales manager, and three centralized sales regions that operate out of our offices in Lewisville, Texas. Each region generally has 8-12 account executives whose primary responsibility is to source and service mortgage brokers. We provide a variety of conforming conventional mortgage loans to our brokers to allow them to better service their borrowers.
 
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the range of interest rates and other loan terms, and fund the loan upon acceptance by the borrower and satisfaction of all conditions to the loan. By relying on brokers to market our products and assist the borrower throughout the loan application process, we can increase loan volume through our Wholesale channel with proportionately lower increases in overhead costs compared with the costs of increasing loan volume in loan originations through our retail channels.
 
New brokers are sourced through our account executives, industry trade shows forums and our website. The broker approval process is critical to maintaining a high quality network of brokers. Brokers must meet various requirements and must complete the broker application package, provide evidence of appropriate state licenses, articles of incorporation, financial statements, resumes of key personnel and other information as needed. The Wholesale operations team reviews all submitted materials to determine whether the broker should be approved. The broker application is reviewed and investigated by our quality control and risk management department before final approval is provided. The process is designed to ensure that borrowers we acquire through our Wholesale channel are working with reputable and legitimate mortgage brokers.
 
Our ongoing investment in technology has allowed us to provide our broker network with the ability to obtain instantaneous online loan decisions, product options and corresponding pricing. We believe that the utility and convenience of online loan decisions and product options are a value-added service that has and will continue to solidify our business relationships. In addition, our website provides our brokers with loan status reports, product guidelines, loan pricing, interest rate locks and other added features. We expect to continue to adapt web-based technologies to enhance our one-on-one relationships with our brokers.
 
Retail Originations—Distributed Retail
 
The Distributed Retail channel is our newest origination channel. The primary strategy within the Distributed Retail channel is to expand our purchase money mortgage loan capability. Purchase money mortgage loans involve the purchase of a property. We believe that having a purchase mortgage strategy is an integral part of growing our originations platform. In order to pursue this strategy, we believe it is necessary to establish retail branches to develop relationships with traditional business partners such as realtors and builders. Distributed Retail strategies focused on purchase money mortgage loan volume and higher overall credit quality volume and are less susceptible to changing interest rate environments.
 
The Distributed Retail channel aims to promote sales growth without compromising credit quality primarily through the use of centralized underwriting and through the decentralized processing and closing (maintained at the originating branch). Mortgage professionals develop relationships with local realtors and builders in their respective markets. Realtors and builders then refer their borrowers to us to facilitate the home purchase. Marketing primarily supports these business-to-business relationships with emails, flyers, open houses, trade show support and other direct marketing efforts.
 
We currently have twelve retail locations in Texas, Alabama and Tennessee. We plan to continue to seek attractive opportunities to open new branches. Each branch is expected to have ten to twelve mortgage professionals, one to two loan processing specialists and a branch manager.
 
Technology
 
In the vast majority of cases, our key, critical systems are hosted, managed and maintained by our in-house Information Technology team. Our key systems consist of a combination of vendor developed applications as well as internally developed proprietary systems. On our most critical vendor developed applications (OPUS, XpressQual, TMO, LSAMS, FORTRACS, and Equator) we maintain license rights to the source code to enable in-house customization of these systems to meet our business needs in a time effective manner.


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Servicing
 
For our Servicing Segment, our system of record is LSAMS, which we use for all loan accounting functions, claims functions and supports our Customer Service functions. Our early stage account collection efforts are focused and prioritized through the use of ESP, our proprietary early delinquency score model, used to identify higher risk accounts. Our collections and loss mitigation efforts are supported by Remedy, a proprietary default management system which, along with our proprietary Net Present Value engine and our proprietary Property Valuation Management system, enables our loan resolution personnel to guide our borrowers to the optimal economic workout alternative based on the unique factors of each borrower’s situation. For our foreclosure and bankruptcy processes, we use the FORTRACS system, which integrates with the Lendstar system to enable online communications and case tracking with our attorney network. For properties whereby we complete foreclosure and take them into real estate owned status, we utilize the web-based real estate owned management system REOTrans to manage the marketing and disposition of our owned real estate. To support our Investor Reporting functions, we use a combination of systems that include LSAMS and Lewtan ABS, a vendor hosted system. We also have a website, www.NationstarMtg.com, that is a fully automated system to apply and process mortgage loan applications and that our existing borrowers can access to receive information on their account.
 
Originations
 
The critical systems that support our loan origination activities include:
 
  •  MLS (Marketing Lead System), our proprietary marketing lead system which routes, tracks and delivers leads to our loan officers, who we refer to as our mortgage professionals;
 
  •  OPUS, a web-based point-of-sale system that provides product eligibility and pricing to our retail sales force;
 
  •  TMO, our loan origination system used for loan processing, underwriting and closing;
 
  •  XpressQual, a web-based point-of-sale system that provides product eligibility and pricing to our wholesale brokers and allows them to submit loans to us online;
 
  •  www.NationstarBroker com, our website for wholesale brokers to receive information on our products and services;
 
  •  CLASS, our proprietary system used to manage our sales relationships and licensing of our wholesale brokers;
 
  •  ODE, a rules-based pricing and eligibility engine that is integrated with OPUS, XpressQual and TMO;
 
  •  High Cost Fee Engine, our proprietary compliance fee engine that enforces both federal and local high cost and fee limits throughout the loan originations process; and
 
  •  CLT (Compliance License Tracker), our proprietary system that maintains and tracks all mortgage professionals locational licensing to ensure that leads and applications are only processed by properly licensed mortgage professionals.
 
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the program and pricing that meets their needs, the loan application is transferred into TMO, our loan origination system where we complete the loan process, underwrite the loan, prepare the closing documents and complete the loan process.
 
For our Wholesale origination channel, we provide our brokers a web-based point of sale system, XpressQual, to use to access product eligibility and pricing and to submit loans online. We also use TMO in this channel for the processing, underwriting and closing functions. Through XpressQual, our brokers have access to a web-based portal where they can upload their loan applications to determine product eligibility and loan pricing. Once they select a program and price, the broker is able to submit the file to us for processing as well as lock the rate using XpressQual. As in our retail origination channels, once submitted for processing, the file is transferred into TMO to verify the application information, clear conditions, underwrite and close the loan. Supporting OPUS, XpressQual and TMO, we also utilize a vendor developed rules-based pricing and eligibility engine called ODE as well as a proprietary compliance fee engine that enforces high cost and fee limits throughout the entire originations process. There is also a Compliance License Tracker system that maintains and tracks all mortgage professional and location level licensing. All systems are fully integrated and share information to ensure complete, up-to-date and accurate information for reporting purposes.
 
To protect our business in the event of disaster, we have implemented a disaster recovery data facility in a co-location in Irving, Texas where we maintain near real-time replication of all critical servicing systems and data.
 
Employees
 
As of April 30, 2011, we had a total of 2,176 employees, all of which are based in the United States. None of our employees are members of any labor union or subject to any collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced any business interruption as a result of any labor dispute. Our employees are allocated among our business functions as follows:
 
  •  55% are in Servicing;
 
  •  32% are in Originations;
 
  •  13% are in support functions, including Human Resources, Accounting and other corporate functions.
 
In our Servicing Segment, we hire recent college graduates and teach them our high-touch servicing model. Our loan servicers and debt default specialists follow a training program in which they first service performing loans and slightly delinquent loans. As they gain experience, they service more delinquent loans and assume increased personal responsibility for servicing a certain set of loans and contacting certain borrowers.
 
In our Originations Segment, we hire experienced conventional mortgage originators and provide them with training to acclimate them to Nationstar, as well as compliance and regulatory training.
 
Regulation
 
Our business is subject to extensive federal, state and local regulation. Our loan origination, loan servicing and debt collection operations are primarily regulated at the state level by state licensing authorities and administrative agencies. Because we do business in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, we, along with certain of our employees who engage in regulated activities, must apply for licensing as a mortgage banker or lender, loan servicer and/or debt default specialist, pursuant to applicable state law. These state licensing requirements typically require an application process, processing fees, background checks and administrative review. Our servicing operations center in


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Lewisville, Texas is licensed (or maintains an appropriate statutory exemption) to service mortgage loans in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Our retail loan origination branch is licensed to originate loans in at least the states in which it operates, and our direct origination branch is licensed to originate loans in 49 states and the District of Columbia. From time to time, we receive requests from states and other agencies for records, documents and information regarding our policies, procedures and practices regarding our loan origination, loan servicing and debt collection business activities, and undergo periodic examinations by state regulatory agencies. We incur significant ongoing costs to comply with these licensing requirements.
 
While the U.S. federal government does not primarily regulate loan originations, the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, or the SAFE Act, requires all states to enact laws that require all United States sales representatives to be individually licensed or registered if they intend to offer mortgage loan products. These licensing requirements include enrollment in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System, application to state regulators for individual licenses, a minimum of 20 hours of pre-licensing education, an annual minimum of eight hours of continuing education and the successful completion of both national and state exams.
 
In addition to licensing requirements, we must comply with a number of federal consumer protection laws, including, among others:
 
  •  the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which requires us to maintain privacy with respect to certain consumer data in our possession and to periodically communicate with consumers on privacy matters;
 
  •  the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which regulates the timing and content of debt collection communications;
 
  •  the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z thereunder, which require certain disclosures to the mortgagors regarding the terms of the mortgage loans;
 
  •  the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which regulates the use and reporting of information related to the credit history of consumers;
 
  •  the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B thereunder, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, race and certain other characteristics, in the extension of credit;
 
  •  the Homeowners Protection Act, which requires the cancellation of mortgage insurance once certain equity levels are reached;
 
  •  the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C thereunder, which require financial institutions to report certain public loan data;
 
  •  the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, sex, national origin, and certain other characteristics; and
 
  •  Regulation AB under the Securities Act, which requires certain registration, disclosure and reporting for mortgage-backed securities.
 
We must also comply with applicable state and local consumer protection laws, which may impose more comprehensive and costly restrictions than the regulations listed above. In a response to the decline in the housing market and the increase in foreclosures, many local governments have extended the time period necessary prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings, which prevent a servicer or trustee, as applicable, from exercising any remedies they might have in respect of liquidating a severely delinquent mortgage loan in a timely manner.
 
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sustainable loan modification made in accordance with HAMP guidelines, procedures, directives and requirements. Loan modifications pursuant to HAMP may include a rescheduling of payments or a reduction in the applicable interest rates and, in some cases, a reduction in the principal amount due. Under HAMP, subject to a program participation cap, we, as a servicer, will receive an initial incentive payment of up to $1,500 for each loan modified in accordance with HAMP subject to the condition that the borrower successfully completes a trial modification period. In addition, provided that a HAMP modification does not become 90 days or more delinquent, we will receive an incentive of up to $1,000. As of December 31, 2010, 14,184 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $3.1 billion after modification had been modified through HAMP.
 
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) into law. The Dodd-Frank Act represents a comprehensive overhaul of the financial services industry in the United States. The Dodd-Frank Act includes, among other things: (1) the creation of a Financial Stability Oversight Council to identify emerging systemic risks posed by financial firms, activities and practices, and to improve cooperation between federal agencies; (2) the creation of a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection authorized to promulgate and enforce consumer protection regulations relating to financial products; (3) the establishment of strengthened capital and prudential standards for banks and bank holding companies; (4) enhanced regulation of financial markets, including derivatives and securitization markets; (5) amendments to the Truth in Lending Act aimed at improving consumer protections with respect to mortgage originations, including originator compensation, minimum repayment standards, and prepayment considerations. The exact scope of and applicability of many of these requirements to us are currently unknown, as the regulations to implement the Dodd-Frank Act generally have not yet been finalized.
 
On April 13, 2011, the four federal agencies overseeing certain aspects of the mortgage market: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), entered into enforcement consent orders with 14 of the largest mortgage servicers in the United States regarding foreclosure practices. The enforcement actions require the servicers, among other things: (1) to promptly correct deficiencies in residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure practices; (2) to make significant modifications in practices for residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, including communications with borrowers and limitations on dual-tracking, which occurs when servicers continue to pursue foreclosure during the loan modification process; (3) to ensure that foreclosures are not pursued once a mortgage has been approved for modification and to establish a single point of contact for borrowers throughout the loan modification and foreclosure processes; (4) to establish robust oversight and controls pertaining to their third-party vendors, including outside legal counsel, that provide default management or foreclosure services. While these enforcement consent orders are considered as not preemptive to the state actions, it remains to be seen how state actions and proceedings will be affected by the federal consents. Although we are not a party to the above enforcement consent orders, we might become subject to the terms of the consent orders if (1) we subservice loans for the servicers that are parties to the enforcement consent orders; (2) the agencies begin to enforce the consent orders by looking downstream to our arrangement with certain mortgage servicers; (3) our investors request that we comply with certain aspects of the consent orders, or (4) we otherwise find it prudent to comply with certain aspects of the consent orders. In addition, the practices set forth in such enforcement consent orders may be adopted by the industry as a whole, forcing us to comply with them in order to follow standard industry practices. While we have not yet made any changes to our operating policies and procedures, potential changes to our servicing practices would increase compliance costs for our servicing business, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations.


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Competition
 
In our Servicing Segment, we compete with large financial institutions and with other independent servicers. Our ability to differentiate ourselves from other loan servicers through our high- touch servicing model and culture of credit largely determines our competitive position within the mortgage loan servicing industry.
 
In our Originations Segment, we compete with large financial institutions and local and regional mortgage bankers and lenders. Our ability to differentiate the value of our financial products primarily through our mortgage loan offerings, rates, fees and customer service determines our competitive position within the mortgage loan origination industry. The placement of mortgage loans is greatly influenced by traditional business partners such as realtors and builders. As a result, our ability to secure relationships with traditional business partners will influence our ability to grow our purchase line.
 
Seasonality
 
Our Originations Segment is subject to seasonal fluctuations, and activity tends to diminish somewhat in the winter months of December, January and February, when home sales volume and loan origination volume are at their lowest. This typically causes seasonal fluctuations in our Originations Segment’s revenue. Our Servicing segment is not subject to seasonality.
 
Intellectual Property
 
We use a variety of methods, such as trademarks, patents, copyrights and trade secrets, to protect our intellectual property. We also place appropriate restrictions on our proprietary information to control access and prevent unauthorized disclosures.
 
Properties
 
Our principal executive headquarters is located in Lewisville, Texas. At our main campus in Lewisville, Texas, we lease two buildings containing an aggregate of approximately 201,000 square feet of general office space, pursuant to two leases, both of which are currently due to expire in the first half of 2014. In addition to serving as our principal executive headquarters, our main Lewisville campus houses a portion of our servicing operations and all of our Consumer Direct Retail origination platform. We also own a parcel of undeveloped land at our campus location which can be used for future expansion.
 
We lease an additional 40,897 square feet of space in Lewisville, Texas, which is currently due to expire in December, 2011. This building houses our wholesale loan origination platform and some administrative support functions. We also lease 83,467 square feet at another location in Lewisville, Texas, which is currently due to expire in April 2016. We intend to use this additional space to meet the needs of our growing servicing operation.
 
Consistent with our plans to open new branches in our Distributed Retail channel, we have completed leases on our regional management office in Montgomery, Alabama as well as branch office leases in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. As of April 30, 2011, we had 13 Distributed Retail branch leases. Our typical Distributed Retail branch office is between 2,500 and 4,000 square feet with lease terms of three years or less.
 
We maintain leases on 27 small (150 square feet) offices throughout the United States.
 
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Legal Proceedings
 
We are routinely involved in legal proceedings concerning matters that arise in the ordinary course of our business. In addition, we are currently involved in certain inquiries by certain state Attorneys General and other federal and state governmental agencies regarding our servicing and foreclosure policies, procedures and practices. These inquiries or any subsequent administrative, judicial or legislative actions taken by these regulators, court administrators or other governmental entities may subject us to fines and other sanctions, including a foreclosure moratorium or suspension. In addition to these inquiries, several state Attorneys General have requested that certain mortgage servicers, including us, suspend foreclosure proceedings pending internal review to ensure compliance with applicable law, and we received requests from four such state Attorneys General. Pursuant to these requests and in light of industry-wide press coverage regarding mortgage foreclosure documentation practices, we, as a precaution, previously delayed foreclosure proceedings in 23 states, so that we may evaluate our foreclosure practices and underlying documentation. Upon completion of our internal review and responding to these inquiries, we resumed these previously delayed proceedings. Such inquiries, however, as well as continued court backlog and emerging court processes, may cause an extended delay in the foreclosure process in certain states. 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 or results of operations.


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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 mortgage servicing rights;
 
  •  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 origination 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 interest rate lock commitments or IRLCs and mortgage loans held for sale on a daily basis and enter into forward sales of mortgage backed securities 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 mortgage backed securities to deliver mortgage loan inventory to investors.
 
Consumer Credit Risk
 
We sell our loans on a non-recourse 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 unpaid principal balance of loans sold by us represents the maximum potential exposure related to representation and warranty provisions.
 
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 includes, among other things, the overall economic condition in the housing market, the economic condition of borrowers, the political environment at investor


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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 mortgage servicing rights and the impact of parallel interest rate shifts on mortgage servicing rights. The primary assumptions in this model are prepayment speeds, market discount rates and cost to service. 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 mortgage-backed securities, swaps and U.S. Department of the Treasury rates and changes in primary and secondary mortgage market spreads. For mortgage loans, interest rate lock commitments and forward delivery commitments on mortgage-backed securities, we rely on a model in determining the impact of interest rate shifts. In addition, for interest rate lock commitments, 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 March 31, 2011 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.


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The following table summarizes the estimated change in the fair value of our assets and liabilities sensitive to interest rates as of March 31, 2011 given hypothetical instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve:
 
                 
    Change in Fair Value  
    Down
    Up
 
    25 bps     25 bps  
    (in thousands)  
 
Increase (decrease) in assets
               
Mortgage loans held for sale
    $2,506       $(2,736 )
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    (1,281 )     1,350  
Mortgage servicing rights
    (2,605 )     2,775  
Other assets (derivatives)
               
IRLCs
    2,209       (3,089 )
                 
Total change in assets
    829       (1,700 )
Increase (decrease) in liabilities
               
Derivative financial instruments
               
Interest rate swaps and caps
    1,342       (1,162 )
Forward MBS trades
    5,248       (5,737 )
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    881       (883 )
ABS nonrecourse debt
    (2,067 )     2,138  
                 
Total change in liabilities
    5,404       (5,644 )
                 
Total, net change
    $(4,575 )     $3,944  
                 


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MANAGEMENT, BOARD OF MANAGERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
Executive Officers
 
The following table sets forth the name, age and position of our current executive officers.
 
             
Name
  Age  
Position
 
Anthony H. Barone
    53     President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager
Jay Bray
    44     Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert Appel
    49     Executive Vice President of Servicing
Amar Patel
    39     Executive Vice President of Portfolio Investments
Douglas Krueger
    42     Executive Vice President of Capital Markets
Anne E. Sutherland
    50     Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Steven L. Hess
    54     Executive Vice President of Marketing
Mark O’Brien
    58     Executive Vice President of Organizational Development
 
Board of Managers
 
The Board of Managers of Nationstar LLC consists of two managers. Our ability to expand our Board of Managers is subject to complying with applicable notice, background check and other state licensing requirements. No board committees have been designated at this time. Managers hold office until a successor is elected and qualifies or until the Manager’s death, resignation or removal. The following table sets forth the name, age and position of the current managers of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.
 
             
Name
  Age  
Position
 
Anthony H. Barone
    53     President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager
Peter Smith
    43     Manager
 
Board of Directors
 
The Board of Directors of Nationstar Capital Corporation consists of two directors. No board committees have been designated at this time. Directors hold office until a successor is elected and qualifies or until the Director’s death, resignation or removal. The following table sets forth the name, age and position of the current directors of Nationstar Capital Corporation.
 
             
Name
  Age  
Position
 
Anthony H. Barone
    53     President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jay Bray
    44     Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
 
Anthony H. Barone is the President, Chief Executive Officer of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in 1997. Mr. Barone is Manager of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served as Manager since 2006. Mr. Barone is also President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Nationstar Capital Corporation and has served in this capacity since 2010. Mr. Barone has over 30 years of experience in the mortgage industry. From 1980 to 1989, Mr. Barone held management positions in loan servicing, originations, secondary marketing and credit administration at General Electric Capital Corporation. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Barone served as Executive Vice President of Ford Consumer Finance, a former mortgage lending and servicing subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Corporation. Mr. Barone holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut.
 
Jay Bray is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in 2000. Mr. Bray is also Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Nationstar Capital Corporation and has served in this capacity since 2010. Mr. Bray has over 22 years of experience in the mortgage servicing and origination industry. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Bray served as an Audit Manager with Arthur Andersen in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Bray held a variety of leadership roles at Bank of America and predecessor entities, where he managed the Asset Backed Securitization process for mortgage related


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products, developed and implemented a secondary execution strategy and profitability plan and managed investment banking relationships, secondary marketing operations and investor relations. Additionally, Mr. Bray led the portfolio acquisition, pricing and modeling group. Mr. Bray holds a B.A.A. in Accounting from Auburn University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Georgia.
 
Robert Appel is the Executive Vice President of Servicing of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in February 2008. Mr. Appel has over 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry and 5 years of public accounting experience. From 1985 to 1990, he served as an audit manager with Ernst and Young LLP. From 1990 to 1992, he held a position as Vice President of Control for Tyler Cabot Mortgage Securities Fund, a NYSE listed bond fund. From 1992 to 1999, Mr. Appel held a position at Capstead Mortgage where he started a master servicing organization and later became Senior Vice President of Default Management for Capstead’s primary servicer. From 1999 to 2003, he was Managing Director of GMAC’s Master Servicing operation. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Appel was Chief Executive Officer of GMAC’s United Kingdom mortgage lending business. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Servicing Manager of GMAC’s $100 billion non-prime residential servicing platform. Mr. Appel holds a B.S., cum laude, in Business Control Systems from the University of North Texas and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner in the State of Texas and is a former member of the Freddie Mac Default Advisory Group.
 
Amar Patel is the Executive Vice President of Portfolio Investments of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in June 2006. Mr. Patel has over 17 years of experience in the mortgage industry. From 1993 to 2006, Mr. Patel held various management roles at Capstead Mortgage Corporation, last serving as Senior Vice President of Asset and Liability Management. Mr. Patel holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Mathematics from Baylor University and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.
 
Douglas Krueger is the Executive Vice President of Capital Markets and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in 2009. Mr. Krueger has over 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry. For five years, Mr. Krueger held various senior leadership roles with CitiMortgage managing the secondary marketing and master servicing areas. Mr. Krueger also served as Senior Vice President with Principal Residential Mortgage for thirteen years. Mr. Krueger holds a B.B.A. from the University of Iowa and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
 
Anne E. Sutherland is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in 1997. Ms. Sutherland has over 24 years of legal experience in the mortgage banking and consumer finance industry. From 1986 to 1988, Ms. Sutherland served as Staff Attorney for the Oklahoma Bankers Association. From January 1988 until its dissolution in July 1989, Ms. Sutherland served as Counsel for Wells Fargo Credit Corporation. From 1989 to 1994, Ms. Sutherland was the Assistant General Counsel for Ford Consumer Finance Company. From 1994 to 1997, Ms. Sutherland served as Vice President, Division Counsel and Secretary of ContiMortgage Corporation, a subsidiary of ContiFinancial. Ms. Sutherland holds a B.B.A. in Finance and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma.
 
Steven L. Hess is the Executive Vice President of Marketing of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and has served in this capacity since joining Nationstar in 1997. Mr. Hess has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry. He assumed his current role as the Executive Vice President, Marketing for Nationstar in 2001. From 1980 to 1989, Mr. Hess held various management roles in marketing, loan servicing and credit administration. From 1989 to 1997, he served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Ford Consumer Finance Company, a former subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit that is now part of Citigroup. He also served in a subsequent assignment as Senior Vice President and Product Manager of Card Services and was responsible for managing the P&L and marketing for an $800 million co-brand Visa portfolio issued in partnership with Amoco Oil Company and Unocal 76. Mr. Hess holds a B.S. in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Colorado.
 
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35 years of experience in the financial services industry. From 1974 to 1983, Mr. O’Brien held various management roles in consumer finance and human resources at GE Capital Corporation. From 1984 to 1989, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for PSFS Bank, a subsidiary of Meritor Financial Group. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. O’Brien served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Fleet Mortgage Group, during which time loan origination volume and the loan servicing portfolio doubled in size. From 1997 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for North America Mortgage Company, the mortgage banking subsidiary of Dime Savings Bank of New York. Mr. O’Brien holds a B.B.A. in Management from Xavier University and is a member of the Association of Financial Services and recently served as Chair of the Human Resources Subcommittee of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
 
Peter Smith is a Manager of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and a Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group in the asset management area. Mr. Smith has served as Manager of Nationstar Mortgage LLC since 2006. Mr. Smith joined Fortress in May 1998. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Smith was a Vice President at CRIIMI MAE Inc. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Smith held positions at UBS and BlackRock. Mr. Smith holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Radford University and an M.B.A. in Finance from George Washington University.
 
Family Relationships
 
There are no family relationships between any of our executive officers or directors.
 
Director Independence
 
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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
 
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis is designed to provide an understanding of the compensation program for our CEO, Anthony H. Barone, our CFO, Jay Bray, our Executive Vice President of Servicing, Robert L. Appel, our Executive Vice President, Amar Patel, and, our Executive Vice President, Capital Markets, Douglas Krueger (collectively, our named executive officers or “NEOs”), with respect to our 2010 fiscal year.
 
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
 
Our primary executive compensation goals are to attract, motivate and retain the most talented and dedicated executives and to align annual and long-term incentives while enhancing unitholder value. To achieve these goals we maintain compensation plans that:
 
  •  Deliver a mix of fixed and at-risk compensation, including through the grants of restricted units and restricted preferred units.
 
  •  Through dividend equivalents on grants of restricted units and restricted preferred units, tie a portion of the overall compensation of executive officers to the dividends we pay to our unitholders.
 
  •  Encourage the achievement of our short- and long-term goals on both the individual and company levels.
 
Process for Setting Executive Officer Compensation
 
Peter Smith, the designated manager (the “Manager”) of FIF HE Holdings LLC, the sole member of the Company (our “Parent”), and its unitholders evaluate our performance, including the achievement of key investment and capital raising goals, and the individual performance of each named executive officer, with a goal of setting overall compensation at levels that our Parent and its unitholders believe are appropriate.
 
During 2010, in connection with new grants of restricted units and restricted preferred units, we amended the employment agreements with Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel, and Patel, further described below. The amendments were minor and were intended to bring the agreements in line with customary practice in our industry. We believe that the employment agreements and these amendments benefit the Company and its unitholders by providing these individuals with a degree of comfort during the contract term about their employment so that they may focus on managing the business.
 
Participation of Management. Our NEOs are not directly responsible for determining our CEO’s compensation, although they regularly provide information to our Parent and its unitholders that is relevant to its evaluation of the NEOs’ compensation (for instance, in terms of our performance against established compensation goals and otherwise). By contrast, the CEO plays a more active role in determining the compensation of the other NEOs, who are his subordinates. He regularly advises our Parent and its unitholders of his own evaluation of their job performance and offers for consideration his own recommendations for their compensation levels. Final compensation decisions are executed by the Manager.
 
Compensation Consultant. We have not retained a compensation consultant to review our policies and procedures with respect to executive compensation, although the Company or Parent may elect in the future to retain a compensation consultant if they determine that doing so would assist it in implementing and maintaining compensation plans.
 
Risk considerations. In developing and reviewing the executive incentive programs, our Parent and unitholders consider the business risks inherent in program designs to ensure they do not induce executives to take unacceptable levels of business risk for the purpose of increasing their incentive plan awards. Our Parent and unitholders believe that the mix of compensation components used in the


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determination of our NEOs’ compensation reflects the performance of our Company and the performance of the individual employee and does not encourage our NEOs to take unreasonable risks relating to the business. Our NEOs’ ownership interest in the Company aligns our NEOs’ interests with our long-term performance and discourages excessive risk taking.
 
Elements of Compensation
 
Our executive compensation consists of the elements set forth below. Determinations regarding any one element of compensation affect determinations regarding each other element of compensation, because the goal of our Parent and unitholders is to set overall compensation at an appropriate level. Our Parent and unitholders take into account in this regard the extent to which different compensation elements are at-risk. Accordingly, for example, the amount of salary paid to a named executive officer is considered by our Parent and unitholders in determining the amount of any cash bonus or restricted unit or restricted preferred unit award, but the relationship among the elements is not formulaic because of the need to balance the likelihood that the at-risk components of compensation will actually be paid at any particular level. We further base overall compensation packages of our executive officers on their experience, current market conditions, business trends, and overall Company performance. As a result, the total compensation of our NEOs in 2010 consisted of the following elements: (1) base salary, (2) non-equity incentive plan awards, (3) equity awards, and (4) participation in employee benefit plans.
 
Base Salary
 
We utilize base salary as a building block of our compensation program. Base salaries for our NEOs are established based upon the scope of their responsibilities and what is necessary to recruit and retain skilled executives. We believe that our executives’ base salaries are comparable with salaries paid to executives at companies of a similar size and with a similar performance to us. Base salaries are reviewed annually in accordance with the named executive officer’s annual performance evaluation and increased from time to time in view of each named executive officer’s individual responsibilities, individual and company performance, and experience. Base salaries may not be reduced without the NEO’s approval.
 
Our named executive officers have entered into employment agreements with the Company that set a minimum salary upon execution of the agreement; however, Mr. Krueger’s employment agreement expired on February 18, 2011 and he is currently an employee at will. These base salaries are intended to complement the at-risk components of the Company’s compensation program by assuring that our NEOs will receive an appropriate minimum level of compensation.
 
Annual Bonus Plans
 
Annual bonus incentives keyed to short-term objectives form an important part of our compensation program. The bonus plans are designed to provide incentives to achieve certain financial goals of the Company, as well as personal objectives.
 
The Incentive Plan for Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel and Patel. Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel, and Patel participate in our Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). The Incentive Plan provides for payment of annual cash incentive bonuses from a pool equal to 5% of the Company’s Operating Cash Flow. Operating Cash Flow is generally equal to Adjusted EBITDA from the Operating segments less Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets. In calculating Operating Cash Flow, non-cash components affecting Adjusted EBITDA both positively and negatively, if any, are excluded. This measure of Operating Cash Flow is intended to represent the Company’s cash revenues less all fully allocated cash and accrued expenses. Tying bonus payments to Operating Cash Flow puts a significant portion of these executives’ salary at risk and ties their compensation to our operational and financial results. The Incentive Plan is maintained at FIF HE Holdings LLC and is administered by the Manager. Our


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Parent chose the Company’s Operating Cash Flow as an incentive metric believing that it reflects the efficiency with which our management team manage the Company on a short- and long-term basis.
 
Our Parent may not decrease the amount of the bonus pool. Each fiscal year, the Manager determines each named executive officer’s allocable portion of the bonus pool for that fiscal year, provided, however, that the Manager may not reduce any executive’s allocable percentage to less than 75% of the executive’s percentage for the prior fiscal year. To receive the actual award, the named executive officer must be employed by the Company (and not have given notice of intent to resign) on the last day of the fiscal year to which the bonus relates.
 
Annual Incentive Program for Mr. Krueger. Mr. Krueger participates in our annual cash incentive program, which includes Company and individual performance measures. These measures are established at the beginning of the fiscal year by the Company’s Board of Managers. Mr. Krueger’s key objectives for 2010 were Operating Cash Flow (40% weight factor in final payout), secondary marketing profit/loss (30% weight) and other deliverables (30% weight). In 2010, Mr. Krueger’s other responsibilities were associated with managing hedging risks, execution of loan sales, government sponsored enterprise and investor relations and frequency of repurchase requests. At year end, the Board of Managers rates the results for each key objective on a scale of one to five. The rating is multiplied by the weight of each key objective to result in a weighted score, with five being the highest possible score. The weighted score is converted into a percentage and multiplied by Mr. Krueger’s bonus opportunity to result in the annual cash incentive awarded. Mr. Krueger’s maximum bonus opportunity pursuant to his employment agreement, discussed below, is set at 150% of annual base salary. In 2010, the Company’s and Mr. Krueger’s performance were rated by the Board of Managers as exceeding target in all three key objectives resulting in an above target annual cash incentive. The annual cash incentive is generally paid in a single installment in the first quarter following completion of the plan year, the amount of which is determined by our Board of Managers. Mr. Krueger must be employed by the Company on December 31 of the award year and not have given notice of termination by the time that the award is paid to receive the bonus. As a condition of participation in the annual incentive plan, Mr. Krueger is subject to a non-solicitation covenant.
 
The following are our NEO’s target bonus percentages for 2010:
 
                 
    Allocable
  Target Bonus
    Percentage of the
  As Percent Of
Name
  Bonus Pool   Salary
 
Anthony H. Barone
    35.6%       N/A  
Jay Bray
    31.7%       N/A  
Robert L. Appel
    17.2%       N/A  
Amar Patel
    15.5%       N/A  
Douglas Krueger
    N/A       90.0%  
 
Long-Term Incentive Plans
 
Equity Incentive Plan. Long-term incentives in the form of grants of units and preferred units of FIF HE Holdings LLC to our NEOs are intended to promote sustained high performance. Units are granted pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of FIF HE Holdings LLC. In 2010, substantial one-time grants of multi-year vesting units and preferred units were granted based on a review of our existing compensation arrangements with our most highly valued executives and the business environment. Specifically, the grants were intended to both serve as a long-term incentive device, a retention device and to further align the interests of Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel and Patel with the Company in the future. The amounts of these awards are set forth in the Grants of Plan Based Awards table on page 135. The units vest over three years. In determining the amounts of 2010 grants to each of Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel, and Patel, to achieve the desired ownership percentage for each executive, prior vested awards of Class A units and Class A units previously purchased by each executive were taken into account. In addition, Messrs. Barone and Bray forfeited prior unvested grants of Class A units representing one-third of their prior granted units (Messrs. Appel and Patel held no


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unvested units). The executives are entitled to share in any dividend distribution with respect to the Class A units whether or not they have vested.
 
Following termination of employment, the Company will have certain repurchase rights. The applicable series, and if the series elects not to exercise its right, the Fortress Funds, which own FIF HE Holdings, may repurchase units for 30 days following the executive’s termination of employment. The repurchase price per unit is calculated as set forth in the limited liability company agreement of FIF HE Holdings and the applicable unit award agreements. Thus, the repurchase price differs based on the unit’s series, as well as the reason for termination. Class A units granted to Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel and Patel, may be repurchased (a) following a termination for cause at the lesser of fair market value on the date of (i) termination or (ii) grant, and (b) following a termination for any other reason, for fair market value on the date of termination. Class C and D units may be repurchased for an amount equal to the sum of (a) the purchase price of the units plus any additional capital contributions less any distribution paid with respect to the units and (b) any accrued and preferred yield less any accrued unpaid pre-2010 preferred yield.
 
The Company also granted each of Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel, and Patel restricted preferred stock units (“RSUs”) relating to Series 1 Class C Preferred units and Series 1 Class D Preferred units. Each RSU represents the right to receive one Class C unit or Class D unit, as applicable, upon vesting and settlement of the RSU. If the Company pays a dividend to Class C or Class D unitholders (other than with respect to any pre-2010 preferred yield), then the executive will be entitled to receive a proportionate payment based on the number of RSUs he holds, whether or not they have vested.
 
Our equity plans provide for accelerated vesting of a portion of the unvested awards where the employment of any of our NEOs is terminated without “cause” (other than within six months after a change in control), by the NEO for “good reason” or upon death or disability, subject to the named executive officer executing a general release of claims in favor of the Company. If the employment of any of our NEOs is terminated without cause, subject to the named executive officer executing a general release of claims in favor of the Company, all unvested units and RSUs will vest. We believe that such a provision benefits the Company and its unitholders by giving the executives some protection so they may make decisions about the Company and any potential transaction free from concerns about the impact to their unvested equity awards. On any other termination of employment, all unvested units and RSUs will be forfeited.
 
Following our public offering, the Company expects that the Compensation Committee will consider regular periodic awards of equity incentives but the Compensation Committee has not made any decisions regarding future equity awards.
 
Long-Term Incentive Plan. Mr. Krueger participates in a long-term incentive plan which is designed to reward company and individual performance and serve as a retention device. Awards are determined at the conclusion of the plan year (calendar) based upon the Company’s overall financial performance and Mr. Krueger’s contribution to those results. Long-term incentive awards for 2010 are set forth in the Summary Compensation Table on page 134 and the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table on page 135. The amount of awards that Mr. Krueger received in 2009 and 2010 were determined by his employment agreement. Following our public offering, we anticipate Mr. Krueger will continue to receive long-term incentive awards. However, the Compensation Committee has made no definitive decisions regarding future awards. Awards are approved by our Board of Managers with an award date of December 31 of the year just concluded. The award is generally subject to a three year cliff vesting requirement from the date of the award, which provides an important retention incentive as the executive must remain employed by the Company to receive the bonus. The bonus ordinarily is paid in a single installment in the first quarter of the third year following grant. Mr. Krueger must be employed by the Company on the date of payout to receive the award.


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Severance Benefits
 
We have entered into employment agreements with our NEOs that provide severance benefits to such officers in the circumstances described in greater detail below in the section entitled “Employment Agreements.” We believe that these severance benefits are essential elements of our executive compensation and assist us in recruiting and retaining talented executives.
 
Other Compensation Components
 
All of our executive officers are eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including medical, dental, life insurance and 401(k) plans. These plans are available to all employees and do not discriminate in favor of our named executive officers. In addition, we reimburse Mr. Barone and Mr. Bray the cost of life insurance premiums pursuant to our Executive Life Program. We do not view perquisites as a significant element of our comprehensive compensation structure; however, we believe some perquisites are necessary for the Company to attract and retain superior management talent for the benefit of all unitholders. The value of these benefits to the NEOs is set forth in the Summary Compensation Table under the column “All Other Compensation” and detail about each benefit is set forth in a table following the Summary Compensation Table.
 
Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table sets forth the annual compensation for the Principal Executive Officer, the Principal Financial Officer, and the three other most highly compensated executive officers (referred to as the named executive officers or “NEOs”) serving at the end of fiscal year 2010.
 
                                                         
                            Non-Stock
             
                      Stock
    Incentive Plan
    All Other
       
          Salary
    Bonus
    Awards
    Compensation
    Compensation
    Total
 
Name
  Year     ($)     ($)     ($)(1)     ($)     ($)     ($)  
 
Anthony H. Barone
    2010       424,350             9,584,458       907,862 (2)     16,116 (3)     10,932,786  
      2009       424,350                   706,872 (4)     16,116 (3)     1,147,338  
Jay Bray
    2010       320,000             9,918,148       809,434 (2)     11,048 (5)     11,058,630  
      2009       289,800                   630,235 (4)     11,069 (6)     931,104  
Robert L. Appel
    2010       275,000             6,467,985       439,288 (2)     5,500 (7)     7,187,746  
      2009       274,999                   342,035 (4)     5,500 (7)     622,534  
Amar Patel
    2010       255,000             4,147,863       395,415 (2)     6,231 (7)     4,804,509  
      2009       255,000                   307,875 (4)     6,231 (7)     569,106  
Douglas Krueger
    2010       250,000                   425,000 (8)     3,125 (7)     678,125  
      2009       215,064       50,000 (9)           350,000 (10)     41,239 (11)     706,303  
 
 
(1) Represents the aggregate grant date fair value, as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures during the applicable vesting periods, of units and RSUs granted to the NEOs. Information with respect to vesting of these awards is disclosed in the Grant of Plan Based Awards table and the accompanying notes.
 
(2) These amounts will be paid in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, but represent awards with respect to the Company’s and individual performance in fiscal year 2010.
 
(3) Represents payment of a life insurance premium equal to $9,216 and a $6,900 contribution to Mr. Barone’s 401(k) account.
 
(4) These amounts were paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, but represent awards with respect to the Company’s and individual performance in fiscal year 2009.
 
(5) Represents payment of a life insurance premium equal to $5,998 and a $5,050 contribution to Mr. Bray’s 401(k) account.
 
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(7) Represents a contribution to the named executive officer’s 401(k) account.
 
(8) Of this amount, $300,000 will be paid in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, although it represents an award with respect to the Company’s and Mr. Krueger’s individual performance in fiscal year 2010, as described in Annual Incentive Program for Mr. Krueger. The remaining $125,000 is pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Plan, described above, and is subject to three-year time-based cliff vesting; this amount will become vested on December 31, 2013 as long as Mr. Krueger remains employed with the Company.
 
(9) Represents a sign-on bonus Mr. Krueger received pursuant to his employment agreement when he joined the Company.
 
(10) Of this amount, $225,000 was paid in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, although it represents an award with respect to the Company’s and Mr. Krueger’s individual performance in fiscal year 2009, as described in Annual Incentive Program for Mr. Krueger. The remaining $125,000 is pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Plan, described above, and is subject to three-year time-based cliff vesting; this amount will become vested on December 31, 2012 as long as Mr. Krueger remains employed with the Company.
 
(11) Represents payment of a relocation expenses equal to $39,469 and a $1,770 contribution to Mr. Krueger’s 401(k) account.
 
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
 
The following table sets forth, for each of the Executive Officers, the grants of awards under any plan during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
                                                                         
          Estimated
                                           
          Future
                                           
          Payouts
                                           
          Under
                                           
          Non-Equity
                                           
          Incentive Plan
    All Other Stock Awards:
    Grant Date Fair Value of
       
          Awards
    Number of Units (#)     Equity Awards ($)        
Name
  Grant Date     Target ($)     1A     2A     C&D     1A     2A     C&D        
 
Anthony H. Barone
    9/17/2010(1 )     907,862       136,993       25,607       2,494,500       6,752,295       22,088       2,810,075          
Jay Bray
    9/17/2010(2 )     809,434       153,212       28,637       2,078,750       7,551,718       24,701       2,341,729          
Robert L. Appel
    9/17/2010(3 )     439,288       102,384       19,137       1,247,250       5,046,440       16,507       1,405,038          
Amar Patel
    9/17/2010(4 )     395,415       64,937       12,137       831,500       3,200,702       10,469       936,692          
Douglas Krueger
            125,000 (5)                                                        
 
 
(1) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award vested with respect to 481 Series 1 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 68,256 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award vested with respect to 91 Series 2 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 12,758 on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 831,500 units on each of September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
 
(2) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award vested with respect to 39,452 Series 1 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 56,880 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award vested with respect to 7,373 Series 2 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 10,631 on June 30, 2011 and with respect to 10,633 on June 30, 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 692,916 units on September 17, 2010 and 692,917 units on each of June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
 
(3) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 34,128 units on each of September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30,


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2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 6,379 units on each of September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 415,750 units on each of September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
 
(4) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award vested with respect to 19,433 Series 1 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 22,752 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award vested with respect to 3,631 Series 2 Class A units on September 17, 2010, and will vest with respect to 4,252 on June 30, 2011 and 4,254 on June 30, 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 277,166 units on September 17, 2010 and 277,167 units on each of June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
 
(5) This bonus under the Long-Term Incentive Plan, described above, is subject to three-year time-based cliff vesting, which will become vested on December 31, 2013 as long as Mr. Krueger remains employed with the Company.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
 
The following table sets forth, for each of the Executive Officers, the outstanding equity awards as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
                                                 
    Stock Awards  
    Number of Units That Have
    Market Value of Units That Have
 
    Not Vested (#)     Not Vested ($)  
Name
  1A     2A     C&D     1A     2A     C&D  
 
Anthony H. Barone(1)
    136,512       25,516       1,663,000       6,715,749       22,009       1,886,089  
Jay Bray(2)
    113,760       21,264       1,385,834       5,596,458       18,342       1,571,741  
Robert L. Appel(3)
    68,256       12,758       831,500       3,357,875       11,005       943,045  
Amar Patel(4)
    45,504       8,506       554,334       2,238,583       7,337       628,696  
Douglas Krueger
                                   
 
 
(1) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 68,256 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 12,758 on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 831,500 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012.
 
(2) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 56,880 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 10,631 on June 30, 2011 and with respect to 10,633 on June 30, 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 692,917 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012.
 
(3) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 34,128 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 6,379 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 415,750 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012.
 
(4) This award is subject to vesting. With respect to the Series 1 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 22,752 Series 1 Class A units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012. With respect to the Series 2 Class A, the award will vest with respect to 4,252 on June 30, 2011 and 4,254 on June 30, 2012. With respect to the Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, the award vests in equal tranches with respect to 277,167 units on each of June 30, 2011 and 2012.


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Stock Vested
 
The following table sets forth, for each of the Executive Officers, information with respect to the exercise of stock options, SARs and similar instruments and vesting of other equity-based awards during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
                                                 
    Stock Awards  
    Number of Shares
       
    Acquired on Vesting (#)     Value Realized on Vesting ($)  
Name
  1A     2A     C&D     1A     2A     C&D  
 
Anthony H. Barone
    19,845       3,710       831,500       1,021,205       3,386       936,692  
Jay Bray
    44,432       8,304       692,916       2,201,098       7,210       780,576  
Robert L. Appel
    34,128       6,379       415,750       1,682,147       5,502       468,346  
Amar Patel
    19,433       3,631       277,166       957,840       3,132       312,230  
Douglas Krueger
                                   
 
Employment Agreements
 
The Company has entered into employment agreements with all of our named executive officers.
 
Employment Agreements of Messrs. Barone and Bray
 
Mr. Barone and the Company entered into an amended and restated employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Barone agreed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer on September 17, 2010. Mr. Bray and the Company entered into an amended and restated employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Bray agreed to serve as our Chief Financial Officer on September 17, 2010. The employment agreements expire on July 10, 2011. Pursuant to the employment agreements, upon a termination for any reason or no reason, Messrs. Barone and Bray are bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants. These covenants survive the expiration of Messrs. Barone’s and Bray’s employment agreements.
 
The employment agreements provide, among other things, for payments to the executive following certain terminations of employment. If Mr Barone’s employment or Mr. Bray’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or is terminated by him for “good reason,” subject to his execution of a release of claims, he would be entitled to (1) 18 months of continued base salary, (2) an amount equal to 150% of the average of his annual cash bonus for the three most recently completed fiscal years and (3) continued coverage under the Company’s medical plan until the earlier of (a) the time he becomes eligible for coverage from a new employer and (b) 12 months following the date of termination. If Mr. Barone’s or Mr. Bray’s employment terminates due to his resignation, subject to his execution of a release of claims, he will be entitled to (1) six months of continued base salary and (2) 50% of the average of his annual cash bonus for the three most recently completed fiscal years. Following July 10, 2011, absent an earlier termination of their employment agreements, Mr. Barone and Mr. Bray will continue as employees at-will and will not be entitled to any severance payments under their respective employment agreements upon any subsequent termination.
 
Employment Agreement of Mr. Appel
 
Mr. Appel and the Company entered into an amended employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Appel agreed to serve as our Executive Vice President, Servicing on September 17, 2010. The initial term of the employment agreement ends on February 3, 2011 and will be automatically renewed for two additional periods of one year commencing on each of February 4, 2011 and February 4, 2012 unless either party gives the other notice of intent not to renew by no later than January 4, 2011 and January 4, 2012, respectively. Failure by the Company to renew Mr. Appel’s term of employment on February 4, 2011 and February 4, 2012, would entitle Mr. Appel to terminate his employment for “good reason” and receive the severance payments described below. Pursuant to the employment agreement,


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upon a termination for any reason or no reason, Mr. Appel is bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants. These covenants survive the expiration of Mr. Appel’s employment agreement.
 
The employment agreement provides for a one-time cash retention bonus if Mr. Appel is employed by the Company on February 4, 2013 (and has not given notice of his intent to resign). If Mr. Appel’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or is terminated by Mr. Appel for “good reason”, subject to his execution of a release of claims, he would be entitled to (1) an amount equal to (a) 12 months of base salary plus (b) a lump sum severance payment, (2) a prorated portion of the annual cash incentive bonus for the year of termination, (3) if such termination occurs prior to February 4, 2013, the retention bonus, and (4) continued coverage under the Company’s medical plan until the earlier of (a) the time Mr. Appel becomes eligible for coverage from a new employer and (b) 12 months following the date of termination. Following February 3, 2013, absent an earlier termination of his employment agreement, Mr. Appel will continue as an employee at-will and will not be entitled to any severance payments under his employment agreement upon any subsequent termination.
 
Employment Agreement of Mr. Patel
 
Mr. Patel and the Company entered into an amended and restated employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Patel agreed to serve as our Executive Vice President on September 17, 2010. The employment agreement expires on June 1, 2011. Pursuant to the employment agreement, upon a termination for any reason or no reason, Mr. Patel is bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants. These covenants survive the termination of Mr. Patel’s employment agreement.
 
If Mr. Patel’s employment is terminated by the Company without “cause” or is terminated by Mr. Patel for “good reason,” subject to Mr. Patel’s execution of a release of claims, he would be entitled to (1) six months of continued base salary, (2) an amount equal to 50% of his annual cash bonus paid to him for the most recently completed fiscal year and (3) continued coverage under the Company’s medical plan until the earlier of (a) the time he becomes eligible for coverage from a new employer and (b) six months following the date of termination. Following June 1, 2011, absent an earlier termination of his employment agreement, Mr. Patel will continue as an employee at-will and will not be entitled to any severance payments under his employment agreement upon any subsequent termination.
 
Employment Agreement of Mr. Krueger
 
Mr. Krueger and the Company entered into an employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Krueger agreed to serve as our Executive Vice President, Capital Markets on February 19, 2009. Pursuant to its terms, the agreement expired on February 18, 2011. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Krueger was bound by non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants. These covenants survive the termination of Mr. Krueger’s employment agreement.
 
Prior to the expiration of the agreement, if Mr. Krueger’s employment was terminated by the Company without “cause” or was terminated by Mr. Krueger for “good reason,” subject to Mr. Krueger’s execution of a release of claims, he would have been entitled to (1) accrued benefits, (ii) an amount equal to Mr. Krueger’s unpaid base salary and guaranteed bonus through February 18, 2011 and (2) continued coverage under the Company’s medical plan until the earlier of (a) the time he became eligible for coverage from a new employer and (b) six months following the date of termination.


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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
 
The following payment would have been made upon a termination of employment or change of control on December 31, 2010.
 
                                         
                            After
 
                      Termination without
    Change in
 
                      Cause Other than
    Control,
 
                      After A Change in
    Termination
 
                Voluntary
    Control or for Good
    without
 
    Death(1)
    Disability(1)
    Termination
    Reason(1)
    Cause(2)
 
    ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  
 
Anthony H. Barone
    4,311,924       4,311,924       564,630       6,015,435       10,327,358  
Jay Bray
    3,593,269       3,593,269       483,278       5,052,723       8,645,995  
Robert L. Appel
    2,155,962       2,155,962       0       3,454,870       5,610,833  
Amar Patel
    1,437,307       1,437,307       0       1,767,324       3,204,634  
Douglas Krueger
    0       0       0       33,656       33,656  
 
 
(1) Pursuant to the equity grant agreements granting each of Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel and Patel Series 1 Class A units, Series 2 Class A units, and RSUs with respect to Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, in the event the named executive officer’s employment terminates as a result of the named executive officer’s death, disability or voluntary resignation for good reason or as a result of the Company terminating the named executive officer’s employment without cause other than in connection with a change in control, an additional tranche of any outstanding and unvested equity awards will become vested.
 
(2) Pursuant to the equity grant agreements granting each of Messrs. Barone, Bray, Appel and Patel Series 1 Class A units, Series 2 Class A units, and RSUs with respect to Series 1 Class C and D preferred units, in the event the named executive officer’s employment terminates as a result the Company terminating the named executive officer’s employment without cause within 6 months following a change in control, all of the named executive officer’s outstanding and unvested equity awards will become vested.
 
Manager Compensation
 
The Nationstar Board of Managers is comprised of managers elected by our unitholders. We currently have two members on the Board of Managers: Peter Smith and Anthony Barone. Mr. Barone receives no payments in addition to what has been described as a result of his service on the Board of Managers. Mr. Smith is an employee of our sponsor and we pay him no additional compensation for his service on the Company’s Board of Managers.
 
The Nationstar Capital Corporation Board of Directors is comprised of directors elected by the stockholders of Nationstar Capital Corporation. We currently have two members on the Board of Directors: Anthony Barone and Jay Bray. Mr. Barone and Mr. Bray receive no payments in addition to what has been described as a result of their service on the Board of Directors.


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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Under SEC rules, a related person is an officer, director, nominee for director or beneficial holder of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities since the beginning of the last fiscal year or an immediate family member of any of the foregoing. Our Board of Managers is primarily responsible for developing and implementing processes and controls to obtain information from our directors, executive officers and significant stockholders regarding related-person transactions and then determining, based on the facts and circumstances, whether we or a related person has a direct or indirect material interest in these transactions. We currently do not have a standalone written policy for evaluating related party transactions. Our officers and managers use an established process to review, approve and ratify transactions with related parties. When considering potential transactions involving a related party that may require board approval, our officers notify our board of managers of the proposed transaction, provide a brief background of the transaction and schedule a meeting with the board of managers to review the matter. At such meetings, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other members of management, as appropriate, provide information to the board of managers regarding the proposed transaction, after which the board of managers and management discuss the transaction and the implications of engaging a related party as opposed to an unrelated third party. If the board of managers (or specified managers as required by applicable legal requirements) determines that the transaction is in our best interests, it will vote to approve entering into the transaction with the applicable related party. Other than compensation agreements and other arrangements which are described under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and the transactions described below, since January 1, 2009, there has not been, and there is not currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a party in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000 and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
 
We currently serve as the loan servicer for two securitized loan portfolios managed by Newcastle Investment Corp., which is managed by an affiliate of Fortress, for which we receive a monthly net servicing fee equal to 0.5% per annum on the unpaid principal balance of the portfolios. For the years ended December 31, 2009, December 31, 2010, and for the three months ended March 31, 2011, we received servicing fees of $7.4 million, $6.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The outstanding unpaid principal balance as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, was $1.2 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively.
 
We currently serve as the loan sub-servicer for three loan portfolios managed by FCDB FF1 LLC, FCDB 8020 REO LLC, FCDB FF1 2008-1 Trust, FCDB UB 8020 Residential LLC and FCDB GMPL 2008-1 Trust, which is managed by an affiliate of Fortress, for which we receive a monthly per loan sub-servicing fee and other performance incentive fees subject to our agreement with them. For the years ended December 31, 2009, December 31, 2010, and for the three months ended March 31, 2011, we received $1.0 million, $0.6 million, and $0.4 million of sub-servicing fees, respectively. The outstanding unpaid principal balance as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, was $121.1 million and $109.7 million, respectively.
 
In September 2010, we entered into a marketing agreement with American General Home Equity, Inc. (“Amgen”), American General Financial Services of Arkansas, Inc. (“Amgen Arkansas”) and MorEquity, Inc. (“MorEquity” and together with Amgen and Amgen Arkansas, the “Amgen Entities”), each of which are indirectly owned by investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Pursuant to this agreement, we market our mortgage origination products to customers of the Amgen Entities, and are compensated by the origination fees of loans that we refinance. For the year ended December 31, 2010, and for the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recognized revenue of $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively. The marketing agreement has an initial term of six months. Additionally, in January, 2011, we entered into three agreements to act as the loan sub-servicer for the Amgen Entities for a whole loan portfolio and two securitized loan portfolios totaling $4.4 billion for which we receive a monthly per loan sub-servicing fee and other performance incentive fees subject to our agreement with the Amgen Entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, we recognized revenue of $2.2 million in additional servicing and other performance incentive fees related to these portfolios.


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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
As of March 31, 2011, Nationstar Mortgage LLC is the sole shareholder of Nationstar Capital Corporation, owning 100% of its outstanding capital stock. As of December 31, 2010, FIF HE Holdings LLC (“Holdings”), a holding company, is the sole member of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, owning 100% of its outstanding membership interests. The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2010 regarding the beneficial ownership of Holdings’ issued and outstanding Series 1 units by:
 
  •  each person or group who is known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of Holdings’ issued and outstanding Series 1 Class A units;
 
  •  each of our directors;
 
  •  each of our named executive officers; and
 
  •  all of our directors and executive officers as a group.
 
For further information regarding material transactions between us and certain of our stockholders, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
 
Beneficial ownership for the purposes of the following table is determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These rules generally provide that a person is the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of securities, or to dispose or direct the disposition of securities or has the right to acquire such powers within 60 days. The information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Except as disclosed in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, we believe that each beneficial owner identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all Series 1 units shown as beneficially owned by the beneficial owner. For purposes of the calculations in the table below, the number of Series 1 units deemed outstanding includes Series 1 units issuable upon exercise of options held by the respective person which may be exercised within 60 days after January 31, 2011. For purposes of calculating each person’s percentage ownership, Series 1 units issuable pursuant to options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2010 are included as outstanding and beneficially owned for that person or group, but are not deemed outstanding for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Unless otherwise indicated in the table or footnotes below, the address for each beneficial owner is c/o Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 350 Highland Drive, Lewisville, Texas 75067.
 
Holdings has four types of issued and outstanding Series 1 units. Series 1 Class A units have voting rights. Series 1 Class B preferred units, Series 1 Class C preferred units and Series 1 Class D units do not have voting rights. The percentage of beneficial ownership of our Series 1 units is based on 13,076,679 Series 1 Class A units, 1,000 Series 1 Class B preferred units, 82,214,532 Series 1 Class C preferred units and 83,309,399 Series 1 Class D preferred units issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2011. The percentage of beneficial ownership of our Series 1 Class A units is based on 13,076,679 Series 1 Class A units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010.
 
                 
    Number of
    Percentage of
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
  Series 1 Units(2)     Series 1 Units(2)  
 
Executive Officers and Directors
               
Peter Smith
    0       *  
Anthony H. Barone
    601,784       *  
Jay Bray
    491,722       *  
Robert Appel
    292,420       *  
Amar Patel
    196,107       *  
Douglas Krueger
    0       *  
All executive officers, managers and directors as a group (6 persons)
    1,582,033       0.9%  
 


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    Number of
    Percentage of
 
    Series 1 Class A
    Series 1 Class A
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
  Units(2)     Units(2)  
 
5% Interest holders
               
Fortress Fund III Funds(1)
    6,434,408       49.2%  
Fortress Fund IV Funds(1)
    6,434,411       49.2%  
 
 
Less than 1%
 
(1) Fortress Fund III Funds represent Fortress Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) L.P., FIF III B HE BLKR LLC, and FIF III C HE BLKR LLC. Fortress Fund IV Funds represent Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P. and Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P., FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC and FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC. Fortress Fund III GP LLC is the general partner of each of the Fortress Fund III Funds. The sole managing member of Fortress Fund III GP LLC is Fortress Investment Fund GP (Holdings) LLC. The sole managing member of Fortress Investment Fund III GP (Holdings) LLC is Fortress Operating Entity I LP (“FOE I”). FIG Corp. is the general partner of FOE I, and FIG Corp. is wholly owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC. Fortress Fund IV GP L.P. is the general partner of each of the Fortress Fund IV Funds. Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd. is the general partner of Fortress Fund IV GP L.P. Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd. is wholly owned by FOE I. FIG Corp. is the general partner of FOE I. FIG Corp. is wholly owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC. By virtue of his ownership interest in Fortress Investment Group LLC and certain of its affiliates, as well as his role in advising certain investment funds, Wesley R. Edens may be deemed to be the natural person that has sole or shared voting and investment control over the shares listed as beneficially owned by Holdings. Mr. Edens disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. The address of all persons listed above is c/o Fortress Investment Group LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor, New York, New York 10105.
 
(2) Holdings issues its equity interests in two series, each of which relate to certain specified assets of the LLC: Series 1 units, which relate to all the issued and outstanding membership interests in Nationstar Mortgage LLC; and Series 2 units, which relate to equity interests in a separate entity, which is neither a subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage LLC nor a guarantor of the Notes. Certain executive compensation arrangements include equity grants of the Series 2 units of Holdings. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW NOTES
 
We issued the Old Notes and issue the New Notes under an indenture, or the “Indenture,”, dated as of March 26, 2010, among Nationstar Mortgage LLC (the “Company”), Nationstar Capital Corporation, (the “ Co-Issuer” and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement. We urge you to read the Indenture, including the form and terms of the notes, and the Registration Rights Agreement because they define your rights as a holder of notes. The terms of the notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or the “TIA.” You may request a copy of the Indenture at our address as shown under “—Additional Information” below. You can find definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this section under “—Certain Definitions.” For purposes of this section, references to the “Company” or “our” include only Nationstar Mortgage LLC and not its Subsidiaries. The term “Issuers” refers collectively to the Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Capital Corporation.
 
The Issuers will issue $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of the New Notes due 2015 in fully registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Trustee will initially act as the paying agent, or the “Paying Agent,” and the registrar, or the “Registrar,” for the New Notes. The Company may change any Paying Agent and Registrar without notice to holders of the New Notes, or the “Holders.” The Company will pay principal (and premium, if any) on the New Notes at the Trustee’s corporate trust office in New York, New York. At the Company’s option, interest and Additional Interest, if any, may be paid at the Trustee’s corporate trust office or by check mailed to the registered address of Holders.
 
Brief Description of the Notes and the Note Guarantees
 
The New Notes:
 
  •  will be general unsecured obligations of the Issuers;
 
  •  will be pari passu in right of payment with all existing and any future senior Indebtedness of the Issuers;
 
  •  will be effectively junior in right of payment to all existing and future senior secured Indebtedness of the Issuers to the extent of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
 
  •  will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuers;
 
  •  will be subject to registration with the SEC pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;
 
  •  will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors; and
 
  •  will be effectively junior to any existing and future liabilities of our non-Guarantor subsidiaries.
 
We have not issued other debt securities, except for the Old Notes, which will be pari passu in right of payment with the New Notes. We have not issued and do not plan to issue any securities which will materially limit or qualify the rights of holders of the Old Notes and the New Notes.
 
Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the notes will be effectively subordinated to secured Indebtedness of the Company—including, without limitation, all Indebtedness under the Existing Facilities, Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness, Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness, Permitted MSR Indebtedness, Permitted Residual Indebtedness and Securitization Indebtedness. In the event of the Company’s bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up, the Company’s assets that secure such secured Indebtedness will be available to pay obligations on the notes only after all Indebtedness under such secured Indebtedness has been repaid in full from such assets.
 
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our future Warehouse Facility Trusts, our future MSR Facility Trusts and other than any Domestic Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in the future. As of the Issue Date, Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust 2009-A, Nationstar Home Equity Loan 2009-A REO LLC, Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADVI, Nationstar Residual, LLC, Nationstar Funding LLC and Nationstar Advance Funding LLC are our Securitization Entities which will not guarantee the notes.
 
Each guarantee of the notes:
 
  •  will be a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor;
 
  •  will be pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior Indebtedness of that Guarantor;
 
  •  will be effectively junior in right of payment to all existing and future senior secured Indebtedness of that Guarantor to the extent of the assets securing such Indebtedness; and
 
  •  will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future subordinated Indebtedness of that Guarantor.
 
Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the guarantee of the notes will be effectively subordinated to secured Indebtedness of the Guarantor—including, without limitation, all Indebtedness under the Existing Facilities, Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness, Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness, Permitted MSR Indebtedness, Permitted Residual Indebtedness, Securitization Indebtedness and any secured guarantee of the Indebtedness of the Company. In the event of a Guarantor’s bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or other winding up or similar proceeding, the Guarantor’s assets that secure such secured Indebtedness of the Guarantor will be available to pay obligations on its note guarantee only after all Indebtedness under such secured Indebtedness has been repaid in full from such assets.
 
As of the date of the Indenture, all of our Subsidiaries will be “Restricted Subsidiaries.” However, under the circumstances described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,” we will be permitted to designate Subsidiaries as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries.” Our Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture. Our Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not guarantee the notes.
 
Transfer and Exchange
 
A Holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the Indenture. The registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuers will not be required to transfer or exchange any notes selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer. Also, the Issuers will not be required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of notes to be redeemed. The registered Holder of a note will be treated as the owner of the note for all purposes.
 
Principal, Maturity and Interest
 
The notes are initially being offered up to the principal amount of $250.0 million. The Issuers may, without the consent of the Holders, increase the principal amount of the notes in the future on the same terms and conditions and with the same CUSIP number as the notes being offered hereby. Any offering of additional notes is subject to the covenant described below under the caption “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” The notes offered hereby and any additional notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture.
 
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October 1, 2010, to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the March 15 and September 15 immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. Interest on the notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including March 26, 2010.
 
The notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund.
 
Additional Interest may accrue on the notes in certain circumstances pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. See “Exchange Offer; Registration Rights.”
 
Note Guarantees
 
The notes will be guaranteed by each of the Company’s current and future Domestic Subsidiaries, other than our future Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries, Securitization Entities, Warehouse Facility Trusts, MSR Facility Trusts and future Unrestricted Subsidiaries. These Note Guarantees will be joint and several obligations of the Guarantors. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that Note Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. This provision may not, however, be effective to protect a Note Guarantee from being voided under fraudulent transfer law, or may reduce the applicable Guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its Note Guarantee worthless. If a Note Guarantee was rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Note Guarantee could be reduced to zero. See “Risk Factors—Your right to be repaid would be adversely affected if a court determined that any of our subsidiaries made any guarantee for inadequate consideration or with the intent to defraud creditors.”
 
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Issuers or another Guarantor, unless:
 
  (1)  except in the case of a merger entered into solely for the purpose of reincorporating a Guarantor in another jurisdiction, immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
 
  (2)  either:
 
  (a)  the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if not the Guarantor) assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the Indenture, its Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the trustee; or
 
  (b)  the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are either (i) applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture or (ii) not required to be applied in accordance with any provision of the Indenture.
 
The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released:
 
  (1)  in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the “Asset Sale” provisions of the Indenture;
 
  (2)  in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate the “Asset Sale” provisions of the Indenture;


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  (3)  if the Company designates any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture; or
 
  (4)  upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture as provided below under the captions “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” and “—Satisfaction and Discharge.”
 
Redemption
 
Optional Redemption.  At any time prior to April 1, 2013, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of notes on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the applicable date of redemption).
 
On or after April 1, 2013, the Issuers may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on April 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of notes on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the applicable date of redemption:
 
         
Year
  Percentage
 
2013
    105.438 %
2014 and thereafter
    100.000 %
 
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any note on any applicable redemption date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such note and (ii) the excess of:
 
  (1)  the present value at such redemption date of the sum of (i) the redemption price of such note at April 1, 2013 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such note through April 1, 2013 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), such present value to be computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over
 
  (2)  the then outstanding principal amount of such note.
 
“Treasury Rate” means, as determined by the Issuers, as of the applicable redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of constant maturity United States Treasury securities (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to such redemption date (or, if such statistical release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to April 1, 2013; provided, however, that if no published maturity exactly corresponds with such date, then the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated on a straight-line basis from the arithmetic mean of the yields for the next shortest and next longest published maturities; provided further, however, that if the period from such redemption date to April 1, 2013, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
 
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unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of notes on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the applicable date of redemption); provided that:
 
  1.  at least 65.0% of the principal amount of all notes issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption; and
 
  2.  the Issuers makes such redemption not more than 90 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering.
 
“Equity Offering” means a sale either (1) of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock and other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) by the Company or (2) of Equity Interests of a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) to the extent that the net proceeds therefrom are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company.
 
Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent.
 
In addition to the Issuers’ rights to redeem notes as set forth above, the Issuers may at any time and from time to time purchase notes in open-market transactions, tender offers or otherwise.
 
Selection and Notice of Redemption
 
In the event that the Issuers choose to redeem less than all of the notes, selection of the notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee either:
 
  1.  in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the notes are listed; or
 
  2.  on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
 
No notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. If a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, the Trustee will select the notes only on a pro rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable (subject to DTC procedures). Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of notes to be redeemed at its registered address. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on notes or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Issuers have deposited with the Paying Agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price.
 
Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
 
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Issuers purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101.0% of the principal amount of the notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the rights of Holders of notes on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date that is on or prior to the applicable date of redemption).
 
Within 30 days following the date upon which a Change of Control occurs, the Issuers must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have a note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect


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Purchase” on the reverse of the note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered notes and their election to require the Issuers to purchase such notes; provided that the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the last day of the offer period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the notes, the principal amount of the notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his tendered notes and his election to have such notes purchased.
 
The Issuers will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuers and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the Indenture as described above under the caption “—Optional Redemption,” unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.
 
If a Change of Control Offer is made, we cannot assure you that the Issuers will have available funds sufficient to pay the Change of Control purchase price for all the notes that might be delivered by Holders seeking to accept the Change of Control Offer. In the event the Issuers are required to purchase notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, the Issuers expect that they would seek third-party financing to the extent they do not have available funds to meet their purchase obligations. However, we cannot assure you that the Issuers would be able to obtain such financing. See “Risk Factors—We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to finance the change of control offer required by the indenture governing the notes.”
 
The Company’s other existing and future senior Indebtedness may prohibit events that would constitute a Change of Control. If the Company were to experience a change of control that triggers a default under such other senior Indebtedness, the Company could seek a waiver of such default or seek to refinance such other senior Indebtedness. In the event that the Company does not obtain such a waiver or refinance such senior Indebtedness, such default could result in amounts outstanding under such other senior Indebtedness to be declared due and payable. In addition, the exercise by the Holders of notes of their right to require the Issuers to repurchase the notes could cause a default under such other senior Indebtedness, even if the occurrence of the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchases on the Issuers.
 
Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor the Trustee may waive the covenant relating to a Holder’s right to redemption upon a Change of Control; such provisions may only be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.
 
Restrictions in the Indenture described herein on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness, to grant liens on its property and to make Restricted Payments (as defined below) may also make more difficult or discourage a takeover of the Company, whether favored or opposed by the management of the Company. Consummation of any such transaction in certain circumstances may require redemption or repurchase of the notes, and we cannot assure you that the Company or the acquiring party will have sufficient financial resources to effect such redemption or repurchase. Such restrictions and the restrictions on transactions with Affiliates may, in certain circumstances, make more difficult or discourage any leveraged buyout of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the management of the Company. While such restrictions cover a wide variety of arrangements that have traditionally been used to effect highly leveraged transactions, the Indenture may not afford the Holders protection in all circumstances from the adverse aspects of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction.
 
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under


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applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of notes to require the Company to repurchase its notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
 
The Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Change of Control” provisions of the Indenture, the Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the “Change of Control” provisions of the Indenture by virtue thereof.
 
Asset Sales
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, other than a Required Asset Sale or any Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale unless:
 
  (1)  the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
 
  (2)  at least 75.0% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
 
  (a)  any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or a third party on behalf of such transferee) pursuant to a customary innovation or other agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
 
  (b)  any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
 
  (c)  any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Total Assets, at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
 
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, including a Required Asset Sale or a Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale, the Issuers (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds at its option, in any combination of the following:
 
  (1)  to prepay or repay Secured Debt or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor, and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided, however, that, except in the case of Net Proceeds from a Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale, Net Proceeds, may not be applied to the prepayment or repayment of Non-Recourse Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Existing Facilities or Permitted Funding Indebtedness,


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  other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness, Indebtedness under Existing Facilities or Permitted Funding Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were subject to such Asset Sale;
 
  (2)  to prepay or repay Pari Passu Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Indenture to the extent required by the terms thereof, and, in the case of Pari Passu Debt under revolving credit facilities or other similar Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
 
  (3)  to make one or more offers to the holders of the notes (and, at the option of the Company, the holders of Pari Passu Debt) to purchase notes (and such other Pari Passu Debt) pursuant to and subject to the conditions applicable to Asset Sale Offers described below;
 
  (4)  to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
 
  (5)  to acquire other assets (including, without limitation, MSRs and Securitization Assets) that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
 
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings and/or borrowings under Permitted Funding Indebtedness or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Indenture.
 
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the second paragraph of this covenant will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, within thirty days thereof, the Issuers will make an Asset Sale Offer to all holders of notes and all holders of Pari Passu Debt containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of notes and such Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100.0% of the principal amount (or, in the case of any other Pari Passu Debt offered at a significant original issue discount, 100.0% of the accreted value thereof, if permitted by the relevant indenture or other agreement governing such Pari Passu Debt) plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes and Pari Passu Debt tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will select the notes and such Pari Passu Debt to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
 
The Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture, the Issuers will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such compliance.


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Certain Covenants
 
Covenant Suspension
 
During any period of time that the notes are rated Investment Grade and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following covenants:
 
  •  “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales;”
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;”
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments;”
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries;”
 
  •  clause (2) of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets;”
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates;”
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries;” and
 
  •  “—Certain Covenants—Conduct of Business”
 
(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the preceding sentence and, subsequently, one or both of the Rating Agencies, as applicable, withdraws its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to the notes such that the notes are not rated Investment Grade, then the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants, it being understood that no actions taken by (or omissions of) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the suspension period shall constitute a Default or an Event of Default under the Suspended Covenants. Furthermore, after the time of reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants upon such withdrawal or downgrade, calculations with respect to Restricted Payments will be made in accordance with the terms of the covenant described below under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” as though such covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time from the Issue Date.
 
There can be no assurance that the notes will ever achieve or maintain Investment Grade Ratings.
 
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock, in each case other than Permitted Indebtedness.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness), and the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries may issue Preferred Stock, in each case if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds thereof:
 
  1.  the Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio of the Company is less than 1.1 to 1.0; and
 
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In connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to the second paragraph of this covenant incurred prior to the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers are required to provide an officers’ certificate to the Trustee on or prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio and the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Company and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Trustee, together with such certificate, a covenant compliance certificate from the Company’s independent auditors attesting to the accuracy of such calculations.
 
Limitation on Restricted Payments.  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
 
  1.  declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company) on or in respect of shares of the Company’s Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock;
 
  2.  purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock (other than in exchange for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company);
 
  3.  make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes; or
 
  4.  make any Restricted Investment
 
if at the time of such action (each such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as, a “Restricted Payment”) or immediately after giving effect thereto,
 
  (i)  a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; or
 
  (ii)  immediately after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Company is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on the Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;” or
 
  (iii)  the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the Issue Date (the amount expended for such purposes, if other than in cash, being the Fair Market Value of such property) shall exceed the sum of:
 
  (a)  50.0% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100.0% of such deficit); plus
 
  (b)  100.0% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property received by the Company from any Person since the Issue Date including:
 
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  (ii)  the issuance or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Capital Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Capital Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
 
  (c)  to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; plus
 
  (d)  to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date.
 
The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:
 
  1.  the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or notice of such redemption if the dividend or payment of the redemption price, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of declaration or notice under the Indenture;
 
  2.  the making of any Restricted Payment, either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (iii) through the application of a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Company from its shareholders (which capital contribution (to the extent so used) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clause (iii)(b) of the immediately preceding paragraph);
 
  3.  the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including the acquisition of any shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company) that is unsecured or contractually subordinated to the notes or to any Note Guarantee by exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
 
  4.  so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value by the Company of Common Stock (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire Common Stock) of the Company (or payments to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to permit distributions to repurchase common equity (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire common equity) thereof) of such direct or indirect parent company) from any future, current or former officer, director, manager or employee (or any spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs or legatees of any of the foregoing) of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2.5 million in any calendar year plus (i) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company after the Issue Date from the issuance of such Equity Interests to, or the exercise of options to purchase such Equity Interests by, any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (provided that the amount of such net cash proceeds received by the Company and utilized pursuant to this clause (4)(i) for any such repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement will be excluded from clause


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  (iii)(b) of the preceding paragraph) and (ii) the proceeds of “key-man” life insurance policies that are used to make such redemptions or repurchases; provided that amounts available pursuant to this clause (4) to be utilized for Restricted Payments during any twelve-month period may be carried forward and utilized in the next succeeding twelvemonth period and provided, further, that the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company from any future, current or former officer, director, manager or employee (or any spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs or legatees of any of the foregoing) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any repurchase of Capital Stock of such entities (or warrants or options or rights to acquire such Capital Stock) will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment under the Indenture;
 
  5.  (a) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants and (b) repurchases of Equity Interests or options to purchase Equity Interests deemed to occur in connection with the exercise of stock options to the extent necessary to pay applicable withholding taxes;
 
  6.  the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company to, or the making of loans to, its direct parent company in amounts required for the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to pay, without duplication as to amounts of:
 
  (a)  franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of the Company and its direct and indirect parent entities (including a corporation organized to hold interests in the Company in connection with the public issuance of shares) plus $250,000 per year;
 
  (b)  federal, state, and local income taxes on a consolidated or combined tax group of which the direct or indirect parent is the common parent, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not directly payable by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from any of the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company; provided that (i) in determining such taxes, the effect thereon of any net operating loss carryforwards or other carryforwards or tax attributes, such as alternative minimum tax carryforwards, shall be taken into account, (ii) if there is an adjustment in the amount of Taxable Income for any periods, an appropriate positive or negative adjustment shall be made to the amount of distributions or loans permitted pursuant to this Section 6(b), and if the adjustment is negative, then the permitted distribution on loan for succeeding periods shall be reduced (without duplication of reductions due to clause 6(b)(i) hereof) to take into account such negative amount until such negative amount is reduced to zero, (iii) any distribution or loan in respect of such taxes other than amounts relating to estimated payments shall be computed by a nationally recognized accounting firm and (iv) in no event will such dividends and loans exceed the amounts that the Company and its Restricted and/or Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as applicable) would have paid a stand-alone group;
 
  (c)  so long as the Company is treated for income tax purposes as a disregarded entity or a partnership, distributions to equity holders or partners of the Company in an amount not to exceed the Tax Amount for such period; provided that a distribution of the Tax Amount shall be made no earlier than 10 days prior to the due date of the tax payable by equityholders or partners of the Company to which such Tax Amount relates;
 
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  benefits are attributable to the ownership or operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
 
  (e)  general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
  7.  so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the Issue Date in accordance with the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on the Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
 
  8.  the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
 
  9.  any repricing or issuance of employee stock options or the adoption of bonus arrangements, in each case in connection with the issuance of the notes, and payments pursuant to such arrangements;
 
  10.  Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
 
  11.  Restricted Payments made with Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales remaining after application thereof as required by the “Asset Sale” provisions of the Indenture (including after the making by the Issuers of any Asset Sale Offer required to be made by the Issuers pursuant to such covenant and the purchase of all notes tendered therein);
 
  12.  upon occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the Change of Control Offer pursuant to the “Change of Control” provisions of the Indenture (including the purchase of all notes tendered), any purchase or redemption of Obligations of the Company that are subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed 101.0% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such purchase or redemption is not made, directly or indirectly, from the proceeds of (or made in anticipation of) any issuance of Indebtedness by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
 
  13.  Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $17.5 million.
 
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date in accordance with clause (iii) above, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (4), (7) and (13) shall be included in such calculation.
 
Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to:
 
  1.  pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
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  3.  transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, except, with respect to clauses (1), (2) and (3), for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
 
  (a)  applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
 
  (b)  the Indenture and the notes;
 
  (c)  customary non-assignment provisions of any contract or any lease of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  (d)  any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired;
 
  (e)  the Existing Facilities as each exists on the Issue Date and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided that any restrictions imposed pursuant to any such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing are ordinary and customary with respect to facilities similar to the Existing Facilities (under the relevant circumstances) and will not materially affect the Company’s ability to make anticipated principal and interest payments on the notes (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company);
 
  (f)  agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date;
 
  (g)  restrictions on the transfer of assets (other than cash) held in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company imposed under any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Indenture;
 
  (h)  provisions in agreements evidencing Permitted Funding Indebtedness that impose restrictions on the collateral securing such Indebtedness;
 
  (i)  restrictions on the transfer of assets subject to any Lien permitted under the Indenture imposed by the holder of such Lien;
 
  (j)  restrictions imposed by any agreement to sell assets or Capital Stock permitted under the Indenture to any Person pending the closing of such sale;
 
  (k)  any agreement or instrument governing Capital Stock of any Person that is acquired;
 
  (l)  the requirements of any Securitization, Warehouse Facility or MSR Facility that are exclusively applicable to any Securitization Entity, Warehouse Facility Trust, MSR Facility Trust or special purpose Subsidiary of the Company formed in connection therewith;
 
  (m)  customary provisions in joint venture and other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture;
 
  (n)  customary provisions in leases, licenses and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (o)  restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
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  affect the ability of the Issuers to pay the principal, interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes, as determined in good faith by the Company; and
 
  (q)  any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (b) through (d), (f) through (n) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors whose judgment shall be conclusively binding, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions, taken as a whole, than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
 
Limitation on Liens.  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind on the assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries unless:
 
  1.  in the case of Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes, the notes are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; and
 
  2.  in all other cases, the notes are equally and ratably secured except for:
 
  (a)  Liens existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date;
 
  (b)  Liens securing the notes and the Note Guarantees;
 
  (c)  Liens securing Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
 
  (d)  Liens securing Permitted Funding Indebtedness so long as any such Lien shall encumber only (i) the assets acquired or originated with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, assets that consist of Servicing Advances, MSRs, loans, mortgage related securities and other mortgage related receivables, REO Assets, Residual Assets and other similar assets subject to and pledged to secure such Indebtedness and (ii) any intangible contract rights and proceeds of, and other, related documents, records and assets directly related to the assets set forth in clause (i);
 
  (e)  Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness that is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness that has been secured by a Lien permitted under the Indenture and that has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens: (i) are no less favorable to the Holders than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and (ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so Refinanced (or property of the same type and value); and
 
  (f)  Permitted Liens.
 
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Liens are in existence at the time such assets or property is acquired and were not incurred in contemplation thereof), (14), (19) and (34) of the definition of Permitted Liens) unless all payments due under the Indenture and the notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
 
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:
 
  (1)  the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and (b) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness pursuant to the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Liens;”
 
  (2)  the consideration of that sale and leaseback transaction is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and
 
  (3)  the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”
 
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.  (A) Neither Issuer, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, may consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all such Issuer’s assets, to any Person and (B) the Company will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries) whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
 
  (1)  either:
 
  (a)  the Company, or such Issuer, as the case may be, shall be the surviving or continuing entity; or
 
  (b)  the Person (if other than the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets of the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, and of the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”):
 
  (i)  shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; provided that in the case where the Surviving Entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the notes is a corporation; and
 
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  (2)  immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company, such Issuer, or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall either (x) be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (y) have a pro forma Consolidated Leverage Ratio and a pro forma Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio that would not be more than the actual Consolidated Leverage Ratio and Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio of the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to such transaction;
 
  (3)  immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(b)(ii) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and
 
  (4)  the Company, such Issuer or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of the Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
 
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
 
The Indenture provides that upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with the foregoing, in which the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, is not the continuing entity, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, under the Indenture and the notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such.
 
This “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant will not apply to:
 
  (1)  a merger of the Company or such Issuer, as the case may be, with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reorganizing the Company in another jurisdiction or converting the Company into a corporation;
 
  (2)  any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
 
  (3)  any Required Asset Sale or Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale that complies with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”
 
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than: (1) Affiliate Transactions permitted as described below; and (2) Affiliate Transactions on terms that are no less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Subsidiary.
 
All Affiliate Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $7.5 million shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, such approval to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such Board of Directors has determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions.
 
The restrictions set forth in the first and second paragraphs of this covenant shall not apply to:
 
  1.  any employment or consulting agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or approved in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and payments pursuant thereto and the issuance of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) to directors and employees pursuant to stock option or stock ownership plans;
 
  2.  transactions between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
  3.  transactions between the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person in which the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries has made an Investment in the ordinary course of business and such Person is an Affiliate solely because of such Investment;
 
  4.  transactions between the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person in which the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries holds an interest as a joint venture partner and such Person is an Affiliate solely because of such interest;
 
  5.  any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transactions or payments contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith);
 
  6.  Restricted Payments permitted by the Indenture;
 
  7.  sales of Qualified Capital Stock and capital contributions to the Company from one or more holders of its Capital Stock;
 
  8.  the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders’ agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (8) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement, taken as a whole, are not disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith);
 
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  standpoint, to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or is on terms not materially less favorable than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company;
 
  10.  (i) the provision of mortgage servicing and similar services to Affiliates in the ordinary course of business and otherwise not prohibited by the Indenture that are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by the Company in good faith) or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party (as determined by the Company in good faith) and (ii) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture that are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
 
  11.  payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent entities or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith);
 
  12.  Guarantees by the Sponsor or any direct and indirect parent of the Company for Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
 
  13.  investments by the Sponsor in securities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company so long as the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms or the securities are acquired in market transactions.
 
Limitation on Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Company will not permit any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, other than (i) an Excluded Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) an MSR Facility Trust, a Securitization Entity or a Warehouse Facility Trust, directly or indirectly, by way of the pledge of any intercompany note or otherwise, to assume, guarantee or in any other manner become liable with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Indebtedness” (other than Permitted Funding Indebtedness to the extent such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary is a guarantor thereunder), unless, in any such case:
 
  1.  such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture, providing a guarantee (“Guarantee”) of payment of the notes by such Subsidiary; and
 
  2.  if such assumption, guarantee or other liability of such Restricted Subsidiary is provided in respect of Indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the notes, the guarantee or other instrument provided by such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Guarantee pursuant to subordination provisions no less favorable to the Holders of the notes than those contained in the Indenture.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the notes shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, upon:
 
  1.  the unconditional release of such Restricted Subsidiary from its liability in respect of the Indebtedness in connection with which such Guarantee was executed and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraph; or
 
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  and (b) such assumption, guarantee or other liability of such Restricted Subsidiary has been released by the holders of the other Indebtedness so guaranteed.
 
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.  The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default or Event of Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.” The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing following such designation.
 
Conduct of Business.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
 
Restrictions on Activities of Nationstar Capital Corporation.  Nationstar Capital Corporation may not hold any assets, become liable for any obligations or engage in any business activities; provided that Nationstar Capital Corporation may be a co-obligor of (i) the notes and (ii) any other Indebtedness incurred by the Company pursuant to the covenant described above under ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,” and in each case may engage in any activities directly related or necessary in connection therewith.
 
Reports to Holders.  Following consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of notes or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders of notes within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:
 
  (1)  all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports; and
 
  (2)  all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
 
The availability of the foregoing materials on the SEC’s EDGAR service (or its successor) shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s delivery obligation.
 
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Company’s consolidated financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants, and each Form 10-Q and 10-K will include a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries. In addition, following the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such filing).
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such requirements shall be deemed satisfied prior to the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement by (1) the filing with the SEC of the exchange offer registration statement and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that satisfies Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, subject to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in this prospectus, to the extent filed within the time specified above, or (2) by posting on its website or providing to the Trustee within 15 days of the time periods after the Company would have been required to file annual and interim reports with the SEC (which for the first quarterly report required to be posted or provided after the Issue Date shall be 60 days after the end of the applicable fiscal quarter), the financial information (including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section) that would be required to be included in such reports, subject to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in this prospectus.
 
Prior to the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will disclose in the financial information posted on its website or provided to the Trustee (1) the amount of the Company’s Consolidated Net Income for the applicable quarter or year, and (2) the amount of the Company’s Consolidated EBITDA for the most-recently ended four full fiscal quarters. After the consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company may disclose such amounts of Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA (a) by posting on its website, (b) by delivering to the Trustee, or (c) by furnishing on Form 8-K.
 
In the event that any direct or indirect parent of the Company becomes a Guarantor of the notes, the Indenture will permit the Company to satisfy its obligations in this covenant with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to such parent; provided that such reporting is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information related to the Company, the Note Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Company on a standalone basis on the other hand.
 
If, at any time after consummation of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding paragraphs of this covenant with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in the preceding paragraphs on a website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
 
If, at any time, the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then any “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” or other comparable section, shall provide an analysis and discussion of the material differences with respect to the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as compared to the Company and its Subsidiaries (including such Unrestricted Subsidiaries).


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In addition, the Company agrees that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of New Notes, the Company will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations described below under clause (3) of the caption under “—Events of Default” until 30 days after the date on which any report hereunder is due.
 
Events of Default
 
The following events are defined in the Indenture as “Events of Default”:
 
  1.  the failure to pay interest, or Additional Interest, if any, on any notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
 
  2.  the failure to pay the principal on any notes, when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer);
 
  3.  a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture and such default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of all notes issued under the Indenture;
 
  4.  the failure to pay at final maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or the acceleration of the final stated maturity of any such Indebtedness (which acceleration is not rescinded, annulled or otherwise cured within 20 days of receipt by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of notice of any such acceleration) if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more at any time;
 
  5.  one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $25.0 million shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable (other than any judgments as to which, and only to the extent, a reputable insurance company has acknowledged coverage of such judgments in writing);
 
  6.  certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency affecting the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or
 
  7.  the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary of the Company shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture.
 
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) above with respect to the Company) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the notes issued under the Indenture to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a


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“notice of acceleration,” or the “Acceleration Notice,” and the same shall become immediately due and payable.
 
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) above with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
 
The Indenture provides that, at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all notes issued under the Indenture may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:
 
  1.  if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;
 
  2.  if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
 
  3.  to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;
 
  4.  if the Company has paid the Trustee (including its agents and counsel) its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and
 
  5.  in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clause (6) of the description above of Events of Default, the Trustee shall have received an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
 
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
 
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on any notes.
 
Holders of the notes may not enforce the Indenture or the notes except as provided in the Indenture and under the TIA. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Subject to all provisions of the Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.
 
Under the Indenture, the Issuers are required to provide an officers’ certificate to the Trustee within five Business Days of any Default or Event of Default (provided that such officers shall provide such certification at least annually whether or not they know of any Default or Event of Default) that has occurred and is continuing and, if applicable, describe such Default or Event of Default and the status thereof.
 
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
 
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effective to waive liabilities under the Federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
 
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
 
The Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have their obligations discharged with respect to the notes (“Legal Defeasance”). Such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the notes, except for:
 
  1.  the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the notes when such payments are due;
 
  2.  the Issuers’ obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payments;
 
  3.  the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and
 
  4.  the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture.
 
In addition, the Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of the Issuers released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described under “Events of Default” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes.
 
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
 
  1.  on the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in Dollars, non-callable U.S. government obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on the notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and any other amounts owing under the Indenture (in the case of an optional redemption date prior to electing to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an irrevocable notice to redeem all of the outstanding notes on such redemption date);
 
  2.  in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions:
 
  (a)  the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
 
  (b)  since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
 
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  income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
 
  4.  no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and the incurrence of Liens associated with any such borrowings));
 
  5.  such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;
 
  6.  the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuers or others; and
 
  7.  the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the opinion of counsel required by clause 2 above with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable on the maturity date within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers.
 
Satisfaction and Discharge
 
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the notes, as expressly provided for in the Indenture) as to all notes when:
 
  1.  either:
 
  (a)  all the notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
 
  (b)  all notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuers, and the Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on (including Additional Interest, if any) the notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuers directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
 
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  3.  the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been complied with.
 
Modification of the Indenture
 
From time to time, the Issuers and the Trustee, without the consent of the Holders, may amend the Indenture to:
 
  1.  cure any mistakes, ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies;
 
  2.  provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes or to alter the provisions of the Indenture relating to the form of the notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;
 
  3.  provide for the assumption of the Issuers’ or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the notes by a successor to the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to the “Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” covenant;
 
  4.  make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder of the notes or to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuers or any Guarantor;
 
  5.  comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;
 
  6.  provide for the issuance of notes issued after the Issue Date in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture;
 
  7.  allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the notes or to effect the release of any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or the Indenture (to the extent permitted by the Indenture);
 
  8.  secure the notes;
 
  9.  provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes; or
 
  10.  conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the notes to any provision of this “Description of the New Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of the New Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the notes.
 
The consent of the Holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.
 
In formulating its opinion on such matters, the Trustee will be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting upon, such evidence as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, solely on an opinion of counsel. Other modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Indenture, except that, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, no amendment may:
 
  1.  reduce the amount of notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
 
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  3.  reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any notes, or change the date on which any notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor;
 
  4.  make any notes payable in money other than that stated in the notes;
 
  5.  make any change in provisions of the Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such note on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of notes issued under the Indenture to waive Defaults or Events of Default;
 
  6.  waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, or Additional Interest, if any, on the notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
 
  7.  after the Issuers’ obligation to purchase notes arises thereunder, amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Issuers to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto; or
 
  8.  modify or change any provision of the Indenture or the related definitions affecting the ranking of the notes in a manner which adversely affects the Holders.
 
Governing Law
 
The Indenture provides that it and the notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
 
The Trustee
 
The Indenture provides that, except during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
 
The Indenture and the provisions of the TIA contain certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Issuers, to obtain payments of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. Subject to the TIA, the Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; provided that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as described in the TIA, it must eliminate such conflict or resign.
 
Additional Information
 
Anyone who receives this prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture without charge by writing to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 350 Highland Drive, Lewisville, Texas 75067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
 
Certain Definitions
 
Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for the full definition of all such terms, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
 
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with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case whether or not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
 
“Additional Interest” means the additional interest that may accrue on the notes under the circumstances described under the caption “Exchange Offer; Registration Rights.”
 
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.
 
“Asset Acquisition” means: (1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) other than in the ordinary course of business.
 
“Asset Sale” means:
 
  (1)  the sale, lease (other than operating leases entered in the ordinary course of business), conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease (other than operating leases entered in the ordinary course of business), conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than any Required Asset Sale or a Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale, will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and/or the provisions described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant; and
 
  (2)  the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
 
  (1)  any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;
 
  (2)  a transfer of assets between or among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  (3)  an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  (4)  the sale of advances, loans, customer receivables, mortgage related securities or other assets in the ordinary course of business, the sale of accounts receivable or other assets that by their terms convert into cash in the ordinary course of business and any sale of MSRs in connection with the origination of the associated mortgage loan in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (5)  the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
 
  (6)  disposition of Investments or other assets and disposition or compromise of receivables, in each case, in connection with the workout, compromise, settlement or collection thereof or exercise of remedies with respect thereto, in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy, foreclosure or similar proceedings, including foreclosure, repossession and


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  disposition of REO Assets and other collateral for loans serviced and/or originated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
  (7)  the modification of any loans owned or serviced by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (8)  a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or a Permitted Investment;
 
  (9)  disposals or replacements of damaged, worn out or obsolete equipment or other assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case the ordinary course of business;
 
  (10)  assets sold pursuant to the terms of Permitted Funding Indebtedness;
 
  (11)  a sale (in one or more transactions) of Securitization Assets or Residual Interests in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (12)  sales, transfers or contributions of Securitization Assets to Securitization Entities, Warehouse Facility Trusts and MSR Facility Trusts in connection with Securitizations in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (13)  a sale or other disposition of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
  (14)  the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien) permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Liens;” and
 
  (15)  transactions pursuant to repurchase agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.
 
“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Indenture.
 
“Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, as of the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate per annum implicit in the lease involved in such sale and leaseback transaction, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales or similar contingent amounts) during the remaining term of such lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended); provided, however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital Lease Obligation. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental payments shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rental payments shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
 
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the Board of Directors, or similar governing body, of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
 
“Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
 
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“Capital Stock” means:
 
  1.  with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person; or
 
  2.  with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests (whether general or limited) of such Person.
 
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Cash Equivalents” means:
 
  1.  Dollars;
 
  2.  in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, such local currencies held by such Foreign Subsidiary of the Company from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
 
  3.  securities or any evidence of indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities or such evidence of indebtedness);
 
  4.  marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the three highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;
 
  5.  certificates of deposit with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding twelve months and overnight bank deposits with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
 
  6.  repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (5) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (5) above;
 
  7.  commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and in each case maturing within twelve months after the date of acquisition; and
 
  8.  money market funds at least 90.0% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (7) of this definition.
 
In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, Cash Equivalents shall also include (a) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (8) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) local currencies and other short-term investments utilized by foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (8) and in this paragraph.


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“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
 
  1.  the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any Required Asset Sales or Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder; or
 
  2.  the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided that for purposes of calculating the “beneficial ownership” of any group, any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner” shall not be included in determining the amount of Voting Stock “beneficially owned” by such group.
 
“Co-Issuer” means Nationstar Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
 
“Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
 
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:
 
  1.  Consolidated Net Income; and
 
  2.  to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby:
 
  (a)  Consolidated Taxes;
 
  (b)  Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense on Indebtedness incurred under clauses (2), (5), (6), (10), (11), (12), (15) and (27) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness);
 
  (c)  depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (including charges related to the writeoff of goodwill or intangibles as a result of impairment, but excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;
 
  (d)  (1) customary fees and expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries payable in connection with (i) the issuance of the notes and (ii) the initial public offering of the Company’s Common Stock or the Common Stock of any of its direct or indirect parent companies after the Issue Date, (2) costs associated with exit and disposal activities incurred in connection with a restructuring as defined in ASC 420-10 (provided that such charges relating to the Company’s restructuring program initiated in 2007 (as described in this prospectus) may not exceed $2.5 million in the aggregate


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  in any Four Quarter Period) and (3) any amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs for Indebtedness incurred prior to the Issue Date;
 
  (e)  any amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs payable in connection with Corporate Indebtedness incurred concurrent with and after the Issue Date;
 
  (f)  recovery of other-than-temporary loss on available-for-sale securities recognized through members’ (or shareholders’) equity;
 
  (g)  all other unusual or non-recurring items of loss or expense as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith; and
 
  (h)  the amount of any expense related to minority interests; and, 3 decreased by (without duplication):
 
  (a)  non-cash gains pursuant to clause (2) above increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period (other than such cash charges that have been added back to Consolidated Net Income in calculating Consolidated EBITDA in accordance with this definition);
 
  (b)  all other unusual or non-recurring gains or revenue as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith;
 
  (c)  all interest income to the extent a matching interest expense has been added back to clause (2) above; and
 
  (d)  fair market value of MSRs capitalized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication:
 
  1.  the aggregate of the interest expense on Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation: (a) any amortization of debt discount; (b) the net costs under Permitted Hedging Transactions; (c) all capitalized interest; and (d) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;
 
  2.  to the extent not already included in clause (1), the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
 
  3.  the imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt created after the Issue Date; and
 
  4.  the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of Disqualified Capital of such Person or preferred stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
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four full fiscal quarters (the “Four Quarter Period”) for which internal financial statements are available ending prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”).
 
In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Corporate Indebtedness” and “Consolidated EBITDA” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:
 
  1.  the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and
 
  2.  any asset sales or other dispositions or any asset originations, asset purchases, Investments and Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Indebtedness that is Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA (including any pro forma expense and cost reductions) attributable to the assets which are originated or purchased, the Investments that are made and the assets that are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or asset sale or other disposition during the Four Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such asset sale or other disposition or asset origination, asset purchase, Investment or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
 
The pro forma calculations shall be made by a responsible accounting officer of the Company in good faith based on the information reasonably available to it at the time of such calculation. The foregoing calculations, pursuant to the transactions listed above in clauses (1) and (2), shall be required to comply with the requirements for pro forma financial statements in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the SEC related thereto.
 
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries before the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom:
 
  1.  after-tax gains and losses from asset sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto;
 
  2.  after-tax items classified as extraordinary gains or losses and direct impairment charges or the reversal of such charges on the Person’s assets;
 
  3.  the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise, except for such restrictions permitted by clauses (g) and (h) of the “Limitation on Dividend and Other


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  Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries” covenant, whether such permitted restrictions exist on the Issue Date or are created thereafter, except to the extent (in the case of net income) of cash dividends or distributions paid to the referent Person, or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary also subject to such restrictions), by such other Person;
 
  4.  the net income or loss of any other Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, except:
 
  (a)  to the extent (in the case of net income) of cash dividends or distributions paid to the referent Person, or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (3) above), by such other Person; or
 
  (b)  that the referent Person’s share of any net income or loss of such other Person under the equity method of accounting for Affiliates shall not be excluded;
 
  5.  any restoration to income of any contingency reserve of an extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual nature, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Issue Date;
 
  6.  income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued);
 
  7.  in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets;
 
  8.  any valuation allowance for mortgage loans held-for-investment and/or any change in fair value of mortgage loans held for sale and corresponding debt in relation to securitized loans in accordance with GAAP that require no additional capital or equity contributions to the Company;
 
  9.  change in fair value of MSRs or the amortization of MSRs pursuant to such Person’s accounting policy; and
 
  10.  an amount equal to all distributions during such period pursuant to clause (6)(c) of the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”
 
“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, the excess of such Person’s total assets over its total liabilities determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding (1) goodwill, (2) other intangibles and (3) cumulative impact from Issue Date of any valuation allowance for mortgage loans held-for-investment and/or any change in fair value of mortgage loans held for sale and corresponding debt in relation to securitized loans in accordance with GAAP that require no additional capital or equity contributions to the Company, in each case as of the end of the last completed fiscal quarter ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
 
“Consolidated Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (1) all income taxes and foreign withholding taxes and taxes based on capital and commercial activity (or similar taxes) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period and (2) all distributions pursuant to clause (6)(c) of the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”
 
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the purpose of this definition, Indebtedness incurred under clauses (2), (5), (6), (10), (11), (12), (15) and (27) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness).
 
“Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Corporate Indebtedness outstanding as of such date to (ii) the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, with such pro forma adjustments for transactions consummated on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of the calculation as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Consolidated Leverage Ratio.
 
“Credit Enhancement Agreements” means, collectively, any documents, instruments, guarantees or agreements entered into by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Securitization Entity for the purpose of providing credit support (that is reasonably customary as determined by Company senior management) with respect to any Permitted Funding Indebtedness or Permitted Securitization Indebtedness.
 
“Currency Agreement” means, with respect to any specified Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contracts, options on futures contracts or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any its Restricted Subsidiary against fluctuations in currency values.
 
“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
 
“Designated Noncash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of any noncash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an officers’ certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such Asset Sale less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Noncash Consideration.
 
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means that portion of any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event (other than an event which would constitute a Change of Control), matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control) on or prior to the final maturity date of the notes.
 
“Dollar” or “$” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
 
“Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
 
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
 
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
 
“Excluded Contributions” means net cash proceeds or marketable securities received by the Company from contributions to its common equity capital designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officers’ certificate on the date such capital contributions are made.
 
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removed through commercially reasonable efforts. As of the Issue Date, there are no Excluded Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
“Existing Facilities” means, collectively, the Existing Servicing Advance Facilities, the Existing Warehouse Facilities and the Existing MSR Facilities.
 
“Existing MSR Facilities” means the MSR Notes together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, increasing the interest rate or fees applicable thereto, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
 
“Existing Servicing Advance Facilities” means: (1) the $375.0 million Agreement with respect to MBS Loan Buyout Financing Option and the Further Amended and Restated Servicer Advance Early Reimbursement Mechanics Addendum, dated as of January 13, 2010, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein, (2) the $350.0 million Third Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2009, by and among the Company and the noteholders identified therein and (3) the MSR Notes, in each case, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, increasing the interest rate or fees applicable thereto, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
 
“Existing Warehouse Facilities” mean: (1) the $300.0 million Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2010, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein, (2) the $50.0 million Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2009, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein, (3) the $50.0 million Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as February 24, 2010, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein and (4) the $50.0 million As Soon As Pooled Plus Agreements, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein; in each case, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, increasing the interest rate or fees applicable thereto, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
 
“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value shall be determined by the senior management of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, when the fair market value of any asset other than cash is estimated in good faith to be below $5.0 million, and by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and, if the fair market value exceeds $10.0 million, shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company delivered to the Trustee.
 
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“Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets” means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, as determined in accordance with GAAP in good faith by the Company without intercompany eliminations.
 
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of December 31, 2009.
 
“Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).
 
“Guarantor” means each of:
 
  (1)  Nationstar Equity Corporation, Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC, Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P., Nationstar Industrial Loan Company, Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation, Harwood Insurance Services, LLC, Harwood Service Company of Georgia, LLC, Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC, Harwood Service Company LLC, Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC, Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation; and
 
  (2)  any other Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture,
 
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; provided that any Excluded Restricted Subsidiary, any Securitization Entities, any Warehouse Facility Trusts and any MSR Facility Trusts shall not be deemed to be Guarantors.
 
“Holder” means the Person in whose name the note is registered on the registrar’s book.
 
“Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication:
 
  1.  all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
 
  2.  all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
 
  3.  all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
 
  4.  all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted);
 
  5.  all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;
 
  6.  guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clauses (8) or (9) below;
 
  7.  Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above and clause (9) below which are secured by any lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or asset and the amount of the Obligation so secured;
 
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  9.  all Attributable Debt of such Person; and
 
  10.  all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any.
 
For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock.
 
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
 
  (1)  the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued at a discount to par;
 
  (2)  with respect to any Obligations under currency agreements and interest swap agreements, the net amount payable if such agreements terminated at that time due to default by such Person;
 
  (3)  in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
 
  (a)  the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and
 
  (b)  the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person; or
 
  (4)  except as provided above, the principal amount or liquidation preference thereof, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
 
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee), advance or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences or Indebtedness issued by, any Person that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. “Investment” shall exclude (x) accounts receivable, extensions of trade credit or advances by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ normal trade practices, as the case may be, (y) deposits made in the ordinary course of business and customary deposits into reserve accounts related to Securitizations and (z) commission, travel and similar advances to officers, directors, managers and employees, in each case, made in the ordinary course of business.
 
“Investment Grade” means a rating of the notes by both S&P and Moody’s, each such rating being one of such agency’s four highest generic rating categories that signifies investment grade (i.e. BBB- (or the equivalent) or higher by S&P and Baa3 (or the equivalent) or higher by Moody’s); provided that, in each case, such ratings are publicly available; provided, further, that in the event Moody’s or S&P is no longer in existence for purposes of determining whether the notes are rated “Investment Grade,” such organization may be replaced by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) designated by the Company, notice of which shall be given to the Trustee.
 
“Investment Grade Securities” means marketable securities of a Person (other than the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, an Affiliate of joint venture of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that


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are rated, at the time of acquisition, BBB- (or the equivalent) or higher by S&P and Baa3 (or the equivalent) or higher by Moody’s.
 
“Issue Date” means the date on which the notes are originally issued.
 
“Issuers” means the Company and the Co-Issuer.
 
“Legacy Loan Portfolio Sale” means the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, in one or more transactions of all or a portion of the residential mortgage loans subject to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2009 by and among the Company and the representatives of the initial purchasers party thereto.
 
“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
 
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.
 
“MSR” means mortgage servicing rights entitling the holder to service mortgage loans.
 
“MSR Assets” means MSRs other than (i) MSRs on loans originated by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries for so long as such MSRs are financed in the normal course of the origination of such loans and (ii) MSRs subject to existing Liens on the Issue Date securing Existing MSR Facilities.
 
“MSR Facility” means any financing arrangement of any kind, including, but not limited to, financing arrangements in the form of repurchase facilities, loan agreements, note issuance facilities and commercial paper facilities (excluding in all cases, Securitizations), with a financial institution or other lender or purchaser exclusively to finance or refinance the purchase, origination, pooling or funding by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of MSRs originated, purchased, or owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business.
 
“MSR Facility Trust” means any Person (whether or not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with an MSR Facility, which (i) notes and securities are backed by specified MSRs purchased by such Person from the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii) notes and securities are backed by specified mortgage loans purchased by such Person from the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
 
“MSR Indebtedness” means Indebtedness in connection with a MSR Facility; the amount of any particular MSR Indebtedness as of any date of determination shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP.
 
“MSR Loans” means loans outstanding under the MSR Notes that are, in accordance with the terms thereof, secured by the pledge of an MSR.
 
“MSR Notes” means the $22.2 million Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, by and among the Company and the lender identified therein.
 
“MSR Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that owns MSR Assets that have a Fair Market Value in excess of $5.0 million.
 
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, distributions to minority interest


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holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness that is:
 
  1.  specifically advanced to finance the acquisition of investment assets and secured only by the assets to which such Indebtedness relates without recourse to such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries acts as a guarantor in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation, breach of representation and warranty and misapplication, unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Indebtedness, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP purposes);
 
  2.  advanced to (i) such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries that holds investment assets or (ii) any of such Person’s Subsidiaries or group of such Person’s Subsidiaries formed for the sole purpose of acquiring or holding investment assets, in each case, against which a loan is obtained that is made without recourse to, and with no cross-collateralization against, such Person’s or any of such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries’ other assets (other than: (A) cross-colateralization against assets which serve as collateral for other Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and (B) subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries acts as a guarantor in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation, breach of representation and warranty and misapplication, unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Indebtedness, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP purposes) and upon complete or partial liquidation of which the loan must be correspondingly completely or partially repaid, as the case may be; or
 
  3.  specifically advanced to finance the acquisition of real property and secured by only the real property to which such Indebtedness relates without recourse to such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acts as a guarantor in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation, breach of representation and warranty and misapplication, unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Indebtedness, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP purposes)
 
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Non-Recourse Indebtedness is made with recourse to other assets of a Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, only that portion of such Non-Recourse Indebtedness that is recourse to such other assets or Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
 
“Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
 
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“Pari Passu Debt” means Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is senior or pari passu in right of payment with the notes. For the purposes of this definition, no Indebtedness will be considered to be senior or junior by virtue of being secured on a first or junior priority basis.
 
“Permitted Business” means businesses associated with the purchase and origination of mortgage loans or interests related thereto, and the purchase, management, collection and sale of mortgage servicing rights or complementary assets and businesses that are reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto or reasonable developments or extensions thereof.
 
“Permitted Funding Indebtedness” means (i) any Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness, (ii) any Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness, (iii) any Permitted Residual Indebtedness, (iv) any Permitted MSR Indebtedness, (v) any facility that combines any Indebtedness under clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) and (vi) any Refinancing of the Indebtedness under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) and advanced to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries based upon, and secured by, Servicing Advances, mortgage related securities, loans, MSRs, consumer receivables, REO Assets or Residual Interests existing on the Issue Date or created or acquired thereafter, provided, however that the excess (determined as of the most recent date for which internal financial statements are available), if any, of (x) the amount of any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with this clause (vi) for which the holder thereof has contractual recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy claims with respect thereto over (y) the aggregate (without duplication of amounts) Realizable Value of the assets that secure such Indebtedness shall not be Permitted Funding Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred under this clause (vi) which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provision under the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”). The amount of any Permitted Funding Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with the definition of “Indebtedness.”
 
“Permitted Hedging Transactions” means entering into instruments and contracts and making margin calls thereon by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in reasonable relation to a Permitted Business that are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculative purposes (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior management of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary) and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars, forward hedge and TBA contracts or mortgage sale contracts and similar instruments, “interest only” mortgage derivative assets or other mortgage derivative products, future contracts and options on futures contracts on the Eurodollar, Federal Funds, Treasury bills and Treasury rates and similar financial instruments.
 
“Permitted Holders” means Sponsor and its Affiliates and members of management of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
“Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:
 
  1.  Indebtedness under the notes issued in this offering and exchange notes issued in exchange for such notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and exchange notes issued in exchange for any additional notes issued under the Indenture and the Note Guarantees;
 
  2.  Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Existing Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the maximum amount available under each Existing Facility as in effect on the Issue Date reduced by any required permanent repayments (which are accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction) thereunder;
 
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  deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) in an amount not to exceed $35.0 million;
 
  4.  other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) above);
 
  5.  Permitted Hedging Transactions;
 
  6.  Indebtedness under Currency Agreements; provided that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
 
  7.  Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, provided, however, that (a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or any transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon and (b) if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the notes;
 
  8.  Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case subject to no Lien; provided that: (a) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor is unsecured and subordinated in right of payment, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the notes; and (b) if as of any date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owns or holds, directly or indirectly, any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the Company;
 
  9.  [reserved];
 
  10.  Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business;
 
  11.  Permitted Funding Indebtedness;
 
  12.  Permitted Securitization Indebtedness and Indebtedness under Credit Enhancement Agreements;
 
  13.  Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
  14.  (A) any guarantee by the Company or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is permitted under the terms of the Indenture, or (B) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness); provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with the covenant described below under “—Limitation on Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries”;
 
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  16.  Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Guarantors in connection with the acquisition of a Permitted Business; provided that on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the use of proceeds therefrom, either
 
  (a)  the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock;” or
 
  (b)  the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio of the Company would not be more than the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Corporate Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth Ratio of the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
 
  17.  Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred to finance the development, construction, purchase, lease, repairs, maintenance or improvement of assets (including MSRs and related Servicing Advances) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the Liens securing such Indebtedness may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the latter of the acquisition or completion of the construction of the property subject to the Lien, provided, further that the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the Fair Market Value of the assets purchased or constructed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
 
  18.  Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, amounts or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (18));
 
  19.  Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness from the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value by the Company of Common Stock (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire Common Stock) of the Company (or payments to any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to permit distributions to repurchase common equity (or options, warrants or other rights to acquire common equity) thereof) from any future, current or former officer, director, manager or employee (or any spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs or legatees of any of the foregoing) of the Company, any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives to the extent described in clause (4) of the second paragraph under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments;”
 
  20.  Indebtedness in respect of overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with customary deposit accounts maintained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with banks and other financial institutions as part of its ordinary cash management program;
 
  21.  the incurrence of Indebtedness by a Foreign Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding, together with any other Indebtedness incurred under this clause (21), 5.0% of Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets;
 
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  Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such share of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares or Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (22);
 
  23.  Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiary consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;
 
  24.  Obligations in respect of performance, bid, surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
  25.  [reserved];
 
  26.  to the extent otherwise constituting Indebtedness, obligations arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of Residual Interests or other loans and other mortgage-related receivables purchased or originated by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business;
 
  27.  Guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness that is otherwise Permitted Indebtedness;
 
  28.  Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company and Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock of any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Capital Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to the extent that such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied to the covenant “—Limitation on Restricted Payments”; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Guarantors) pursuant to this clause (28) may not exceed $15.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
 
  29.  Indebtedness arising out of or to fund purchases of all remaining outstanding asset-backed securities of any Securitization Entity for the purpose of relieving the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of the administrative expense of servicing such Securitization Entity;
 
  30.  Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance or assumed in connection with an acquisition in a principal amount not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding together with all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and/or Preferred Stock issued under this clause (30);
 
  31.  Guarantees by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company to owners of servicing rights in the ordinary course of business; and
 
  32.  additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $12.5 million at any one time outstanding.
 
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shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of the ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant.
 
“Permitted Investments” means:
 
  1.  any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary;
 
  2.  any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;
 
  3.  any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (i) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is engaged in a Permitted Business or (ii) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  4.  Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Securitization Entities, Warehouse Facility Trusts, MSR Facility Trusts, Investments in mortgage related securities or charge-off receivables in the ordinary course of business;
 
  5.  Investments arising out of purchases of all remaining outstanding asset-backed securities of any Securitization Entity for the purpose of relieving the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company of the administrative expense of servicing such Securitization Entity;
 
  6.  Investments in MSRs;
 
  7.  Investments in Residual Interests in connection with any Securitization, Warehouse Facility or MSR Facility;
 
  8.  Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of loans extended to non-Affiliate borrowers in connection with any loan origination business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
 
  9.  any Restricted Investment made as a result of the receipt of securities or other assets of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales,” or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
 
  10.  Investments made solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company, or any of its direct or indirect parent entities, or any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
  11.  any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
 
  12.  Investments in connection with Permitted Hedging Transactions;
 
  13.  repurchases of the notes;
 
  14.  Investments in and making of Servicing Advances, residential or commercial mortgage loans and Securitization Assets (whether or not made in conjunction with the acquisition of MSRs);
 
  15.  guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under the covenant described in “—Certain covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
 
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  “—Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates” (except transactions described in clauses (6) and (9) of such paragraph);
 
  17.  Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
 
  18.  endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
 
  19.  any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased pursuant to this clause (19) to the extent required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;
 
  20.  any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person where such Investment was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
 
  21.  any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a joint venture not to exceed the greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Total Assets; and
 
  22.  other Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (22) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash and/or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (x) $30.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).
 
“Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:
 
  1.  Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either: (a) not delinquent for a period of more than 30 days; or (b) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and as to which the Company or its Subsidiaries shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;
 
  2.  statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;
 
  3.  Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation and other types of social security or obtaining of insurance, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
 
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  5.  Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
  6.  Liens on assets or property at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property or within 360 days of such acquisition, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto); provided, further that the aggregate amount of obligations secured thereby does not exceed $15.0 million at any time outstanding and no such Lien may secure obligations in an amount that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets or property acquired as of the date of acquisition;
 
  7.  Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  8.  leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
  9.  Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
  10.  Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Working Capital Facility, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (3) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
 
  11.  Liens in favor of the Issuers or any Guarantor;
 
  12.  Liens on the Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary securing Non-Recourse Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
  13.  grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;
 
  14.  Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (4), (5), (6), (28) and (34) of this definition; provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (4), (5), (6), (28) and (34) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
 
  15.  Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
  16.  Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business and Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;


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  17.  any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
 
  18.  any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
  19.  judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
 
  20.  minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of other for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the Permitted Business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not interfering, in the aggregate, in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
  21.  any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation;
 
  22.  Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
 
  23.  Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
 
  24.  Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;
 
  25.  Liens securing Permitted Hedging Transactions and the costs thereof;
 
  26.  Liens securing Indebtedness under Currency Agreements;
 
  27.  Liens with respect to obligations at any one time outstanding that do not exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Total Assets;
 
  28.  Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction or purchase of assets (excluding MSR Assets) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any acquisition of Capital Stock or by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the acquisition or completion of the construction of the property subject to the Lien, provided further that the amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the purchase price of the assets purchased or constructed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
 
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  30.  Liens on spread accounts and credit enhancement assets, Liens on the stock of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company substantially all of which are spread accounts and credit enhancement assets and Liens on interests in Securitization Entities, in each case incurred in connection with Credit Enhancement Agreements;
 
  31.  Liens to secure Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company or Excluded Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary of the Company or any Excluded Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred;
 
  32.  Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or any comparable or successor provision, on items in the course of collection and (ii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
 
  33.  Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement; and
 
  34.  Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase of MSR Assets (“Acquired MSR Assets”) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any acquisition of Capital Stock or by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), provided that (x) any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the acquisition of the property subject to the Lien and (y) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by the Acquired MSR Assets in such purchase does not exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 35.0% of the purchase price of such Acquired MSR Assets less the amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses related to such acquisition (the purchase price of the Acquired MSR Assets shall be determined by the terms of the contract governing such purchase or, if not specified in such contract, management in good faith).
 
“Permitted MSR Indebtedness” means MSR Indebtedness; provided, that the excess (determined as of the most recent date for which internal financial statements are available), if any, of (x) the amount of any such MSR Indebtedness for which the holder thereof has contractual recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy claims with respect to such MSR Indebtedness (excluding recourse for matters such as fraud, misappropriation, breaches of representations and warranties and misapplication) over (y) the aggregate (without duplication of amounts) Realizable Value of the assets that secure such MSR Indebtedness shall not be Permitted MSR Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provisions in the covenant described above under the caption ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”). The amount of any particular Permitted MSR Indebtedness as of any date of determination shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP.
 
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Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, at such time.
 
“Permitted Securitization Indebtedness” means Securitization Indebtedness; provided that (i) in connection with any Securitization, any Warehouse Indebtedness or MSR Indebtedness used to finance the purchase, origination or pooling of any Receivables subject to such Securitization is repaid in connection with such Securitization to the extent of the net proceeds received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from the applicable Securitization Entity, and (ii) the excess (determined as of the most recent date for which internal financial statements are available), if any, of (x) the amount of any such Securitization Indebtedness for which the holder thereof has contractual recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy claims with respect to such Securitization Indebtedness (excluding recourse for matters such as fraud, misappropriation, breaches of representations and warranties and misapplication) over (y) the aggregate (without duplication of amounts) Realizable Value of the assets that secure such Securitization Indebtedness shall not be Permitted Securitization Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”).
 
“Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred under a Servicing Advance Facility; provided, however, that the excess (determined as of the most recent date for which internal financial statements are available), if any of (x) the amount of any such Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness for which the holder thereof has contractual recourse (other than subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries acts as a guarantor in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation, breaches of representations or warranties and misapplication, unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Indebtedness, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP purposes) to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy claims with respect to such Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness over (y) the aggregate (without duplication of amounts) Realizable Value of the assets that secure such Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness shall not be Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness under a Servicing Advance Facility which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provisions in the covenant described above under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, at such time.
 
“Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness” means Warehouse Indebtedness; provided, that the excess (determined as of the most recent date for which internal financial statements are available), if any, of (x) the amount of any such Warehouse Indebtedness for which the holder thereof has contractual recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to satisfy claims with respect to such Warehouse Indebtedness (excluding recourse for matters such as fraud, misappropriation, breaches of


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representations and warranties and misapplication) over (y) the aggregate (without duplication of amounts) Realizable Value of the assets that secure such Warehouse Indebtedness shall not be Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness (but shall not be deemed to be a new incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the provisions in the covenant described above under the caption ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” except with respect to, and solely to the extent of, any such excess that exists upon the initial incurrence of such Indebtedness which excess shall be entitled to be incurred pursuant to any other provisions the covenant described above under the caption ‘‘—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”). The amount of any particular Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness as of any date of determination shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
“Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
 
“Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
 
“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P.
 
“Realizable Value” of an asset means (i) with respect to any REO Asset, the value realizable upon the disposition of such asset as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion and consistent with customary industry practice and (ii) with respect to any other asset, the lesser of (x) if applicable, the face value of such asset and (y) the market value of such asset as determined by the Company in accordance with the agreement governing the applicable Permitted Servicing Advance Facility Indebtedness, Permitted Warehouse Indebtedness, Permitted MSR Indebtedness or Permitted Residual Indebtedness, as the case may be, (or, if such agreement does not contain any related provision, as determined by senior management of the Company in good faith); provided, however, that the realizable value of any asset described in clause (i) or (ii) above which an unaffiliated third party has a binding contractual commitment to purchase from the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be the minimum price payable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary for such asset pursuant to such contractual commitment.
 
“Receivables” means loans and other mortgage-related receivables (including Servicing Receivables and MSRs but excluding Residual Interests and net interest margin securities) purchased or originated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or, with respect to Servicing Receivables and MSRs, otherwise arising in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the amount of a Receivable at any time, such amount shall be determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, as of the most recent practicable date.
 
“Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
 
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with clauses (1), (4), (13), (16), (17), (28) or (29) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, and in each case that does not:
 
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  2.  create Indebtedness with a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; or a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred either (a) by the Company or any Guarantor or (b) by the Restricted Subsidiary that is the obligor on the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (ii) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
 
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the notes dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
 
“REO Asset” of a Person means a real estate asset owned by such Person and acquired as a result of the foreclosure or other enforcement of a lien on such asset securing a Servicing Advance or loans and other mortgage-related receivables purchased or originated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business.
 
“Residual Funding Facility” means any funding arrangement with a financial institution or institutions or other lenders or purchasers under which advances are made to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary secured by Residual Interests.
 
“Residual Interests” means any residual, subordinated, reserve accounts and retained ownership interest held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in Securitization Entities, Warehouse Facility Trusts and/or MSR Facility Trusts, regardless of whether required to appear on the face of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
 
“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
“Required Asset Sale” means any Asset Sale that is a result of a repurchase right or obligation or a mandatory sale right or obligation related to (i) MSRs, (ii) pools or portfolios of MSRs, or (iii) the Capital Stock of any Person that holds MSRs or pools or portfolios of MSRs, which rights or obligations are either in existence on the Issue Date (or substantially similar in nature to such rights or obligations in existence on the Issue Date) or pursuant to the guidelines or regulations of a government-sponsored enterprise.
 
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
 
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
“Secured Debt” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (regardless of the Realizable Value of such property).
 
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.
 
“Securitization” means a public or private transfer, sale or financing of Servicing Advances and/or mortgage loans, installment contracts, other loans and any other asset capable of being securitized (collectively, the “Securitization Assets”) by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly securitizes a pool of specified Securitization Assets including, without limitation, any such transaction involving the sale of specified Servicing Advances or mortgage loans to a Securitization Entity.
 
“Securitization Assets” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Securitization.”
 
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pass-through securities of any kind (including collateralized mortgage obligations and net interest margin securities), (ii) any special purpose Subsidiary established for the purpose of selling, depositing or contributing Securitization Assets into a Person described in clause (i) or holding securities in any related Securitization Entity, regardless of whether such person is an issuer of securities; provided that such Person is not an obligor with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor and (iii) any special purpose Subsidiary of the Company formed exclusively for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Credit Enhancement Agreements and regardless of whether such Subsidiary is an issuer of securities; provided that such Person is not an obligor with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor other than under Credit Enhancement Agreements. As of the Issue Date, Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust 2009-A, Nationstar Home Equity Loan 2009-A REO LLC, Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADVI, Nationstar Funding LLC, Nationstar Residual, LLC and Nationstar Advance Funding LLC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the foregoing definition.
 
“Securitization Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to on-balance sheet Securitizations treated as financings and (ii) any Indebtedness consisting of advances made to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries based upon securities issued by a Securitization Entity pursuant to a Securitization and acquired or retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
“Servicing Advances” means advances made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in its capacity as servicer of any mortgage-related receivables to fund principal, interest, escrow, foreclosure, insurance, tax or other payments or advances when the borrower on the underlying receivable is delinquent in making payments on such receivable; to enforce remedies, manage and liquidate REO Assets; or that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise advances in its capacity as servicer.
 
“Servicing Advance Facility” means any funding arrangement with lenders collateralized in whole or in part by Servicing Advances under which advances are made to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries based on such collateral.
 
“Servicing Receivables” means rights to collections under mortgage-related receivables, or other rights to reimbursement of Servicing Advances that the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has made in the ordinary course of business and on customary industry terms.
 
“Significant Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means any Subsidiary of such Person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
 
“Sponsor” means Fortress Investment Group LLC.
 
“Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means:
 
  1.  any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; or
 
  2.  any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
 
“Taxable Income” means, for any period, the taxable income or loss of the Company for such period for federal income tax purposes.
 
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qualify) under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, in which the only consideration is common stock of the corporation and the assumption of liabilities of the Company) by an equity owner of the Company who is an individual resident in New York City who is subject to the maximum rates of tax; provided that in determining the Tax Amount, the effect thereon of any net operating loss carryforwards or other carryforwards or tax attributes, such as alternative minimum tax carryforwards, that would apply to such an individual shall be taken into account assuming the only income and gain of such individual in current and prior tax periods is income and gain attributable to the Company; provided, further, that (i) if there is an adjustment in the amount of the Taxable Income for any period, an appropriate positive or negative adjustment shall be made in the Tax Amount, and if the Tax Amount is negative, then the Tax Amount for succeeding periods shall be reduced (without duplication of reductions due to the first proviso hereof) to take into account such negative amount until such negative amount is reduced to zero and (ii) any Tax Amount other than amounts relating to estimated taxes shall be computed by a nationally recognized accounting firm.
 
“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company.
 
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
 
  (1)  has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness and other Indebtedness that is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their assets;
 
  (2)  except as permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates,” is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
 
  (3)  is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
 
  (4)  has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
 
“Warehouse Facility” means any financing arrangement of any kind, including, but not limited to, financing arrangements in the form of repurchase facilities, loan agreements, note issuance facilities and commercial paper facilities (excluding in all cases, Securitizations), with a financial institution or other lender or purchaser exclusively to (i) finance or refinance the purchase, origination or funding by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of, provide funding to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company through the transfer of, loans, mortgage related securities and other mortgage-related receivables purchased or originated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business, (ii) finance the funding of or refinance Servicing Advances; or (iii) finance or refinance the carrying of REO Assets related to loans and other mortgage-related receivables purchased or originated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such purchase, origination, pooling, funding, refinancing and carrying is in the ordinary course of business.


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“Warehouse Facility Trust” means any Person (whether or not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with a Warehouse Facility, which (i) notes and securities are backed by specified Servicing Advances purchased by such Person from the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii) notes and securities are backed by specified mortgage loans purchased by such Person from the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary.
 
“Warehouse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness in connection with a Warehouse Facility; the amount of any particular Warehouse Indebtedness as of any date of determination shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP.
 
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (1) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock into; (2) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
 
“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
 
“Working Capital Facility” means (i), any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that provide loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments permitted under clause (3) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and (ii) any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that alters the maturity thereof, as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.


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FORM, BOOK-ENTRY PROCEDURES AND TRANSFER
 
General
 
The New Notes will be issued in fully registered global form. The New Notes initially will be represented by one or more global certificates without interest coupons (the “global notes”). The global notes will be deposited upon issuance with the trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee for credit to the accounts of direct or indirect participants in DTC, as described below under “—Depositary Procedures.”
 
The global notes will be deposited on behalf of the acquirers of the New Notes for credit to the respective accounts of the acquirers or to such other accounts as they may direct. Except as described below, the global notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the global notes may not be exchanged for New Notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below under “—Exchange of Book-Entry Notes for Certificated Notes.”
 
Transfers of beneficial interests in the global notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants, which may change from time to time.
 
Depositary Procedures
 
The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC is provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the systems or their participants directly to discuss these matters.
 
DTC has advised us that it is:
 
  •  a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York State Banking Law;
 
  •  a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York State Banking Law;
 
  •  a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System;
 
  •  a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and
 
  •  a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
 
DTC was created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the “participants”) and facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants. The participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the “indirect participants”). Persons who are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through participants or indirect participants. DTC has no knowledge of the identity of beneficial owners of securities held by or on behalf of DTC. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of participants to whose accounts securities are credited. The ownership interests and transfer of ownership interests of each beneficial owner of each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the participants and indirect participants.
 
DTC has also advised us that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC, ownership of interests in the global notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of such interest will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the participants) or by the participants and the indirect participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global notes).


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Investors in the global notes may hold their interests therein directly through DTC if they are participants in such system or indirectly through organizations that are participants or indirect participants in such system. All interests in the global notes will be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery of certificates evidencing securities they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in the global notes to such persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of participants, which in turn act on behalf of indirect participants, the ability of beneficial owners of interests in the global notes to pledge such interests to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
 
Except as described below, owners of interests in the global notes will not have New Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of New Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof under the indenture for any purpose.
 
Payments in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the global notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable by the trustee (or the paying agent if other than the trustee) to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder under the indenture. We and the trustee will treat the persons in whose names the New Notes, including the global notes, are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. Consequently, none of us, the trustee or any agent of ours or the trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:
 
  •  any aspect of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the global notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the global notes; or
 
  •  any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its participants or indirect participants.
 
DTC has advised us that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the New Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant participants with the payment on the payment date in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC, unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Payments by the participants and the indirect participants to the beneficial owners of New Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the participants or the indirect participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the trustee or us. Neither we nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the New Notes, and we and the trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
 
Interests in the global notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such interests will therefore settle in immediately available funds, subject in all cases to the rules and procedures of DTC and its participants.
 
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have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.
 
The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
 
Exchange of Book-Entry Notes for Certificated Notes
 
If (i) DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, (ii) DTC has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (iii) we, at our option, notify the trustee in writing that we elect to cause the issuance of the Notes in the form of certificated notes, or (iv) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon request by the holders of the Notes, we will issue Notes in certificated form in exchange for global securities. The indenture permits us to determine at any time and in our sole discretion that Notes shall no longer be represented by global securities. DTC has advised us that, under its current practices, it would notify its participants of our request, but will only withdraw beneficial interests from the global security at the request of each DTC participant. We would issue definitive certificates in exchange for any beneficial interests withdrawn.


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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to holders of the Notes who are exchanging Notes pursuant to the Offer to Exchange. This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations, in each case as of the date hereof, changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this offering memorandum may affect the tax consequences described herein, possibly with retroactive effect. This summary deals only with notes that will be held as capital assets and, except where otherwise specifically noted, is only addressed to persons who hold Notes pursuant to this Offer to Exchange. It does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, tax-exempt entities, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities electing to mark to market, persons that will hold notes as a position in a “straddle” or conversion transaction, or as part of a “synthetic security” or other integrated financial transaction, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, certain U.S. expatriates, controlled foreign corporations, passive foreign investment companies, pass-through entities (including partnerships and entities and arrangements classified as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes), or persons that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar.
 
If an entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our notes, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Persons who are partners of a partnership holding our Notes should consult their tax advisors.
 
Persons considering the exchange of Notes should consult their own tax advisors in determining the tax consequences to them of the ownership and disposition of Notes, including the application to their particular situation of the U.S. federal income tax considerations discussed below, as well as the application of state, local, foreign or other tax laws.
 
Pursuant to U.S. Treasury Department Circular 230, holders of Notes or prospective purchasers are hereby notified that: (a) any discussion of U.S. federal tax issues contained or referred to in this Offer to Exchange or any document referred to herein is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by note holders for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Code; (b) such discussion is written for use in connection with the promotion or marketing of the transactions or matters addressed herein; and (c) note holders should seek advice based on their particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.
 
As used under this heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a U.S. domestic corporation; (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (iv) a trust if (A) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more “United States persons” (within the meaning of the Code) have the authority to control all of the trust’s substantial decisions, or (B) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a “United States person.” As used under this heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” the term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership) that is organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof. The following summary applies equally to all Notes, except where expressly stated otherwise.
 
Exchange Pursuant to the Offer to Exchange
 
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therefor, including without limitation, the same issue price, adjusted issue price, adjusted tax basis and holding period.
 
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders
 
Original Issue Discount
 
The Notes were issued with original issue discount (“OID”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of OID with respect to the Notes is equal to the excess of the “stated redemption price at maturity” of the Notes over the issue price of the Notes. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each U.S. Holder (regardless of its regular accounting method) generally must accrue the OID in gross income over the term of the Notes on a constant yield to maturity method that reflects compounding of interest. As a result, U.S. Holders generally will recognize taxable income in respect of a Note in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to such income.
 
Market Discount, Acquisition Premium, Amortizable Bond Premium
 
If a U.S. Holder acquires a Note at a cost that is less than its adjusted issue price on the acquisition date, the amount of the difference is treated as “market discount” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless the difference is de minimis. In general, market discount will be treated as accruing ratably over the remaining term of the Note or, at the holder’s election, on a constant yield to maturity basis. A U.S. holder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues. The holder that does not make this election will be required to treat any gain on the disposition of the Note as ordinary income to the extent of accrued market discount not previously included in income with respect to the Note, and to defer the deduction of a portion of the interest on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry the Note until maturity or until a taxable disposition of the Note.
 
If a U.S. Holder has a tax basis in a Note that is more than the issue price of such Note but less than the stated redemption price at maturity of such Note, the U.S. Holder will have acquisition premium with respect to such Note to the extent of that excess, and the amounts of OID otherwise included in the U.S. Holder’s income will generally be reduced to the extent of the acquisition premium.
 
If a U.S. Holder’s tax basis in a Note exceeds the Note’s stated redemption price at maturity, the Note has bond premium to the extent of that excess, and the U.S. Holder will not be required to include any of the OID on the Note in income. It is generally possible to elect to amortize bond premium on a constant yield to maturity method, as a reduction of interest income from a Note. Such election, once made, generally applies to all bonds held or subsequently acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first taxable year to which the election applies and may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS. A U.S. holder who elects to amortize bond premium must reduce its tax basis in the Note by the amount of bond premium used to offset stated interest income.
 
Purchase, Sale and Retirement of Notes
 
Initially, the tax basis in a Note generally will equal the cost of the Note to the U.S. Holder. A U.S. Holder’s basis will increase by any amounts that are included in income under the rules governing original issue discount and market discount, and will decrease by the amount of any amortized premium and any payments other than qualified stated interest made on the Note.
 
Upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange or retirement (not including accrued qualified stated interest, which will be taxable as ordinary interest income) and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such Note.
 
Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
 
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interest is not effectively connected with the conduct of such U.S. Holder’s U.S. trade or business, (ii) such Non-U.S. Holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote within the meaning of the Code and applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, (iii) such Non-U.S. Holder is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us actually or constructively through stock ownership, and (iv) such Non-U.S. Holder either a) provides a statement signed under penalties of perjury that includes its name and address and certifies that it is a Non-U.S. Holder in compliance with applicable requirements generally made, under current procedures, on IRS Form W-8BEN (or satisfies certain documentary evidence requirements for establishing that is it a Non-U.S. Holder) or b) holds Notes through certain foreign intermediaries and satisfies the certification requirements of applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. Special certification and other rules apply to certain non-U.S. holders that are entities rather than individuals.
 
A Non-U.S. Holder with interest income that does not qualify as portfolio interest will be subject to a 30% U.S. federal withholding tax unless, under current procedures, it delivers a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI (stating that interest paid on its Notes is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively connected to its conduct of a trade or business in the U.S.) or IRS Form W-8BEN (claiming an exemption from or reduction in withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty).
 
A Non-U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain realized on the sale, exchange or redemption of a Note, unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the Non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business in the U.S. or (ii) in the case of gain realized by an individual holder, the holder is present in the U.S. for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the retirement or disposition and certain other conditions are met.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Non-U.S. Holder generally will be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. Holder with respect to interest (including OID) income or gain that is effectively connected with its U.S. trade or business and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, that is attributable to its U.S. “permanent establishment,” unless such treaty provides otherwise. In addition, under certain circumstances, effectively connected earnings and profits of a corporate Non-U.S. Holder may be subject to a “branch profits” tax imposed at a 30% rate or at such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty.
 
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
 
Under current U.S. federal income tax law, information reporting requirements apply with respect to payments made to U.S. Holders of principal, interest and OID on, and the proceeds of dispositions (including retirements and redemptions) of, Notes unless an exemption exists. In addition, if a U.S. Holder is not exempt, such U.S. Holder will be subject to backup withholding tax (currently at a rate of 28%) in respect of such payments if, among other things, that U.S. Holder does not provide his or her correct taxpayer identification number to us or our paying agent. All individuals are subject to these requirements. In general, corporations are exempt from these requirements. Backup withholding tax is not an additional tax and may be credited against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability (and may entitle you to a refund), provided that correct information is timely provided to the IRS.
 
A Non-U.S. Holder will not be subject to backup withholding and information reporting with respect to payments made by us with respect to the Notes if the beneficial owner has provided us with an IRS Form W-8BEN and we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that such Non-U.S. Holder is a U.S. person. In addition, no backup withholding will be required regarding the gross proceeds of the sale of Notes made within the United States or conducted through certain U.S. financial intermediaries if the payor receives that statement described above and does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the Non-U.S. Holder is a U.S. person or the Non-U.S. Holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts so withheld will be allowed as a credit against such non-U.S. Holder’s federal income tax liability and may entitle you to a refund provided you timely furnish the required information to the IRS.


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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes, where such Old Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Starting on the Expiration Date and ending on the close of business 90 days after the Expiration Date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until the date that is 90 days from the date of original issuance of the New Notes, all dealers effecting transactions in the New Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.
 
We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Notes by broker-dealers. New Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells New Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any such resale of New Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
 
For a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of New Notes in the exchange offer. In consideration for issuing the New Notes, we will receive Old Notes in like principal amount. The Old Notes surrendered in exchange for the New Notes will be retired and cancelled.
 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the New Notes, the Indenture under which they will be issued, and/or the corporate action authorizing the same will be passed upon for us by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Memphis, Tennessee, and Greenberg Traurig LLP, Dallas, Texas, as more particularly set forth in the applicable opinions.
 
EXPERTS
 
The consolidated financial statements of Nationstar Mortgage LLC at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, appearing in this Prospectus and Registration Statement have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.


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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONTENTS
 
 
         
Audited Financial Statements
       
    F-2  
    F-3  
    F-4  
    F-5  
    F-6  
    F-8  
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
       
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    F-58  
    F-59  
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Members
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, members’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Nationstar Mortgage LLC and subsidiaries at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for transfers of financial assets and consolidation of variable interest entities, effective January 1, 2010.
 
/s/  Ernst & Young LLP
 
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
 
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
    (in thousands)  
 
Assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 21,223     $ 41,645  
Restricted cash (includes $1,472 and $0, respectively, of restricted cash, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    91,125       52,795  
Accounts receivable, net (includes $2,392 and $0, respectively, of accrued interest, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    439,071       509,974  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    371,160       203,131  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net of allowance for loan losses of $3,298 and $0, respectively
    266,840       301,910  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
    538,440        
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
          2,486  
Receivables from affiliates
    8,993       12,574  
Mortgage servicing rights
    145,062       114,605  
Property and equipment, net
    8,394       6,575  
Real estate owned, net (includes $17,509 and $0, respectively, of real estate owned, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    27,337       10,262  
Other assets
    29,536       24,228  
                 
Total assets
  $ 1,947,181     $ 1,280,185  
                 
Liabilities and members’ equity
               
Notes payable
  $ 709,758     $ 771,857  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,061        
Payables and accrued liabilities (includes $95 and $0, respectively, of accrued interest payable, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    75,054       66,830  
Derivative financial instruments
    7,801        
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781        
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    138,662       177,675  
ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
    496,692        
                 
Total liabilities
    1,690,809       1,016,362  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
               
Total members’ equity
    256,372       263,823  
                 
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,947,181     $ 1,280,185  
                 
 
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
 
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2010     2009     2008  
          (in thousands)        
 
Revenues:
                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 167,126     $ 90,195     $ 68,052  
Other fee income
    16,958       10,023       5,955  
                         
Total fee income
    184,084       100,218       74,007  
Gain/(loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
    77,344       (21,349 )     (86,663 )
                         
Total revenues
    261,428       78,869       (12,656 )
Expenses and impairments:
                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    149,115       90,689       61,783  
General and administrative
    58,913       30,494       22,194  
Provision for loan losses
    3,298              
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    205       7,512       2,567  
Occupancy
    9,445       6,863       6,021  
Loss on available-for-sale securities—other-than-temporary
          6,809       55,212  
                         
Total expenses and impairments
    220,976       142,367       147,777  
Other income (expense):
                       
Interest income
    98,895       52,518       92,060  
Interest expense
    (116,163 )     (69,883 )     (65,548 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (9,801 )     (14 )     (23,689 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    (23,297 )            
                         
Total other income (expense)
    (50,366 )     (17,379 )     2,823  
                         
Net loss
  $ (9,914 )   $ (80,877 )   $ (157,610 )
                         
 
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
 
                         
          Accumulated
       
          Other
    Total
 
    Member
    Comprehensive
    Members’
 
    Units     Loss     Equity  
          (in thousands)        
 
Balance at January 1, 2008
  $ 265,599     $ (3,903 )   $ 261,696  
Capital contributions
    145,600             145,600  
Share-based compensation
    2,333             2,333  
Comprehensive loss:
                       
Net loss
    (157,610 )           (157,610 )
Reclassification of loss on investment in debt securities due to other-than-temporary impairments
          3,903       3,903  
                         
Total comprehensive loss
                    (153,707 )
                         
Balance at December 31, 2008
    255,922             255,922  
Capital contributions
    87,951             87,951  
Share-based compensation
    827             827  
Net loss and comprehensive loss
    (80,877 )           (80,877 )
                         
Balance at December 31, 2009
    263,823             263,823  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles as of January 1, 2010 related to adoption of new accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities
    (8,068 )           (8,068 )
Share-based compensation
    12,856             12,856  
Tax related share-based settlement of units by members
    (3,396 )           (3,396 )
Comprehensive loss:
                       
Net loss
    (9,914 )           (9,914 )
Change in value of cash flow hedge
          1,071       1,071  
                         
Total comprehensive loss
                    (8,843 )
                         
Balance at December 31, 2010
  $ 255,301     $ 1,071     $ 256,372  
                         
 
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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
 
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2010     2009     2008  
          (in thousands)        
 
Operating activities
                       
Net loss
  $ (9,914 )   $ (80,877 )     (157,610 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                       
Share-based compensation
    12,856       827       2,333  
Loss/(gain) on mortgage loans held for sale
    (77,344 )     21,349       86,663  
Provision for loan losses
    3,298              
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    205       7,512       2,567  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,117       1,767       1,309  
Accretion of discount on securities
                (4,422 )
Impairment of investments in debt securities
          6,809       55,212  
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    23,297              
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    8,872       14       23,689  
Unrealized gains/losses on derivative financial instruments
          (2,436 )     2,077  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    6,043       27,915       11,701  
Amortization of debt discount
    18,731       21,287       8,879  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (4,526 )     (1,394 )     (85 )
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (2,791,639 )     (1,480,549 )     (545,860 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    2,621,275       1,007,369       513,924  
Principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    32,415       470,072       201,184  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                       
Accounts receivable, net
    39,388       (154,000 )     (165,566 )
Receivables from affiliates
    3,958       66,940       2,452  
Other assets
    1,152       (9,115 )     38,363  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    8,163       12,869       (36,598 )
                         
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    (101,653 )     (83,641 )     40,212  
                         
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
 
                         
    Year Ended December 31  
    2010     2009     2008  
          (in thousands)        
 
Investing activities
                       
Principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
  $ 48,838     $     $  
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    74,107       34,181       29,276  
Purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
    (17,812 )     (1,169 )     (19,013 )
Interest rate swap settlements
                (51,570 )
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (3,936 )     (3,029 )     (1,772 )
Principal payments received on debt securities
                8,436  
                         
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    101,197       29,983       (34,643 )
                         
Financing activities
                       
Transfers to restricted cash, net
    (33,731 )     (31,763 )     (9,871 )
Issuance of non-recourse debt, net
          191,272        
Issuance of unsecured notes, net of issue discount
    243,013              
Repayment of nonrecourse debt—Legacy assets
    (45,364 )     (15,809 )      
Repayment of ABS nonrecourse debt
    (103,466 )            
Decrease in notes payable, net
    (62,099 )     (60,395 )     (157,266 )
Debt financing costs
    (14,923 )     (18,059 )     (15,926 )
Tax related share-based settlement of units by members
    (3,396 )            
Capital contributions from members
          20,700       145,600  
                         
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (19,966 )     85,946       (37,463 )
                         
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (20,422 )     32,288       (31,894 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    41,645       9,357       41,251  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 21,223     $ 41,645     $ 9,357  
                         
Supplemental disclosures of noncash activities
                       
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to real estate owned
  $ 827     $ 73,264     $ 65,304  
Mortgage servicing rights resulting from sale or securitization of mortgage loans
    26,253       8,332       4,522  
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment to real estate owned
    53,408       12,990        
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, to real estate owned
    111,865              
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to mortgage loans held for investment
          319,183        
Contribution of intercompany payable from parent
          67,251        
Financing of acquisition of mortgage servicing rights
          22,211        
Change in value of cash flow hedge—accumulated other comprehensive income
    1,071              
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Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Subsidiaries
 
 
1.   Description of the Companies and Basis of Presentation
 
General
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Nationstar), formerly Centex Home Equity Company, LLC (CHEC), a Delaware limited liability company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, after the elimination of intercompany balances and transactions. Nationstar is a subsidiary of FIF HE Holdings LLC (FIF), a subsidiary of Fortress Private Equity Funds III and IV (Fortress).
 
Nature of Business
 
Nationstar’s principal business is the origination and selling or securitization of single-family conforming mortgage loans to government-sponsored entities and the servicing of residential mortgage loans for others.
 
The sale or securitization of mortgage loans typically involves Nationstar retaining the right to service the mortgage loans that it sells. The servicing of mortgage loans includes the collection of principal and interest payments and the assessment of ancillary fees related to the servicing of mortgage loans. Additionally, Nationstar may occasionally obtain additional servicing rights through the acquisition of servicing portfolios from third parties.
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies
 
Use of Estimates in Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates due to factors such as adverse changes in the economy, increases in interest rates, declines in home prices or discrete events adversely affecting specific borrowers, and such differences could be material.
 
Nationstar evaluated subsequent events through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.
 
Reclassification Adjustments
 
Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents include unrestricted cash on hand and other highly liquid investments having an original maturity of less than three months.
 
Restricted Cash
 
Restricted cash consists of custodial accounts related to Nationstar’s portfolio securitizations or to collections on certain mortgage loans and mortgage loan advances that have been pledged to a financial services company under a Master Repurchase Agreement. Restricted cash also includes certain fees collected on mortgage loan payments that are required to be remitted to a government-sponsored entity (GSE) to settle outstanding guarantee fee requirements.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
 
Nationstar maintains a strategy of originating mortgage loan products primarily for the purpose of selling to government-sponsored entities 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 within three months after origination.
 
Through September 30, 2009, mortgage loans held for sale were carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value on an aggregate basis grouped by delinquency status. Nationstar estimates fair value by evaluating a variety of market indicators including recent trades and outstanding commitments, calculated on an aggregate basis (see Note 16).
 
Effective October 1, 2009, Nationstar elected to measure newly originated prime residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, as permitted under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 825, Financial Instruments.
 
In connection with Nationstar’s election to measure mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, Nationstar is no longer permitted to defer the loan origination fees, net of direct loan origination costs associated with these loans. Prior to October 1, 2009, Nationstar deferred all nonrefundable fees and costs as required under ASC 310, Receivables. In accordance with this guidance, loan origination fees, net of direct loan origination costs were capitalized and added as an adjustment to the basis of the individual loans originated. These fees are accreted into income as an adjustment to the loan yield over the life of the loan or recognized when the loan is sold to a third party purchaser.
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, Net
 
Mortgage loans held for investment 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.
 
Allowance for Loan Losses on Mortgage Loans Held for Investment
 
An allowance for loan losses is established by recording a provision for loan losses in the consolidated statement of operations 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.
 
Nationstar accounts for the loans that were transferred to held for investment from held for sale during October 2009 in a manner similar to ASC 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality. At the date of transfer, management evaluated such loans to determine whether there was evidence of deterioration of credit quality since acquisition and if it was probable that Nationstar would be unable to collect all amounts due according to the loan’s contractual terms.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
The transferred loans were aggregated into separate pools of loans based on common risk characteristics (loan delinquency). Nationstar considers expected prepayments, and estimates the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal, interest, and other cash flows for each aggregated pool of loans. Nationstar determines the excess of the pool’s scheduled contractual principal and contractual interest payments over all cash flows expected as of the transfer date as an amount that should not be accreted (nonaccretable difference). The remaining amount is accreted into interest income over the remaining life of the pool of loans (accretable yield).
 
Over the life of the transferred loans, management continues to estimate cash flows expected to be collected. Nationstar evaluates at the balance sheet date whether the present value of the loans determined using the effective interest rates has decreased, and if so, records an allowance for loan loss. The present value of any subsequent increase in the transferred loans cash flows expected to be collected is used first to reverse any existing allowance for loan loss related to such loans. Any remaining increase in cash flows expected to be collected are used to adjust the amount of accretable yield recognized on a prospective basis over the remaining life of the loans.
 
Nationstar accounts for its allowance for loan losses for all other mortgage loans held for investment in accordance with ASC 450-20, Loss Contingencies. The allowance for loan losses represents management’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the loans held for investment portfolio. Mortgage loans held for investment portfolio is comprised primarily of large groups of homogeneous residential mortgage loans. These loans are evaluated based on the loan’s present delinquency status. The estimate of probable losses on these loans considers the rate of default of the loans and the amount of loss in the event of default. The rate of default is based on historical experience related to the migration of these from each delinquency category to default over a twelve-month period. The entire allowance is available to absorb probable credit losses from the entire held for investment portfolio.
 
Substantially, all mortgage loans held for investment were transferred from mortgage loans held for sale at fair value in October 2009.
 
Investment in Debt Securities
 
Investment in debt securities consists of beneficial interests Nationstar retains in securitization transactions accounted for as a sale under the guidance of ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing. These securities are classified as available-for-sale securities, and are therefore carried at their market value with the net unrealized gains or losses reported in the comprehensive income (loss) component of members’ equity. Nationstar accounts for debt securities based on ASC 320, Investments—Debt and Equity Securities. Nationstar evaluates investment in debt securities for impairment each quarter, and investment in debt securities is considered to be impaired when the fair value of the investment is less than its cost. The impairment is separated into impairments related to credit losses, which are recorded in current-period operations, and impairments related to all other factors, which are recorded in other comprehensive income/(loss). Substantially all impairments related to Nationstar’s investment in debt securities were credit related.
 
Receivables from Affiliates
 
Nationstar engages in periodic transactions with Nationstar Regular Holdings, Ltd., a subsidiary of FIF. These transactions typically involve the monthly payment of principal and interest advances that are required to be remitted to the securitization trusts as required under various Pooling and Servicing


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
Agreements. These amounts are later repaid to Nationstar when principal and interest advances are recovered from the respective borrowers.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs)
 
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 applies fair value accounting to these MSRs, with all changes in fair value recorded as charges or credits to servicing fee income.
 
Property and Equipment, Net
 
Property and equipment, net is comprised of land, furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, computer software, and computer hardware. These assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, usually three to ten years. Cost and accumulated depreciation applicable to assets retired or sold are eliminated from the accounts, and any resulting gains or losses are recognized at such time through a charge or credit to general and administrative expenses.
 
Real Estate Owned, Net
 
Nationstar holds real estate owned as a result of foreclosures on delinquent mortgage loans. Real estate owned is recorded at estimated fair value less costs to sell at the date of foreclosure. Any subsequent declines in fair value are credited to a valuation allowance and charged to operations as incurred.
 
Variable Interest Entities
 
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. The beneficial interests held consist of both subordinate and residual securities that were retained at the time of the securitization. Prior to January 1, 2010, each of these securitization trusts were considered QSPEs, and these trusts were excluded from Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Nationstar also maintains various agreements with special purpose entities (SPEs), under which Nationstar transfers mortgage loans and/or advances on residential mortgage loans in exchange for cash. These SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred mortgage loans and/or advances. 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


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
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 advances 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.
 
Prior to January 1, 2010, Nationstar evaluated each special purpose entity (SPE) for classification as a QSPE. QSPEs were not consolidated in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements. When an SPE was determined to not be a QSPE, Nationstar further evaluated it for classification as a VIE. When an SPE met the definition of a VIE, and when it was determined that Nationstar was the primary beneficiary, Nationstar included the SPE in its consolidated financial statements.
 
Nationstar considers the SPEs created for the purpose of issuing debt supported by collections on loans and/or advances that have been transferred to it 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.
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE and all existing SPEs are now subject to new consolidation guidance. Upon adoption of this new accounting guidance, Nationstar identified certain securitization trusts where Nationstar, or through its affiliates, continued to hold beneficial interests in these trusts. These retained beneficial interests obligate Nationstar 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. In addition, Nationstar as Master Servicer on the related mortgage loans, retains the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE. When it is determined that Nationstar has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, the assets and liabilities of these VIEs are included in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization, including any retained investment in debt securities, mortgage servicing rights, and any remaining residual interests. In addition, Nationstar recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates (ABS nonrecourse debt) acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheet.
 
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 quoted market values and are recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The initial and subsequent changes in the value of IRLCs are a component of gain (loss) 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 mortgage backed securities (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 sales of MBS to deliver mortgage


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
loan inventory to investors. The estimated fair values of forward sales of MBS and forward sale commitments are based on quoted market values and are recorded as a component of mortgage loans held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets. The initial and subsequent changes in value on forward sales of MBS are a component of gain (loss) 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 losses on interest rate swaps as a component of loss on interest rate swaps and caps in Nationstar’s consolidated statements of operations. Unrealized losses on undesignated interest rate derivatives are separately disclosed under operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. At December 31, 2009, Nationstar had no interest rate swap agreements designated as accounting hedges.
 
On October 1, 2010, the Company designated an existing interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge against outstanding floating rate financing associated with the Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADV1 financing. Under the swap agreement, the Company receives interest equivalent to one month LIBOR and pays a fixed rate of 2.0425% based on an amortizing notional of $268M as of December 31, 2010, with settlements occurring monthly until November 2013. This interest rate swap is a cash flow hedge under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and is recorded at fair value on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, with any changes in fair value 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 opposite 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.
 
During 2008, Nationstar entered into interest rate cap agreements to hedge the interest payment on the servicing advance facility. These interest rate cap agreements generally require an upfront payment and receive cash flow only when a variable rate based on LIBOR exceeds a defined interest rate. These interest rate cap agreements are not designated as hedging instruments, and unrealized gains and losses are recorded in loss on interest rate swaps and caps in Nationstar’s consolidated statements of operations.
 
Interest Income
 
Interest income is recognized using the interest method. Revenue accruals for individual loans are suspended and accrued amounts reversed when the mortgage loan becomes contractually delinquent for 90 days or more. Delinquency payment status is based on the most recently received payment from the borrower. The accrual is resumed when the individual mortgage loan becomes less than 90 days contractually delinquent. For individual loans that have been modified, a period of six timely payments is required before the loan is returned to an accrual basis. Interest income also includes (1) interest earned on custodial cash deposits associated with the mortgage loans serviced and (2) deferred origination income, net of deferred origination costs and other revenues derived from the origination of mortgage loans, which is deferred and recognized over the life of a mortgage loan or recognized when the related loan is sold to a third-party purchaser. Effective October 1, 2009, in connection with Nationstar’s election to measure mortgage loans held for sale at fair value, Nationstar


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
is no longer permitted to defer the loan origination fees, net of direct loan origination costs for such loans originated subsequent to the election date.
 
Servicing Fee Income
 
Servicing fees include contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, prepayment penalties and other ancillary charges. Servicing encompasses, among other activities, the following processes: billing, collection of payments, movement of cash to the payment clearing bank accounts, investor reporting, customer service, recovery of delinquent payments, instituting foreclosure, and liquidation of the underlying collateral.
 
Nationstar recognizes servicing and ancillary fees as they are earned, which is generally upon collection of the payments from the borrower. In addition, Nationstar also receives various fees in the course of providing servicing on its various portfolios. These fees include modification fees for modifications performed outside of government programs, modification fees for modifications pursuant to various government programs, and incentive fees for servicing performance on specific GSE portfolios.
 
Fees recorded on modifications of mortgage loans held for investment performed outside of government programs are deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the loans held for investment. These fees are accreted into interest income as an adjustment to the loan yield over the life of the loan. Fees recorded on modifications of mortgage loans serviced by Nationstar for others are recognized on collection and are recorded as a component of service fee income. Fees recorded on modifications pursuant to various government programs are recognized when Nationstar has completed all necessary steps and the loans have performed for the minimum required time frame to establish eligibility for the fee. Revenue earned on modifications pursuant to various government programs are included as a component of service fee income. Incentive fees for servicing performance on specific GSE portfolios are recognized as various incentive standards are achieved and are recorded as a component of service fee income.
 
Sale of Mortgage Loans
 
Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales when control over the assets has been surrendered. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when (1) the assets have been isolated from Nationstar, (2) the transferee has the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and (3) Nationstar does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through either (a) an agreement that entitles and obligates Nationstar to repurchase or redeem them before their maturity or (b) the ability to unilaterally cause the holder to return specific assets.
 
Loan securitizations structured as sales, as well as whole loan sales, are accounted for in accordance with ASC 860 and the resulting gains on such sales, net of any accrual for recourse obligations, are reported in operating results during the period in which the securitization closes or the sale occurs.
 
Share-Based Compensation Expense
 
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 operations, based on their fair values. The amount of compensation is measured at the fair value of the awards


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
when granted and this cost is expensed over the required service period, which is normally the vesting period of the award.
 
Advertising Costs
 
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are included as part of general and administrative expenses.
 
Income Taxes
 
For federal income tax purposes, Nationstar has elected to be a disregarded entity and is treated as a branch of its parent, FIF HE Holdings LLC. FIF HE Holdings LLC is taxed as a partnership, whereby all income is taxed at the member level. Certain states impose income taxes on LLC’s. However, Nationstar does not believe it is subject to material state or local income tax in any of the jurisdictions in which it does business.
 
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows—Supplemental Disclosure
 
Total interest paid for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, was approximately $91.8 million, $47.6 million, and $58.8 million, respectively.
 
New Accounting Standards
 
On January 1, 2010, the Company adopted new FASB accounting guidance on transfers of financial assets and consolidation of VIEs. This new accounting guidance revises sale accounting criteria for transfers of financial assets, including elimination of the concept of and accounting for qualifying special purpose entities (QSPEs), and significantly changes the criteria for consolidation of a VIE. The adoption of this new accounting guidance resulted in the consolidation of certain VIEs that previously were QSPEs that were not recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet prior to January 1, 2010. The adoption of this new accounting guidance resulted in a net incremental increase in assets of $905.5 million and a net increase in liabilities of $913.6 million. These amounts are net of retained interests in securitizations held on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2009. The Company recorded an $8.1 million charge to members’ equity on January 1, 2010 for the cumulative effect of the adoption of this new accounting guidance, which resulted principally from the derecognition of the retained interests in the securitizations. Initial recording of these assets and liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet had no impact at the date of adoption on consolidated results of operations. See Note 3.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (Update No. 2010-06). Update No. 2010-06 requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements, including separate disclosures of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and the reasons for the transfers. Additionally, the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements. Update No. 2010-06 also clarifies previous disclosure requirements, including the requirement that entities provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements for both Level 2 and Level 3 measurements. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures required under Update No. 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, and was adopted for the interim reporting period ending March 31, 2010, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlement in the roll forward of activity in Level 3


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-18, Effect of a Loan Modification When the Loan Is Part of a Pool That Is Accounted for as a Single Asset (Update No. 2010-18). Update No. 2010-18 clarifies the accounting treatment for modifications of loans that are accounted for within a pool under Subtopic 310-30, Receivables—Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality (Subtopic 310-30), requiring an entity to continue to include modified loans in the pool even if the modification of those loans would otherwise be considered a troubled debt restructuring. Loans accounted for individually under Subtopic 310-30 continue to be subject to the troubled debt restructuring accounting provisions within Subtopic 310-40, Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors. The amendments in this update were effective for Nationstar for modifications of loans accounted for within pools under Subtopic 310-30 occurring in the first interim or annual period ending on or after July 15, 2010. The adoption of Update No. 2010-18 did not have a material impact on Nationstar’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20, Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses (Update No. 2010-20). Update No. 2010-20 is intended to provide users of financial statements with greater transparency regarding a company’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of its financing receivables. It is intended to provide additional information to assist financial statement users in assessing an entity’s credit risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses. The additional disclosure requirements for this amendment were initially to be effective for Nationstar for annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2011, but was subsequently deferred by Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-01, Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20. In the proposed Update for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring, the clarifications would be effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2010-20 will not have a material impact on Nationstar’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations
 
A 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 VIEs 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.
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE and all existing SPEs are now subject to new consolidation guidance. Upon adoption of this new accounting guidance, Nationstar identified certain securitization trusts where Nationstar had both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impacted the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, the assets and liabilities of these VIEs are included in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements. The net incremental impact of this accounting change on the Company’s Consolidated


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
Balance Sheet is set forth in the following table. The net effect of the accounting change on January 1, 2010 members’ equity was an $8.1 million charge to members’ equity (in thousands).
 
                         
    Ending Balance
          Beginning Balance
 
    Sheet
    Net Increase/
    Sheet
 
    December 31, 2009     (Decrease)     January 1, 2010  
 
Assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 41,645     $     $ 41,645  
Restricted cash
    52,795       6,183       58,978  
Accounts receivable
    509,974       (39,612 )     470,362  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    203,131             203,131  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    301,910             301,910  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
          928,891       928,891  
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
    2,486       (2,486 )      
Receivables from affiliates
    12,574             12,574  
Mortgage servicing rights
    114,605       (10,431 )     104,174  
Property and equipment, net
    6,575             6,575  
Real estate owned, net
    10,262       22,970       33,232  
Other assets
    24,228             24,228  
                         
Total assets
  $ 1,280,185     $ 905,515     $ 2,185,700  
                         
                         
Liabilities and members’ equity                        
Notes payable
  $ 771,857     $     $ 771,857  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    66,830       123       66,953  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
          28,614       28,614  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    177,675             177,675  
ABS nonrecourse debt
          884,846       884,846  
                         
Total liabilities
    1,016,362       913,583       1,929,945  
Total members’ equity
    263,823       (8,068 )     255,755  
                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,280,185     $ 905,515     $ 2,185,700  
                         
 
As a result of market conditions and deteriorating credit performance on these consolidated VIEs, Nationstar expects minimal to no future cash flows on the economic residual. Under existing GAAP, Nationstar would be required to provide for additional allowances for loan losses on the securitization collateral as credit performance deteriorated, with no offsetting reduction in the securitization’s debt balances, even though any nonperformance of the assets will ultimately pass through as a reduction of amounts owed to the debt holders, once the economic residuals are extinguished. Therefore, Nationstar would be required to record accounting losses beyond its economic exposure.
 
To more accurately represent the future economic performance of the securitization collateral and related debt balances, Nationstar elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10,


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
Financial Instruments-Overall. This option was applied to all eligible items within the VIE, including mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related ABS nonrecourse debt.
 
Subsequent to this fair value election, Nationstar no longer records an allowance for loan loss on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt. Nationstar continues to record interest income in Nationstar’s consolidated statement of operations on these fair value elected loans until they are placed on a nonaccrual status when they are 90 days or more past due. The fair value adjustment recorded for the mortgage loans held for investment is classified within fair value changes of ABS securitizations in Nationstar’s consolidated statement of operations.
 
Subsequent to the fair value election for ABS nonrecourse debt, Nationstar continues to record interest expense in Nationstar’s consolidated statement of operations on the fair value elected ABS nonrecourse debt. The fair value adjustment recorded for the ABS nonrecourse debt is classified within fair value changes of ABS securitizations in Nationstar’s consolidated statement of operations.
 
Under the existing pooling and servicing agreements of these securitization trusts, the principal and interest cash flows on the underlying securitized loans are used to service the asset-backed certificates. Accordingly, the timing of the principal payments on this nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans and liquidation of real estate owned.
 
Nationstar consolidates the SPEs created for the purpose of issuing debt supported by collections on loans and advances that have been transferred to it 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.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
A summary of the assets and liabilities of Nationstar’s transactions with VIEs included in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2010 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                         
          Transfers
       
          Accounted for as
       
    Securitization
    Secured
       
    Trusts     Borrowings     Total  
 
Assets
                       
Restricted cash
  $ 1,472     $ 32,075     $ 33,547  
Accounts receivable
    2,392       286,808       289,200  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
          261,305       261,305  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    538,440             538,440  
Real estate owned
    17,509       9,505       27,014  
                         
Total Assets
  $ 559,813     $ 589,693     $ 1,149,506  
                         
                         
Liabilities                        
Notes payable
  $     $ 236,808     $ 236,808  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    95       1,173       1,268  
Outstanding servicer advances(1)
    32,284             32,284  
Derivative financial instruments
          7,801       7,801  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781             18,781  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
          138,662       138,662  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    497,289             497,289  
                         
Total Liabilities
  $ 548,449     $ 384,444     $ 932,893  
                         
 
 
(1) Outstanding servicer advances consists of principal and interest advances paid by Nationstar to cover scheduled payments and interest that have not been timely paid by borrowers. These outstanding servicer advances are eliminated upon the consolidation of the securitization trusts.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
 
A summary of the assets and liabilities of Nationstar’s transactions with VIEs included in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2009 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
         
    Transfers
 
    Accounted for as
 
    Secured
 
    Borrowings  
 
Assets
       
Restricted cash
  $ 11,318  
Accounts receivable
    294,973  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
    297,737  
Real estate owned
    10,262  
         
Total Assets
  $ 614,290  
         
         
Liabilities        
Notes payable
  $ 240,935  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    1,393  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
    177,675  
         
Total Liabilities
  $ 420,003  
         
 
As of July 1, 2010, cumulative realized losses related to a consolidated securitization trust were in excess of Nationstar’s retained beneficial interests. In accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, Nationstar has evaluated this securitization trust and determined that Nationstar no longer has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE, and this securitization trust was derecognized on July 1, 2010. Upon derecognition of this VIE, Nationstar derecognized the securitized mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related ABS nonrecourse debt, and recognized any mortgage servicing rights on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheet. The impact of this derecognition on Nationstar’s consolidated statement of operations was a decrease in net income of approximately $0.7 million during 2010.
 
A summary of the outstanding collateral and certificate balances for securitization trusts, including any retained beneficial interests and mortgage servicing rights, that were not consolidated by Nationstar for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 are presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010(1)     2009  
 
Total collateral balance
  $ 4,038,978     $ 3,240,879  
Total certificate balance
    4,026,844       3,262,995  
Total beneficial interests held at fair value
          2,486  
Total mortgage servicing rights at fair value
    26,419       20,505  
 
 
(1) Unconsolidated securitization trusts as of December 31, 2010 consist of VIE’s where Nationstar does not have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
 
Nationstar has no recorded variable interests in the unconsolidated securitization trusts that were outstanding as of December 31, 2010, and does not have any 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):
 
                                                 
    Year Ended
  Year Ended
  Year Ended
    December 31, 2010   December 31, 2009   December 31, 2008
    Principal Amount of
      Principal Amount of
      Principal Amount of
   
    Loans 60 Days or
  Credit
  Loans 60 Days or
  Credit
  Loans 60 Days or
  Credit
    More Past Due   Losses   More Past Due   Losses   More Past Due   Losses
 
Total securitization Trusts
  $ 830,953     $ 18,341     $ 1,172,822     $ 27,734     $ 979,556     $ 16,708  
 
Certain cash flows received from securitization trusts accounted for as sales for the dates indicated were as follows (in thousands):
 
                                                 
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    Servicing
          Servicing
          Servicing
       
    Fees
    Loan
    Fees
    Loan
    Fees
    Loan
 
    Received     Repurchases     Received     Repurchases     Received     Repurchases  
 
Total securitization trusts
  $ 29,129     $   —     $ 32,593     $   —     $ 25,535     $   —  
 
4.   Accounts Receivable
 
Accounts receivable consist primarily of accrued interest receivable on mortgage loans and securitizations, collateral deposits on surety bonds, and advances made to securitization trusts, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately paid back to Nationstar from such trusts.
 
Accounts receivable consist of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010     2009  
 
Delinquency advances
  $ 148,752     $ 206,446  
Corporate and escrow advances
    233,432       275,001  
Insurance deposits
    6,390       6,025  
Accrued interest (includes $2,392 and $0, respectively, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    4,302       3,353  
Receivable from trusts
    30,095       1,779  
Other
    16,100       17,370  
                 
Total accounts receivable
  $ 439,071     $ 509,974  
                 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
5.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment
 
Mortgage loans held for sale
 
Mortgage loans held for sale consist of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010     2009  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale—unpaid principal balance
  $ 366,880     $ 201,121  
Mark-to-market adjustment
    4,280       2,010  
                 
Total mortgage loans held for sale
  $ 371,160     $ 203,131  
                 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale on a nonaccrual status are presented in the following table for the years indicated (in thousands):
 
                         
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale
  $ 2,016     $ 920     $ 101,418  
 
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):
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010     2009  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale—beginning balance
  $ 203,131     $ 560,354  
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    2,791,639       1,480,549  
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    (2,621,275 )     (1,007,369 )
Principal payments/prepayments received on mortgage loans held for sale and other changes (including fair value mark-to-market adjustments from adoption of ASC 825 and other lower of cost or market valuation adjustments)
    (1,508 )     (437,956 )
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to mortgage loans held for investment
          (319,183 )
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to real estate owned
    (827 )     (73,264 )
                 
Mortgage loans held for sale—ending balance
  $ 371,160     $ 203,131  
                 
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net
 
In November 2009, Nationstar completed the securitization of approximately $222 million of asset-backed securities, which was structured as a secured borrowing, resulting in carrying the securitized loans as mortgage loans on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheets and recognizing the asset-backed certificates as nonrecourse debt. Prior to this securitization, Nationstar transferred $530.9 million in mortgage loans held for sale to mortgage loans held for investment. These mortgage loans were transferred to the held for investment classification at their fair value of $319.2 million with no associated allowance for loan losses, in accordance with ASC 310, Receivables. Subsequent to the transfer date, mortgage loans held for sale consisted principally of single-family conforming loans originated for sale to GSEs or the other third-party investors in the secondary market.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
5.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010     2009  
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net—unpaid principal balance
  $ 412,398     $ 490,610  
Transfer discount
               
Accretable
    (25,219 )     (22,040 )
Non-accretable
    (117,041 )     (166,660 )
Allowance for loan losses
    (3,298 )      
                 
Total mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net
  $ 266,840     $ 301,910  
                 
 
Over the life of the loan pools, Nationstar continues to estimate cash flows expected to be collected. Nationstar considers expected prepayments and estimates the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal, interest, and other cash flows (expected as of the transfer date) for each aggregate pool of loans. Nationstar evaluates at the balance sheet date whether the present value of its loans determined using the effective interest rates, has decreased and if so, recognizes a valuation allowance subsequent to the transfer date. The present value of any subsequent increase in the loan pool’s actual cash flows expected to be collected is used first to reverse any existing valuation allowance for that loan pool. Any remaining increase in cash flows expected to be collected adjusts the amount of accretable yield recognized on a prospective basis over the loan pool’s remaining life.
 
The changes in accretable yield on loans transferred to mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net were as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
  $ 22,040     $  
Additions
          23,331  
Accretion
    (4,082 )     (1,291 )
Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable discount
    7,261        
Disposals
           
                 
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 25,219     $ 22,040  
                 
 
Nationstar will occasionally 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 $7.3 million from nonaccretable difference. Furthermore, the Company considers the decrease in principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected arising from the transferred loans as an impairment, and Nationstar recorded a $3.3 million provision for loan losses on the transferred loans to reflect this impairment.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
5.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
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):
 
                         
    December 31, 2010  
          Non-
       
    Performing     Performing     Total  
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
  $     $     $  
Provision for loan losses
    829       2,469       3,298  
Recoveries on loans previously charged-off
                 
Charge-offs
                 
                         
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 829     $ 2,469     $ 3,298  
                         
Ending balance: Collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 311,122     $ 101,276     $ 412,398  
 
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 being 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 on an as needed basis, which is generally described as an event requiring a decision based at least in part on the collateral value. The collateral values used to derive the LTV’s shown below were obtained at various points during the prior eighteen months.
 
The following tables provide the outstanding unpaid principal balance of Nationstar’s mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net by credit quality indicators as of December 31, 2010.
 
         
    2010  
    (In thousands)  
 
Credit Quality by Delinquency Status
       
Performing
  $ 311,122  
Non-Performing
    101,276  
         
Total
  $ 412,398  
         
Credit Quality by Loan-to-Value Ratio
       
Less than 60
  $ 47,627  
Less than 70 and more than 60
    17,498  
Less than 80 and more than 70
    26,805  
Less than 90 and more than 80
    36,125  
Less than 100 and more than 90
    37,599  
Greater than 100
    246,744  
         
Total
  $ 412,398  
         
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new consolidation guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar recognized the securitized mortgage


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
5.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
loans related to these securitization trusts as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (see Note 3). Additionally, Nationstar elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt as of December 31, 2010 includes (in thousands):
 
         
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt—unpaid principal balance
  $ 983,106  
Fair value adjustment
    (444,666 )
         
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, net
  $ 538,440  
         
 
As of December 31, 2010, approximately $223.5 million of the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt were over 90 days past due. The fair value of such loans was approximately $117.6 million.
 
6.   Investment in Debt Securities
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new accounting guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests, including retained investment in debt securities, obtained as part of the securitization (see Note 3).
 
The following table presents a summary of Nationstar’s bonds retained from securitization trusts as of December 31, 2009, which are classified as available-for-sale securities, and are therefore carried at fair value (in thousands):
 
                         
    December 31, 2009  
    Outstanding
    Accreted
    Fair
 
    Face     Cost     Value  
 
Retained bonds security rating
                       
BBs
  $ 68,432     $ 2,486     $ 2,486  
Bs
                 
                         
Total retained bonds
    68,432       2,486       2,486  
Retained net interest margin securities
    11,950              
                         
Total investment in debt securities
  $ 80,382     $ 2,486     $ 2,486  
                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
6.   Investment in Debt Securities (continued)
 
The following table presents a summary of unrealized gains (losses), both temporary and other-than-temporary, recognized on outstanding debt securities for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2009     Year Ended December 31, 2008  
          Unrealized
          Unrealized
 
    Other-than-
    Gains
    Other-than-
    Gains
 
    Temporary     (Losses)(1)     Temporary(2)     (Losses)(1)  
 
Retained bonds security rating
                               
BBs
  $ (5,505 )   $      —     $ (40,901 )   $      —  
Bs
    (1,214 )           (3,670 )      
                                 
Total retained bonds
    (6,719 )           (44,571 )      
Retained net interest margin securities
    (90 )           (10,641 )      
                                 
Total investment in debt securities
  $ (6,809 )   $     $ (55,212 )   $  
                                 
 
 
(1) Unrealized gains (losses) are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss).
 
(2) As part of the 2008 impairment charges, Nationstar reclassified approximately $3.9 million in unrealized losses from other comprehensive income (loss).
 
7.   Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
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 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, discount rate, and other assumptions (including servicing costs) management believes are consistent with the assumptions other major market participants use in valuing the MSRs. During 2010, Nationstar obtained third-party valuations of a portion of its MSRs to assess the reasonableness of the fair value calculated by the cash flow model.
 
Nationstar used the following assumptions in estimating the fair value of MSRs for the dates indicated:
 
                 
    December 31
    2010   2009
 
Discount rate
    9.7% to 30.0%       15.0%  
Total prepayment speeds
    10.57% to 28.71%       12.89% to 25.40%  
Expected weighted-average life
    3.49 to 6.75 years       3.50 to 6.37 years  
Credit losses
    5.82% to 60.19%       12.50% to 64.62%  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
7.   Mortgage Servicing Rights (continued)
 
The activity of MSRs carried at fair value is as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31  
    2010     2009  
 
Fair value at the beginning of the period
  $ 114,605     $ 110,808  
Additions:
               
Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets
    26,253       8,332  
Recognition of MSRs from derecognition of variable interest entities
    2,866        
Purchases of servicing assets
    17,812       23,380  
Deductions:
               
Derecognition of servicing assets due to new accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities
    (10,431 )      
Changes in fair value:
               
Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
    9,455       (9,355 )
Other changes in fair value
    (15,498 )     (18,560 )
                 
Fair value at the end of the period
  $ 145,062     $ 114,605  
                 
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others
               
Originated or purchased mortgage loans
  $ 31,686,641     $ 32,109,547  
Subserviced for others
    30,649,472       793,428  
                 
Total unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others
  $ 62,336,113     $ 32,902,975  
                 
 
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 December 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands).
 
                                                 
        Total Prepayment
   
    Discount Rate   Speeds   Credit Losses
    100 bps
  200 bps
  10%
  20%
  10%
  20%
    Adverse
  Adverse
  Adverse
  Adverse
  Adverse
  Adverse
    Change   Change   Change   Change   Change   Change
 
December 31, 2010
                                               
Mortgage servicing rights
  $ (3,828 )   $ (7,458 )   $ (8,175 )   $ (16,042 )   $ (4,310 )   $ (9,326 )
 
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.
 
In November 2008, Nationstar acquired MSRs on a portfolio of residential mortgage loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $12.7 billion from a third-party servicer. Nationstar’s share of the acquisition price was $35.4 million. An additional amount was paid by a third-party investor in the underlying loans to the previous servicer. Contemporaneously, Nationstar and the third-party investor entered into a supplemental servicing agreement, which, among other matters, established that any sale by Nationstar of these servicing rights had to be approved by the investor and that if Nationstar were to sell the MSRs in the five-year period following the acquisition transaction, Nationstar would be


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
7.   Mortgage Servicing Rights (continued)
 
entitled to the proceeds from the sale of up to a specified amount of the then existing aggregate unpaid principal balance of the underlying mortgage loans, the investor would be entitled to a specified amount, and the remaining excess proceeds, if any, over and above these allocations would be retained by Nationstar. In October 2009, Nationstar acquired MSRs on a portfolio of residential mortgage loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $12.3 billion from another third party servicer. Nationstar’s share of the acquisition price of these servicing rights was $23.4 million. An additional amount was paid by a third-party investor in the underlying loans to the previous servicer. Contemporaneously, Nationstar and the third-party investor entered into a supplemental servicing agreement, which, among other matters, established that any sale by Nationstar of these servicing rights had to be approved by the investor and that if Nationstar were to sell the MSRs following the acquisition transaction, Nationstar would be entitled to the proceeds from the sale of up to a specified amount of the then existing aggregate unpaid principal balance of the underlying mortgage loans, the investor would be entitled to a specified amount, and the remaining excess proceeds, if any, over and above these allocations would be retained by Nationstar. Nationstar carries these mortgage servicing rights at their estimated fair value, which includes consideration of the effect of the restriction on any sale by Nationstar due to the investor’s right to approve such sale. Under the supplemental servicing agreement, Nationstar is entitled to all of the contractually specified servicing fees, ancillary fees and also certain incentive fees, if certain performance conditions are met, and does not share these servicing revenues with the investor.
 
Total servicing and ancillary fees from Nationstar’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans are presented in the following table for the years indicated (in thousands):
 
                         
    For the Years Ended
 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
 
Servicing fees
  $ 103,690     $ 89,893     $ 60,021  
Ancillary fees
    70,130       28,642       19,734  
                         
Total servicing and ancillary fees
  $ 173,820     $ 118,535     $ 79,755  
                         
 
8.   Other Assets
 
Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    December 31,  
    2010     2009  
 
Deferred financing costs
  $ 14,396     $ 11,786  
Derivative financial instruments
    8,666       7,236  
Prepaid expenses
    3,379       2,791  
Other
    3,095       2,415  
                 
Total other assets
  $ 29,536     $ 24,228  
                 
 
9.   Derivative Financial Instruments
 
On October 1, 2010, the Company designated an existing interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge against outstanding floating rate financing associated with the Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADV1 financing. Under the swap agreement, the Company receives interest equivalent to one month LIBOR and pays a fixed rate of 2.0425% based on an amortizing notional of


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
9.   Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)
 
$268.0 million as of December 31, 2010, with settlements occurring monthly until November 2013. Unrealized gains associated with the effective portion of this cash flow hedge of approximately $1.1 million were recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2010. Realized gains associated with the ineffective portion of this cash flow hedge of approximately $0.9 million were recorded as a component of interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2010.
 
As of December 31, 2010, there are no credit risk related contingent features in any of the Company’s derivative agreements. The amount of OCI expected to be reclassified to the consolidated statement of operations in the next 12 months is $0.8 million.
 
The following tables provide the outstanding notional balances and fair values of outstanding positions for the dates indicated, and recorded gains (losses) during the years indicated (in thousands).
 
                             
                    Recorded
 
    Expiration
  Outstanding
    Fair
    Gains /
 
    Dates   Notional     Value     Losses  
 
Year-ended December 31, 2010
                           
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE
                           
Loan sale commitments
  2011   $ 28,641     $ 42     $ (1,397 )
Other Assets
                           
IRLCs
  2011     391,990       4,703       2,289  
Forward MBS trades
  2011     546,500       3,963       580  
LIABILITIES
                           
Interest rate swaps and caps
  2011-2013     429,000       7,801       8,872  
Interest rate swap,subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
  2013     245,119       18,781       2,049  
Year-ended December 31, 2009
                           
Other Assets
                           
IRLCs
  2010   $ 278,181     $ 2,414     $ 1,207  
Forward MBS trades
  2010     292,553       3,383       (210 )
Loan sale commitments
  2010     56,131       1,439       1,439  
Interest rate cap agreements
  2011     344,075             (14 )
Interest rate swap
  2013     220,000              


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
10.  Indebtedness
 
   Notes Payable
 
A summary of the balances of notes payable for the dates indicated is presented below (in thousands).
 
                                 
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
          Collateral
          Collateral
 
    Outstanding     Pledged     Outstanding     Pledged  
 
Financial institutions repurchase facility (2010)
  $ 43,059     $ 45,429     $     $  
Financial services company repurchase facility
    209,477       223,119       149,449       159,281  
Financial services company unsecured line of credit
          N/A       88,915       N/A  
Financial institutions repurchase facility (2009)
    39,014       40,640       31,582       33,245  
Financial services company 2009-ADV1 advance facility
    236,808       285,226       240,935       291,462  
Financial institutions 2010-ADV1 advance facility
                       
GSE MSR facility
    15,733       18,951       21,286       23,185  
GSE ASAP+ facility
    51,105       53,230       7,755       7,803  
GSE EAF facility
    114,562       142,327       231,935       252,034  
                                 
Total notes payable
  $ 709,758     $ 808,922     $ 771,857     $ 767,010  
                                 
 
In February 2010, Nationstar executed a Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA) with a financial institution, under which Nationstar may currently enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $75 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the same financial institution certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the same financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the same financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans to Nationstar at a date certain, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 2.75% to 3.50%, with a minimum interest rate of 4.75%. The maturity date of this MRA is October 2011.
 
Nationstar has a second MRA with a financial services company, which expires in February 2011. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $300 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities 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 mortgage-backed securities 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 margin of 2.00%, with a minimum interest rate of 4.00%.
 
In October 2009, Nationstar executed a third MRA with a financial institution. This MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may currently enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $100 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial institution certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans 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%. The maturity date of this MRA with the financial institution is December 2011.
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
10.  Indebtedness (continued)
 
interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 3.00% to 12.00%. The maturity date of this facility with the financial services company is December 2011. This debt is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
 
In December 2010, Nationstar executed the 2010-ADV1 Advance Facility with a financial institution. This facility has the capacity to purchase up to $200 million of advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.00%. The maturity date of this facility with the financial institution is July 2011, which may be extended if Nationstar elects to pledge any additional advances to this facility. This debt is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
 
In connection with the October 2009 mortgage servicing rights acquisition, Nationstar executed a four-year note agreement with a government-sponsored enterprise (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.
 
During 2009, Nationstar began executing 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.
 
In September 2009, Nationstar executed a committed facility agreement with a GSE, under which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the GSE certain servicing advance receivables against the transfer of funds by the GSE. This facility currently has the capacity to purchase up to $275 million in eligible servicing advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50%. The maturity date of this facility is December 2011.
 
   Senior Unsecured Notes
 
In March 2010, Nationstar completed the offering of $250 million of unsecured senior notes, which were issued with an issue discount of $7.0 million for net cash proceeds of $243.0 million, with a maturity date of April 2015. These unsecured senior notes pay interest biannually at an interest rate of 10.875%.
 
The indenture for the unsecured senior notes contains various covenants and restrictions that limit Nationstar, or certain of its subsidiaries’, ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create liens, consolidate, merge or sell substantially all the assets, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates.
 
   Nonrecourse Debt—Legacy Assets
 
In November 2009, Nationstar completed the securitization of approximately $222 million of asset-backed securities, 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 $138.7 million and $177.7 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, 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 $430.0 million and $515.5 million at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Accordingly, the timing of the principal payments on this nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the


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10.  Indebtedness (continued)
 
underlying mortgage loans. The unpaid principal balance on the outstanding notes was $161.2 million and $206.6 million at December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
   ABS Nonrecourse Debt
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new consolidation guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization. In addition, Nationstar recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheet (see Note 3). Additionally, Nationstar elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10. 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 based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 0.13% to 2.00%, which is subject to an interest rate cap. The total outstanding principal balance on the underlying mortgage loans serving as collateral for the debt was approximately $1,025.3 million at December 31, 2010. The timing of the principal payments on this ABS nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans. The outstanding principal balance on the outstanding notes related to these consolidated securitization trusts was $1,037.9 million at December 31, 2010.
 
   Financial Covenants
 
As of December 31, 2010, Nationstar was in compliance with its covenants on Nationstar’s borrowing arrangements and credit facilities. These covenants generally relate to Nationstar’s tangible net worth, liquidity reserves, and leverage requirements.
 
11.  Repurchase Reserves
 
Certain whole loan sale contracts include provisions requiring Nationstar to repurchase a loan if a borrower fails to make certain initial loan payments due to the acquirer or if the accompanying mortgage loan fails to meet customary representations and warranties. These representations and warranties are made to the loan purchasers about various characteristics of the loans, such as 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. In the event of a breach of the representations and warranties, the Company 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 Nationstar 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. Nationstar records a provision for estimated repurchases and premium recapture on loans sold, which is charged to gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale. The reserve for repurchases is included as a component of payables and accrued liabilities. The current unpaid principal balance of loans sold by Nationstar represents the maximum potential exposure to repurchases related to representations and warranties. Reserve levels are a function of expected losses based on actual pending and expected claims, repurchase requests, historical experience, and loan volume. While the amount of repurchases and premium recapture is uncertain, Nationstar considers the liability to be adequate.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
11.  Repurchase Reserves (continued)
 
The activity of the outstanding repurchase reserves were as follows (in thousands):
 
                         
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
 
Repurchase reserves, beginning of period
  $ 3,648     $ 3,965     $ 4,196  
Additions
    4,649       820       1,164  
Charge-offs
    (976 )     (1,137 )     (1,395 )
                         
Repurchase reserves, end of period
  $ 7,321     $ 3,648     $ 3,965  
                         
 
12.  General and Administrative
 
General and administrative expense consists of the following for the dates indicated (in thousands).
 
                         
    December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008  
 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 2,117     $ 1,767     $ 1,309  
Advertising
    4,559       3,882       3,318  
Equipment
    3,862       3,300       3,359  
Servicing
    14,122       1,951       1,739  
Telecommunications
    2,347       1,590       1,479  
Legal and professional fees
    14,736       9,610       6,184  
Postage
    4,220       2,315       1,057  
Stationary and supplies
    2,594       1,500       903  
Travel
    2,231       827       740  
Dues and fees
    4,114       2,264       1,383  
Insurance and taxes
    2,798       1,218       1,680  
Other
    1,213       270       (957 )
                         
Total general and administrative expense
  $ 58,913     $ 30,494     $ 22,194  
                         
 
13.  Members’ Equity
 
The limited liability company interests in FIF HE Holdings LLC are represented by four separate classes of units, Class A Units, Class B Units, Class C Preferred Units, and Class D Preferred Units, as defined in the FIF HE Holdings LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated December 31, 2008 (the Agreement). Class A Units have voting rights and Class B Units, Class C Preferred Units, and Class D Preferred Units have no voting rights. Distributions and allocations of profits and losses to members are made in accordance with the Agreement. Class C Preferred Units and Class D Preferred Units represent preferred priority return units, accruing distribution preference on any contributions at an annual rate of 15% and 20%, respectively.
 
A total of 100,887 Company Match Class A Units were granted to certain management members on the date of the acquisition of CHEC. Subsequently, the Company Match Class A Units were increased to 141,707, net of forfeitures. No consideration was paid for the Company Match Class A Units, and these units vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule per the Agreement, generally in years three through five after grant date.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
13.  Members’ Equity (continued)
 
Effective September 17, 2010, FIF HE Holdings LLC executed the FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the Fifth Agreement). This Fifth Agreement provided for a total of 457,526 Class A Units to be granted to certain management members. No consideration was paid for the granted units, and the units vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule per the Fifth Agreement.
 
Simultaneously to the execution of the Fifth Agreement, FIF HE Holdings LLC executed several Restricted Series I Preferred Stock Unit Award Agreements (PRSU Agreements). These Agreements provided for a total of 3,304,000 Class C Units and 3,348,000 Class D Units to be granted to certain management members. No consideration was paid for the granted units, and the units vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule per the PRSU Agreements.
 
These awards were valued using a sum of the parts analysis in computing the fair value of the company’s equity. The analysis adds the value of the servicing and originations businesses to the value of the assets and securities that Nationstar owns. The value of the servicing and originations businesses is derived using both a market approach and an income approach. The market approach considers market multiples from public company examples in the industry. The income approach employs a discounted cash flow analysis that utilizes several factors to capture the ongoing cash flows of the business and then is discounted with an assumed equity cost of capital. The valuation of the assets applies a net asset value method utilizing a variety of assumptions, including assumptions for prepayments, cumulative losses, and other variables. Recent market transactions, experience with similar assets and securities, current business combinations, and analysis of the underlying collateral, as available, are considered in the valuation.
 
The Class A, Class C and Class D Units vest over 1.8 years, vesting schedule of these Units are as follows:
 
                 
    September 17, 2010   June 30, 2011   June 30, 2012   Total
 
Class A Units
  93,494   182,016   182,016   457,526
Class C Units
  1,101,332   1,101,334   1,101,334   3,304,000
Class D Units
  1,116,000   1,116,000   1,116,000   3,348,000
 
The weighted average grant date fair value of the Units was $4.23. Subsequent to December 31, 2010, Nationstar expects to recognize $16.9 million of compensation expense over the next 1.6 years.
 
In 2010, certain management members elected to settle a portion of the units which vested during the year to offset tax liabilities of $3.4 million that these members have incurred related to these awarded units.
 
Total share-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, is provided in the table below for the years indicated.
 
                         
    December 31,
    2010   2009   2008
 
Share-based compensation
  $ 12,856     $ 827     $ 2,333  
 
14.  Commitments and Contingencies
 
Nationstar leases various office facilities under noncancelable lease agreements with primary terms extending through fiscal 2016. These lease agreements generally provide for market-rate renewal options, and may provide for escalations in minimum rentals over the lease term (see Note 19).


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14.  Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
 
Minimum annual rental commitments for office leases with unrelated parties and with initial or remaining terms of one year or more, net of sublease payments, are presented below (in thousands).
 
         
2011
  $ 7,015  
2012
    6,756  
2013
    6,543  
2014
    4,591  
Thereafter
    4,624  
         
Total
  $ 29,529  
         
 
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. These IRLCs are treated as derivatives and are carried at fair value (See Note 9).
 
Nationstar is engaged in legal actions arising from the normal course of business. In management’s opinion, Nationstar has adequate legal defenses with respect to these actions, and the resolution of these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect upon the consolidated results of operations or financial condition of Nationstar.
 
During December 2009, Nationstar entered into a strategic relationship with a major mortgage market participant, which contemplates, among other things, significant mortgage servicing rights and subservicing transfers to Nationstar upon terms to be determined. Under this arrangement, if certain delivery thresholds have been met, the market participant may require Nationstar to establish an operating division or newly created subsidiary with separate, dedicated employees within a specified timeline to service such mortgage servicing rights and subservicing. After a specified time period, this market participant may purchase the subsidiary at an agreed upon price. As of December 2010, all of the required delivery thresholds with this market participant have been met, but the market participant has not required the Company to establish an operating division or newly created subsidiary with separate, dedicated employees.
 
15.  Employee Benefits
 
Nationstar holds a contributory defined contribution plan (401(k) plan) that covers substantially all full-time employees. Nationstar matches 50% of participant contributions, up to 6% of each participant’s total annual base compensation. Matching contributions totaled approximately $1.5 million, $1.0 million, and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
 
16.  Fair Value Measurements
 
ASC 820 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 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


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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, Notes Payable—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 GNMA (collectively, the Agencies). Additionally, Nationstar holds mortgage loans that it intends to sell into the secondary markets via whole loan sales or securitizations. Effective October 2009, in conjunction with Nationstar’s election under ASC 825, Nationstar began measuring 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 quoted market prices, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Nationstar determines the fair value on loans held for investment 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 Loans Held for Investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt—Nationstar determines the fair value on loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt 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


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internally developed valuation models and quoted market prices, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
 
Investment in Debt Securities—Nationstar bases its valuation of debt securities on observable market prices when available; however, due to illiquidity in the markets, observable market prices were not available on these debt securities at December 31, 2009. When observable market prices are not available, Nationstar bases valuations on internally developed discounted cash flow models that use a market-based discount rate. The valuation considers recent market transactions, experience with similar securities, current business conditions, and analysis of the underlying collateral, as available. In order to estimate cash flows, Nationstar utilizes a variety of assumptions, including assumptions for prepayments, cumulative losses, and other variables. These assumptions require the use of judgment by Nationstar and can have a significant impact on the determination of the securities’ fair values. Accordingly, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 3 in the fair value disclosures.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights—Nationstar will typically retain the servicing rights when it sells loans into the secondary market. Nationstar estimates the fair value of its 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. During 2010, management obtained third-party valuations that covered portions 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.
 
Real Estate Owned—Nationstar determines the fair value of real estate owned 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 properties to be different than the appraised values. This valuation adjustment is based upon Nationstar’s historical experience with real estate owned. Nationstar regularly reviews recent sales activity of its real estate owned properties in order to ensure that the estimated realizable value is consistent with the recorded amount. Real estate owned 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.
 
Unsecured Senior Notes—The fair value of unsecured senior notes are based on quoted market prices, and Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 1 in the fair value disclosures.
 
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. 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.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
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ABS Nonrecourse Debt—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. 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.
 
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):
 
                                 
          December 31, 2010  
    Total
    Recurring Fair Value Measurements  
    Fair Value     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
 
Assets
                               
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
  $ 371,160     $      —     $ 371,160     $  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    538,440                   538,440  
Mortgage servicing rights(1)
    145,062                   145,062  
Other assets:
                               
IRLCs
    4,703             4,703        
Forward MBS trades
    3,963             3,963        
                                 
Total assets
  $ 1,063,328     $     $ 379,826     $ 683,502  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Derivative financial instruments
                               
Interest rate swaps
  $ 7,801     $     $ 7,801     $  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781             18,781        
ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    496,692                   496,692  
                                 
Total liabilities
  $ 523,274     $     $ 26,582     $ 496,692  
                                 
 
 
(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.
 
                                 
          December 31, 2009  
    Total
    Recurring Fair Value Measurements  
    Fair Value     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
 
Assets
                               
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
  $ 203,131     $      —     $ 203,131     $  
Investment in debt securities(1)
    2,486                   2,486  
Mortgage servicing rights(1)
    114,605                   114,605  
Other assets:
                               
IRLCs
    2,414             2,414        
Forward MBS trades
    3,383             3,383        
Loan sale commitments
    1,439             1,439        
                                 
Total assets
  $ 327,458     $     $ 210,367     $ 117,091  
                                 
 
 
(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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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
16.  Fair Value Measurements (continued)
 
 
The table below presents a reconciliation for all of Nationstar’s Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands).
 
                                                 
    Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements  
          Total Gains (Losses) Included in     Purchases,
             
    Fair Value—
          Other
    Sale,
    Transfers
       
    Beginning of
    Net Income
    Comprehensive
    Issuances, and
    In/Out of
    Fair Value—
 
    Period(1)     (Loss)     Income     Settlements     Level 3     End of Period  
 
Year-ended December 31, 2010
                                               
Assets
                                               
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
  $ 928,891     $ 71,239     $        —     $ (461,690 )   $      —     $ 538,440  
Mortgage servicing rights
    104,174       20,210             20,678             145,062  
                                                 
Total assets
  $ 1,033,065     $ 91,449     $     $ (441,012 )   $     $ 683,502  
                                                 
LIABILITIES
                                               
ABS nonrecourse debt
  $ 884,846     $ (16,937 )   $     $ (371,217 )   $     $ 496,692  
                                                 
Year-ended December 31, 2009
                                               
Assets
                                               
Investment in debt securities
  $ 9,294     $ (6,808 )   $     $     $     $ 2,486  
Mortgage servicing rights
    110,808       (19,583 )           23,380             114,605  
                                                 
Total assets
  $ 120,102     $ (26,391 )   $     $ 23,380     $     $ 117,091  
                                                 
 
 
(1) Amounts include derecognition of previously retained beneficial interests and mortgage servicing rights upon adoption of ASC 810 related to consolidation of certain VIEs.
 
The table below presents the items which Nationstar measures at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (in thousands).
 
                                         
                            Total Gains
 
    Nonrecurring Fair Value
    Total
    (Losses)
 
    Measurements     Estimated
    Included in
 
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Fair Value     Earnings  
 
Year-ended December 31, 2010
                                       
Assets
                                       
Real estate owned(1)
  $      —     $        —     $ 27,337     $ 27,337     $  
                                         
Total assets
  $     $     $ 27,337     $ 27,337     $  
                                         
Year-ended December 31, 2009
                                       
Assets
                                       
Real estate owned(1)
  $     $     $ 10,262     $ 10,262     $ (7,512 )
                                         
Total assets
  $     $     $ 10,262     $ 10,262     $ (7,512 )
                                         
 
 
(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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secured borrowing. These loans were classified as Level 3 assets that were measured on a nonrecurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2008, but were not measured at fair value for the year ended December 31, 2009. In addition, Nationstar elected under ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments-Overall to measure newly originated prime residential mortgage loans held for sale at fair value at origination. These newly originated prime residential mortgage loans were classified as Level 2 assets that were measured on a nonrecurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2008, but are measured on a recurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
The table below presents a summary of the estimated carrying amount and fair value of Nationstar’s financial instruments (in thousands).
 
                                 
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
    Carrying
          Carrying
       
    Amount     Fair Value     Amount     Fair Value  
 
Financial assets:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 21,223     $ 21,223     $ 41,645     $ 41,645  
Restricted cash
    91,125       91,125       52,795       52,795  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    371,160       371,160       203,131       203,131  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy assets
    266,840       239,035       301,910       284,774  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    538,440       538,440              
Investment in debt securities
                2,486       2,486  
Derivative instruments
    8,666       8,666       7,236       7,236  
Financial liabilities:
                               
Notes payable
    709,758       709,758       771,857       771,857  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,061       244,375              
Derivative financial instruments
    7,801       7,801              
Derivative instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781       18,781              
Nonrecourse debt
    138,662       140,197       177,675       178,161  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    496,692       496,692              
 
17.  Termination of the Company
 
The duration of Nationstar’s existence is indefinite per the Agreement and shall continue until dissolved in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA).
 
18.  Limited Liability of Members
 
The members of a Delaware limited liability company are generally not liable for the acts and omissions of the company, much in the same manner as the shareholders, officers, and directors of a corporation are generally limited by the provisions of the DLLCA and by applicable case law.
 
19.  Restructuring Charges
 
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19.  Restructuring Charges (continued)
 
Nationstar’s workforce. As part of this plan, Nationstar expected to incur lease and other contract termination costs. Nationstar recorded restructuring charges totaling $2.3 million, $2.2 million, and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively, related to cancelled lease expenses that are reflected in general and administrative expenses. In addition, Nationstar recorded severance and other employee termination benefits totaling $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. No severance or other employee termination benefits were incurred for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
The following table summarizes, by category, the Company’s restructuring charge activity for the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
                                 
    Liability Balance
    Restructuring
    Restructuring
    Liability Balance
 
    at January 1     Adjustments     Settlements     at December 31  
 
Year-ended December 31, 2008
                               
Restructuring charges:
                               
Employee severance and other
  $ 1,048     $ 270     $ (1,318 )   $  
Lease terminations
    18,310       1,237       (8,644 )     10,903  
                                 
Total
  $ 19,358     $ 1,507     $ (9,962 )   $ 10,903  
                                 
Year-ended December 31, 2009
                               
Restructuring charges:
                               
Lease terminations
  $ 10,903     $ 2,222     $ (3,660 )   $ 9,465  
                                 
Total
  $ 10,903     $ 2,222     $ (3,660 )   $ 9,465  
                                 
Year-ended December 31, 2010
                               
Restructuring charges:
                               
Lease terminations
  $ 9,465     $ 2,287     $ (2,569 )   $ 9,183  
                                 
Total
  $ 9,465     $ 2,287     $ (2,569 )   $ 9,183  
                                 
 
20.  Concentrations of Credit Risk
 
Properties collateralizing mortgage loans held for investment and real estate owned were geographically disbursed throughout the United States (measured by principal balance and expressed as a percent of the total outstanding mortgage loans held for investment and real estate owned).
 
The following table details the geographical concentration of mortgage loans held for investment and real estate owned by state for the dates indicated (in thousands).
 
                                 
    December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  
    Unpaid
    % of
    Unpaid
    % of
 
    Principal
    Total
    Principal
    Total
 
State
  Balance     Outstanding     Balance     Outstanding  
 
Florida
  $ 62,775       14.4 %   $ 78,331       15.1 %
Texas
    58,815       13.4 %     65,519       12.6 %
California
    41,019       9.4 %     55,785       10.7 %
All other states(1)
    274,235       62.8 %     320,010       61.6 %
                                 
    $ 436,844       100.0 %   $ 519,645       100.0 %
                                 
 
 
(1) No other state contains more than 5.0% of the total outstanding.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
20.  Concentrations of Credit Risk (continued)
 
 
Additionally, certain loan products’ contractual terms may give rise to a concentration of credit risk and increase Nationstar’s exposure to risk of nonpayment or realization.
 
The following table details the unpaid principal balance of ARM loans included in mortgage loans held for investment that are subject to future payment increases for the dates indicated (in thousands).
 
                 
    December 31,
    December 31,
 
    2010     2009  
 
Interest only ARMs
  $ 43,687     $ 57,745  
Amortizing ARMs:
               
2/28
    71,614       108,052  
3/27
    5,608       9,900  
All other ARMs
    11,173       5,617  
                 
    $ 132,082     $ 181,314  
                 
 
21.  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 $83.2 million.
 
As of December 31, 2010, Nationstar was in compliance with all of its selling and servicing capital requirements. Additionally, Nationstar is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of at least $150 million as of each quarter-end related to its outstanding Master Repurchase Agreements on our outstanding repurchase facilities. As of December 31, 2010, Nationstar was in compliance with these minimum tangible net worth requirements.
 
22.  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 primarily includes all sub-prime mortgage loans originated in the latter portion of 2006 and during 2007 or acquired from CHEC and consolidated VIEs which were consolidated pursuant to the adoption of new accounting guidance related to VIEs adopted on January 1, 2010.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
22.  Business Segment Reporting (continued)
 
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 and 2) revenues generated on inter-segment services performed. 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.
 
To reconcile to Nationstar’s consolidated results, certain inter-segment revenues and expenses costs are eliminated in the “Elimination” column in the following tables.
 
The following tables are a presentation of financial information by segment for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2010  
                Operating
    Legacy Portfolio
             
    Servicing     Originations     Segments     and Other     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
REVENUES:
                                               
Servicing fee income
  $ 175,569     $     $ 175,569     $ 820     $ (9,263 )   $ 167,126  
Other fee income
    7,273       7,042       14,315       2,643             16,958  
                                                 
Total fee income
    182,842       7,042       189,884       3,463       (9,263 )     184,084  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
          77,498       77,498             (154 )     77,344  
                                                 
Total revenues
    182,842       84,540       267,382       3,463       (9,417 )     261,428  
Total expenses and impairments
    107,283       86,920       194,203       26,927       (154 )     220,976  
Other income (expense):
                                               
Interest income
    263       11,848       12,111       77,521       9,263       98,895  
Interest expense
    (51,791 )     (8,806 )     (60,597 )     (55,566 )           (116,163 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (9,801 )           (9,801 )                 (9,801 )
Change in fair value on ABS nonrecourse debt
                      (23,297 )           (23,297 )
                                                 
Total other income (expense)
    (61,329 )     3,042       (58,287 )     (1,342 )     9,263       (50,366 )
                                                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 14,230     $ 662     $ 14,892     $ (24,806 )   $     $ (9,914 )
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 1,092     $ 781     $ 1,873     $ 244     $     $ 2,117  
Total assets
    689,923       402,627       1,092,550       854,631             1,947,181  
 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
22. Business Segment Reporting (continued)
 
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2009  
                Operating
    Legacy Portfolio
             
    Servicing     Originations     Segments     and Other     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
REVENUES:
                                               
Servicing fee income
  $ 91,266     $     $ 91,266     $     $ (1,071 )   $ 90,195  
Other fee income
    8,867       1,156       10,023                   10,023  
                                                 
Total fee income
    100,133       1,156       101,289             (1,071 )     100,218  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
          54,437       54,437       (75,786 )           (21,349 )
                                                 
Total revenues
    100,133       55,593       155,726       (75,786 )     (1,071 )     78,869  
Total expenses and impairments
    70,897       47,532       118,429       25,009       (1,071 )     142,367  
Other income (expense):
                                               
Interest income
    4,143       4,261       8,404       44,114             52,518  
Interest expense
    (25,877 )     (3,438 )     (29,315 )     (40,568 )           (69,883 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                      (14 )           (14 )
                                                 
Total other income (expense)
    (21,734 )     823       (20,911 )     3,532             (17,379 )
                                                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 7,502     $ 8,884     $ 16,386     $ (97,263 )   $     $ (80,877 )
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 1,004     $ 538     $ 1,542     $ 225     $     $ 1,767  
Total assets
    681,543       239,202       920,745       359,440             1,280,185  
 
                                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2008  
                Operating
    Legacy Portfolio
             
    Servicing     Originations     Segments     and Other     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
REVENUES:
                                               
Servicing fee income
  $ 69,235     $     $ 69,235     $     $ (1,183 )   $ 68,052  
Other fee income
    5,366       589       5,955                   5,955  
                                                 
Total fee income
    74,601       589       75,190             (1,183 )     74,007  
Gain (loss) on mortgage loans held for sale
          21,985       21,985       (108,648 )           (86,663 )
                                                 
Total revenues
    74,601       22,574       97,175       (108,648 )     (1,183 )     (12,656 )
Total expenses and impairments
    55,037       30,795       85,832       63,128       (1,183 )     147,777  
Other income (expense):
                                               
Interest income
    10,872       1,920       12,792       79,268             92,060  
Interest expense
    (15,718 )     (1,289 )     (17,007 )     (48,541 )           (65,548 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                      (23,689 )           (23,689 )
                                                 
Total other income (expense)
    (4,846 )     631       (4,215 )     7,038             2,823  
                                                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 14,718     $ (7,590 )   $ 7,128     $ (164,738 )         $ (157,610 )
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 789     $ 383     $ 1,172     $ 137           $ 1,309  
Total assets
    479,819       72,888       552,707       569,294             1,122,001  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information
 
In March 2010, Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Capital Corporation (the “Issuers”), sold in a private offering $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.875% senior unsecured notes which mature on April 1, 2015. In December 2010, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form S-4 registration statement to exchange the privately placed notes with registered notes. The terms of the registered notes are substantially identical to those of the privately placed notes. The notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Issuer’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries, with certain exceptions. All guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by the Issuer. All amounts in the following tables are in thousands.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
DECEMBER 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 20,904     $ 319     $     $     $ 21,223  
Restricted cash
    57,579             33,546             91,125  
Accounts receivable, net
    435,096             3,975             439,071  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    371,160                         371,160  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt-Legacy Assets, net
    5,536             261,304             266,840  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                538,440             538,440  
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
    597                   (597 )      
Investment in subsidiaries
    158,276                   (158,276 )      
Receivables from affiliates
          62,171       132,353       (185,531 )     8,993  
Mortgage servicing rights
    145,062                         145,062  
Property and equipment, net
    7,559       835                   8,394  
Real estate owned, net
    323             27,014             27,337  
Other assets
    29,536                         29,536  
                                         
Total assets
  $ 1,231,628     $ 63,325     $ 996,632     $ (344,404 )   $ 1,947,181  
                                         
 
Liabilities and members’ equity
Notes payable
  $ 472,950     $     $ 236,808     $     $ 709,758  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,061                         244,061  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    73,785             1,269             75,054  
Payables to affiliates
    185,531                   (185,531 )      
Derivative financial instruments
                7,801             7,801  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                18,781             18,781  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
                138,662             138,662  
ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                497,289       (597 )     496,692  
                                         
Total liabilities
    976,327             900,610       (186,128 )     1,690,809  
                                         
Total members’ equity
    255,301       63,325       96,022       (158,276 )     256,372  
                                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,231,628     $ 63,325     $ 996,632     $ (344,404 )   $ 1,947,181  
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 174,660     $ 1,730     $     $ (9,264 )   $ 167,126  
Other fee income
    8,259       7,551       1,148             16,958  
                                         
Total fee income
    182,919       9,281       1,148       (9,264 )     184,084  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    77,344                         77,344  
                                         
Total revenues
    260,263       9,281       1,148       (9,264 )     261,428  
                                         
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    146,746       2,369                   149,115  
General and administrative
    57,329       1,642       (58 )           58,913  
Provision for loan losses
    1,558             1,740             3,298  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
                205             205  
Occupancy
    9,289       156                   9,445  
                                         
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    214,922       4,167       1,887             220,976  
                                         
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    17,019       6       72,606       9,264       98,895  
Interest expense
    (54,075 )           (62,088 )           (116,163 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                (9,801 )           (9,801 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                (23,748 )     451       (23,297 )
Gain (loss) from subsidiaries
    (18,650 )                 18,650        
                                         
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (55,706 )     6       (23,031 )     28,365       (50,366 )
                                         
                                         
Net income (loss)
  $ (10,365 )   $ 5,120     $ (23,770 )   $ 19,101     $ (9,914 )
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Operating activities
                                       
Net income (loss)
  $ (10,365 )   $ 5,120     $ (23,770 )   $ 19,101     $ (9,914 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Loss from subsidiaries
    18,650                   (18,650 )      
Share-based compensation
    12,856                         12,856  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    (77,344 )                       (77,344 )
Provision for loan losses
    1,558             1,740             3,298  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
                205             205  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,104       13                   2,117  
Fair value changes in ABS securitization
                23,297             23,297  
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                8,872             8,872  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    6,043                         6,043  
Amortization of debt discount
    12,380             6,351             18,731  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
                (4,526 )           (4,526 )
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (2,791,639 )                       (2,791,639 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    2,621,275                         2,621,275  
Principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    49,049             (16,634 )           32,415  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable, net
    71,364       3       (31,979 )           39,388  
Payables to affiliates
    (52,594 )     (5,110 )     61,662             3,958  
Other assets
    1,152                         1,152  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    8,444       (96 )     (185 )           8,163  
                                         
Net cash provided by (used) in operating activities
    (127,067 )     (70 )     25,033       451       (101,653 )
                                         
                                         
Investing activities
                                       
Principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                48,838             48,838  
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    504             73,603             74,107  
Purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
    (17,812 )                       (17,812 )
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (3,923 )     (13 )                 (3,936 )
                                         
Net cash provided by (used) in investing activities
    (21,231 )     (13 )     122,441             101,197  
                                         
                                         
Financing activities
                                       
Transfers to/from restricted cash, net
    (38,617 )           4,886             (33,731 )
Issuance of unsecured notes, net of issue discount
    243,013                         243,013  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Repayment of non-recourse debt—Legacy assets
                (45,364 )           (45,364 )
Repayment of ABS nonrecourse debt
    (146 )           (102,869 )     (451 )     (103,466 )
Decrease in notes payable, net
    (57,972 )           (4,127 )           (62,099 )
Debt financing costs
    (14,923 )                       (14,923 )
Tax related share-based settlement of units by members
    (3,396 )                       (3,396 )
                                         
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    127,959             (147,474 )     (451 )     (19,966 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (20,339 )     (83 )                 (20,422 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    41,243       402                   41,645  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 20,904     $ 319     $     $     $ 21,223  
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Assets
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 41,243     $ 402     $     $     $ 41,645  
Restricted cash
    18,962             33,833             52,795  
Accounts receivable, net
    506,460       3       3,511             509,974  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    203,131                         203,131  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets, net
    6,413             295,497             301,910  
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
    2,486                         2,486  
Investment in subsidiaries
    275,661                   (275,661 )      
Receivables from affiliates
          160,645       190,772       (338,843 )     12,574  
Mortgage servicing rights
    114,605                         114,605  
Property and equipment, net
    5,740       835                   6,575  
Real estate owned, net
                10,262             10,262  
Other assets
    24,228                         24,228  
                                         
Total assets
  $ 1,198,929     $ 161,885     $ 533,875     $ (614,504 )   $ 1,280,185  
                                         
 
Liabilities and members’ equity
Notes payable
  $ 530,922     $     $ 240,935     $     $ 771,857  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    65,341       96       1,393             66,830  
Payables to affiliates
    338,843                   (338,843 )      
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
                177,675             177,675  
                                         
Total liabilities
    935,106       96       420,003       (338,843 )     1,016,362  
                                         
                                         
Total members’ equity
    263,823       161,789       113,872       (275,661 )     263,823  
                                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,198,929     $ 161,885     $ 533,875     $ (614,504 )   $ 1,280,185  
                                         


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Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 89,151     $ 1,044     $     $     $ 90,195  
Other fee income
    4,823       5,200                   10,023  
                                         
Total fee income
    93,974       6,244                   100,218  
Loss on mortgage loans held for sale
    (21,349 )                       (21,349 )
                                         
Total revenues
    72,625       6,244                   78,869  
                                         
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    88,075       2,614                   90,689  
General and administrative
    30,111       379       4             30,494  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (1,352 )     (10,925 )     19,789               7,512  
Occupancy
    6,621       242                   6,863  
Loss on available-for-sale securities-other-than-temporary
    6,809                         6,809  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    130,264       (7,690 )     19,793               142,367  
                                         
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    42,160       233       10,125             52,518  
Interest expense
    (52,810 )     (2,694 )     (14,379 )           (69,883 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (14 )                       (14 )
Gain (loss) from subsidiaries
    (12,574 )                 12,574        
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (23,238 )     (2,461 )     (4,254 )     12,574       (17,379 )
                                         
                                         
Net income/(loss)
  $ (80,877 )   $ 11,473     $ (24,047 )   $ 12,574     $ (80,877 )
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Operating activities:
                                       
Net income (loss)
  $ (80,877 )   $ 11,473     $ (24,047 )   $ 12,574     $ (80,877 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Loss from subsidiaries
    12,574                   (12,574 )      
Share-based compensation
    827                         827  
Loss on mortgage loans held for sale
    21,349                         21,349  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (1,352 )     (10,925 )     19,789             7,512  
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    14                         14  
Unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments
    (2,436 )                       (2,436 )
Depreciation and amortization
    1,728       39                   1,767  
Impairment of investments in debt securities
    6,809                         6,809  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    27,915                         27,915  
Amortization of debt discount
    19,075             2,212             21,287  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (1,394 )                       (1,394 )
Mortgage Loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (1,480,549 )                       (1,480,549 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    1,007,369                         1,007,369  
Principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    403,256             66,816             470,072  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable, net
    (151,602 )     1,113       (3,511 )           (154,000 )
Payables to affiliates
    247,676       (47,397 )     (133,339 )           66,940  
Other assets
    (9,115 )                       (9,115 )
Payables and accrued liabilities
    11,550       (12 )     1,331             12,869  
                                         
Net cash provided by (used) in operating activities
    32,817       (45,709 )     (70,749 )           (83,641 )
                                         
Investing activities:
                                       
                                         
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    1,896       32,202       83             34,181  
Purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
    (1,169 )                       (1,169 )
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (2,990 )     (39 )                 (3,029 )
                                         
Net cash provided by (used) in investing activities
    (2,263 )     32,163       83             29,983  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
                                         
Financing activities:
                                       
Transfers to/from restricted cash, net
    (18,444 )     13,737       (27,056 )           (31,763 )
Issuance of non-recourse debt, net
                191,272             191,272  
(Decrease) increase in notes payable, net
    17,346             (77,741 )           (60,395 )
Repayment of non-recourse debt—Legacy assets
                (15,809 )           (15,809 )
Debt financing costs
    (18,059 )                       (18,059 )
Capital contributions from members
    20,700                         20,700  
                                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    1,543       13,737       70,666             85,946  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    32,097       191                   32,288  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    9,146       211                   9,357  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 41,243     $ 402     $     $     $ 41,645  
                                         


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Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Revenues
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 67,876     $ 74     $ 102     $     $ 68,052  
Other fee income
    1,304       4,651                   5,955  
                                         
Total fee income
    69,180       4,725       102             74,007  
Loss on mortgage loans held for sale
    (86,663 )                       (86,663 )
                                         
Total revenues
    (17,483 )     4,725       102             (12,656 )
                                         
Expenses and impairments
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    60,808       975                   61,783  
General and administrative
    22,059       135                   22,194  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (1,011 )     3,578                   2,567  
Occupancy
    5,989       32                   6,021  
Loss on available-for-sale securities- other-than-temporary
    55,212                         55,212  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    143,057       4,720                   147,777  
                                         
Other income (expense)
                                       
Interest income
    92,030       30                   92,060  
Interest expense
    (52,931 )     (45 )     (12,572 )           (65,548 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (23,689 )                       (23,689 )
Gain (loss) from subsidiaries
    (12,480 )                 12,480        
                                         
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    2,930       (15 )     (12,572 )     12,480       2,823  
                                         
                                         
Net income (loss)
  $ (157,610 )   $ (10 )   $ (12,470 )   $ 12,480     $ (157,610 )
                                         


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Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Subsidiaries
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Operating activities
                                       
Net income (loss)
  $ (157,610 )   $ (10 )   $ (12,470 )   $ 12,480     $ (157,610 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Loss from subsidiaries
    12,480                   (12,480 )      
Share-based compensation
    2,333                         2,333  
Loss on mortgage loans held for sale
    86,663                         86,663  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (1,011 )     3,578                   2,567  
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    23,689                         23,689  
Unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments
    2,077                         2,077  
Depreciation and amortization
    1,301       8                   1,309  
Accretion of discount on securities
    (4,422 )                       (4,422 )
Impairment of investments in debt securities
    55,212                         55,212  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    11,701                         11,701  
Amortization of debt discount
    8,879                         8,879  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (85 )                       (85 )
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (545,860 )                       (545,860 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    513,924                         513,924  
Principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    201,184                         201,184  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable, net
    (164,961 )     (605 )                 (165,566 )
Payables to affiliates
    129,110       128,659       (255,317 )           2,452  
Other assets
    38,363                         38,363  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    (36,363 )     (297 )     62             (36,598 )
                                         
Net cash provided by (used) in operating activities
    176,604       131,333       (267,725 )           40,212  
                                         
Investing activities
                                       
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    52,764       (23,488 )                 29,276  
Purchase of mortgage servicing rights, net of liabilities incurred
    (19,013 )                       (19,013 )
Interest rate swap settlements
    (51,570 )                       (51,570 )
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (1,764 )     (8 )                 (1,772 )
Principal payments received on debt securities
    8,436                         8,436  
                                         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (11,147 )     (23,496 )                 (34,643 )
                                         
Financing activities
                                       
Transfers to/from restricted cash, net
    (517 )     (8,402 )     (952 )           (9,871 )
(Decrease)/increase in notes payable, net
    (325,943 )     (100,000 )     268,677             (157,266 )
Debt financing costs
    (15,926 )                       (15,926 )


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
 
23.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Capital contributions from members
    145,600                         145,600  
                                         
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (196,786 )     (108,402 )     267,725             (37,463 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (31,329 )     (565 )                 (31,894 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    40,475       776                   41,251  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 9,146     $ 211     $     $     $ 9,357  
                                         
 
24.  Subsequent Events
 
In February 2011, Nationstar amended one of its outstanding Master Repurchase Agreements with a financial services company. Under the terms of this new agreement, Nationstar is now required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of not less than $175 million and is now set to expire in February 2012. In addition, the interest rate paid on any transfer loans has been amended to LIBOR plus a margin of 3.25%.
 
In March 2011, Nationstar executed a MRA with a financial institution, under which Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $50.0 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the same financial institution certain mortgage loans and certain securities against the transfer of funds by the same financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the same financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans and securities to Nationstar at a date certain, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.45% to 3.95%, which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral. The maturity date of this MRA is March 2012.


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    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
    (unaudited)        
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 48,420     $ 21,223  
Restricted cash (includes $694 and $1,472, respectively, of restricted cash, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    73,100       91,125  
Accounts receivable, net (includes $3,138 and $2,392, respectively, of accrued interest, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    454,235       439,071  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    268,950       371,160  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt - Legacy Assets, net of allowance for loan losses of $4,426 and $3,298, respectively
    262,268       266,840  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
    530,681       538,440  
Receivables from affiliates
    7,542       8,993  
Mortgage servicing rights
    151,159       145,062  
Property and equipment, net
    11,255       8,394  
Real estate owned, net (includes $16,142 and $17,509, respectively, of real estate owned, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    24,417       27,337  
Other assets
    36,228       29,536  
                 
Total assets
  $ 1,868,255     $ 1,947,181  
                 
Liabilities and members’ equity
               
Notes payable
  $ 608,451     $ 709,758  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,410       244,061  
Payables and accrued liabilities (includes $123 and $95, respectively, of accrued interest payable, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    103,899       75,054  
Derivative financial instruments
    7,724       7,801  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615       18,781  
Nonrecourse debt — Legacy Assets
    133,592       138,662  
ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
    489,321       496,692  
                 
Total liabilities
    1,603,012       1,690,809  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Total members’ equity
    265,243       256,372  
                 
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,868,255     $ 1,947,181  
                 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
                 
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Revenues:
               
Servicing fee income
  $ 57,467     $ 34,090  
Other fee income
    7,219       4,660  
                 
Total fee income
    64,686       38,750  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    20,506       12,429  
                 
Total revenues
    85,192       51,179  
Expenses and impairments:
               
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    46,923       29,489  
General and administrative
    15,564       8,720  
Provisions for loan losses
    1,128        
(Gain)/Loss on foreclosed real estate
    2,247       (21 )
Occupancy
    2,259       1,901  
                 
Total expenses and impairments
    68,121       40,089  
Other income (expense):
               
Interest income
    18,318       31,333  
Interest expense
    (25,368 )     (29,135 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
          (2,779 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    (2,652 )     (9,777 )
                 
Total other income (expense)
    (9,702 )     (10,358 )
                 
Net income
  $ 7,369     $ 732  
                 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS’ EQUITY
 
                         
          Accumulated Other
    Total
 
    Member
    Comprehensive
    Members
 
    Units     Income     Equity  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Balance at January 1, 2010
  $ 263,823     $     $ 263,823  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles as of January 1, 2010 related to adoption of new accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities
    (8,068 )           (8,068 )
Share-based compensation
    12,856             12,856  
Tax related share-based settlement of units by members
    (3,396 )           (3,396 )
Comprehensive loss:
                       
Net loss
    (9,914 )           (9,914 )
Change in value of cash flow hedge
          1,071       1,071  
                         
Total comprehensive loss
                    (8,843 )
                         
Balance at December 31, 2010
    255,301       1,071       256,372  
(unaudited)
                       
Share-based compensation
    5,263             5,263  
Distribution to parent
    (3,900 )           (3,900 )
Comprehensive income:
                       
Net income
    7,369             7,369  
Change in value of cash flow hedge
          139       139  
                         
Total comprehensive income
                    7,508  
                         
Balance at March 31, 2011
  $ 264,033     $ 1,210     $ 265,243  
                         
 
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    Three Months
 
    Ended March 31,  
    2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 7,369     $ 732  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities:
               
Share-based compensation
    5,263       210  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    (20,506 )     (12,429 )
Provision for loan losses
    1,128        
(Gain)/Loss on foreclosed real estate
    2,247       (21 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
    2,652       9,777  
Depreciation and amortization
    751       398  
(Gain)/loss or ineffectiveness on interest rate swaps and caps
    (902 )     2,779  
Change in fair value on mortgage servicing rights
    3,784       4,600  
Amortization of debt discount
    3,066       5,564  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (1,260 )     (1,466 )
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (654,127 )     (512,615 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    765,695       492,333  
Principal payments/prepayments received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    2,943       (4,708 )
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable, net
    (15,164 )     (68,510 )
Receivables from affiliates
    1,451       2,278  
Other assets
    (1,649 )     (2,211 )
Payables and accrued liabilities
    28,845       650  
                 
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
    131,586       (82,639 )
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
 
                 
    Three Months Ended
 
    March 31,  
    2011     2010  
    (Unaudited)  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
 
Investing activities
               
Principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
  $ 2,987     $ 713  
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (3,612 )     (367 )
Acquisition of equity method investee
    (6,600 )      
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    12,503       30,395  
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities
    5,278       30,741  
Financing activities
               
Transfers from/(to) restricted cash, net
    18,025       13,608  
Issuance of unsecured notes, net of issue discount
          243,012  
Decrease in notes payable
    (101,307 )     (164,639 )
Repayment of non-recourse debt — Legacy assets
    (5,895 )     (11,348 )
Repayment of ABS nonrecourse debt
    (14,288 )     (35,559 )
Distribution to parent
    (3,900 )      
Debt financing costs
    (2,302 )     (11,270 )
                 
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
    (109,667 )     33,804  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    27,197       (18,094 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    21,223       41,645  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 48,420     $ 23,551  
                 
Supplemental disclosures of noncash activities
               
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment to real estate owned
  $ 5,830     $ 16,252  
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt to real estate owned
    16,244       33,740  
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to real estate owned
    288        
Mortgage servicing rights resulting from sale or securitization of mortgage loans
    9,881       3,725  
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
 
1.   Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nationstar, and its wholly owned subsidiaries and those variable interest entities (VIEs) where Nationstar is the primary beneficiary. Nationstar applies the equity method of accounting to investments when the entity is not a VIE and Nationstar 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 the Company became the primary beneficiary. In addition, certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
 
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Nationstar have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) 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 (the “SEC”). The accompanying interim financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
2.   Recent Accounting Developments
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-02, A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring is a Troubled Debt Restructuring (Update No. 2011-02). Update No. 2011-02 is intended to reduce the diversity in identifying troubled debt restructurings (TDRs), primarily by clarifying certain factors around concessions and financial difficulty. In evaluating whether a restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring, a creditor must separately conclude that: 1) the restructuring constitutes a concession; and 2) the debtor is experiencing financial difficulties. The clarifications will generally result in more restructurings being considered troubled. The amendments in this update will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after June 15, 2011, with retrospective application to the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of Update No. 2011-02 is not expected to have a material impact on Nationstar’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-03, Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements (Update No. 2011-03). Update No. 2011-03 is intended to improve the accounting and reporting of repurchase agreements and other agreements that both entitle and obligate a transferor to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity. This amendment removes the criterion pertaining to an exchange of collateral such that it should not be a determining factor in assessing effective control, including (1) the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem the financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee, and (2) the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion. Other criteria applicable to the assessment of effective control are not changed by the amendments in the update. The amendments in this update will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2011-03 is not expected to have a material impact on Nationstar’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (Update No. 2011-04). Update No. 2011-04 is intended to provide common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
2.   Recent Accounting Developments (continued)
 
U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The changes required in this update include changing the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments in this update are to be applied prospectively and are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of Update No. 2011-04 is not expected to have a material impact on Nationstar’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations
 
A summary of the assets and liabilities of Nationstar’s transactions with VIEs included in Nationstar’s consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                         
          Transfers
       
          Accounted for as
       
    Securitization
    Secured
       
March 31, 2011
  Trusts     Borrowings     Total  
 
Assets
                       
Restricted cash
  $ 694     $ 20,015     $ 20,709  
Accounts receivable
    3,138       265,498       268,636  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
          256,108       256,108  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    530,681             530,681  
Real estate owned
    16,142       7,808       23,950  
                         
Total Assets
  $ 550,655     $ 549,429     $ 1,100,084  
                         
 
Liabilities
Notes payable
  $     $ 219,146     $ 219,146  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    123       1,187       1,310  
Outstanding servicer advances(1)
    32,810             32,810  
Derivative financial instruments
          6,760       6,760  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615             15,615  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
          133,592       133,592  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    490,171             490,171  
                         
Total Liabilities
  $ 538,719     $ 360,685     $ 899,404  
                         
 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
3. Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
                         
          Transfers
       
          Accounted for as
       
    Securitization
    Secured
       
December 31, 2010
  Trusts     Borrowings     Total  
 
Assets
                       
Restricted cash
  $ 1,472     $ 32,075     $ 33,547  
Accounts receivable
    2,392       286,808       289,200  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt
          261,305       261,305  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    538,440             538,440  
Real estate owned
    17,509       9,505       27,014  
                         
Total Assets
  $ 559,813     $ 589,693     $ 1,149,506  
                         
 
Liabilities
Notes payable
  $     $ 236,808     $ 236,808  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    95       1,173       1,268  
Outstanding servicer advances(1)
    32,284             32,284  
Derivative financial instruments
          7,801       7,801  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781             18,781  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
          138,662       138,662  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    497,289             497,289  
                         
Total Liabilities
  $ 548,449     $ 384,444     $ 932,893  
                         
 
 
(1) Outstanding servicer advances consists of principal and interest advances paid by Nationstar to cover scheduled payments and interest that have not been timely paid by borrowers. These outstanding servicer advances are eliminated upon the consolidation of the securitization trusts.
 
A summary of the outstanding collateral and certificate balances for securitization trusts, including any retained beneficial interests and mortgage servicing rights, that were not consolidated by Nationstar for the periods ending March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is presented in the following table (in thousands).
 
                 
    March 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
 
Total collateral balance
  $ 3,950,854     $ 4,038,978  
Total certificate balance
    3,944,442       4,026,844  
Total mortgage servicing rights at fair value
    25,847       26,419  
 
Nationstar has not retained any variable interests in the unconsolidated securitization trusts that were outstanding as of March 31, 2011 or 2010, and therefore does not have a significant maximum exposure to loss related to these unconsolidated VIEs.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
3.   Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (continued)
 
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):
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
  Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2011   March 31, 2010
    Principal Amount of
      Principal Amount of
   
    Loans 60 Days or
  Credit
  Loans 60 Days or
  Credit
    More Past Due   Losses   More Past Due   Losses
 
Total securitization Trusts
  $ 756,024     $ 51,422     $ 934,905     $ 48,524  
 
Certain cash flows received from securitization trusts accounted for as sales for the dates indicated were as follows (in thousands):
 
                                 
    For the Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2011   March 31, 2010
    Servicing
  Loan
  Servicing
  Loan
    Fees Received   Repurchases   Fees Received   Repurchases
 
Total securitization trusts
  $ 7,738     $     $ 7,027     $  
 
4.   Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows-Supplemental Disclosure
 
Total interest paid for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, was approximately $16.5 million and $23.5 million, respectively.
 
5.   Accounts Receivable
 
Accounts receivable consist primarily of accrued interest receivable on mortgage loans and securitizations, collateral deposits on surety bonds, and advances made to securitization trusts, as required under various servicing agreements related to delinquent loans, which are ultimately paid back to Nationstar from such trusts.
 
Accounts receivable consist of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Delinquency advances
  $ 147,262     $ 148,752  
Corporate and escrow advances
    243,642       233,432  
Insurance deposits
    3,390       6,390  
Accrued interest (includes $3,138 and $2,392, respectively, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt)
    5,047       4,302  
Receivable from trusts
    38,401       30,095  
Other
    16,493       16,100  
                 
Total accounts receivable
  $ 454,235     $ 439,071  
                 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
6.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment
 
Mortgage loans held for sale consist of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale—unpaid principal balance
  $ 261,562     $ 366,880  
Mark-to-market adjustment
    7,388       4,280  
                 
Total mortgage loans held for sale
  $ 268,950     $ 371,160  
                 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale on a nonaccrual status are presented in the following table for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale—Non-performing
  $ 1,971     $ 2,016  
                 
 
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 Three Months Ended  
    March 31,
    March 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Mortgage loans held for sale—beginning balance
  $ 371,160     $ 203,131  
Mortgage loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    654,127       512,615  
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    (765,695 )     (492,333 )
Principal payments received on mortgage loans held for sale and other changes
    9,646       4,172  
Transfer of mortgage loans held for sale to real estate owned
    (288 )      
                 
Mortgage loans held for sale—ending balance
  $ 268,950     $ 227,585  
                 
 
Mortgage loans held for investment as of the dates indicated include (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Mortgage loans held for investment—unpaid principal balance
  $ 405,682     $ 412,398  
Transfer discount
               
Accretable
    (25,659 )     (25,219 )
Non-accretable
    (113,329 )     (117,041 )
Allowance for loan losses
    (4,426 )     (3,298 )
                 
Mortgage loans held for investment, net
  $ 262,268     $ 266,840  
                 
 
Over the life of the loan pools, Nationstar continues to estimate cash flows expected to be collected. Nationstar considers expected prepayments and estimates the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal, interest, and other cash flows (expected as of the transfer date) for each aggregate pool of loans. Nationstar evaluates at the balance sheet date whether the present value of its loans determined using the effective interest rates has decreased and, if so, recognizes a valuation allowance subsequent to the transfer date. The present value of any subsequent increase in the loan pool’s actual cash flows expected to be collected is used first to reverse any existing valuation


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(Unaudited)
 
6.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
allowance for that loan pool. Any remaining increase in cash flows expected to be collected adjusts the amount of accretable yield recognized on a prospective basis over the loan pool’s remaining life.
 
The changes in accretable yield on loans transferred to mortgage loans held for investment were as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
  $ 25,219     $ 22,040  
Additions
           
Accretion
    (1,103 )     (4,082 )
Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable discount
    1,543       7,261  
Disposals
           
                 
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 25,659     $ 25,219  
                 
 
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 $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and $7.3 million from the twelve months ended December 31, 2010 from nonaccretable difference. Furthermore, the Company considers the decrease in principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected arising from the transferred loans as an impairment, and Nationstar recorded a $1.1 million provision for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and a $3.3 million provision for loan losses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010 on the transferred loans to reflect this 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:
 
                         
    March 31, 2011  
          Non-
       
    Performing     Performing     Total  
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
  $ 829     $ 2,469     $ 3,298  
Provision for loan losses
    86       1,042       1,128  
Recoveries on loans previously charged-off
                 
Charge-offs
                 
                         
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 915     $ 3,511     $ 4,426  
                         
Ending balance—Collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 304,421     $ 101,261     $ 405,682  
                         
 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
6. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
                         
    December 31, 2010  
          Non-
       
    Performing     Performing     Total  
 
Balance at the beginning of the period
  $     $     $  
Provision for loan losses
    829       2,469       3,298  
Recoveries on loans previously charged-off
                 
Charge-offs
                 
                         
Balance at the end of the period
  $ 829     $ 2,469     $ 3,298  
                         
Ending balance — Collectively evaluated for impairment
  $ 311,122     $ 101,276     $ 412,398  
                         
 
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 on an as needed basis, which is generally described as an event requiring a decision based at least in part on the collateral value. The collateral values used to derive the LTV’s shown below were obtained at various points during the prior eighteen months.
 
The following tables provide the outstanding unpaid principal balance of Nationstar’s mortgage loans held for investment by credit quality indicators as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
    (In thousands)  
 
Credit Quality by Delinquency Status
               
Performing
  $ 304,421     $ 311,122  
Non-Performing
    101,261       101,276  
                 
Total
  $ 405,682     $ 412,398  
                 
Credit Quality by Loan-to-Value Ratio
               
Less than 60
  $ 45,688     $ 47,627  
Less than 70 and more than 60
    18,018       17,498  
Less than 80 and more than 70
    26,770       26,805  
Less than 90 and more than 80
    35,567       36,125  
Less than 100 and more than 90
    38,402       37,599  
Greater than 100
    241,237       246,744  
                 
Total
  $ 405,682     $ 412,398  
                 
 
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.
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new consolidation guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar recognized the securitized mortgage

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
6.   Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment (continued)
 
loans related to these securitization trusts as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt. Additionally, Nationstar elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10.
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 includes (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
    (In thousands)  
 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt — unpaid principal balance
  $ 963,875     $ 983,106  
Fair value adjustment
    (433,194 )     (444,666 )
                 
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, net
  $ 530,681     $ 538,440  
                 
 
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, approximately $213.8 million and $223.5 million of the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt were over 90 days past due. The fair value of such loans was approximately $114.1 million and $117.6 million, respectively.
 
7.   Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
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 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, discount rate, and other assumptions (including servicing costs) management believes are consistent with the assumptions other major market participants use in valuing the MSRs. The Company periodically obtains third-party valuations of a portion of its MSRs to assess the reasonableness of the fair value calculated by the cash flow model.
 
Nationstar used the following assumptions in estimating the fair value of MSRs for the dates indicated:
 
                 
    March 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
 
Discount rate
    9.7% to 30.0%       9.7% to 30.0%  
Total prepayment speeds
    10.57% to 28.71%       10.57% to 28.71%  
Expected weighted-average life
    3.49 to 6.75 years       3.49 to 6.75 years  
Credit losses
    5.82% to 60.19%       5.82% to 60.19%  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
7.   Mortgage Servicing Rights (continued)
 
The activity of MSRs carried at fair value is as follows (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Fair value at the beginning of the period
  $ 145,062     $ 114,605  
Additions:
               
Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets
    9,881       26,253  
Recognition of MSRs from derecognition of variable interest entities
          2,866  
Purchases of servicing assets
          17,812  
Deductions:
               
Derecognition of servicing assets due to new accounting guidance on consolidation of variable interest entities
          (10,431 )
Changes in fair value:
               
Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
          9,455  
Other changes in fair value
    (3,784 )     (15,498 )
                 
Fair value at the end of the period
  $ 151,159     $ 145,062  
                 
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others
               
Originated or purchased mortgage loans
  $ 31,297,199     $ 31,686,641  
Subserviced for others
    33,971,672       30,649,472  
                 
Total unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others
  $ 65,268,871     $ 62,336,113  
                 
 
Total servicing and ancillary fees from Nationstar’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans are presented in the following table for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
                 
    For the Three Months Ended  
    March 31, 2011     March 31, 2010  
 
Servicing fees
  $ 43,138     $ 22,498  
Ancillary fees
    18,357       13,193  
                 
Total servicing and ancillary fees
  $ 61,495     $ 35,691  
                 
 
8.   Other Assets
 
Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
                 
    March 31,
    December 31,
 
    2011     2010  
 
Deferred financing costs
  $ 14,639     $ 14,396  
Derivative financial instruments
    6,699       8,666  
Prepaid expenses
    3,003       3,379  
Equity method investment
    6,600        
Other
    5,287       3,095  
                 
Total other assets
  $ 36,228     $ 29,536  
                 


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
8.   Other Assets (continued)
 
In March 2011, the Company acquired a 22% interest in ANC Acquisition LLC (ANC) for $6.6 million. ANC is the parent company of National Real Estate Information Services, Inc. (NREIS), a real estate services company. As the Company is able to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the policies and procedures of the entity, and Nationstar owns less than 50% of the voting interests, Nationstar applies the equity method of accounting.
 
9.   Derivative Financial Instruments
 
On October 1, 2010, the Company designated an existing interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge against outstanding floating rate financing associated with the Nationstar Mortgage Advance Receivables Trust 2009-ADV1 financing. Under the swap agreement, the Company receives interest equivalent to one month LIBOR and pays a fixed rate of 2.0425% based on an amortizing notional of $280.0 million as of March 31, 2011, with settlements occurring monthly until November 2013.
 
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the three months ended March 31, 2011
(in thousands)
 
                                         
                Location of
   
                Gain (Loss)
   
                Recognized
   
        Location of
  Amount of
  in Income on
   
        Gain (Loss)
  Gain (Loss)
  Derivative
   
    Amount of
  Reclassified
  Reclassified
  (Ineffective
  Amount of
Derivatives
  Gain (Loss)
  from
  from
  Portion and
  Gain (Loss)
in ASC815
  Recognized
  Accumulated
  Accumulated
  Amount
  Recognized
Cash Flow
  in OCI on
  OCI into
  OCI into
  Excluded from
  in Income on
Hedging
  Derivative
  Income
  Income
  Effectiveness
  Derivative
Relationships
  (Effective Portion)   (Effective Portion)   (Effective Portion)   Testing)   (Ineffective Portion)
 
Interest Rate Swap   $ 139       Interest Expense     $ 278       Interest
Expense
    $ 902  
 
As of March 31, 2011, there are no credit risk related contingent features in any of the Company’s derivative agreements. The amount of OCI expected to be reclassified to the consolidated statement of operations in the next 12 months is $0.7 million.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
9.   Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)
 
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).
 
                                 
                      Recorded
 
    Expiration
    Outstanding
          Gains /
 
    Dates     Notional     Fair Value     (Losses)  
 
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
                               
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE
                               
Loan sale commitments
    2011     $ 30,931     $ 861     $ 819  
OTHER ASSETS
                               
IRLCs
    2011       509,882       6,699       1,997  
LIABILITIES
                               
Interest rate swaps and caps
    2011-2013       395,500       6,760       902  
Forward MBS trades
    2011       531,701       964       (4,928 )
Interest rate swap, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    2013       234,921       15,615       3,166  
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
                               
MORTGAGE LOANS HELD FOR SALE
                               
Loan sale commitments
    2011     $ 28,641     $ 42     $ (1,397 )
OTHER ASSETS
                               
IRLCs
    2011       391,990       4,703       2,289  
Forward MBS trades
    2011       546,500       3,963       580  
LIABILITIES
                               
Interest rate swaps and caps
    2011-2013       429,000       7,801       8,872  
Interest rate swap, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    2013       245,119       18,781       2,049  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
10.  Indebtedness
 
   Notes Payable
 
A summary of the balances of notes payable for the dates indicated is presented below (in thousands).
 
                                 
    March 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
          Collateral
          Collateral
 
    Outstanding     Pledged     Outstanding     Pledged  
 
Financial institutions repurchase facility (2011)
  $     $     $     $  
Financial institutions repurchase facility (2010)
    27,063       29,225       43,059       45,429  
Financial services company repurchase facility
    177,648       185,184       209,477       223,119  
Financial institutions repurchase facility (2009)
    27,942       29,106       39,014       40,640  
Financial services company 2009-ADV1 advance facility
    219,146       263,898       236,808       285,226  
Financial institutions 2010-ADV1 advance facility
                       
GSE MSR facility
    14,345       18,272       15,733       18,951  
GSE ASAP+ facility
    5,512       5,594       51,105       53,230  
GSE EAF facility
    136,795       171,860       114,562       142,327  
                                 
Total notes payable
  $ 608,451     $ 703,139     $ 709,758     $ 808,922  
                                 
 
In March 2011, Nationstar executed a Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA) with a financial institution, under which Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $50.0 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the same financial institution certain mortgage loans and certain securities against the transfer of funds by the same financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the same financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans and securities to Nationstar at a date certain, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 1.45% to 3.95%, which varies based on the underlying transferred collateral. The maturity date of this MRA is March 2012.
 
In February 2010, Nationstar executed a second MRA with a financial institution, which expires in October 2011. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $75 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the same financial institution certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the same financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the same financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans to Nationstar at a date certain, or on demand by Nationstar, against the transfer of funds from Nationstar. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 2.75% to 3.50%, with a minimum interest rate of 4.75%.
 
Nationstar has a third MRA with a financial services company, which expires in February 2012. The MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $300 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial services company certain mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities 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 mortgage-backed securities 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 margin of 3.25%.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
10.  Indebtedness (continued)
 
In October 2009, Nationstar executed a fourth MRA with a financial institution. This MRA states that from time to time Nationstar may enter into transactions, for an aggregate amount of $100 million, in which Nationstar agrees to transfer to the financial institution certain mortgage loans against the transfer of funds by the financial institution, with a simultaneous agreement by the financial institution to transfer such mortgage loans 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%. The maturity date of this MRA with the financial institution is December 2011.
 
Nationstar maintains a facility with a financial services company, the 2009-ADV1 Advance Facility. This facility has the capacity to purchase up to $350 million of advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 3.00% to 12.00%. The maturity date of this facility with the financial services company is December 2011. This debt is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
 
In December 2010, Nationstar executed the 2010-ADV1 Advance Facility with a financial institution. This facility has the capacity to purchase up to $200 million of advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 3.00%. The maturity date of this facility with the financial institution is July 2011, which may be extended if Nationstar elects to pledge any additional advances to this facility. This debt is nonrecourse to Nationstar.
 
In connection with the October 2009 mortgage servicing rights acquisition, Nationstar executed a four-year note agreement with a government-sponsored enterprise (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.
 
During 2009, Nationstar began executing 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.
 
In September 2009, Nationstar executed a one-year committed facility agreement with a GSE, under which Nationstar agrees to 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 $275 million in eligible servicing advance receivables. The interest rate is based on LIBOR plus a spread of 2.50%. The maturity date of this facility is December 2011.
 
   Senior Unsecured Notes
 
In March 2010, Nationstar completed the offering of $250 million of unsecured senior notes, which were issued with an issue discount of $7.0 million for net cash proceeds of $243.0 million, with a maturity date of April 2015. These unsecured senior notes pay interest biannually at an interest rate of 10.875%.
 
The indenture for the unsecured senior notes contains various covenants and restrictions that limit Nationstar, or certain of its subsidiaries’, ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, make certain investments, create liens, consolidate, merge or sell substantially all the assets, or enter into certain transactions with affiliates.
 
   Nonrecourse Debt—Legacy Assets
 
In November 2009, Nationstar completed the securitization of approximately $222 million of asset-backed securities, which was structured as a secured borrowing. This structure resulted in


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
10.  Indebtedness (continued)
 
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 $133.6 million and $138.7 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, 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 $419.6 million and $430.0 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, 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 $155.3 million and $161.2 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
 
   ABS Nonrecourse Debt
 
Effective January 1, 2010, new accounting guidance eliminated the concept of a QSPE, and all existing securitization trusts are considered VIEs and are now subject to new consolidation guidance provided in ASC 810. Upon consolidation of these VIEs, Nationstar derecognized all previously recognized beneficial interests obtained as part of the securitization. In addition, Nationstar recognized the securitized mortgage loans as mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt, and the related asset-backed certificates acquired by third parties as ABS nonrecourse debt on Nationstar’s consolidated balance sheet. (see Note 3). Additionally, Nationstar elected the fair value option provided for by ASC 825-10. 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 based on LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 0.13% to 2.00%, which is subject to an interest rate cap. The total outstanding principal balance on the underlying mortgage loans and real estate owned serving as collateral for the debt was approximately $1,000.6 million and $1,025.3 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The timing of the principal payments on this ABS nonrecourse debt is dependent on the payments received on the underlying mortgage loans. The outstanding principal balance on the outstanding notes related to these consolidated securitization trusts was $1,009.6 million and $1,037.9 million at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.
 
   Financial Covenants
 
As of March 31, 2011, Nationstar was in compliance with its covenants on Nationstar’s borrowing arrangements and credit facilities. These covenants generally relate to Nationstar’s tangible net worth, liquidity reserves, and leverage requirements.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
11.  General and Administrative
 
General and administrative expense consists of the following for the dates indicated (in thousands).
 
                 
    For the Three Months Ended  
    March 31, 2011     March 31, 2010  
 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 751     $ 398  
Advertising
    850       1,435  
Equipment
    909       708  
Servicing
    4,646       1,327  
Telecommunications
    819       500  
Legal and professional fees
    3,095       967  
Postage
    1,517       1,031  
Stationary and supplies
    1,002       483  
Travel
    693       479  
Insurance and Other
    1,282       1,392  
                 
Total general and administrative expense
  $ 15,564     $ 8,720  
                 
 
12.  Fair Value Measurements
 
ASC 820 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 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, Notes Payable—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 GNMA (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.


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
12.  Fair Value Measurements (continued)
 
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 quoted market prices, Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 2 in the fair value disclosures.
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Nationstar determines the fair value on loans held for investment 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.
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt—Nationstar determines the fair value on loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt 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—Nationstar will typically retain the servicing rights when it sells loans into the secondary market. Nationstar estimates the fair value of its 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 and discount rates. 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.
 
Real Estate Owned—Nationstar determines the fair value of real estate owned 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 properties to be different than the appraised values. This valuation adjustment is based


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upon Nationstar’s historical experience with real estate owned. Real estate owned 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.
 
Unsecured Senior Notes—The fair value of unsecured senior notes are based on quoted market prices, and Nationstar classifies these valuations as Level 1 in the fair value disclosures.
 
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. 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.
 
ABS Nonrecourse Debt—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. 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.
 
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):
 
                                 
          March 31, 2011  
          Recurring Fair Value Measurements  
    Total Fair Value     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
 
Assets
                               
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
  $ 268,950     $      —     $ 268,950     $  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    530,681                   530,681  
Mortgage servicing rights(1)
    151,159                   151,159  
Other assets:
                               
IRLCs
    6,699             6,699        
                                 
Total assets
  $ 957,489     $     $ 275,649     $ 681,840  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Derivative financial instruments
                               
Interest rate swaps
  $ 6,760     $     $ 6,760     $  
Forward MBS trades
    964             964        
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615             15,615        
ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    489,321                   489,321  
                                 
Total liabilities
  $ 512,660     $     $ 23,339     $ 489,321  
                                 
 
 
(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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          December 31, 2010  
    Total Fair
    Recurring Fair Value Measurements  
    Value     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
 
Assets
                               
Mortgage loans held for sale(1)
  $ 371,160     $      —     $ 371,160     $  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    538,440                   538,440  
Mortgage servicing rights(1)
    145,062                   145,062  
Other assets:
                               
IRLCs
    4,703             4,703        
Forward MBS trades
    3,963             3,963        
                                 
Total assets
  $ 1,063,328     $     $ 379,826     $ 683,502  
                                 
                                 
Liabilities                                
Derivative financial instruments
                               
Interest rate swaps
  $ 7,801     $     $ 7,801     $  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    18,781             18,781        
ABS nonrecourse debt(1)
    496,692                   496,692  
                                 
Total liabilities
  $ 523,274     $     $ 26,582     $ 496,692  
                                 
 
 
(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 measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands).
 
                                 
    ASSETS        
    Mortgage loans
                   
    held for investment,
                   
    subject to ABS
    Mortgage
          ABS non-
 
    nonrecourse debt     servicing rights     Total assets     recourse debt  
 
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
                               
Beginning balance
  $ 538,440     $ 145,062     $ 683,502     $ 496,692  
Transfers into Level 3
                       
Transfers out of Level 3
                       
Total gains or losses
                               
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)
    11,472       (3,784 )     7,688       9,617  
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)
                       
Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements
                               
Purchases
                       
Issuances
          9,881       9,881        
Sales
                       
Settlements
    (19,231 )           (19,231 )     (16,988 )
                                 
Ending balance
  $ 530,681     $ 151,159     $ 681,840     $ 489,321  
                                 
                                 
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010
                               
Beginning balance(1)
  $ 928,891     $ 104,174     $ 1,033,065     $ 884,846  
Transfers into Level 3
                       
Transfers out of Level 3
                       
Total gains or losses
                               
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)
    71,239       (6,043 )     65,196       16,938  
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)
                       
Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements
                               
Purchases
          17,812       17,812        
Issuances
          26,253       26,253        
Sales
                       
Settlements
    (461,690 )     2,866       (458,824 )     (405,092 )
                                 
Ending balance
  $ 538,440     $ 145,062     $ 683,502     $ 496,692  
                                 
 
 
(1) Amounts include derecognition of previously retained beneficial interests and mortgage servicing rights upon adoption of ASC 810 related to consolidation of certain VIEs.


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12.  Fair Value Measurements (continued)
 
The table below presents the items which Nationstar measures at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (in thousands).
 
                                         
                      Total
       
    Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements     Estimated
    Total Gains (Losses)
 
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Fair Value     Included in Earnings  
 
Three months ended March 31, 2011
                                       
Assets
                                       
Real estate owned(1)
  $      —     $      —     $ 24,417     $ 24,417     $ (2,651 )
                                         
Total assets
  $     $     $ 24,417     $ 24,417     $ (2,651 )
                                         
Year ended December 31, 2010
                                       
Assets
                                       
Real estate owned(1)
  $     $     $ 27,337     $ 27,337     $  
                                         
Total assets
  $     $     $ 27,337     $ 27,337     $  
                                         
 
 
(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.
 
The table below presents a summary of the estimated carrying amount and fair value of Nationstar’s financial instruments (in thousands).
 
                                 
    March 31, 2011   December 31 2010
    Carrying
      Carrying
   
    Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value
 
Financial assets:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 48,420     $ 48,420     $ 21,223     $ 21,223  
Restricted cash
    73,100       73,100       91,125       91,125  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    268,950       268,950       371,160       371,160  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy assets
    262,268       242,416       266,840       239,035  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    530,681       530,681       538,440       538,440  
Derivative instruments
    6,699       6,699       8,666       8,666  
Financial liabilities:
                               
Notes payable
    608,451       608,451       709,758       709,758  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,410       255,158       244,061       244,375  
Derivative financial instruments
    7,724       7,724       7,801       7,801  
Derivative instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
    15,615       15,615       18,781       18,781  
Nonrecourse debt
    133,592       134,696       138,662       140,197  
ABS nonrecourse debt
    489,321       489,321       496,692       496,692  
 
13.  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


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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 $122.3 million.
 
As of March 31, 2011, Nationstar was in compliance with all of its selling and servicing capital requirements. Additionally, Nationstar is required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth of at least $175 million as of each quarter-end related to its outstanding Master Repurchase Agreements on our outstanding repurchase facilities. As of March 31, 2011, Nationstar was in compliance with these minimum tangible net worth requirements.
 
14.  Business Segment Reporting
 
To reconcile to Nationstar’s consolidated results, certain inter-segment revenues and expenses are eliminated in the “Elimination” 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 March 31, 2011  
                Operating
    Legacy Portfolio
             
    Servicing     Originations     Segments     and Other     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
REVENUES:
                                               
Servicing fee income
  $ 58,724     $     $ 58,724     $ 567     $ (1,824 )   $ 57,467  
Other fee income
    2,394       4,044       6,438       781             7,219  
                                                 
Total fee income
    61,118       4,044       65,162       1,348       (1,824 )     64,686  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
          20,569       20,569             (63 )     20,506  
                                                 
Total revenues
    61,118       24,613       85,731       1,348       (1,887 )     85,192  
Total expenses and impairments
    40,407       21,812       62,219       5,965       (63 )     68,121  
Other income (expense):
                                               
Interest income
    967       2,603       3,570       12,924       1,824       18,318  
Interest expense
    (13,457 )     (1,981 )     (15,438 )     (9,930 )           (25,368 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                      (2,652 )           (2,652 )
                                                 
Total other income (expense)
    (12,490 )     622       (11,868 )     342       1,824       (9,702 )
                                                 
NET INCOME
  $ 8,221     $ 3,423     $ 11,644     $ (4,275 )   $     $ 7,369  
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 372     $ 269     $ 641     $ 110     $     $ 751  
Total assets
    720,762       306,170       1,026,932       841,323             1,868,255  
 


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14. Business Segment Reporting (continued)
 
                                                 
    Three Months Ended March 31, 2010  
                Operating
    Legacy Portfolio
             
    Servicing     Originations     Segments     and Other     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
REVENUES:
                                               
Servicing fee income
  $ 35,766     $     $ 35,766     $ 458     $ (2,134 )   $ 34,090  
Other fee income
    1,784       1,666       3,450       1,210             4,660  
                                                 
Total fee income
    37,550       1,666       39,216       1,668       (2,134 )     38,750  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
          12,446       12,446             (17 )     12,429  
                                                 
Total revenues
    37,550       14,112       51,662       1,668       (2,151 )     51,179  
Total expenses and impairments
    21,282       15,937       37,219       2,887       (17 )     40,089  
Other income (expense):
                                               
Interest income
    220       1,629       1,849       27,350       2,134       31,333  
Interest expense
    (10,646 )     (1,308 )     (11,954 )     (17,181 )           (29,135 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
    (2,779 )           (2,779 )                 (2,779 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                      (9,777 )           (9,777 )
                                                 
Total other income (expense)
    (13,205 )     321       (12,884 )     392       2,134       (10,358 )
                                                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 3,063     $ (1,504 )   $ 1,559     $ (827 )   $     $ 732  
                                                 
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 214     $ 141     $ 355     $ 43     $     $ 398  
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information
 
In March 2010, Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Nationstar Capital Corporation (the “Issuers”), sold in a private offering $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.875% senior unsecured notes which mature on April 1, 2015. In June 2011, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an Amendment No. 6 to Form S-4 registration statement to exchange the privately placed notes with registered notes. The terms of the registered notes are substantially identical to those of the privately placed notes. The notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Issuer’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries, with certain exceptions. All guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by the Issuer. All amounts in the following tables are in thousands.

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NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
MARCH 31, 2011
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Assets
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 47,843     $ 577     $     $     $ 48,420  
Restricted cash
    52,391             20,709             73,100  
Accounts receivable, net
    449,498             4,737             454,235  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    268,950                         268,950  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt—Legacy Asset, net
    6,160             256,108             262,268  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                530,681             530,681  
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
    850                   (850 )      
Investment in subsidiaries
    161,172                   (161,172 )      
Receivables from affiliates
          63,634       122,834       (178,926 )     7,542  
Mortgage servicing rights
    151,159                         151,159  
Property and equipment, net
    10,420       835                   11,255  
Real estate owned, net
    466             23,951             24,417  
Other assets
    36,227             1             36,228  
                                         
Total Assets
  $ 1,185,136     $ 65,046     $ 959,021     $ (340,948 )   $ 1,868,255  
                                         
Liabilities and members’ equity
                                       
Notes payable
  $ 389,305     $     $ 219,146     $     $ 608,451  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,410                         244,410  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    102,589             1,310             103,899  
Payables to affiliates
    178,926                   (178,926 )      
Derivative financial instruments
    964             6,760             7,724  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                15,615             15,615  
Nonrecourse debt — Legacy Assets
                133,592             133,592  
ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                490,171       (850 )     489,321  
                                         
Total liabilities
    916,194             866,594       (179,776 )     1,603,012  
                                         
Total members’ equity
    268,942       65,046       92,427       (161,172 )     265,243  
                                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,185,136     $ 65,046     $ 959,021     $ (340,948 )   $ 1,868,255  
                                         


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15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 58,747     $ 544     $     $ (1,824 )   $ 57,467  
Other fee income
    4,061       2,687       471             7,219  
                                         
Total fee income
    62,808       3,231       471       (1,824 )     64,686  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    20,506                         20,506  
                                         
Total Revenues
    83,314       3,231       471       (1,824 )     85,192  
                                         
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    46,130       793                   46,923  
General and administrative
    14,940       621       3             15,564  
Provision for loan losses
    724             404             1,128  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    245             2,002             2,247  
Occupancy
    2,204       55                   2,259  
                                         
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    64,243       1,469       2,409             68,121  
                                         
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    3,619       (5 )     12,880       1,824       18,318  
Interest expense
    (13,595 )             (11,773 )           (25,368 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                             
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                (2,905 )     253       (2,652 )
Gain/(loss) from subsidiaries
    2,930                   (2,930 )      
                                         
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (7,046 )     (5 )     (1,798 )     (853 )     (9,702 )
                                         
                                         
Net income/(loss)
  $ 12,025     $ 1,757     $ (3,736 )   $ (2,677 )   $ 7,369  
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Operating activities:
                                       
Net income/(loss)
  $ 12,025     $ 1,757     $ (3,736 )   $ (2,677 )   $ 7,369  
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Loss from subsidiaries
    (2,930 )                 2,930        
Share-based compensation
    5,263                         5,263  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    (20,506 )                       (20,506 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                2,905       (253 )     2,652  
Provision for loan losses
    724             404             1,128  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    245             2,002             2,247  
Loss/(gain) on derivative financial instruments
                (902 )           (902 )
Depreciation and amortization
    751                         751  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    3,784                         3,784  
Amortization of debt discount
    2,241             825             3,066  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (62 )           (1,198 )           (1,260 )
Mortgage Loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (654,127 )                       (654,127 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    765,695                         765,695  
Principal Payments/Prepayments Received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    2,379             564             2,943  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable
    (14,402 )           (762 )           (15,164 )
Payables to affiliates
    (6,569 )     (1,499 )     9,519             1,451  
Other assets
    (1,649 )                       (1,649 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    28,804             41             28,845  
                                         
Net cash provided by/(used) in operating activities
    121,666       258       9,662             131,586  
                                         
Investing activities:
                                       
Principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                2,987             2,987  
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    144             12,359             12,503  
Acquisition of equity method investment
    (6,600 )                       (6,600 )
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (3,612 )                       (3,612 )
                                         
Net cash provided by/(used) in investing activities
    (10,068 )           15,346             5,278  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
                                         
Financing activities:
                                       
Transfers to/from restricted cash
    5,188             12,837             18,025  
Decrease in notes payable, net
    (83,645 )           (17,662 )           (101,307 )
Repayment of non-recourse debt—Legacy assets
                (5,895 )           (5,895 )
Repayment of ABS non-recourse debt
                (14,288 )           (14,288 )
Debt financing costs
    (2,302 )                       (2,302 )
Distribution to parent
    (3,900 )                       (3,900 )
                                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    (84,659 )           (25,008 )           (109,667 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    26,939       258                   27,197  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    20,904       319                   21,223  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 47,843     $ 577     $     $     $ 48,420  
                                         


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(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
 
DECEMBER 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 20,904     $ 319     $     $     $ 21,223  
Restricted cash
    57,579             33,546             91,125  
Accounts receivable, net
    435,096             3,975             439,071  
Mortgage loans held for sale
    371,160                         371,160  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to nonrecourse debt, Legacy Assets, net
    5,536             261,304             266,840  
Mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                538,440             538,440  
Investment in debt securities—available-for-sale
    597                   (597 )      
Investment in subsidiaries
    158,276                   (158,276 )      
Receivables from affiliates
          62,171       132,353       (185,531 )     8,993  
Mortgage servicing rights
    145,062                         145,062  
Property and equipment, net
    7,559       835                   8,394  
Real estate owned, net
    323             27,014             27,337  
Other assets
    29,536                         29,536  
                                         
Total Assets
  $ 1,231,628     $ 63,325     $ 996,632     $ (344,404 )   $ 1,947,181  
                                         
 
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY
Notes payable
  $ 472,950     $     $ 236,808     $     $ 709,758  
Unsecured senior notes
    244,061                         244,061  
Payables and accrued liabilities
    73,785             1,269             75,054  
Payables to affiliates
    185,531                   (185,531 )      
Derivative financial instruments
                7,801             7,801  
Derivative financial instruments, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                18,781             18,781  
Nonrecourse debt—Legacy Assets
                138,662             138,662  
ABS nonrecourse debt (at fair value)
                497,289       (597 )     496,692  
                                         
Total liabilities
    976,327             900,610       (186,128 )     1,690,809  
                                         
Total members’ equity
    255,301       63,325       96,022       (158,276 )     256,372  
                                         
Total liabilities and members’ equity
  $ 1,231,628     $ 63,325     $ 996,632     $ (344,404 )   $ 1,947,181  
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
                                         
                Non-
             
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Revenues:
                                       
Servicing fee income
  $ 35,687     $ 536     $     $ (2,133 )   $ 34,090  
Other fee income
    2,850       1,810                   4,660  
                                         
Total fee income
    38,537       2,346             (2,133 )     38,750  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    12,429                         12,429  
                                         
Total Revenues
    50,966       2,346             (2,133 )     51,179  
Expenses and impairments:
                                       
Salaries, wages, and benefits
    28,955       534                   29,489  
General and administrative
    8,541       174       5             8,720  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (21 )                       (21 )
Occupancy
    1,866       35                   1,901  
                                         
Total expenses and impairments
    39,341       743       5             40,089  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    3,899             25,301       2,133       31,333  
Interest expense
    (11,233 )           (17,902 )           (29,135 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                (2,779 )           (2,779 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                (9,777 )           (9,777 )
Gain/(loss) from subsidiaries
    (3,559 )                 3,559        
                                         
Total other income (expense)
    (10,893 )           (5,157 )     5,692       (10,358 )
                                         
Net income/(loss)
  $ 732     $ 1,603     $ (5,162 )   $ 3,559     $ 732  
                                         


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
                                         
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Non-Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Operating activities:
                                       
Net income/(loss)
  $ 732     $ 1,603     $ (5,162 )   $ 3,559     $ 732  
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                                       
Loss from subsidiaries
    3,559                   (3,559 )      
Share-based compensation
    210                         210  
Gain on mortgage loans held for sale
    (12,429 )                       (12,429 )
Fair value changes in ABS securitizations
                9,777             9,777  
Loss on foreclosed real estate
    (21 )                       (21 )
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps
                2,779             2,779  
Depreciation and amortization
    398                         398  
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights
    4,600                         4,600  
Amortization of debt discount
    3,975             1,589             5,564  
Amortization of premiums/discounts
    (1,466 )                       (1,466 )
Mortgage Loans originated and purchased, net of fees
    (512,615 )                       (512,615 )
Cost of loans sold, net of fees
    492,333                         492,333  
Principal Payments/Prepayments Received and other changes in mortgage loans originated as held for sale
    5,319             (10,027 )           (4,708 )
Changes in assets and liabilities:
                                       
Accounts receivable
    (22,267 )     5       (46,248 )           (68,510 )
Payables to affiliates
    (42,141 )     (1,563 )     45,982             2,278  
Other assets
    (2,211 )                       (2,211 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    659       15       (24 )           650  
                                         
Net cash provided by/(used) in operating activities
    (81,365 )     60       (1,334 )           (82,639 )
Investing activities:
                                       
Principal payments received and other changes on mortgage loans held for investment, subject to ABS nonrecourse debt
                713             713  
Proceeds from sales of real estate owned
    762             29,633             30,395  
Property and equipment additions, net of disposals
    (367 )                       (367 )
                                         
Net cash provided by/(used) in investing activities
    395             30,346             30,741  


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
15.  Guarantor Financial Statement Information (continued)
 
                                         
    Issuer
    Guarantor
    Non-Guarantor
             
    (Parent)     (Subsidiaries)     (Subsidiaries)     Eliminations     Consolidated  
 
Financing activities:
                                       
Transfers to/from restricted cash
    899             12,709             13,608  
Issuance of unsecured senior notes, net of issue discount
    243,012                         243,012  
Decrease in notes payable, net
    (169,679 )           5,040             (164,639 )
Repayment of non-recourse debt — Legacy assets
                (11,348 )           (11,348 )
Repayment of ABS non-recourse debt
    (146 )           (35,413 )           (35,559 )
Debt financing costs
    (11,270 )                       (11,270 )
                                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    62,816             (29,012 )           33,804  
Net increase (decrease) in cash
    (18,154 )     60                   (18,094 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    41,243       402                   41,645  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 23,089     $ 462     $     $     $ 23,551  
                                         
 
16.  Related Party Disclosures
 
In September 2010, the Company entered into a marketing agreement with Springleaf Home Equity, Inc., formerly known as American General Home Equity, Inc., Springleaf General Financial Services of Arkansas, Inc., formerly known as American 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 origination products to customers of Springleaf, and is compensated by the origination fees of loans that the Company refinances. The marketing agreement has an initial term of six months. Additionally, in January, 2011, the Company entered into three agreements to act as the loan sub-servicer for Springleaf for a whole loan portfolio and two securitized loan portfolios totaling $4.4 billion for which the Company receives a monthly per loan sub-servicing fee and other performance incentive fees subject to the agreement with Springleaf. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, Nationstar recognized revenue of $2.2 million in additional servicing and other performance incentive fees related to this portfolio. At March 31, 2011, the Company had an outstanding receivable from Springleaf of $1.0 which was included as a component of accounts receivable.
 
Nationstar is the loan servicer for two securitized loan portfolios managed by Newcastle Investment Corp., which is managed by an affiliate of Fortress, for which the Company receives a monthly net servicing fee equal to 0.5% per annum on the unpaid principal balance of the portfolios. For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company received servicing fees and other performance incentive fees of $2.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
 
17.  Subsequent Event
 
On June 21, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement to subservice approximately $26.2 billion unpaid principal balance of loans for a financial services company. Management of the Company expects to board the approximately 141,000 loans onto its system during the third quarter 2011 at which time the Company will begin its servicing responsibilities.


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Annex A
 
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action to be taken, you should immediately consult your broker, bank manager, lawyer, accountant, investment advisor or other professional adviser.
 
 
Relating to
 
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
 
Nationstar Capital Corporation
 
Offer to Exchange
 
any and all of their outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (CUSIP Nos. U6375Y AA4 and 63860U AA8) for $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015 that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
 
This document relates to the exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) made by Nationstar Mortgage LLC (the “Company”) and Nationstar Capital Corporation (the “Co-issuer,” and together with the Company, the “Issuers”) to exchange any and all of their unregistered $250,000,000 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Old Notes”) for new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “New Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Exchange Offer is described in the Prospectus dated          , 2011 (the “Prospectus”) and in this letter of transmittal (this “Letter of Transmittal”). All terms and conditions contained in, or otherwise referred to in, the Prospectus are deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, this Letter of Transmittal. Therefore you are urged to read carefully the Prospectus and the items referred to therein. The terms and conditions contained in the Prospectus, together with the terms and conditions governing this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions herein, are collectively referred to herein as the “terms and conditions.”
 
The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on          , 2011, unless extended by the Issuers (such date and time, as they may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). Tendered Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.
 
Upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the acceptance of Old Notes set forth in the Prospectus under “Description of the Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer”, the Issuers will accept for settlement Old Notes that have been validly tendered (and not subsequently validly withdrawn). This acceptance date is referred to as the “Acceptance Date.” The Issuers will deliver the New Notes on a date (the “Settlement Date”) as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
 
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:
 
By Regular Mail or Overnight Courier:
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Operations
MAC N9303-121
Sixth & Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55479
 
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This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Old Notes. Tender of Old Notes is to be made using the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must


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transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:
 
  •  DTC has received your instructions to tender your Old Notes; and
 
  •  You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.
 
By using the ATOP procedures to tender Old Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it.
 
The New Notes will be issued in full exchange for Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, if consummated, on the Settlement Date and will be delivered in book-entry form.


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Please read the accompanying instructions carefully.
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Issuers the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes credited by the undersigned to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC using ATOP.
 
The undersigned understands that validly tendered Old Notes (or defectively tendered Old Notes with respect to which the Issuers have waived such defect or caused such defect to be waived) will be deemed to have been accepted by the Issuers if, as and when the Issuers give oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The undersigned understands that, subject to the terms and conditions, Old Notes properly tendered and accepted (and not validly withdrawn) in accordance with the terms and conditions will be exchanged for New Notes. The undersigned understands that, under certain circumstances, the Issuers may not be required to accept any of the Old Notes tendered (including any such Old Notes tendered after the Expiration Date). If any Old Notes are not accepted for exchange for any reason (or if Old Notes are validly withdrawn), such Old Notes will be returned, without expense, to the undersigned’s account at DTC or such other account as designated herein, pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described in the Prospectus, as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.
 
By tendering Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, the undersigned acknowledges that the Exchange Offer is being made based upon the Issuers’ understanding of an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as set forth in no-action letters issued to other parties, including Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, SEC No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, SEC No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, SEC No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that the New Notes issued in exchange for the Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by each holder thereof (other than a broker-dealer who acquires such New Notes directly from the Issuers for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Issuers within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such New Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of the business of such holder and any beneficial owner and such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of such New Notes and has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Notes. If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquires the New Notes in the ordinary course of the business of such undersigned and any beneficial owner, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Notes and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that the Old Notes to be exchanged for New Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
 
Upon agreement to the terms of this Letter of Transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message, the undersigned, or the beneficial holder of Old Notes on behalf of which the undersigned has tendered, will, subject to that holder’s ability to withdraw its tender, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer generally, hereby:
 
  •  irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to or upon the order of the Issuers or their nominee all right, title and interest in and to, and any and all claims in respect of or arising or having arisen as a result of the undersigned’s status as a holder of, all Old Notes tendered hereby, such that thereafter it shall have no contractual or other rights or claims in law or equity against the


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  Issuers or any fiduciary, trustee, fiscal agent or other person connected with the Old Notes arising under, from or in connection with such Old Notes;
 
  •  waive any and all rights with respect to the Old Notes tendered hereby, including, without limitation, any existing or past defaults and their consequences in respect of such Old Notes; and
 
  •  release and discharge the Issuers, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the trustee for the Old Notes from any and all claims the undersigned may have, now or in the future, arising out of or related to the Old Notes tendered hereby, including, without limitation, any claims that the undersigned is entitled to receive additional principal or interest payments with respect to the Old Notes tendered hereby, other than as expressly provided in the Prospectus and in this Letter of Transmittal, or to participate in any redemption or defeasance of the Old Notes tendered hereby.
 
The undersigned understands that tenders of Old Notes pursuant to the procedures described in the Prospectus and in this Letter of Transmittal and acceptance of such Old Notes by the Issuers will, following such acceptance, constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Issuers upon the terms and conditions.
 
By tendering Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, the undersigned represents, warrants and agrees that:
 
  •  it has received and reviewed the Prospectus;
 
  •  it is the beneficial owner (as defined below) of, or a duly authorized representative of one or more beneficial owners of, the Old Notes tendered hereby, and it has full power and authority to execute this Letter of Transmittal;
 
  •  the Old Notes being tendered hereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and the Issuers will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to such Old Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, when the Issuers accept the same;
 
  •  it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer any Old Notes tendered hereby from the date of this Letter of Transmittal, and any purported sale, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;
 
  •  in evaluating the Exchange Offer and in making its decision whether to participate in the Exchange Offer by tendering its Old Notes, the undersigned has made its own independent appraisal of the matters referred to in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal and in any related communications and it is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, express or implied, made to such holder by the Issuers or the Exchange Agent, other than those contained in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented through the Expiration Date;
 
  •  the execution and delivery of this Letter of Transmittal shall constitute an undertaking to execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions described or referred to in the Prospectus;
 
  •  the agreement to the terms of this Letter of Transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, constitute the irrevocable appointment of the Exchange Agent as its attorney and agent and an irrevocable instruction to such attorney and agent to complete and execute all or any forms of transfer and other documents at the discretion of that attorney and agent in relation to the Old Notes tendered hereby in favor of the Issuers or any other person or persons as the Issuers may direct and to deliver such forms of transfer and other documents in the attorney’s and agent’s discretion and


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  the certificates and other documents of title relating to the registration of such Old Notes and to execute all other documents and to do all other acts and things as may be in the opinion of that attorney or agent necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the acceptance of the Exchange Offer, and to vest in the Issuers or their nominees such Old Notes;
 
  •  the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, this Letter of Transmittal, which shall be read and construed accordingly;
 
  •  it is acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of the business of such undersigned and any beneficial owner;
 
  •  it is not participating in, and does not intend to participate in, a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act;
 
  •  it is not a broker-dealer who acquired the Old Notes directly from the Issuers; and
 
  •  it is not an “affiliate” of the Issuers, within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
The representations, warranties and agreements of a holder tendering Old Notes shall be deemed to be repeated and reconfirmed on and as of the Expiration Date and the Settlement Date. For purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, the “beneficial owner” of any Old Notes means any holder that exercises investment discretion with respect to such Old Notes.
 
The undersigned understands that tenders may not be withdrawn at any time after the Expiration Date, except as set forth in the Prospectus, unless the Exchange Offer is amended with changes to the terms and conditions that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuers, materially adverse to the tendering holders, in which case tenders may be withdrawn under the conditions described in the extension.
 
If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by the Issuers to constitute a material change, the Issuers will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of two to ten business days, depending on the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to such holders, if the Exchange Offer would otherwise have expired during such two to ten business day period.
 
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the undersigned’s successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned.
 
  o   CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
 
Name:
 
Address:
 
Name of Tendering Institution:
 
Account Number:
 
Transaction Code Number:
 
By crediting the Old Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC using ATOP and by complying with applicable ATOP procedures with respect to the Exchange Offer, the participant in DTC confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Old Notes all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal (including all representations and warranties) applicable to it and such beneficial owner as fully as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent.


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INSTRUCTIONS FORMING PART OF
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
 
1.  Book-Entry Confirmations
 
Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of Old Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover page of this Letter of Transmittal prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
 
2.  Validity of Tenders
 
The Issuers will determine in their sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes. The Issuers’ determination will be final and binding. The Issuers reserve the absolute right to reject any Old Notes not properly tendered or any acceptance of Old Notes that would, in the opinion of its counsel, be unlawful. The Issuers also reserve the right to waive any defect, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. The Issuers’ interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as the Issuers shall determine. Although the Issuers intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Notes, none of the Issuers, the Exchange Agent and any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder through the facilities of DTC as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
 
3.  Waiver of Conditions
 
The Issuers reserve the absolute right to waive, in whole or part, at any time or from time to time, any of the conditions to the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus or in this Letter of Transmittal.
 
4.  No Conditional Tender
 
No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tender of Old Notes will be accepted.
 
5.  Request for Assistance or Additional Copies
 
Requests for assistance or for additional copies of the Prospectus or this Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address, telephone numbers or fax number set forth on the cover page of this Letter of Transmittal. Holders may also contact their commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer.
 
6.  Withdrawal
 
Tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. For a withdrawal to be effective you must comply with the appropriate ATOP procedures. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with withdrawn Old Notes and otherwise comply with the ATOP procedures. For more information, see the section of the Prospectus entitled “Description of the Exchange Offer—Withdrawal of Tenders.”


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7.  Transfer Taxes
 
Holders who tender their Old Notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with that tender or exchange, except that holders who instruct the Issuers to register New Notes in the name of, or request that Old Notes not tendered or not accepted in the exchange offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax on those Old Notes.
 
IMPORTANT: BY USING THE ATOP PROCEDURES TO TENDER OLD NOTES, YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT. HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS, AND YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IT CONTAINS, JUST AS IF YOU HAD SIGNED IT.


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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 20.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
(a) Nationstar Capital Corporation; Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation; NSM Recovery Services Inc.; NSM Foreclosure Services Inc. (each a Delaware corporation and, collectively referred to herein as the “Delaware Corporations”)
 
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.
 
Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
 
Subsection (d) of Section 145 of the DGCL provides that any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
 
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim,


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issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith and that such expenses may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL; that any indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; that any indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145.
 
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held liable for these actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to these actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
 
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
 
Article VII of By-laws of Nationstar Capital Corporation provides that it shall indemnify each person who is or was an officer or director to the fullest extent permitted by Certificate of Incorporation, which in turns provides in Article IV that the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by DGCL, indemnify any director or officer against any expenses, liabilities or other matter referred to in Section 145 of DGCL.
 
Article VII of By-laws of Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation provides that it shall indemnify each person who is or was an officer or director to the fullest extent permitted by Certificate of Incorporation, which in turns provides in Article IV that the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by DGCL, indemnify any director or officer against any expenses, liabilities or other matter referred to in Section 145 of DGCL.
 
Both Article VII of Certificate of Incorporation and Article VIII of By-laws of NSM Recovery Services Inc. provide that the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of DGCL, indemnify any director, officer against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlements and/or other matters referred to in or covered by Section 145 of DGCL.
 
Both Article VII of Certificate of Incorporation and Article VIII of By-laws of NSM Foreclosure Services Inc. provide that the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of DGCL, indemnify any director, officer against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlements and/or other matters referred to in or covered by Section 145 of DGCL.


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(b) Nationstar Mortgage LLC; Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC; Harwood Service Company LLC; Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC (each a Delaware limited liability company and, collectively referred to herein as the “LLCs”)
 
The LLCs are each empowered by Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
 
Section 19 of Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Nationstar Mortgage LLC provides that officers and directors shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to indemnification from the Company for any liability, loss, damage or claim arises out of any action or inaction of an officer or director, which indemnification shall only be available, except in cases of fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.
 
Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC’s Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement are silent on indemnification provisions.
 
Harwood Service Company LLC’s Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement are silent on indemnification provisions.
 
Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC’s Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement are silent on indemnification provisions.
 
Nationstar Mortgage LLC maintains insurance on behalf of its members, managers and officers, insuring them against any liability asserted against them in their capacities as members, managers and officers or arising out of such status.
 
(c) Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership and referred to herein as the “Delaware LP”)
 
The Delaware LP is empowered by Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, subject to the limitations in the partnership agreement, to indemnify and hold harmless any person against any and all claims and demands.
 
The Section 5.4 of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Delaware LP provides that the Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner, any such Affiliates, and any Specified Agents against losses, damages, expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or in connection with such claim, action, suit or processing, except in cases of bad faith, willful misconduct or fraud.
 
(d) Harwood Insurance Services, LLC (a California Limited Liability Company and referred to herein as the “California LLC”)
 
Under Section 17153 of the California Limited Liability Company Act, except for a breach of duty, the articles of organization or written operating agreement of a limited liability company may provide for indemnification of any person, including, without limitation, any manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company, against judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or expenses of any kind incurred as a result of acting in that capacity. A limited liability company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company against any liability asserted against on incurred by the person in that capacity or arising out of the person’s status as a manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company.
 
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(e) Harwood Service Company Of Georgia, LLC (a Georgia Limited Liability Company and referred to herein as the “Georgia LLC”)
 
Section 14-11-306 of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in the article of organization or written operating agreement, a limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever arising in connection with the limited liability company; provided that a limited liability company shall not have the power to indemnify any member or manager for (i) for his or her intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law or (ii) for any transaction for which the person received a personal benefit in violation of any provision of a written operating agreement.
 
The Georgia LLC’s Articles of Organization and Limited Liability Company Agreement are silent on indemnification provisions.
 
(f) Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC (a New Jersey Limited Liability Company and referred to herein as the “New Jersey LLC”)
 
Section 42:2B-10 of the New Jersey Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in a limited liability company’s operating agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
 
The New Jersey LLC’s Articles of Organization and Limited Liability Company Agreement are silent on indemnification provisions.
 
(g) Nationstar Equity Corporation (a Nevada Corporation and referred to herein as the “Nevada Corporation”)
 
Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) allows directors and officers to be indemnified against liabilities they may incur while serving in such capacities. Under the applicable statutory provisions, the registrant may indemnify its directors or officers who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that they are or were directors or officers of the corporation, or are or were serving at the request of the corporation as directors or officers of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding, unless it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that they breached their fiduciary duties by intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of law or did not act in good faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In addition, the applicable statutory provisions mandate that the registrant indemnify its directors and officers who have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense. The registrant will advance expenses incurred by directors or officers in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of written confirmation from such officers or directors that they have met certain standards of conduct and an undertaking by or on behalf of such officers or directors to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to indemnification by the registrant.
 
Article VI of the By-laws of the Nevada Corporation provides that the Nevada Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to be the best interests of the Nevada Corporation.


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(h) Nationstar Industrial Loan Company (a Tennessee Company and referred to herein as the “Tennessee Corporation”)
 
Part 5 of Chapter 18 of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations.
 
Sections 48-18-301(d) and 48-18-403(d) of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act provide that a director or officer shall not be liable for any action taken as a director or officer or any failure to take any action if the director or officer performed the duties of his or her office (i) in good faith, (ii) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances and (iii) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.
 
Article IV of the By-laws of the Tennessee Corporation provides that the Tennessee Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to be the best interests of the Tennessee Corporation.
 
(i) Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation (a Minnesota Corporation and referred to herein as the “Minnesota Corporation”)
 
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act (“MNBCA”) provides that a corporation shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present official capacity (as defined in Section 302A.521 of the MNBCA) of such person against judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of such person complained of in the proceeding, such person: has not been indemnified therefor by another organization or employee benefit plan; acted in good faith; received no improper personal benefit and Section 302A.255 of the MNBCA (with respect to director conflicts of interest), if applicable, has been satisfied; in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and in the case of acts or omissions occurring in such person’s performance in an official capacity, such person must have acted in a manner such person reasonably believed was in the best interests of the corporation or, in certain limited circumstances, not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
 
In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3 of the MNBCA requires payment by the registrant, upon written request, of reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required indemnification is made by a majority of the disinterested board of directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel, by the disinterested shareholders, or by a court.
 
Article IV of the By-laws of the Minnesota Corporation provides that the Minnesota Corporation shall indemnify any director or officer who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to be the best interests of the Minnesota Corporation.


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Item 21.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
 
         
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  3 .1   Certificate of Formation of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.(1)
  3 .2   Operating Agreement of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.(1)
  3 .3   Certificate of Incorporation of Nationstar Capital Corporation.(1)
  3 .4   By-Laws of Nationstar Capital Corporation.(1)
  3 .5   Certificate of Formation of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC(2)
  3 .6   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC(2)
  3 .7   Certificate of Limited Partnership of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P.(2)
  3 .8   Agreement of Limited Partnership of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P.(2)
  3 .9   Certificate of Formation of Harwood Service Company, LLC(2)
  3 .10   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company, LLC(2)
  3 .11   Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Harwood Insurance Services, LLC(2)
  3 .12   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Insurance Services, LLC(2)
  3 .13   Certificate of Organization of Harwood Service Company of Georgia, LLC(2)
  3 .14   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company of Georgia, LLC(2)
  3 .15   Certificate of Formation of Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC(2)
  3 .16   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC(2)
  3 .17   Certificate of Formation of Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC(2)
  3 .18   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC(2)
  3 .19   Certificate of Incorporation of Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .20   By-Laws of Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .21   Articles of Incorporation of Nationstar Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .22   By-Laws of Nationstar Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .23   Charter of Nationstar Industrial Loan Company(2)
  3 .24   By-Laws of Nationstar Industrial Loan Company(2)
  3 .25   Articles of Incorporation of Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation(2)
  3 .26   By-Laws of Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation(2)
  3 .27   Certificate of Incorporation of NSM Recovery Services Inc.(2)
  3 .28   By-Laws of NSM Recovery Services Inc.(2)
  3 .29   Certificate of Incorporation of NSM Foreclosure Services Inc.(2)
  3 .30   By-Laws of NSM Foreclosure Services Inc.(2)
  4 .1   Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2010, among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, including the form of 10.875% Senior Note due 2015 (the “Indenture”).(1)
  4 .2   Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 31, 2010, among NSM Recovery Services Inc, a subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.(1)
  4 .3   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2010, among NSM Foreclosure Services Inc, a subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.(1)
  4 .4   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2010, among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, Barclays Capital Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.(1)
  5 .1   Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.(3)
  5 .2   Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.(3)


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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  5 .3   Opinion of Greenberg Traurig LLP.(3)
  10 .1   Amended and Restated Servicer Advance Early Reimbursement Addendum, dated as of August 16, 2010, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Fannie Mae.*(1)
  10 .2   Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2010, between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as buyer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as seller.*(1)
  10 .3   Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, and Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, both dated as of April 6, 2010, between The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(4)
  10 .4   Amendment Number Two to Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, and Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, both dated as of February 25, 2011, between The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(4)
  10 .5   Subservicing Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2010, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(2)
  10 .6   Strategic Relationship Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2009, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(1)
  10 .7   Subservicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2011, among MorEquity, Inc., American General Financial Services of Arkansas, Inc. and American General Home Equity, Inc. as owners and as servicers, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .8   Subservicing Agreement (American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1), dated as of February 1, 2011, between MorEquity, Inc., as servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .9   Subservicing Agreement (American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2010-1), dated as of February 1, 2011, between MorEquity, Inc., as servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .10   Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, between The Financial Asset Securities Corp., as Depositor, Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, as Originator and Servicer, Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-1, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.(6)
  10 .11   Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2007, between Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I LLC, as Depositor, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as Servicer, Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1, as Issuing Entity, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer, Securities Administrator and Custodian, and The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee.(6)
  10 .12   Subservicing Agreement, effective as of June 21, 2011, between First Tennessee Bank National Association, as Owner and Master Servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as Servicer and Subservicer.*(7)
  10 .13   Employment Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2008, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Robert L. Appel.(1)
  10 .14   Amendment, dated as of September 17, 2010, to Employment Agreement dated January 29, 2008 by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Robert L. Appel.(1)
  10 .15   Employment Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2009, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Douglas Krueger.(1)
  10 .16   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Anthony H. Barone.(1)
  10 .17   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between the Company and Jay Bray.(1)
  10 .18   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Amar Patel.(1)
  10 .19   Form of Restricted Series 1 Preferred Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement.(1)

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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  10 .20   Form of Series 1 Class A Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company.(1)
  10 .21   Form of Series 2 Class A Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company.(1)
  10 .22   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Annual Incentive Compensation Plan.(1)
  10 .23   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Incentive Program for Mr. Krueger.(1)
  10 .24   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan for Mr. Krueger.(1)
  10 .25   Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of FIF HE HOLDINGS LLC.*(7)
  12 .1   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.(6)
  21 .1   Subsidiaries of the Registrants.(1)
  23 .1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.(7)
  23 .2   Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23 .3   Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.2).
  23 .4   Consent of Greenberg Traurig LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).
  25 .1   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture.(1)
 
 
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 406 as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(1)  Previously filed with Form S-4 on December 22, 2010.
 
(2)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on February 9, 2011.
 
(3)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on March 28, 2011.
 
(4)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on April 27, 2011.
 
(5)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on May 16, 2011.
 
(6)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on June 9, 2011.
 
(7)  Filed herewith.
 
Item 22.   Undertakings.
 
(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
 
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum

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aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by each registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of each registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of Form S-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.
 
(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
         
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone

Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray

Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/  Peter Smith

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR CAPITAL CORPORATION
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
         
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone

Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray

Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
CENTEX LAND VISTA RIDGE LEWISVILLE III
     GENERAL PARTNER, LLC
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
         
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone

Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray

Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
CENTEX LAND VISTA RIDGE LEWISVILLE III, L.P.
 
  By:  CENTEX LAND VISTA RIDGE LEWISVILLE III
     GENERAL PARTNER, LLC,
its General Partner
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC,
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
         
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone

Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray

Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
 
HARWOOD SERVICE COMPANY LLC
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
         
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone

Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray

Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
HARWOOD INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
HARWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY OF
GEORGIA, LLC
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
HARWOOD SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, LLC
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
HOMESELECT SETTLEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC
 
  By:  NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
its Sole Member
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR EQUITY CORPORATION
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMPANY
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR INDUSTRIAL LOAN CORPORATION
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NATIONSTAR 2009 EQUITY CORPORATION
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NSM RECOVERY SERVICES INC.
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on June 30, 2011.
 
NSM FORECLOSURE SERVICES INC.
 
  By: 
/s/  Ron L. Fountain
Ron L. Fountain
Assistant Secretary
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2011.
 
     
/s/  Anthony H. Barone
Anthony H. Barone
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/  Jay Bray
Jay Bray
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  3 .1   Certificate of Formation of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.(1)
  3 .2   Operating Agreement of Nationstar Mortgage LLC.(1)
  3 .3   Certificate of Incorporation of Nationstar Capital Corporation.(1)
  3 .4   By-Laws of Nationstar Capital Corporation.(1)
  3 .5   Certificate of Formation of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC(2)
  3 .6   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III General Partner, LLC(2)
  3 .7   Certificate of Limited Partnership of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P.(2)
  3 .8   Agreement of Limited Partnership of Centex Land Vista Ridge Lewisville III, L.P.(2)
  3 .9   Certificate of Formation of Harwood Service Company, LLC(2)
  3 .10   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company, LLC(2)
  3 .11   Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization of Harwood Insurance Services, LLC(2)
  3 .12   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Insurance Services, LLC(2)
  3 .13   Certificate of Organization of Harwood Service Company of Georgia, LLC(2)
  3 .14   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company of Georgia, LLC(2)
  3 .15   Certificate of Formation of Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC(2)
  3 .16   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Harwood Service Company of New Jersey, LLC(2)
  3 .17   Certificate of Formation of Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC(2)
  3 .18   Limited Liability Company Agreement of Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC(2)
  3 .19   Certificate of Incorporation of Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .20   By-Laws of Nationstar 2009 Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .21   Articles of Incorporation of Nationstar Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .22   By-Laws of Nationstar Equity Corporation(2)
  3 .23   Charter of Nationstar Industrial Loan Company(2)
  3 .24   By-Laws of Nationstar Industrial Loan Company(2)
  3 .25   Articles of Incorporation of Nationstar Industrial Loan Corporation(2)
  3 .26   By-Laws of CHEC Industrial Loan Corporation(2)
  3 .27   Certificate of Incorporation of NSM Recovery Services Inc.(2)
  3 .28   By-Laws of NSM Recovery Services Inc.(2)
  3 .29   Certificate of Incorporation of NSM Foreclosure Services Inc.(2)
  3 .30   By-Laws of NSM Foreclosure Services Inc.(2)
  4 .1   Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2010, among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, including the form of 10.875% Senior Note due 2015 (the “Indenture”).(1)
  4 .2   Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 31, 2010, among NSM Recovery Services Inc, a subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.(1)
  4 .3   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 13, 2010, among NSM Foreclosure Services Inc, a subsidiary of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.(1)
  4 .4   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2010, among Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Nationstar Capital Corporation, Barclays Capital Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.(1)
  5 .1   Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.(3)
  5 .2   Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.(3)
  5 .3   Opinion of Greenberg Traurig LLP.(3)


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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  10 .1   Amended and Restated Servicer Advance Early Reimbursement Addendum, dated as of August 16, 2010, between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Fannie Mae.*(1)
  10 .2   Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2010, between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as buyer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as seller.*(1)
  10 .3   Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, and Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, both dated as of April 6, 2010, between The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(4)
  10 .4   Amendment Number Two to Fifth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, and Amendment Number One to Fifth Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, both dated as of February 25, 2011, between The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(4)
  10 .5   Subservicing Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2010, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(2)
  10 .6   Strategic Relationship Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2009, between Fannie Mae and Nationstar Mortgage LLC.*(1)
  10 .7   Subservicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2011, among MorEquity, Inc., American General Financial Services of Arkansas, Inc. and American General Home Equity, Inc. as owners and as servicers, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .8   Subservicing Agreement (American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1), dated as of February 1, 2011, between MorEquity, Inc., as servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .9   Subservicing Agreement (American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2010-1), dated as of February 1, 2011, between MorEquity, Inc., as servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as subservicer.*(3)
  10 .10   Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, between The Financial Asset Securities Corp., as Depositor, Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, as Originator and Servicer, Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-1, as Issuer, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.(6)
  10 .11   Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2007, between Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I LLC, as Depositor, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as Servicer, Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-1, as Issuing Entity, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Master Servicer, Securities Administrator and Custodian, and The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee.(6)
  10 .12   Subservicing Agreement, effective as of June 21, 2011, between First Tennessee Bank National Association, as Owner and Master Servicer, and Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as Servicer and Subservicer.*(7)
  10 .13   Employment Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2008, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Robert L. Appel.(1)
  10 .14   Amendment, dated as of September 17, 2010, to Employment Agreement dated January 29, 2008 by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Robert L. Appel.(1)
  10 .15   Employment Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2009, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Douglas Krueger.(1)
  10 .16   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Anthony H. Barone.(1)
  10 .17   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between the Company and Jay Bray.(1)
  10 .18   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2010, by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Amar Patel.(1)
  10 .19   Form of Restricted Series 1 Preferred Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement.(1)
  10 .20   Form of Series 1 Class A Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company.(1)


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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  10 .21   Form of Series 2 Class A Unit Award Agreement under FIF HE Holdings LLC Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company.(1)
  10 .22   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Annual Incentive Compensation Plan.(1)
  10 .23   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Incentive Program for Mr. Krueger.(1)
  10 .24   Nationstar Mortgage LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan for Mr. Krueger.(1)
  10 .25   Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of FIF HE HOLDINGS LLC.*(7)
  12 .1   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.(6)
  21 .1   Subsidiaries of the Registrants.(1)
  23 .1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.(7)
  23 .2   Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23 .3   Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.2).
  23 .4   Consent of Greenberg Traurig LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).
  25 .1   Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture.(1)
 
 
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 406 as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(1)  Previously filed with Form S-4 on December 22, 2010.
 
(2)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on February 9, 2011.
 
(3)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on March 28, 2011.
 
(4)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on April 27, 2011.
 
(5)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on May 16, 2011.
 
(6)  Previously filed with Form S-4/A on June 9, 2011.
 
(7)  Filed herewith.

EX-10.12 2 y04304a6exv10w12.htm EX-10.12 exv10w12
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Exhibit 10.12
(CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DESIGNATED PORTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED
BY NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, SUCH CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED, AS INDICATED BY AN [*] IN
THE TEXT, AND SUBMITTED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION).
SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT
Effective as of June 21, 2011
Between
First Tennessee Bank National Association
(and any other entity that becomes a party hereto)
as Owner and Master Servicer
and
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
as Servicer and Subservicer
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS


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Table of Contents
         
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    1  
Section 1.1 Defined Terms
    1  
ARTICLE II ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICER
    18  
Section 2.1 Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files
    18  
Section 2.2 Books and Records
    20  
Section 2.3 Custodial Agreement
    21  
Section 2.4 Limitation on Scope of Servicing Obligation
    22  
Section 2.5 Loss Mitigation and Recovery Actions
    22  
Section 2.6 Loan Modification Programs
    27  
Section 2.7 Legal Requirements
    27  
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
    28  
Section 3.1 Servicer Representations, Warranties and Covenants
    28  
Section 3.2 Owner Representations, Warranties and Covenants
    29  
Section 3.3 Owner’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants for Mortgage Loans
    31  
ARTICLE IV SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
    32  
Section 4.1 Standard and Scope of Service
    32  
Section 4.2 Authority of the Servicer; Delinquencies
    32  
Section 4.3 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments
    35  
Section 4.4 Notification of Adjustments
    36  
Section 4.5 Duties the Servicer May Delegate
    36  
Section 4.6 Servicing Files
    39  
Section 4.7 Microfilmed Records
    40  
Section 4.8 Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clause; Assumption
    40  
Section 4.9 Insurance
    41  
Section 4.10 Insurance Notices
    42  
Section 4.11 Tax and Flood Contracts
    43  
Section 4.12 Tax and Insurance Accounts; Tax Service
    43  
Section 4.13 Superior Liens
    44  
Section 4.14 Litigation
    45  
Section 4.15 Foreclosure Procedures
    46  
Section 4.16 Reinstatement of Mortgage Loans
    48  
Section 4.17 Servicing REO Property
    48  
Section 4.18 Satisfactions
    50  
Section 4.19 Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses
    51  
Section 4.20 Mortgage Loan Transfers
    51  
Section 4.21 Prepayment Penalties
    54  
Section 4.22 Restoration and Repair
    55  
Section 4.23 Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance
    55  
Section 4.24 Repurchases and Indemnification of Investors
    56  
Section 4.25 Disaster Recovery Plan
    57  
Section 4.26 Prohibited Conduct
    57  
Section 4.27 Insurance
    57  
Section 4.28 Sale of Servicing
    59  
Section 4.29 Optional Products
    59  

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ARTICLE V COMPENSATION TO THE SERVICER
    59  
Section 5.1 Compensation to the Servicer
    59  
Section 5.2 Incentive Fee and Clawback
    60  
Section 5.3 Material Change in Applicable Requirements
    61  
ARTICLE VI ACCOUNTING
    62  
Section 6.1 General
    62  
Section 6.2 Establishment of Custodial Accounts; Deposits in Custodial Accounts
    63  
Section 6.3 Withdrawals From Custodial Accounts
    64  
Section 6.4 Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow Accounts
    65  
Section 6.5 Withdrawals From Escrow Accounts
    66  
Section 6.6 Remittances to Investors
    67  
Section 6.7 Interest on Tax and Insurance Reserves
    67  
Section 6.8 Access to Records
    67  
ARTICLE VII REPORTS TO THE OWNER AND INVESTORS
    68  
Section 7.1 Reports to the Owner and Investors
    68  
Section 7.2 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report and Annual Statement of Compliance
    69  
Section 7.3 Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property
    70  
Section 7.4 Real Estate Owned Reports
    70  
Section 7.5 Liquidation Reports
    70  
Section 7.6 Reports to Credit Agencies
    70  
Section 7.7 Privacy
    70  
Section 7.8 Reporting
    72  
Section 7.9 Compliance with Regulation AB
    72  
Section 7.10 Financial Statements, Annual Compliance and SAS Audit
    72  
ARTICLE VIII LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
    73  
Section 8.1 Servicer Limitation on Liability and Indemnification by Owner
    73  
Section 8.2 Owner Limitation on Liability and Indemnification by Servicer
    75  
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT
    76  
Section 9.1 Events of Default
    76  
ARTICLE X TERM AND TERMINATION
    78  
Section 10.1 Term of Agreement
    78  
Section 10.2 Termination by Servicer; Limitation on Resignation
    78  
Section 10.3 Termination by Owner
    79  
Section 10.4 Transfer to Successor Servicer
    79  
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
    81  
Section 11.1 Protection of Confidential and Proprietary Information
    81  
Section 11.2 Notices
    82  
Section 11.3 Severability Clause
    82  
Section 11.4 Counterparts
    83  
Section 11.5 Place of Delivery and Governing Law
    83  
Section 11.6 Waiver of Jury Trial
    83  
Section 11.7 Further Agreements
    83  
Section 11.8 Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Servicing Agreement
    83  
Section 11.9 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer
    84  
Section 11.10 Independent Contractor
    84  

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Section 11.11 Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers
    84  
Section 11.12 Exhibits
    84  
Section 11.13 General Interpretive Principles
    84  
Section 11.14 Reproduction of Documents
    85  

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Schedules and Exhibits
Schedule I Approval Matrix
Schedule II Pricing Schedule
Schedule III Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
Schedule IV — List of Applicable Determination Dates, Remittance Dates, and Reporting Dates
Schedule V— Example of Calculation of Clawback and Incentive Fees
Schedule VI — List of Current Vendors (and Subservicers)
Schedule VII — List of Servicing Agreements in Owner’s Possession
Schedule VIII — List of Optional Products
Schedule IX-Custodian Notice Information
Schedule X- List of Servicing Agreement not in Owner’s Possession
Schedule XI — Example of Calculation of Loss Credit Savings
Exhibit A Servicing Transfer Instructions
Exhibit B Limited Power of Attorney
Exhibit C List of Owner Reports
Exhibit D List of Investor Reports
Exhibit E Regulation AB Addendum

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SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT
     This Subservicing Agreement is dated as of June 21, 2011 (the “Agreement”), by and between Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer and subservicer (the “Servicer”), and First Tennessee Bank National Association, as owner and master servicer (the “Owner”).
Recitals
     Whereas, the Owner owns certain of the Mortgage Loans (as defined below) and is the servicer or master servicer for certain of the Mortgage Loans that are owned by Investors (as defined below) and Servicer services and subservices single family (one to four residential dwelling units) residential mortgage loans;
     Whereas, the Mortgage Loans are currently being serviced by MetLife Bank, National Association, in its capacity as servicer and subservicer (the “Prior Servicer”);
     Whereas, Owner and the Servicer desire to contract with each other to provide for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans upon termination of such services being provided by the Prior Servicer; and
     Whereas, based upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Owner is willing to delegate and the Servicer is willing to accept the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, as servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans owned by Owner and as subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in which Owner is the servicer or master servicer.
     Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein, and for other good and reasonable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Owner and the Servicer hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     Section 1.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms, unless the context requires otherwise, shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
     Accepted Servicing Practices means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, those mortgage servicing practices that are (i) consistent with the same standard of care, skill, prudence, and diligence with which the Servicer services similar mortgage loans within its servicing portfolio for both standard and default servicing, and (ii) the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage loan servicers that are utilized with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans for financial institutions comparable to Owner in terms of relative size, scope of operations, and principal regulators; as such servicing practices may be amended or modified as a result of new laws or industry practices, including without limitation, the voluntary compliance with evolving requirements or interpretations of Legal Requirements by courts, regulatory authorities, state attorney generals, or enforcement actions issued by regulatory authorities, in each case, which are not required under Legal Requirements, but in

 


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which voluntary compliance is prudent, as evidenced by the practices of other mortgage loan servicers in the industry.
     Accounts mean the Payment Clearing Account, the Custodial Accounts and the Escrow Accounts.
     Affiliate means with respect to any Person any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such Person. As used in the immediately preceding sentence, the term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the direct or indirect possession of ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or comparable body) of a Person.
     Agency means Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, FHA, FHFA, HUD, VA, the United States Department of Agriculture, or any State Agency, as applicable.
     Agreement means this Subservicing Agreement and all written amendments hereof and supplements hereto.
     Ancillary Income means all income derived from the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Applicable Requirements (other than Servicing Fees and prepayment penalties) including, but not limited to, Late Fees, fees received with respect to checks or bank drafts returned by the related bank for non-sufficient funds, investment income on the Accounts, assumption fees, modification fees, float from custodial accounts, and all other incidental fees and charges actually received by the Servicer with respect to Mortgage Loans.
     Applicable Requirements means collectively the contractual obligations arising under this Agreement, Legal Requirements, Owner Obligations, and Accepted Servicing Practices. In the event of conflict between this Agreement, Legal Requirements, Owner Obligations, and Accepted Servicing Practices, the Legal Requirements shall govern; if conflict between this Agreement, Owner Obligations and Accepted Servicing Practices, Owner Obligations shall govern; and if a conflict between this Agreement and Accepted Servicing Practices, this Agreement shall govern.
     Appraisal Report means a report setting forth the fair market value of a Mortgaged Property as determined by an appraiser. For appraisals conducted prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, such Appraisal Reports shall be in the form received by the Servicer, and for appraisals conducted subsequent to the Servicing Transfer Date, such Appraisal Reports shall be in a form indicating that the related appraisals have been conducted in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, provided in each case by an independent appraiser.
     Approval Matrix means the mutually agreed upon SLAs, delegated authority matrix, and other parameters set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, as may be modified or amended from time to time by the mutual agreement of the Parties.
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the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the transfer of the Mortgage to the party indicated therein.
     Broker Price Opinion (“BPO”) means an opinion of the fair market value of a Mortgaged Property given by a licensed real estate broker, which generally includes at least three comparable sales and three comparable listings.
     Business Day means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in the states of Texas, Tennessee, or New York are authorized or obligated by law to be closed.
     CFPB means the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, or any successor thereto.
     Clawback Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(c) hereof.
     Co-Branded Basis means the mutually agreed upon terms, conditions and standards for communicating to Mortgagors the identities of Owner and Servicer, as described in the Approval Matrix, including the identification of both the Owner and Servicer on all monthly statements provided to Mortgagors.
     Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     Condemnation Proceeds means all awards of settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent the award of settlement is not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
     Custodial Agreement means the custodial agreement between the Owner and any Custodian (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), which provides for the custody of the original Mortgage Note, the recorded Mortgage, and certain other required documents.
     Custodial Account means the separate account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to ARTICLE VI hereof.
     Custodian means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the third party custodian or any successor custodian under any Custodial Agreement (including Owner), as designated by the Owner pursuant to a written notice to the Servicer.
     De-Boarding Fee means a fee paid by Owner to Servicer in connection with the termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part, as set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
     Defaulted Loan means a Mortgage Loan that is sixty (60) or more days contractually Delinquent, or such other Mortgage Loan as may be agreed upon between Owner and Servicer.
     Delinquency or Delinquent means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, when all or part of the related Monthly Payment and, where applicable, the related Escrow Payment is not paid on the related Due Date, irrespective of any grace period. The delinquency method used for the

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calculation of delinquent Mortgage Loans with respect to internal reporting and the calculation of the Clawback Fee, Incentive Fee and Servicing Fee shall be based on the Mortgage Bankers Association method of such calculation. The delinquency method used for the calculation of delinquent Mortgage Loans with respect to reports prepared for regulatory compliance purposes and reports to Investors shall be based on the Applicable Requirements.
     Determination Date means, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date indicated on Schedule IV attached hereto.
     Due Date means the day of the month on which the Mortgagor’s Monthly Payment and, where applicable, Escrow Payment is due as stated in the related Mortgage Note. The Due Date for all Mortgage Loans will be specified in the related Mortgage Note.
     Early Termination Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(e).
     Eligible Investments means (i) Permitted Investments or (ii) to the extent permitted under Applicable Requirements, any one or more of the obligations and securities listed below which investment provides for a date of maturity not later than the Remittance Date in each month.
     A. direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed by, (i) the United States of America, or (ii) any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America;
     B. federal funds, demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposits of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by, any depository institution or trust company incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, so long as at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company which is a subsidiary of a holding company, the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of such holding company) are rated “P-1” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, and the long-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company which is a subsidiary of a holding company, the long-term debt obligations of such holding company) are rated at least “Aa2” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and “AA” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services; and
     C. any other demand, money market or time deposit account or obligation, or interest-bearing or other security or investment so long as at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment the short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company which is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term debt obligations of such holding company) are rated “P-1” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Notwithstanding the foregoing,

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Eligible Investments shall not include “stripped securities” or any investments which contractually may return less than the unpaid principal balance.
     Escrow Funds means all funds collected by the Servicer and to be held in one or more Escrow Accounts to cover Escrow Payments.
     Escrow Account means one or more accounts established, operated, and maintained pursuant to ARTICLE VI hereof to hold Escrow Funds.
     Escrow Payment means with respect to any Mortgage Loan, amounts constituting payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other Mortgage Loan document, including, without limitation, (i) taxes, special assessments, water, sewer and other governmental impositions or charges that are or may become liens on the Mortgaged Property prior to that of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) ground rents, and (iii) Hazard Insurance, Flood Insurance, and Private Mortgage Insurance and other insurance premiums.
     Event of Default means any event set forth in Section 9.1 hereof.
     Fannie Mae means the government sponsored entity organized or known as the Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.
     Fannie Mae Guidelines means the guidelines contained in the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide pertaining to one-to-four-family, first or junior lien, conventional single family mortgage loans, and all supplements, amendments or additions thereto, but only with respect to the practices set forth therein that are applicable to actions undertaken in connection with the delinquency, foreclosure, REO disposition, remedies for defaulted loans and property insurance procedures and claims.
     FDIC means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.
     FHFA means the Federal Housing Financial Agency, or any successor thereto.
     FHA means the Federal Housing Administration of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto.
     First Lien Mortgage Loan means a Mortgage Loan secured by a first priority lien Mortgage on the related Mortgage Property.
     Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc., or any successor thereto.
     Flood Insurance or Flood Insurance Policy means an insurance policy insuring against loss or damage from flood hazards not typically covered within the scope of standard extended hazard coverage, together with all riders and endorsements thereto.
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     Ginnie Mae means the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), or any successor thereto.
     Guides mean any and all applicable rules, regulations, requirements and guidelines of any Insurer or Investor, as the same may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation the Fannie Mae Selling and Servicing Guides, the Freddie Mac Sellers’ and Servicers’ Guides and the Ginnie Mae Mortgage Backed Securities Guides.
     HAMP means the Home Affordable Modification Program of the U.S. Treasury as in effect from time to time during the term of this Agreement.
     HAMP Investor Payments mean payments from the U.S. Treasury to an investor, as outlined
under the heading “Lender/Investor Compensation” in the guidelines established under HAMP.
     HAMP Servicer Payments mean payments from the U.S. Treasury to a servicer, as outlined under the heading “Servicer Compensation” in the guidelines established under HAMP, including but not limited to any and all incentive payments due under the guidelines after the date of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the date of this Agreement, Servicer shall be entitled to retain any and all HAMP Servicer Payments due to the prior servicer.
     Hazard Insurance or Hazard Insurance Policy means a fire casualty extended coverage insurance policy insuring against loss or damage from fire hazard, wind, liability and other risks covered within the scope of standard extended hazard coverage, together with all riders and endorsements thereto.
     HELOC means a Home Equity Line of Credit.
     High Cost Loan means any Mortgage Loan, as specifically identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, classified as (a) a “high cost” loan under HOEPA, or (b) a “high cost,” “threshold,” “covered” (provided however the “covered” classification does not apply to loans originated subject to the New Jersey Home Ownership Act of 2002 as a “covered home loan” which are not also high-cost loans), “predatory” or similar loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees).
     HOEPA means the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994.
     HUD means the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto.
     Incentive Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
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alternative title product, including all riders and endorsements thereto in effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any such Insurance Policies.
     Insurance Proceeds means proceeds received by the Servicer from an Insurance Policy to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the related REO Property, the Mortgaged Property or released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures.
     Insurer means an insurance company that provides an Insurance Policy.
     Interagency Guidelines has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(b) hereof.
     Investor means any Private Investor, Agency, or trustee for the benefit of any securitization trust in which the Mortgage Loans secure securities issued by such securitization trust, or with respect to Mortgage Loans held by Owner for its own account, the Owner.
     Late Fee means, as described in the Mortgage Note, any fee paid by or due from a Mortgagor as an additional payment in respect of Mortgagor’s making payment later than the Due Date thereof, after application of any applicable grace period.
     Legal Holds has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a) hereof.
     Legal Requirements means, with respect to the context in which this defined term is used herein, all applicable federal, state or local laws (including without limitation any Predatory Lending Law, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) and any other applicable requirements of any government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (including without limitation current and emerging regulatory authorities, such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the OCC, and State Agencies) that involve or relate to the servicing of a Mortgage Loan, Loss Mitigation activities, foreclosures, the actions or interests of the lender or mortgagee of a Mortgage Loan, the management (including ownership, servicing, and disposition) of a Mortgaged Property or REO Property, and the performance of the servicing obligations by the Servicer hereunder.
     Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance means any Private Mortgage Insurance in which the lender is responsible for paying the premium due on the Private Mortgage Insurance Policy with the proceeds generated from a portion of the Mortgage Interest Rate.
     LIBOR means, as of any date of determination, the rate per annum equal to the one month LIBOR rate published by Bloomberg for such date or, if such rate is not available, the rate appearing at page 3750 of the Telerate Screen as one-month LIBOR for such date.
     Limited Power of Attorney means the power of attorney or other documentation executed by the Owner or an Investor which enables the Servicer to carry out certain of its Servicing Duties under this Agreement, the form which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
     Liquidation means either (a) with respect to a Defaulted Loan, when the Servicer reasonably determines that net proceeds of less than $25,000 (or such other amount required by Applicable Requirements) are likely to be recovered from such Mortgage Loan in respect of the

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related costs to obtain such recovery, or (b) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including a Defaulted Loan not covered in clause (a) above), when an action occurs that results in the release in full of the lien of the related Mortgage on the Mortgaged Property, whether through Short Payoff, foreclosure, chargeoff, condemnation, Paid-In-Full or otherwise.
     Liquidation Proceeds means funds received in connection with a Liquidation of a Mortgage Loan.
     Litigation has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a) hereof.
     Loan Modification Programs means the loan modification programs that Servicer participates in on Owner’s or an Investor’s behalf described in the Approval Matrix, as such programs may be modified from time to time upon mutual agreement of Owner and Servicer.
     Loss has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
     Loss Credit Savings has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(b) hereof.
     Loss Mitigation means those services provided by Servicer in administering and managing Delinquent Mortgage Loans and other Mortgage Loans mutually agreed upon by Owner and Servicer, including activities relating to modifications, waivers, forbearances, short sales, and advising mortgagors as to various relief alternatives to foreclosure.
     Master Servicing Fee has the meaning specified in the applicable Servicing Agreements.
     MERS® means the proprietary system of recording transfers of mortgages electronically, which was created and is maintained by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
     Monthly Advance means the payments required to be made by Owner pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Agreements of monthly scheduled principal and interest due under the terms of a Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, Servicer shall not be required to advance from any of its own funds any Monthly Advances or any related compensating interest payments or shortfalls with respect to the Whole Loan Portfolio or under any Servicing Agreement and Owner shall be responsible for all Monthly Advances under the Servicing Agreements.
     Monthly Payment means the scheduled payment of principal and interest and required escrow payment, if applicable, payable by a Mortgagor under the terms of a Mortgage Loan on each Due Date.
     Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc., or any successor thereto.
     Mortgage means the mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note, which creates a first priority or junior lien on an estate in fee simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note (or a first priority or junior lien on (i) in the case of a cooperative, the related shares of stock in the cooperative securing the Mortgage Note and (ii) in the case of a ground rent, the leasehold interest securing the Mortgage Note).

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     Mortgage Interest Rate means the per annum rate of interest provided in a Mortgage Note, which may be a fixed rate or an adjustable rate of interest.
     Mortgage Loan means an individual residential mortgage loan (secured by a property that contains one to four residential dwelling units) which is the subject of this Agreement as a result of the Owner’s identification of such Mortgage Loan and the delegation of the servicing thereof to the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof and which mortgage loan is included on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or is otherwise repurchased pursuant to Section 4.24 and included on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and includes without limitation the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds, Ancillary Income and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan. As applicable, “Mortgage Loan” shall be deemed to refer to the related REO Property or unsecured debt. A Mortgage Loan shall not include a HELOC or commercial mortgage loan, and Servicer shall not be required to service any HELOCs or commercial loans under this Agreement.
     Mortgage Loan Documents means all documents relating to a Mortgage Loan held by the Investor, any Custodian, any Owner Designee and the Servicer or its designee.
     Mortgage Loan Schedule means a schedule of the Mortgage Loans prepared by the Owner setting forth the data fields listed on the Schedule of Data Field Requests set forth on Schedule III attached hereto.
     Mortgage Note means the note or other instrument executed by a Mortgagor, and secured by a Mortgage, that evidences the indebtedness of a Mortgagor.
     Mortgaged Property means the fee simple interest in real property and improvements thereon securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note (or (i) in the case of a cooperative, the related shares of stock in the cooperative securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note and (ii) in the case of a ground rent, the leasehold interest and improvements on the related real property securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note).
     Mortgagor means any Person obligated to pay on a Mortgage Note, excluding any Private Mortgage Insurers, but including any guarantors.
     Negative Environmental Condition means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, a violation of any standards under applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decisions relating to pollution, protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata and natural resources), including without limitation, applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decisions relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and lead and lead-containing materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of such items.

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     Nonrecoverable Monthly Advances means any portion of a Monthly Advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Owner that, in the good faith judgment of the Owner, will not ultimately be recoverable by the Owner from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.
     Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance means any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Servicer and in accordance with Applicable Requirements, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be, ultimately recoverable from related late payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.
     NPV Tool means the (i) Fannie Mae approved Net Present Value calculator utilized pursuant to a Loan Modification Program or (ii) a non-Fannie Mae Net Present Value calculator utilized as described in the Approval Matrix for determining whether foreclosure or a loan modification (or other loss mitigation treatment) is a better solution to maximize recovery of a Mortgage Loan that has become Delinquent.
     OCC means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or any successor thereof.
     Owner means the party designated as Owner on the first page hereof or its successor in interest or assignees or any successor to the Owner under this Agreement.
     Owner Designee means a Person designated by the Owner pursuant to a written notice delivered to the Servicer that identifies the full legal name and address of such Person and the purpose for which such Person has been designated to act or serve on behalf of the Owner.
     Owner Indemnified Parties has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b) hereof.
     Owner Obligations means all of Owner’s contractual obligations relating to the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation those contractual obligations contained in the applicable Servicing Agreements, in any Guide or other guideline of any Insurer or Investor or as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Documents, and for any Mortgage Loans registered through MERS, the Membership Rules of MERSCORP. For purposes of this Agreement, the Owner Obligations with respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan owned by Owner and held for sale to an Agency or Private Investor shall be deemed to include the Guides that would be applicable following the sale (servicing retained) of such Mortgage Loan to the Investor and the applicable product type in respect of which such Mortgage Loan was originated and (ii) any Permanent Loan Portfolio Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to include the applicable provisions of (x) for those Mortgage Loans classified as “Prime” and “Alt A,” the applicable provisions of the Fannie Mae Selling and Servicing Guide for whole loan servicing that would apply if Fannie Mae were the Investor for such Mortgage Loans, (y) for FHA/VA loans, the regulations, rules and notices, including handbooks, promulgated by FHA and VA and the applicable provisions of the Ginnie Mae Issuers and Servicers Guide, and (z) for the classifications for all other Mortgage Loans owned by Owner and held for investment, as mutually agreed upon by Servicer and Owner in writing.
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     Paid In Full means with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the amount required to satisfy a Mortgage Loan in full, which amount includes the unpaid principal balance, interest due on account and, to the extent permitted by the Legal Requirements, any other funds to be collected at the time of payoff from the Mortgagor pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan, such as recording fees, service fees, attorney fees, escrow advances, prepayment penalties and other costs as applicable have been paid in full.
     Pass-Through Expense means all customary and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer, which pursuant to customary industry standards are due and payable to a Person other than the Servicer, which are not reimbursable to the Servicer from the Mortgagor or through the netting of proceeds from the related Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, and which are in the nature of an expenditure that relates to establishing, maintaining or curing the right, title or interests of the mortgagee or lender of the Mortgage Loan; provided that such costs and expenses shall not include any allocation of overhead costs of the Servicer. Such Pass Through Expenses shall include, but are not limited to, each of the following items:
  1.   The cost of research, recovery and locating any documents missing from the Mortgage Loan Documents.
 
  2.   Payments for costs, fees and expenses incurred in perfecting, filing or recording documents evidencing the assignment, foreclosure, sale or mortgaging of any Mortgaged Property.
 
  3.   Expenses incurred to resolve or cure a dispute or issue involving any failure of the Mortgage Loan to comply with any Legal Requirements or customary industry standards that is attributable to the Owner, originator or any Person (other than the Servicer).
 
  4.   Expenses or costs incurred in connection with any proceeding, investigation, audit, request or other inquiry by any governmental regulatory agency or other instrumentality involving the compliance of any Mortgage Loans with the Legal Requirements relating to the origination or servicing prior to the Servicing Transfer Date of such Mortgage Loans.
 
  5.   Prior Servicer Expenses — for the prior servicers’ failure to fund or offset the funding of the following; non-funded positive escrow, unapplied balances, non-documented corporate advances, monthly payments not forwarded to the Servicer, and positive Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance collected or advanced balances.
 
  6.   Tax Penalties and Interest Expenses — incurred as a result of a prior servicer not disbursing property taxes in a timely manner as defined in the Servicing Transfer Instructions.
 
  7.   Regulatory fines and or penalties associated with the Owner’s, Investor’s or Owner Designee’s or Custodian’s failure to provide required documents in order to complete the timely satisfaction or release of the mortgage.

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  8.   Custodian expenses that are paid by the Servicer.
 
  9.   Set-up, transfer, and release fees for MERS® Mortgage Loans.
 
  10.   Except as set forth in Section 4.11, payments for the cost of transfer and/or purchase of services, including such services for property taxes and flood insurance information (except as otherwise provided for herein).
 
  11.   Courier costs relating to deliverables or documents to an Investor.
 
  12.   Copying costs related to special audits, special projects, and information requests from an Investor outside the ordinary course of business.
 
  13.   Engagement of insurance claim adjustors for the purpose of negotiating, settling, compromising, enforcing and otherwise managing insurance claims related to the Mortgaged Property and REO Property.
 
  14.   Servicer shall be reimbursed for any actual direct out-of-pocket advances, costs and expenses incurred by Servicer deemed reasonably necessary by Servicer to meet its obligations under this Agreement with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan that the applicable Agency, Investor, or Insurer determined was ineligible for reimbursement by such Agency, Investor, or Insurer under Applicable Requirements, excluding those that result from Servicer’s failure to meet its standard of care under this Agreement as described in Section 8.1(a) relative to the applicable Agency, Investor, or Insurer.
     Pass-Through Transfer means the sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans by an Investor to a trust or other issuing entity to be formed as part of a publicly issued or privately placed mortgage backed securities transaction.
     Payment Clearing Account has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.
     Permanent Loan Portfolio means the Mortgage Loans being serviced in accordance with this Agreement that are owned by the Owner and reflected on its books and records as being held for investment purposes and not for sale to a third party, which Mortgage Loans shall be identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule by an investor code numbers 300, 303 and 305 as reflected on the investor code report dated as of June 1, 2011.
     Permitted Investments has the meaning specified in the applicable Servicing Agreement.
     Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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assessment of liability against the purchaser or assignee of the mortgage loan for violations of such law.
     Pricing Schedule means the schedule attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Schedule II, which sets forth certain pricing and compensation rates and amounts accruing and due to the Servicer hereunder.
     Privacy Policy has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(a) hereof.
     Private Label Basis means the mutually agreed upon private label servicing terms of the Mortgage Loans, which may include that all communications and documentation provided to Mortgagors contain only the Owner’s name and there is no reference to the Servicer or any other entities in communications with Mortgagors, except as may be required under the Applicable Requirements.
     Principal Prepayment means any payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan, which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
     Prior Servicer means MetLife Bank, National Association, in its capacity as servicer and subservicer of the Mortgage Loans prior to the Servicing Transfer Date.
     Private Mortgage Insurance or Private Mortgage Insurance Policy means insurance obtained from a Private Mortgage Insurer that insures the holder of the Mortgage Note against all or a portion of any loss incurred from a Mortgagor default under the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage, including all endorsements or riders thereto.
     Private Mortgage Insurer means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the entity that has provided Private Mortgage Insurance with respect to such Mortgage Loan.
     Private Investor means any owner or holder of a Mortgage Loan other than an Agency or the Owner. For the avoidance of doubt, a Private Investor shall not include certificateholders, bondholders or any holders of securities under any Servicing Agreements.
     Proprietary Information has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 hereof.
     Qualified Depository means (i) a depository, the accounts of which are Eligible Accounts (as such term is defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement) or (ii) (a) to the extent permitted under Applicable Requirements, a depository, the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC and (x) the short-term debt ratings of which are rated at least (I) “P-1” by Moody’s, (II) “A-1” by S&P, or (III) “F1+” by Fitch, Inc., and (y) the long-term deposit ratings of which are rated at least (I) “AA-” by S&P, (II) “Aa3” by Moody’s, or (III) “AA-” by Fitch, Inc., or (b) a depository, the short-term debt obligations, or other short-term deposits of which are rated at least “A-1” and the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by S&P.
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     Rating Agencies mean Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch, or any successors thereto.
     Regulation AB means Subpart 229.1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.110-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005) or by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.
     Regulation AB Addendum means an addendum in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
     Released Servicing Date means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the date on which the servicing of such Mortgage Loan is released from this Agreement and which the servicing functions for such Mortgage Loan are transferred by the Servicer to another Person.
     Remittance Date means, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date indicated on Schedule IV attached hereto.
     Reporting Date means, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date indicated on Schedule IV attached hereto.
     Reporting Vendor means any Vendor determined by the Servicer to be materially “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.
     Retained Yield has the meaning specified in the applicable Servicing Agreement.
     Retained Yield Trustee means The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee under the Calculation and Remittance Agreement dated as of December 23, 2010 by and among The Bank of New York Mellon, the Owner and GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
     Review has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(c) hereof.
     REO Disposition means the final sale or other disposition by the Servicer of any REO Property.
     REO Disposition Proceeds means all amounts received with respect to an REO Disposition.
     REO Property means a Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of an Investor or its designee through foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, notwithstanding any right of redemption time period which may be required under applicable state laws.
     S&P means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
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telephone numbers, customer information (as defined in the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards, as set forth in Appendix B to 12 C.F.R. Part 30) credit information, financial information, account numbers, account balances or other account information, and compilations of or lists derived from any of the foregoing, regardless of whether Owner’s relationship with the customer ceases. The parties understand and agree that the definition of “Sensitive Information” herein is intended to be broader than the definition of the term “nonpublic personal information” in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
     Servicer means Nationstar Mortgage LLC, or its successor in interest or assigns or any successor to the Servicer under this Agreement, as permitted pursuant to this Agreement.
     Servicer Indemnified Parties has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(e) hereof.
     Servicing Advances means all customary, reasonable, and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in accordance with Applicable Requirements which pursuant to customary industry standards are due and payable to a Person other than the Servicer (including advances that, in the reasonable determination of the Servicer, are not Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance when made, but thereafter become Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances), which are reimbursable to the Servicer from the Mortgagor or through the netting of proceeds from the related Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, which are advanced for the benefit of or on behalf of the Mortgagor or Investor, to protect interests of the Investor, mortgagee or lender in the Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any Pass-Through Expenses) or to pursue remedies against or recoveries from a Mortgage Loan, and which, in each case, such advances are made by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.19 and while performing its servicing obligations under this Agreement; provided that such costs and expenses shall not include any allocation of overhead costs of the Servicer or expenses which are generally incurred by the Servicer in servicing mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans. Such Servicing Advances shall include, but are not limited to, by way of example the following:
  A.   the cost of the preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property;
 
  B.   the cost of any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures;
 
  C.   the cost of the management and liquidation of the REO Property;
 
  D.   the cost of T & I Advances;
 
  E.   the cost of obtaining Valuations;
 
  F.   payments for real estate taxes on Mortgaged Property;
 
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     H. reasonable and customary outside legal counsel expenses paid in connection with collection of a Mortgage Loan, or incurred and paid in connection with the pursuit of a claim with respect to a Mortgage Loan;
     I. payments to obligors or tenants in connection with obtaining title to or possession of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, unlawful detainer or eviction action;
     J. payments for hazard insurance coverage (including lender-placed insurance) and private mortgage insurance expenses covering any Mortgaged Property;
     K. payments in renovation, repair or refurbishing of any Mortgaged Property;
     L. payments for title insurance, survey, environmental evaluations, real property appraisals or broker price opinions of any Mortgaged Property;
     M. payments for homeowner’s association dues, utility expenses or other preservation costs with respect to any Mortgaged Property;
     N. payments for advertising costs, real estate commissions and other closing, escrow and title insurance costs and expenses incurred in the sale of any Mortgaged Property or REO Property; and
     O. Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance.
     Servicing Agreements means the servicing or securitization contracts or arrangements between the Owner and the Investors of the Mortgage Loans set forth on Schedules VII and X which governs the Owner’s responsibilities and duties in servicing or subservicing the Mortgage Loans, as well as Owner’s compensation for servicing the Mortgage Loans.
     Servicing Fees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.
     Servicing File means the applicable documents identified in Section 4.6 pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan, and the computer files, data disks, books, records, data tapes, notes and additional documents generated in the course of servicing the Mortgage Loan, in paper, microfiche, microfilm, magnetic or electronic form.
     Servicing Officer means any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of Mortgage Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished by the Servicer to the Owner on the initial Servicing Transfer Date, as such list may be amended from time to time.
     Servicing Transfer Costs means any and all reasonable documented “out of pocket” costs and expenses incurred in connection with any transfer of servicing to a successor servicer, including, without limitation, all MERS transfer costs, costs of preparing any assignments of the Mortgages, fees and costs of filing any assignments of Mortgages, costs associated with the transfer or acquisition of tax or flood certifications, if any, file shipping costs and any reasonable costs or expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data.

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     Servicing Transfer Date means, with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Owner or its designee transfers the servicing of such Mortgage Loan to the Servicer.
     Servicing Transfer Instructions means the procedures for effecting servicing transfers to the Servicer hereunder as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.
     Short Payoff means the amount received under an arrangement entered into with a Mortgagor whereby the Servicer or Owner, as applicable, allows the Mortgagor (i) to pay off the Mortgage Loan for less than the outstanding balance owed by the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Loan in complete satisfaction of the Mortgagor’s obligation under the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) to sell the Mortgaged Property to a third party at less than the outstanding balance owed by the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Loan.
     SLA or SLAs means those certain specific mutually agreed service level standards for the performance of Servicer’s and Owner’s duties under this Agreement as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, as they may be modified or amended from time to time by the mutual agreement of the Parties; provided, however, that to the extent that an SLA is, as of the time of reference, inconsistent with a substantially similar service level standard that is required pursuant to the Applicable Requirements, the Applicable Requirements shall control and the SLA shall not apply.
     State Agency means any state agency or regulatory authority with authority to regulate the business of Owner or Servicer, or to determine the investment, servicing or administration requirements with regard to the Mortgage Loans.
     Subservicer has the meaning specified in the Regulation AB Addendum.
     T & I Advance means Servicing Advances made by Servicer pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof.
     Tax and Flood Services has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11 hereof.
     Tax and Insurance Reserve means an accounting maintained by the Servicer for tracking a Mortgagor’s Escrow Payments and Insurance Proceeds.
     Term has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 hereof.
     Title Insurance or Title Insurance Policy means an American Land Title Association (ALTA) mortgage loan title policy form 1970, or other form of lender’s title insurance policy in accordance with Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae requirements, including all riders and endorsements thereto, insuring that the Mortgage constitutes a valid lien of specified priority on the Mortgaged Property.
     VA means the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, or any successor thereto.
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     Vendor has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a) hereof.
     Whole Loan Portfolio means all the Mortgage Loans being serviced under this Agreement and owned by Owner, including the Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio.
     Whole Loan Transfer means any sale or transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans by an Investor to an unaffiliated third party, which sale or transfer is not a Pass-Through Transfer.
ARTICLE II
ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICER
     Section 2.1 Servicing; Possession of Servicing Files.
     (a) The Owner shall, or the Owner shall cause the Prior Servicer to, from time to time, transfer the servicing of certain Mortgage Loans to the Servicer, subject to obtaining any consents that may be required from Investors, Rating Agencies, or Insurers to transfer the servicing of such Mortgage Loans. The procedures for affecting such transfer shall be set forth on the Servicing Transfer Instructions attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Owner shall make commercially reasonable efforts to, or the Owner shall cause the Prior Servicer to make commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Servicer with advance written or electronic notice of the expected Mortgage Loans for which servicing may be transferred during such calendar month. No less than twenty (20) days prior to each Servicing Transfer Date, the Owner shall, or the Owner shall cause the Prior Servicer to, deliver to the Servicer a schedule of the Mortgage Loans being transferred to the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, which, upon acceptance by the Servicer, such schedule shall be deemed an amendment to the Mortgage Loan Schedule and shall be appended hereto. On the initial Servicing Transfer Date, the Owner shall deliver twenty five (25) executed Limited Power of Attorney forms in form and substance similar to Exhibit B, authorizing Servicer or its authorized agent to execute necessary loan and real estate documents on each Investor’s behalf; and the Servicer shall deliver a list of its Servicing Officers to the Owner. Additionally, with respect to each Mortgage Loan to be serviced hereunder, the Owner shall, or the Owner shall cause the Prior Servicer to, comply with the Servicing Transfer Instructions and deliver to the Servicer the Mortgage Loan Data Field Request (in the form set forth on Schedule III) for each related Mortgage Loan and, by computer readable electronic transmission, the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, not later than five (5) Business Days after the Servicing Transfer Date.
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any such amounts as Pass-Through Expenses pursuant to Section 4.19 hereof. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, this paragraph shall not be applicable with respect to any Mortgage Loans to the extent servicing of such Mortgage Loans was previously transferred by the Prior Servicer to the Servicer prior to an Investor becoming owner of such Mortgage Loans.
     (c) Servicer shall not, and shall cause its employees not to, solicit Mortgagors with respect to the Mortgage Loans for any purpose (other than (i) in the performance of Servicer’s obligations with respect to loss mitigation services and (ii) in the event Owner and Servicer enter into a refinance agreement, with respect to refinancing a Mortgage Loan owned by Owner), including without limitation a refinancing of any Mortgage Loan (other than as permitted under clauses (i) and (ii) above), the origination of a mortgage loan secured by another Mortgaged Property owned by such Mortgagor, or the sale of optional insurance or any other banking or financial products or services; provided, however, that the following shall not constitute solicitation and shall not violate this covenant: (i) mass advertising or mailings (such as placing advertisements on Servicer’s website, television, on radio, in magazines or in newspapers or including messages in billing statements) that are not primarily directed towards the Mortgagors, and (ii) a solicitation for financial services to Mortgagors with whom Servicer or an affiliate has a customer relationship unrelated to the Mortgage Loan. Servicer shall refer any written or oral requests received from a Mortgagor for a replacement or new mortgage loan, optional insurance or any other banking or financial product or service to Owner or such other third party as Owner may direct (which may be Servicer if Owner and Servicer enter into a refinance agreement) as promptly as practicable but not later than two (2) Business Days after Servicer receives any such request.
     (d) Neither party nor its Affiliates will directly or indirectly solicit the services of or hire any employee of the other party for employment or as an independent contractor, or otherwise engage the services of such employee during the term of this Agreement or any extensions of this Agreement, without first obtaining the written consent of the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party understands and agrees that employment solicitations directed to the general public at large, including without limitation newspaper, radio, website and television advertisements, shall not constitute solicitation under this paragraph. A party may hire any employee who has been terminated by the other party or its Affiliate, provided such party provides notice to the other party of such hiring prior to the commencement of services by such person.
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not constitute a “mortgage servicing transfer” within the meaning of Section 6 of the Real Estate Procedures Settlement Act, 12 U.S.C. §2605, (“RESPA”), without prior written approval of the Owner. In each case, the Servicer shall remain responsible for its obligations under this Agreement, and notwithstanding any such arrangement, the Servicer shall be liable for all acts and omissions of such Person as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of the Servicer, and the Servicer shall pay all fees and expenses associated with such arrangement from the Servicer’s own funds.
     (f) On behalf of Owner and the Investors, the Servicer may sue to enforce or collect on any of the Mortgage Loans or any Insurance Policy covering a Mortgage Loan, as agent of the Investor pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney.
     (g) The Servicer shall hold each Servicing File in trust for the benefit of the Owner for the sole purpose of servicing the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer’s possession of Servicing Files shall be for the sole purpose of facilitating servicing of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement, and Servicer shall provide Owner, Investors, and any Owner Designee with full access to the Servicing Files. All records and documents with respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall become part of the Servicing Files. The ownership of each Mortgage Loan, including the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Mortgage Loan Documents, the contents of the related Servicing File and all rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom or in connection therewith, is vested in the Investors. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not limited to, all funds received on or in connection with the Mortgage Loans and all records or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall be received and held by the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Investors as the owners of the Mortgage Loans. All records and documents shall be maintained in accordance with Applicable Requirements. Any portion of the Servicing Files held by the Servicer shall be segregated from the other books and records of the Servicer and shall be appropriately marked to clearly reflect the Owner’s servicing rights and the ownership of the Mortgage Loans by the Investors. The Servicer shall release its custody of the contents of the Servicing Files only in accordance with written instructions of the Owner, except when such release is required as incidental to the Servicer’s servicing of the Mortgage Loans. Except as provided herein, the original Mortgage Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan shall be retained by the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(a), any fees and expenses of the Custodian shall not be payable by the Servicer.
     (h) Each of the Owner and Servicer shall, at its own expense and on a timely basis, in accordance with RESPA and Applicable Requirements, prepare and transmit to each Mortgagor notification of the transfer.
     Section 2.2 Books and Records.
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by the Investors. The Owner, the Investors, the Owner Regulator, and their respective agents may from time to time upon reasonable notice inspect any of the Servicer’s books and records pertaining to the Mortgage Loans being serviced under this Agreement, including without limitation all Servicing Files and quality control reports relating to the Mortgage Loans, such as reports evidencing compliance with HUD and FHA requirements, at reasonable times during the Servicer’s normal business hours at the Servicer’s offices; provided, that upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, only one (1) Business Days’ prior notice shall be required. At all times while a Mortgage Loan is being serviced hereunder, the beneficial ownership of such Mortgage Loan shall be vested and remain in the name of the Investors. All servicing rights arising out of each Mortgage Loan shall be vested in the Owner and the Servicer shall not assert any contrary interest therein.
     Section 2.3 Custodial Agreement.
     (a) On or prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, the Owner shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Custodian has received all such Mortgage Loan Documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. The Owner shall be responsible for maintaining the Custodial Agreement and shall pay fees and expenses as required under the Custodial Agreement. In the event that the Servicer is required to pay any of the Custodian’s fees and expenses, the Servicer shall notify the Owner and if the Owner instructs the Servicer to pay such fees and expenses these shall be considered Pass-Through Expenses and the Servicer shall be reimbursed pursuant to the terms of Section 4.19 hereof if not previously reimbursed by the Owner.
     (b) The Servicer shall forward to the Custodian original documents evidencing any assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with this Agreement within ten (10) Business Days of the Servicer’s receipt of an executed copy of such documents; provided, however, that the Servicer shall provide the Custodian with a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within ten (10) Business Days of submission, and will provide the original of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by Servicer of the original recorded document.
     (c) Upon any Mortgage Loan being Paid-In-Full (including any Liquidation of such Mortgage Loan) or from time to time (i.e., in foreclosure actions and as appropriate in the servicing of any Mortgage Loan), the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner or, if applicable, the Custodian, two (2) executed copies of a request for release in a form agreed to by the Owner and Servicer, signed by a Servicing Officer. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such request for release, the Owner or, if applicable, the Custodian, shall release (or cause its agent to release) and deliver the related Mortgage Loan Documents in trust to: (i) the Servicer, or (ii) such other party identified in the related request for release. In the event the Owner or, if applicable, the Custodian fails to deliver the related Mortgage Loan Documents to Servicer within the time required pursuant to this paragraph, and the Servicer incurs any loss, expense, penalty, fine or damage (hereinafter “Loss”) arising out of such late delivery, then the Owner hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Servicer harmless for any Loss incurred by the Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that it is the Custodian that fails to deliver the related

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Mortgage Loan Documents consistent with the terms and conditions of this Section 2.3(c), the Servicer shall notify the Owner of such failure in a weekly exception report.
     Section 2.4 Limitation on Scope of Servicing Obligation.
     (a) The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that (i) is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, or (ii) exclusively involves allegations against the Owner, Investors, or prior owners or prior servicers of the Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any allegation or claim involving a violation or breach of any Predatory Lending Law; provided, however, that the Servicer may, with the prior written consent of the Owner, undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto. In such event, the reasonable and customary legal counsel expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities for which the Owner will be liable and the Owner agrees to reimburse the Servicer for any such expenses, costs and liabilities as Pass-Through Expenses under the terms of this Agreement, except with respect to any expenses, costs and liabilities that are incurred solely as a result of a material breach of this agreement, the negligence or willful misconduct of the Servicer that relate to actions pursuant to this Section.
     (b) If a Mortgage Loan is discovered to be a High Cost Loan, the Servicer shall notify the Owner and Owner, with Servicer’s reasonable assistance, shall use its reasonable efforts to modify the Mortgage Loan such that it no longer qualifies as a High Cost Loan; provided however that if such Mortgage Loan is not capable of being modified, Servicer will retain servicing of such Mortgage Loan, irrespective of the fact that it remains a High Cost Loan. The Servicer shall not have any affirmative obligation to determine whether a High Cost Loan satisfies the document disclosure or other requirements applicable to High Cost Loans.
     Section 2.5 Loss Mitigation and Recovery Actions.
     (a) Servicer shall have the delegated authority to initiate Loss Mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) within the agreed upon SLAs, and the parameters set forth on Schedule I hereto (also known herein as the “Approval Matrix”).
     (b) Servicer shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, as and to the extent required by the Applicable Servicing Requirements, take commercially reasonable steps to maintain Mortgage Loans in a current status pursuant to Applicable Requirements by providing Loss Mitigation services for Delinquent Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Approval Matrix, which may include procedures that provide for sending delinquent notices, call campaigns, assessing late charges, and returning inadequate payments, and procedures for the analysis of Mortgage Loans that are distressed or chronically Delinquent. Servicer will ensure that processes are in place to provide for timely and effective communications to Mortgagors relating to Loss Mitigation services, and provide for continuity in the handling of Loss Mitigation services for a particular Mortgagor by personnel knowledgeable about a specific Mortgagor’s situation.

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     (c) Servicer shall develop a written plan to provide for the maintenance of an adequate infrastructure to support Loss Mitigation (including an adequate organization structure, managerial resources, and staffing) and foreclosure activities and to ensure compliance with the Applicable Requirements (the “Loss Mitigation Plan”), which Loss Mitigation Plan will be presented in draft form to Owner no later than the date which occurs 45 days after the date of this Agreement, with a final Loss Mitigation Plan to be adopted by Servicer no later than the date which occurs 60 days after the date of this Agreement; provided however, Servicer may amend or revise the adopted final plan, as necessary or appropriate consistent with Applicable Requirements. The Loss Mitigation Plan shall provide that Servicer shall achieve compliance with the Loss Mitigation Plan no later than December 31, 2011 (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Owner Regulator for the Prior Servicer to achieve compliance with a plan that addresses the same subject matter), and the failure of Servicer to comply with the Loss Mitigation Plan once implemented shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement. The Loss Mitigation Plan shall provide for the maintenance of an effective compliance program that includes, at a minimum:
     (1) Appropriate written policies and procedures to conduct, oversee, and monitor mortgage servicing, Loss Mitigation, and foreclosure operations.
     (2) Processes to ensure that all factual assertions made in pleadings, declarations, affidavits, or other sworn statements filed by or on behalf of the Servicer are accurate, complete and reliable, and that affidavits and declarations are based on personal knowledge or a review of the Servicer’s books and records when the affidavit or declaration so states.
     (3) Processes to ensure that affidavits filed in foreclosure proceedings are executed and notarized in accordance with Applicable Requirements.
     (4) Processes to review and approve standardized affidavits and declarations for each jurisdiction in which the Servicer files foreclosure actions to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and court procedures.
     (5) Processes to ensure that the Servicer has properly documented ownership of the promissory note and mortgage (or deed of trust) under applicable state law, or is otherwise a proper party to the action (as a result of agency or other similar status) at all stages of foreclosure and bankruptcy litigation, including appropriate transfer and delivery of endorsed notes and assigned mortgages or deeds of trust at the formation of a residential mortgage-backed security, and lawful and verifiable endorsement and successive assignment of the note and mortgage or deed of trust to reflect all changes of ownership.
     (6) Processes to ensure that a clear and auditable trail exists for all factual information contained in each affidavit or declaration, in support of each of the charges that are listed, including whether the amount is chargeable to the borrower and/or claimable by the investor.

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     (7) Processes to ensure that foreclosure sales (including the calculation of the default period, the amounts due, and compliance with notice requirements) and post-sale confirmations are in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan and Applicable Requirements.
     (8) Processes to ensure that all fees, expenses, and other charges imposed on the Mortgagor are assessed in accordance with the terms of the underlying mortgage note, mortgage, or other customer authorization with respect to the imposition of fees, charges, and expenses, and in compliance with all Applicable Requirements.
     (9) Processes to ensure that the Servicer has the ability to locate and secure all documents, including the original promissory notes if required, necessary to perform mortgage servicing, foreclosure and Loss Mitigation, or loan modification functions.
     (10) Ongoing testing for compliance with Applicable Requirements that is completed by qualified persons with requisite knowledge and ability (which may include internal audit) who are independent of the Servicer’s business lines.
     (11) Measures to ensure that policies, procedures, and processes are updated on an ongoing basis as necessary to incorporate any changes in Applicable Requirements.
     (12) Processes to ensure the qualifications of current management and supervisory personnel responsible for mortgage servicing and foreclosure processes and operations, including collections, Loss Mitigation and loan modification, are appropriate and a determination of whether any staffing changes or additions are needed.
     (13) Processes to ensure that staffing levels devoted to mortgage servicing and foreclosure processes and operations, including collections, Loss Mitigation, and loan modification, are adequate to meet current and expected workload demands.
     (14) Processes to ensure that workloads of mortgage servicing, foreclosure and Loss Mitigation, and loan modification personnel, including single point of contact personnel, are reviewed and managed.
     (15) Processes to ensure that the risk management, quality control, audit, and compliance programs have the requisite authority and status within the organization so that appropriate reviews of the Servicer’s mortgage servicing, Loss Mitigation, and foreclosure activities and operations may occur and deficiencies are identified and promptly remedied.
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     (17) Appropriate procedures for customers in bankruptcy, including a prohibition on collection of fees in violation of bankruptcy’s automatic stay (11 U.S.C. § 362), the discharge injunction (11 U.S.C. § 524), or any applicable court order.
     The Loss Mitigation Plan shall also provide for Servicer to establish metrics to measure and ensure the adequacy of staffing levels relative to Loss Mitigation and foreclosure activities, such as limits for the number of Delinquent or Defaulted Mortgage Loans assigned to an employee, considerations for a single point of contact for Mortgagors involved in Loss Mitigation activities and appropriate deadlines to review modification documentation, make modification decisions, and provide responses to Mortgagors. The Loss Mitigation Plan shall provide that Servicer’s policies and procedures address the following:
     (1) Measures to ensure that staff handling Loss Mitigation and loan modification requests routinely communicate and coordinate with staff processing the foreclosure on the borrower’s property.
     (2) Appropriate deadlines for responses to borrower communications and requests for consideration of Loss Mitigation, including deadlines for decision-making on Loss Mitigation Activities, with the metrics established not being less responsive than the timelines in the Loan Modification Programs.
     (3) Establishment of an easily accessible and reliable single point of contact for each Mortgagor so that the Mortgagor has access to an employee of the Servicer to obtain information throughout the Loss Mitigation, loan modification, and foreclosure processes.
     (4) A requirement that written communications with the Mortgagor identify such single point of contact along with one or more direct means of communication with the contact.
     (5) Measures to ensure that the single point of contact has access to current information and personnel (in-house or third-party) sufficient to timely, accurately, and adequately inform the borrower of the current status of the Loss Mitigation, loan modification, and foreclosure activities.
     (6) Measures to ensure that staff are trained specifically in handling mortgage delinquencies, Loss Mitigation, and loan modifications.
     (7) Procedures and controls to ensure that a final decision regarding a Mortgagor’s loan modification request (whether on a trial or permanent basis) is made and communicated to the borrower in writing, including the reason(s) why the Mortgagor did not qualify for the trial or permanent modification (including the net present value calculations utilized by the Servicer, if applicable) by the single point of contact within a reasonable period of time before any foreclosure sale occurs.
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Mortgagor is deemed in default on the terms of the trial or permanent modification; and (ii) the single point of contact remains available to the Mortgagor and continues to be referenced on all written communications with the Mortgagor.
     (9) Policies and procedures to enable Mortgagors to make complaints regarding the Loss Mitigation or modification process, denial of modification requests, the foreclosure process, or foreclosure activities which prevent a borrower from pursuing Loss Mitigation or modification options, and a process for making Mortgagors aware of the complaint procedures.
     (10) Procedures for the prompt review, escalation, and resolution of Mortgagor complaints, including a process to communicate the results of the review to the Mortgagor on a timely basis.
     (11) Policies and procedures to ensure that payments are credited in a prompt and timely manner; that payments, including partial payments to the extent permissible under the terms of applicable legal instruments, are applied to scheduled principal, interest, and/or escrow before fees, and that any misapplication of Mortgagor funds is corrected in a prompt and timely manner.
     (12) Policies and procedures to ensure that timely information about Loss Mitigation options is sent to the Mortgagor in the event of a delinquency or default, including plain language notices about loan modification and the pendency of foreclosure proceedings.
     (13) Policies and procedures to ensure that foreclosure, Loss Mitigation, and loan modification documents provided to borrowers and third parties are appropriately maintained and tracked, and that borrowers generally will not be required to resubmit the same documented information that has already been provided, and that Mortgagors are notified promptly of the need for additional information.
     (14) Policies and procedures to consider loan modifications or other Loss Mitigation Activities with respect to junior lien loans owned by the Owner or Investor, and to factor the risks associated with such junior lien loans into loan loss reserving practices, where the Servicer services the associated first lien mortgage and becomes aware that such first lien mortgage is delinquent or has been modified.
     (d) Servicer shall provide Investors with month-end collection and delinquency reports identifying and describing the status of any Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Mortgage Loans and Defaulted Mortgage Loans as and to the extent provided for in the Applicable Requirements, and from time to time as the need may arise, provide Investors with loan service reports relating to any information which Servicer is otherwise required to provide under a Servicing Agreement.
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     (f) Servicer shall assist in: (i) the foreclosure or other acquisition of the Mortgaged Property; (ii) the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to HUD or VA, the filing of all reimbursement claim forms and the collection of any applicable mortgage insurance and Servicer shall be entitled to receive a claims fee for such filing of reimbursement claims forms and collection of mortgage insurance as set forth in the Pricing Schedule; and (iii) pending completion of these steps, the protection of the Mortgaged Property from deterioration. Servicer will have title to such property acquired in the name designated by Investor. In case of a voluntary deed in lieu of foreclosure, and purchase by Servicer or Investor for its account, Servicer will protect the resulting REO Property (and shall be reimbursed as a Servicing Advance) while so owned to the extent required by the Applicable Requirements and this Agreement.
     (g) Servicer shall reasonably assist and cooperate with Owner in addressing any remedial actions which may be required by the Owner’s Regulator in connection with foreclosures of Mortgage Loans commenced or completed by the Prior Servicer; provided however that any such assistance shall be performed in the manner required by Owner’s Regulator and Servicer shall be reimbursed as a Pass-Through Expense at a rate of [*] per hour for providing such additional services.
     Section 2.6 Loan Modification Programs. Servicer shall implement each Loan Modification Program with respect to the Mortgage Loans subserviced under the Agreement to the extent a Mortgage Loan is eligible for a Loan Modification Program in accordance with the Approval Matrix. Servicer warrants that it is qualified to participate in each Loan Modification Program. Servicer has an NPV Tool approved and in place for Mortgage Loans owned by Fannie Mae. Servicer and Owner agree in good faith to validate and approve an NPV Tool for all Mortgage Loans other than Mortgage Loans owned by Fannie Mae as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement. In addition, Servicer and Owner agree in good faith to validate and approve an automated model for determining whether Monthly Advances should be made or are likely to be Nonrecoverable Monthly Advances, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Servicer shall not implement HAMP with respect to the Whole Loan Portfolio.
     Section 2.7 Legal Requirements. Promptly upon its receipt, Owner shall send notice (on its letterhead) to Servicer of any non published or informal Legal Requirements that it receives from any regulator, any government agency or instrumentality thereof together with a copy of such non published or informal Legal Requirement; provided, however, Owner shall only be obligated to send such notices to the extent Owner desires Servicer to follow such non published or informal Legal Requirement; provided further, Servicer shall not be obligated to follow any non published or informal Legal Requirements to extent it has not received notice from Owner of the same.
 
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     Section 3.1 Servicer Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
     With respect to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Servicing Transfer Date and as of each day thereafter during which such Mortgage Loan is serviced hereunder, the Servicer represents, warrants and covenants to the Owner as follows:
     (a) Due Organization and Authority. The Servicer is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Servicer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and the Servicer has duly executed and delivered this Agreement; and this Agreement evidences the valid and binding agreement of the Servicer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general equitable principles.
     (b) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business of the Servicer.
     (c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Servicer will not: (i) conflict with or result in a material breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Servicer’s organizational documents or any material agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is now a party or by which it is bound, or (ii) result in the material violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Servicer or its property is subject, which violations would have a material adverse effect on the Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
     (d) Ability to Perform. The Servicer does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform in all material respects each and every covenant of the Servicer contained in this Agreement.
     (e) No Litigation Pending. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Servicer which, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Servicer, or in any material impairment of the right or ability of the Servicer to carry on its business substantially as now conducted, or in any material liability on the part of the Servicer, or which would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Servicer contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Servicer to perform under the terms of this Agreement.
     (f) No Consent Required. Except for any notices or approvals required by the Investors or Insurers, no material consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the

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Agreement, except those that have been obtained and, to the extent required, remain in full force and effect. Servicer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist Owner in obtaining at the earliest practicable date all consents and approvals required to appoint Servicer as subservicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
     (g) Qualifications. Servicer is an approved servicer for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, an approved Ginnie Mae servicer in good standing and qualified by FHA and VA as a lender/mortgagee and servicer of FHA-insured Mortgage Loans and VA-guaranteed Mortgage Loans. In no event shall Servicer’s ratings fall below “RPS3” by Fitch, “Average” by Standard & Poors, or below the minimum ratings required by Freddie Mac during the term of this Agreement; provided however, that in the event of an industry-wide rating downgrade, a downgrade of Servicer shall not be deemed a breach of this covenant so long as the downgrade is not more severe than experienced by other subservicers in the industry.
     (h) Compliance. The Servicer has in full force and effect (without notice of possible suspension, revocation or impairment) all requisite licenses, permits, qualifications and approvals to perform its obligations hereunder in each jurisdiction in which any Mortgaged Property or REO Property is located and is in good standing in each such jurisdiction, except where the failure to possess any such license, permit, qualification or approval would not materially and adversely affect the ability of the Servicer to conduct its business as it is presently conducted or the enforceability of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
     Section 3.2 Owner Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
     With respect to each Mortgage Loan, as of the related Servicing Transfer Date and as of each day thereafter during which such Mortgage Loan is serviced hereunder, the Owner represents, warrants and covenants to the Servicer as follows:
     (a) Due Organization and Authority. The Owner is validly existing as a national banking organization organized under the federal laws of the United States; the Owner has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Owner and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and the Owner has duly executed and delivered this Agreement; and this Agreement evidences the valid and binding agreement of the Owner, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general equitable principles.
     (b) Ordinary Course of Business. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business of the Owner.
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which violations would have a material adverse effect on Owner’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or impair the value of the Mortgage Loans.
     (d) Ability to Perform. The Owner does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant of the Owner contained in this Agreement.
     (e) No Litigation Pending. There is no material action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Owner’s knowledge, threatened against the Owner that, either in any one instance or in the aggregate, would draw into question the validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection with the obligations of the Owner contemplated herein, or which would be likely to impair materially the ability of the Owner to perform under the terms of this Agreement.
     (f) No Consent Required. Except for notices and consents that may be required by the Investors, Insurers and Rating Agencies, no material consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner of or compliance by the Owner with this Agreement. Owner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain at the earliest practicable date all consents and approvals required to appoint Servicer as subservicer of the Mortgage Loans. As of a Servicing Transfer Date, Owner shall have obtained all consents and approvals required under the Servicing Agreements, including from the Rating Agencies, Investors and Insurers to transfer the servicing of the Mortgage Loans to Servicer.
     (g) Compliance. The Owner has all requisite licenses, permits, qualifications and approvals to acquire and own the Mortgage Loans and to perform its obligations hereunder in each jurisdiction in which any Mortgaged Property is located, except where the failure to possess any such license, permit, qualification or approval would not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage.
     (h) FDIC. Pursuant to Section 13(e)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, this Agreement constitutes an agreement that shall be valid against the FDIC in the event the FDIC is appointed as conservator or receiver of Owner. This Agreement (i) is in writing, (ii) is executed by Owner and Servicer contemporaneously with the procurement of Servicer’s services, (iii) has been authorized to be executed by an officer of the Owner pursuant to the authority granted by the board of directors of Owner, which delegated authority is reflected in the minutes of said board, and (iv) is from the time of its execution, an official record of the Owner. The De-Boarding Fees established hereunder, if any, arise at the time such De-Boarding Fees are owed and not at the time this Agreement is executed.
     (i) Owner has provided, or made available, to Servicer all of the Servicing Agreements in its possession under which Servicer will be responsible for servicing hereunder. Other than (i) the Servicing Agreements in Owner’s possession and provided, or made available, to Servicer pursuant to the preceding sentence or (ii) the Servicing Agreements set forth on Schedule X which Owner did not provide, or make available to Servicer under which the Servicer will be responsible for servicing hereunder, there are no other Servicing Agreements under which Servicer will be responsible for servicing hereunder.

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     Section 3.3 Owner’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants for Mortgage Loans.
     Subject to any disclosures provided by the Owner, with respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the related Servicing Transfer Date, the Owner represents, warrants and covenants to the Servicer as follows:
     (a) Ownership. As of the Servicing Transfer Date, the Owner is the sole owner and holder of the Whole Loan Portfolio and the sole owner and holder of the servicing rights related to each Mortgage Loan listed on the schedule of Mortgage Loans. The servicing responsibilities contracted for as of the Servicing Transfer Date have not been assigned or pledged, and the Owner has good and marketable interest therein, and has full right to transfer the servicing responsibilities to the Servicer free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, interest, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and has full right and authority subject to no interest, or agreement with, any other party (other than any notice or consent required by law, regulation or otherwise, to be delivered to the Investors and the Mortgagors) to assign the servicing responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement. Upon execution of this Agreement by the parties, no right, title, and interest in and to the ownership of the servicing rights arising from or in connection with the Mortgage Loans shall transfer to the Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing representations made in this subsection, certain of the Mortgage Loans, including the corresponding servicing rights, may be subject to a pledge or other security interest created by the Owner in connection with standard mortgage industry warehouse credit facility arrangements.
     (b) High Cost Loans. It is understood that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan will be a High Cost Loan. If a loan is discovered to be a High Cost Loan the Servicer shall notify the Owner and Owner, with Servicer’s reasonable assistance, shall use its reasonable efforts to modify the Mortgage Loan such that it no longer qualifies as a High Cost Loan; provided however that if such Mortgage Loan is not capable of being modified Servicer will retain servicing of such Mortgage Loan, irrespective of the fact that it remains a High Cost Loan. The Servicer shall not have any affirmative obligation to determine whether a High Cost Loan satisfies the document disclosure or other requirements applicable to High Cost Loans.
     (c) Compliance; Enforceability. Except as previously disclosed to the Servicer in writing and subject to any exceptions that would not materially adversely affect the ability of Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans: (i) to Owner’s knowledge, each Mortgage Loan conforms in all material respects to the Legal Requirements; and (ii) to Owner’s knowledge, the Owner and each other originator or servicer, as applicable, have complied in all material respects with all Legal Requirements, the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage and any applicable Insurance Policy with respect to the processing, origination and servicing of each Mortgage Loan.
     (d) Servicing Files and Related Materials. Owner shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the Servicing Files provided to the Servicer by or on behalf of the Owner and its agent, if applicable, shall contain all documents, instruments and information reasonably necessary to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Applicable Requirements, which may include copies thereof.

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     (e) Assistance and Cooperation of Owner. If any actions of the Owner or any applicable Owner Designee are necessary or appropriate in connection with the servicing and administration of any Mortgage Loan hereunder, following request by the Servicer the Owner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to perform or cause such Owner Designee to perform such actions in a timely manner and to cooperate with and assist the Servicer in connection with such actions.
ARTICLE IV
SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
     Section 4.1 Standard and Scope of Service.
     (a) On and after each Servicing Transfer Date, the Servicer will perform its services in a timely, efficient, professional and workmanlike manner, using personnel who are familiar with the technology, processes, and procedures to be used to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, the Applicable Requirements and the Approval Matrix; provided that in the event of any conflict between the Applicable Requirements and either this Agreement or the Approval Matrix, the Applicable Requirements shall control. The Servicer will maintain an adequate organization structure, managerial resources, and staffing to ensure compliance with this Agreement and the Applicable Requirements. The Servicer shall make all Servicing Advances as required pursuant to Section 4.19 and any other applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall not be required to take any action with respect to a Mortgage Loan if it determines in good faith that the action is not permitted by the Legal Requirements, any related Servicing Agreement, any related Insurance Policy or the Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that the Servicer shall be entitled to assume that the Mortgage Note and Mortgage may be enforced in accordance with their respective terms. All actions undertaken by Servicer under this Section 4.1 shall be in accordance with Applicable Requirements.
     (b) The Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans on mutually agreed upon Co-branded Basis terms during the Term of this Agreement. In the event Owner determines that it desires for Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans on a Private Label Basis, Servicer agrees to service on a mutually agreed upon Private Label Basis terms subject to compliance with Applicable Requirements.
     Section 4.2 Authority of the Servicer; Delinquencies.
     (a) The Servicer shall have the full power and authority acting alone to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans subject to compliance with the Applicable Requirements, this Agreement and Owner’s commercially reasonable instructions or requests made in accordance with Applicable Requirements.
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Mortgaged Properties. Upon the request of the Servicer, the Owner shall furnish the Servicer with a sufficient quantity of Limited Powers of Attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate, as reasonably specified by Servicer, to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this Agreement.
     (c) The Servicer will conduct its activities hereunder in accordance with Applicable Requirements, with particular emphasis on curing any Delinquencies in a commercially reasonable manner, devoting such personnel and resources as is required to meet or exceed the Approval Matrix, including without limitation the pursuit of any remedy or recovery in a manner that has a reasonable likelihood of realizing a higher amount of net proceeds taking into consideration the costs and expenses of obtaining such realization, the probability or risks associated in obtaining such realization and the net present value of such amount based on the expected timing of such realization. The Servicer’s initial discussions with the Mortgagor will cover the cause of the Delinquency and the time frame in which the Mortgagor believes the Delinquency will be cured. The Servicer will, at its sole discretion, use notices, letters, telephone calls, face-to-face contact and other responsible collection techniques consistent with the Applicable Requirements to attempt to cure the Delinquency and will maintain collection records on all contacts with the Mortgagor. Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall have the right, at its sole discretion and without the approval of the Owner, to:
     (i) determine the timing, manner and amount of contact the Servicer makes with the Mortgagors; and
     (ii) determine the timing of any notice of intent to foreclose, posting of an account for foreclosure, commencement of foreclosure proceedings or the filing of any documents in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Servicer shall follow Applicable Requirements, or if there are no Applicable Requirements, then Servicer shall follow the Fannie Mae Guidelines.
     (d) Consistent with the terms of this Agreement and Applicable Requirements, the Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if in the Servicer’s reasonable and prudent determination such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is not materially adverse to the Owner or the relevant Investor; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not permit any waiver or modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment thereof of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding principal amount (except for actual payments of principal), extend the final maturity date with respect to such Mortgage Loan, waive any prepayment penalty (other than accordance with Section 4.21) or any other act that could reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the Owner’s or the relevant Investor’s interest in the Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan, Mortgage, Mortgaged Property, Mortgage Loan Documents or Mortgage Servicing File related to a Mortgage Loan.
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modifications that would change the Mortgage Interest Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than the stated principal balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as “forbearance”).
     (f) The Servicer shall provide to the relevant Investor, if required, as soon as practicable and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Investor at least two Business Days (or such fewer Business Days as remain prior to the applicable foreclosure date) notice of the Servicer’s intention to submit a bid for the purchase of a senior lien. The Servicer shall comply with the Investor’s instructions with regard to such bid, provided that the Investor responds prior to the end of such two Business Day notice period (or such shorter period, if applicable). In the event that the Investor does not respond within such period, then, subject to Applicable Requirements, the parties agree that the Investor does not consent to such action and the Servicer shall incur no liability for failure to submit a bid. Charge-off requirements shall be set forth in the Approval Matrix.
     (g) Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer further is hereby authorized and empowered in its own name, when such Servicer, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on MERS, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Investors, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the relevant Investor and its successors and assigns. Servicer shall comply with the Applicable Requirements (including the MERSCORP membership rules, terms, and conditions) and the Approval Matrix relating to MERS in all of its MERS activities. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Owner as a Pass-Through Expense. In no event is Servicer authorized to register a Mortgage Loan that has not previously been registered on MERS, except with the prior approval of Owner. Servicer shall develop a written plan to provide for effective processes with respect to MERS activities (the “MERS Plan”), which MERS Plan will be presented in draft form to Owner no later than the date which occurs 45 days after the date of this Agreement, with a final MERS Plan to be adopted by Servicer no later than the date which occurs 60 days after the date of this Agreement; provided however, Servicer may amend or revise the adopted final plan, as necessary or appropriate consistent with Applicable Requirements. The MERS Plan shall provide that Servicer shall achieve compliance with the MERS Plan no later than December 31, 2011 (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Owner Regulator for the Prior Servicer to achieve compliance with a plan that addresses the same subject matter), and the failure of Servicer to comply with the MERS Plan once implemented shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement. The MERS Plan shall provide for the following:
          (1) Processes to ensure that all mortgage assignments and endorsements with respect to Mortgage Loans out of MERS’ name are executed only by a certifying officer authorized by MERS and approved by the Servicer.

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          (2) Processes to ensure that all other actions that may be taken by MERS certifying officers (with respect to the Mortgage Loans) are executed by a certifying officer authorized by MERS and approved by the Servicer.
          (3) Processes to ensure that the Servicer maintains up-to-date corporate resolutions from MERS for all Servicer employees and third-parties who are certifying officers authorized by MERS, and up-to-date lists of MERS certifying officers.
          (4) Processes to ensure compliance with all MERS Requirements and with the requirements of the MERS Corporate Resolution Management System (“CRMS”).
          (5) Processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of data reported to MERSCORP and MERS, including monthly system-to-system reconciliations for all MERS mandatory reporting fields, and daily capture of all rejects/warnings reports associated with registrations, transfers, and status updates on open-item aging reports. Unresolved items must be maintained on open-item aging reports and tracked until resolution.
          (6) An appropriate MERS quality assurance workplan, which clearly describes all tests, test frequency, sampling methods, responsible parties, and the expected process for open-item follow-up, and includes an annual independent test of the control structure of the system-to-system reconciliation process, the reject/warning error correction process, and adherence to the Servicer’s policies and procedures with respect to MERS.
          (7) Servicer shall include MERS and MERSCORP in its Vendor management process, which shall include a detailed analysis of potential vulnerabilities, including information security, business continuity, and Vendor viability assessments.
     (h) Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall not consent to the placement of any lien on the Mortgaged Property or any REO Property that would impair the Investor’s lien position by more than 1% (or if a lesser percentage is provided for under the Applicable Requirements, then the lesser percentage), without notifying and obtaining the written consent of the Investor.
     (i) Schedule I (Approval Matrix) hereto provides SLAs and a specific description of the actions which may be taken by the Servicer under the terms of this Agreement and the corresponding Owner and Investor approval required for such actions.
     (j) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 4.2 to the contrary, the Servicer shall apply the appropriate loss mitigation treatment as identified in and in compliance with Approval Matrix. Such treatments include, but are not limited to, the Loan Modification Programs. With respect to Mortgage Loans modified under a Loan Modification Program, in the event of any conflict among the Loan Modification Program, Schedule I, and/or the Fannie Mae Guidelines, the Loan Modification Program will govern the subservicing, and to the extent not in conflict with the Loan Modification Program, Schedule I will govern the subservicing.

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     Section 4.3 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.
     Continuously from each Servicing Transfer Date, in accordance with the Applicable Requirements and this Agreement, the Servicer shall diligently collect all payments due under each of the related Mortgage Loans and ascertain and estimate Escrow Payments with respect to escrowed Mortgage Loans and all other charges that will become due and payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans and each related Mortgaged Property such that the installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become due and payable.
     Section 4.4 Notification of Adjustments.
     With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the related interest rate adjustment date and shall adjust the Monthly Payment on the related mortgage payment adjustment date, if applicable, in compliance with the Applicable Requirements. The Servicer shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required to be sent to Mortgagors under the Applicable Requirements regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate and Monthly Payment adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or Owner that the Servicer has failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate or a Monthly Payment pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Servicer shall promptly deposit in the related Custodial Account from its own funds the amount of any interest loss caused thereby without reimbursement therefor.
     Section 4.5 Duties the Servicer May Delegate.
     (a) Subject to the Applicable Requirements and the limitations set forth in this Section 4.5 and Section 4.17(k), in the ordinary course of business, the Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder (including, without limitation, duties relating to the tracking of tax payments, tracking insurance, collections activities and Loss Mitigation activities, to any Person, including any of its Affiliates, who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the servicing standards set forth in Section 4.1 and pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.5 (each such Person, a “Vendor”); provided however, an individual REO listing agent managed by Servicer or a Vendor is not a Vendor for purposes of this Agreement; provided further, however, that no Vendor shall be responsible for the overall servicing duties of the Servicer hereunder, but may perform one or more discrete servicing functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB under the direction or authority of the Servicer. Set forth on Schedule VI is a list of all Vendors Servicer intends to utilize with respect to the Mortgage Loans as of the date of this Agreement. Upon entering into arrangements with any Vendors other than those specified on Schedule VI to provide services with respect to the Mortgage Loans, Servicer will provide notice to Owner. Owner shall have the right to consent to any new Vendor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may, without the consent of the Owner, retain reasonable and necessary Vendors to perform certain non-customer facing servicing and loan administration functions that do not involve verbal interactions with Mortgagors; provided that such Vendors shall conduct such duties in accordance with the Accepted Servicing Practices and further provided that in no event shall the Servicer delegate any Loss Mitigation, collection, foreclosure, REO asset management, accounting, or cash management functions to any Vendor without the consent of Owner. The Servicer shall not engage any Subservicer without the prior written consent of the Owner, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of the Owner.

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     (b) Servicer shall develop a written plan to provide appropriate processes and procedures with respect to Vendors (the “Vendor Plan”), which Vendor Plan will be presented in draft form to Owner no later than the date which occurs 45 days after the date of this Agreement, with a final Vendor Plan to be adopted by Servicer no later than the date which occurs 60 days after the date of this Agreement; provided however, Servicer may amend or revise the adopted final plan, as necessary or appropriate consistent with Applicable Requirements. The Vendor Plan shall provide that Servicer shall achieve compliance with the Vendor Plan no later than December 31, 2011 (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Owner Regulator for the Prior Servicer to achieve compliance with a plan that addresses the same subject matter), and the failure of Servicer to comply with the Vendor Plan once implemented shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement. The Vendor Plan shall provide for the following:
          (1) Processes to perform due diligence on any proposed and current Vendors performing services under the Agreement, which diligence shall evaluate the Vendor’s qualifications, expertise, capacity, reputation, complaints, information security, document custody practices, business continuity, and financial viability, to ensure adequacy of Vendor staffing levels, training, work quality, and workload balance. Upon request, the Servicer will provide the results of such due diligence to Owner. In the event Servicer’s due diligence reveals material deficiencies, Servicer will require such Vendors to promptly remedy any material deficiencies and take whatever actions may be necessary or appropriate to ensure Vendors correct such deficiencies or otherwise cease to utilize such Vendors.
          (2) Appropriate oversight to ensure each Vendor complies with all Applicable Requirements and the Approval Matrix, to the extent applicable to the services being performed by any Vendors and any contracts entered into with Vendors shall contain appropriate measures to provide for such oversight. Such contracts shall include provisions requiring Vendor adherence to Applicable Requirements and applicable provisions in the Approval Matrix, enforcement provisions in the event the Vendor fails to comply, and processes to ensure timely action with respect to Vendor performance failures.
          (3) Periodic reviews of Vendor work products for timeliness, competence, completeness, and compliance with all Applicable Requirements and applicable provisions in the Approval Matrix, as well as any complaints received from Mortgagors about the services being provided by a Vendor.
          (4) Processes to ensure that all original records transferred from the Servicer to Vendors (including the originals of promissory notes and mortgage documents) remain within the custody and control of the Vendor (unless filed with the appropriate court or the Mortgage Loan is otherwise transferred to another party), and are returned to the Servicer or designated custodians at the conclusion of the performed service, along with all other documents necessary for the Servicer’s files, and that the Servicer retains imaged copies of significant documents sent to Vendors.
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but not limited to, documentation sufficient to establish ownership of the promissory note and/or right to foreclose at the time the foreclosure action is commenced.
          (6) Processes for periodic reviews of the fee structures for Vendors to ensure that the method of compensation considers the accuracy, completeness, and legal compliance of foreclosure filings and is not based solely on increased foreclosure volume and/or meeting processing timelines.
          (7) A certification process for law firms (and recertification of existing law firm Vendors) that provide residential mortgage foreclosure and bankruptcy services for the Servicer, on a periodic basis, as qualified to serve as Vendors to the Servicer including that attorneys are licensed to practice in the relevant jurisdiction and have the experience and competence necessary to perform the services requested.
     (c) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that each such Vendor retained to provide any of the delegated services is fully licensed and holds all required governmental licenses, franchises, certificates, qualifications and permits necessary to provide, and that such Vendor is reputable and capable of providing, the services for which such Vendor is retained. Any such Vendor shall be retained solely for the Servicer’s account and any servicing fees and compensation payable to the Vendor shall be at the sole expense of the Servicer; provided however, that Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such expenses if the expense is otherwise eligible to be reimbursed as a Servicing Advance, Pass-Through Expense or pursuant to Section 4.17(l). A subservicer approved in writing by the Owner shall be reimbursed for Servicing Advances in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. The Servicer shall remain liable to the Owner, its successors and assigns for the performance of the Servicer’s duties and obligations under this Agreement, notwithstanding the delegation of any servicing function pursuant to this Section 4.5.
     (d) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold the Owner, the Investors, and Owner Designee harmless from any and all claims, losses, expenses, costs, fees (including but not limited to attorney fees) and damages arising out of or relating to the delegation of any of its duties hereunder except where delegation by the Servicer was at the request of the Owner, Investor, or Owner Designee; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer against any liability which would be imposed on the Servicer or any its directors, officers, agents or employees by reason of the Servicer’s willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations hereunder in following such instructions.
     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement or arrangement between the Servicer and a Vendor, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Vendor or reference to actions taken through a Vendor or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain primarily obligated and liable to the Owner for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such Vendor agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Vendor and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Vendor performed pursuant to the related

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Vendor agreement shall be performed as an agent of the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the Servicer.
     Section 4.6 Servicing Files.
     (a) Each Servicing File maintained by the Servicer for each Mortgage Loan shall be clearly identified and marked to reflect the Owner’s ownership of the servicing rights and each Investor’s ownership of the related Mortgage Loan, shall be kept in accordance with the Applicable Requirements, and shall contain the following items, to the extent received by the Servicer from the prior servicer, Owner, or its agent or photocopies of each:
     (i) a copy of the Mortgage Note bearing all intervening endorsements, endorsed “Pay to the order of “[Investor’s Name], without recourse”; or in blank and signed in the name of the previous endorsee by an authorized officer;
     (ii) a copy of the Mortgage, with evidence of recording thereon;
     (iii) a copy of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements, and if recorded, with evidence of recording thereof;
     (iv) evidence (which may be a certificate of insurance) of all insurance required by such Mortgage;
     (v) a copy of the Title Insurance Policy or alternative title product, or, if not yet issued, evidence of the title commitment;
     (vi) a copy of all intervening Assignments of Mortgage with evidence of recording thereof;
     (vii) a copy of all internal worksheets/calculations, and exception approval forms; and
     (viii) any other material documents (or copies thereof, as applicable).
     (b) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, blanket insurance policies may be kept by the Servicer in a separate blanket file and need not be included in each Servicing File.
     (c) Each Servicing File shall also contain the following documents or photocopies thereof, to the extent received by the Servicer from the Owner or its agent, or prior servicer in connection with the Servicer’s duties under this Agreement:
     (i) the Valuation made at the time the Mortgage Loan was originated;
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     (iv) documentation of all modifications to the original Mortgage Loan Documents;
     (v) documentation, including appropriate approval by the Investor, relating to any releases of any collateral supporting the Mortgage Loan;
     (vi) foreclosure correspondence and legal notifications, if applicable;
     (vii) the loan application, any credit reports, verification of employment, verification of any deposit, and tax returns;
     (viii) the originals or copies of all RESPA and Truth in Lending Act disclosure statements executed by the Mortgagor; and
     (ix) all other Mortgage Loan Documents which are customarily maintained in a Mortgage Loan file in order to properly service a Mortgage Loan.
     (d) Upon discovery by the Servicer or the Owner or upon the request of the Owner, the Servicer will promptly deliver to the Custodian any original Mortgage Loan Document listed in Section 4.6(a) that comes into the Servicer’s possession and shall retain a copy of any such Mortgage Loan Document in its Servicing File. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any document listed in clause (a)(iii) above, within sixty (60) days of the execution of any such assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreement, Servicer shall provide the original counterpart(s) thereof to the Custodian.
     Section 4.7 Microfilmed Records.
     The Servicer, at its expense, may duplicate or image the Servicing Files on microfilm, microfiche, magnetic or electronic media, but may not destroy hard copies of the documents required to be maintained in Servicing Files without the Owner’s prior consent; provided, however, if Servicer is under no obligation under the Applicable Requirements to maintain the original contents of the Servicing Files in hard format, and the Owner does not consent to the destruction of such hard copies, the cost and responsibility of storing such hard copies shall be the cost and responsibility of Owner.
     Section 4.8 Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clause; Assumption.
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unapproved transfer initiated by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall notify the Owner and the relevant Investor, if required (which notice may be pursuant to the reports to the Owner and Investors required by this Agreement) and the Private Mortgage Insurer, if any, of such transfer and obtain written approval from the Private Mortgage Insurer before initiating enforcement proceedings.
     (b) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Servicer may also in its discretion waive the due-on-sale clause on any Mortgage Loan and permit the assumption of such Mortgage Loan, if the relevant Investor has approved of the assumption in advance, or if the assumption is required by the Applicable Requirements without the Investor’s approval. Upon such approval and the execution by the new Mortgagor of an assumption agreement obligating the new Mortgagor to all of the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Servicer may approve such assumption in accordance with the Investor’s approval or the Applicable Requirements, as applicable. Subsequent to the assumption, the new mortgagor shall be deemed to be Mortgagor under this Agreement. The Servicer shall notify the Owner and the relevant Investor, if required pursuant to Applicable Requirements of the completion of any approved assumption by the tenth (10th) day of the month following the month of completion. The Servicer shall provide to the Owner or the Custodian the original assumption agreement.
     (c) Subject to the Applicable Requirements, the Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor a reasonable and customary assumption fee and retain such fee as Ancillary Income.
     Section 4.9 Insurance.
     (a) Subject to reimbursement as a Servicing Advance under the terms of this Agreement, and subject to the Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall cause each Mortgaged Property and REO Property to be covered at all times by Hazard Insurance in an amount required under the Fannie Mae Guidelines. It is further understood and agreed that such Hazard Insurance policy may contain a deductible clause (in a reasonable amount consistent with Applicable Requirements). All Hazard Insurance Policies shall be underwritten by an Insurer that has a current rating that is acceptable under Fannie Mae Guidelines. Subject to reimbursement under the terms of this Agreement, and subject to the Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall ensure that Flood Insurance is maintained on each Mortgaged Property and REO Property located in an area that is identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards. The Flood Insurance Policy shall be in an amount representing coverage equal to the lesser of: (i) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, or (ii) the maximum amount of insurance available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 for the property improvements (and not for the contents of the property) or as otherwise may be required under the Applicable Requirements. All Flood Insurance Policies shall be underwritten by a federal government agency or by an Insurer that satisfies Fannie Mae Guidelines regarding the rating of the Insurer or the guarantee of the Insurer’s policies by the National Flood Insurance Program. Additionally, if a Mortgaged Property or REO Property that is not identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards becomes so identified in the Federal Register, within a reasonable period of time after such identification, the Servicer shall arrange for Flood Insurance to be obtained on the Mortgaged Property or REO Property in accordance with this Section 4.9. All such policies shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable to the

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Servicer and shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the amount of or material change in coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not interfere with the Mortgagor’s freedom of choice in selecting either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however, that the Servicer shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies unless such companies are acceptable under the Fannie Mae Guidelines and are licensed to do business in the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located.
     (b) Servicer shall maintain in full force and effect at all times FHA mortgage insurance, or Private Mortgage Insurance, as required under the Applicable Requirements, in accordance with the type of Mortgage Loan, and assume responsibility for the payment of the premium thereon for each Mortgage Loan, subject to reimbursement as a Servicing Advance.
     (c) In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain, at its own expense, a blanket policy issued by an insurer that is acceptable under the Applicable Requirements and the Fannie Mae Guidelines (a “Qualified Insurer”) insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to the amount required pursuant Section 4.9(a) and otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section 4.9(a), it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section 4.9(a). It is further understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause (in a reasonable amount consistent with industry practices), in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related escrowed Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with Section 4.9(a), and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. Upon request of the Owner, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Owner a certified true copy of such policy and a statement from the insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated, or materially modified without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Owner.
     (d) The Servicer shall prepare and present on behalf of the Investors all claims under the Insurance Policies and take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be reasonably necessary to realize recovery under the Insurance Policies and Servicer shall be entitled to a fee for such claims as set forth in the Pricing Schedule. Any proceeds disbursed to the Servicer in respect of such Insurance Policies (other than amounts applied to the restoration and repair of the related Mortgaged Property or to be released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s normal servicing procedures) shall be promptly deposited in the applicable Custodial Account or the applicable Escrow Account, as appropriate within two (2) Business Days of receipt.
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     Section 4.10 Insurance Notices.
     The Owner shall arrange, or shall cause the Prior Servicer to arrange for all insurance drafts, notices, policies, invoices, and similar documents to be delivered directly to the Servicer, to the extent permitted under the Insurance Policies and Applicable Requirements.
     Section 4.11 Tax and Flood Contracts.
     The Owner shall deliver, or cause the Prior Servicer to deliver, to Servicer within ten (10) days of the Servicing Transfer Date, all assignable flood contracts (“Flood Contracts”) and information with respect to each Mortgage Loan. Owner represents to Servicer that (i) as of the date of this Agreement, all tax contracts (“Tax Contracts”) with respect to the Mortgage Loans are for “life of service,” except that if the Prior Servicer elects to pay an upgrade fee to its vendor, such contracts may be converted to “fully transferable TMS contracts” and (ii) unless the Prior Servicer pays its vendor to convert the existing Tax Contracts to “fully transferable TMS contracts,” no Tax Contracts are assignable. If any assignable Flood Contracts and information are not provided by the Owner or the Prior Servicer within ten (10) days after the Servicing Transfer Date, then Servicer shall purchase a life of service Flood Contract for each assignable Flood Contract not delivered to Servicer at the Owner’s cost. For all Tax Contracts and any non-assignable Flood Contracts, Servicer will purchase a life of service Tax Contract and/or Flood Contract within fifteen (15) days of the Servicing Transfer Date at the Servicer’s cost (which cost is not reimbursable by Owner) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall have no obligation to obtain Tax Contracts with respect to second lien Mortgage Loans.
     Section 4.12 Tax and Insurance Accounts; Tax Service.
     (a) All Escrow Accounts shall be established and maintained in accordance with the Applicable Requirements for those Mortgage Loans that provide for or otherwise require Escrow Payments. The Servicer shall reflect in the Tax and Insurance Account the Escrow Funds collected from the Mortgagor and deposited into the applicable Escrow Account for the payment of real estate taxes, ground rents, Private Mortgage Insurance, Hazard Insurance and, if applicable, Flood Insurance premiums, assessments and other charges. If Escrow Funds are being collected when the Owner transfers servicing of the Mortgage Loan to the Servicer, the Servicer must establish a Escrow Account (either a separate account or a sub account) for such Mortgage Loan and continue to collect 1/12 of the yearly charge for escrow with each Monthly Payment. If a Mortgagor’s Escrow Funds are insufficient to pay taxes, insurance premiums or other escrowed items, the Servicer shall timely advance to the Escrow Account from its own funds an amount sufficient to cover the shortage and reflect such advance in the Mortgagor’s Tax and Insurance Account. Whenever possible, these T & I Advances shall be recovered from the Mortgagor’s subsequent monthly Escrow Payments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds from the Owner, pursuant to Section 6.5(a), or as a Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 6.3(a). Insurance premiums that are not escrow items but that are collected and disbursed for payment, such as life, major medical, disability or other assessments not required as part of the Mortgagor’s monthly installments, should not be reflected in the Mortgagor’s Tax and Insurance Reserve. The Servicer shall comply with all Applicable Requirements in connection with escrow items, the analysis of the Mortgagor’s Escrow Account and any reports to the Mortgagor related thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer shall comply with all requirements concerning the handling of escrow accounts contained in the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.

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     (b) For any First Lien Mortgage Loan that is a non-escrowed loan, Servicer shall be responsible for monitoring whether payments for real estate taxes and assessments are made by the Mortgagor at the time they first become due. Upon notification that such payments are delinquent, Servicer shall begin the appropriate notification and letter cycle and upon its completion, in the event that any real estate taxes or assessments in connection with a Mortgage Loan are or become delinquent, then the Servicer shall effect payment thereof as appropriate and prior to the related tax sale foreclosure date, and any such payment shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance under the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall pay, on behalf of the related Mortgagor, any penalties, fines, similar charges or interest resulting from such delinquency, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for any such penalties, fines, similar charges or interest that it may incur as Servicing Advances under the terms of this Agreement. Additionally, in the event that any Mortgagor fails to provide Servicer with reasonable proof of hazard insurance in connection with a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall promptly provide such insurance coverage until such time as the Mortgagor submits reasonable proof of Mortgagor’s own coverage. Any such payment of hazard insurance by Servicer shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance under the terms of this Agreement.
     (c) For any Mortgage Loan with an established escrow account, Servicer shall pay items due to third parties payable out of such escrow accounts before any penalty date if the amount therefore is available to Servicer or as a Servicing Advance. When applicable, Servicer will pay taxes to take advantage of any discount from the taxing jurisdiction, if Servicer has been informed of a discount by the taxing jurisdiction. In the event that any real estate taxes or assessments in connection with a Mortgage Loan are or become delinquent, then the Servicer shall effect payment thereof as soon as reasonably possible and any such payment shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance under the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall pay, on behalf of the related Mortgagor, any penalties, fines, or other charges or interest resulting from such delinquency and shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Owner as Pass-Through Expenses, for any such expenses that it may incur, so long as such delinquency was within thirty (30) days after the Servicing Transfer Date. Any such fines, penalties, or other charges or interest incurred pursuant to this subsection after thirty (30) days following the Servicing Transfer Date shall be the responsibility of the Servicer.
     (d) In the event that a Mortgaged Property has outstanding tax delinquencies prior to the Servicing Transfer Date that were not reported by either a prior servicer or a prior tax service to the Servicer, the Servicer shall not be liable for a Mortgaged Property lost to a tax sale for a delinquency occurring prior to the Servicing Transfer Date; provided, however, that the Servicer shall provide prompt notice to Owner upon discovery of any such delinquency and shall take all reasonable actions required to cure such tax delinquency in accordance with Applicable Requirements and/or the reasonable instructions of the Owner and relevant Investor. If the Servicer obtains prior year delinquency information from a prior servicer and/or owner, the Servicer may find it necessary to perform a prior delinquency search in order to adequately service such loan. Subject to notice and prior approval by the Owner, the cost of such search shall be reimbursed by the Owner to the Servicer as a Pass-Through Expense.

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     Section 4.13 Superior Liens.
     (a) With respect to each Mortgage Loan secured by a junior lien on the related Mortgaged Property that is not registered with MERS®, the Servicer shall, upon the Owner’s or an Investor’s request, for the protection of the Owner’s and Investor’s interest, file (or cause to be filed) of record a request for notice of any action by a superior lien holder in cases in which (i) applicable state law does not require that a junior lien holder be named as a party defendant in foreclosure proceedings in order to foreclose such junior lien holder’s equity of redemption, and (ii) local law provides for such a notice to junior lien holders. The Servicer shall, upon the Owner’s or an Investor’s request, also notify any superior lien holder in writing of the existence of the Mortgage Loan and request notification of any action (as described below) to be taken against the Mortgagor or the Mortgaged Property by the superior lien holder. Costs and expenses of Servicer, if any, in performing the foregoing shall be paid by the Servicer and reimbursed by the Owner as Pass-Through Expenses in accordance with this Agreement.
     (b) If the Servicer is notified that any superior lien holder has accelerated or intends to accelerate the obligations secured by the superior lien, or has declared or intends to declare a default under the superior mortgage or the promissory note secured thereby, or has filed or intends to file an election to have the Mortgaged Property sold or foreclosed, the Servicer shall take such actions as are consistent with Applicable Requirements to protect the interests of the Owner, the Investors, and/or to preserve the security of the related Mortgage Loan. Subject to Applicable Requirements and the Owner’s prior approval, the Servicer may make a Servicing Advance of the funds necessary to cure the default or reinstate the superior lien, if the Servicer determines that such Servicing Advance would satisfy the standard set forth in Section 4.2(c) hereof and would ultimately be recoverable in full from the net proceeds likely to be realized from such Mortgage Loan, including the related Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall thereafter take such action as Servicer determines is commercially reasonable to recover any such Servicing Advance or as otherwise provided pursuant to this Agreement.
     Section 4.14 Litigation.
     (a) Subject to Section 2.4(a) and Section 8.1(d) of this Agreement, and Applicable Requirements and the parameters set forth in the Approval Matrix, Servicer shall be responsible for management and administration of all threatened and pending loan level litigation, arbitration or other proceeding before any governmental body, or any investigation or administrative enforcement action by any governmental body (“Litigation”) relating to the Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, Litigation related to foreclosure, eviction, tax sales, forfeiture actions, condemnation/eminent domain proceedings, quiet title actions and bankruptcy filings. Servicer shall provide Owner, as well as the applicable Investor if required, prompt notice upon discovery of any Litigation. Servicer will provide Owner, as well as the applicable Investor if required, notice of any threatened or pending claim that is likely to result in Litigation only if required pursuant to the Approval Matrix. If the Mortgagor, a creditor, or a bankruptcy trustee proposes to reduce the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Note, reduce the Mortgage Interest Rate, or otherwise modify a Mortgagor’s obligations under a Mortgage Loan involved in Litigation, the Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to challenge any such modification on a timely basis if a commercially reasonable and valid legal basis exists for such challenge, unless the Investor agrees to such reduction. Subject to Applicable Requirements, Servicer shall be responsible for implementing legal holds (“Legal Holds”), as necessary, with respect to Litigation and threatened Litigation managed by Servicer. Servicer shall also cooperate with

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Owner, at Owner’s request, in implementing Legal Holds with respect to Litigation and threatened Litigation managed by Owner.
     (b) Subject to Applicable Requirements, (i) Servicer shall reasonably assist the Owner or applicable Investor in its response to subpoenas and other requests for information seeking disclosure of information relating to Mortgage Loans; and (ii) Servicer shall respond, on behalf of the Owner or applicable Investor, to letters purporting to be qualified written requests under the Applicable Requirements.
     (c) The associated costs of protecting the Investor’s interest in Litigation or threatened Litigation shall be paid as Servicing Advances in accordance with this Agreement (unless such costs are subject to Servicer’s indemnification obligation in Section 8.2). Servicer shall not, without the prior written consent of Owner, settle or compromise any claim or any such Litigation against Owner or any of its Affiliates arising out of or relating to any such Litigation, other than any such settlement involving solely the payment of money damages not to exceed [*] in any one (1) instance up to an aggregate of [*] for all such settlements, during any calendar quarter. Servicer must obtain the prior written consent of Owner for any settlements that cause this quarterly aggregate number to be exceeded.
     (d) Subject to each party’s indemnification obligation in Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, as applicable, and further subject to Section 2.4(a) and Section 8.1(d), each party shall be responsible for management and administration of its defense of any class action Litigation in which such party or any of its Affiliates is a defendant. Servicer shall cooperate in obtaining or making available information or documents respecting Mortgage Loans involved in all Litigation, including class action Litigation, as may be reasonably requested or required by Owner or its counsel. Owner shall reimburse Servicer for any out-of-pocket costs that Servicer incurs in connection with any assistance provided to Servicer for such class action Litigation as a Pass-Through Expense (unless such costs are subject to Servicer’s indemnification obligation in Section 8.2).
     Section 4.15 Foreclosure Procedures.
     (a) The Servicer shall, consistent with Applicable Requirements, attempt to realize upon Defaulted Loans in a manner reasonably intended to maximize the net present value of principal and interest payable to the Investor, taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. In the event that any payment(s) due under any Mortgage Loan remains delinquent and as to which no satisfactory arrangement can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Loss Mitigation, and Servicer determines that such payment(s) are unlikely to be collected from the Mortgagor, the Servicer may, if it deems it advisable, order one or more Valuations (in the form required under Applicable Requirements) or property inspections with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, and may commence foreclosure proceedings in accordance with Applicable Requirements and the Approval Matrix. Subject to Applicable Requirements, Servicer shall provide notice upon discovery that Owner holds a junior lien position on Mortgaged Property in which the Servicer is contemplating commencing foreclosure proceedings. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a Defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer in accordance with Applicable
 
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Requirements that the proceeds would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. Subject to Applicable Requirements, the proceeds will be applied first to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees. The Servicer shall from its own funds, subject to reimbursement pursuant to Section 6.3 and Section 4.19(a) make all necessary and proper Servicing Advances; provided, however, that the Servicer shall have no obligation to advance any amount that the Servicer determines is likely to be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance.
     (b) The Servicer shall initiate, carry out, complete or perform any foreclosure proceeding in the name of the Owner, Investor, or Owner Designee per Applicable Requirements.
     (c) In connection with a foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall exercise such rights and powers vested in it hereunder and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as prudent mortgage servicers would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs and consistent with Applicable Requirements with respect to mortgage loans in foreclosure or similar proceedings. In the event that foreclosure results in a deficiency and Legal Requirements permit and consistent with Owner Obligations, the Servicer shall continue to perform collection services in accordance with a mutually agreed upon receivable collection agreement to be negotiated with the Owner.
     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Servicer has notice or knowledge that a Mortgaged Property has a Negative Environmental Condition or is otherwise contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Owner or Investor otherwise requests, an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgage Property conducted by a qualified inspector shall be arranged for by the Servicer. Upon completion of the inspection, the Servicer shall promptly provide the Owner and Investor with a written report of environmental inspection. All costs incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Servicing Advances.
     (e) In the event the environmental inspection report indicates that the Mortgaged Property has a Negative Environmental Condition or is otherwise contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, the Servicer (i) shall promptly notify the Owner and the Investor, if required, and (ii) shall not proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure if the estimated costs of the environmental clean up, as estimated in the environmental inspection report, together with the Servicing Advances made by the Servicer and the estimated costs of foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure exceeds the estimated value of the Mortgaged Property based on an Valuation obtained by the Servicer at such time. If, however, the aggregate of such clean up and foreclosure costs and Servicing Advances is less than the estimated value of the Mortgaged Property, then the Servicer shall, in its reasonable judgment and in accordance with Applicable Requirements, proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and the Servicer shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs associated with such foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure and any related environmental clean up costs, as applicable. In the event the Servicer does not proceed with foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph, the Servicer shall be reimbursed for all Servicing Advances and the Servicer shall

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have no further obligation to service such Mortgage Loan under the provisions of this Agreement.
     Section 4.16 Reinstatement of Mortgage Loans.
     If the Mortgagor offers full reinstatement of the Mortgage Loan during the foreclosure process, the Servicer shall accept the offer. Full reinstatement means: (i) payment of all amounts due in order to bring the Mortgage Loan current, including attorneys’ and trustees’ fees, any additional legal costs and any other expenditures or advances made by the Servicer during the foreclosure process, and (ii) payments of all other amounts necessary to cure all other defaults under the Mortgage Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the payment of real property taxes due and owing. Upon accepting the reinstatement, the Servicer will contact the attorney or trustee promptly to avoid incurring additional legal costs or fees. The Servicer will apply the funds upon receipt. If the Mortgage Note and other Mortgage Loan related documents were delivered to the Servicer by the Owner or the Custodian in connection with the Mortgagor’s delinquency, the Servicer will return the Mortgage Note and other Mortgage Loan related documents to the Owner or the Custodian to be included in the Mortgage Loan Documents upon receipt of the reinstatement funds from the Mortgagor.
     Section 4.17 Servicing REO Property.
     (a) Subject to Applicable Requirements, in the event that title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired by deed in lieu of foreclosure executed prior to the commencement of a foreclosure proceeding, then the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued in the name of the relevant Investor. Subject to Applicable Requirements in the event that title to the Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or prior to the completion of a foreclosure proceeding commenced by the Servicer, then the deed shall be issued in the name of the relevant Investor. The Servicer shall cooperate with the Investors in connection with the transfer and assignment of title and ownership of REO Properties following foreclosure proceedings or the execution of deeds in lieu of foreclosure.
     (b) The Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect, and operate each REO Property in accordance with Applicable Requirements, either through itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, and in the manner that similar property in the same locality as the REO Property is managed. If the Servicer deems it advisable, the Servicer may, in accordance with Applicable Requirements, order one or more Valuations (in the form required by Applicable Requirements) with respect to the REO Property. The Servicer shall attempt to sell such REO Property on such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Investors. Pursuant to the terms of the applicable Limited Power of Attorney, the Servicer shall be authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Investors, all deeds, instruments of transfer and other closing documentation necessary and desirable to implement the disposition of REO Property.
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     (d) The Servicer shall also maintain on each REO Property fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage, liability insurance and, to the extent required and available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, flood insurance, and all other insurance coverage required under Section 4.9.
     (e) Each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Servicer at such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Investor, in its reasonable judgment, approves and provided the sales price and the related terms and conditions are results of arm’s-length negotiation. If, as of the date title to any REO Property was acquired by the Servicer, there were outstanding unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to the REO Property, the Servicer, upon an REO Disposition of such REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any such unreimbursed Servicing Advances from proceeds received in connection with such REO Disposition. The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited within two (2) Business Days of receipt in the Custodial Account following receipt thereof for distribution on the next Remittance Date.
     (f) The Servicer shall cause each REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition of title thereto and shall cause each REO Property to be inspected at least annually thereafter. The Servicer shall make or cause to be made an electronic report of each such inspection. Such reports shall be retained in the Mortgage Servicing File and copies thereof shall be forwarded by the Servicer to the Owner and the Investors upon request. That statement shall be accompanied by such other information as the Owner and the Investors shall reasonably request.
     (g) Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by an Investor, or pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall submit to the Owner and the Investor, as required, a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged Property.
     (h) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to dispose of the REO Property as soon as practicable and shall sell such REO Property in any event in accordance with Applicable Requirements and the Approval Matrix.
     (i) Following the foreclosure sale or abandonment of any Mortgaged Property, the Servicer shall report such foreclosure or abandonment to the Owner, the Investor, and as required pursuant to Section 6050J of the Code or any successor provision thereof.
     (j) In the event that Owner requests the transfer of a serviced REO Property from the Servicer, all costs incurred by the Servicer in marketing the subject REO Property (prior to the Owner’s transfer request) shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance. Additionally, any costs and/or penalties payable by the Servicer to a third party (to which Servicer has delegated some or all of its duties with respect to such REO Property pursuant to Section 4.5) then-payable in connection with such REO Property shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance.
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Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof and the fees of any managing agent acting on behalf of the Servicer.
     (l) In accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Section 4.5 and Section 4.17(k), the Servicer has the right to outsource the management, conservation, protection and operation of REO Property to a third party including to an Affiliate, which arrangement will result in fees to the Owner. In such event, Owner agrees to be responsible for all such fees.
     Section 4.18 Satisfactions.
     (a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Servicer will promptly notify the Investor, or its custodian or designee, by a certification of a servicing officer of the Servicer, which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the applicable Custodial Account have been or will be so deposited, and shall request execution of any document necessary to satisfy the Mortgage Loan.
     (b) Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver on behalf of itself, the Owner, and the Investors all instruments of satisfaction or of partial or full release and all other comparable instruments with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties. The Servicer shall take all actions necessary to satisfy mortgages and release their liens in a timely manner and in any event within the time periods required under the Legal Requirements. Once the required release or satisfaction documents are executed and recorded, if applicable, and the Mortgage Note is canceled, the Servicer shall promptly send the canceled documents to the Mortgagor if state law requires such action or the Mortgagor specifically requests the return of the documents. In other instances, the Servicer may either return the documents to the Mortgagor or retain them (as long as they are not destroyed until after the retention period required by Applicable Requirements). The Servicer shall also take any other steps required to release the lien and assure that no penalties are incurred because the actions were not performed in a timely manner within the time periods required under the Legal Requirements. In connection with any such payment in full, the Servicer shall be responsible for causing MERS to indicate that the applicable Mortgage Loan has been paid in full and the lien on the related Mortgaged Property has been released in accordance with this Agreement by including in such computer files the information required by MERS in order to reflect such payment in full and release.
     (c) No expense incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account or the Owner. The Servicer may not seek reimbursement from the Owner or the Mortgagor for any penalty fee that the Servicer has to pay because the Servicer failed to process any release or satisfaction documents within the required time frame. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the Owner or its designee or the Custodian must execute and deliver to Servicer a document, or take any other action, in order for the Servicer to effect a release or satisfaction and Servicer has timely notified the Owner, its designee or the Custodian, the Owner, its designee, or the Custodian, or prior servicer must act in the time limit prescribed hereunder (i.e., as in Section 2.3(c) above). If the Owner, its designee, or the Custodian fails to do so, the Servicer may seek reimbursement from the Owner for any

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penalty that the Servicer pays because the release or satisfaction was not processed in the required time frame as a result of Owner’s failure, its designee’s failure or the Custodian’s failure to act in a timely manner as a Servicing Advance under the terms of this Agreement. Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall generally follow the procedures set forth in the Fannie Mae Guidelines regarding satisfactions of mortgages.
     Section 4.19 Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses
     (a) The Servicer shall fund all Servicing Advances provided for in this Agreement subject to reimbursement as provided herein. For all Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses incurred for the Whole Loan Portfolio and under any Servicing Agreement, prior to 12:00 pm (central time) each Business Day, Servicer shall notify Owner of the total dollar amount of Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses to be made on such day, and Owner shall pay Servicer prior to 4:30 pm (central time) on such day an amount sufficient to pay for all such Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses. Subject to Applicable Requirements and Section 6.3 and Section 6.5 hereof, Servicer shall withdraw funds from the Custodial and Escrow Accounts for reimbursement of Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses previously paid to Servicer by Owner pursuant to the preceding sentence, and reimburse Owner for such Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses paid to Servicer.
     The failure of Owner to remit any payment required in this Section 4.19 within the required timeframe (and cure period provided in Section 9.1(k)) shall constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.1(k) which will allow the Servicer to (i) terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 10.2 and (ii) immediately terminate its obligation to fund further Servicing Advances hereunder.
     (b) Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, from the Servicing Transfer Date until the termination of this Agreement, with respect to each Mortgage Loan serviced pursuant to this Agreement, Servicer shall not assume Owner’s obligations, or have any duty or obligation to make Monthly Advances.
     (c) The Servicer shall provide and maintain appropriate procedures to ensure that each individual Servicing Advance and Pass-Through Expense is accounted for as a single item and amount without any duplication thereof. Upon request, the Servicer will provide to Owner documentation substantiating that any costs or expenses incurred as Servicing Advances or Pass-Through Expenses are reasonable and customary in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.
     Section 4.20 Mortgage Loan Transfers.
     (a) The Servicer and the Owner agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, an Investor may effect one or more Whole Loan Transfers without the Servicer’s prior consent. With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer entered into by an Investor, the Servicer agrees:
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designate and participating in meetings with prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans or interests; provided that Servicer shall not be responsible for payment of any charges assessed by the Rating Agencies for the Rating Agencies’ reviews in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer;
     (ii) to cooperate with Investor and any prospective purchaser with respect to the preparation, endorsement, assignment, or delivery, as the case may be, of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents and other related documents, with respect to servicing requirements reasonably requested by the rating agencies and credit enhancers;
     (iii) to execute each reconstitution agreement in connection with any such transfer; subject to and conditioned upon the following: (1) the Servicer shall be paid a monthly servicing fee thereunder that is mutually agreed upon at reconstitution; and (2) with respect to those Mortgage Loans that will be included as part of the loan pool under such reconstitution agreement, the Servicer shall have been transferred the servicing of such Mortgage Loans under this Agreement prior to the first remittance period under such reconstitution agreement;
     (iv) to execute all agreements required to be executed by the Servicer in connection with such Whole Loan Transfer provided that any such agreements be substantially similar with the terms hereof and impose no different duties, liabilities obligations or any adverse change in pricing upon the Servicer than those set forth herein and provided that in the event such agreements is not substantially similar with the terms hereof or require different or additional duties than contemplated herein or any adverse change in pricing, the Servicer shall not be required to execute such agreements unless the terms are mutually agreed upon by the parties to such agreements;
     (v) to make reasonable and customary representations and warranties regarding Servicer; and
     (vi) to deliver to Investor and to any Person designated by Investor, such legal documents, in-house opinions of counsel, and outside legal opinions as are customarily delivered by servicers and reasonably determined by Investor to be necessary in connection with Whole Loan Transfers; provided, however, that: the cost of any such opinions of outside counsel (other than customary corporate opinions as to organization, existence and authorization) that may be required shall be approved by Investor in advance, paid by the Servicer and reimbursed by the Investor as Pass-Through Expenses, in accordance with this Agreement.
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designate and participating in meetings with prospective purchasers of the Mortgage Loans or interests therein and providing information reasonably requested by such purchasers provided that Servicer shall not be responsible for payment of any charges assessed by the Rating Agencies for the Rating Agencies’ reviews in connection with a Pass-Through Loan Transfer;
     (ii) to cooperate with Investor and any prospective purchaser with respect to the preparation, endorsement, assignment, or delivery, as the case may be, of any of the Mortgage Loan Documents and other related documents, with respect to servicing requirements reasonably requested by the rating agencies and credit enhancers;
     (iii) to execute each reconstitution agreement in connection with any such transfer; subject to and conditioned upon the following: (1) the Servicer shall be paid a monthly servicing fee thereunder to be mutually agreed upon at reconstitution; and (2) with respect to those Mortgage Loans that will be included as part of the loan pool under such reconstitution agreement, the Servicer shall have been transferred the servicing of such Mortgage Loans under this Agreement prior to the first remittance period under such reconstitution agreement;
     (iv) to execute all agreements required to be executed by the Servicer in connection with such Pass-Through Loan Transfer provided that any such agreements be substantially similar with the terms hereof and impose no different duties, liabilities, obligations or any adverse change in pricing upon the Servicer than those set forth herein and provided that in the event such agreements is not substantially similar with the terms hereof or requires different or additional duties than contemplated herein or any adverse change in pricing, the Servicer shall not be required to execute such agreements unless the terms are mutually agreed upon by the parties to such agreements;
     (v) to make reasonable and customary representations and warranties regarding Servicer;
     (vi) to deliver to Investor for inclusion in any prospectus or other offering material such relevant information regarding Servicer, its financial condition, and its mortgage loan delinquency, foreclosure and loss experience and any additional information requested by Investor, or as is otherwise reasonably requested by Investor and which Servicer is capable of providing without unreasonable effort or expense, and to indemnify Investor and its Affiliates for Servicer’s material misstatements contained in such information and for Servicer’s omission of any material facts necessary to make Servicer’s statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
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     (viii) to deliver to Investor and to any Person designated by Investor, such legal documents, in-house opinions of counsel, and outside legal opinions as are customarily delivered by servicers and reasonably determined by Investor to be necessary in connection with Pass-Through Transfers; provided, however, that: (1) such in-house opinions of counsel for a Pass-Through Transfer are to be in a form reasonably acceptable to Investor; and (2) the cost of any such opinions of outside counsel (other than customary corporate opinions as to organization, existence and authorization) that may be required shall be approved by Investor in advance paid by the Servicer and reimbursed by the Investor as Pass-Through Expenses, in accordance with this Agreement; and
     (ix) to make and deliver such certifications required by servicers pursuant to Section 3.2(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     (c) All Mortgage Loans sold pursuant to a Whole Loan Transfer or Pass-Through Transfer shall no longer be subject to this Agreement, unless the servicing rights with respect to such Mortgage Loans are retained by Owner. If the servicing rights to such Mortgage Loans are retained by Owner, then such Mortgage Loans shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
     Section 4.21 Prepayment Penalties.
     (a) Upon receipt of a request for a payoff, if the information provided by the Owner or the Prior Servicer to the Servicer indicates that a prepayment penalty is applicable with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall review the Mortgage Note to determine whether a prepayment penalty may be collected from the Mortgagor and shall be obligated to collect such prepayment penalty, if any. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Servicer shall have no obligation to collect, or make payments to the Owner with respect to, any prepayment penalties, Late Fees, or other fees or items which are prohibited under Legal Requirements. In addition, the Servicer may also waive, in whole or in part, any such fees mentioned in the preceding sentence if: (i) the enforceability thereof is limited (1) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating to creditor’s rights or (2) due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment or (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such fees and the related Mortgage Loan.
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action or omission of the Servicer, other than as permitted above, the Servicer shall deposit from its own funds without any right of reimbursement therefor the amount of such prepayment penalty (or such portion thereof as had been waived for deposit) in the Custodial Account for distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     Section 4.22 Restoration and Repair.
     Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer need not obtain the approval of the Owner or Investors prior to releasing any Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds to the Mortgagor to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or REO Property if such release is in accordance with Applicable Requirements and the terms of this Agreement. If Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds exceed the amount set forth in the Approval Matrix, the Servicer shall comply with the following conditions in connection with any such release:
     (i) the Servicer shall receive satisfactory independent verification of completion of repairs and issuance of any required approvals with respect thereto;
     (ii) the Servicer shall take all steps necessary to preserve the priority of the lien of the Mortgage, including, but not limited to requiring waivers with respect to mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens;
     (iii) the Servicer shall verify that the Mortgage Loan is not in default; and
     (iv) pending repairs or restoration, the Servicer shall place the Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds in the Escrow Account.
     If the Owner is named as an additional loss payee, the Servicer is hereby empowered to endorse any loss draft issued in respect of such a claim in the name of the Owner.
     The Servicer shall inspect the Mortgaged Property as often as is deemed necessary by the Servicer to assure itself that the value of the Mortgaged Property is being preserved. In addition, if any Mortgage Loan is more than ninety (90) days delinquent, the Servicer shall immediately inspect the Mortgaged Property and shall conduct subsequent inspections in accordance with Applicable Requirements. The Servicer shall keep a written report of each such inspection. If Servicer has knowledge of a vacant or abandoned Mortgaged Property, then Servicer shall secure such vacant or abandoned Mortgaged Property if and as required by the Applicable Requirements.
     Section 4.23 Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance.
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and omissions and negligent acts of such Persons. Such errors and omissions insurance policy shall also protect and insure the Servicer against losses in connection with the failure to maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this Section 4.23 requiring the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance policy shall diminish or relieve the Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall be at least equal to the corresponding amounts required by Fannie Mae in the Fannie Mae MBS Selling and Servicing Guide. Upon request of the Owner, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Owner a certified true copy of the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that such Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Owner.
     Section 4.24 Repurchases and Indemnification of Investors.
     (a) Servicer shall promptly notify Owner, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of a repurchase, make-whole, or indemnification request or withdrawal of any such request that Servicer receives from any Investor or Insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan, and Servicer shall not process any such request without Owner’s prior consent, and where required Investor notification and consent. Each notice shall include the following information, if such information is reasonably available to Servicer: (i) the date the request or withdrawal of such request was received by Servicer, (ii) the Mortgage Loan that is the subject of the request, (iii) the identity of the person making the request, (iv) the basis for the repurchase request, and (v) any written correspondence from the person making the repurchase request to the extent related to such request. The Servicer will not accept any oral repurchase request, and the Servicer shall direct any person making an oral repurchase request to submit such request in writing. Owner shall be solely responsible for determining whether to honor any such request. Servicer shall provide Owner in a reasonably timely manner with access to such information and computer systems as may be required to respond to such requests as may be required to allow Owner to review the Mortgage Loan information relating to the repurchase or indemnification request, to pursue remedies against third party originators as provided below, and to otherwise carry out its obligations.
     (b) If Owner is required to repurchase a Mortgage Loan or indemnify an Investor or Insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan that was originated by a third party originator or broker, Owner shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan, or indemnify such Investor or Insurer with its own funds and be responsible for complying with Applicable Requirements including any notice requirements and for the pursuit of any remedies against such third party originator.
     (c) Upon receipt of a Mortgagor request to convert a Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Note and/or Mortgage that contains a conversion feature, Servicer shall implement such request, as provided for in the Mortgage Loan Documents and Applicable Requirements. If, upon such conversion, Applicable Requirements provide for the repurchase of such Mortgage Loan, Owner shall implement and fund such repurchase using its own funds.

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     (d) Upon Owner’s repurchase of any mortgage loans that are not being serviced by Servicer at the time of repurchase, the servicing of such mortgage loans shall be transferred to Servicer upon notice by Owner to Servicer in accordance with Section 2.1(a). Upon repurchase by Owner, Servicer shall thereafter account for all repurchased mortgage loans as Mortgage Loans owned by Owner and shall service such repurchased Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and for each Mortgage Loan repurchased and serviced hereunder, Servicer shall be entitled to a Mortgage Loan boarding fee as set forth in the Pricing Schedule. The Parties acknowledge that Owner may elect to sell such repurchased Mortgage Loans to a third Person following such repurchase, and Servicer agrees to reasonably cooperate with and assist Owner in any such sale and to provide or obtain reasonably required information related to such repurchased Mortgage Loans.
     Section 4.25 Disaster Recovery Plan. Servicer will maintain a disaster recovery plan that complies with the Applicable Requirements, and ensure that Vendors utilized in accordance with Section 4.5 have appropriate disaster recovery plans. Servicer will provide Owner or the Owner Regulator a copy upon request. Any updates to the disaster recovery plan shall be provided to Owner within thirty (30) days of such update. Servicer shall not diminish or eliminate the level of service provided pursuant to this Agreement under the disaster recovery plan without Owner’s prior written consent. In addition, Servicer shall: (a) provide Owner with a copy of any third party certification report(s) that review and/or certify the disaster recovery plan within thirty (30) days after receipt by Servicer and (b) upon Owner’s requests from time to time, allow Owner, the Owner Regulator or their agents on a annual basis to review the disaster recovery plan procedures. The disaster recovery plan shall, at a minimum, include provisions and procedures to address physical security, fire protection, power supplies, loss of cooling/air conditioning, backup of computer equipment, hardware and software change control procedures, and communication and/or connectivity, but would not cover network components outside of Servicer’s maintenance responsibility. Servicer will perform disaster recovery exercises at least once per year or as otherwise may be required under the Applicable Requirements. Prior to each exercise, Servicer will provide Owner with written notice thereof, and Owner has the option of attending the exercise at its own expense. At the time an actual disaster occurs, the applicable business continuity and disaster recovery plans will be implemented by Servicer providing no preferential treatment for individual similarly situated commercial enterprises. Communication of activities during any such events that affect the services provided under this Agreement, including notification to Owner, will follow normal escalation procedures.
     Section 4.26 Prohibited Conduct. Servicer acknowledges that federal law (18 U.S.C. 215) and Owner policy prohibit conduct that amounts to a breach of trust or a corrupting influence on company transactions when an employee has asked for or accepted something of value, intending to be influenced or rewarded in connection with any business or transaction of Owner. Servicer agrees that it will not take any actions in violation of said law or policy and will notify Owner promptly if Servicer learns of a violation of potential violation thereof in the course of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

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     Section 4.27 Insurance.
     (a) Throughout the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, Servicer shall maintain in force, at its sole expense, an insurance policy or policies to include the following coverage:
     (i) Commercial General Liability Insurance, with a limit not less than $[*] per occurrence and an aggregate limit of $[*]. Servicer shall cause its insurer to name Owner as an additional insured for its Commercial General Liability coverage. If the Commercial General Liability insurance contains an aggregate limit, it shall apply separately to work or Services or other Deliverables performed or provided under this Agreement. Commercial General Liability insurance shall be written on the current version of ISO occurrence form CG 00 01, or substitute form providing equivalent coverage, and shall cover liability arising from premises, operations, independent contractors, products-completed operations, personal and advertising injury, and liability assumed under an insured contract including the tort liability of another assumed in a business contract. Owner and all of its Affiliates receiving services hereunder shall be named as additional insureds on such policy.
     (ii) Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance with a limit of not less than $[*] per each accident covering liability arising out of any automobile, including owned, hired, and non-owned automobiles. Coverage shall be written on the most current version of ISO form CA 00 01 or a substitute form providing equivalent coverage. Owner and all of its Affiliates receiving hereunder shall be named as additional insureds on such policy.
     (iii) Workers’ Compensation Insurance for all of Servicer’s employees and officers engaged in the performance of the Agreement that meets the statutory limits of the states in which Servicer operates and all applicable federal statutes and regulations; provided, however, that if workers’ compensation coverage is provided in a monopolistic state, a Certificate of Premium Payment or similar certificate from the Workers’ Compensation Bureau or other appropriate governing agency in each such state is acceptable to evidence such coverage.
     (iv) Employers Liability Insurance for all of Servicer’s employees and officers engaged in the performance of this Agreement, with minimum limits of $[*] per accident for bodily injury by accident and $[*] per employee for bodily injury by disease.
     (b) All coverage must be provided by insurance companies that are financially sound with a rating of A or higher by A.M. Best. On an annual basis, Servicer shall provide to Owner, at the primary notice address provided below, with certificates of insurance, executed by a duly authorized representative of each insurer, evidencing Servicer’s compliance with the insurance provisions of this section and indicating the insurance company’s A.M. Best rating. All certificates shall provide that Servicer’s insurers shall endeavor to provide at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to Owner prior to cancellation or non-renewal of any insurance required in this section. All insurance policies required hereunder shall include a waiver of any right of subrogation the insurer may have against Owner. The insurance coverage under all policies shall be primary with respect to Owner, and the carrier thereof shall be liable up to and including the
 
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total limit of liability set forth in the declaration without right of contribution from any other insurance company insuring Owner. The insurance provisions of this Agreement are not intended to diminish, limit, increase or expand any indemnification obligations on the part of Servicer or limitations on liability as expressly set forth in the Agreement.
     Section 4.28 Sale of Servicing. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, in the event Owner desires to sell all or a portion of its servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and the Mortgage Loans, if owned), Owner may, but is not required to, invite Servicer to make a proposal to purchase the servicing rights associated with some or all of the Mortgage Loans (and the Mortgage Loans, if owned). Servicer may, in its discretion, determine whether to make an offer in response to any such invitation.
     Section 4.29 Optional Products. Servicer, through its subsidiary Harwood Service Company, LLC, shall assist Owner (i) in creating marketing files per mutually agreed upon specifications for any direct mail campaigns and, upon request, providing same to Owner or its designee, (ii) in capturing associated toll-free numbers provided by vendors to provide to customers to direct calls, (iii) in reconciling files based upon additions and deletions, including providing exception reporting, (iv) in creating optional product billing on mortgage billing statements based on plan codes, (v) in collecting optional product premiums, including insurance product premiums, and forwarding such premiums monthly, based upon plan code specifications, to Owner or its designee, (vi) by forwarding optional product enrollment forms received from Mortgagors and forwarding the same on a weekly basis to Owner or its designee (vii) by including optional product solicitations, based upon mutually agreed upon marketing specifications, in its monthly billing statements sent to Mortgagors and (viii) forwarding any phone calls received from Mortgagors requesting optional products or information relating to optional products to Owner or an Owner Designee, in each case, with respect to the optional products set forth in Schedule VIII attached hereto (the “Optional Product Services”). Any additional optional product type that require services materially different from the above that Owner desires to be included in Optional Product Services, or any additional marketing services that are materially different from the above shall be mutually agreed upon by the parties. Servicer, or its insurance agency designee, shall be paid the fees for performing the Optional Product Services as set forth in Schedule II. On or prior to the seventh Business Day of each month, Servicer shall provide to Owner a report which details (i) Owner’s aggregate gross revenues for the Optional Product Services after payment of all third party vendors, (ii) Owner’s gross revenue for each optional product type, and (iii) Servicer’s fees for performing the Optional Product Services, in each case, for the prior month period. On or prior to the seventh Business Day of each month, Servicer shall pay to Owner via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by Owner the revenues for the Operation Product Services net of the fees owed to third party vendors and to Servicer for performing the Optional Product Services for the prior month.

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ARTICLE V
COMPENSATION TO THE SERVICER
     Section 5.1 Compensation to the Servicer.
     (a) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, as compensation for its services under this Agreement the Servicer shall be entitled to the fees (collectively, the “Servicing Fees”) set forth on the Pricing Schedule attached hereto as Schedule II. On or prior to the seventh (7th) Business Day of each month, Servicer shall provide to Owner an invoice for the Servicing Fees in the format described in the SLAs. Owner shall be obligated to pay the Servicing Fees to Servicer by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Servicer on the next Business Day following the receipt of such invoice.
     (b) As additional servicing compensation, the Servicer shall be entitled to retain all Ancillary Income with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
     (c) Servicer shall provide reports detailing the Servicing Fees and Ancillary Income in the manner set forth in the SLAs.
     Section 5.2 Incentive Fee and Clawback.
     (a) Servicer shall be entitled to receive additional compensation as set forth in this Section if Owner’s losses in the Permanent Loan Portfolio are below a certain threshold and shall be obligated to compensate Owner if such losses exceed a certain threshold, on the terms set forth below. An example of the calculation of such amounts is attached hereto on Schedule V. All calculations of losses and charge-offs shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology indicated on Schedule V. Only Mortgage Loans meeting the following criteria shall be included in the calculations described in this Section (the “Selected Mortgage Loans”): (i) the Mortgage Loan is part of the Permanent Loan Portfolio as of the initial Servicing Transfer Date; (ii) no losses have been incurred as of the Servicing Transfer Date of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) no insurance or similar related claims with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been denied, rejected or rescinded as a result of any prior servicer act occurring prior to the initial Servicing Transfer Date and only in respect of the non reimbursed amount, and (iii) no losses directly attributable to damage to a Mortgage Property due to natural disasters (as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or other federal government agency) are incurred either prior to and after the initial Servicing Transfer Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Selected Mortgage Loans shall not exceed the amount determined pursuant to the preceding sentence as of the effective date of this Agreement.
     (b) In the event total losses incurred by Owner with respect to the Selected Mortgage Loans are less than [*] million as of the date which is the second anniversary following the Servicing Transfer Date of the Permanent Loan Portfolio, then Servicer shall be entitled to an incentive fee equal to [*] (“Incentive Fee”) of the difference between [*] million and the actual losses for such period, after application of any loss savings (“Loss Credit Savings”) from Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio, with [*] of such fee to be paid within sixty (60) days after the calculation is mutually agreed upon by the parties and the remaining [*] of such fee prorated as an increase to the Servicing Fee during the third year of the Term of the Agreement.
 
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The Loss Credit Savings shall be computed by measuring all recoveries and prior loss amounts recorded for all re-performing Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio in which loss mitigation services were provided (modifications with trials are required to be current for [*] while modifications with no trials are required to be current for [*] in order to qualify for Loss Credit Savings) at the end of the second year for those Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio that have had time to re-perform as well as nine months thereafter for those Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio that did not have enough time to re-perform at the end of the second year. An example of the calculation of Loss Credit Savings is attached hereto as Schedule XI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no instance shall the Owner be obligated to pay an Incentive Fee in excess of [*].
     (c) In the event total losses incurred by Owner with respect to Selected Mortgage Loans exceed [*] as of the date which is the second anniversary following the Servicing Transfer Date of the Permanent Loan Portfolio, then Servicer shall pay to Owner a clawback fee equal to [*] (“Clawback Fee”) of the difference between [*] and the actual losses for such period, after application of any Loss Credit Savings from Mortgage Loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio, with [*] of such fee to be paid within sixty (60) days after the calculation is mutually agreed upon by the parties and the remaining [*] of such fee prorated as a decrease to the Servicing Fee during the third year of the Term of the Agreement. The Loss Credit Savings shall be calculated in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no instance shall Servicer pay a Clawback Fee (i) in excess of [*] or (ii) if Owner transfers more than [*] of the Permanent Loan Portfolio within the first two year period of the Agreement; provided that any transfers to Servicer or an Affiliate of Servicer shall not be included in such calculation.
     Section 5.3 Material Change in Applicable Requirements. In the event there is a material change in the Applicable Requirements relating to the Mortgage Loans or servicing of the Mortgage Loans after the date of this Agreement, which change had not been announced or otherwise proposed in writing prior to the date of this Agreement, and such change results in Servicer incurring material increased costs or reduced revenues, Servicer may propose an increase in servicing compensation that Servicer reasonably demonstrates to Owner is directly related to Servicer’s reduction of revenue or additional costs incurred to manage and administer the servicing of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement as a result of the change in Applicable Requirements and is consistent with the increased costs or reduction of revenue incurred by other servicers in the industry in complying with the changes. In the event Servicer and Owner are unable to reach an agreement regarding an increase in the Servicing Fees, Servicer may elect to terminate the Agreement in accordance with Section 10.2.
 
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ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNTING
     Section 6.1 General.
     (a) Upon the initial Servicing Transfer Date, the Servicer shall establish one or more payment clearing accounts for the deposit of all funds collected in connection with the Mortgage Loans (each a “Payment Clearing Account”), one or more escrow accounts (including subaccounts) for the deposit of Escrow Funds collected (each an “Escrow Account”), and one or more custodial accounts for the deposit of funds collected in connection with the Mortgage Loans for principal and interest (each a “Custodial Account”). All of the foregoing Accounts shall be established in accordance with the Applicable Requirements and shall be maintained in such manner as to show the custodial nature thereof in accordance with the Applicable Requirements and in accordance with sound and controlled practices. The parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other in transferring escrow funds and funds collected in connection with the Mortgage Loans for principal and interest held in accounts with the Prior Servicer to the new Accounts established by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and Servicer’s records shall show the respective interest of the Investors, Owner, and Servicer in all accounts established pursuant to this Agreement. Except for the period when initially received and held in the Payment Clearing Account (which will be cleared on a daily basis with respect to any funds therein no later than the second Business Day after the deposit of such funds), the funds in the Escrow Accounts and the Custodial Accounts may not be commingled with any other funds, including the proceeds of any other Mortgage Loans or with funds serviced for other investors or for the Servicer’s own portfolio. The Custodial Accounts and Escrow Accounts shall be carried in records of the Servicer in accordance with Applicable Requirements.
     (b) Subject to Applicable Requirements, each Account shall be held with a Qualified Depository. Subject to Applicable Requirements, the name of each Custodial Account and Escrow Account shall be designated as:
     (i) Escrow Account: “Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as agent and custodian for the mortgagors”; and
     (ii) Custodial Account: “Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Custodial Account, in trust and as custodian for [Owner], or any successor mortgagees.”
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transferred to a depository that meets the requirements of a Qualified Depository within 45 days after the date of receipt of notice from the Owner.
     (c) All collections on the Mortgage Loans shall be deposited to the Payment Clearing Account no later than the first Business Day following the day on which good funds are received by the Servicer.
     Section 6.2 Establishment of Custodial Accounts; Deposits in Custodial Accounts.
     (a) The Servicer shall maintain one or more Custodial Accounts in accordance with the Applicable Requirements for the deposit of funds specified in Section 6.2 collected in connection with the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall provide the Owner with written evidence of the creation of such Custodial Account(s) upon the request of the Owner.
     (b) The Servicer shall deposit in the applicable Custodial Account within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of good funds in the Payment Clearing Account, and retain therein, the following payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the Servicing Transfer Date:
     (i) all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans, including all principal prepayments and curtailments;
     (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans, including any prepayment penalties;
     (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds;
     (iv) all Insurance Proceeds, other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with this Agreement and Applicable Requirements;
     (v) all Condemnation Proceeds affecting any Mortgaged Property which are not released to the Mortgagor in accordance with this Agreement and Applicable Requirements;
     (vi) all Monthly Advances funded by Owner;
     (vii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.9(c) in connection with the deductible clause in any blanket hazard insurance policy. Such deposit shall be made from the Servicer’s own funds, without reimbursement therefor;
     (viii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer in connection with any REO Property pursuant to Section 4.17(k);
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Requirements (including any amounts required to be deposited in respect of any losses on investment of funds in the Custodial Account); and
     (x) any HAMP Investor Payments.
     (c) The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Ancillary Fees and HAMP Servicer Payments need not be deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial Account.
     (d) For the Whole Loan Portfolio, and under any Servicing Agreement, Owner agrees that any amounts held in the Custodial Account may be, but are not required to be, invested, and if invested by the Servicer, such funds will be invested in Eligible Investments. Interest or other income received on Eligible Investments shall belong to the Servicer and may be withdrawn by the Servicer from the Custodial Account in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof. The Servicer shall promptly deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, without any right of reimbursement, the full amount of any losses on Servicer’s investment of funds in the Custodial Account.
     (e) Without limiting the foregoing, the funds in the Custodial Accounts shall at all times be segregated and held separate and apart from the Servicer’s own funds and general assets and from any other funds or assets collected or held by the Servicer on behalf of third parties.
     Section 6.3 Withdrawals From Custodial Accounts.
     (a) The Servicer may, from time to time, withdraw funds from the applicable Custodial Account for the following purposes, subject to the limitations set forth under Applicable Requirements:
     (i) to pay the Retained Yield to the Retained Yield Trustee and to pay to the Owner the Master Servicing Fee to which it is entitled pursuant to the Servicing Agreements on a daily basis;
     (ii) to make distributions to the Investors in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 6.6;
     (iii) to reimburse Owner for Nonrecoverable Monthly Advances previously made by Owner;
     (iv) to reimburse Owner or itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances including any unreimbursed T & I Advances, Pass-Through Expenses, and Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from any funds in the Custodial Account, (and Servicer shall prepare and deliver to Owner, a report detailing the reimbursement of any Servicing Advances, and Pass-Through Expenses from the Custodial Account to the extent permitted under Applicable Requirements);

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     (v) to pay to itself as servicing compensation any interest earned on funds in the Custodial Account (all such interest to be withdrawn monthly not later than each Remittance Date);
     (vi) to pay itself Ancillary Income, to the extent not retained or previously paid to Servicer;
     (vii) to reimburse itself for any amounts deposited in the Custodial Account in error or otherwise as permitted under the Applicable Requirements;
     (viii) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account on the termination of this Agreement;
     (ix) to invest any amount in the Custodial Account in Eligible Investments; or
     (x) to transfer funds in any Custodial Account to another Custodial Account maintained by a Qualified Depository, subject to providing any required notices or obtaining any required approvals from Investors or the Rating Agencies under Applicable Requirements.
     (b) The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis and if applicable, on a pool by pool basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal pursuant to sub-clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) from the Custodial Account. If required under Applicable Requirements, prior to making any withdrawal from a Custodial Account to reimburse Owner for Nonrecoverable Monthly Advances, Servicer shall deliver to the applicable Investor an officer’s certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any previous Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loan(s), and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Monthly Advances.
     Section 6.4 Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow Accounts.
     (a) The Servicer shall establish one or more Escrow Accounts for the deposit of Escrow Payments. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection with the Mortgage Loans which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and from any other funds or amounts collected or held by the Servicer on behalf of third parties. Such accounts may be interest-bearing accounts provided that such accounts comply with all Applicable Requirements.
     (b) The Servicer shall transfer into the applicable Escrow Account as soon as practicable and in any event within two (2) Business Days of receipt, and retain therein the following payments and collections:
     (i) Mortgagors’ Escrow Payments collected in connection with the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as required under the terms of this Agreement; and
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     Section 6.5 Withdrawals From Escrow Accounts.
     (a) The Servicer shall make withdrawals from the applicable Escrow Account for the following, subject to the limitations imposed under Applicable Requirements:
     (i) to effect timely payments of Mortgagors’ Escrow Payments;
     (ii) to reimburse Owner or the Servicer for any T & I Advance made by the Owner or Servicer with respect to a related Mortgage Loan;
     (iii) to refund to the Mortgagor any funds determined to be overages;
     (iv) for application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property;
     (v) to pay to the Servicer, or to the Mortgagor, in accordance with Applicable Requirements, any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account;
     (vi) to reimburse itself for any amounts deposited in the Escrow Account in error; or
     (vii) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this Agreement.
     (b) For the Whole Loan Portfolio and under any Servicing Agreement, Owner agrees that any amounts held in Escrow Accounts may be, but are not required to be invested and if invested by the Servicer, such funds will be invested in Eligible Investments. The Servicer shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in the Escrow Account by the depository institution other than interest on escrowed funds required by Applicable Requirements to be paid to the Mortgagor, and to the extent required by Applicable Requirements, the Servicer shall pay interest on escrowed funds to the Mortgagor notwithstanding that the Escrow Account is non-interest bearing or that interest paid thereon is insufficient for such purposes. If Servicer elects or is required by Applicable Requirements to deposit a Mortgagor’s Escrow Funds into an interest-bearing account, the Servicer shall remain obligated to pay the Mortgagor’s taxes and insurance premiums when due, even if the Mortgagor’s Escrow Funds are not withdrawable on demand.
     (c) The Servicer shall promptly deposit in the Escrow Account from its own funds, without any right of reimbursement, the full amount of any losses on its investment of funds in the Escrow Account.
     (d) The Servicer shall not allow the Escrow Accounts to become overdrawn. If there are insufficient funds in an account, the Servicer will make a Servicing Advance which shall be reimbursable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     (e) Each Escrow Account is to be designated in the name of the Servicer acting as an agent for the applicable Mortgagors in order to show that the account is custodial in nature. The Servicer is required to keep records identifying each Mortgagor’s payment deposited into the account.

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     Section 6.6 Remittances to Investors.
     (a) Servicer will notify Owner by electronic or facsimile transmission of any Monthly Advance required to be made to Investors at least two (2) Business Days before each Remittance Date. Owner, using its own funds, shall thereafter immediately deposit such amounts into the appropriate Custodial Account.
     (b) On each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall distribute to the Investors (including Owner with respect to the Mortgage Loans owned by Owner) all amounts credited to the applicable Custodial Account as of the close of business on the preceding Determination Date, net of charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 6.3.
     (c) All distributions made to the Investors on each Remittance Date will be made to the Investor of record on the last Business Day of the preceding Remittance Date, and shall be based on the Mortgage Loans owned and held by the Investor, and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Investor at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if the Investor shall have so notified the Servicer or by check mailed to the address of the Investor.
     (d) With respect to any remittance received by an Investor after the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Servicer shall pay to the Investor interest on any such late payment in accordance with the terms of the applicable Servicing Agreement, or if not addressed in the applicable Servicing Agreement or otherwise provided for in the Applicable Requirements, then at LIBOR plus two (2) percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by Legal Requirements. Such interest shall be paid by the Servicer to the Investor on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with the Business Day on which such payment was due and ending with the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. Such interest shall be remitted along with such late payment. The payment by the Servicer of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver of any Event of Default by the Owner.
     Section 6.7 Interest on Tax and Insurance Reserves.
     If the Applicable Requirements require payment of interest on funds held in the Escrow Accounts to the Mortgagor, the Servicer is solely and fully responsible for payment of such interest. Payment of such interest shall not be reflected in the Servicer’s accounting for principal and interest.
     Section 6.8 Access to Records.
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Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Property and (ii) books and accounts, which shall be maintained in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, of financial information relating to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties. Information may be maintained on a computer or electronic system.
     (b) The Owner, the Owner Regulator, and their respective accountants, attorneys, agents, or designees may at the Owner’s expense upon reasonable prior written notice and at reasonable times during the Servicer’s regular business hours, examine the Servicer’s books and records relating to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, and Servicer shall provide read-only electronic access to such books and records upon Owner’s request. Such records shall not include any proprietary or confidential information, as reasonably determined by the Servicer. In addition, the Servicer may provide to Owner at Owner’s expense, any other information reasonably requested by the Owner related to the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties, subject to compliance by the Servicer and Owner with the Applicable Requirements, including without limitation, the Gramm Leach-Bliley Act.
ARTICLE VII
REPORTS TO THE OWNER AND INVESTORS
     Section 7.1 Reports to the Owner and Investors.
     (a) Not later than the Reporting Date occurring in each calendar month (or not later than such other date as specifically set forth below) the Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Owner mutually agreed upon reports which shall include the reports identified on Exhibit C and to the Investors the reports identified on Exhibit D in accordance with the Applicable Requirements. The Servicer shall deliver to the Investors a written remittance advice on each Remittance Date.
     (b) With respect to each month, the corresponding individual loan accounting report shall be received by each Investor no later than the Remittance Date occurring in the following month, which report shall contain mutually agreed upon data, which will include the following:
     (i) with respect to each Monthly Payment, the amount of such remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any Principal Prepayment, including the date of such prepayment, and any prepayment penalties or premiums, along with a detailed report of interest on principal prepayment amounts);
     (ii) with respect to each Monthly Payment, the amount of such remittance allocable to interest;
     (iii) the amount of servicing compensation received by the Servicer since the preceding Remittance Date;
     (iv) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;
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     (vi) a listing of (a) the paid-through date of each Mortgage Loan, (b) the Mortgage Loans as to which foreclosure has commenced, which foreclosure shall be carried out in the name of the Owner or the Owner Designee, (c) the Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgagors that have declared bankruptcy; and (d) the Mortgage Loans as to which REO Property has been acquired;
     (vii) a trial balance, sorted in the Investor’s assigned loan number order;
     (viii) a listing of all Mortgage Loans in which Servicer has received notice of a repurchase request or a Private Mortgage Insurer has initiated a cancellation of a Private Mortgage Insurance Policy;
     (ix) a schedule of Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances segregated by loan number within each Investor number;
     (x) a schedule of Mortgage Loans in which Servicer contemplates no longer making Servicing Advances in accordance with Applicable Requirements;
     (xi) a schedule listing Valuation dates for Mortgage Loans;
     (xii) a listing of Mortgage Loans subject to Loss Mitigation activities and the status of such activities; and
     (xiii) a listing of Mortgage Loans in which the Servicer has ceased making Servicing Advances.
     (c) Servicer may charge a fee for any services Servicer performs for an Investor outside the ordinary course of services provided under this Agreement including without limitation, for services that may require additional expense including use of Servicer IT resources or other Servicer resources; provided however, that Servicer shall not charge an Investor a fee for any routine audits or quality control reviews of Servicer conducted by an Investor or a third party engaged by Investor to perform such audit. The fee for such services shall be agreed to by the parties before Servicer shall be obligated to perform such services. Subject to Applicable Requirements, the Servicer may charge for any additional servicing reports, that are not customary in the mortgage servicing industry and for which the Servicer would undertake additional expense to prepare. The cost for such reports or modification to existing reports, including reports or data in electronic form, shall be agreed to by the parties before Servicer shall be obligated to produce such reports. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if a requested report pertains to an Event of Default or other breach of this Agreement by the Servicer, the cost of such report or reports shall be borne by the Servicer.
     Section 7.2 Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report and Annual Statement of Compliance.
     (a) On or before March 28 of each year, beginning with March 28, 2012, the Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Owner to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the

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Mortgage Loans and that on the basis of such an examination conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac, such firm confirms that such servicing has been conducted in compliance with this Agreement, except for such significant exceptions or errors in the records that, in the opinion of such firm, either the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac requires it to report.
     (b) Servicer shall deliver to Owner, on or before March 28th of each year beginning March 28, 2012, an Officer’s Certificate, stating that (i) a review of the activities of Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) Servicer has complied with the provisions of this Agreement in all material respects, and (iii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year in all material respects, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof and the action being taken by Servicer to cure such default.
     Section 7.3 Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonment of Mortgaged Property. The Servicer shall file, or cause to be filed, the information returns with respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business, the reports of foreclosures and abandonment of any Mortgaged Property and the information returns relating to cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property required by Sections 6050H, 6050J, 6050P and any comparable or successor provisions of the Code, respectively. Such reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Sections 6050H, 6050J, 6050P of the Code and any comparable or successor provisions.
     Section 7.4 Real Estate Owned Reports. Together with the statement furnished pursuant to Section 4.2 with respect to any REO Property, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner a statement covering the Servicer’s efforts in connection with the sale of such REO Property and any rental of such REO Property incidental to the sale thereof for the previous month, together with an operating statement.
     Section 7.5 Liquidation Reports. Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by the Owner Designee pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall submit to the Owner a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged Property.
     Section 7.6 Reports to Credit Agencies. Servicer will furnish, in accordance with Applicable Requirements, accurate and complete information (i.e., favorable and unfavorable) for each Mortgagor to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union Credit Information Company on a monthly basis.
     Section 7.7 Privacy.
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Servicer all updates or modifications to the Privacy Policy no less than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which such update or modification becomes effective;
     (b) Servicer agrees to comply with the Privacy Policy, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards, as set forth in Appendix B to 12 C.F.R. Part 30 (“Interagency Guidelines”) and other Legal Requirements applicable to the privacy and security of Sensitive Information, and implement and maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards measures consistent with Applicable Requirements to: (i) ensure the security and confidentiality of Sensitive Information; (ii) protect against any anticipated threats or exposure to the security or integrity of such records; (iii) guard against unauthorized access to use of such records or information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to a Mortgagor; (iv) adopt and maintain reasonable procedures, as well as train its employees, to protect the security, confidentiality, and privacy of Mortgagors’ Sensitive Information including without limitation in connection with the disposal of Sensitive Information; and (v) not sell, transfer, rent or disclose to any third parties Mortgagors’ Sensitive Information, except for the limited purposes expressly set forth in this Agreement or otherwise agreed to by Servicer. Servicer acknowledges that the information security standards of the Interagency Guidelines shall apply to all Sensitive Information. Any customer information (as defined in the Interagency Guidelines) to be discarded shall be destroyed, shredded, permanently erased, or otherwise permanently rendered inaccessible and illegible.
     (c) Servicer routinely tests its infrastructure, including perimeter assets, systems and networks on not less than an annual basis; security programs to monitor, manage and report data security are conducted on a monthly basis. Upon reasonable prior notice, Owner may perform information security reviews on any systems, applications, networks, or sites, used or to be used by Servicer to store or maintain Sensitive Information, and request information and conduct follow-up interviews about the measures Servicer employs to safeguard confidential and customer information (each, a “Review”). Subject to Applicable Requirements, and provided the Review does not disrupt ordinary business operations of Servicer, the Review shall include, but not be limited to, physical inspection, external scan, internal scan, code review, vulnerability testing, process reviews, and reviews of system configurations. Owner may update its Review annually. In addition, if Servicer significantly enhances or upgrades its system or issued a new release or update of software, Servicer shall notify Owner prior to implementation so that Owner may update its Review.
     (d) Upon notice by Owner to Servicer that any response to a request for information or the results of any review has revealed or led to the identification of material security risks to the systems, applications, networks, or sites used by Servicer to store or maintain Sensitive Information hereunder, servicer shall respond to Owner in writing within ten (10) Business Days with Servicer’s plan to take commercially reasonable measures to promptly correct, repair, or modify the applicable system, application, network, or site to effectively eliminate the risks at no cost to Owner. If Servicer fails to so respond and/or fails to remedy the identified risks to the reasonable satisfaction of Owner within a time frame deemed to be reasonable by Servicer, it shall be considered an Event of Default under Section 9.1 hereunder. If Servicer detects, discovers, or is notified that an incident resulted in, or could result in, unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration of, or access to confidential or customer information, including a security breach of its computer system or its physical facilities, Servicer will promptly notify Owner and will

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provide Owner with such information it may need in order to allow Owner to meet its customer notification requirements. Servicer will also preserve all records and other evidence relating to the security incident. Servicer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any damage or liability resulting from such security incident, and shall comply with the applicable provisions in the Approval Matrix and the Applicable Requirements in connection with notification, mitigation, indemnity and cure of such incident.
     Section 7.8 Reporting. The Servicer shall prepare promptly each report required by Applicable Requirements including reports to be delivered to Investors and Agencies having jurisdiction over the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and the Escrow Accounts, shall execute such reports or, if the Owner must execute such reports, shall deliver such reports to the Owner for execution prior to the date on which such reports are due and shall file such reports with the appropriate Persons. The Servicer shall timely prepare and deliver to the appropriate Persons Internal Revenue Service forms 1098, 1099 and 1099A (or any similar replacement, amended or updated Internal Revenue Service forms) relating to any Mortgage Loan for the time period such Mortgage Loan has been serviced by the Servicer. The Owner shall be solely responsible for filing any other forms including, without limitation and to the extent applicable, forms 1041 and K-1 or any similar replacement, amended or updated Internal Revenue Service forms. The reports to be provided under this subsection shall cover the period through the end of the month following the termination of this Agreement or, in the case of reports to be sent to the Internal Revenue Service, the end of the calendar year following termination of the Agreement. To the extent it is an Acceptable Servicing Practice, the Servicer shall promptly prepare all reports or other information required to respond to any inquiry from, or give any necessary instructions to, any mortgage insurer, provider of hazard insurance or other insurer or guarantor, taxing authority, tax service, or the Mortgagor.
     Section 7.9 Compliance with Regulation AB. Servicer will perform its obligations as set forth in the Regulation AB Addendum executed by Owner and Servicer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.
     Section 7.10 Financial Statements, Annual Compliance and SAS Audit. The Servicer, at its sole expense, shall deliver to the Owner: (i) as soon as available (but in any event within 90 days following the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer commencing with the fiscal year of the Servicer ending December 31, 2011: (a) a consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer and its subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, audited (and certified by) by and accompanied by a report and opinion of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing (and which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), which report and opinion shall have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied; and (ii) promptly upon the same becoming available, quarterly unaudited consolidated balance sheets and statements of income prepared following the applicable Servicing Transfer Date during the term hereof. On and after November 15, 2011, upon the written request of Owner, the Servicer, shall cause to be delivered to Owner a Type II SAS that covers the examination period April 1 through September 30, 2011, and Servicer shall deliver such Type II SAS (or such substantially similar report as may be the successor to the Type II SAS report) thereafter on an annual basis.

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Servicer shall, unless (i) prohibited by Legal Requirements or (ii) privileged, share with Owner, upon reasonable notice and request, available external and regulatory reports directly related to the Mortgage Loans.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 8.1 Servicer Limitation on Liability and Indemnification by Owner.
     (a) Servicer shall not be deemed to have breached its standard of care in providing the services hereunder unless it or its directors, officer, agents, or employees have acted with negligence, recklessness, bad faith, or willful misconduct, and neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, agents or employees thereof shall be deemed to have violated Servicer’s standard of care and thus liable to the Owner for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment that do not constitute negligence, recklessness, bad faith, or willful misconduct. The Servicer and any director, officer, agent, or employee of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which it reasonably believes has been properly executed and/or submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
     (b) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, the Servicer does not assume any obligation to record the original Mortgage unless otherwise instructed to do so by the Owner or as may be required to establish a chain of title in connection with foreclosures of REO Property.
     (c) Servicer shall have no liability hereunder to Owner or any other Person with respect to a Servicing Advance or Pass-Through Expense not made timely, or discount not secured, due to Owner failing to timely pay to Servicer the required Servicing Advance or Pass-Through Expense amount pursuant to Section 4.19(a), and the Owner shall indemnify and hold harmless Servicer for any liability incurred by the Servicer.
     (d) As specifically provided in Section 2.4(a), the Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that (i) is not incidental to the performance of its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, or (ii) exclusively involves allegations against the Owner, Investors, or prior owners or prior servicers of the Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any allegation or claim involving a violation or breach of any Predatory Lending Law; provided, however, that the Servicer may, with the prior written consent of the Owner, undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto. In such event, the reasonable and customary legal counsel expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities for which the Owner will be liable and the Owner agrees to reimburse the Servicer for any such expenses, costs and liabilities as Pass-Through Expenses under the terms of this Agreement, except with respect to any expenses, costs and liabilities that are incurred solely as a result of a material breach of this Agreement, the negligence or willful misconduct of the Servicer that relate to actions pursuant to this Section.

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     (e) The Owner shall indemnify and hold harmless the Servicer and its officers, employees, members, directors, affiliates and representatives (collectively, the “Servicer Indemnified Parties”) against any and all liability, cost and expense incurred by the Servicer including, without limitation, all losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs and judgments resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion asserted against any Servicer Indemnified Party in connection with: (i) any action with respect to the origination of a Mortgage Loan; (ii) any action of any originator, holder or servicer of the Mortgage Loans occurring prior to the related Servicing Transfer Date; (iii) a material breach by Owner of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation hereunder; (iv) any action by a mortgage insurer which constitutes a violation of Legal Requirements; (v) any document, instrument or any other information that is missing from the Servicing File on the Servicing Transfer Date that is necessary for the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans; (vi) lost or misplaced user ID or password by Owner (or Owner’s designee); (vii) following the directions and instructions of the Owner (or its designee) or any Investor, (viii) any government, agency and private label securities claims related to the Mortgage Loans in process at the time of the Servicing Transfer Date, or to be filed at any time in the future relating to actions or omissions prior to the Servicing Transfer Date, or acts of the Prior Servicer related to such government, agency and private label securities claims or confusion with respect to such government, agency and private label securities claims caused by the transfer of servicing; (ix) servicing High Cost Loans; (x) any shortfalls in the Custodial Accounts, Escrow Accounts or Payment Clearing Accounts arising from reconciling items deemed to be an expense or not recoverable from any other means in any custodial, escrow or payment clearing account in connection with the transfer of such Custodial Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Payment Clearing Accounts from the Prior Servicer to the Servicer; (xi) any Optional Product Services; (xii) any consents or approvals required to be obtained, but not obtained, by Owner under Section 3.2(f) of this Agreement by Owner; (xiii) any failure by Servicer to service in accordance with the terms of any Servicing Agreements Owner did not provide or make available to Servicer under which Servicer will be responsible for servicing hereunder so long as Servicer otherwise services the Mortgage Loans that are the subject of such Servicing Agreements in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and instructions provided by Owner as to the manner in which such Mortgage Loans are to be serviced in accordance with the past servicing practices for such Mortgage Loans performed by the Prior Servicer; (xiv) any product and/or service used and/or provided by the Owner or any prior servicer that infringes or misappropriates any patent, copyright or similar intellectual property right (including, but not limited to, misappropriation of trade secrets) of a third party; (xv) any act or omission by Owner under any servicing, subservicing or similar agreements among Owner, Servicer, and an Investor that are entered into in connection with this Agreement; (xvi) any repurchase, make-whole or indemnification request under Section 4.24; and (xvii) any actions or omissions of an Investor or Prior Servicer with respect to any consent order, consent decree, settlement agreement or similar type of agreement entered into by such Investor or Prior Servicer with a governmental agency relating to residential mortgage loan servicing or foreclosure related practices; provided, however, that the Owner shall not be required to indemnify any Servicer Indemnified Party against (i) any such liability attributable to the willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of such Servicer Indemnified Party, (ii) the failure of such Servicer Indemnified Party to comply with any or all of Servicer’s covenants, obligations, warranties, or representations contained in this Agreement or the Applicable Requirements (unless such failure to comply is the result of a determination by the

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Servicer that compliance with such covenant or obligation would not be permissible under the Legal Requirements), (iii) any actual or alleged contract dispute between Servicer and a person retained by Servicer to perform servicing related activities on its behalf; or (iv) Servicer’s relationships with any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, (other than Owner). This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Owner of any liability or claim for which the Servicer expects to be indemnified pursuant to this Section.
     (f) The Owner shall be entitled to participate in and, upon notice to the Servicer, assume the defense of any action or claim described in Section 8.1(e) in reasonable cooperation with, and with the reasonable cooperation of the Servicer. The Servicer shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action in addition to the counsel of the Owner, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Servicer, unless (i) the employment of counsel by the Servicer at the Owner’s expense has been authorized in writing by the Owner, (ii) the Owner has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, or (iii) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Owner and the Servicer, and the Servicer has been advised in writing by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Owner such that representation of both the Servicer and the Owner would represent a conflict of interest. The Servicer shall not be liable for any settlement of any such claim or action unless the Servicer shall have consented thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld, or delayed. Any failure by the Servicer to comply with the provisions of this Section shall relieve the Owner of liability only if such failure is materially prejudicial to the position of the Owner and then only to the extent of such prejudice.
     Section 8.2 Owner Limitation on Liability and Indemnification by Servicer.
     (a) Neither the Owner, nor any of the directors, members, officers, agents or employees thereof shall be liable to the Servicer for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement. The Owner and any director, member, officer, agent, or employee of the Owner may rely in good faith on any document of any kind, which it reasonably believes has been properly executed and/or submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.
     (b) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Owner and its officers, employees, members, directors, affiliates and representatives (collectively, the “Owner Indemnified Parties”) against any and all liability, cost and expense incurred by the Owner, including, without limitation, all losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs and judgments resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion asserted against any Owner Indemnified Party in connection with (i) a material breach of any Servicer representation, warranty, covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or under the Applicable Requirements, (ii) any product and/or service used and/or provided by the Servicer that infringes or misappropriates any patent, copyright or similar intellectual property right (including, but not limited to, misappropriation of trade secrets) of a third party and (iii) any act or omission by Servicer under any servicing, subservicing or similar agreements among Owner, Servicer, and an Investor that are entered into in connection with this Agreement;

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provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to indemnify any Owner Indemnified Party against any such liability attributable to the willful misconduct, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of such Owner Indemnified Party or the failure of such Owner Indemnified Party to comply with any covenant or obligation applicable to it hereunder (unless such failure to comply is the result of a determination by the Owner that compliance with such covenant or obligation would not be permissible under the Legal Requirements). This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Mortgage Loans. The Owner shall promptly notify the Servicer of any liability or claim for which the Owner expects to be indemnified pursuant to this Section.
     (c) The Servicer shall be entitled to participate in and, upon notice to the Owner, assume the defense of any action or claim described in Section 8.2(b) in reasonable cooperation with, and with the reasonable cooperation of the Owner. The Owner shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action in addition to the counsel of the Servicer, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Owner, unless (i) the employment of counsel by the Owner at the Servicer’s expense has been authorized in writing by the Servicer, (ii) the Servicer has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, or (iii) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Servicer and the Owner, and the Owner has been advised in writing by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Servicer such that representation of both the Servicer and the Owner would represent a conflict of interest. The Owner shall not be liable for any settlement of any such claim or action unless the Owner shall have consented thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed). Any failure by the Owner to comply with the provisions of this Section shall relieve the Servicer of liability only if such failure is materially prejudicial to the position of the Servicer and then only to the extent of such prejudice.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
     Section 9.1 Events of Default. The following events shall each constitute an “Event of Default” under this Agreement:
     (a) Any failure by the Servicer to deposit into the designated account or remit to the Owner any amount required to be so deposited or remitted under this Agreement on the date required under this Agreement within two days of the date such amount is due;
     (b) The Servicer shall fail to provide to the Owner any report required by this Agreement to be provided to the Owner within three days of the date such report is due;
     (c) The entry against the Servicer or the Owner of a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, which decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;

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     (d) The Servicer or the Owner shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such party or of or relating to all or substantially all of the property of such party;
     (e) The Servicer or the Owner shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations, or take any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing;
     (f) The Servicer shall be merged or consolidated into any Person or the Servicer or the Owner shall assign or transfer or attempt to assign or transfer all or part of its rights and obligations hereunder, in each case except as permitted by this Agreement;
     (g) The Servicer transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets;
     (h) The inability of the Servicer to, or the Servicer loses its authority under any applicable government entity to, perform any material obligation hereunder;
     (i) The failure of the Servicer to maintain its license to conduct business or service residential mortgages in any jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Properties are located;
     (j) Any breach by the Owner or the Servicer of a representation or warranty made in Article III hereof (other than, in the case of the Owner, a representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.3(b) or Section 3.3(c) hereof) or any failure by the Owner or the Servicer to perform any of their respective material obligations hereunder, which (except for any alternative cure period provided for in the Approval Matrix or SLAs) such breach or failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of: (1) knowledge of such party of such breach or failure; and (2) the date on which written notice of such breach or failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to such party; or
     (k) The failure of Owner to remit the amounts specified in Section 4.19(a) within two Business Days of the timeframes specified therein.
     (l) If and to the extent that either party knows, discovers or determines at any time that such party has breached a representation or warranty or failed to perform any of its material obligations under this Agreement, such party shall promptly notify the other party in writing of such event. A party may waive any default by the other party in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.

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ARTICLE X
TERM AND TERMINATION
     Section 10.1 Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence as of the date of this Agreement and shall end at the close of business on the date which is the third anniversary following the date of this Agreement; provided however, that the Parties may terminate this Agreement prior to the expiration of the Term in whole or in part as permitted in this Article. This Agreement may be renewed by Owner for one or more successive three (3) year periods, upon notice by Owner to Servicer at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then current Term.
     Section 10.2 Termination by Servicer; Limitation on Resignation.
     (a) The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except: (i) by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Owner, (ii) upon Servicer’s good-faith determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under Legal Requirements and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer or the Servicer determines in good faith that curing such incapacity is not commercially reasonable, (iii) upon not less than one hundred eighty (180) days’ prior written notice to Owner after receipt of notice from Owner that it will not consent to an increase in the Servicing Fees as provided in Section 5.3 or (iv) the date designated by the Servicer following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Owner, subject to compliance with the Applicable Requirements for the transfer of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Owner of any determination of the type described in clause (ii) above. In the event Servicer terminates this Agreement pursuant to clause (iii) above, Servicer shall pay to Owner a termination fee equal to [*] per Mortgage Loan being transferred to a successor servicer, along with the Clawback Fee (which fee shall be calculated on a pro-rated basis in the event the termination of this Agreement occurs prior to the second anniversary following the Servicing Transfer Date of the Permanent Loan Portfolio, a example of such pro-ration is provided on Schedule V attached hereto).
     (b) In the event this Agreement is renewed by Owner for one or more successive three (3) year periods, upon notice by Servicer to Owner prior to the expiration of the then current Term, Servicer may propose modifications to the Servicing Fee schedule attached hereto as Schedule II. In the event the parties are unable to reach an agreement as to a modified Schedule II within ninety (90) days after notice is provided by Servicer to Owner, Servicer shall have the right to terminate the Agreement without cause by providing Owner one hundred and eighty (180) days prior written notice.
 
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     Section 10.3 Termination by Owner.
     (a) Owner may, by written notice to Servicer, terminate this Agreement in its entirety, or with respect to a portion of the Mortgage Loans and REO Property:
     (i) as of the date designated by the Owner following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Servicer, subject to compliance with the Applicable Requirements for the transfer of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans; or
     (ii) as of the date designated by the Owner upon at least ninety (90) calendar days’ written notice from Owner to Servicer; provided that the Owner may not terminate the Agreement in its entirety during the initial two (2) years of the Term pursuant to this Section 10.3(a)(ii).
     (b) Owner shall identify, in its written notice, those Mortgage Loans as to which termination shall be effective if termination relates to a portion of the Mortgage Loans and not to the Agreement in its entirety. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in all respects with respect to the continued subservicing of Mortgage Loans not subject to such partial termination.
     Section 10.4 Transfer to Successor Servicer.
     (a) In the event of a termination of this Agreement, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in a successor servicer appointed by the Owner at the time that the servicing functions are transferred from Servicer to the successor servicer. The Servicer shall cooperate with the Owner and successor servicer in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder.
     (b) Upon termination of the Agreement, Servicer shall, in accordance with Applicable Requirements, with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which termination is effective: (i) account for and turn over to Owner (or its designee) all funds collected under such Mortgage Loan, less only the compensation then due Servicer including any unpaid Servicing Fees and unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses made by Servicer, (ii) advise the related Mortgagor in accordance with the Applicable Requirements that its Mortgage Loan will henceforth be serviced by Owner, Owner’s Designee, Investor or Investor’s designee, as directed by Owner, (iii) promptly deliver to Owner, Investor (or their designees), as directed by Owner, all records and documents relating to such Mortgage Loan that it may have in its possession, and (iv) if applicable, notify the applicable Investor, Insurer or other party as required under the terms of any securitization on Owner’s behalf of such termination in accordance with Applicable Requirements, and (v) otherwise reasonably assist in the orderly transfer and conversion of the servicing of the terminated Mortgage Loan from Servicer’s systems to Owner or an Owner designee and, in connection therewith, take all such actions as may be reasonably requested by Owner or an Owner Designee. If applicable, Owner also shall be obligated to advise the related Mortgagor in accordance with the Applicable Requirements that its Mortgage Loan will

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henceforth be serviced by Owner, an Owner Designee, Investor or Investor’s designee, as applicable.
     (c) Upon termination of this Agreement (i) the Servicer shall, upon written request of Owner prepare, execute and deliver to the successor servicer all related Servicing Files; however, the Servicer may retain copies of Servicing Files to the extent necessary to comply with the Applicable Requirements; and (ii) (x) if the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Sections 10.2(a)(i), 10.2(a)(iii), 10.2(a)(iv), 10.2(b), or 10.3(a)(ii), the Owner shall pay all the Servicing Transfer Costs or (y) if the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Sections 10.2(a)(ii) or 10.3(a)(i), the Servicer shall pay all the Servicing Transfer Costs. Pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Owner or Servicer, as applicable, shall pay all Servicing Costs associated with any such transfer. Any remaining amounts pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be remitted by the Owner or Servicer, as applicable, to the other party no later than thirty (30) days after the Released Servicing Date. Servicer shall do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, including the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents.
     (d) Servicer shall transfer to successor servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited by the Servicer to the Custodial Account or Escrow Accounts or thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement to the contrary and in all circumstances under which this Agreement is terminated, the Servicer shall be entitled to offset against deposits in the Custodial Account all unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and Pass-Through Expenses from any amounts due and owing to the Owner or successor servicer at the time of a corresponding servicing transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the contrary, the Servicer shall not be obligated to transfer servicing of the Mortgage Loans until such time as the Servicer is paid all amounts due the Servicer under this Agreement.
     (e) In the event of a termination of this Agreement in accordance with Sections 10.2(a)(i), 10.2(a)(iv), 10.2(b), or 10.3(a)(ii), a fee set forth on Schedule II hereof (the “DeBoarding Fee”) shall be payable to Servicer for each outstanding Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that no such De-Boarding Fee shall be payable if the transferee is the Servicer or an Affiliate of Servicer (and such De-Boarding Fee shall be the only fee payable to the Servicer in connection with such transfer, other than all fees and other amounts due Servicer hereunder and Servicing Transfer Costs). If Owner terminates this Agreement in whole or in part pursuant to Section 10.3(a)(ii) or the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(iv), Owner shall also pay Servicer an early termination fee (“Early Termination Fee”), the amount of which will be calculated in accordance with Schedule II attached hereto; provided however that no Early Termination Fee shall be payable if the transferee is the Servicer or an Affiliate of Servicer and any Mortgage Loans transferred to Servicer or an Affiliate of Servicer shall not be included in the calculation of the percentage of Mortgage Loans transferred in calculating any Early Termination Fees arising from subsequent transfers of the servicing with respect to the Mortgage Loans.
     (f) This Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and any termination of this Agreement shall not prejudice the rights of Servicer to recover any amounts due Servicer under this Agreement.

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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     Section 11.1 Protection of Confidential and Proprietary Information.
     (a) The Servicer shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without the Owner’s prior written consent, the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the purchase price paid by the Owner for the Mortgage Loans, REO Properties and/or rights transferred pursuant to this Agreement or any information pertaining to such Mortgage Loans, REO Properties and/or rights, or any Mortgagor thereunder, except to the extent that it is appropriate for the Servicer to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities, or other governmental agencies, insurance carriers, any property inspector, or other Person necessary to fulfill the Servicer’s obligations hereunder. The Owner shall keep confidential and shall not divulge to any party, without the Servicer’s prior written consent, the terms and provisions of this Agreement, except to the extent that it is appropriate for the Owner to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities, or other governmental agencies, insurance carriers, any property inspector, or other Person necessary to fulfill the Owner’s obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, business methods and practices, internal procedures and other intellectual property and confidential information of the Servicer or the Owner, respectively (“Proprietary Information”) shall remain vested in the Servicer and the Owner, respectively, and are not hereby transferred to the other party, and the Servicer and the Owner shall have the right to take all actions necessary to protect their Proprietary Information. Notwithstanding the above, each party (and each employee, representative, or other agent of a party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
     (b) Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Servicer agrees that it shall not refer to or use the Owner’s name or any derivation or significant portion of such name in any manner in any of its servicing, enforcement or collection activities with respect to any Mortgage Loan or in any advertising, printed material, electronic medium or other medium, without first obtaining the named party’s prior written consent, except to the extent that it is appropriate for the Servicer to do so in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities, or other governmental agencies, insurance carriers, any property inspector, or other person necessary to fulfill the Servicer’s obligations hereunder. The Servicer shall inform its subservicers, contractors, advisors and agents of the restriction stated in this subparagraph (b) and shall take commercially reasonable steps to cause such parties to conduct their activities relating to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in compliance herewith. No such named party shall have any obligation to give any such written consent and may withhold the same in its sole and absolute discretion.
     (c) In the event either party or any of its representatives are requested or required (by oral question, interrogatories, request for information or documents, subpoenas, civil investigation or similar process) to disclose any confidential information such party will, unless prohibited by law, provide the other party with prompt notice of such requests so that the other party may seek an appropriate protective order, or if appropriate, waive compliance with the provisions of this Section; provided, however, the failure to provide prompt notice as herein

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provided shall affect the obligations of the other party only to the extent that the other party is prejudiced thereby. Either party will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Owner in obtaining such a protective order.
     (d) Each party acknowledges and agrees that any disclosure of the other party’s confidential information except as permitted in this Agreement may cause serious and irreparable damage to the other party for which there may be no adequate remedy at law. Without limiting the other party’s rights and remedies which are otherwise available, the other party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief including, without limitation, an injunction, restraining order or specific performance for any breach of this Section or Section 7.7 by such party. Each party waives any securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.
     Section 11.2 Notices.
     All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given as of the next Business Day if sent by overnight courier, addressed as follows (or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like notice):
     
if to the Owner
  [*]
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
if to the Servicer
  [*]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
if to the Custodian (Whole Loan Portfolio)
  [*]
 
   
 
   
 
   
if to Custodian (other than Whole Loan Portfolio)
  See Schedule IX
     Section 11.3 Severability Clause. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by Legal
 
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Requirements, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in good-faith, to develop a structure the economic effect of which is as close as possible to the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such invalidity.
     Section 11.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts. Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
     Section 11.5 Place of Delivery and Governing Law. The Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent preempted by Federal law.
     Section 11.6 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally, waives (to the extent permitted by Legal Requirements) any right it may have to a trial by jury of any dispute arising under or relating to this Agreement and agrees that any such dispute shall be tried before a judge sitting without a jury.
     Section 11.7 Further Agreements. The Owner and the Servicer agree to execute and deliver to the other such reasonable and appropriate additional documents, instruments or agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
     Section 11.8 Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Servicing Agreement.
     (a) This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Servicer and the Owner and the respective permitted successors and assigns of the Servicer and the Owner. Except as contemplated by Section 11.8, the Servicer shall not assign this Agreement or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets without the prior written consent of the Owner, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
     (b) The Owner may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to some or all of the related Mortgage Loans without the consent of the Servicer. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Owner in connection with any such assignment including, without limitation, executing such documents and entering into such agreements in order to give effect to such assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, upon any such assignment and written notice thereof to the Servicer, the Person to whom such assignment is made shall succeed to all rights and obligations of the Owner under this Agreement to the extent of the related Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans and this Agreement, to the extent of the related Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans, shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct Agreement between the Servicer and the assignee of the related Mortgage Loan or Loans.
     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Servicer shall have the right following thirty (30) days’ notice to the Owner to assign, transfer and pledge any right Servicer has to receive payment under this Agreement without the consent of the Owner.

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     Section 11.9 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Servicer, shall be the successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person must be an entity: (i) having a net worth of not less than $50 million, (ii) that is an FHA- Approved Mortgagee and a Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae approved servicer in good standing and (iii) that otherwise has all licenses and approvals required to comply with the Applicable Requirements. In addition, any successor to the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any costs or expenses incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loans arising in connection with such transaction.
     Section 11.10 Independent Contractor. Servicer will perform its obligations under this Agreement as an independent contractor and not as an employee or agent of Owner, and none of Servicer’s personnel shall be entitled to receive any compensation, benefits or other incidents of employment from Owner. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a partnership or joint venture between Owner and Servicer, nor be deemed to constitute Servicer or Owner the employee or agent of the other. Neither Servicer nor Owner shall be or become liable or bound by any representation, act, or omission whatsoever of the other party.
     Section 11.11 Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement (including the schedules and exhibits attached hereto), represent the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Agreement can be amended, supplemented or changed, and any provision hereof can be waived, only by written instrument making specific reference to this Agreement signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver is sought. No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. All remedies hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
     Section 11.12 Exhibits. The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement.
     Section 11.13 General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
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     (b) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     (c) References herein to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Subsections,” “Paragraphs,” and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;
     (d) A reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions;
     (e) The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision;
     (f) The term “include” or “including” shall mean “including without limitation”; and
     (g) The terms “best efforts” or “reasonable efforts” shall not be interpreted to require the Owner or the Servicer, as the case may be, to initiate or participate in any litigation, arbitration or proceeding or to incur expenses in excess of those explicitly set forth in this Agreement or as are otherwise commercially reasonable.
     Section 11.14 Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including: (a) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any party at the closing, and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties agree that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer and the Owner have caused their names to be signed to this SERVICING AGREEMENT by their respective officers duly authorized as of the date first above written.
         
    OWNER:
 
       
    FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Charles T. Tuggle Jr.
 
       
 
  Name:   Charles T. Tuggle Jr.
 
       
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President & General Counsel
 
       
 
       
    SERVICER
 
       
    NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Anthony H. Barone
 
       
 
  Name:   Anthony H. Barone
 
       
 
  Title:   CEO & President
 
       
Servicer’s subsidiary, Harwood Service Company, LLC joins in this Agreement for the sole purpose of agreeing to perform the obligations on behalf of Servicer pursuant to Section 4.29 of this Agreement.
         
    HARWOOD SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Anthony H. Barone
 
       
 
  Name:   Anthony H. Barone
 
       
 
  Title:   CEO & President
 
       

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Schedule I
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA)
for
ACCOUNTING
between
First Tennessee Bank
As Servicer
and
Nationstar
As Sub-Servicer
(FIRST TENNESSEE LOGO)
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OVERVIEW
Purpose
The purpose of this Service Level Agreement (SLA) is to provide a basis for cooperation between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar for Accounting operations support, functions, and reporting duties and responsibilities. The SLA is contingent on each party knowing and fulfilling their responsibilities and generating an environment conducive to the achievement and maintenance of targeted service levels outlined below.
Objectives of SLA
    To create an environment which is conducive to a cooperative relationship between First Tennessee and Nationstar and to ensure the availability and delivery of services to First Tennessee.
 
    To document the responsibilities of all parties taking part in the SLA with the common goal of meeting established service levels.
 
    To define, in detail, the Advance Settlement process and reconciliation responsibilities between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar.
 
    To define, in detail, the responsibility, requirements and service level standards surrounding the reconciliation and settlement of custodial and escrow accounts.
 
    To define, in detail, the monthly and other periodic reports to be delivered by Nationstar and the level of service which will be expected.
 
    To define, in detail, the monthly settlement process and billing of services between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar.
 
    To define automation requirements (General ledger interface).
 
    To define, in detail, the service requirements and monthly reports associated with the RY Excess Service Fee Transaction.
 
    To provide a common understanding of service requirements and of the principles involved in the measurement of service levels.
 
    To manage evolution of the SLA through coordinated change management procedures.
Period of SLA
This SLA will commence on the date specified in the Subservicing Agreement between First Tennessee and Nationstar following the acceptance by both parties and will continue until such agreement is terminated or amended.
Modifications to the SLA
This SLA may be changed or modified at any time upon the written mutual agreement of the parties.

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
Advance Daily Settlement of Funds
To be completed as per process map outlined below and in Exhibit A: FTB Treasury / Settlement Process — Nationstar.
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Custodial and Escrow Accounts
Nationstar shall be responsible for all collection, remittance and reconciliation of all custodial and escrow accounts and shall furnish upon request copies of custodial/escrow reconciliations required by First Tennessee for compliance purposes and audit support activities. Nationstar will be responsible for the transition and reconciliation of all related custodial/escrow account balances during the phased transition to insure proper and orderly transfer of balances from depository accounts maintained at First Horizon to depository accounts that will be maintained at Wells Fargo in accordance with the terms and structure of the subservicing agreement. Nationstar will also provide ongoing support and reporting necessary for First Tennessee to perform P&I, T&I and Corporate Advance general ledger reconciliation activities.
Monthly Settlement and Billing of Services
To be completed as per process map outlined above and in Exhibit A: FTB Treasury / Settlement Process — Nationstar and Exhibit A(i): FTB Invoice.

 


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Automation Requirements
The General Ledger Interface shall be completed and tested prior to the transfer of the Permanent Portfolio on 8/1/2011.

 


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Reports
General Servicing
As part of the Servicer/Subservicer relationship, Nationstar has an obligation to provide consistent and accurate delivery of certain data files and reports to First Tennessee. Nationstar is required to send certain data files in accordance with the parameters stated below. For detailed service-levels, see Table 1.1 — Data files & Reports.
First Tennessee and Nationstar will transmit data through a secure channel unless otherwise specified or otherwise agreed upon. [Secure FTP, Connect direct. Dedicated line/pipe creating a private network between the two parties.]
Parallel testing of reports, interfaces financial procedure and controls will be conducted. First Tennessee reserves the right to modify reporting requirements and service levels as necessary to support internal Accounting operations and functions, with sufficient notice provided to Nationstar.
Custom development reports are subject to change upon receipt of specifications.
Table 1.1
                 
Count   Current State Memphis Accounting Report   Future Nationstar Report Name   Due Date   Frequency
1
  Escrow & Corporate Advance Amounts   Advances Summary via Reporting Package Daily/Monthly   Daily/ 5th BD   Daily/Monthly
2
  GNMA Guaranty Fees   LSAMS 11710D   2nd   Monthly
3
  Portfolio Stats and Delinquency percentages   Nationstar Servicing Book   7th   Quarterly
4
  P139   SR410UR-02 & Supplemental Reporting Package   Daily & EOM Cutoff   Daily & EOM Cutoff
5
  P129 / P130   SRV105C-01   Daily   Daily
6
  S210   SRV510C-01 (Daily Transaction Journal)   Daily   Daily
7
  S214   SR41OUR-03 CTJ)   2nd   Monthly
8
  S215   SR41OUR-03 (CTJ)   2nd   Monthly
9
  FTBANK Excel file   Sample Reporting Package   5th BD   Monthly
10
  P110   SRV403C   Daily   Daily
11
  TR01/TR02   SRVMLD   2nd   Monthly
12
  FNMA Lasr File Layout   SRVDSR   2nd   Monthly
13
  Poolhdr File Layout   SRVCHGV   2nd   Monthly
14
  EOMTapeData File Layout   Additional File   2nd   Monthly
15
  FTB_FnmaFas 140   Custom Creation   2nd   Monthly
16
  FTB-RecourseLoansInvLntySummReport   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
17
  FTB-01ProgAnalSumm   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
18
  Graybar Reports   Custom Creation   2nd   Monthly
19
  FTB-Inv163Summ   LPMA   Daily   Daily
20
  FTBank Zip File (CPI Download) S5VT & FTBANK09 Access Files   LPMA   Daily   Daily
21
  Allen Report   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
22
  S2TT Daily Interest Accrual Report   SRV111C-01 (Daily) and SRV120C-01 (Monthly)   Daily   Daily/Monthly

 


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Count   Current State Memphis Accounting Report   Future Nationstar Report Name   Due Date   Frequency
23
  T30L   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
24
  FTB — Servicefeeaccrual_Excel   Custom Creation   2nd   Monthly
25
  FTB — PendingSales-Servicefeeaccrual_Excel   SRV245   2nd   Monthly
26
  FTB — AccruedLateCharges_Excel   Custom Creation   2nd   Monthly
27
  CPI Extract for Bancware — BWCPI.txt created in job FCM4803M   Custom Creation   2nd   Monthly
28
  Regulatory and SEC Reporting: S51Z, RC-C, RC-P, RC-S, RC-M   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
29
  Loans Held for Sale and Portfolio Loans — RC-C Memo   Custom Creation   7th   Quarterly
30
  FH Subservicing Portfolio Walkforward   Nationstar Servicing Book   7th   Quarterly
31
  FTB_S214   SR410UR-03   Cutoff on 15th; Delivery by 17th   Monthly
32
  FTB_S215   SR410UR-03   Cutoff on 15th; Delivery by 17th   Monthly
33
  List of Excess Service Fees   Custom Creation   Cutoff on 15th Delivery by 17th   Cutoff on 15th, Delivery by 17th
34
  FTB_T691P1_BONY.xls   SRV511C-01 DTJ or SRV676R-03)   Daily   Daily
35
  FNMA Guaranty Fees   Investor Reporting Process   5th BD   Monthly
36
  BONY Credit Losses Summary   BONY Credit Losses Summary   7th   Quarterly
37
  Denked Loans — Report & Journal Voucher   Sample Reporting Package — Charge off worksheet   5th BD   Monthly
38
  Loss Ana Reclass   Sample Reporting Package — Charge off worksheet   5th BD   Monthly
39
  Low balance Buyouts   Investor Reporting Process   2nd   Monthly
40
  SAS 70 Type 2 Report   SAS 70 Type 2 Report   TBD   TBD
41
  GL Interface File   GL Interface File   Daily   Daily
42
  NA   Daily Trial Balance — SRV581C-01 & SRV581C-04   Daily   Daily
43
  NA   Interest Accrual and Specifications — SRV120C-01   2nd   Monthly
44
  NA   EOM Trial Balance Sample Reporting Package   5th BD   Monthly

 


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RY Excess Service Fee Transaction
RY Transaction Summary
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MountainView
Nationstar will provide the following data files directly to MountainView on a monthly basis:
MLD
DSR
SRVCHGV
Additional File
 
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CHANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the change control requirements in this section.
Prior to using any new software or new equipment to provide the Services, Nationstar shall have verified that the item has been properly tested, installed, is operating in accordance with its specifications, and is performing its intended function in a reliable manner.
Nationstar shall not make the following changes including implementing a change in reporting or data delivery without written approval from First Tennessee:
    a change that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure
 
    a change increasing First Tennessee’s Charges under the Agreement
NOTICE OF CHANGES
Nationstar shall keep First Tennessee informed of all changes to the environment used to provide this Service to the extent that It would require First Tennessee to modify or make adjustments in their environment in accordance with the following:
    Nationstar shall notify First Tennessee, at least 7 (seven) days in advance of and within 2 (two) days following, planned material changes made to the Services that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure.
 
    In the event of an emergency affecting Services, Nationstar shall document and promptly report such Emergency Changes to First Tennessee. Emergency is defined as an event that affects the delivery of services that would affect the agreed upon SLA’s as defined in this agreement.

 


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PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
Nationstar shall have a methodology to identify and mitigate system incidents that impact Services provided to First Tennessee Bank. Ultimately, the goal of every service provider is to provide their Services in an environment that is problem-free. However, for those rare situations where problems arise affecting the ability of the provider to deliver the Services, the following problem management procedures will be observed.
PROBLEM MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the Problem Management requirements defined in this section.
Nationstar shall investigate the cause of all critical incidents affecting Services and shall record and track operational problems through closure. Nationstar will periodically update First Tennessee on the status of outstanding problems.
Nationstar follows a rigorous problem management process that can be periodically reviewed by First Tennessee.
PROBLEM REPORTING
Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with:
    Preliminary cause analysis findings for all Critical Incidents within two (2) Business Days of the resolution of the incident. A critical incident is defined as an incident that has caused an agreed upon SLA per this agreement to be missed. Nationstar will provide:
  o   Actions taken to resolve the incident
 
  o   Actions being taken to drive towards root cause
 
  o   Actions being taken to prevent an incident recurrence
    Cause analysis reports for Critical Incidents within five (5) Business Days of the resolution.
  o   Problem Summary
 
  o   Problem Details
 
  o   Cause
 
  o   Timeline of Events
 
  o   Response/Follow-up Actions to prevent an incident recurrence
AUDIT SUPPORT
Nationstar shall support First Tennessee audits as outlined in the Subservicing Agreement between First Tennessee and Nationstar.

 


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Exhibit A
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Exhibit A(i)
Nationstar Mortgage Servicing Fee Sample Invoice
Monthly Servicing & Other Incentive Fee Calculations
         
Gross Service Fees All Investors (Summary of Daily Remittances)
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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA)
for
MORTGAGE SERVICING DATA & REPORTING
between
First Tennessee Bank
As Servicer
and
Nationstar
As Sub-Servicer

 


 

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OVERVIEW
Purpose
The purpose of this Service Level Agreement (SLA) is to provide a basis for cooperation between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar for data transmission and operations, credit, and management reporting duties and responsibilities. The SLA is contingent on each party knowing and fulfilling their responsibilities and generating an environment conducive to the achievement and maintenance of targeted service levels outlined below.
Objectives of SLA
    To create an environment which is conducive to a cooperative relationship between First Tennessee and Nationstar and to ensure the availability and delivery of services to First Tennessee.
 
    To document the responsibilities of all parties taking part in the SLA with the common goal of meeting established service levels.
 
    To define, in detail, the loan-level data provided on a daily and monthly basis to be delivered by Nationstar and the level of service which will be expected.
 
    To define, in detail, the monthly and other periodic reports to be delivered by Nationstar and the level of service which will be expected.
 
    To provide a common understanding of service requirements and of the principles involved in the measurement of service levels.
 
    To manage evolution of the SLA through coordinated change management procedures.
Period of SLA
This SLA will commence on the date specified in the Subservicing Agreement between First Tennessee and Nationstar following the acceptance by both parties and will continue until such agreement is terminated or amended.
Modifications to the SLA
This SLA may be changed or modified at any time upon the written mutual agreement of the parties.

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
Data & Files
As part of the Servicer/Sub-Servicer relationship, Nationstar has an obligation to provide consistent and accurate delivery of certain data files to First Tennessee. Nationstar is required to send certain data files in accordance with the parameters stated below. For detailed service-levels, see Table 1.1 — Data & Files.
First Tennessee and Nationstar will use transmit data through a secure channel.
LOAN-LEVEL DATA
Nationstar will provide a loan-level feed of all loans containing servicing data. The loan-level file contains specific fields of data
Nationstar will deliver the loan-level file on a daily basis. If the file is unavailable; a Nationstar representative will contact the designated First Tennessee representative immediately and provide information on when file will be delivered.
Table 1.1 — Data & Files
                 
        Activity Service Level   Time of    
Data   Measurement   Targets   Delivery   Reference
Loan-level Data (Daily (Business Days-ie. not Saturday, Sunday nor Holidays).
  Daily loan-level file delivered by 3am.   File contains 100% of all fields specified in Daily File Required Fields Table.   Daily at 3:00am   Appendix A — Table 1

 


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Table 1.2 — Daily File Required Fields
                     
            Format      
            (Date, Number,      
Field #   # Area Field Name   Description of Field   Text, etc)   Criteria  
 
  LOAN   A number that uniquely identifies a loan.            
 
  MTH_KEY   Identifies the effective month the servicing tape            
 
  LNUM   Loan Number of Investor            
 
  CAT_CD   A number that uniquely identifies the investor category. Also known as category or aggregate.            
 
  INVESTR_ID   Investor ID            
 
  DT_NXT_PMT_DUE   Date Next Payment Due            
 
  AMT_ESCRW_ADV_BAL   Amount of Escrow Advanced Balance            
 
  AMT_ESCRW_BAL   Amount of Escrow Balance            
 
  AMT_T_I_MONTHLY   Amount of Taxes & Insurance Monthly            
 
  ORIG_INT_RATE   Original Interest Rate            
 
  AMT_FIRST_P_I   Amount First Principal & Interest            
 
  AMT_FIRST_PRIN_BAL   Amount First Principal & Interest Balance            
 
  FORECLS_STOP_CD   The user-defined code that indicates the foreclosure status of the loan.            
 
  LOAN_TYPE   Loan Type            
 
  APR   Annual Percentage Rate            
 
  DT_LOAN_CLOSNG   Date of Loan Closing            
 
  MAN_CD   A user-defined code to assign loans to collectors and to allow various sort sequences on collection and hazard reports.            
 
  AMT_MONTHLY_MI   Amount of Monthly Mortgage Insurance            
 
  DT_PENDNG_MTGE   Effective date (month and year with day set to 01) of a pending mortgage change.            
 
  NUM_NXT_PAYMT   Number of Next Payment            
 
  OLD_INVESTR_ID   Old Investor ID            
 
  AMT_ORIG_MTG   Amount of Original Mortgage            
 
  AMT_PROP_VALUE   The appraised dollar value of the property or the purchase price. Used for loans covered by PMI to determine when the principal balance falls below 75% of property value.            
 
  PROP_STATE_CD   An IBM code that indicates the state in which the property is located.            
 
  PROP_ALPHA_STATE_CD   The state of the expanded property address.            
 
  AMT_SUSPENS_BAL   The amount of funds in suspense pending research to determine what portion goes to principal, interest, late charge, escrow, insurance, etc. on unapplied payments.            
 
  LOSS_MITIGATN_TYPE   Loss Mitigation Type            
 
  AMT_TOT_PAYMT   Amount of Total Payment            
 
  ARM_LIFE_MAX_IR_DEC_RATE   The maximum rate decrease allowed from the original interest rate over the life of the loan.            
 
  ARM_LIFE_MAX_IR_INC_RATE   The maximum rate increase allowed from the original interest rate over the life of the loan.            
 
  ARM_IND   A code that indicates if the loan is an ARM.            
 
  DT_LOSS_MITIGATN   Date of Loss Mitigation            
 
  AMT_NON_RECOV_CORP_ADV_BAL   Amount of Non-Recoverable Corporate Advance Balance            
 
  CITY_NAME   City Name            
 
  PROP_STR_ADDR   Property and Street Address            
 
  DT_ARM_NXT_IR_EFF   Date ARM Next Interest Rate Effective            
 
  INS_STAT   Insuring Status of the Loan            

 


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            Format      
            (Date, Number,      
Field #   # Area Field Name   Description of Field   Text, etc)   Criteria  
 
  PRIMARY_MI_COVRAG_FACTR   Primary Mortgage Insurance Coverage            
 
  AMT_RECOV_CORP_ADV_BAL   Amount of Recovery Corporate Advance Balance            
 
  RECOURSE_IND   A flag that indicates whether a loan was sold or purchased with recourse.            
 
  DT_RECOURSE_EXPR   The expiration date of the recourse requirement.            
 
  DT_REO_START   Date of REO Start            
 
  DT_APPRAISAL   Date of Appraisal            
 
  DT_INT_ONLY_EXPR   Date of Interest Only Expiration            
 
  INT_ONLY_IND   An indicator (Y or blank) that this is an interest only loan.            
 
  GSE_CD   A code indicating which government sponsored enterprise owns the loan.            
 
  MI_PAID_LENDR_CD   Mortgage Insurance Paid to Lender            
 
  ASSET_RECOV_IND   Flag Indicating Asset Recovery Status            
 
  AMT_ORIG_PROP_VALUE   Amount of Original Property Value            
 
  DEC_BORROWER   Deceased Borrower Code            
 
  ORIG_LTV   Original Loan-to-Value (LTV)            
 
  LTV   Loan-to-Value (LTV)            
 
  DT_MATURITY   Date of Maturity            
 
  DT_FIRST_PAY   Date of First Payment            
 
  DT_BANKRUPT_FILING   Date of Bankruptcy Filing            
 
  BANKRUPT_CHAPTR_CD   The bankruptcy chapter number filed.            
 
  NO_NOTICE_IND   A code that prevents production of delinquent notices.            
 
  DT_NO_NOTICE_IND_CHNG   The date the no-notice stop value was last changed.            
 
  DT_NO_NOTICE_IND_EXPR   The date the current no-notice stop value will expire and be reset by the system.            
 
  NO_NOTICE_IND_CHNG_ID   User ID of the person who last changed the no-notice stop value.            
 
  PROCESS_STOP_CD   A user defined code that indicates why no monetary transactions should be applied to the loan.            
 
  DT_PROCESS_STOP_CHNG   The date when the process stop code was last changed.            
 
  DT_PROCESS_STOP_EXPR   The date the current disbursement stop will expire and reset by the system.            
 
  PROCESS_STOP_CHNG_ID   The User ID of the person who last changed the PROCESS STOP CODE value.            
 
  DT_SERVCNG_SOLD   Date Servicing Sold            
 
  DT_PAYMT_IN_FULL   Date of Payment Received in Full            
 
  PAYMT_IN_FULL_STOP_CD   A code that indicates the loan was paid in full, foreclosed, or servicing transferred.            
 
  DT_LAST_FULL_PAYMT   Date of Last Full Payment            
 
  DT_NOTE   The date on the mortgage note.            
 
  DT_LAST_INVESTR_CHNG   Date of Last Investor Change            
 
  ZIP_CODE   Zip Code            
 
  BAD_CK_TABLE   12-month history table that indicates when a payment was made or reversed.            
 
  PMI_RATE   PMI Rate            
 
  DELQ_TABLE   Delinquency Table            
 
  FHA_SECTION   FHA Section            
 
  FFIEC   FFIEC            
 
  AGING_CAT   Aging Category            
 
  MP ISSUE DATE   Date Mortgage Insurace Policy Issued            

 


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            Format      
            (Date, Number,      
Field #   # Area Field Name   Description of Field   Text, etc)   Criteria  
 
  ARM PR ROUNDING FACTOR   The percentage by which the payment rate is rounded.            
 
  ARM PR ROUNDING TYPE   A code that indicates how the payment rate is rounded.            
 
  ARM IR MAX INCREASE RATE   The maximum rate increase allowed over the previous interest rate allowed with each change.            
 
  ARM IR MAX DECREASE RATE   The maximum rate decrease below the previous interest rate allowed with each change.            
 
  ARM IR MAX LIFE DECR RATE   The maximum rate decrease allowed from the original interest rate over the life of the loan.            
 
  ARM IR MAX LIFE INCR RATE   The maximum rate increase allowed from the original interest rate over the life of the loan.            
 
  BKR POST PETITION 1 DUE DATE   Bankruptcy Post Petition Due Date vs contractual due date            
 
  REO SETUP DATE   REO Setup Date            
 
  FC SETUP DATE   Foreclosure Setup Date            
 
  MOD SIGNING DATE   Modification Signing Date            

 


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Reports
The following are reporting requirements to be provided by Nationstar, as Sub-servicer, to First Tennessee, as Servicer. For each field, the status refers to when and the context in which the field is provided.
Day 1 = Field provided at first report production date, all fields are specific to First Tennessee and First Tennessee portfolios unless otherwise indicated
To be developed = Development to produce the field data is required. Data to be provided by Q4 of 2011.
Global = Field contains blended data from across the sub-servicer’s managed portfolio Semi = Field contains data that is provided on a semi-annual (every 6 months) basis
Nationstar will deliver all reports on a monthly basis on the 10th business day of every month unless otherwise indicated.
The 1st report will be delivered in the month following the complete transfer of all portfolios subject to this agreement.
General Servicing
First Tennessee requires comprehensive and consistent reporting to accurately assess the current state of its serviced portfolio. Reporting standards require that Nationstar present the data through specific dimensions with the necessary attributes that allow First Tennessee to make a holistic assessment of the serviced portfolio. For each reporting area, Nationstar may be required to produce multiple reports. First Tennessee reserves the right to modify attributes or dimensions of reporting with sufficient notice provided to Nationstar.
OVERALL PORTFOLIO
This report will contain a summary of the active accounts and unpaid principal balances (UPB) at the end of the reporting month.
The report will be sectioned by:
    Total portfolio
 
    Product
 
    Investor
 
    Current UPB Bucket (i.e. $250,000-$300,00)
 
    Top Portfolio States
         
Field   Description   Status
Accounts
  Number of active loans as of the reporting date   Day 1
Original Loan Amount
  Original Loan amount of the loan   Day 1
Unpaid Principal Balance (UPB)
  Current UPB as of reporting date   Day 1
Prior Reporting Month Date
  Number of accounts and UPB at end of the prior reporting month   Day 1
Loans Added
  Number of accounts and principal balance added during reporting month   Day 1
Reopened Loan
  Number of accounts and UPB of loans that were inactive as of the prior reporting month and active as of the current month   Day 1
Total New Loans
  Number of accounts and principal balance of Loans Added + Reopened Loans   Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Payoffs
  Number of accounts and principal balance paid in full during reporting month   Day 1
Other Removals
  Number of accounts and principal balance removed for misc. reasons (i.e. foreclosure removal, closing a line of credit with a zero balance)   Day 1
Amortization
  Amount of principal payments received during the reporting month and the net affect of the principal activity for the reporting month   Day 1
Current Reporting Month Date
  Number of accounts and UPB at the end of the current reporting month   Day 1
CPR
  Constant Prepayment Rate, amount of payoff principal during the reporting month divided by the total UPB as of the prior reporting month multiplied by 12 (annualized)   Day 1
DELINQUENCIES
Delinquency Summary
This report will contain a summary of the delinquency stage of the accounts over the past 13 months. This report displays the number of active accounts and UPB over the past 13 months of delinquency.
The report is sectioned by:
    Total portfolio
 
    Investor
         
Field   Description   Status
Reporting Month
  Month end date for each reporting period   Day 1
Accounts
  Number of active loans as of each reporting month   Day 1
UPB
  Unpaid Principal Balance as of each reporting month   Day 1
Total
  Total active portfolio as of each reporting month   Day 1
Total Delinquent UPB $
  Total UPB (in dollars) delinquent as of each reporting month   Day 1
Total Delinquent UPB %
  Total UPB (by percentage) delinquent as of reporting month   Day 1
Current Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts less than 30 days delinquent (non-delinquent)   Day 1
Current %
  Percentage of accounts that are less than 30 days delinquent (non-delinquent)   Day 1
30-59 Days
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 30-59 days delinquent   Day 1
30-59%
  Percentage of accounts that are 30 to 59 days delinquent   Day 1
60-89 Days
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 60 to 89 days delinquent   Day 1
60-89%
  Percentage of accounts that are 60 to 89 days delinquent   Day 1
90+ Days Delinquent
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 90+ days delinquent   Day 1
90+ %
  Percentage of accounts that are 90+ days delinquent   Day 1
FCL Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are in foreclosure   Day 1
FCL %
  Percentage of accounts that are in foreclosure.   Day 1
REO Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts in REO   Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
REO %
  Percentage of accounts in REO   Day 1
BKY Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are in bankruptcy   Day 1
BKY%
  Percentage of accounts that are in bankruptcy   Day 1
Portfolio Runoff
  Total Runoff as of each reporting month   Day 1
Delinquency Chart
This group of reports will display in graph form all delinquency stages, excluding current over the past 13 months. This graph displays the number of active accounts and UPB over 13 months by each stage of delinquency, excluding current.
The reports are sectioned by:
    Total portfolio
 
    Investor
         
Field   Description   Status
30-59 Days
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 30-59 days delinquent   Day 1
30-59%
  Percentage of accounts that are 30 to 59 days delinquent   Day 1
60-89 Days
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 60 to 89 days delinquent   Day 1
60-89%
  Percentage of accounts that are 60 to 89 days delinquent   Day 1
90+ Days Delinquent
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are 90+ days delinquent   Day 1
90+ %
  Percentage of accounts that are 90+ days delinquent   Day 1
FCL Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are in foreclosure   Day 1
FCL %
  Percentage of accounts that are in foreclosure.   Day 1
REO Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts in REO   Day 1
REO %
  Percentage of accounts in REO   Day 1
BKY Status
  Delinquency stage of accounts that are in bankruptcy   Day 1
BKY%
  Percentage of accounts that are in bankruptcy   Day 1

 


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CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Call Processing
This report will provide data regarding call processing, accessibility and other customer relations statistics over a 13 month period.
         
Field   Description   Status
Total Incoming Calls
  Total number of incoming calls received   Day 1 / Global
Total Calls Answered
  Total number of calls answered   Day 1 / Global
Abandoned Calls
  Number of calls abandoned   Day 1 / Global
Abandon Rate
  Percentage of calls abandoned   Day 1 / Global
Average Speed of Answer (ASA)
  Average number of seconds to answer an incoming call   Day 1 / Global
Average Talk Time
  Average number of seconds spent talking to each customer on each answered call   Day 1 / Global
Right Party Contact
  Percentage of calls reaching the borrower or appointed representative   To be developed
Call Blockage Rate
      To be developed
Accessibility
         
Field   Description   Status
Telephone Contact Rate
  Number of times borrower initiates contact by telephone each reporting month   Day 1
Website Contact Rate
  Number of times borrower initiates contact by website each reporting month   Day 1
Overall Contact Rate
  Number of times borrower initiates contact overall each reporting month   Day 1
JIT Payments
  Number of Just In Time payments received in the reporting month   Day 1
Phone
      Day 1
Internet
      Day 1
Customer Call Reasons
    This report will provide data regarding the reasons for customer calls over a 13 month period.

 


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Field   Status
Escrow Inquiries
  Day 1
Payment Inquiries
  Day 1
Modification Inquiries
  Day 1
Third Party Requests
  Day 1
Research Request/Inquiries
  Day 1
Account Maintenance Inquiries
  Day 1
Loan Terms Inquiries
  Day 1
Default Account Inquiries
  Day 1
Refinance Inquiries
  Day 1
Statement Inquiries
  Day 1
Late Charge Inquiries
  Day 1
ACH Inquiries
  Day 1
Website Inquiries
  Day 1
Servicing Transfer Questions
  Day 1
Credit Bureau Reporting
  Day 1
Collections
This report will provide data regarding the activity for customer calls over a 13 month period. The report is sectioned by
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
     
Field   Status
Total Number of Full Time Employees
  Semi
Total Number of Part Time Employees
  Semi
Total Number of Temporary Employees
  Semi
Number of Files per FTE in 30 Day Category
  Day 1 / Global
Number of Files per FTE in 60 Day Category
  Day 1
Number of Files per FTE in 90 Day Category
  Day 1
Average Number of Inbound Calls per Day per Collector
  Day 1
Average Number of Outbound Calls per Day per Collector
  Day 1
Average Number of Inbound Calls per Day (Total Volume)
  Day 1
Average Number of Outbound Calls per Day (Total Volume)
  Day 1
Abandonment Rate for Inbound Calls
  Day 1
Average Number of Seconds for Call Abandonment
  Day 1

 


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Field   Status
Incoming Average Hold Time
  Day 1
Average Speed of Answer for Inbound Calls
  Day 1
Average Delinquency Day # for Calls
  To be developed
Call Blockage Rate for Inbound Calls
  Day 1
Minimum number (#) of mandatory call monitoring sessions monthly
  Semi
Right Party Contact Rate (Overall)
  Day 1
Right Party Contact Rate (30 Day Category)
  Day 1/Global
Right Party Contact Rate (60 Day Category)
  Day 1
Right Party Contact Rate (90 Day Category)
  Day 1
Daily Penetration Rate (Overall)
  Day 1
Daily Penetration Rate (30 Day Category)
  Day 1/Global
Daily Penetration Rate (60 Day Category)
  Day 1
Daily Penetration Rate (90 Day Category)
  Day 1
VRU capture rate
  Day 1
Web usage (per month)
  Day 1
Number of Email Responses
  Day 1
Average Number of Attempts per Account per Month
  Day 1
Average Number of Attempts per Account per Month (30 Day Category)
  Day 1/Global
Average Number of Attempts per Account per Month (60 Day Category)
  Day 1
Average Number of Attempts per Account per Month (90 Day Category)
  Day 1
Average Number of Contacts per Account per Month
  Day 1
Average Number of Contacts per Account per Month (30 Day Category)
  Day 1/Global
Average Number of Contacts per Account per Month (60 Day Category)
  Day 1
Average Number of Contacts per Account per Month (90 Day Category)
  Day 1
Percentage of Promises to Pay Made (Overall)
  Day 1
Percentage of Promises to Pay Kept (Overall)
  Day 1
Promise to pay success rate (% Promises Kept vs. Promises Made) - 30 Day Category
  Day 1
Promise to pay success rate (% Promises Kept vs. Promises Made) - 60 Day Category
  Day 1
% Loans Rolled Current (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1
% Loans Rolled 30 Days Delinquent (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1
% Loans Rolled 60 Days Delinquent (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1
% Loans Rolled 90 Days Delinquent (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1
% Loans Rolled 120 Days Delinquent (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1
% of Loans Rolled Positively DQ Bucket
  Day 1
% of Loans Rolled Negatively DQ Bucket
  Day 1
% of Loans Remained in same DQ Bucket
  Day 1
% Delinquent Loans Moved to Foreclosure (12 Mo. Average)
  Day 1

 


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Field   Status
% of Loans 30+ Days in Dispute Status
  Day 1
Number of 120 Days+ Accounts Not in Foreclosure
  Day 1
Average skip-tracing location rate
  Day 1
Skip tracing recovery rate (% Annualized of Find/Locate Accounts that Reform)
  Day 1
Average Days from Last Paid Due date to Notice of Default
  Day 1
Expiration Time of Notice of Default (# days)
  Day 1
Customer Complaints
This report will provide data on customer complaints that are elevated through the various levels of escalation including the Escalated Call Group, OCC and Qualified Written Response. Escalated complaints will be reported every Friday. This report is sectioned by:
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
         
Field   Description   Status
Cases Received
  Overall Number of cases received at each reporting month   Day 1
Escalated Call Group
  Internal group that handles complaint escalation   Day 1
OCC
  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency   Day 1
QWR
  Qualified Written Request   Day 1
Received by Internet
      Day 1
Received by Telephone
      Day 1
Received by Executive Offices
      Day 1
Cases Closed
  Number of cases closed at each reporting month   Day 1
Escalated Call Group
  Internal group that handles complaint escalation   Day 1
OCC
  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency   Day 1
QWR
  Qualified Written Request   Day 1
Outstanding Cases
  Number of outstanding cases at each reporting month   Day 1
Escalated Call Group
  Internal group that handles complaint escalation   Day 1
OCC
  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency   Day 1
QWR
  Qualified Written Request   Day 1

 


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Customer Complaint Metrics
     
Field   Status
Average hours/days to response to Customer
  Day 1
Average hours/days to resolve Customer Issue
  Day 1
Average days for written response to be generated
  Day 1
% of Customer Response delayed due to bankruptcy filing
  Day 1
% of Customer Response delayed due to financial and/or employment status changing requires updates financials
  Day 1
% of Customer Response delayed due to investor review
  Day 1
% of Customer Response delayed due to appraisals
  Day 1
% of Customer Response delayed due to Legal Review
  Day 1
List top 5 cause of Customer concerns
  Day 1

 


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FORECLOSURE
Foreclosure Summary
Report Description:
This report provides a summary of foreclosure activity for the past 13 months.
The report displays the number of accounts for the foreclosure activity, transfers in and sales held, the average day timeline for referrals and sales and the number of accounts for various timeline metrics for each reporting month.
For each field in the “Accounts in Foreclosure” section, data components should include:
    Units
 
    $UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance in dollars)
 
    %UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance as a percentage of total UPB)
The report is sectioned by:
  Total Portfolio
  Investor
         
Field   Description   Status
Accounts in Foreclosure
 
       
Additions
  The total number of accounts in foreclosure that were transferred in the reporting month.   Day 1
# of Referrals Held
      Day 1
Legal
      Day 1
Previous Pass (Code 67)
      Day 1
SSCRA
      Day 1
Recent Acquisition (RESPA)
      Day 1
HAMP
      Day 1
Non-HAMP
      Day 1
LM 30 Day Letter
      Day 1
Forbearance Plan
      Day 1
2nd Lien
      Day 1
 
       
Low Balance Loss Review
      Day 1
Waiting Demand Expiration
      Day 1
Need Demand
      Day 1
Declarations
      Day 1
Referral Requiring Investor Approval
      Day 1
Reasonable Effort Not Met
      Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Other
      Day 1
Return from Bankruptcy
      Day 1
Return from REO
      Day 1
Other
      Day 1
Dispositions/Removals
      Day 1
FCL Sales Held
  The number of accounts that a foreclosure sale was held where the servicer was the successful bidder in the reporting month   Day 1
Unavoidable Rescission
      Day 1
Bankruptcy
      Day 1
Avoidable Rescission
      Day 1
Loss Mitigation Errors
      Day 1
Foreclosure Errors
      Day 1
Attorney Errors
      Day 1
Deed-in-Lieu
      Day 1
Cash for Keys
      Day 1
Charge-Off
      Day 1
Classification inactive
      Day 1
Legal Settlement
      Day 1
Modification
      Day 1
Pass
      Day 1
Payoff
      Day 1
Reinstatement
      Day 1
Service Released
      Day 1
Short Sale
      Day 1
Third Party Funds Posted
      Day 1
Postponement
      Day 1
Foreclosure Sales Referred to Post-Foreclosure within standard
      Day 1
 
       
Demand Letters
 
       
Number of Demands Sent
      Day 1
Average Days to Demand
      Day 1
 
       
Timelines
 
       
Average Number of Days to Sale
  The average number    
 
  of days between the    
 
  foreclosure    
 
  referral date and    
 
  the foreclosure    
 
  sale date for those    
 
  accounts where the    
 
  foreclosure sale    
 
  was held in the    
 
  reporting month.   Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Agency Timeline %
  Percent of Files that are completed within Agency Timelines   Day 1
Agency Variance Average
  Average variance (plus or minus) to Agency Timelines   Day 1
Average Number of Loans Referred to Foreclosure per Month
      Day 1
Average Number of Days Delinquent at Referral to Foreclosure
      Day 1
Timeline Exceptions
Number in Bankruptcy
      Day 1
Number in Probate
      Day 1
Number in Military Indulgence
      Day 1
Number in Contested Foreclosure
      Day 1
 
       
Productivity
 
       
Total Units to REO
      Day 1
FC Sales
      Day 1
Deed-in-Lieu
      Day 1
UPB Movement
      Day 1
Total Units to FCL Sale
      Day 1
Third Party Sales
      Day 1
#Bid/Pass Submitted
      Day 1
%Bid/Pass on Time
      Day 1
 
       
Delays
 
       
#BK Filed w/FC Sale Date
      Day 1
 
       
Projections
 
       
#BOM projected Sales
      Day 1
#Actual Sales
      Day 1
% of Actual Sales vs. Projected
      Day 1
#Scheduled Sales for Next Month
      Day 1
Agency Metrics
Percent of Files That Are Completed Within Agency Timelines (excluding delays)
      Day 1
Percent of Files That Are Completed Within Agency Timelines (including delays)
      Day 1
Average variance (plus or minus) to Agency Timelines
      Day 1
Percent of Cases That Foreclosure Costs Exceed Agency Maximum
      Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
% of Foreclosures completed to standard - FNMA/FHLMC (Annualized)
      Day 1
Other Metrics
 
       
Percent of Loans That Liquidate Prior to Foreclosure Sale
      Day 1
Percent of Files That Reinstate Prior to Foreclosure Sale
      Day 1
% of mortgage insurance claims curtailed (% Annualized)
      Day 1
% of mortgage insurance claims denied (% Annualized)
      Day 1
% of Loans in Foreclosure Status that file Bankruptcy ( % Annualized — All BK Chapters)
      Day 1
Foreclosure Delays Due to Bankruptcy (Average # days annualized)
      Day 1
Vacant Properties At Time Of Foreclosure Sale (%) /(Unit #)
      Day 1
Vacant Property Charge-offs In Lieu Of Foreclosure (First Lien Mortgages Only) (%)/(Unit #)
      To be developed
Foreclosure Employee Statistics
     
Field   Status
Total number of full time employees
  Day 1 / Semi
Total number of part time employees
  Day 1 / Semi
Total number of temporary employees
  Day 1 / Semi
Average years industry experience — management
  Day 1 / Semi
Average years experience with present employer — management
  Day 1 / Semi
Average years industry experience — foreclosure specialist
  Day 1 / Semi
Average years experience with present employer — foreclosure specialist
  Day 1 / Semi
Number of Files per FTE
  Day 1 / Global
Foreclosures by State
Report Description:
This report illustrates key foreclosure data sectioned by state over a 13-month period.

 


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Field   Status
Total Active Units
  Day 1
Average Days Delinquent
  Day 1
Total Units to REO
  Day 1
Average Days to Sale
  Day 1
Investor %
  Day 1
FNMA
  Day 1
FHLMC
  Day 1
GNMA
  Day 1
BONY
  Day 1
PERMANENT (on-balance sheet)
  Day 1
OTHER
  Day 1

 


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BANKRUPTCY
Bankruptcy Statistics
Report Description:
A historical summary of bankruptcy activity, chapter breakdown, post-petition statistics, delinquency summary, average day timeline and timeline results for the past 13 months.
The report displays the number of accounts for the bankruptcy activity; cases added and removed bankruptcy chapter, post-petition with ratios, a delinquency summary with ratios, the average day timeline in bankruptcy and the number of accounts and ratios for various timeline metrics for each reporting month.
The report is sectioned by:
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
For each field in “Accounts in Bankruptcy”, data components should include:
    Units
 
    $UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance in dollars)
 
    %UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance as a percentage of total UPB)
         
Field   Description   Status
Accounts in Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Accounts
  The number of accounts in bankruptcy as of the reporting month   Day 1
Performing Accounts #
  Accounts in bankruptcy that are performing as of reporting month   Day 1
Performing Accounts %
  Percentage of accounts that are performing as of reporting month   Day 1
Non-Performing Accounts
  Accounts in bankruptcy that are not performing as of reporting month   Day 1
30-59 Days Past Due #
      Day 1
30-59 Days Past Due %
      Day 1
60-89 Days Past Due #
      Day 1
60-89 Days Past Due %
      Day 1
90-119 Days Past Due #
      Day 1
90-119 Days Past Due %
      Day 1
120+ Days Past Due #
      Day 1
120+ Days Past Due %
      Day 1
Bankruptcy Overdue Steps
      Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Chapter Breakdown
Chapter 7
  Accounts in Chapter 7 bankruptcy   Day 1
Chapter 7 (#)
      Day 1
Chapter 7 (% of total BK)
      Day 1
Chapter 11
  Accounts in Chapter 11 bankruptcy   Day 1
Chapter 11 (#)
      Day 1
Chapter 11 (% of total BK)
      Day 1
Chapter 13
  Accounts in Chapter 13 bankruptcy   Day 1
Chapter 13 (#)
      Day 1
Chapter 13 (% of total BK)
      Day 1
Average # of Days in Chap 7 from BK filed to Date of Release
      Day 1
Average # of Days in Chap 13 from BK filed to Date of Release
      Day 1
% of proof of claims file in-house
      Day 1
% of proof of claims filed by counsel
      Day 1
% of proof of claims rejected
      Day 1
% of proof of claims disputed
      Day 1
% of loans current on at time of bankruptcy filing
      Day 1
% of bankruptcy loans current at month end
      Day 1
% of Chapter 13 bankruptcies current on plan
      Day 1
Average # of Days Lift of Stay requested
      Day 1
 
       
Filings
Chapter 7
  Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed in the reporting month   Day 1
Chapter 11
  Chapter 11 bankruptcies filed in the reporting month   Day 1
Chapter 13
  Chapter 13 bankruptcies filed in the reporting month   Day 1
Total Bankruptcy Filed
  Total bankruptcies filed in the reporting month   Day 1
 
       
Suspense Balance
Difference
      To be developed
Suspense Payment Standards
      To be developed
 
       
Motion for Relief Request Volume
Number Filed
      Day 1
FHLMC
      Day 1
FNMA
      Day 1
GNMA
      Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
BONY
      Day 1
PERMANENT
      Day 1
OTHER
      Day 1
 
       
Performance Rate
Overall
  Overall, including all chapters of bankruptcy   Day 1
Chapter 7
      Day 1
Chapter 11 & 13
      Day 1
Bankruptcy by State
Report Description:
This report provides data on bankruptcy volume and percentage over a 13-month period and is sectioned by the top bankruptcy states.
Bankruptcy Employee Statistics
     
Field   Status
Total number of full time employees
  Semi
Total number of part time employees
  Semi
Total number of temporary employees
  Semi
Average years industry experience — management
  Semi / Global
Average years experience with present employer — management
  Semi / Global
Average years industry experience — bankruptcy specialist
  Semi / Global
Average years experience with present employer — bankruptcy specialist
  Semi / Global
Number of Files per FTE
  Day 1 / Global
Total Number of Cases (Chapter 7 and 13) per Bankruptcy Representative
  Day 1 / Global

 


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LOSS MITIGATION
Loss Mitigation — General Statistics
Report Description:
A historical summary of accounts that are eligible for or are in loss mitigation and resolution and dispositions for the past 13 months. The report displays the number of accounts that are eligible for loss mitigation, in loss mitigation and what loss mitigation alternative is being pursued. This report also provides the number of loss mitigation resolutions and dispositions, including the type of resolution or disposition, and the efficiency and cure ratios.
The report is sectioned by:
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
  o   FNMA
 
  o   FHLMC
 
  o   GNMA
 
  o   BONY
 
  o   PERMANENT (on-balance sheet)
 
  o   OTHER
Field Definitions:
For each disposition field, data components should include:
    Units
 
    %Units
 
    $UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance in dollars)
 
    %UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance as a percentage of total UPB)
For each data field, data should also be provided from the following timeline perspectives:
    Current Reporting Month and 12 previous reporting months
 
    YTD as of Reporting Month
         
Field   Description   Status
Eligible Accounts
  The number of accounts that are active in loss mitigation, 30 days or more or in foreclosure at each reporting month; excluding loans that have been charged off, delinquent in recovery, contested the foreclosure, on an active repayment plan or a Soldier and Sailor Civil Relief Act borrower.   Day 1
Requests
  The number of borrower requests for each reporting month where a loss mitigation treatment may be applied.   Day 1
Working Requests
  The number of working requests each month that have not yet part of a disposition.   Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Dispositions
  The number of accounts that the charge off, deed in lieu and short sale loss mitigation alternatives were completed, the account paid off or was sold to a third party at each reporting month   Day 1
Denied
  The number of accounts that were denied loss mitigation treatment each reporting month   Day 1
Offer Extended
  The number of accounts that a loss mitigation effort   Day 1
Deed in Lieu
  The number of accounts that a deed in lieu was completed at each reporting month   Day 1
Payoff
  The number of accounts that paid in full at each reporting month   Day 1
Short Sale
  The number of accounts that a short sale was completed at each reporting month   Day 1
Trial Modification
  The number of accounts that a trial modification was completed at each reporting month   Day 1
Permanent Modification
  The number of accounts that a permanent modification was completed at each reporting month   Day 1
No response — Borrower
  The number of accounts where a borrower did not provide a response to a loss mitigation effort   Day 1
Loss Mitigation Efficiency Ratio
  The percentage of accounts with a completed loss mitigation alternatives in relation to the number    
 
  of accounts with a completed loss mitigation alternative and the number of accounts that a foreclosure sale was held at each reporting month.   Day 1
Loss Mitigation Cure Rate
  The percentage of Resolution and Disposition accounts in relation to the number of Eligible    
 
  Accounts at each reporting month.   Day 1
60+, 90+ Days Past Due Accounts, Solution Offered
  The number and percentage of accounts 60+ DPD where a solution has been offered.   Day 1
Loss Mitigation Workouts
Report Description:
This report details the volume and percentage of workouts over a 13 month period. These reports are sectioned by:
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
         
Field   Description   Status
Total Workouts
  Total Number of Accounts in workout   Day 1
Total Workout %
  Total Percentage of Accounts in workout   Day 1
Repay Plans
  Total Number of Accounts in Repay plans   Day 1

 


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Field   Description   Status
Repay Plans %
  Total Percentage of Accounts in Repay plans   Day 1
Percent of Borrowers Complying with Payment Plans
      Day 1
Number of Full Reinstatements per Month
      Day 1
% Interest Rate Reduction Only
      Day 1
% Principal Reduction/Forgiveness Only
      Day 1
% Capitalization Of Arrears Only
      Day 1
% Interest Rate Reduction AND Principal Forgiveness
      Day 1
% Interest Rate Reduction AND Capitalization Of Arrears
      Day 1
% Principal Forgiveness AND Capitalization Of Arrears
      Day 1
% Interest Rate Reduction AND Principal Forgiveness AND Capitalization Of Arrears
      Day 1
Number of Forbearance Plans per Month
      Day 1
Monthly Forbearance Cure Rate (i.e. Loan is brought current)
      Day 1
Modifications
      Day 1
HAMP Modifications Solicited (Number)
      Day 1
HAMP Modifications Solicited (Number)
      Day 1
 
       
HAMP Trial Modifications Approved (%)
      Day 1
HAMP Modifications Initial Denied (%)
      Day 1
HAMP Trial Modifications Converted (%)
      Day 1
HAMP Modification Withdrawn Due To Missing/Incomplete Paperwork (%)
      Day 1
HAMP Modification Withdrawn Due To Borrower Qualification Issue (%)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Modifications Solicited (Number)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Modifications Returned (Number)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Trial Modifications Approved (%)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Modifications Initial Denial Rate (%)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Trial Modifications Conversion Rate (%)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Modifications Withdrawn Due To Missing/Incomplete Paperwork (%)
      Day 1
Non-HAMP Modifications Withdrawn Due To Borrower Qualification Issue (%)
      Day 1
 
      Day 1
Total Trial Activity
  Total Number of Trial Accounts   Day 1
HAMP Trial Start
  Total Number of HAMP Trial Starts   Day 1
FNMA MOD Trail Start
  Total Number of HAMP Trial Starts   Day 1
EOM HAMP Trial Balance
  End of Month HAMP Trial Balance   Day 1

 


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EOM FNMA Trial Balance
  End of Month FNMA Trial Balance   Day 1
 
       
Other Loss Mitigation Fields
Short Sale
  Total Number of Short Sales   Day 1
Short Sale %
  Total Percentage of Short Sales   Day 1
Average Loss Severity Rate for Short Sales
      Day 1
Deed-in-Lieu
  Total Number of Deed-in-Lieu   Day 1
Deed-in-Lieu%
  Total Percentage of Deed-in-Lieu   Day 1
Recidivism Rate for Residential Mtg Loan Modifications (overall)
      Day 1
Recidivism rate (%) for workouts that cure and re-default within 6 months
      Day 1
Forbearance cure rate (Account Brought Fully Current)
      Day 1
Forbearance break rate at 30+days
      To be developed
Forbearance break rate at 60+days
      To be developed
Forbearance break rate at 90+days
      To be developed
Forbearance break rate at 120+days
      To be developed
Forbearance break rate at 150+days
      To be developed
Forbearance break rate at 180+days
      To be developed
Loan Workouts Completed As A Result Of Mandated Foreclosure Mediation
      Day 1
Loss Mitigation Timelines
     
Average Number of Days to First Contact after Referral
  Day 1
Average Number of Days to Borrower Response Package sent to Borrower
  Day 1
Number of Follow up Calls for Response Package
  Day 1
Average Number of Days to Confirmation of Receipt of Response Package
  Day 1
Average Number of Days for Incomplete Information Notice
  Day 1
Average Number of Days to Decision Notice Sent to Borrower
  Day 1
Average number of workouts closed per month (total#)
  Day 1
% of loss mitigation packages generated that are returned (% Annualized)
  Day 1
% of loss mitigation packages returned that are successfully closed (% Annualized)
  Day 1
% of Adjustable Rate mortgages that reset in 3 months
  To be developed
# of Loans Resetting within 3 months
  To be developed
$ of Loans Resetting within 3 months
  To be developed
% of Adjustable Rate mortgages that reset in 6 months
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# of Loans Resetting within 6 months
  To be developed
$ of Loans Resetting within 6 months
  To be developed
% of Adjustable Rate mortgages that reset in 12 months
  To be developed
# of Loans Resetting within 12 months
  To be developed
$ of Loans Resetting within 12 months
  To be developed
% of Total Loss Mitigation Packages/Recommendations Declined by Investors
  To be developed
% of Loans Modifications Declined by Investors
  To be developed
Loss Mitigation- By State
Report Description:
This report details loss mitigation accounts by state. These reports are sectioned by:
    Delinquency
 
    Foreclosure
Field Definitions:
         
Field   Description   Status
Eligible Accounts
  The number of accounts that are active in loss mitigation, 30 days or more or in foreclosure at each reporting month; excluding loans that have been charged off, delinquent in recovery, contested the foreclosure, on an active repayment plan or a Soldier and Sailor Civil Relief Act borrower   Day 1
$ UPB by state
  Unpaid Principal Balance in $ for each state   Day 1
%UPB by state
  % of Unpaid Principal Balance for each state   Day 1
Loss Mitigation — Employee Statistics
Report Description:
This report details loss mitigation employee statistics.
     
Total number of full time fulltime employees
  Semi
Total number of part time employees
  Semi
Average years industry experience — management
  Semi/Global
Average years experience with present employer — management
  Semi/Global
Average years industry experience — loss mitigation counselors
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Average years experience with present employer — loss mitigation counselors
  Semi/Global
 
   
Number of Files Referred per Month
  Day 1
 
   
Number of Files per FTE
  Day 1
Number of Files Referred per Month
  Day 1
Average Number of Calls per Day per FTE
  Day 1
Average Number of Outbound Calls per Day per FTE
  Day 1
Roll Rates
Report Description:
This report details roll rates of delinquent loans over a 13 month period by the number of accounts rolling each month and the percentage of accounts rolling each month.
     
Field   Status
Current — 30 Days
  Day 1
30 Days — 60 Days
  Day 1
60 Days — 90 Days
  Day 1
90 Days — 120 Days
  Day 1
120 Days — Foreclosure
  Day 1
Current — 30 Days %
  Day 1
30 Days — 60 Days %
  Day 1
60 Days — 90 Days %
  Day 1
90 Days — 120 Days %
  Day 1
120 Days — Foreclosure %
  Day 1

 


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REO
REO Statistics
Report Description:
A historical summary of real-estate owned (REO) activity over a 13-month period. The report is sectioned by:
    Total Portfolio
 
    Investor
  o   BONY
 
  o   PERMANENT (on-balance sheet)
 
  o   OTHER
For each field in the “Accounts in REO” and “Inventory”, data components should include:
    Units
 
    $UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance in dollars)
 
    %UPB (Loss Mitigation Unpaid Principal Balance as a percentage of total UPB)
Field Definitions:
         
Field   Description    
Accounts in REO
Accounts in REO
  The number of accounts in REO   Day 1
REO Beginning Accounts
  The number of accounts in REO as of the prior reporting month   Day 1
New Initiations
  The number of accounts the REO process was initiated in the reporting month   Day 1
Contracts Closed
  The number of accounts where the REO sale contract was closed and the proceeds were received in the reporting month   Day 1
Closed Other
  The number of accounts that closed (paid, off, service released, etc) while the REO was active in the reporting month   Day 1
REO Ending Accounts
  The number of accounts in REO at each reporting month   Day 1
 
       
Inventory
 
       
Inventory
  The number of accounts in a specified stage of REO   Day 1
Closing Held
      Day 1
Eviction in Process
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Field   Description    
Listed
      Day 1
Other
      Day 1
Pre-Marketing
      Day 1
Sale Contract
      Day 1
REO Inventory Impacted By The Protecting Tenants At Foreclosure Act of 2009
      To be developed
REO Inventory Sold/Donated Through The Neighborhood Stabilization Program
      To be developed
 
       
Timeline Statistics
Average Number of Days Prelisting Time
  Average Number of Days that include boarding, assigning an agent, securing property, etc.   Day 1
Average Number of Days Marketing Time
      Day 1
Average Number of Days Eviction Time
      Day 1
Average total days in REO
      Day 1
REO Date of Sale Days (# days)
      Day 1
Number of Days from REO Date to Listing Date
      Day 1
Number of Days from REO Listing to Sale Date
      Day 1
Number of Days from REO Contract Date to Sale Date
      Day 1
Oldest asset currently in inventory (# days)
      Day 1
 
       
Cost Statistics
Average Sale Price as a Percentage of Original List Price
      Day 1
Average Sale Price as a Percentage of Appraised Value or BPO
      Day 1
Average Decline in Value From Originations to Final Sale
      To be developed
Average Loss Percentage
      Day 1
Average Brokerage Commission
      Day 1
Average Eviction Costs
      Day 1
% of Properties requiring Eviction
      Day 1
Average Property Inspection Costs
      Day 1
Average BPO Costs
      Day 1
Average Appraisal Costs
      Day 1
List Price to FMV (%)
      Day 1
Sales Price to FMV (%)
      Day 1
Initial List Price to Sales Price
      Day 1
Average Cost Associated with Property Preservation
      Day 1
Average Cost Associated with Real Estate Tax Escrow
      Day 1
Average Cost Associated with Hazard Insurance Escrow
      Day 1
Average Cost Associated with Flood Insurance Escrow
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Field   Description    
Holding Period Expenses as a % of Sales Price
      Day 1
 
       
Other REO Metrics
Gross sales to market value ratio (% annualized)
      Day 1
Net sales to market value (% annualized)
      Day 1
Cash for Keys success rate (% annualized)
      Day 1
# of Interior property valuations obtained post-foreclosure sale per property
      To be developed
REO — Employee Statistics
Report Description:
This report details REO employee statistics.
     
Total number of full time employees
  Semi
Total number of part time employees
  Semi
 
   
Total number of temporary employees
  Semi
 
   
Average years industry experience — management
  Semi/Global
 
   
Average years experience with present employer — management
  Semi/Global
 
   
Average years industry experience — REO specialist
  Semi/Global
 
   
Average years experience with present employer — REO specialist
  Semi/Global
 
   
Total number of full time employees
  Semi/Global
 
   
Total number of part time employees
  Semi/Global
 
   
Total number of temporary employees
  Semi/Global
 
   
Average years industry experience — management
  Semi/Global

 


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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CHANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the change control requirements in this section.
Prior to using any new software or new equipment to provide the Services, Nationstar shall have verified that the item has been properly tested, installed, is operating in accordance with its specifications, and is performing its intended function in a reliable manner.
Nationstar shall not make the following changes including implementing a change in reporting or data delivery without written approval from First Tennessee:
    a change that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure
 
    a change increasing First Tennessee’s Charges under the Agreement
NOTICE OF CHANGES
Nationstar shall keep First Tennessee informed of all changes to the environment used to provide this Service to the extent that It would require First Tennessee to modify or make adjustments in their environment in accordance with the following:
    Nationstar shall notify First Tennessee, at least 7 (seven) days in advance of and within 2 (two) days following, planned material changes made to the Services that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure.
 
    In the event of an emergency affecting Services, Nationstar shall document and promptly report such Emergency Changes to First Tennessee. Emergency is defined as an event that affects the delivery of services that would affect the agreed upon SLA’s as defined in this agreement.

 


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PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
Nationstar shall have a methodology to identify and mitigate system incidents that impact Services provided to First Tennessee Bank. Ultimately, the goal of every service provider is to provide their Services in an environment that is problem-free. However, for those rare situations where problems arise affecting the ability of the provider to deliver the Services, the following problem management procedures will be observed.
PROBLEM MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the Problem Management requirements defined in this section.
Nationstar shall investigate the cause of all critical incidents affecting Services and shall record and track operational problems through closure. Nationstar will periodically update First Tennessee on the status of outstanding problems.
Nationstar follows a rigorous problem management process that can be periodically reviewed by First Tennessee.
PROBLEM REPORTING
Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with:
    Preliminary cause analysis findings for all Critical Incidents within two (2) Business Days of the resolution of the incident. A critical incident is defined as an incident that has caused an agreed upon SLA per this agreement to be missed. Nationstar will provide:
  o   Actions taken to resolve the incident
 
  o   Actions being taken to drive towards root cause
 
  o   Actions being taken to prevent an incident recurrence
    Cause analysis reports for Critical Incidents within five (5) Business Days of the resolution.
  o   Problem Summary
 
  o   Problem Details
 
  o   Cause
 
  o   Timeline of Events
 
  o   Response/Follow-up Actions to prevent an incident recurrence

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA)
for
Governance
between
First Tennessee Bank National Association
As Servicer
and
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
As Sub-Servicer
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OVERVIEW
Purpose
The purpose of this Service Level Agreement (SLA) is to provide a basis for cooperation between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar for governance, including Nationstar team structure and communication protocol. The SLA is contingent on each party knowing and fulfilling their responsibilities and generating an environment conducive to the achievement and maintenance of targeted service levels outlined below.
Objectives of SLA
    To create an environment which is conducive to a cooperative relationship between First Tennessee and Nationstar and to ensure the availability and delivery of services to First Tennessee.
 
    To document the responsibilities of all parties taking part in the SLA with the common goal of meeting established service levels.
 
    To provide a common understanding of service requirements and of the principles involved in the measurement of service levels.
 
    To manage evolution of the SLA through coordinated change management procedures.
 
    To document the Nationstar team structure and communication protocol that will govern the relationship between First Tennessee and Nationstar.
Period of SLA
This SLA will commence on the date specified in the Subservicing Agreement with Nationstar following the acceptance by both parties and will continue until such agreement is terminated or amended.
Modifications to the SLA
This SLA may be changed or modified at any time upon the written mutual agreement of the parties.

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
Dedicated Team Structure
Nationstar will assign a dedicated Portfolio Manager along with a dedicated servicing group. First Tennessee will work with Nationstar to maintain and periodically update the list of employees in the dedicated servicing group.
(FLOW CHART)
Communication Protocol
The Servicer will conduct, at minimum, monthly calls with First Tennessee to review loan-level information, discuss portfolio trends, review current portfolio strategies, and recommend new or alternative strategies designed to maximize results. In addition, the Servicer will also maintain monthly conference calls to review prior months’ portfolio results with First Tennessee and review goals for the upcoming month(s). First Tennessee will be provided direct contact information for the Portfolio Manager(s) in order to facilitate ad-hoc inquiries or reporting requests. Nationstar will provide a performance reporting package to First Tennessee in order to facilitate the exchange of monthly data and reporting requirements and such monthly portfolio performance reporting requirements are set forth in the Mortgage Servicing Data & Reporting SLA included as an exhibit to the Master Services Agreement.
In the event that issues arise that cannot be resolved through the monthly communication protocol, they will be escalated to [*], Nationstar Chief Financial Officer, and [*], First Tennessee Legal Counsel, or his designee.
 
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CHANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the change control requirements in this section.
Prior to using any new software or new equipment to provide the Services, Nationstar shall have verified that the item has been properly tested, installed, is operating in accordance with its specifications, and is performing its intended function in a reliable manner.
Nationstar shall not make the following changes including implementing a change in reporting or data delivery without written approval from First Tennessee:
    a change that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure
 
    a change increasing First Tennessee’s Charges under the Agreement
NOTICE OF CHANGES
Nationstar shall keep First Tennessee informed of all changes to the environment used to provide this Service to the extent that It would require First Tennessee to modify or make adjustments in their environment in accordance with the following:
    Nationstar shall notify First Tennessee, at least 7 (seven) days in advance of and within 2 (two) days following, planned material changes made to the Services that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure.
 
    In the event of an emergency affecting Services, Nationstar shall document and promptly report such Emergency Changes to First Tennessee. Emergency is defined as an event that affects the delivery of services that would affect the agreed upon SLA’s as defined in this agreement.

 


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PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
Nationstar shall have a methodology to identify and mitigate system incidents that impact Services provided to First Tennessee Bank. Ultimately, the goal of every service provider is to provide their Services in an environment that is problem-free. However, for those rare situations where problems arise affecting the ability of the provider to deliver the Services, the following problem management procedures will be observed.
PROBLEM MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the Problem Management requirements defined in this section.
Nationstar shall investigate the cause of all critical incidents affecting Services and shall record and track operational problems through closure. Nationstar will periodically update First Tennessee on the status of outstanding problems.
Nationstar follows a rigorous problem management process that can be periodically reviewed by First Tennessee.
PROBLEM REPORTING
Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with:
    Preliminary cause analysis findings for all Critical Incidents within two (2) Business Days of the resolution of the incident. A critical incident is defined as an incident that has caused an agreed upon SLA per this agreement to be missed. Nationstar will provide:
  o   Actions taken to resolve the incident
 
  o   Actions being taken to drive towards root cause
 
  o   Actions being taken to prevent an incident recurrence
    Cause analysis reports for Critical Incidents within five (5) Business Days of the resolution.
  o   Problem Summary
 
  o   Problem Details
 
  o   Cause
 
  o   Timeline of Events
 
  o   Response/Follow-up Actions to prevent an incident recurrence

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA)
for
LITIGATION
between
First Tennessee Bank National Association
As Servicer
and
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
As Sub-Servicer
(FIRST TENNESSEE LOGO)
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Defined Terms
Applicable Requirements has the meaning set forth in the Subservicing Agreement.
BONY means The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
Investor has the meaning set forth in the Subservicing Agreement.
Legal Hold means a directive to preserve relevant information, documentation and records, whether in paper or electronic form, as a result of current or reasonably anticipated litigation, government investigation or such other matters to avoid spoliation of evidence. A Legal Hold shall suspend the regularly scheduled destruction of identified records for the duration of the Legal Hold.
Litigation has the meaning set forth in the Section 4.14 of the Subservicing Agreement,.
Mortgage Loan has the meaning set forth in the Subservicing Agreement.
Point Person means a person or persons designated by each party to the Subservicing Agreement to serve as a point of contact for the other party with respect to any matters falling under or relating to the Litigation SLA.
Prior Subservicer means MetLife Bank, N.A., the entity that subserviced the Mortgage Loans prior to the transfer of servicing to Nationstar.
QWR means a qualified written request as defined by the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C. §2605(e) and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Modifications to the SLA
Any changes or modifications to this Litigation SLA must be mutually agreed upon in writing by the parties.

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
Points of Contact
Where this SLA requires one party to provide information or notice to the other party, such information or notice should be provided to the Point Person(s) for each party unless otherwise specified. The designated Point Persons for Nationstar and First Tennessee are set forth below. Nationstar and First Tennessee will be responsible for notifying the other party should any Point Person, or his/her contact information, change.
Nationstar
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
 
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
First Tennessee
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
 
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
 
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
 
    [*]
 
      Telephone: [*]
 
      Email: [*]
 
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Service of Process
Within five business days of receipt, or sooner if necessary to comply with a response or removal deadline, First Tennessee will forward to the Point Persons for Nationstar any service of process relating to Mortgage Loans received by First Tennessee and to be managed or handled by Nationstar.
Within five business days of receipt, or sooner if necessary to comply with a response or removal deadline, Nationstar will forward to the Point Persons for First Tennessee any service of process received by Nationstar relating to a Mortgage Loan or Loans, where such process consists of or relates to the following:
    Class action or purported class action lawsuit
 
    Any subpoena issued by a governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the SEC, FHFA, HUD, FDIC, NCUA, DOJ or state attorney general, requesting information regarding Mortgage Loans as part of or relating to an investigation or apparent investigation conducted by that governmental entity, regardless of whether First Tennessee is an identified target
 
    Any subpoena seeking information regarding a class or group of securitized Mortgage Loans; the information sought may include, but is not necessarily limited to, First Tennessee’s sale of securitized Mortgage Loans to other entities, the credit quality, credit risk or performance of such securitized Mortgage Loans, the origination or servicing of such securitized Mortgage Loans, or any other information relating to a class of securitized Mortgage Loans
 
    Investigatory or administrative enforcement action by a federal or state governmental entity involving or relating to First Tennessee
 
    Lawsuits that (i) are not incidental to Nationstar’s duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreement, or (ii) exclusively involve allegations against the Owner, Investors, or prior owners or prior servicers of the Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any allegation or claim involving a violation or breach of any Predatory Lending Law.
 
    Litigation, including crossclaims, counterclaims and threatened litigation, where alleged damages equal or exceed $2 million
 
    Indemnification letters or demands from MetLife, BONY, Fannie Mae, or any other entity
Proper Legal Name, Company Information and Representation of Other Entities
Nationstar is responsible for ensuring that it and its outside counsel identify First Tennessee, or any party that First Tennessee is obligated to represent, by the party’s proper legal name in initiating or responding to Mortgage Loan Litigation, or in responding to customer complaints, QWRs or other legal process or correspondence regarding a Mortgage Loan. Nationstar must also provide outside counsel with the following information where applicable or required:
Company organization and history
First Tennessee Bank National Association is a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States with its main office in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Horizon National Corporation, a Tennessee corporation and a bank holding company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. No single entity owns more than 10% of the stock of First Horizon National Corporation. First Horizon Home Loan Corporation was previously a Kansas corporation headquartered in Texas and a wholly owned subsidiary of First Tennessee. On May 31, 2007, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation was merged into First Tennessee and became of a division of (i.e., the

 


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same legal entity as) First Tennessee at that time. Due to its merger into First Tennessee, First Horizon Home Loan Corporation no longer exists as a legal entity.
Proper legal name
In light of First Horizon Home Loan Corporation’s merger into First Tennessee, the legal entity that owns and/or services the Mortgage Loans is “First Tennessee Bank National Association” (no abbreviations, no commas). However, for purposes of litigation, we identify ourselves as follows:
    Where the Mortgage Loan was originated by “First Horizon Home Loan Corporation:
    First Tennessee Bank National Association, successor in interest by merger to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation; or
 
    First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, successor in interest by merger to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation
While the first designation is more legally accurate (since First Horizon Home Loans, as a division, is essentially a trade name or dba for First Tennessee), First Tennessee allows outside counsel to use the second designation if outside counsel believes it would help clarify the relationship between the entities.
    Where the Mortgage Loan was originated by “First Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank National Association”; or by “First Tennessee Bank National Association”:
    Identify First Tennessee as stated in the Mortgage Loan documents
    Where the Mortgage Loan was originated by any other entity not noted above:
    Contact First Tennessee’s Point Persons for guidance
Representation of Other Entities
    MERS
 
      First Tennessee has an obligation to defend MERS in any Litigation in which MERS is named as a defendant where First Tennessee is the current servicer of the Mortgage Loan. If servicing of the Mortgage Loan has been sold to another entity, that entity will provide MERS with a defense, even if the new servicing entity is not expressly named in the Litigation. Where First Tennessee is not the current servicer, Nationstar must notify MERS of such Litigation to ensure that MERS’ interest will be represented by the new servicer.
 
      MERS’ proper legal name is “Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.” MERS is a privately held Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of MERSCORP, Inc., which is also a privately held Delaware corporation. MERS’ principal place of business is in Virginia.
 
    BONY
 
      Under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement between First Tennessee and BONY, First Tennessee is contractually obligated to defend and indemnify BONY with respect to any Litigation involving a BONY-securitized Mortgage Loan.
 
      The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor to the Bank of New York, is a New York state banking institution. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
 
      In judicial foreclosures of BONY Mortgage Loans, the lawsuit shall be brought in the name of “The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for the holders of the Certificates, First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series FHASI/FHAMS 200___-___, by First Horizon Home Loans, a

 


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      division of First Tennessee Bank National Association, Master Servicer, in its capacity as agent for the Trustee under the Pooling and servicing Agreement .” [Nationstar must fill in the blank spaces by specifying the applicable securitization transaction.]
    All Other Investors
 
      As with BONY, if any Investor is named as a defendant in Mortgage Loan Litigation, First Tennessee is contractually obligated to provide the Investor with a defense. In those situations, Nationstar is responsible for ensuring that the Investor is identified by its proper legal name and for contacting First Tennessee or the Investor if additional information about the Investor is required.
Removal of State Actions to Federal Court
For purposes of establishing diversity jurisdiction when removing state-court actions to federal court, First Tennessee is a citizen of Tennessee; MERS is a citizen of Delaware and Virginia; and BONY is a citizen of New York.
In California, where a foreclosure trustee service is named as a defendant, its citizenship is irrelevant for diversity purposes where such trustee service files a notice of non-monetary status pursuant to Cal. Civil Code § 29241. See, e.g., Amaro v. Option One Mortgage Corp., 2009 WL 103302, *1 (C.D.Cal. Jan. 14, 2009) (party that declared nonmonetary status did not need to consent to removal of case to federal court). Nationstar shall seek to have the trustee service file a notice of nonmonetary status to effectuate removal of the action, where removal to federal court is advisable.
Nationstar shall, wherever possible, remove a state-court lawsuit to federal court unless outside counsel advises against such action for strategic reasons.
Legal Holds
Subject to Applicable Requirements, Nationstar shall be responsible for implementing Legal Holds, as necessary, with respect to Litigation and reasonably anticipated Litigation managed by Nationstar.
Nationstar shall also cooperate with First Tennessee, at First Tennessee’s reasonable request, in implementing Legal Holds with respect to Litigation and reasonably anticipated Litigation managed by First Tennessee. In such situations, First Tennessee will provide a Legal Hold memorandum to Nationstar detailing the information, records and documents that must be held pursuant to the Legal Hold. It will be Nationstar’s responsibility to ensure that the Legal Hold is properly implemented and maintained until First Tennessee notifies Nationstar that the Legal Hold may be removed.
If Nationstar fails to preserve information subject to Applicable Requirements and as reasonably required by First Tennessee, and such failure to preserve information results in sanctions or other loss to First Tennessee, its outside counsel or its Investor, Nationstar will be responsible for paying or reimbursing First Tennessee, its outside counsel, or its Investor for any loss incurred; provided, however, that Nationstar shall not be required to reimburse First Tennessee against (i) any such loss attributable to the willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of First Tennessee or (ii) the failure of First Tennessee to comply with any or all of its covenants, obligations, warranties, or representations contained in the Subservicing Agreement or this SLA.
Outside Counsel
Nationstar shall provide to First Tennessee within thirty (30) days of the date of the Agreement a list of panel or preferred local foreclosure counsel (the “Preferred Local Foreclosure Counsel List”) to be utilized by Nationstar with respect to Mortgage Loan foreclosure Litigation. First Tennesse may provide Nationstar a list of preferred counsel for Nationstar’s consideration for Mortgage Loan Litigation. Nationstar and First

 


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Management of Litigation
Litigation Filed/Served After Transfer of Servicing to Nationstar
As set forth in the Subservicing Agreement, Nationstar shall be responsible for the management and administration of all Mortgage Loan Litigation except for the following, which will be managed by First Tennessee:
    Class actions and purported class actions per the parameters set forth in Section 4.14(d) of the Subservicing Agreement
 
    Litigation that (i) is not incidental to Nationstar’s duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Agreement, or (ii) exclusively involves allegations against the Owner, Investors, or prior owners or prior servicers of the Mortgage Loan, including without limitation any allegation or claim involving a violation or breach of any Predatory Lending Law;
 
    Litigation, including threatened Litigation, crossclaims and counterclaims, where the damages alleged equal or exceed $2 million
 
    Litigation for which First Tennessee’s Prior Subservicer has agreed to indemnify First Tennessee
 
    Any actual or threatened investigatory or administrative enforcement action by a federal or state governmental entity or regulatory body involving or relating to First Tennessee and the Mortgage Loans
 
    Any other Litigation which First Tennessee may choose to manage due to the substantive nature of the allegations raised (e.g., allegations regarding MERS, chain of custody issues, securitizations, etc.)
First Tennessee will promptly notify Nationstar of any Litigation which it chooses to manage and will promptly apprise Nationstar of the outcome of the Litigation to the extent it would affect servicing and/or foreclosure of the Mortgage Loan.
In managing Litigation, Nationstar shall file title insurance claims where claims asserted in the Litigation may be subject to coverage.
Litigation Filed/Served Prior to Transfer of Servicing to Nationstar
Any Litigation currently managed by First Tennessee will continue to be managed by First Tennessee following the servicing transfer.
With respect to pre-transfer Litigation currently managed by First Tennessee’s Prior Subservicer, Nationstar will be responsible for managing such Litigation upon transfer of servicing to Nationstar. Prior to the date of transfer, First Tennessee will provide Nationstar with a spreadsheet reflecting all Litigation currently managed by First Tennessee’s Prior Subservicer and for which Nationstar will become responsible upon date of transfer and such spreadsheet shall contain the information in the Litigation Reports (as defined below). Nationstar shall continue to use the outside counsel already retained on each case unless Nationstar reasonably determines that a change in counsel is warranted.

 


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Qualified Written Requests
Pursuant to Applicable Requirements, Nationstar shall respond, on behalf of First Tennessee or the applicable Investor, to any letter purporting to be a QWR. Should Nationstar fail to properly respond to a QWR or purported QWR or to respond within statutory timeframes, Nationstar shall defend and indemnify First Tennessee for any losses it may incur, including incurrence of reasonable attorneys’ fees, as a result of any such failure by Nationstar; provided, however, Nationstar shall not be required to indemnify First Tennessee against (i) any such loss attributable to the willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of First Tennessee or (ii) the failure of First Tennessee to comply with any or all of its covenants, obligations, warranties, or representations contained in the Subservicing Agreement or this SLA. Upon reasonable request and notice, First Tennessee shall have the right to review or audit Nationstar’s QWR responses to ensure that they comply with Applicable Requirements.
Litigation Support
Subpoenas
Nationstar shall reasonably assist First Tennessee or the applicable Investor in responding to subpoenas and other reasonable requests for information seeking disclosure of information relating to Mortgage Loans. Such assistance may include, but is not limited to, gathering information to provide in response to the subpoena; providing a records custodian affidavit if requested; and implementing a Legal Hold if requested.
Other Litigation Support
Nationstar shall reasonably cooperate with First Tennessee in providing Litigation support with respect to any Litigation matters managed by First Tennessee. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to:
    making available all information, documents and employees necessary to defend First Tennessee’s and/or the Investor’s interests or to aid First Tennessee in settling the Litigation;
 
    verifying servicing-related discovery responses and/or executing affidavits or declarations regarding servicing-related factual matters;
 
    appearing to testify at a deposition or trial where requested by First Tennessee or required by another party to the Litigation (and Nationstar shall be reimbursed through a Servicing Advance or as a Pass-Through under the Subservicing Agreement, whichever form of reimbursement is applicable, for all out-of-pocket costs to attend and participate at a deposition or trial); and
 
    representing First Tennessee and/or the Investor at mediation, if reasonably requested (and Nationstar shall be reimbursed through a Servicing Advance or as a Pass-Through under the Subservicing Agreement, whichever form of reimbursement is applicable, for all out-of-pocket costs to attend and participate in such mediation).
Settlements
Nationstar shall not, without the prior written consent of First Tennessee, settle or compromise any claim against First Tennessee or any of its Affiliates or Investors arising out of or relating to any Mortgage Loan Litigation, other than any settlement involving solely the payment of money damages not to exceed [*] in any one (1) instance up to an aggregate of [*] for all such settlements during any calendar quarter. Nationstar must obtain the prior written consent of First Tennessee for any settlements that cause this quarterly aggregate number to be exceeded.
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Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with read-only access to Nationstar’s loan servicing systems to enable First Tennessee to directly access and print loan origination files and other loan origination- and servicing-related information. On or before the date which is fifteen (15) days following the date of the Agreement, First Tennessee will provide Nationstar with a list of First Tennessee employees who will require systems access. On or before the date which is thirty (30) days following the date of the Agreement, Nationstar shall provide such employees with the training necessary to enable the employees to utilize Nationstar’s system.

 


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Litigation Reports
Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with monthly Litigation reports (“Litigation Reports”) by the tenth (10th) business day of each month. Such Litigation Reports will reflect all Litigation matters that were open (both opened and already pending) during the prior month. The Litigation Report shall contain the following information:
    Case Name
 
    Court
 
    Borrower Name
 
    Loan Number
 
    Investor
 
    Date Served or Notified
 
    UPB
 
    Outside Counsel (responsible attorney, law firm, and contact information)
 
    Litigation Type (e.g., contested foreclosure, mechanic’s lien, etc.)
 
    Summary of Case
 
    How Resolved
Judicial Foreclosures
As noted above, Nationstar shall ensure that outside counsel correctly identify First Tennessee and/or the Investor in any judicial foreclosure action.
With respect to judicial foreclosures of securitized loans, Nationstar shall provide to outside foreclosure counsel, prior to the initiation of the initial referral of foreclosure proceedings to such outside foreclosure counsel, the following memoranda developed by First Tennessee in-house counsel: “Best Practices for the Foreclosure of Loans in Securitizations” (Appendix __) and “Sample Description of Chain of Title for Loans in Securitizations” (Appendix __). Nationstar will obtain from each outside foreclosure counsel a written acknowledgement of their receipt of the memoranda.
Should Nationstar or outside counsel have any questions regarding the judicial foreclosure of a securitized loan, or require assistance, guidance, or documentation in establishing chain of custody to the court, Nationstar or its outside counsel should contact [*]
 
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Contested Foreclosures
First Tennessee seeks to avoid foreclosure of Mortgage Loans where reasonably and feasibly possible by placing borrowers into performing loans through loss mitigation and loan modification alternatives. Consequently, when Litigation is initiated by a borrower in response to foreclosure by First Tennessee, whether as a foreclosure counterclaim or a separate lawsuit, Nationstar must review the Mortgage Loan to ensure that loss mitigation alternatives had been fully explored and exhausted prior to initiation of the foreclosure process. If Nationstar determines that loss mitigation alternatives had not been fully explored or exhausted, it shall evaluate whether a loan modification or other form of loss mitigation is feasible, and if so, take steps to effectuate such a result.
If Nationstar determines that First Tennessee’s Prior Subservicer had instituted foreclosure without fully exploring or exhausting loss mitigation alternatives or before a borrower’s loan modification application had been fully processed and considered, Nationstar must promptly notify First Tennessee of such determination so that First Tennessee can take any action it deems appropriate.
Similarly, if a borrower alleges that First Tennessee’s Prior Subservicer did not properly service a Mortgage Loan and Nationstar determines that such allegations have merit, Nationstar must promptly notify First Tennessee of its determination so that First Tennessee can take any action it deems appropriate.

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLA)
for
SERVICING STANDARDS
between
FIRST TENNESSEE BANK
As Servicer
and
Nationstar
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OVERVIEW
PURPOSE
The purpose of this Service Level Agreement (SLA) is to provide a basis for cooperation between First Tennessee Bank and Nationstar and to specify those roles and responsibilities reserved to First Tennessee and those delegated to Nationstar. Additionally, this SLA prescribes certain service-levels that First Tennessee expects Nationstar to meet in their role as sub-servicer. The SLA is contingent on each party knowing and fulfilling their responsibilities and generating an environment conducive to the achievement and maintenance of targeted service levels outlined below.
OBJECTIVES OF SLA
    To create an environment which is conducive to a cooperative relationship between First Tennessee and Nationstar and to ensure the availability and delivery of services to First Tennessee.
 
    To document the responsibilities of all parties taking part in the SLA with the common goal of meeting established service levels.
 
    To define, in detail, the service to be delivered by Nationstar and the level of service which will be expected.
 
    To institute a formal system of objective service level monitoring ensuring that reviews of the SLA are based on factual data.
 
    To provide a common understanding of service requirements/capabilities and of the principles involved in the measurement of service levels.
PERIOD OF SLA
This SLA will commence on the date specified in the Subservicing Agreement between First Tennessee and Nationstar following the acceptance by both parties and will continue until such agreement is terminated or amended.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SLA
This SLA may be changed or modified at any time upon the mutual agreement of the parties .

 


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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
DELEGATED AUTHORITY MATRIX
The Delegated Authority Matrix specifies servicing roles and responsibilities reserved to First Tennessee, as Servicer, and those roles and responsibilities delegated to Nationstar, as Sub-Servicer.
The matrix segments the roles and responsibilities for the Servicer and Sub-Servicer by three portfolios*:
    Permanent (First Tennessee’s on-balance sheet loans)
 
    BONY (Bank of New York)
 
    Other Investors (consisting of various other private investors).
 
  *   Note: Treatment of FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA are standardized and not delegated via the matrix.
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SERVICE-LEVEL TARGETS
As Servicer, First Tennessee requires that Nationstar, as Sub-Servicer, meet certain service-level targets as part of the Master Services Agreement. These service-level targets are identified in the service-level target matrix contained within this SLA.
As Sub-Servicer, Nationstar is also required to report their service-level statistics on a monthly basis. This report should contain:
    service-level item
 
    service-level target
 
    actual performance for each service-level item over a 13-month period
If Nationstar fails to meet [*] of all SLA Targets measured over a [*] period (two consecutive reporting periods), and does not cure such failure within [*] calendar month after receipt of written notice by First Tennessee of such failure of performance (which period may be extended for up to [*] full calendar months after such notice if Nationstar is diligently pursuing a cure in good faith in a manner consistent with Accepted Servicing Practices so long as First Tennessee is not materially prejudiced by such extended period of time), such failure shall be deemed to be an Event of Default as described in Section 9.1(j) of the Agreement; provided however, First Tennessee shall provide Nationstar written notice of a breach upon the earlier of (i) the date which occurs [*] from the date of First Tennessee’s actual knowledge of such breach and, (ii) the date which occurs within [*] after the date in which the breach should have been reasonably known by First Tennessee. Failure to provide such notice within the foregoing timeframes shall be deemed a waiver of such breach, but such waiver shall not extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
(Please see Service-Level Target Matrix below)
 
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Service-Level Target Matrix
     
Service-Level Item   Target
Collection Department Volume
   
Abandonment Rate for Inbound Calls
  [*]
Average Speed of Answer for Inbound Calls
  [*]
Daily Penetration Rate (Overall)
  [*]
Average Number of Attempts per Account per Month
  [*]
Percentage of Promises to Pay Made (Overall)
  [*]
Percentage of Promises to Pay Kept (Overall)
  [*]
Loss Mitigation
   
ASA
  [*]
Abandonment Rate
  [*]
Centralized Modification Team
   
Average Number of Days to First Attempted Contact after Referral
  [*]
Average Number of Days to Confirmation of Receipt of Response Package
  [*]
Average Number of Days for Incomplete Information Notice
  [*]
Average Number of Days to Decision Notice Sent to Borrower
  [*]
Foreclosure
   
Percent of Files That Are Completed Within Agency Timelines (excluding delays)
  [*]
Percent of Cases That Foreclosure Costs Exceed Agency Maximum
  [*]
REO
   
Average Number of Days Marketing Time
  [*]
Average Number of Days Eviction Time
  [*]
Average Sale Price as a Percentage of Original List Price
  [*]
Average Sale Price as a Percentage of Appraised Value (or BPO)
  [*]
Average total days in REO
  [*]
Customer Service
   
Abandonment rate (% Annualized)
  [*]
Average speed of answer (Seconds Annualized)
  [*]
First call resolution rate (%)
  [*]
Escalated Complaints Center
   
Average hours/days to response to Customer
  [*]
Average hours/days to resolve Customer Issue
  [*]
Average days for written response to be generated
  [*]
 
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
CHANGE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the change control requirements in this section.
Prior to using any new software or new equipment to provide the Services, Nationstar shall have verified that the item has been properly tested, installed, is operating in accordance with its specifications, and is performing its intended function in a reliable manner.
Nationstar shall not make the following changes, including implementing a change in reporting or data delivery without written approval from First Tennessee:
    a change would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure
 
    a change increasing First Tennessee’s Charges under the Agreement
NOTICE OF CHANGES
Nationstar shall keep First Tennessee informed of all changes to the environment used to provide this Service to the extent that It would require First Tennessee to modify or make adjustments in their environment in accordance with the following:
    Nationstar shall notify First Tennessee, at least 7 (seven) days in advance of and within 2 (two) days following, planned material changes made to the Services that would require First Tennessee to modify an existing technology interface, eliminate or modify an existing agreed upon reporting structure.
 
    In the event of an emergency affecting Services, Nationstar shall document and promptly report such Emergency Changes to First Tennessee. Emergency is defined as an event that affects the delivery of services that would affect the agreed upon SLA’s as defined in this agreement.

 


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PROBLEM MANAGEMENT
Nationstar shall have a methodology to identify and mitigate system incidents that impact Services provided to First Tennessee Bank. Ultimately, the goal of every service provider is to provide their Services in an environment that is problem-free. However, for those rare situations where problems arise affecting the ability of the provider to deliver the Services, the following problem management procedures will be observed.
PROBLEM MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
Nationstar shall comply with the Problem Management requirements defined in this section.
Nationstar shall investigate the cause of all critical incidents affecting Services and shall record and track operational problems through closure. Nationstar will periodically update First Tennessee on the status of outstanding problems.
Nationstar follows a rigorous problem management process that can be periodically reviewed by First Tennessee.
PROBLEM REPORTING
Nationstar shall provide First Tennessee with:
    Preliminary cause analysis findings for all Critical Incidents within two (2) Business Days of the resolution of the incident. A critical incident is defined as an incident that has caused an agreed upon SLA per this agreement to be missed. Nationstar will provide:
  o   Actions taken to resolve the incident
 
  o   Actions being taken to drive towards root cause
 
  o   Actions being taken to prevent an incident recurrence
    Cause analysis reports for Critical Incidents within five (5) Business Days of the resolution.
  o   Problem Summary
 
  o   Problem Details
 
  o   Cause
 
  o   Timeline of Events
 
  o   Response/Follow-up Actions to prevent an incident recurrence

 


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Delegated Authority Matrix
General
                             
    PERM   BONY   Other Investors    
        Owner’s       Owner’s       Owner’s    
    Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval    
Action   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Terms and Conditions
Paid-In-Full Loans with Balances
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Pre-Payment Penalty (PPP) Waivers
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Releasing Liens
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Subordinations
  X   X   n/a   n/a   X   X   [*]
 
                           
Responding to Disputes and Written Complaints
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Setting Up Escrow For First Mortgage
Loans
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Dissolving an Escrow Account
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Interest on Escrow
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Hazard Insurance
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Flood Insurance
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Payment of Delinquent Real Estate Taxes
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Release of Hazard Insurance Proceeds
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Applicable 1098, 1099A and 1099C IRS Reporting
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Non HAMP NPV Model
      X       X   n/a       [*]
 
                           
Hardship / Disaster
      X       X       X   [*]
 
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Delegated Authority Matrix
Collections
                             
    PERM   BONY   Other Investors    
        Owner’s       Owner’s       Owner’s    
    Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval    
Action   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Terms and Conditions
Collections Efforts
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Timing of Breach Notice
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Payment Workout Plans (Reages)
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Repayment Plans
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Custom Modification
  X       X       X   Investor Driven   [*]
 
                           
Forgiveness of Principal, Interest or Other Amounts Owed
      X       X       X   [*]
 
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Resolution
                             
    PERM   BONY   Other Investors    
        Owner’s       Owner’s       Owner’s    
    Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval    
Action   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Terms and Conditions
Short Sale
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Deed — in — Lieu (DIL)
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Cash for Keys — DIL
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
FHA & VA Servicing
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Foreclosure Referral
  X       X   X   X   X   [ * ]
 
                           
MERS
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Foreclosure Bidding Instructions
  X       X       X   X   [ * ]
 
                           
Property Preservation
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Fees and Costs
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
                           
Bankruptcy
  X       X       X       [ * ]
 
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REO
                             
    PERM   BONY   Other    
        Owner’s       Owner’s       Owner’s    
    Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval   Delegated   Approval    
Action   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Authority   Required   Terms and Conditions
Registering of REO Properties
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Dwelling Insurance
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Relocation Assistance to Shorten Eviction — Cash For Keys
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
REO List Price
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
REO List Price Reductions
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
REO Repairs / Improvements
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Property Preservation /Emergency
Repairs
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Acceptance of REO Sales Offer
  X       X       X       [*]
 
                           
Settlement of Litigated Mortgage Loans
      X       X       X   [*]
 
                           
Approval of any Form Letters
  X       X       X       [*]
 
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Topic   Guidelines   Comments
Hardship Letter
       
Short Term Hardship (<5yrs)
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Long Term Hardship (<5yrs)
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Borrower Qualifications
  [*]    
 
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Topic   Guidelines   Comments
Existing Loan Qualifications
       
 
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Document Delivery
  [*]   [*]
 
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Topic   Guidelines   Comments
Eligibility Review
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Waterfall
  [*]    
 
       
Underwriting Review
  [*]   [*]
 
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Perm/HFS Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Guidelines   Comments
Ratios
  [*]    
 
       
Mod Terms
  [*]    
 
       
Additional Underwriting Criteria
  [*]    
 
       
 
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Perm/HFS Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Guidelines   Comments
 
  [*]    
 
       
Miscellaneous
  [*]   [*]
 
       
 
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Topic   Guidelines   Comments
 
  [*]   [*]
 
       
NOTE: This Matrix is not intended to be an all inclusive listing of modification guidelines, but a quick reference quide. A comprehensive Guideline Manual will be provided which should be consulted in connection with the underwriting and approval of any modification.
comments:   Loans held on the portfolio with mortgage insurance as well as any investor loans must defer to specified mortgage insurance company or investor requirements (i.e., Fannie, Freddie, Ginnie)
 
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BoNY
Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
Hardship Letter
Short Term Hardship
(<5yrs)
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Long Term Hardship
(>5yrs)
  [*]   [*]
 
       
 
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Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
Borrower
Qualifications
  [*]    
 
       
Existing Loan
Qualifications
  [*]   [*]
 
       
Document Delivery
  [*]   [*]
 
       
 
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BoNY
Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
Eligibility Review
  [*]    
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
Eligibility Review
  [*]   [*]
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
Waterfall
  [*]    
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
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BoNY
Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
Underwriting Review
  [*]    
 
       
 
      [*]
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
Ratios
  [*]    
 
       
 
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BoNY
Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
Additional
Underwriting
Criteria
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BoNY
Modification Matrix
         
Topic   Requirements   Comments
 
       
Miscellaneous
  [*]    
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
      [*]
 
       
NOTE: This Matrix is not intended to be an all inclusive listing of modification guidelines, but a quick reference quide. A comprehensive Guideline Manual will be provided which should be consulted in connection with the underwriting and approval of any modification.
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Schedule II
Nationstar Subservicing Pricing — First Tennessee
                 
        Perm/HFS        
Pricing   Description   Loans   Non-Agency   GSE
Base Fee assuming ancillary/float income goes to Nationstar
 
   Loans less than 30 days delinquent
  [*]   [*]   [*]
(Using MBA delinquency methodology)
 
   Loans 30-59 days delinquent
  [*]   [*]   [*]
 
 
   Loans 60-89 days delinquent
  [*]   [*]   [*]
 
 
   Loans >= 90 days delinquent (includes FCL and REO)
  [*]   [*]   [*]
Boarding Fee
 
   Fee + actual out of pocket expenses (flood, mers, assignments). Tax cert expenses waived for lifetime.
  [*]   [*]   [*]
Termination/DeBoarding Fee
 
   Fee + actual out of pocket expenses (shipping, tax, flood, mers, assignments, etc)
  [*]   [*]   [*]
 
Collection/Loss Mitigation Incentives:
  Eligible for accounts greater than or equal to 60 days delinquent — Non MHA — Non FHA:   Per Loan Incentive
Fee:
  Per Loan Incentive
Fee:
  Per Loan Incentive
Fee:
   Reinstatement via lump sum or repayment plan
 
   Full reinstatement of all past due amounts as a result of collections, loss mitigation or other negotiation methods
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Paid in full
 
   Pay-off of all amounts due under the then existing note terms as a result of collections, loss mitigation or other negotiation methods
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Third Party Sales
 
   Asset sold to third party at foreclosure sale
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Redemption
 
   Borrower exercises right of redemption according to state specific guideline
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Deed-in-Lieu
 
   Property deeded over to Asset owner
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Short Sales
 
   Receipt of funds pursuant to client approved plan
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Note Sales
 
   Receipt of funds pursuant to client approved plan
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Modifications — < 60 Days Delinquent
 
   Receipt of funds pursuant to client approved modification
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Modifications — < 60 + Days Delinquent
 
   Receipt of funds pursuant to client approved modification
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   Claims Fee
 
   Filling of claims to HUD
  [*]   [*]   [*]
   REO Sale Fee
 
   Liquidation of REO Asset
  [*]   [*]   [*]
Termination Fee Schedule (based on portion and timing of portfolio transfer)1:
             
Portion of Portfolio   0 to 12 months   13 to 24 months   After 24 months
<=25%   [*]   [*]   [*]
>25% and <=50%   [*]   [*]   [*]
>50%   [*]   [*]   [*]
 
1   Termination fee is due at the end of month 12 for cumulative transfers during months 0-12, at the end of month 24 for cumulative transfers during months 13-24 and at loan level per transfer post month 24. Portion of Portfolio shall be defined as loans (units) transferred out as a percentage of initial loans (units) transferred to Nationstar.
                 
Claim in Process Fees   Description   FHA   FN/FH/MI   PLS
   Claims in Process
 
   Applies to all existing claims at time of transfer
  [*]   [*]   [*]
Optional Insurance Services
     
   One Time Set Up Costs
  [*]
   Ongoing Monthly Management Costs
  [*] per insurance line (not to exceed [*] of monthly earnings with a cap of [*] per month applicable through 7/31/12)
 
*   [Confidential treatment requested]


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
PREVIOUS SERVICER LOAN NUM
INV CODE
NSM LOAN NUM
POOL
UPB
INT PAID TO DATE
NEXT DUE
P&I PAYMENT
ESCROW PAYMENT
TOTAL PAYMENT
ESCROW BALANCE
ESCROW ADVANCE
GOVT SUB SUSP
SUSPENSE BALANCE
MISC SUSPENSE
FORBEARANCE SUSPENSE
HAZARD SUSPENSE
BORROWER SUBSIDY SUSP BALANCE
CORPORATE ADVANCE
YTD INTEREST PAID
YTD TAXES PAID
PERFORMING/NON-PERFORMING FLAG
SERVICE FEE CODE 1
SERVICE FEE AMNT 1
SERVICE FEE CODE 2
SERVICE FEE AMNT 2
YIELD DIFFERENTIAL
SVC FEE ON I OR E
ADD/SUB SVC FEE
DEF LATE CHG

SERVICE TRANSFER DATE
CURRENT SERVICER
PREVIOUS SERVICER LOAN NUM
INVESTOR LOAN NUMBER
NSM LN NUM
BULK ID
PRODUCT
MORTGAGE INST
LOAN TYPE
IO LOAN Y/N
ROUNDUP FACTOR
EXPIRATION DATE OF IO LOAN
LIEN POSITION
PREPYMT PENALTY INDICATOR
PROPERTY ADDRESS 1
PROPERTY ADDRESS 2
PROPERTY CITY
PROPERTY STATE
PROPERTY ZIP
COUNTY
  Borrower Contributions
Disbursement Forgiven
Interest Owed Or Payment Not Reported
Principal Forbearance Amount
Principal Write-down (Forgiveness)
Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens? Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens amount
Co-borrower Social Security Number
Foreclosure Referral Date
Projected Foreclosure Sale Date
Modified Loan Term — Officer Signature Date
ACCT_NBR
STATUS

Servicer Loan Number
HAMP Servicer Number
Program Type / Campaign ID
Investor Code
Borrower Last Name
Borrower First Name
Borrower Social Security Number
Borrower Execution Date
Submission Status
Date of Original Note
Unpaid Principal Balance before modification
Loan Mortgage Type Code
Last Paid Installment Date before modification
First Lien Indicator
Hardship Reason Code
Monthly Gross Income
Monthly Debt Payments excluding PITIA
NPV — Date
NPV — Model Result Amount Pre-mod
NPV — Model Result Amount post-mod
Amortization Term before modification
Interest Rate before modification
Principal and Interest Payment before modification
Monthly Housing Expense before modification
Delinquent Interest
Servicing Fee Percent after modification
Product before Modification
Maturity Date before modification
Remaining Term before modification
Front Ratio before modification
Back Ratio before modification
Principal and Interest Payment at 31% DTI
Principal and Interest Payment at 38% DTI
Property — Number of Units
Property — Street Address
Property — City
Property — State


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
FIPS
INTEREST METHOD
ORIGINAL LOAN AMT
ORIGINAL INT RATE
ORIGINAL PI PMT
CURRENT INT RATE
NOTE DATE
1ST PYMT DUE DATE
MATURITY DATE
TERM
AMORT TERM
BALLOON DATE
LATE CHARGE FLAG
LATE CHARGE CODE
GRACE DAYS
LATE CHARGE RATE
PRIMARY BORROWER FIRST NAME
PRIMARY BORROWER MIDDLE NAME
PRIMARY BORROWER LAST NAME
SUFFIX
CO-BORROWER FIRST NAME
CO-BORROWER MIDDLE NAME
CO-BORROWER LAST NAME
PRIMARY SSN NUM
CO-BORROWER SSN NUM
MAILING ADDRESS 1
MAILING ADDRESS 2
MAILING CITY
MAILING STATE
MAILING ZIP
PRIMARY HOME PHONE
PRIMARY BORROWER BUSINESS PHONE
CO-BORROWER HOME PHONE
CO-BORROWER BUSINESS PHONE
PURCHASE PRICE
APPRAISED VALUE
LOAN PURPOSE
OCCUPANCY
PROPERTY TYPE
BUILDING TYPE
FLOOD PROGRAM
FLOOD AGENCY CODE
MAP DATE
COMMUNITY NO
PANEL NO
SUFFIX
ZONE
ENTRY DATE
FLOOD CERTIFICATE
BUYDOWN / SUBSIDY Y/N
FHA/VA CASE NUM
  Property — Zip Code
Property Valuation — Method
Property Valuation — Date
Property Valuation — As Is Value
Property Condition Code
Property Occupancy Status Code
Property Usage Type Code
Modification Effective Date
Product After Modification
Amortization Term after modification
Unpaid Principal Balance after modification
Last Paid Installment Date after modification
Interest Rate after modification
Interest Rate Lock Date for Modification
First Payment Due Date after modification
Principal and Interest Payment After modification
Escrow Payment After Modification
Monthly Housing Expense after Modification
Maturity Date After Modification
Term after Modification
Front Ratio after modification
Back Ratio after modification
Max Interest Rate after Modification
Length of Trial Period
1st Trial Payment Due Date
1st Trial Payment Posted Date
1st Trial Payment Received Amount
GSE Servicer Number
GSE Loan Number
Underlying Trust Identifier
Co-Borrower Last Name
Co-Borrower First Name
Escrow Payment before modification
Association Dues/Fees before modification
Principal Payment Owed or Not Reported
Other Contributions
Attorney Fees Not In Escrow
Escrow Shortage for Advances
Other Advances
Borrower Contributions
Disbursement Forgiven
Interest Owed Or Payment Not Reported
Principal Forbearance Amount
Principal Write-down (Forgiveness)
Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens? Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens amount
Co-borrower Social Security Number
Foreclosure Referral Date
Projected Foreclosure Sale Date
Modified Loan Term — Officer Signature Date
ACCT_NBR


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
MERS ACCOUNT (Y/N)
MERS MIN NUM
CREDIT SCORE
CREDIT SCORE DATE
MSG CODE 1 MSG CODE 2 MSG CODE 3 DEMAND/BREACH LETTER DATE
DEMAND/BREACH LETTER EXPIRE
FDIC — FUND ID
FDIC — ASSETTYPE
FDIC — ASSETSUBTYPE
FDIC — ASSETNUMBER
FDIC — POOL NUM
FDIC — LOCATION CODE
ELIGIBILITY CODE
RECOURSE FLAG
FDIC — SALES POOL CODE

PREVIOUS SERVICER LOAN NUM
NSM LN NUM
1ST DATE CHANGE
OCCURANCE FLAG
INITIAL ADJ PERIOD (MTHS)
1ST CHANGE RATE (MAX)
1ST CHANGE RATE (MIN)
REMAINING ADJ PERIOD (MTHS)
ADJUST CAP ON CHANGE (MAX)
ADJUST CAP ON CHANGE (MIN)
PMT INT ADJ
PMT REMAINING ADJ
FLOOR
CEILING
CURRENT INDEX
INDEX EFFECTIVE DATE
LOOKBACK DAYS
MARGIN
ROUNDING FACTOR
NEXT INT ADJ DATE
NEXT PI ADJ DATE
MAX PRIN BAL PERCENT
FORCE PERIOD
NEXT FORCED DATE
ROUND BASIS
NEG AM FLAG
POA TEASER MONTHS
POA IO PMT
POA 15 YR PMT
POA 30 YR PMT

PRIOR SERVICER LOAN NUMBER
NSM LOAN NUM
ESCROW TYPE
  STATUS

ServicerLoanNumber
TrialPaymentNumber
TrialPaymentPostedDate
TrialPaymentReceivedAmount
HAMPServicerNumber

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Loan Number
Billing Method
Avail Balance
Principal Billed
Interest Billed
Cons Loan Type
Cons Plan
Cons Plan Eff Date
Mthly Bill Plan
Tran04 Plan
Increase Credit Limit Plan
Draw Ext Plan
Skip Payment Plan
Last Stmt Date
Mthly Bill Date
Product Code
Product Type
Original Credit Limit
Cons Draw Type
Draw Term Months
Draw Prd Exp Date
Draw Prd Grace Days
Draw Prd Grace Days Exp Date
Min Init Draw Amt
Min Init Draw Percent
Min Draw Amt
Max Draw Amt
Over Crt Limit Amount
Over Credit Limit % Repay Term
Days Delq to Susp
CC Loan Status
Suspend Type
Draw Suspend Date
Last Check Nbr Ordered
Last Draw Date
No Draws Current Month
No Draws Ytd
No Draws Lol
Annual Fee Assessed Date
Annual Fee Assessed Flag
Zero UPB Date
Zero UPB Exp Date
Ann Fee Assess Day


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
POLICY NUM
COVERAGE
ACCRUAL DATE
MATURITY DATE
MONTHS COVERED
ACCRUAL AMOUNT
ESCROWED (Y/N)
MI PERCENT COV
VENDOR CODE

Prior Servicer Loan Number
NSM Loan Number
Amount
Sub Type (Description)
Type

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Ln num
Change Date
Amount
Type (Rate, PI, Escrow)

PREVIOUS SERVICER LOAN NUM
NSM LN NUM
DATE FIRST LEGAL ACTION COMPLETE
Type of foreclosure action
DATE JUDGMENT FILED
PROJECTED ESTIMATED SALE DATE
DATE LOAN ENTERED FORECLOSURE
APPROVED FORECLOSURE BID AMOUNT
FORECLOSURE SALE DATE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
DATE REFERRED TO ATTORNEY
SALE DATE THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED BY ATTORNEY
LAST INSPECTION DATE
Foreclosure Attorney Assigned to File

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Ln num
Attorney Referral Date
Attorney ID
AGREED ORDER FILE DATE
BK Start Date
DEBTOR Attorney ADDRESS
DEBTOR Attorney CITY
DEBTOR Attorney NAME
DEBTOR Attorney PHONE
DEBTOR Attorney STATE
DEBTOR Attorney ZIP
BK JURISDICTION
reaffirm_date
Objection Filed
Co Debtor First Name
Co Debtor Middle Name
Co Debtor Last Name
Co Debtor Address 1
  Draw Prd Bill Plan
Draw Prd Bill Pl Eff Date
Draw Prd Tr04 Plan
Repay Bill Plan
Repay Bill Plan Eff Date
Repay Tr04 Plan
Dorm Fee Assmnt Dt
Total Payment Amount
Loan Level Payment
Bill UPB Option
Next Due Date
Pay Calc Method Used
Draw Pd. Flat Int Rate
Draw Prd VRM Plan
Draw Prd Pay Type
Draw Perd Int Method
Repay Prd Flat Int Rate
Repay Prd VRM Plan
Type of Plan Code
Repay Prd Payment Type
Int Free Grace Days
Int Free Grace Period
Repay Prd Int Method
Int Paid to Date
Interest Poor Amt
Int Rate
Int Free Grace Period
Balance Payment Amt
Interest Cap Adjust
APR Calc Method
APR uses UPB/APB
APR Days
Days to Hold Neg Balance

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Loan Number
Source of Funds
Draw/repay Period
Ccs Vrm Plan Number
Vrm Int Rate Auto Adj Fl
Send Notice
Teaser Rate Flag
Grad/tiered Flag
Tsr Pd Begin Flag
Teaser Exp Type
Teaser Flat Rate
Teaser Index
Teaser Index Date
Teaser Look Back Days
Tsr Idx Begin Date Flag
Teaser Term
Teaser Margin


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
Co Debtor City
Co Debtor State
Co Debtor Zip
Motion for Relief Obtained
Date Notice Received
Classification
mfr_atrn_refer_date
mfr_filed_date
mfr_hearing_date
Post Petition Due Date
BK Type ID
Case num
Date Filed
proof_claim
Dismissed Date
Discharge Date
Post Plan

NSM Ln Number
reo_number
FC_Sale_Date
Evicton_Start
Evicton_End
Foreclosure_Attorney
Current_Market_Value

Servicer Loan Number
HAMP Servicer Number
Program Type / Campaign ID
Investor Code
Borrower Last Name
Borrower First Name
Borrower Social Security Number
Borrower Execution Date
Submission Status
Date of Original Note
Unpaid Principal Balance before modification
Loan Mortgage Type Code
Last Paid Installment Date before modification
First Lien Indicator
Hardship Reason Code
Monthly Gross Income
Monthly Debt Payments excluding PITIA
NPV — Date
NPV — Model Result Amount Pre-mod
NPV — Model Result Amount post-mod
Amortization Term before modification
Interest Rate before modification
Principal and Interest Payment before modification
Monthly Housing Expense before modification
Delinquent Interest
Servicing Fee Percent after modification
Product before Modification
  Teaser Term Type
Teaser Round Factor
Teaser Round Basis
Teaser Pd Exp Date
Upb At Last Evaluatn
Interest Round Factor
Interest Round Basis
Interest Look Back Days
Interest Index Date
Vrm Int Calc Index Code
Interes Rate Begin Dt Fl
Interest Index Type
Interest Base Index Rate
Inter Base Mortgage Rate
Interes Next Adjust Date
Inter Last Indx Rate Use
Interest Margin
Interest Lol Code
Interest Floor
Interest Ceiling
Interest Apply Rate
Interest Apply Day 1
Interest Apply Day 2
Interest Period
Interest Min Adjust Cap
Interest Max Adjust Cap
Balance Flag
Margin/rate Flag
Comment
From Upb1
Through UPB1
Margin/rate 1
From Upb2
Through UPB2
Margin/rate 2
From Upb3
Through UPB3
Margin/rate 3
From Upb4
Through UPB4
Margin/rate 4
From Upb5
Through UPB5
Margin/rate 5
From Upb6
Through UPB6
Margin/rate 6
From Upb7
Through UPB7
Margin/rate 7
From Upb8


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
Maturity Date before modification
Remaining Term before modification
Front Ratio before modification
Back Ratio before modification
Principal and Interest Payment at 31% DTI
Principal and Interest Payment at 38% DTI
Property — Number of Units
Property — Street Address
Property — City
Property — State
Property — Zip Code
Property Valuation — Method
Property Valuation — Date
Property Valuation — As Is Value
Property Condition Code
Property Occupancy Status Code
Property Usage Type Code
Modification Effective Date
Product After Modification
Amortization Term after modification
Unpaid Principal Balance after modification
Last Paid Installment Date after modification
Interest Rate after modification
Interest Rate Lock Date for Modification
First Payment Due Date after modification
Principal and Interest Payment After modification
Escrow Payment After Modification
Monthly Housing Expense after Modification
Maturity Date After Modification
Term after Modification
Front Ratio after modification
Back Ratio after modification
Max Interest Rate after Modification
Length of Trial Period
1st Trial Payment Due Date
1st Trial Payment Posted Date
1st Trial Payment Received Amount
GSE Servicer Number
GSE Loan Number
Underlying Trust Identifier
Co-Borrower Last Name
Co-Borrower First Name
Escrow Payment before modification
Association Dues/Fees before modification
Principal Payment Owed or Not Reported
Other Contributions
Attorney Fees Not In Escrow
Escrow Shortage for Advances
Other Advances
Borrower Contributions
Disbursement Forgiven
  Through UPB8
Margin/rate 8

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Loan Number
Balance Type
CCS Plan
Cons Plan Eff Date
Cons Sub-Plan Eff Dt
UPB
Current Int Method
Accrued Int Amount
Draw Pd. Flat Int Rate
Draw Pd. Vrm Plan Code
Draw Pd. Payment Type
Draw Period Int Method
Repay Pd. Flat Int Rate
Repay Pd. Arm/vrm Plan Co
Type of Plan Code Used
Repay Pd. Payment Type
Int Free Grace Days
Int Free Grace Period
Repay Period Int Method
Draw Period Payment — Fl
Draw Period Payment + Fl
Draw Period Payment — % of Upb
Draw Period Payment — % of Upb+ Int Y/n
Draw Pd. Payment - % of Upb + Int
Draw Pd Payment - % of Upb + Int + Int
Draw Pd Payment - % of Avg Daily Bal
Draw Pd Pay — % of Avg Daly Bal+int-y/n
Draw Pd Pay — % of Credit Limit
Draw Pd Pay — % of Crdt Limit+int -y/n
Draw Pd. Pay — Declining Principal
Draw Pd. Pay — Dec. Principal+int Y/n
Draw Pd. Pay — Inte rest Only — Y/n
Repay Pd. Payment - Flat Amount
Repay Pd. Payment - Flat Amt+int Y/n
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Upb
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Upb+int Y/n
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Upb+int
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Upb+int Y/n
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Avg Daly Bal
Repay Pd. Pay — %of Avg Daly Bal Y/n
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Crd Limit
Repay Pd. Payment - % of Crd Limit Y/n
Repay Pd. Pay — Dec lining Principal
Repay Pd. Pay — Dec lining Principal Y/n
Repay Pd. Pay — Int
Int Paid-to Date
Interest Poor Amt
Int Rate


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
Interest Owed Or Payment Not Reported
Principal Forbearance Amount
Principal Write-down (Forgiveness)
Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens? Paydown or Payoff of Subordinate Liens amount
Co-borrower Social Security Number
Foreclosure Referral Date
Projected Foreclosure Sale Date
Modified Loan Term — Officer Signature Date
ACCT_NBR
STATUS

Servicer Loan Number
HAMP Servicer Number
Program Type / Campaign ID
Investor Code
Borrower Last Name
Borrower First Name
Borrower Social Security Number
Borrower Execution Date
Submission Status
Date of Original Note
Unpaid Principal Balance before modification
Loan Mortgage Type Code
Last Paid Installment Date before modification
First Lien Indicator
Hardship Reason Code
Monthly Gross Income
Monthly Debt Payments excluding PITIA
NPV — Date
NPV — Model Result Amount Pre-mod
NPV — Model Result Amount post-mod
Amortization Term before modification
Interest Rate before modification
Principal and Interest Payment before modification
Monthly Housing Expense before modification
Delinquent Interest
Servicing Fee Percent after modification
Product before Modification
Maturity Date before modification
Remaining Term before modification
Front Ratio before modification
Back Ratio before modification
Principal and Interest Payment at 31% DTI
Principal and Interest Payment at 38% DTI
  Int Free Grace Period — Exp Date
Balance Payment Amt
Lol Draw Counter
Interest Cap Adjust
Current Upb div by
Current Upb div by plus interest
Amort Upb over loan term minus Upb/paym freq
Amort Upb over loan term minus Upb/paym freq + intr
Amortize Curr Upb plus interest
Amortize Curr Upb + interest over + interest
Amortize Upb over
Amortize Upb over plus interest
Current Upb divided by
Current Upb divided by plus interest
Amortize Upb + All Accrued int
Amortize Upb + All Accrued int + interest
Current Upb + inter Amortized + ovr nbr months
Current Upb + inter Amor + ovr months + inter

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Loan Number
Source of Funds
Effective Date
Transaction Sequence Nbr
Date Posted
Date Accrued From
Date Accrued Thru
Nbr of Days Accrued
Int Paid-to Date
Upb After Posted
Adb After Posted
Int Rate When Posted
Per Diem Int Amount
Acr Int_after_post
Reversal Flag
Trans# from Srvytrn
Interest Poor Amt
Amt Accrued This Rcd
Interest Cap Amt
Prior Period Cap Adj
Statement Drop Flag
Principal Amount
Interest Amount
Balance 1
Int Rate 1


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Schedule III — Mortgage Loan Data Field Request
     
FIELD   FIELD
Property — Number of Units
Property — Street Address
Property — City
Property — State
Property — Zip Code
Property Valuation — Method
Property Valuation — Date
Property Valuation — As Is Value
Property Condition Code
Property Occupancy Status Code
Property Usage Type Code
Modification Effective Date
Product After Modification
Amortization Term after modification
Unpaid Principal Balance after modification
Last Paid Installment Date after modification
Interest Rate after modification
Interest Rate Lock Date for Modification
First Payment Due Date after modification
Principal and Interest Payment After modification
Escrow Payment After Modification
Monthly Housing Expense after Modification
Maturity Date After Modification
Term after Modification
Front Ratio after modification
Back Ratio after modification
Max Interest Rate after Modification
Length of Trial Period
1st Trial Payment Due Date
1st Trial Payment Posted Date
1st Trial Payment Received Amount
GSE Servicer Number
GSE Loan Number
Underlying Trust Identifier
Co-Borrower Last Name
Co-Borrower First Name
Escrow Payment before modification
Association Dues/Fees before modification
Principal Payment Owed or Not Reported
Other Contributions
Attorney Fees Not In Escrow
Escrow Shortage for Advances
Other Advances
Last Draft Date
Next Draft Date
Draft Day
Draft Frequency
Draft Amount
Additional Prin Amount
Total Draft Amount
  Accr Int 1
Per Diem 1
Balance 2
Int Rate 2
Accr Int 2
Per Diem 2
Balance 3
Int Rate 3
Accr Int 3
Per Diem 3
Balance 4
Int Rate 4
Accr Int 4
Per Diem 4
Balance 5
Int Rate 5
Accr Int 5
Per Diem 5
Balance 6
Int Rate 6
Accr Int 6
Per Diem 6
Balance 7
Int Rate 7
Accr Int 7
Per Diem 7
Balance 8
Int Rate 8
Accr Int 8
Per Diem 8

Previous Servicer Loan Num
NSM Ln num
Routing Number
Account Number
Account Type


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Schedule IV: List of Apprlicable Determination Dates, Remittance Dates and Reporting Dates
                                     
                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
1
    041     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
2
    042     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
3
    044     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
4
    045     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
5
    047     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
6
    050     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
7
    051     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
8
    052     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
9
    086     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
10
    087     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
11
    090     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
12
    091     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
13
    093     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
14
    095     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
15
    096     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA
16
    160     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
17
    161     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
18
    163     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
19
    164     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
20
    165     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
21
    166     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
22
    167     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
23
    168     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
24
    169     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
25
    170     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA
26
    199     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   25th
27
    211     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   15th   NA
28
    216     [*]   EOM   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
29
    217     [*]   EOM   15th   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   2 BD
30
    222     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
31
    254     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
32
    286     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
33
    290     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
34
    291     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
35
    292     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
36
    293     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
37
    294     [*]   EOM   NA   Na   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
38
    301     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
39
    305     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
40
    306     [*]   17th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
41
    307     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
42
    308     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
43
    309     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
44
    310     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
45
    311     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th    
46
    314     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18TH   NA
47
    330     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
48
    332     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
49
    333     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
50
    335     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
51
    336     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
52
    342     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   S/S   20th   NA
 
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                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
53
    350     [*]   EOM   NA   15th Calendar Day   A/A   24th   NA
54
    351     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
55
    353     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
56
    362     [*]   EOM   15th   15th 1 BD and EOM due same day billing is received   A/A   15th cutoff due 15th, EOM due 10th of month   NA
57
    365     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
58
    370     [*]   EOM   NA   5th Calendar Day   A/A   20th Calendar Day   NA
59
    377     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   [*]   NA
60
    378     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
61
    379     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
62
    381     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
63
    383     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
64
    384     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
65
    385     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
66
    387     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
67
    391     [*]   18th   NA   5 BD   A/A   [*]   NA
68
    393     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
69
    394     [*]   16th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
70
    395     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
71
    396     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
72
    397     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
73
    399     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
74
    400     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
75
    401     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   20th   NA
76
    402     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
77
    403     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
78
    404     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
79
    406     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
80
    407     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
81
    408     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
82
    409     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
83
    416     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
84
    417     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
85
    418     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
86
    420     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
87
    421     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
88
    422     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
89
    423     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
90
    424     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
91
    425     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
92
    426     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
93
    427     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
94
    428     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
95
    429     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
96
    430     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
97
    436     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
98
    437     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
99
    438     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
100
    439     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
101
    440     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
102
    441     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
103
    442     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
 
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                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
104
    443     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
105
    444     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
106
    445     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
107
    446     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
108
    447     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
109
    448     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
110
    449     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
111
    450     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
112
    460     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
113
    472     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
114
    473     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
115
    474     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
116
    476     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
117
    477     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
118
    478     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
119
    479     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
120
    481     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
121
    483     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
122
    484     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
123
    485     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
124
    486     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
125
    487     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
126
    488     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
127
    489     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
128
    490     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
129
    491     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
130
    492     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
131
    493     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
132
    494     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
133
    495     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
134
    496     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
135
    497     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
136
    498     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
137
    499     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
138
    500     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
139
    502     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
140
    503     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
141
    504     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
142
    505     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
143
    506     [*]   20th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
144
    508     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
145
    509     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
146
    510     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
147
    512     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
148
    519     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
149
    525     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
150
    526     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
151
    527     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
152
    529     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
153
    531     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
154
    537     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
155
    538     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
156
    540     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
 
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                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
157
    541     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
158
    544     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
159
    551     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
160
    562     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
161
    563     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
162
    564     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   A/A   18th   NA
163
    565     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
164
    567     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
165
    569     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
166
    571     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
167
    572     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
168
    574     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
169
    577     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
170
    580     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
171
    583     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
172
    584     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
173
    587     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
174
    588     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
175
    590     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
176
    592     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
177
    593     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
178
    594     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
179
    595     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
180
    596     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
181
    597     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
182
    598     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
183
    599     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
184
    600     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
185
    601     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
186
    602     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
187
    603     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
188
    604     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
189
    606     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
190
    607     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
191
    608     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
192
    609     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
193
    613     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
194
    616     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
195
    617     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
196
    618     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
197
    619     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
198
    620     [*]   EOM   NA   Prelim worksheet due on 2nd BD. Full report due on 8th BD   A/A   15th   na
199
    621     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
200
    622     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
201
    623     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
202
    629     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
203
    631     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
204
    635     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
205
    637     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
206
    642     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
207
    645     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
 
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                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
208
    646     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
209
    647     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
210
    650     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
211
    651     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
212
    652     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
213
    653     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
214
    656     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
215
    657     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
216
    658     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
217
    659     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
218
    660     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
219
    661     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
220
    662     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
221
    663     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
222
    665     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
223
    666     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
224
    667     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
225
    668     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
226
    669     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
227
    670     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
228
    671     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
229
    672     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
230
    673     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
231
    674     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
232
    675     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
233
    676     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
234
    677     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
235
    678     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
236
    679     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
237
    680     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
238
    681     [*]   EOM   10th   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th
239
    682     [*]   EOM   10th   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th
240
    684     [*]   EOM   10th   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th
241
    685     [*]   EOM   10th   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th
242
    686     [*]   EOM   10th   5 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th
243
    689     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
244
    690     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
245
    691     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
246
    695     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
247
    696     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
248
    698     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
249
    699     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
250
    700     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
251
    703     [*]   EOM   NA   1 BD   S/S   18th   NA
252
    708     [*]   20th   NA   5 BD   S/S   15th   NA
253
    709     [*]   EOM   10th   5th Calendar Day ( we send 1 BD)   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   10th
254
    718     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
255
    730     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   na
256
    851     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
257
    855     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
258
    857     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
259
    865     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
 
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                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
260
    866     [*]   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
261
    B42     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
262
    B46     [*]   17th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
263
    B49     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
264
    B52     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
265
    B62     [*]   17th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
266
    B64     [*]   10th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
267
    B80     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
268
    B84     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
269
    B86     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
270
    B88     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
271
    B89     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
272
    B95     [*]   EOM   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   Weekly on Monday
273
    F26     [*]   EOM   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   Weekly on Friday
274
    F32     [*]   EOM   NA   5 BD   S/S   18th   NA
275
    F42     [*]   20th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
276
    F43     [*]   18th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
277
    F44     [*]   18th   NA   5 BD   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA
278
    F45     [*]   20th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
279
    H50     [*]   15th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
280
    H65     [*]   10th   NA   2 BD   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA
281
    H73     [*]   15th   NA   5 BD   S/S   20th   NA
282
    V01     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
283
    V02     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
284
    V03     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
285
    V04     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
286
    V05     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
287
    V06     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
288
    V07     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
289
    V08     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
290
    V09     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
291
    V10     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
292
    V11     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
293
    V12     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
294
    V13     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
295
    V14     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
296
    V15     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
297
    V16     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
298
    V17     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
299
    V18     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
300
    V19     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
301
    V20     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
302
    V21     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
303
    V22     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
304
    V23     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
305
    V24     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
306
    V25     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
307
    V26     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
308
    V27     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
309
    V28     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
310
    V29     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
311
    V30     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
 
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Schedule IV: List of Apprlicable Determination Dates, Remittance Dates and Reporting Dates
                                     
                Cutoff       Cutoff Due To INV            
#   Inv   Investor Name   (Determination Date)   Interim Cutoff Date   (Reporting Dates)   Remittance Type   Monthly Remittance Due   Interim Remit Date
312
    V31     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
313
    V32     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
314
    V33     [*]   15th   NA   3 BD   S/S   24th   NA
315
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Schedule V — “Claw-Back” Calculation Overview
Scope of Loan population subject to Claw-back: Specific to select mortgage loans in the Permanent Loan Portfolio referenced in the Agreement.
Scope of the Claw-back: Loan population experiencing economic losses and FFIEC losses (i.e., FFIEC losses to the the extent there are no economic losses) over the two year period beginning 8/1/2011 (servicing transfer date for the PLP from ML to NS).
Expected Losses: [*]
Losses used in Claw-back calculation
     
Loss Type   Loss Calculation
Loans with FFIEC Losses not yet Liquidated
  Contractual UPB+Advances Minus [*] of most recent value (defined by BPOs, Appraisals or List price).
Loans liquidated through REO & Short Sales with Loss
  Contractual UPB+Advances Minus Cash Proceeds (Inclusive of Insurance Claims)
Time line scenario inclusive of 6 month’s recovery period plus 3 month trial period, if applicable or 9 month’s recovery period for loans without a trial period.
Assumes 08/01/11 transfer date and a recovery period of 9 months is required to be eligible for a Loss Credit Savings.
Loss Credit Savings can only be applied to loans that have not had more than one loss analysis prepared, unless the loan is deemed well-secured at the respective measurement period
(GRAPHICS)
Example:
         
Total Losses after FMP, net of Loss Credit Savings
  [*]   A loss analysis (charge off) is prepared per OCC (Office of Comptroller of Currency) regulatory compliance
Expected Loss
  [*]   in effect at the effective date of the Agreement.
Losses above expectation
  [*]    
50% Claw-back Provision
  [*]   The loss analysis is prepared for loans as follows:
Reduction to Base Servicing Fee
  [*]  
  - At 180 days for non-foreclosed and non-bankrupt loans;
Lump Sum Payment Due to FH from Nationstar
  [*]  
  - At 60 days delinquent for loans in bankruptcy;
 
     
  - All loans in foreclosure;
 
     
  - and 90 days delinquent for loans whose borrower is deceased.
 
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Schedule V — “Claw-Back” and Loss Credit Savings Calculation Examples
Detailed Clawback Calculation Methodology Examples (In Thousands $)
For Loans that are liquidated through REO/Short sale (recovery requirements not met at end of measurement period)
                                                 
    Ex. 1     Ex. 2     Ex. 3     Ex. 4     Ex. 5     Ex. 6  
Unpaid Principal Balance
    100       100       100       100       100       100  
FFIEC Charge Off
    20       20       20       20       0       0  
 
                                   
Net Realizable Value
    80       80       80       80       100       100  
 
                                               
Foreclosure Charge Off
    10       10       10       10       0       0  
 
                                   
Net Book Value
    70       70       70       70       100       100  
 
                                               
REO/ Short Sales Proceeds
    60       70       80       110       90       110  
 
                                   
Net Loss (Gain)/Loss on REO/Short Sale
    10       0       (10 )     (40 )     10       (10 )
 
                                               
FFIEC/Additional Charge Off
    30       30       30       30       0       0  
 
                                   
Total Economic (Gain)/Loss
    40       30       20       (10 )     10       (10 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Loss Applied toward “Clawback” Cap
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
 
                                   
Notes:
 
*   The loan loss applied to the “Clawback” cap cannot exceed the economic loss. Economic gains do not offset aggregate losses. Each loan is calculated independently.
FFIEC “Loss Credit Savings” Calculation (Loan has not gone through REO)
                 
                         Assumptions                
Unpaid Principal Balance
    100          
FFIEC/Additional Charge-Off
    30          
 
             
Net Realizable Value
    70          
         
Scenarios - as of the end of the applicable measurement period   Loss Credit Savings  
Loss Mit Performed and recovery requirements are met
    30  
Loss Mit Performed and recovery requirements not met
    0  
 
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Schedule V — Pro-Rata Calculation due to Early Termination of Agreement
The “Net Losses Assumed to be” column are for illustrative purposes only.
If termination of “the agreement” occurs prior to the end of the two year measurement period, the clawback threshold will be reduced in accordance with the following schedule.
             
Termination of Agreement       Net Losses   Clawback Fee
During Month #   Clawback Threshold $   Assumed to be **   (Limited to [*])
1
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Schedule VI
         
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Schedule VII
List of Servicing Agreements in Owner’s Possession
     
Investor   Servicing Agreements
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211
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216
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217
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222
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224
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228
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231
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232
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233
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235
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270
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286
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301
  [*]
 
   
305
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306
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308
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309
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310
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315
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330
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331
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332
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333
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334
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335
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336
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349
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351
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353
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362
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370
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376
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377
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378
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Schedule VII — List of Servicing Agreements
     
Investor   Servicing Agreements
381
  [*]
 
   
383
  [*]
 
   
391
  [*]
 
   
393
  [*]
 
   
394
  [*]
 
   
396
  [*]
 
   
399
  [*]
 
   
400
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401
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402
  [*]
 
   
460
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461
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469
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472
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474
  [*]
 
   
476
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477
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478
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479
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481
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501
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506
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508
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509
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510
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512
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519
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525
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529
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530
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531
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537
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538
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539
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540
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541
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542
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544
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546
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551
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562
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563
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565
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567
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569
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573
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574
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577
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579
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580
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583
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584
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589
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591
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600
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601
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602
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603
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604
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606
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607
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608
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610
  [*]
 
   
613
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616
  [*]
 
   
617
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618
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619
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620
  [*]
 
   
621
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622
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Schedule VII — List of Servicing Agreements
     
Investor   Servicing Agreements
624
  [*]
 
   
635
  [*]
 
   
637
  [*]
 
   
646
  [*]
 
   
647
  [*]
 
   
681-686
  [*]
 
   
689
  [*]
 
   
690
  [*]
 
   
691
  [*]
 
   
694
  [*]
 
   
695
  [*]
 
   
696
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698
  [*]
 
   
699
  [*]
 
   
700
  [*]
 
   
703
  [*]
 
   
708
  [*]
 
   
709
  [*]
 
   
713
  [*]
 
   
718
  [*]
 
   
B46
  [*]
 
   
B49
  [*]
 
   
B50
  [*]
 
   
B52
  [*]
 
   
B56
  [*]
 
   
B62
  [*]
 
   
B65
  [*]
 
   
B76
  [*]
 
   
B77
  [*]
 
   
B80
  [*]
 
   
B84, B86, B88, B89
  [*]
 
   
B95
  [*]
 
   
F26
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F32
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F42
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H25
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H47
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587
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588
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592
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593
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594
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595
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596
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597
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598
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599
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First Horizon Active Deal Count
             
    Deal   Investor
1
  FHASI 2003-4     417  
2
  FHASI 2003-5     418  
3
  FHASI 2003-6     420  
4
  FHASI 2003-7     421  
5
  FHASI 2003-8     422  
6
  FHASI 2003-AR3     423  
7
  FHASI 2003-9     424  
8
  FHASI 2003-AR4     425  
9
  FHASI 2003-10     426  
10
  FHASI 2004-1     427  
11
  FHASI 2004-AR1     428  
12
  FHASI 2004-2     429  
13
  FHASI 2004-3     430  
14
  FHASI 2004-AR2     436  
15
  FHASI 2004-4     437  
16
  FHAMS 2004-AA1     438  
17
  FHASI 2004-AR3     439  
18
  FHASI 2004-5     440  
19
  FHAMS 2004-AA2     441  
20
  FHASI 2004-AR4     442  
21
  FHAMS 2004-AA3     443  
22
  FHAMS 2004-FA1     444  
23
  FHASI 2004-AR5     445  
24
  FHASI 2004-6     446  
25
  FHAMS 2004-AA4     447  
26
  FHAMS 2004-AA5     448  
27
  FHASI 2004-AR6     449  
28
  FHASI 2004-7     450  
29
  FHAMS 2004-FA2     483  
30
  FHAMS 2004-AA6     484  
31
  FHASI 2004-AR7     485  
32
  FHAMS 2004-AA7     486  
33
  FHASI 2004-FL1     487  
34
  FHAMS 2005-FA1     488  
35
  FHAMS 2005-AA1     489  
36
  FHASI 2005-1     490  
37
  FHAMS 2005-FA2     491  
38
  FHAMS 2005-AA2     492  
39
  FHASI 2005-AR1     493  
40
  FHASI 2005-2     494  
41
  FHAMS 2005-FA3     495  
42
  FHAMS 2005-AA3     496  
43
  FHASI 2005-3     497  
44
  FHAMS 2005-FA4     498  
45
  FHAMS 2005-AA4     499  
46
  FHASI 2005-AR2     500  
47
  FHAMS 2005-AA5     502  
48
  FHASI 2005-5     503  
49
  FHAMS 2005-FA7     504  
50
  FHAMS 2005-AA8     505  
51
  FHASI 2005-4     650  
52
  FHASI 2005-AR3     651  
53
  FHAMS 2005-FA5     652  
54
  FHAMS 2005-AA6     653  
55
  FHAMS 2005-AA7     656  
56
  FHAMS 2005-FA6     657  
57
  FHASI 2005-AR4     658  
58
  FHAMS 2005-AA9     659  
59
  FHAMS 2005-FA8     660  
60
  FHASI 2005-6     661  
61
  FHASI 2005-AR5     662  
62
  FHASI 2005-7     663  
63
  FHAMS 2005-FA9     665  
64
  FHAMS 2005-AA10     666  
65
  FHAMS 2005-AA11     667  
66
  FHAMS 2005-FA10     668  
67
  FHASI 2005-8     669  
68
  FHAMS 2005-AA12     670  
69
  FHAMS 2005-FA11     671  
70
  FHASI 2005-AR6     672  
71
  FHAMS 2006-AA1     673  
72
  FHAMS 2006-FA1     674  
73
  FHAMS 2006-AA2     675  
74
  FHAMS 2006-FA2     676  
75
  FHASI 2006-AR1     677  
76
  FHASI 2006-1     678  
77
  FHAMS 2006-AA3     679  
78
  FHAMS 2006-FA3     680  
79
  FHAMS 2006-AA4     V01  
80
  FHAMS 2006-FA4     V02  
81
  FHASI 2006-AR2     V03  
82
  FHASI 2006-2     V04  
83
  FHAMS 2006-AA5     V05  
84
  FHAMS 2006-FA5     V06  
85
  FHAMS 2006-FA6     V07  
86
  FHASI 2006-3     V08  
87
  FHAMS 2006-AA6     V09  
88
  FHASI 2006-AR3     V10  
89
  FHAMS 2006-FA7     V11  
90
  FHAMS 2006-AA7     V12  
91
  FHASI 2006-4     V13  
92
  FHAMS 2006-AA8     V14  
93
  FHAMS 2006-FA8     V15  
94
  FHASI 2006-AR4     V16  
95
  FHASI 2007-1     V17  
96
  FHAMS 2007-FA1     V18  
97
  FHAMS 2007-FA2     V19  
98
  FHAMS 2007-AA1     V20  
99
  FHASI 2007-2     V21  
100
  FHASI 2007-AR1     V22  
101
  FHAMS 2007-FA3     V23  
102
  FHASI 2007-3     V24  
103
  FHASI 2007-4     V25  
104
  FHASI 2007-AR2     V26  
105
  FHAMS 2007-AA2     V27  
106
  FHAMS 2007-FA4     V28  
107
  FHAMS 2007-AA3     V29  
108
  FHAMS 2007-FA5     V30  
109
  FHASI 2007-AR3     V31  
110
  FHASI 2007-5     V32  
111
  FHASI 2007-6     V33  
HOME EQUITY INSTALLMENT        
112
  FHABS 2004-HE4     350  

 


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Schedule VIII — List of Optional Products
     
Company   Product
Aagon Direct Marketing Services, Inc
  Accidental Death
Affinion
  Accidental Death Plus 21
Affinion Group
  Accidental Death/Dismemberment
American Bankers Insurance Company
  Accidental Hospital
American Home Shield
  Adv. Care/Health
Cross Country Home Services
  Auto Accident Coverage
Direc Response Ins Admin Services Inc
  Auto Vantage
Family Life
  Buyers Advantage
Intersections Insurance Services
  Central Protect
Liberty Life Insurance Company
  Children’s Educational Programs
National Union Fire Ins Co
  Comp Disability
 
  Comp. Acc. Death
 
  Complete Home
 
  Disability
 
  Disaster Mortgage Protection
 
  Disaster Protection Plan
 
  Discount Shopper
 
  Every Day Savings
 
  Every Day Values
 
  Family Entertainment Discounts
 
  Financial Insider
 
  Healthsaver
 
  HomeServe24
 
  Hospital Accident Protection
 
  Income Protector Plus
 
  Life
 
  Mortgage Accidental Death
 
  Mortgage Life
 
  Mortgage Protection
 
  Preferred Home Network
 
  Privacy Advantage
 
  Privacy Guard
 
  Product Protection
 
  Systems Protect
 
  Total Protect
 
  Travel Advantage
 
  Voluntary Disability

 


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Schedule IX — Custodian Notice Information
                         
CUSTODIAN   ADDRESS   ACCOUNTS   INVESTORS   CONTACT(S)   PHONE #   E-MAIL
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
  [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]
 
  [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]            
 
  [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]            
 
  [ * ]                    
 
                       
BANK OF NEW YORK MELON
  [ * ]   [ * ]       [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]
 
  [ * ]   [ * ]       [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]
 
  [ * ]   [ * ]       [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]
 
  [ * ]                    
 
                       
WELLS FARGO BANK
  [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]   [ * ]       [ * ]
 
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Schedule X
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Schedule XI — “Claw-Back” Analysis
         
Example of Losses of        
Previously Partially        
Charged-Off Loans        
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Projected 24 month Loss Per NS
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Target Losses (Clawback Threshold)
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Clawback Fee
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Clawback Cap
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Incentive Fee
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Incentive Cap
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The illustrative examples below are scenarios used to demonstrate the logic of the Clawback and Incentive Fees.
                         
    Scenario 1   Scenario 2   Scenario 3   Scenario 4   Scenario 5   Scenario 6
Total Losses over 2 years
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Loss Credit Savings
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Net Losses Subject to Clawback (losses must exceed [*])
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Difference between [*] and actual losses
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Clawback Fee
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Clawback Calculation (subject to [*] cap)
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Actual Clawback Expense (subject to [*] cap)
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Difference between [*] and actual losses
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Incentive Calculation (subject to [*] cap)
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Exhibit A
(NATIONSTAR LOGO)
(GRAPHIC)
Nationstar Mortgage LLC — Servicing
Transfer Instructions

 


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SERVICING TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
Introduction
    2  
Important Servicing Transfer Dates
    4  
Secured Data Transmission
    5  
Loan Level Data File
    6  
Loan Level Data File Specifications
    6  
Conversion Reports
    7  
Loan Type or Plan Information
    10  
Investor Reporting and Remittance Requirements
    11  
Balance Settlement
    14  
Mortgagor Notification
    15  
Escrowed Loan Information
    16  
Escrow Procedures
    16  
Escrowed Loan Report
    16  
Hazard Insurance
    17
Real Estate Taxes
    22  
Mortgage Insurance
    24  
Vendor Requirements
    25  
Tax
    25  
Insurance (Flood and Hazard)
    25  
Flood
    25  
Credit Life and Other Optional Products
    26  
Claims Process
    26  
Records and Files
    27  
MERS Notification
    28  
IRS Reporting
    29  
Litigation (This is covered in the Transfer Letter) / Update to show pre&post
    30  
Partial Releases
    30  
Subordinations
    30  
Qualified Written Requests (RESPA)
    30  
Mortgagor Name Changes
    30  
Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA)
    31  
Loss Mitigation and Collection Activity
    32  
Bankruptcy
    35  
Foreclosure File Report
    38  
Mortgagor Recoverable Corporate Advances
    41  
Release of Title, Payoff Requests and Payoff Funds Received After Transfer
    44  
Automatic Payment Plans, Mortgage Payments or other checks received after Transfer
    45  
Dishonored Payments after Transfer and Misapplied payments
    46  
Correspondence Received After Transfer
    48  
HAMP Requirements
    45  
Critical Cutoff Timeline
    53  
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Introduction
The Previous Servicer (MetLife) agrees to coordinate with Nationstar Mortgage LLC (the “Servicer”) to affect an efficient and orderly Servicing Transfer. On the Servicing Transfer Date Previous Servicer shall deliver to Servicer with respect to all Mortgage Loans Standard LPS service release workstation reports will be provided in Excel format, as applicable, no later than 3-5 business days following the servicing transfer date. Additional ad hoc passport reports identified herein will be provided in a mutally agreed upon time frame.
The Previous Servicer agrees to provide the Servicer with standard LPS service release workstation Preliminary data files, and reports within 3-5 business days following the cutoff.
The Previous Servicer agrees to use all reasonable efforts to comply with the requirements set forth herein. The Servicer acknowledges, however, that in some instances the Previous Servicer’s systems may not permit such compliance. In such event, the Servicer agrees to work with the Previous Servicer in good faith to accommodate the Previous Servicer’s systems’ limitations.
Any questions regarding the Servicing Transfer Instructions/Servicing Transfer should be directed to Marvin Tellez, contact information listed below
[*]
Unless directed otherwise within the Servicing Transfer Instructions, all data files and reports should be directed to:
[*]
[*]
*****Note***** All requests must be sent through the Servicing Transfer Mailbox (MLHL_ServicingTransferDept).
© 2008 Nationstar Mortgage LLC. “The information within this document is confidential and provided solely for the internal use of Nationstar Mortgage LLC. This document is an intellectual property of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and is protected under copyright laws of the United States. This material should not be released to any third party supplier without the Previous written approval Nationstar Mortgage LLC.”
 
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Unless directed otherwise, herein, all documents, records, files, notices and other communications must be directed to:
[*]
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© 2008 Nationstar Mortgage LLC. “The information within this document is confidential and provided solely for the internal use of Nationstar Mortgage LLC. This document is an intellectual property of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and is protected under copyright laws of the United States. This material should not be released to any third party supplier without the Previous written approval Nationstar Mortgage LLC.”
 
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Important Servicing Transfer Dates
Dates for this Servicing Transfer are set as follows:
Servicing Transfer Date:
Delivery of Preliminary Loan Level Data & Reports:
Goodbye Letter Deadline Date:
Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date (close of business)
Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports:
Trial Balance (4TB)
System Update Reports (Day 2)
Passport Queries in Excel Format (Day 2 & Day 3))
System Update Reports (Day 3)
Servicing Transfer Settlement
© 2008 Nationstar Mortgage LLC. “The information within this document is confidential and provided solely for the internal use of Nationstar Mortgage LLC. This document is an intellectual property of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and is protected under copyright laws of the United States. This material should not be released to any third party supplier without the Previous written approval Nationstar Mortgage LLC.”

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Secured Data Transmission
All data transmissions to Servicer should be through a secure FTP site with PGP encryption. To set up the FTP data transmission, contact:
[*]
© 2008 Nationstar Mortgage LLC. “The information within this document is confidential and provided solely for the internal use of Nationstar Mortgage LLC. This document is an intellectual property of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and is protected under copyright laws of the United States. This material should not be released to any third party supplier without the Previous written approval Nationstar Mortgage LLC.”
 
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Loan Level Data File
The Previous Servicer agrees to provide all necessary Loan Level Data in standard LPS service release workstation reports, LPS ASCII reports and passport queries as needed. The Previous Servicer agrees to support the Servicer in data mapping and testing prior to the Servicing Transfer Date. The Final Data Tapes & Conversion Reports should be prepared as of the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date.
Loan Level Data File Specifications
Loan level data will be provided in standard LPS service release workstation report format and passport queries in Excel format.
The loan level data files will be provided in LPS Service Release Workstation report format (ASCII) and standard passport queries will be provided in Excel format, as applicable. A detailed File Layout, from LPS, should accompany each file with the following:
  Ø   Field name
 
  Ø   Type/Attribute (to include decimal precision and implicit/explicit decimal point representation)
 
  Ø   Starting position
 
  Ø   Ending position
Loan Level Data Requirements:
The Previous Servicer will provide loan level data on all loans as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports and passport queries. The following data will be provided, if available.
  Ø   Loan Master File
 
  Ø   Borrower Information (Names, Address, Note Relationship, all Secondary Info, Contact & Employment info, etc.)
 
  Ø   Property Information (Legal Description, Address, Property Type, Occupancy Status, etc)
 
  Ø   Loan Characteristics (term, payment amounts, interest rate, lien position, channel or land home, etc.)
 
  Ø   Unpaid Principal Balance and other loan level balances (e.g., Corporate Balances, Corporate Expenses, Suspense, Fees, Escrow, etc.)
 
  Ø   Dates (first payment due date, next payment due date, etc.)
 
  Ø   Corporate Advance Detail (e.g., need breakdown by attorney fees, BPO, Inspections, Recording Fees, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, etc.)
 
  Ø   Corporate Expense Detail
 
  Ø   Escrow Advance Detail
 
  Ø   Suspense Detail (e.g., need breakdown by Pre-Petition, Post-Petition, Forbearance, etc.)
 
  Ø   Fee Details
 
  Ø   ACH Data (Routing Number, Account Number, Last Draft Date, etc.)
 
  Ø   Escrow Information (Escrow Pmt, Tax Lines — including installments, Hazard Insurance Lines, MIP/PMI, etc.)
 
  Ø   Pending ARM Rate/Payment Changes
 
  Ø   Pending Escrow Payment Changes
 
  Ø   Interest Only Data
 
  Ø   Balloon Data
 
  Ø   Buydown/Subsidy Data
 
  Ø   ARM Specifications/Change File
 
  Ø   Flood Determination
 
  Ø   Collection and Customer Service Comments
 
  Ø   MERS and MIN information
 
  Ø   Transaction History for 24 months, if applicable additional loan history available upon request
 
  Ø   ARM history available as part of Transaction History
 
  Ø   Payment Option Specifications (Option terms, caps, ceilings, floors, change dates, etc.)
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  Ø   Origination Data (Original LTV, Originator, Original Occupancy Status, etc.)
 
  Ø   Foreclosure Data (e.g. Demand Date, FC Sale Date, Attorney, etc.)
 
  Ø   Bankruptcy Data (e.g. Chapter, Filed Date, POC, Attorney, etc.)
 
  Ø   Loss Mitigation Data (e.g. status, type, approval date, updated values, borrower financials, # of previous workouts, HAMP/HAFA solicited, etc.)
 
  Ø   Skip Trace Information as available on history notes
 
  Ø   HAMP Data (e.g. Required Treasury Reporting)
 
  Ø   Loss Mitigation Indicator (e.g. Workout, Pending Short Sale, Forbearance, etc.)
 
  Ø   Modification Flag and Type (e.g. HAMP, Cap Mod, etc.)
Conversion Reports
Each Conversion Report and other reports requested throughout the Servicing Transfer Instructions should be provided electronically in standard LPS service release workstation format. Each report is required pre-transfer with an updated report provided post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. The new Servicer must send a daily confirmation e-mail to the Servicing Transfer Mailbox (MLHL_ServicingTransferDept) in response to all reports and data files received.
The Previous Servicer shall provide the following Conversion Reports in standard LPS service release workstation format as applicable to the loans included in the transfer. Reports to be provided include:
Preliminary and final reports:
                 
B
  1AT   ESCROW OPEN ITEMS    
B
  2EH   ESCROW HEADER LISTING    
 
  4CV   FORCE PLACED INSURANCE    
 
  1ET   RESTRICTED ESCROW LIST    
B
    10P     TAX/HAZARD INS LISTING   T = TAX H = HAZARD
 
  1LF   FLOOD INSURANCE LISTING   W = W/MAP ZN Z = ZONE A&V O = W/OUT
B
    10S     MORTGAGE INSURANCE LIST    
B
    19M     INSURANCE NOTIFICATION   F = FLOOD H = HAZARD P = PMI O= OPT INS
 
  4BS   BUYDOWN LOAN LISTING    
 
  4GR   GPM LOAN LISTING    
 
  4BC   ARM LOAN LISTING    
 
  4TN   PENDING PAYOFF REPORT    
 
  2TF   PENDING ASSUMPTION REPORT    
 
  5XS   SERV RELEASE SUSPENSE RPT    
B
  4CS   P4CH CORP ADV ACTIVITY    
 
  1LD   DRAFTED LOANS LISTING    
 
  4SB   S5SB BANKRUPTCY TRIAL BAL    
 
  4FT   S2FT FORECLOSRE TRIAL BAL    
 
  1LM   NO LNGR MATCH CRITERIA    
 
  4TB   TRANSFER TRIAL BAL    
B
  4CC   LOAN NO CROSS REF    
B
    309     MASTER LEDGER RECORD    
B
    45C     CUSTOMER ACCOUNT ACTIVITY STATEMENT    
     4CZ — SERVICING TRANSFER CUTOFF RECONCILIATION REPORT (at transfer only)
     4CH — CORPORATE ADVANCE ACTIVITY REPORT
     62D — INVESTOR CUTOFF
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    Note: “B” indicates report is a month-end block and will be delayed in production by one day.
 
    Transaction 058 (At Transfer) produces the listed below Reports:
 
 
    S-54C — Servicing Transfer Loan Activity
 
    S-54D — Letter Log History File Listing
 
    S-54E — Servicing Transfer Collection Activity Report
 
    S-54F — Servicing Transfer Escrow Analysis Report
 
    P-10N — Servicing Released by Old Investor
 
    S-2FW-Foreclosure Workstation Report
 
    P-1BW-Bankruptcy Workstation Report
 
    S-5XF- Service Transfer Suspense
 
    PASSPORT QUERIES NEEDED (specific data fields provided separately):
FORECLOSURE
BANKRUPTCY
ARM
ESCROW
MODIFICATIONS
CORPORATE ADVANCE DETAIL
PENDING ARM AND ESCROW CHANGES
  1.   System Codes and Data Dictionary Report
 
      A report detailing all system code descriptions required to analyze and load the loan data including file names, field names, field descriptions, valid values and field sizes for each field within each file.
 
  2.   Transaction and Disbursement History Report
 
      A loan level report listing life of loan transaction and disbursement history as produced through standard LPS service release workstation reports, imaging and data warehouse. Transaction balances on the loan histories must agree with the balances on the final trial balance report.
 
  3.   Master Vendor List Report
 
      A report of all vendors used for tax service, hazard insurance, flood insurance, force-placed insurance and taxing authorities that are not serviced by a tax service, including loan number, property address, vendor name, vendor address, vendor id, vendor.
 
  4.   Odd Due Date Loan Report
 
      If applicable, a report of all loans with odd due dates (not on the first of the month), including payment history for the life of the loan.
 
  5.   Second Liens Report
 
      If applicable, a report of second lien loans
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  6.   Non-Solicitation Report
 
      A report of loans for which the borrower has requested no solicitation include a list of each product for which solicitation is not allowed and the solicitation method prohibited (telephone, fax, email, etc.).
 
  7.   Outstanding Trailing Documents Report
 
      A report of all outstanding trailing documents, including the date sent for recording/filing. This report will be sent monthly and at transfer for each batch transferred. The report will not include the date the docs were sent for recording, Delete that part of the requirement.
 
  8.   Escrow Analysis History Report — State Cycle
 
      Escrow analysis data to be provided as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports.
 
  9.   Adjustable Rate Mortgages/Interest Only/Balloon/Buydowns Report
The Previous Servicer shall provide one example in printed form of the Note and ARM rider for each ARM plan in the service transfer and a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided
Adjustable Rate Mortgages
  Ø   All ARM Mortgage loans
 
  Ø   Individual loan historical rate and P&I changes
 
  Ø   Due date
 
  Ø   Current interest rate
 
  Ø   Current P&I
 
  Ø   Unpaid Principal Balance
 
  Ø   All ARM Mortgage Loans with pending interest rate and or P&I change dates
 
  Ø   Any ARM Mortgage Loans with pending effective interest rate or payment changes dates equal to or within ninety (90) days before the Transfer Date
 
  Ø   Pending interest rate
 
  Ø   Pending P&I
 
  Ø   Pending effective date
 
  Ø   ARM plan identifier (2/28, 3/27, etc.)
 
  Ø   ARM Plan ID/ Product Code
 
  Ø   ARM Plan Definition
 
  Ø   Plan Code/Product Type
 
  Ø   First Payment Date
 
  Ø   Margin
 
  Ø   Max Rate
 
  Ø   Min Rate
 
  Ø   Period Caps — Up at 1st change
 
  Ø   Period Caps — Down at 1st change
 
  Ø   Period Caps — Up at Subsequent changes
 
  Ø   Period Caps — Down at Subsequent changes
 
  Ø   First interest change date
 
  Ø   Month between changes thereafter
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    Index being used
 
    Index History available as part of Transaction History
 
    Look Back Period
 
    Rounding
 
    Interest Only loan indicator (Y/N)
 
    Interest Only period
 
    Upcoming ARM changes
 
  Interest Only Loans
 
    All Interest Only loans
 
    Interest Only expiration date
 
    Interest Only term (in months)
 
    Reset option regarding curtailments during the interest only period (Y/N)
 
    Interest only payment type (recast or fixed)
 
  Balloon Loans
 
    All Balloon loans
 
    Reset option indicator
 
    Current interest rate
 
    Due date
 
    Maturity date
 
    Amortization term
 
    Unpaid Principal Balance
 
    Reset option (Y/N)
 
    Reset option in process (Y/N)
 
    Daily Simple Interest
 
    Servicer shall provide a listing of all daily simple interest loans and the interest calculation method (e.g. 360, 365)
 
  Buydown Loans
 
    All buydown subsidy loans
 
    Due date
 
    Total monthly payment
 
    Monthly buydown subsidy amount
 
    Remaining buydown balance
 
    Schedule of future monthly buydown payments
 
    Effective dates of buydown payment changes
 
    Buydown terms
 
    Buydown calculation
 
    SSCRA Loan (Y/N)
 
    CORP Subsidy Loan (Y/N)
Loan Type or Plan Information
The Previous Servicer shall provide a listing of all ARM Plan Codes and ARM Index Code Definitions product plans and definitions for loans being transferred with the Preliminary Data. All codes and definitions shall be provided 30 days prior to transfer.
All applicable ARM Specifications and Rate and Payment Change Histories should be provided electronically for any loan that has gone through an ARM change.
© 2008 Nationstar Mortgage LLC. “The information within this document is confidential and provided solely for the internal use of Nationstar Mortgage LLC. This document is an intellectual property of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, and is protected under copyright laws of the United States. This material should not be released to any third party supplier without the Previous written approval Nationstar Mortgage LLC.”

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At time of the Servicing Transfer, please provide a listing of loans that were not adjusted due to the release of the index (e.g., 11th district COFI).
Investor Reporting and Remittance Requirements
Investor Cutoff
The Previous Servicer agrees to schedule an Investor Cutoff (including all monetary activity) as of the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date so that all standard cutoff and remittance reports are produced. Previous Servicer should not adjust any reporting or remitting to backdate payoffs occurring after the Investor Cutoff into the prior cutoff period. [Note: all manual liquidations related short sales, 3rd parties, REO are adjusted after cutoff, including modifications] The Previous Servicer is responsible for any required reporting and remitting, as is normally completed, on all Investor Cutoffs prior to the Servicing Transfer Date. This includes remittance of guaranty fees related to the cutoff date immediately preceding the Servicing Transfer Date. Adjustments to over and under collateralized pools should be limited to those in excess of $5,000, [Note: loan modifications will exceed limit] with the exception of Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae, who require that under collateralized pools be corrected regardless of amount.
Cutoff & Remittance Reports
The Previous Servicer agrees to provide the following cutoff and remittance reports in an electronic format (Excel) or format acceptable to Servicer within 10 business days subsequent to the Servicing Transfer Date.
    Report of Pending Transfer loans by old and new investor
 
    Report of loan level and pool level security balances reported at investor cutoff, including adjustments done for over and under collateralization and for partial pool transfers
 
    List and supporting documentation for all manual and systematic adjustments completed post cutoff, including documentation before and after adjustment
 
    List of all Pool to Security differences, with explanations for those greater than $1,000
 
    List of all loan level rejects for the investor cutoff immediately preceding Transfer Date
[Note: this item is listed under with a requirement of 10 days subsequent to the Servicing Transfer Date]
    Monthly ARM reset report—includes new P&I payment and interest rate
Test of Expected P&I Report
For all remittance method other than Actual/Actual, the Previous Servicer will calculate and provide an electronic (Excel) loan level Test of Expected P&I, including over and under collateralized position, reduced by investor remittance due to be paid by the Previous Servicer. Detail must be provided for all adjustments done post cutoff. A trial balance should accompany the Test of Expected P&I calculation.
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    [Note: Freddie Mac bank reconciliation will be finalized 8/14/2011]The Test of Expected P&I must include the following components:Loan Level prepaid principal and net interest (includes PIFs and curtailments). These funds are due to Servicer to cover future remittances
 
    Loan Level delinquent principal and net interest. These funds are due to the Previous Servicer to cover prior scheduled remittances made to the investor that have not yet been paid by the borrower.
 
    The loan level scheduled principal and net interest remittance due as of Servicing Transfer Date (for example, with a December 31st Investor Cutoff with a January 1st Servicing Transfer Date, this would be the scheduled January 1st remittance due the investor.) These funds are due to the Previous Servicer so they may make the scheduled remittance due the investor.
The above should be calculated at the service fee rate based on the investor servicing agreement or related loan funding schedule. If the Previous Servicer is using a service fee rate other than that in the servicing agreement or on the funding schedule, any excess or shortage will not be recoverable from Nationstar Mortgage LLC. The Previous Servicer must work with the Seller for recovery.
The Previous Servicer will provide Servicer with a copy of the Test of Expected P&I reconciliation at least eight (8) Business Days before funds settlement [and per the below schedule for Fannie Mae, FHLMC, Private MBS, and Ginnie Mae. Servicer will review the calculation and upon agreement, notify Previous Servicer to obtain the account the P&I funds are to be wired to. The funds will be wired no later than one (1) Business Day before the Previous Servicer remittance date.
If any differences are found after settlement of the Test of Expected P&I, Servicer will submit a request with loan level detail to the Previous Servicer for further settlement of those amounts. The Seller should review and wire Servicer the funds within 10 business days of receipt of the request.
The Previous Servicer will provide Servicer with a copy of the Test of Expected P&I reconciliation at least per the below schedule for Fannie Mae, FHLMC, Private MBS, and Ginnie Mae]. Servicer will review the calculation and upon agreement, will work withFTB (Seller) to validate the correct test of expected cash calculations and resolve differences upon a mutually agreed upon timeframes. .
                   
FNMA Express
  8/3/2011   8/4/2011   8/4/2011     23558-001-2
 
                23558-003-9
 
                23558-017-9
FNMA RPM
  8/4/2011   8/8/2011   8/10/2011     23558-002-0
 
                23558-013-6
FNMA MBS
  8/12/2011   8/16/2011   8/18/2011     23558-000-4
 
                23558-001-2
 
                23558-003-9
 
                23558-004-7
 
                23558-017-9
GNMA I
  8/9/2011   8/11/2011   8/15/2011     2253
GNMA II
  8/9/2011   8/17/2011   8/19/2011     2253
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FHLMC
  7/18/2011   7/26/2011   7/20/2011     113633  
Private MBS 15th
  8/17/2011   8/22/2011   8/18/2011     N/A  
Private MBS EOM
  8/8/2011   8/22/2011   8/18/2011     N/A  
The Previous Servicer agrees to provide additional cutoff and remittance reports, upon request, in an electronic format available to Servicer within reasonable timeframes requested.
The Previous Servicer will provide a contact that will assist with requests resulting from customer inquiries related to outstanding and canceled check copies.
[Note: customer inquires are not an Investor Reporting function]
The Previous Servicer shall provide the below reports:
[Note: the items requested below are pre-transfer]
1.Summary Trial Balance By Investor with UPB and Loan Count — (to assign bank accounts and investor assignments),.
2.   S225 (or whatever MSP report) Investor/Participation Investor and Category Report — we will need this to assign NSM investor codes to FTB/Metlife investor codes.
 
3.   GNMA ZZ46 pool to security reconciliation report for last cutoff from Bock Snyder.
 
4.   Last completed FNMA Schedule 123 and FNMA Pool Deficiency from Bock Snyder
 
5.   T62D Report Log Differences from Sylvia Machuca
 
6.   Wells Fargo Transaction Activity (TAR) reports from Sylvia Machuca
 
7.   Last Texas Housing and Veteran’s Land Board Discrepancy Reports and Investor/Category Listing with 20 different VLB programs with remit codes from Sylvia Machuca.
 
8.   Private Investor Log with remittance/cutoff dates, and add column for special requirements from Sylvia Machuca.
 
9.   Excel file for Flex 9 Special compensating interest calculations for FHLMC payoffs from Sylvia Machuca.
 
10.   Texas Housing Agency requirements from Sylvia Machuca.
 
11.   FHLMC Investor Code Listing with remittance type (PARCS, NonPARCS and 9 Day Flex 3rd vs 5th BD PIF, ARC remittance, 1st            Tuesday, etc) from Sylvia Machuca.
 
12.   FHLMC Tier Rating Report from Sylvia Machuca.
 
13.   FNMA listing of hard and soft rejects beginning of period (not requested) Bock Synder should provide.
 
14.   Active SSCRA (soldiers & sailor loans) loan level listing by Investor Code
 
15.   FNMA Investor Listing with Remittance Type (actual/actual, scheduled/schedule, express, RPM/Date) and MBS & MRS pool count. from Bock Synder
 
16.   Loans with Stop Advance sorted loan number order within investor from Sylvia Machuca (Metlife just started the process, and they stated they had a few)
 
17.   FTB Wiring Clearing repetitive wire instructions/codes from Sylvia Machuca
 
18.   Listing of items with the accounts relating to subservicing and contact to work out process to notify NSM needs funds for items still outstanding in Metlife’s escrow disbursement and investor remittance clearing accounts.
 
19.   All the P&I and T&I accounts, as well as the FTB clearing. We would need a list of all the
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    bank accounts that will transfer to us
 
20.   Example reporting packages for each different Trustees from Sylvia
 
21.   Need investor contact information such as : Name, Title, Telephone Number, Email Address, physical address
 
22.   Final Cutoff reports for all Private MBS EOM and 15th.
The above investor reports should be provided to:
[*]
Balance Settlement
Escrow funds for tax and insurance as of the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date should be wire transferred to the Servicer no later than 3 business days after the Servicing Transfer Settlement Date along with all other positive balance information. Loan level detail on how the wire should be applied must be provided to both Nationstar and the controlling party. Servicer’s wiring instructions are:
[*]
Loan Level Data Requirements
    Prior Servicer Loan Number
 
    Escrow Balance
 
    Suspense (e.g. borrower suspense, pre or post petition money, subsidy, forbearance, etc.)
 
    Hazard Loss Suspense
 
    Sale Proceeds
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Mortgagor Notification
The Previous Servicer shall mail the mortgagor notifications at least 15 days prior to each Servicing Transfer Date. In addition, the Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with a copy of the Goodbye Letter for review and approval at least two days prior to the mailing date.
Copies of good-bye letters as they were mailed along with vendor manifest will be provided in         .PDF format on CD’s to the new servicer prior to the transfer date.
The following Nationstar Mortgage LLC contact information must be provided in the RESPA compliant Goodbye Letter:
      Customer Service Hours of Operation:
 
      Monday through Thursday 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Central Standard Time,
 
      Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Central Standard Time
 
      Customer Service Toll Free Number:
 
      Customer Service Toll Free Number:
 
      1st Board Date       (877) 372-0512, extension 40
 
      2nd Board Date      (877) 372-0512, extension 45
 
      3rd Board Date      (877) 372-0512, extension 50
 
      4th Board Date      (877) 372-0512, extension 55
 
      5th Board Date      (877) 372-0512, extension 60 (if applicable)

Correspondence Address:

Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Attn: Customer Service
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067

Payment Address:

Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Attn: Payment Processing
P. O. Box 650783
Dallas, Texas 75265-0783
The Goodbye Letter must also advise the Mortgagor that any existing Optional Insurance with the Previous Servicer will transfer with the their loan.
In the event a Goodbye Letter is sent to a Mortgagor in error (i.e., the servicing for the related Mortgage Loan is not transferred to the Servicer), then the Previous Servicer shall immediately send (on behalf of itself and Servicer) a second letter to such Mortgagor advising such Mortgagor that the servicing transfer will not take place.
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Escrowed Loan Information
The Previous Servicer should provide the following information for all escrowed loans:
Escrow Procedures
Within 25 days prior to transfer the Previous Servicer will discuss procedures as it relates to the following to allow for a smooth transfer:
    History Lender Forced Placed Insurance letters
 
    Escrow Analysis Schedule — State Cycle
 
    Interest on Escrow Schedule
 
    Blanket policies for REO loans (as applicable)
 
    Blanket policies for non first lien and REOs (as applicable)
 
    Escrow Advances: How reconciled and recovered
 
    Payment policies for delinquent taxes
Escrowed Loan Report
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided. Each report is required pre-transfer with an updated report provided post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports
  Ø   Escrow Type (tax, insurance or both)
 
  Ø   Escrow payment type (escrowed, lender forced place, non-escrowed)
 
  Ø   Date of Last Escrow Analysis
 
  Ø   Escrow Analysis History as part of Transaction History
 
  Ø   Escrow Analysis Schedule
 
  Ø   Escrow Advances
 
  Ø   Interest on Escrow Schedule
      Hazard Insurance
  Ø   Agent and Insurance Company payee codes
 
  Ø   Expiration date
 
  Ø   Due date
 
  Ø   Payment Term
 
  Ø   Payment or accrual amount
 
  Ø   Coverage amount
 
  Ø   Coverage Type (force-placed or borrower paid)
 
  Ø   Coverage types (wind, hazard, flood)
 
  Ø   Policy Number(s)
 
  Ø   Blanket policies for non first liens and REO (as applicable)
 
  Ø   Indicator by Escrow/Coverage Type to determine escrowed or non-escrowed
      Other Escrow Related Items
  Ø   Escrow Analysis has not been performed within the last twelve (12) months
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  Ø   Explanation for non-compliance of Escrow Analysis guidelines
 
  Ø   Pending Escrow Analysis
 
  Ø   Last Escrow Analysis
 
  Ø   Escrow disbursement stops
 
  Ø   Explanation for the escrow stop
 
  Ø   Date of escrow stop
 
  Ø   Escrow stop expiration date
 
  Ø   Interest on escrow paid
 
  Ø   Loan level percentage of interest on escrow paid
 
  Ø   Stale Escrow Refund checks
 
  Ø   Date of stale escrow refund transaction
 
  Ø   Vendor name of stale escrow refund check
 
  Ø   Form ME-2 New Jersy Escrow Account Tran Notice — proof of filing
 
  Ø   Insurance or tax expiration date within 30 days after the Transfer Date
 
  Ø   List of all outstanding research cases with current service level agreement and Mortgagor’s expectations
 
  Ø   Property Type
 
  Ø   Suspense Items and audit/reconciliation post transfer
Escrowed Loan Requirements
With respect to the Mortgage Loans the Previous Servicer shall pay all hazard and flood insurance premiums which become due prior to and within thirty (30) days following the Servicing Transfer Date, and all real estate taxes for which the economic loss date is within thirty (30) days following the Servicing Transfer Date, assuming the bills are available for payment, and shall indemnify the Servicer against any tax penalties incurred prior to the Servicing Transfer Date or uninsured losses due to the non-payment of premiums or policy cancellation.
The Previous Servicer shall credit all accrued interest due on escrow to the individual accounts prior to the Servicing Transfer Date and provide confirmation of such to the Servicer.
All Escrow Analysis reports or statement copies should be forwarded to:

[*]
Hazard Insurance
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided.Each report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. Data will be provided, if available.
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  Ø   Hazard insurance flag
 
  Ø   Flood insurance flag
 
  Ø   Agent and Insurance Company payee codes with full descriptions
 
  Ø   Expiration date
 
  Ø   Due date
 
  Ø   Payment type escrowed or non-escrowed for each line (hazard, flood, etc.)
 
  Ø   Payment term
 
  Ø   Payment amount
 
  Ø   Coverage amount
 
  Ø   Coverage types with descriptions
 
  Ø   Policy Number
 
  Ø   Loans with Force Placed Insurance policy in effect
 
  Ø   Indication of binder or policy for Force Placed Insurance
 
  Ø   Force Placed Insurance payment method (monthly/annual)
 
  Ø   Terms of Force Placed Insurance
 
  Ø   Loans with damaged property
 
  Ø   Hazard loss claims in process
 
  Ø   Interest on Hazard Loss Schedule
 
  Ø   Date of last property inspection
 
  Ø   Detail on Inspection frequency for Hazard Loss — draw schedule/disbursement procedures
 
  Ø   Maintenance results
 
  Ø   BPO or appraisal results
 
  Ø   Loans with an open insurance loss claim
 
  Ø   Insurance Agent name
 
  Ø   Insurance Agent contact number
 
  Ø   Date claim opened
 
  Ø   Date settled
 
  Ø   Insurance proceeds received
 
  Ø   Insurance proceeds available
 
  Ø   Type of loss
 
  Ø   Status of repairs
 
  Ø   Loans in Federally Declared Disaster Areas (FDDA)
 
  Ø   FDDA refund amount
 
  Ø   FDDA deposit date
 
  Ø   Loans with Flood Insurance and all Flood Insurance data
 
  Ø   Flood Insurance vendor name
 
  Ø   Life of Loan status
 
  Ø   Determination date
 
  Ø   Certificate number
 
  Ø   Open Flood zone disputes
 
  Ø   Reporting on Vacant Properties — Active Claims
The Previous Servicer shall provide the following information:
  Ø   Evidence that the Flood Contract Vendor(s) have been notified to transfer Life of Loan Flood Contracts to Nationstar Mortgage LLC.
 
  Ø   Vendor Name, contact information, website access, if applicable.
 
  Ø   Vendor issued compliance data file to include: Determination Date, Certificate Number, Contract Type, Community Number, Panel, Suffix, Flood Zone, Program Status, and Map Date.
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Cancellation of Forced Placed Insurance
As of the Servicing Transfer Date the Previous Servicer must cancel any Force Placed Hazard or Flood coverage in effect. Metlife to coordinate with Assurant
Insurance Loss Draft Handling
The Previous Servicer must provide a properly documented file for each Mortgage Loan with an insurance loss draft claim from Assurant . This file shall include the following information:
  Ø   Date claim filed
 
  Ø   Cause (if available)
 
  Ø   State
 
  Ø   Amount of the loss
 
  Ø   Amount of insurance proceeds received to date
 
  Ø   Date hazard funds deposited (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Hazard loss funds disbursement date
 
  Ø   Amount of available hazard loss funds (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Hazard/claim type (hazard, flood, wind) (if available)
 
  Ø   Notes from conversations with or information received from contractors (available on system note/ comments data file)
 
  Ø   Correspondence to or from insurance companies and/or Mortgagor
 
  Ø   Status of the repairs
 
  Ø   Inspection reports
 
  Ø   Total number of days hazard loss funds held (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Detailed listing of all funds received and disbursed to date (available on payment history data file)
The Loss Draft file must be provided within five (5) business days of the Servicing Transfer and delivered to:

[*]
Insurance Agent Notification of Servicing Transfer
With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Previous Servicer shall transmit to the applicable insurance companies or agents, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Servicer and instructions to deliver all notices and insurance statements, as the case may be, to the Servicer from and after the Transfer Date. Such notices shall specify the new mortgagee clause. The Previous Servicer shall provide the Servicer with copies of all such notices (at the address below) or shall provide an Officer’s Certification that such notices were produced and transmitted as specified herein and within five days of the Transfer Date.
Servicer Insurance Mortgagee Clause
The new mortgagee clause applicable to all hazard, flood and miscellaneous (i.e., wind, earthquake, mine, etc.) will read as follows:
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Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Its successors and/ or assigns
P.O. Box 7729
Springfield, Ohio 45501-7729
Toll Free Number: (866) 825-9267
Transfer of Life of Loan Flood Contracts
The Previous Servicer shall affect the transfer of Life of Loan Flood Contracts/Data to Servicer
    The Previous Servicer shall notify Nationstar Mortgage LLC of existing Life of Loan (LOL) transferable contracts and the current vendor (Second liens must be assigned their own Flood Contract).
 
    Fifteen (15) days prior to Servicing Transfer:
    Contact your Flood Insurance representative to request that all LOL contracts are transferred to Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Provide your contact with a loan level listing of transferring loans including Previous Servicer’s loan number, name, and property address of the borrower.
 
    Previous Servicer will confirm to Servicer that pre- Servicing Transfer processing is complete.
    Within at least five (5) business days after the Servicing Transfer date:
  Ø   Evidence that the Flood Contract Vendor(s) have been notified to transfer Life of Loan Flood Contracts to Nationstar Mortgage LLC.
 
  Ø   Vendor Name, contact information, website access, if applicable.
 
  Ø   Vendor issued compliance data file to include: Determination Date, Certificate Number, Contract Type, Community Number, Panel, Suffix, Flood Zone, Program Status, and Map Date.
Should you have specific questions regarding the transfer of flood data, you may contact a member of the Servicer’s Flood Compliance Team.

[*]
Please include the following individual(s) in any email correspondence to the Vendor or for any Post-Service Transfer Flood issues:

[*]
Physical Hazard loss files should be sent to:
[*]
Springfield OH 45505
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Real Estate Taxes
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided. Each report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. Data will be provided, if available.
  Ø   Real Estate taxes
 
  Ø   Taxing Jurisdiction Name(s) (Tax payee)
 
  Ø   Tax parcel or Tax ID Number
 
  Ø   Due dates
 
  Ø   Escrowed or non-escrowed flag for each line (City, State, County, etc.)
 
  Ø   Payment term (annual, quarterly, etc.)
 
  Ø   Accrual (full year payment amount)
 
  Ø   Parcel number(s)
 
  Ø   Next tax due date
 
  Ø   Economic loss date
 
  Ø   Unpaid tax and items
 
  Ø   Loans that do not have an escrow record established for taxes
 
  Ø   Open or unpaid tax installments for current and prior tax cycle
 
  Ø   Open tax issues
 
  Ø   Pending tax refunds from tax collectors
 
  Ø   Description of the issue
 
  Ø   Name of the tax collector
 
  Ø   Amount of the expected refund
 
  Ø   Taxes due and paid for Ground Rents
 
  Ø   Taxes due and paid for Homeowner association fees
 
  Ø   Taxes due and paid for Sewer lines
 
  Ø   Taxes due and paid for miscellaneous fees (drainage, front foot, assessments, etc.)
 
  Ø   All other taxes due and paid along with tax type
 
  Ø   Property legal description
 
  Ø   Name/address/phone of entity to whom these fees/taxes are due
 
  Ø   Next tax payment due date
 
  Ø   Liens assessed for taxes
 
  Ø   Loans exempt from taxes
 
  Ø   Reason for exemption
 
  Ø   Name/address/phone of taxing authority
 
  Ø   Tax Vendor, tax type and full description
 
  Ø   REO properties (as applicable)
 
  Ø   Identification of states with annual or semi-annual payments
 
  Ø   File Representing corporate advances for taxes
 
  Ø   Pending Tax Research Items
Pending Tax Sales
The Previous Servicer agrees to provide information regarding a pending tax sale within 12 months of the Servicing Transfer Date on a property if available at the time of transfer. This file shall include the following information and be provided within 10 days prior to transfer.
  Ø   State
 
  Ø   Redemption amount
 
  Ø   Redemption date
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  Ø   Total funds already corporate advanced
 
  Ø   Tax Sale (loss) date
 
  Ø   Current redemption in process
 
  Ø   Non-redeemable properties
Unpaid Property Taxes
The Previous Servicer must provide a listing of all unpaid taxes including the reason the taxes remain unpaid. In addition, the Previous Servicer must provide to the Servicer all due and unpaid tax bills in their possession as of the Transfer Date and shall forward all stub bills in its possession and tax sale property files to the following address five (5) days prior to the Servicing Transfer Date.
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Attn: Escrow Administration
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
Transfer of Life of Service Tax Contracts
The Previous Servicer shall cooperate by providing a data file for servicer to obtain LOS tax contract. Previous Servicer shall provide the required data file within fifteen (15) days prior to transfer.
Tax Information Prior to and After Transfer:
[*]
Tax Litigation Report
The Previous Servicer must also provide an electronic report of all loans fifteen (15) days prior to the Servicing Transfer Date in which taxes are in litigation status, including loan number, borrower name, property address and an explanation of the type of litigation.
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Mortgage Insurance
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level detail as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports for all loans with Private Mortgage Insurance or HUD Mortgage Insurance Premium. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided. Report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  Ø   Loans with PMI/MIP
    Borrower Paid Indicator
 
    Lender Paid Indicator
 
    Investor Paid Indicator
  Ø   Insurance company
 
  Ø   Policy/Certificate number
 
  Ø   Effective/Expiration Date
 
  Ø   Coverage Amount
 
  Ø   % Covered
 
  Ø   Premium Amount
 
  Ø   Payment amount
 
  Ø   Payment term
 
  Ø   Due date
 
  Ø   Payment status (borrower paid vs. lender paid)
 
  Ø   Outstanding MI claim (Y/N)
 
  Ø   Cancellations as part of the History Note file
    In process
 
    Borrower cancelled
 
    Cancelled as a result of non-payment
With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Previous Servicer shall ensure all Mortgage Insurance premiums due up to and including the Transfer Date are paid, including lender paid mortgage insurance premiums (provided bill has been received). In addition, the Previous Servicer shall transmit to the applicable private mortgage insurance companies, notification of the transfer of the servicing to the Servicer and instructions to deliver all notices and insurance statements, as the case may be, to the Servicer from and after the Transfer Date. In addition (if applicable), the Previous Servicer shall notify HUD of the change in servicer information within fifteen days after the Transfer Date. Nationstar Mortgage LLC’s HUD ID number is 26450-0000-1.
Further (if applicable), the Previous Servicer will be responsible for correcting errors on the HUD 92080 Reject Report prior to the Servicing Transfer Date. Prior Servicer will be held responsible for any outstanding MI items as of the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date to include late and interest due on FHA loans, past due premiums and disclosure issues.
[*]
[*]
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Vendor Requirements
Tax
The Nationstar Tax Vendor is [*]: Customer Numbers: [*] and [*] Name: Homeselect Settlement Solutions, LLC.
The Nationstar Contact at [*] is [*]
For loans to bene change from one [*] client to Nationstar/Homeselect, the prior Servicer will submit a spreadsheet from Nationstar with the following information:
  Ø   Prior lender’s loan number (preferably just one column/one loan # string)
 
  Ø   Name of prior lender and/or their [*] customer number(s)
 
  Ø   [*] contract number on all loan numbers
For loans to be boarded on [*] system as an Acquired loan (loans NOT currently under service with [*]), the prior Servicer will provide to Nationstar data as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports.
Insurance (Flood and Hazard)
The Nationstar Insurance Vendor is [*]:
The Nationstar Contact at [*] is [*]
Office: [*]
The prior Servicer will submit to Nationstar data as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports
Flood
The Flood Vendor for Nationstar is [*]:
The Nationstar Contact at [*] is [*]: [*] Office Phone: [*]
The prior Servicer will submit data to Nationstar as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports:
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Credit Life and Other Optional Products
The Previous Servicer must provide the appropriate written instructions to the Mortgagor related to the discontinuation of any optional products prior to the Servicing Transfer Date within the RESPA good-bye letter. The Previous Servicer will remove the premium amount(s) from the Mortgagor’s total monthly payment and disburse any and all premiums to the product vendor or the Mortgagor prior to the Servicing Transfer Date.
Claims Process
Loan Level Detail containing the following items listed below. This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  Ø   How many open claims — broken down by pre and post foreclosure status
 
  Ø   Type of claim (MI, FNMA 571, etc)
 
  Ø   Date claim filed
 
  Ø   Beginning claim amount, funds received, remaining balance
 
  Ø   Current disposition status of REO properties
 
  Ø   Record for any loans previously where claims closed in last 90 days including denied claims
 
  Ø   Break down of claims process
 
  Ø   Claims closed in last 90 days including denied claims
 
  Ø   Copies of all initial or interim claims filed previously on transferring loans
 
  Ø   Loans where recourse / indemnification agreements are in place
 
  Ø   Loans where recourse / indemnification — repurchase / payout in process
 
  Ø   Identify claims in dispute and the disputed item
 
  Ø   Corporate Advance Detail broken down by type and loan level
 
  Ø   Deliver paper/manual invoices
 
  Tim Bowman will prepare AD Hoc reports
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Records and Files
File Delivery
The Previous Servicer must deliver the Servicing Files to the Servicer within five business days after the Servicing Transfer Date. If images are available, Previous Servicer shall provide an example of the format fourteen days prior to the Servicing Transfer Date. The Servicing Files will be delivered in a manner and format as agreed upon by and between the Previous Servicer and Servicer and will contain documentation as agreed upon by and between the Previous Servicer and Servicer. Weekly sweeps to be performed post transfer with first sweep delivered on August 2, 2011 Weekly sweeps will be delivered on Tuesdays, with the final sweep delivered on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
The Previous Servicer agrees to coordinate the file delivery with the Servicer. The Previous Servicer will work from the portfolio list provided on April 14, 2011. Previous Servicer shall deliver all images for entire active portfolios prior to or on August 1st 2011.
If applicable, any paper files shall be placed in a box in the Previous Servicer’s loan number order. Transmittals shall be attached to each box listing contents by loan number. Each box must be labeled as follows:
<NEW CLIENT NAME>//____<NAME OF SELLER>___//__<DATE OF TRANSFER>___//BOX 1 OF___
(Example: Nationstar Mortgage LLC/PREVIOUS SERVICER NAME/07.05.07/BOX 5 of 32).
An electronic master manifest in Excel containing prior servicer loan number and box number is required prior to Shipment.
File Delivery Address (VIA Encrypted Hard Drive)
[*]
Preferred Format of Images
    Images will be delivered in a format as agreed upon by and between Previous Servicer and Servicer.
    Majority of images will be Single Page TIFF
 
    Some appraisal, year-end documents and loss mitigation/default documents will be PDF format
 
    Prior servicer will provide image conversion timeline
Electronic Image Requirements — PGP Encryption
    Index information manifest including: loan number, document type and primary file name
 
    One manifest per batch
 
    Test Image Files to be received week of May 2-6
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    Electronic cumulative list of document/index types and corresponding user friendly description.
 
    Test Image Files to be received week of May 2-6
Trailing Documents
Please send trailing original collateral documents to the address above. Write the Previous Servicer’s loan number on each document.
For a period of 3 months after the final transfer date, ML wil continue to image trailing docs prior to delivery of hard-copy document to NSM. Previous servicer to deliver any ancillary databases used to track docs out to third parties indicating where documents sent and how long the have been out.
Will send document type list for review.
Deliver the following exception reports electronically:
    List of loans not imaged (pre-2007 backfile conversion)
 
    List of missing collateral documents by loan
 
    List of any uninsurable or indemnified loans, indentified by investor
 
    List of loans missing security instrument or other collateral where collection efforts have ceased.
MERS Notification
If any loans are registered with MERS the Previous Servicer must update the sub-servicing ORG ID for any active loan in the transfer. This shall be done either through the Previous Servicer’s servicing system, if allowable or through the MERS Online System on the Transfer Date(s), 5 business days will be permitted for the correction of rejected MERS updates. The Org ID for Nationstar Mortgage LLC as sub-servicer is 1003972.
  1.   Move the MERS loans to the correct Org ID to coincide with the transfer.
 
  2.   Provide Nationstar Mortgage LLC with the MIN level information prior to or on transfer date(s).
 
  3.   MERS team will provide a list of all Foreclosure loans that have been deactivated. List of firms who were given PO to execute AOM.- Does not apply — We have not given any attorney’s Power of Attorney.
 
  4.   Assign out of MERS on all foreclosures prior to filing the first action in the foreclosure process.
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     1. List of Assignments sent to recording in 6 months prior to Transfer Date.
Contact Information:
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IRS Reporting
For any period prior to the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date, Previous Servicer must prepare, report to the Internal Revenue Service and provide to Mortgagors, all in accordance the applicable law, rules and regulations, any and all tax information required to be provided with respect the Mortgage Loans for that period. The Previous Servicer shall provide to the Servicer confirmation when and by whom Social Security Number validation has been completed on the Mortgage Loans.
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Litigation (This is covered in the Transfer Letter) / Update to show pre&post
In the event the Previous Servicer receives notification of Litigation being issued in conjunction with any Mortgage Loan the Previous Servicer will give written notification to the Servicer within five (5) business days. In the event time does not permit prior approval by the Servicer, Previous Servicer will retain counsel to represent the Servicer’s interests and obtain said approval as soon thereafter as possible. The costs incurred in providing legal representation in conjunction with any such Mortgage Loan serviced hereunder will be borne by the Servicer.
The Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with a listing of any loans with open litigation, including an explanation for each case . This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
Partial Releases
The Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with a listing of any loans on which a partial release is pending, including an explanation for each case and all documentation received as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
Subordinations — Ancillary Report
The Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with a listing of any loans on which a Subordination requests are pending, including an explanation for each case, any subordination in the Mississippi Grant Program and all documentation received as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
Qualified Written Requests (RESPA) — Ancillary Report
The Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with a listing of any loans on which a Qualified Written Request has been received and is pending, including an explanation for each case and all documentation received as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. The Previous Servicer must provide the Servicer with all research backup and written explanation of the issue.
Mortgagor Name Changes— Ancillary Report
The Previous Servicer must provide to the Servicer in the servicing file backup for each pending legal name change along with the appropriate documentation (i.e., quit claims, death certificates, divorce decrees, etc.) as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
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Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA)
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report listing the following information for all loans under SSCRA. This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  Ø   Loan Number for loans in which relief has been requested under the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Name
 
  Ø   Period of Reduced Payment (mm/yy to mm/yy)
 
  Ø   Loan has received reduced payments thru mm/yy
 
  Ø   Effective date of the subsidy
 
  Ø   Subsidy method (buydown subsidized or 6% interest rate)
 
  Ø   If buydown subsidy method, how was loan funded
 
  Ø   Calculation method of the reduced payment
 
  Ø   Active duty start date
 
  Ø   Active duty termination date
 
  Ø   Complete copy of the customer’s Military Orders
 
  Ø   Copy of ARM adjustment notification letter(s) during SSCRA period
 
  Ø   Additional comments or notes
Please forward one report for each SSCRA loan to:

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Loss Mitigation and Collection Activity
The Previous Servicer shall make available any written procedures for loss mitigation alternatives and share with Nationstar to ensure a smooth transfer. An electronic report in Excel format is required for each report defined in this section. Previous Servicer to provide detailed workout pipline. Each report in this section should be delivered as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
1. Pending Checks Report — Will send date to stop post dated checks
  Ø   All loans with pending checks
 
  Ø   Date of Pending Check
 
  Ø   Amount of Pending Check
2. Open Research Item Report
  Ø   All loans with open research items
 
  Ø   Missing Payments
 
  Ø   Payment Corrections
 
  Ø   Date of Research Item
 
  Ø   Amount of Research Item
 
  Ø   Type of research item (i.e. western union, moneygram, check) as outlined in the Qualified Written Request section.
 
  Ø   Status
3. Repayment Plan Report
  Ø   All loans with active repayment plan
 
  Ø   Loans for which repayment plan activity has been initiated
 
  Ø   Detail of the terms and conditions of the repayment plan
 
  Ø   Status
 
  Ø   List of plans with with pending post dated payments
4. Pending Short Sale Report
  Ø   All loans with an active short sale
 
  Ø   All short sales with an offer outstanding
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  Ø   All short sales with an active sales contract
 
  Ø   Approved Short Sales
 
  Ø   Approved Short Sales awaiting claims to be filed
 
  Ø   Outstanding Short Sale claims
 
  Ø   Recent property valuation
5. Pending Non-HAMP Loan Modification Report
  Ø   All Loans Pending Modification
 
  Ø   Trial period information if applicable
 
  Ø   Recent property valuation
 
  Ø   Title search
 
  Ø   Modification terms
    Permanent/Temporary (Expiration Date)
 
    Rate Reduction Only/Capitalization
  Ø   Document/Title company contact information
 
  Ø   Documentation collected from borrower (Y/N)
 
  Ø   Docs out to borrower for signature (Y/N)
 
  Ø   Identification of any funds collected in conjunction with the modification
 
  Ø   Modification subordination date (if applicable)
 
  Ø   Modification record date (if applicable)
6. Pending Deed-in-Lieu Report
  Ø   All loans pending deed-in-lieu of foreclosure
 
  Ø   Recent property valuation
 
  Ø   Title search
 
  Ø   Status
7. Charged-off Loan Report
  Ø   All loans charged-off
 
  Ø   Lien
 
  Ø   Date of charge-off
 
  Ø   Amount charged-off
 
  Ø   Pending charge-offs
Loss Mitigation Servicing File Documentation Requirements
In addition to the data requirements the following Loss Mitigation documents are required. If Loss Mitigation documents are not imaged then physical documents will need to be delivered within five (5) days of after the Transfer Date to the loss mitigation contact in addition to being in the servicing file.
  Ø   Copies of all written correspondence regarding delinquencies
 
  Ø   Written agreements entered into with the Mortgagor including any modification documents, repayment plans, stipulated repayment plans,
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    or any other document that constitutes approval of the loss mitigation workout or alternative.
      Pending Short Sale Doc Requirements — Images
  Ø   Sales contract
 
  Ø   HUD-I Settlement Statement, estimated
 
  Ø   Realtor/Broker contact information
 
  Ø   Mortgagor financials
 
  Ø   Mortgagor hardship letter
 
  Ø   Approval letter (if approved and not closed prior to transfer date)
 
  Ø   Appraisal and/or Title Search Performed
 
  Ø   Copy of BPO/Appraisals
      Pending Loan Modification Doc Requirements
  Ø   Mortgagor financials
 
  Ø   Mortgagor hardship letter
 
  Ø   Hard copy of the Modification Agreement
 
  Ø   Copy of the Modification Approval
      Pending Deed-in-Lieu Doc Requirements
  Ø   Deed-in-Lieu agreement
 
  Ø   Document/Title company contact information
 
  Ø   Mortgagor financials
 
  Ø   Mortgagor hardship letter
 
  Ø   Appraisal and/or Title Search Performed
If Loss Mitigation documents are not imaged then deliver hard copies to:
[*]
Please refer to the Records and Files section regarding the forwarding of documents and/or files
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Bankruptcy
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports for loans with Bankruptcy. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided. This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. Data will be provided, if available.
  Ø   Loan Number
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Name
 
  Ø   Name of Filer
 
  Ø   Lien
 
  Ø   Filing date
 
  Ø   Chapter
 
  Ø   Case number
 
  Ø   Bankruptcy State/District
 
  Ø   Bankruptcy status
 
  Ø   Post-petition due date
 
  Ø   Contractual due date at the time of filing
 
  Ø   Date file referred to Attorney
 
  Ø   Previous Servicer’s Attorney name
 
  Ø   Previous Servicer’s Attorney address
 
  Ø   Previous Servicer’s Attorney phone number
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Attorney name
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Attorney address
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Attorney phone number
 
  Ø   Trustee name
 
  Ø   Trustee address
 
  Ø   Trustee phone number
 
  Ø   Mortgagor’s Suspense Balance
 
  Ø   Trustee Suspense Balance
 
  Ø   Suspense Balance of any Stipulated Agreement
 
  Ø   Balance of Agreed Order
 
  Ø   Has Proof of Claim been filed (Y/N)
 
  Ø   Confirmed Proof of Claim
 
  Ø   Amount with Breakdown
 
  Ø   Amount Paid to Date from Trustee for Claim
 
  Ø   Litigation Status (Motion for Relief Filed, Cramdown, etc.)
 
  Ø   If Litigation, by whom
 
  Ø   Stipulated agreement (Y/N)
 
  Ø   Which post-petition payments are included in the Stipulated Agreement
 
  Ø   What post-petition payments have been paid by the debtor
 
  Ø   Litigation Files with Adversary Claims
 
  Ø   Listing of discharged BK’s
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The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports for all loans that are in an active Chapter 7 Bankruptcy:
  Ø   Date of Discharge
 
  Ø   Date of Reaffirmation
 
  Ø   Date Filed
 
  Ø   Case #
 
  Ø   State Filed
 
  Ø   District Filed
 
  Ø   Name of Filer
 
  Ø   Dismissal Date
 
  Ø   Motion for Relief Obtained Date
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports for loans with active Chapter 11, 12 and 13 Bankruptcies:
  Ø   Complete Payment History for both pre and post petition payments
 
  Ø   Original confirmed claim amount
 
  Ø   Breakdown of all amounts included in the claim.
The Previous Servicer shall provide the below Chapter 11 data:
  Ø   Cramdown Data via screen prints
The Previous Servicer shall provide Bankruptcy files as available through previous servicer’s imaged documentation (or with LPS screen prints) with each loan to contain the following information:
  Ø   Mortgage
 
  Ø   Note
 
  Ø   Title Policy
 
  Ø   Breakdown of trustee money received and how it was applied (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Breakdown of all payments received from debtor and how it was applied (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Copies of all invoices
 
  Ø   Any pending relief of stay hearings within 60 days of the transfer
 
  Ø   Bank’s attorney and contact information
 
  Ø   Debtor’s attorney and contact information(available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Bankruptcy petition (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Proof of claim (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   If arrearages included in proof of claim, please provide breakdown
 
  Ø   Reorganization plan (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Copies of stipulation/agreed orders (details of payment plan) (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Foreclosure information prior to bankruptcy filing (if applicable) (available through bankruptcy/foreclosure data files)
 
  Ø   Information of prior bankruptcy filings (multi-filers) (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   APO or RFS order (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   RFS motion (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Dismissal/discharge order and/or a list of loans that have been dismissed/discharged (available on PACER)
 
  Ø   Contractual Payment History (available on payment history data file)
 
  Ø   Stipulated Agreement (available on PACER)
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The Previous Servicer shall provide a report of all attorneys used for bankruptcy, including the full firm name, contact name, address, phone number and tax identification number (TIN). Previous Servicer shall also provide copies of attorney standards and fee schedules(attorney standards are the FNMA and FHLMC guides and fee schedules are governed by the applicable agency — in the absence of an agency i.e. BONY then FNMA is the standard. MLHL/FHHL does not have it’s own fee schedule.)The Previous Servicer shall provide written notice, in accordance with applicable court procedures, to bankruptcy trustees and debtor attorneys with respect to the servicing transfer of any Bankruptcy Loans. Such notices shall be mailed to the bankruptcy trustees and debtor attorneys prior to the respective Transfer Date. Copies of all such notices shall be provided to Servicer within five (5) days after the Transfer Date.

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Foreclosure File Report
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report as available through standard LPS service release workstation reports for any loan in which foreclosure actions have been initiated. If not provided in standard LPS report a passport query in Excel format will be provided. This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  Ø   Loans in foreclosure
 
  Ø   Legal specifics/process by state
 
  Ø   Foreclosure status
 
  Ø   Date referred to foreclosure
 
  Ø   Attorney or firm assigned
 
  Ø   Attorney phone number
 
  Ø   Date of first legal action
 
  Ø   Date of Demand/Breach Letter sent to borrower — Letters on imaging platform there will not be a system field in LPS to show this — must be obtained from imaged copy of letter
 
  Ø   Date the service was completed
 
  Ø   Date the judgment was ordered
 
  Ø   Scheduled Sale Date / Actual Sale Date (if applicable) step 075 and 078 on for 3 screen respectively
 
  Ø   Any information related to holds during the process ‘hold’ steps shown on for 3 screen
 
  Ø   Lien Position
 
  Ø   If second lien, need 1st lien holder name, status, and contact information
Foreclosure File Requirements
The Previous Servicer shall provide Foreclosure files for each loan to contain the following information: (some information will be contained in screen prints)
  Ø   Copy of the demand/breach letter will be in imaged data
 
  Ø   Bid instructions for any loans with a sale date occurring within 15 days after the Transfer Date must be provided upon transfer.
 
  Ø   Trustee/attorney names and contact information
 
  Ø   Referral letter
 
  Ø   Copies of all invoices, paid and due please get confirmation from Default Claims unit on whether this will be provided by them
 
  Ø   NOD/Complaint
 
  Ø   Foreclosure title report we will not have this available — new servicer can obtain from attorney if needed
 
  Ø   Foreclosure bid worksheet (if available)
 
  Ø   Actual/projected foreclosure sale date
 
  Ø   Foreclosure review committee packet (not referred to attorney but recommended for foreclosure) will be in imaged data.- Imaging
 
  Ø   Bankruptcy information prior to foreclosure action (if applicable)
 
  Ø   Mark the outside of the file for any exception loans (e.g., SEIZED, DEMOLITION; MOBILE HOMES AND MANUFACTURED HOUSING)
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Foreclosure File Handling
Loan files for loans scheduled for sale within two (2) weeks after the Servicing Transfer Date are to be received on the Servicing Transfer Date. These files are to contain a payoff statement good through cutoff date (or a total amount due statement) , or bidding instructions given to attorney and the recent BPO/Appraisal . (BPO/Appraisal will be part of imaged data — not hard copy) Hard copy screen prints may be substituted for the electronic reports, but must contain the required information.
The Previous Servicer shall provide a report of all attorneys used for foreclosure litigation fifteen (15) days prior to the Transfer Date, including the full firm name, contact name, address, phone number and tax identification number (TIN). Please advise your foreclosure attorneys of the servicing transfer fifteen (15) days prior and advise to proceed with the foreclosure process.
For all loans facing a foreclosure sale date within thirty (30) days before or after the Transfer Date, the Controlling Party requests a report thirty (30) days prior to the Transfer Date summarizing the following loan-level information:
  Ø   Loan number
 
  Ø   Scheduled foreclosure sale date
 
  Ø   Scheduled foreclosure bid amount there is not a field for this can’t include in a report
 
  Ø   Property state
 
  Ø   Property city
 
  Ø   Origination value
 
  Ø   Updated property valuation
 
  Ø   Attorney name
 
  Ø   Attorney contact information
 
  Ø   Demand Start Date there is not a reportable field available for this — demand date and expiration will be shown on imaged copy of demand
 
  Ø   Demand Expiration Date
In addition to the items above please provide information regarding the following on all loans:
  Ø   Lenstar History Vendorscape messages are mapped to LPS for 2 notes
 
  Ø   Appraisal/Values copies of appraisals/BPO are in imaged data
 
  Ø   If government loans — case #’s
  o   Available on MIP1 screen workstation
  Ø   Maintenance/Inspection Records — What loans were winterized?
    Comprehensive List of loans with: (FOR1)
  Ø   Sale Dates
 
  Ø   Redemptions
 
  Ø   Projected Sale Dates
 
      Previous Servicer (PS) will provide Nationstar access to our Vendors website which includes everything regarding property preservation, therefore eliminating any need for soft/hard copy information.
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    Vendor Information for:
  Ø   Inspections
 
  Ø   Demands
 
  Ø   Appraisals
 
  Ø   Billing
 
  Ø   Any other outsourcer/system
 
  Ø   Attorney Fee Schedule standard agency allowables are used — for BONY loans, FNMA is used
 
  Ø   Attorney timeline/production reports
 
  Ø   List of Aged Inventory with Chronological Events
 
  Ø   Property Preservation work details in notes
A foreclosure should not be put on hold without the prior written approval or email confirmation from the controlling party.
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REO
Previous Servicer (PS) will provide via reporting, all fields available on our REO Vendors Managements system (RESNET) on all active REO’s at the time of transfer. PS will provide Nationstar access to RESNET so they can review the assets on line, including all pre/post marketing information. Therefore providing hard/soft copy documentation at transfer will not be needed.
In the event a Mortgage Loan goes to foreclosure sale and the redemption period expires or the Loan is currently in REO the Previous Servicer shall provide a pre-transfer and post-transfer electronic report in Excel format to the Servicer containing the data points listed below. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. Data contained in RESNET
  Ø   Loans in REO
 
  Ø   Foreclosure and eviction attorney contact information
 
  Ø   Foreclosure Sale Date
 
  Ø   Successful Bidder
 
  Ø   Confirmation/Ratification/Redemption Date (if Applicable)
 
  Ø   Offers and counter-offers and amounts received
 
  Ø   Agent contact information (name, company, phone, fax, email)
 
  Ø   Contact information for any other third party vendors involved
 
  Ø   Under contract flag
 
  Ø   Closing date
 
  Ø   Force placed insurance information
 
  Ø   Taxes due
 
  Ø   Taxes Paid
 
  Ø   Code Violations
 
  Ø   Open Legal files
 
  Ø   Closing status
 
  Ø   Closing contact information (Title company, closer, agent)
 
  Ø   Occupancy status
 
  Ø   Eviction status
 
  Ø   Cash for keys offered/accepted/denied
 
  Ø   Title work completed
 
  Ø   All interior values
 
  Ø   Amount of REO repairs made to property
 
  Ø   If Third Party Sale — Date Proceeds Received
 
  Ø   If Third Party Sale — Amount
 
  Ø   If Redeemed — Date Proceeds Received
 
  Ø   If Redeemed — Amount
 
  Ø   REO Closing Attorney Contact Information (Name, Address, phone, fax, email)
 
  Ø   Party Marketing the Property
 
  Ø   Date Property Sold
 
      Previous Servicer will provide list of all active Investor Claims involving REO (Private Securities) and any claim backup will be placed on our Imaging system for review when transferred to Nationstar.
 
  Ø   Initial Investor Claim-Date Filed
 
  Ø   Investor Name Claim Sent to and Contact Information
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  Ø   Investor Claim Amount
 
  Ø   Investor Claim Date Paid
 
  Ø   Investor Claim Status
 
  Ø   MI Claim-Date Filed
 
      Previous Servicer will provide report which includes claims filed/paid that are still active on our default workstation. We do not provide amounts because it is not tracked in a reportable format.
 
  Ø   MI Name Claim Sent to and Contact Information
 
  Ø   MI Claim Amount
 
  Ø   MI Claim Date Paid
 
  Ø   Other Claim-Date Filed (i.e. Secondary etc.)
 
  Ø   Other Name Claim Sent to and Contact Information
 
  Ø   Other Claim Amount
 
  Ø   Other Claim Date Paid
 
  Ø   Identification of a redemption loan that have not confirmed
 
  Ø   List of realtors
The Previous Servicer shall provide a pre-transfer and post-transfer electronic report in Excel format to the Servicer and controlling party documenting REOs with offers, sales, or closings pending. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided no later than 20 days prior to the transfer date, updated report 5 days prior to transfer and the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports. An REO offer should not be put on hold without the prior written approval or email confirmation from the controlling party
In addition to the data requirements the following REO documents are required. If REO documents are not imaged then physical REO files will need to be delivered no later than 5 days post transfer.
  Ø   Foreclosure deed
 
  Ø   Foreclosure bid worksheet with supporting BPO’s or APO’s attached
 
  Ø   Property inspection reports
 
  Ø   Listing agreements including initial list price and date, current list price and all list reductions and dates.
 
  Ø   Listing activity reports
 
  Ø   Rehabilitation work orders and/or contractor invoices
 
  Ø   All Closing documents (contract, title work, etc.), closing attorney contact information, scheduled closing date, etc.
 
  Ø   Executed contracts
 
  Ø   Preliminary/Final HUD
No soft/hard copy file will be provided since Nationstar will have access to both RESNET and any documents Imaged in our system, If document needed not in RESNET or imaging previous servicer to provide.
The file shall be organized so that all documents pertaining to the REO are together and in chronological order, including a copy of any claims filed, the Foreclosure and or Sheriff’s Deed and foreclosure attorney information; eviction attorney information, if applicable, and any other attorney correspondence; copies of all invoices paid; hard copy REO notes, if not provided electronically. Prior servicer to send list of realtors with contact information. REO Closings shall be scheduled at a mutally agreed upon date if the sale shall occur post transfer. If the REO file is delivered to the Servicer prior to the Transfer Date the Previous Servicer shall work with the Servicer to determine how best to transfer the loan record data. Please forward current vendor, vendor system information and contact information to our contact below. REO files and unpaid invoices shall be delivered to:
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REO Files and Invoices:
[*]
Mortgagor Recoverable Corporate Advances
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan-level, itemized accounting of all expenses, to date, for all mortgagor recoverable expenses in adherence to filing FNMA 571 claims, regardless of investor. This itemized accounting shall include supporting documentation of all recoverable expenses disbursed from escrow accounts or any other account. Copies of all property inspections, property preservation, and invoices for all loans, including bankruptcy and foreclosure, shall be provided in a format agreed upon by all parties.
No soft/hard copy preservation information/invoices will be provided. Previous Servicer (PS) will provide the above information in 3 ways within 30 days after transfer:
  a.   Provide Nationstar access to Iclear (Corelogic product) which includes all attorney/non-REO Invoices.
 
  b.   Provide Nationstar access to our Property Preservations website, which includes all preservation information.
 
  c.   Provide encrypted CD of all invoices paid through Invoice Management.
 
  d.   All other information including HOA/Utility invoices will be imaged and available to Nationstar.
The Previous Servicer shall provide a loan level report listing the following information for any loan with an advance. The detail of the advance amount should tie back to the cumulative balance provided in the trial balance. This report is required pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  Ø   Loans with advance
 
  Ø   Advance Type and Amount: (attorney fee, BPO, Inspections, Recording Fees, Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, etc.)
 
  Ø   Corporate Expense Detail
 
  Ø   Debit/Credit Indicator
 
  Ø   Recoverable, Non-Recoverable, or Third Party Indicator
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Release of Title, Payoff Requests and Payoff Funds Received After Transfer
The Previous Servicer is responsible for, and must send for recordation, all Mortgage Loan satisfactions for all Mortgage Loans that pay in full prior to the Transfer Date.
The Previous Servicer must wire transfer any payoff funds that are received by the Previous Servicer after the Servicing Transfer Date on the next businss day after receipt for those payoff funds received via wire transmission. Payoff wiring instructions:
[ * ]
 
 
 
For further credit to: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Payment Clearing
A spreadsheet will be sent with the below information for all loans included in the daily wire
Customer’s Name ___________________
Customer’s Loan Acct # ______________
Customer’s Address _________________
Sender’s Name and Phone #____________
The Previous Servicer shall reimburse the Servicer for additional per diem interest on any payoff check that is not forwarded to the Servicer via overnight delivery on the next business day of its receipt by the Previous Servicer. The Previous Servicer will forward the Servicer a check in the appropriate amount upon receipt of a properly documented request. Payoff mailing instructions:
[ * ]
 
 
 
 
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Email: [*]
This is not applicable to MetLife as we would not be requesting a payoff quote from Nationstar
This is not applicable as there are no loans with a Prepayment penalty
Nationstar should submit any Payoff Research requests to MetLife Home Loans mailbox [ * ]
All requests for a payoff statement should be faxed to [*].
Does not apply — The Previous Servicer, if applicable, shall provide a loan level report listing all of the loans for which the Prepayment Penalty has been waived and any pending payoff requests that have not been fulfilled. The following information should be included in this report:
  Ø   Prepayment Penalty Term
 
  Ø   Prepayment Penalty Calculation
 
  Ø   Payoff Request Date
Automatic Payment Plans, Mortgage Payments or other checks received after Transfer
-The Previous Servicer shall provide an example of their current payment coupon(s) 60 days prior to transfer. All checks should be date-stamped and endorsed as follows:
Pay to the order of Nationstar Mortgage LLC without recourse.
By
(Name of Signer) (Title of Signer) (Name of Company)
For a period of thirty (30) days following the transfer, any mortgage payment received by the Previous Servicer will be forwarded on a daily basis to the new Servicer via overnight delivery. For a period of 60 Business Days following the expiration of the prior 30 Business Days, such funds or payments will be sent by regular mail. After the expiration of such 60 Business Days, Seller shall return the funds or payments to the Purchaser or its designee or return to the sender.
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Attn: Service Transfer Payments/Payment Processing
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
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Delete — NSF & Stop Payment Handling
Need listing of all loans on bi-weekly/Equity Accelerator program. Nationstar will work with WesternUnion’s PayMap by reversing payments on loans after transfer and reimbursing Western Union of NSF drafts
The following procedures shall apply to checks other than payments, NSFs or stop payments received by the Previous Servicer after the Servicing Transfer Date:
  1.   Checks shall be clearly identified with Previous Servicer’s loan number in the upper right-hand corner.
 
  2.   Checks that include funds for two or more accounts should be accompanied by a detailed listing providing Previous Servicer’s loan number and amount due each account.
 
  3.   Checks should be properly endorsed as noted above.
 
  4.   The purpose of check shall be identified and grouped accordingly (i.e., tax refund, loss draft, payment of special insurance, principal payment, etc.).
 
  5.   Checks shall be forwarded via overnight delivery to the address above for 30 days after transfer and sent via regular mail thereafter.
Dishonored Payments and Stop Pays after Transfer
The Previous Servicer will ensure the returned check has been presented twice to the bank for good funds prior to requesting reimbursement from Nationstar Mortgage LLC. The Previous Servicer will submit the following applicable documentation related to a dishonored payment which was not reversed by Previous Servicer before the Servicing Transfer Cutoff Date:
  1.   MetLife Home Loans does not receive physical checks back on returned or dishonored payments. MetLife will send reports from their bank for all returned items which clearly reflect the reason the payment was dishonored (e.g. NSF, stop payment, etc.). In the case of a dishonored draft, adequate proof should be provided indicating the bank rejected the draft.
 
  2.   Payment history from point of the dishonored payment to the Transfer Cutoff Date
 
  3.   Nationstar Mortgage LLC shall reimburse Previous Servicer the dishonored payment funds within ten (10) days , or best efforts of receipt of applicable documentation.
 
  4.   Any research requests or questions regarding the reports should be directed to MetLife
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  5.   Home Loans email box [*]. Contact is [*].
Misapplied Payments
A “misapplied payment” shall mean a Mortgagor payment for which funds have been deposited in an incorrect Escrow Account or applied to an incorrect Mortgagor’s account. The existence of a canceled Mortgagor payment bearing the endorsement of Previous Servicer, for which funds have not been allocated to the proper Escrow Accounts or Mortgagor account, shall be considered conclusive evidence of a misapplied payment. Misapplied payments shall be processed as follows:
  1.   Both parties shall cooperate in correcting misapplication errors by providing the payment history from point of error to the Transfer Cutoff Date and a copy of the canceled check bearing the endorsement of the Previous Servicer responsible for the posting of the missing funds.
 
  2.   The party receiving notice of a misapplied payment occurring after the Transfer Date and discovered after the Transfer Date shall immediately notify the other party.
 
  3.   If a misapplied payment cannot be identified by either party and said misapplied payment has resulted in a shortage in a Mortgage account, Previous Servicer shall be liable for the amount of such shortage for any payment misapplied by the Previous Servicer. Previous Servicer shall reimburse Nationstar Mortgage LLC for the amount of such shortage within twenty (20) days , or best efforts after receipt of written demand from Nationstar Mortgage LLC. In the rare case that it should take greater than 20 days the Prior Servicer and Nationstar will be in constant communication.
 
  4.   Any check issued under the provisions of this paragraph shall be accompanied by a statement indicating the purpose of the check, the mortgagor and property address involved, and the corresponding Previous Servicer and/or Nationstar Mortgage LLC account number.
Please forward all documentation regarding dishonored and/or misapplied payments to:
Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Attn: Service Transfer NSF Returns/ Payment Processing
350 Highland Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75067
Research request from old servicer to new servicer will be sent via email to the above email address. Nationstar should respond and provide reimbursement when applicable within 20 days. Request related to misapplications, etc. should be sent to the MetLife Home Loans via email at [*]. Supervisor contact is [*] at [*]
An electronic report in Excel format is required for each report defined in this section
Customer Service Research
1. Open Research Item Report
  Ø   All loans with open research items
 
  Ø   Missing Payments
 
  Ø   Payment Corrections
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  Ø   Date of Research Item
 
  Ø   Amount of Research Item
 
  Ø   Type of research item (i.e. western union, moneygram, check) as outlined in the Qualified Written Request section.
 
  Ø   Status
Correspondence Received After Transfer
All correspondence, insurance renewals, cancellation notices, customer inquiries, etc., received by Previous Servicer after the Servicing Transfer Date shall be identified with the Previous Servicer’s loan number and forwarded for a period of 90 days. After 90 days, previous servicer shall have the option to continue forwarding or return items to the sender. Items will be sent no less than weekly.
[*]
HAMP Requirements
The Previous Servicer must complete all HAMP Reporting Transfer Process requirements posted by Fannie Mae within the timeframes required under the HAMP Program.
Fill out and submit the HAMP Reporting Transfer Request Form
1.   Fill out and submit the HAMP Reporting Transfer Loan List form with all HAMP loans transferring
 
2.   If transferring non-GSE loans the Assignment and Assumption Agreement must be filled out and submitted to FNMA
The following HAMP electronic reports are required for transferring loans that have been solicited, currently in a trial period, failed, denied, or have been successfully modified. Each report is required
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pre-transfer and post-transfer. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
  1.   List of all loans that have been solicited.
 
  2.   Report outlining where each loan is in the process, payments received, and payment received date. If the process has been completed then provide the new modification terms.
 
  3.   Report providing which documents have been received and if incomplete, what is still missing. Will need copies of all documents received.
 
  4.   Report outlining any loans that previously failed (no longer eligible for the HAMP program) or were turned down.
 
  5.   Copies of any Treasury reporting A, B, C, and/or D.
 
  6.   Latest IR2 Reporting
 
  7.   List of any Hardest Hit Funds accounts, status on Opt-In and permissions
 
  8.   List of any pending Mediations
In addition to the reports, the previous servicer will provide HAMP loan level data electronically on all loans to include Exhibits A, B, C & D required and conditional data as required under the US Treasury’s IR2 reporting requirements. The pre-transfer report needs to be provided as part of the preliminary data with the final report provided as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
HAFA Requirements — Should reflect new MHA Timelines
The Previous Servicer must provide HAFA document and data requirements as posted in Supplemental Directive 09-09 on March 26, 2010.
A copy of each executed document must be provided based on document requirements outlined under section ‘Records and Files’. An electronic report in Excel format is required for each report
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defined in this section. Each report in this section should be delivered as defined under Delivery of Final Loan Level Data & Reports.
Data Elements Required for HAFA Loans
1. Reporting based on HAFA letter being sent on a loan.
    Each loan that did meet HAMP eligibility but did not fulfill HAMP obligations
 
    Reason code/reason for HAMP fall out
 
    Date Letter Sent
 
    Type of HAFA Letter Sent (e.g. Solicitation Letter or SSA, RASS, ALT Rass, or DIL agreement)
 
    If postpone foreclosure for the 14day solicitation letter, need date foreclosure postponed
2. Reporting based on response to HAFA letter.
    Each loan that responded to the letter
 
    Date responded to letter
 
    Which alternative borrower agreed to fulfill (short sale and/or deed-in-lieu)
 
    Executed documents received by Servicer(Y/N Flag)
 
    Status of Request (e.g. Talked to borrower about alternatives, borrower is interested and documents sent but not received, documents sent by servicer, executed documents in mail, etc...)
 
    Date foreclosure was postponed
 
    Any completed request for Approval of Short Sale (RASS) or Alt Request for Approval of Short Sale (Alt Rass)
3. Treasury Reporting Requirements
     
Logical Data Element   Description
HAMP Registration Number
  The unique identifier for the servicer participating in the HAMP program
 
   
HAMP Servicer Number
  A unique identifier assigned to each servicer that is participating in the HAMP program
 
   
Servicer Loan Number
  The unique identifier assigned to the loan by the lender that is servicing the loan for the first lien
 
   
GSE Servicer Number
  The Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac unique servicer identifier
 
   
GSE Loan Number
  A unique identifier assigned to each loan by a GSE
 
   
Investor Code
  Owner of the Mortgage
 
   
Borrower Last Name
   
 
   
Borrower First Name
   
 
   
Borrower SSN
   
 
   
Co-Borrower Last name
   
 
   
Co-Borrower First Name
   
 
   
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Co-Borrower SSN
   
 
   
Program Type/Campaign ID
  A new program type that will identify campaign types. The unique identifier of a Loan Workout Campaign.
 
   
Submission Status
  Status of loan data being submitted
 
   
Property Street Address
   
 
   
Property City
   
 
   
Property State
   
 
   
Property Zip Code
   
 
   
Date of original Note
   
 
   
Front Ratio Before Modification
  The front-end DTI (principal, interest, taxes, insurance and association dues) housing ratio as of the HAMP modification evaluation.
 
   
Property usage type code
  A code identifying the use by the borrower of the property
 
   
Loan Status type code
  A code specifying whether the loan is in default, imminent default, or current status as of the HAMP modification evaluation.
 
   
Borrower execution date
  This is the date that the borrower signed the SPO agreement or DIL agreement
 
   
Agreement issue Date
  This is the date that the SPO agreement or the DIL agreement was issued
 
   
agreement experiation date
  The expiration date of the SPO agreement or DIL agreement.
 
   
SPO or DIL reason code
  A field identifying the reason for the borrower entering into a SPO or DIL transaction
 
   
SPO or DIL Reason date
  For loans that do not qualify for a HAMP trial modification or the borrower declines a mod, this is the date that a trial mod was not offered to the borrower or was not accepted by the borrower. For a borrower who did not successfully complete a trial p
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Property List Price
  At notification this is the original list price of the property. At extension or correction, it is the latest list price of the property as of the extension or correction. At loan set up, it is the ending list price of the property as of the transaction
 
   
Property Vacancy Date
  The SPO agreement or DIL agreement will state the date by which the property must be cacated, which in no event will be less than 30 calendar days from expeiration day of the SPO agreement (or any exstension thereof) or the date of a separate DIL agreemen
 
   
Minimum net return to investor amount
  The mimimum net return is the minimum acceptable net proceeds that the investor will accept from the transaction. The minimum net return must be reported as a dollar amount.
 
   
Mortgage insurance waiver approval indicator
  For loans with MI coverage, this attribute indicates whether the MI provided delegations of authority to execute a SPO or DIL in accordance with the forreclosure alternative guidelines and waives any right to collect additional sums from the borrower.
 
   
UPB amount
  The UPB of a loan as of the time of the SPO or DIL
 
   
Property sale or transaction amount
  The sale or transfer price of the property.
 
   
Total Allowable Costs
  The total allowable costs associated with selling the property that can be deducted from the gross sale price at closing. Allowable costs may include subordinate lien release amount, borrower relocation assistance, sales commission, closing costs for tax
 
   
Transaction Closing Date
  the date on which the SPO or DIL transaction is closed
 
   
Subordinate Lien release reimbursement amount
  The total amount of reimbursement paid by the ser4vicer to subordinate lien holder to secure release of subordinate lien. This amount may not exceed $3000
 
   
SPO or DIL cancellation reason code
  A field indicating the reason why a SPO or DIL transaction was cancelled.
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Critical Cutoffs
  a)   Outgoing Documentation
  1)   Discontinue sending collection letters (e.g., NOI, etc.) after the goodbye letters are sent.
 
  2)   Discontinue sending borrower solicitations for HAMP and other loss mitigation options after the goodbye letters are sent.
 
  3)   Discontinue evaluation of loans through HAMP Waterfall & NPV to determine if qualify for HAMP trial or modifications offer 10 business days prior to Transfer Date
 
  4)   Discontinue sending borrower and asset-based resolution agreements (e.g., loan modifications, payment plans, HAMP trials, short sales) 5 business days prior to Transfer Date.
 
  5)   Generally speaking, new short-sale closing dates should not be set within 10 business days before or 14 business days after Transfer Date. In the event MetLife can get the money and close before the Transfer Date, the transaction may proceed. If the sale is at risk and sale date needs to be scheduled immediately following the transfer date, then MetLife will coordinate with Nationstar to facilitate the sale.
  b)   Incoming Documentation / Agreement Execution
  1)   All loss mitigation deals (short sales, modifications, payment plans) need to be executed no later than 5 business days prior to Transfer Date. It is critical that these activities are fully completed and reflected in Final Data Set. All agreements and supporting documentation must be imaged.
  c)   Bankruptcy Activity
  1)   Discontinue evaluating/decisioning loss mitigation options for BK borrowers 5 business days prior to Transfer Date.
  d)   Valuations
  1)   Discontinue ordering new valuations or setups 10 business days of prior to Transfer Date.
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EXHIBIT B
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Nationstar Mortgage LLC in order to carry out the intent and purposes of that certain Servicing Agreement (“Agreement”) executed _____________ between Nationstar Mortgage LLC and ____________________ (“Owner”), and in accordance with the provisions of said Agreement, does hereby appoint Nationstar Mortgage LLC and any of its affiliates, and the officers, employees and agents of each (“NSM”), as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution:
     a. to endorse the name of ___________________, without recourse, upon any and all notes, checks, drafts or other instruments and vehicles of the payment of money received or to be received by or on behalf of NSM in payment of or on any Mortgage Loan serviced by NSM or insurance proceeds resulting from any insurance on the Mortgaged Property, and to take any and all action necessary to perfect the interest of Owner in any Mortgaged Loan serviced by NSM pursuant to the Agreement;
     b. to endorse or cause to be endorsed any security instrument, assignment, release (full or partial) or any other documents necessary to establish and protect all rights, title and interest of Owner in, to and under such Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to foreclosure proceedings;
     c. to take such other action as may be deemed desirable by NSM or as may be necessary to service the Mortgage Loan in accordance with Applicable Requirements.
     Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney upon the exercise of such power of the Attorney-in-fact that all conditions precedent to such exercise of power have been satisfied and that this Limited Power of Attorney has not been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been recorded.
     This Limited Power of Attorney, and all authority granted hereunder, shall be in full force and effect until either (i) terminated in writing by Owner or (ii) without further action by Owner automatically upon the termination in full of the Agreement.
     Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the above referenced Agreement.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Owner has caused its name to be subscribed hereto by its authorized officer and its seal is to be affixed by its Secretary, this _______ day of ________, 20_.
             
Signed and Acknowledged
  Owner        
 
           
In the presence of the following witnesses:
           
 
           
 
           
     
Witness   Authorized Officer
 
           
     
Witness   Secretary
STATE OF _______________
COUNTY OF ______________
     Subscribed and acknowledged before me, a Notary Public in and for said county and state this _______ day of __________, 20__ by _____________________, an authorized officer of Owner and attested by ___________________, Secretary of Owner.
         
     
        
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LIST OF OWNER REPORTS
This exhibit contains a listing of owner reports furnished by the sub-servicer. Individual specifications and requirements to each report are contained within their respective service-level agreement.
Data & Reporting SLA
    Overall Portfolio
 
    Delinquency
 
    Call Processing
 
    Accessibility
 
    Customer Call Reasons
 
    Collections
 
    Customer Complaints & Metrics
 
    Foreclosure
  o   Summary & Additions/Removals
 
  o   Timelines & Timeline Exceptions
 
  o   Productivity & Delays
 
  o   Projections
 
  o   Metrics
 
  o   Foreclosure Employee Statistics
 
  o   Foreclosures by State
    Bankruptcy
  o   Summary
 
  o   Bankruptcy by Chapter
 
  o   Filings
 
  o   Performance
 
  o   Bankruptcy Employee Statistics
 
  o   Bankruptcy by State
    Loss Mitigation
  o   Summary
 
  o   Workouts
 
  o   Timelines
 
  o   Loss Mitigation by State
 
  o   Loss Mitigation Employee Statistics
 
    Roll Rates
    REO
  o   Summary
 
  o   Inventory
 
  o   Timeline
 
  o   Cost
 
  o   Metrics
 
  o   REO Employee Statistics
Servicing Standards SLA
    Service-Level Target Report Card
Litigation SLA
    Litigation Report
Accounting SLA
    Advances Summary via Reporting Package
 
    LSAMS 11710D
 
    Nationstar Servicing Book
 
    SR410UR-02 & Supplemental Reporting Package
 
    SRV105C — 01
 
    SRV510C-01 (Daily Transaction Journal)
 
    SRV410UR-03 Cutoff Trans Journal
 
    Investor Reporting Package
 
    SRV403C
 
    Servicing Book
 
    SRVMLD
 
    SRVDSR
 
    SRVCHGV
 
    Additional File
 
    FTB_FnmaFas 140*
 
    FTB-RecourseLoansInvLntySummReport*
 
    FTB-01ProgAnalSumm*
 
    Graybar Reports*
 
    FTB-Inv163Summ*
 
    FTBank Zip File (CPI Download) S5VT & FTBANK09 Access Files*
 
    Allen Report*
 
    SRV111C-01 and SRV120C-01
 
    T30L*
 
    FTB — Servicefeeaccrual_Excel*
 
    FTB — PendingSales-Servicefeeaccrual_Excel*
 
    FTB — AccruedLateCharges_Excel*
 
    CPI Extract for Bancware — BWCPI.txt created in job FCM4803M*
 
    S51Z, RC-C, RC-P, RC-S*
 
    Loans Held for Sale and Portfolio Loans — RC-C Memo*
 
    FH Subservicing Portfolio Walkforward*
 
    FTB_S214*
 
    FTB_S215*
 
    List of Excess Service Fees*
 
    FTB_T691P1_BONY.xls*
 
    FNMA Guaranty Fees*
 
    BONY Credit Losses Summary*
 
    Denked Loans — Report & Journal Voucher*
 
    Loss Ana Reclass*
 
    Low balance Buyouts*
 
    SAS 70 Type 2 Report
 
    GL Interface File
 
    Daily Trial Balance — SRV581C-01 & SRV581C-04
 
    Monthly Interest Accrual and Specifications — SRV120C-01
 
    EOM Trial Balance
 
*   Reports to be renamed when produced by Nationstar


Table of Contents

Exhibit D
                                                                                             
A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
1   041   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   08/31/11   SM
2   042   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   08/31/11   SM
3   044   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   08/31/11   SM
4   045   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   08/31/11   SM
5   047   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   SM
6   050   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   07/01/11   SM
7   051   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
8   052   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   NA   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
9   086   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
10   087   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
11   090   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
12   091   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
13   093   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
14   095   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
15   096   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   1 BD   FTP   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   NA   1st BD after cutoff   Draft   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
16   160   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
17   161   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
18   163   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
19   164   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
20   165   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
21   166   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
22   167   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
23   168   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
24   169   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
25   170   [*]   NA   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   Interface   NA   [ * ]   GL   Interface   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/01/11   SM
26   199   [*]   Kathy   Warehouse   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   [ * ]   A/A   1 BD after cutoff   25th   NA   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/01/11   KO
27   211   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [ * ]   S/S   15th   NA   5 BD   wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
28   216   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   Email Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   [ * ]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   E-mail reports as text files   08/01/11   TUW
29   217   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   EOM   15th   2 BD   Secured E-mail   E-mail SRV510C-01 as text file   [ * ]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   2 BD   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
30   222   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   20th   NA   5 BD   FedEx & Upload   Email Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06. Upload eRoom form to website.   [ * ]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   87a spreadsheet   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
31   254   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   PAR   20th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [ * ]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
32   286   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   20th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
33   290   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA   Use SR410UR-03 for remittance but no file is sent - add collections to main reporting file   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   Daily   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
34   291   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA   Use SR410UR-03 for remittance but no file is sent - add collections to main reporting file   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   Daily   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
35   292   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA   Use SR410UR-03 for remittance but no file is sent - add collections to main reporting file   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   Daily   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
36   293   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA   Use SR410UR-03 for remittance but no file is sent - add collections to main reporting file   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   Daily   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
37   294   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   Na   NA   Use SR410UR-03 for remittance but no file is sent - add collections to main reporting file   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   Daily   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
38   301   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   FedEx   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Check   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
39   305   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   na   2 BD   Draft   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
40   306   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   17th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
41   307   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
42   308   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Draft   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
43   309   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
44   310   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
45   311   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   FedEx   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th     2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
46   314   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18TH   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Draft   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
47   330   [*]   Daniel   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   NA   08/01/11   DG
 
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Table of Contents

                                                                                             
A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
48   332   [*]   Daniel   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   Liquidations Made whole with 3rd party adv , SCRA deducted from Bottom Line   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
49   333   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   Liquidations Made whole with 3rd party adv ,   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
50   335   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA     Draft   NA   Yes   Customized reporting spreadsheet per Inv   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
51   336   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   Liquidations Made whole with 3rd party adv ,   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
52   342   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   580   15th   NA   5 BD   FedEx   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   20th   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   System reports sent, no spreadsheet   NA   [*]   07/18/11   RE
53   350   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   15th Calendar Day   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   A/A   24th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
54   351   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Daily, Fax 62E by 11 am   Draft P&I account   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
55   353   [*]   Rich   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   DRAFT P&I account   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
56   362   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   EOM   15th   15th 1 BD and EOM due same day billing is received   Secured E-mail   See investor comments   [*]   A/A   15th cutoff due 15th, EOM due 10th of month   NA   1 BD   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
57   365   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   20th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
58   370   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   5th Calendar Day   Secured E-mail   E-mail SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, and SR410UR-06 as text files; also export into Excel spreadsheet with each report on separed tab and include with email   [*]   A/A   20th Calendar Day   NA   1 BD   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
59   377   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   E-mail SR410UR-02 and SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
60   378   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
61   379   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
62   381   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
63   383   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   540   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail & FedEx   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
64   384   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
65   385   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
66   387   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
67   391   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   18th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
68   393   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
69   394   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   16th   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   Email Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   E-mail reports as text files   07/21/11   TUW
70   395   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   E-mail SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   NA   07/18/11   TUW
71   396   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   FedEx   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
72   397   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   2 BD   FedEx   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
73   399   [*]   Daniel   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
74   400   [*]   Daniel   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Combined wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
75   401   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   20th   NA   Wire 2nd bus day, complete liquidation sched form 4009, email form   Draft   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
76   402   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
77   403   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Draft   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
78   404   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Draft   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
79   406   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
80   407   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
81   408   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
82   409   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   NA   08/01/11   RE
83   416   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   [*]   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
84   417   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   [*]   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
85   418   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   [*]   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
86   420   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
87   421   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
88   422   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level nsm sch/sch xls file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
89   423   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level sch/sch file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
90   424   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level sch/sch file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
91   425   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level sch/sch file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
92   426   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   Loan level sch/sch file and RMBS file   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   Deals can be collapsed by Servicer; Monthly reporting file is converted to 2 DBF4 files; SEE EXHIBIT A BONY   07/18/11   JCP
93   427   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
94   428   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
95   429   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
96   430   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
97   436   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
98   437   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
99   438   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
100   439   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
101   440   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
102   441   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
103   442   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
104   443   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
105   444   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
106   445   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
107   446   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
108   447   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
109   448   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
110   449   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
111   450   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
112   460   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
113   472   [*]   Daniel   Private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
114   473   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
115   474   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail & FedEx   Secured email w/breakdown spreadsheet; fedex SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   NA   07/18/11   TUW
116   476   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
117   477   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
118   478   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
119   479   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
120   481   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
121   483   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
122   484   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
123   485   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
124   486   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
125   487   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
126   488   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
127   489   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, xls spreadsheet, S50Y, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
128   490   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
129   491   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
130   492   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
131   493   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
132   494   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
133   495   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
134   496   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
135   497   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
136   498   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
137   499   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
138   500   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
139   502   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
140   503   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
141   504   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
142   505   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
143   506   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   20th   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
144   508   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
145   509   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
146   510   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
147   512   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   20th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
148   519   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   20th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail/Reg Mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 uploaded as txt files; See special requirements for email details   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
149   525   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
150   526   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
151   527   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
152   529   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
153   531   [*]   Rich   private s/s   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
154   537   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
155   538   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
156   540   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
157   541   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
158   544   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
159   551   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   20th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
160   562   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
161   563   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
162   564   [*]   Daniel   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   A/A   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire, combined wire 564 & 565   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
163   565   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire, combined wire 564 & 565   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
164   567   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
165   569   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
166   571   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
167   572   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
168   574   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
169   577   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
170   580   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
171   583   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
172   584   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
173   587   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
174   588   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
175   590   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   All Categories go in one file to Investor.   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
176   592   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
177   593   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
178   594   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
179   595   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
180   596   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
181   597   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
182   598   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
183   599   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
184   600   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
185   601   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
186   602   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
187   603   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
188   604   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
189   606   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
190   607   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
191   608   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
192   609   [*]   Daniel   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
193   613   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
194   616   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
195   617   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
196   618   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
197   619   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
198   620   [*]   Rich   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   Prelim worksheet due on 2nd BD. Full report due on 8th BD   Upload   Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   [*]   A/A   15th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   15th   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
199   621   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
200   622   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
201   623   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
202   629   [*]   Daniel   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   Actual/Actual NSM excel file.   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
203   631   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
204   635   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   DG
205   637   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
206   642   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
207   645   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
208   646   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
209   647   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
210   650   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
211   651   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   PPIS (prepaid interest shortfall); RMBS file due w/reporting file; FTB loss / gain file; track gains; Excess service fee stripped daily and wired to FTB acct; SEE EXHIBIT A BONY   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
212   652   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   PPIS (prepaid interest shortfall); RMBS file due w/reporting file; FTB loss / gain file; track gains; Excess service fee stripped daily and wired to FTB acct; SEE EXHIBIT A BONY   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
213   653   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
214   656   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
215   657   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
216   658   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
217   659   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
218   660   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
219   661   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
220   662   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
221   663   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
222   665   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
223   666   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
224   667   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
225   668   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
226   669   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
227   670   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
228   671   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
229   672   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
230   673   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
231   674   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
232   675   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
233   676   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
234   677   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
235   678   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
236   679   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
237   680   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
238   681   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   EOM   10th   5 BD   Interim & EOM NDC call; EOM FedEx   Express mail Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th   2 BD   NDC Call   800-944-2020 before 2p CST   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
239   682   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   EOM   10th   5 BD   Interim & EOM NDC call; EOM FedEx   Express mail Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th   2 BD   NDC Call   800-944-2020 before 2p CST   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
240   684   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   EOM   10th   5 BD   Interim & EOM NDC call; EOM FedEx   Express mail Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th   2 BD   NDC Call   800-944-2020 before 2p CST   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
241   685   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   EOM   10th   5 BD   Interim & EOM NDC call; EOM FedEx   Express mail Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th   2 BD   NDC Call   800-944-2020 before 2p CST   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
242   686   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   253   EOM   10th   5 BD   Interim & EOM NDC call; EOM FedEx   Express mail Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   10th   2 BD   NDC Call   800-944-2020 before 2p CST   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
243   689   [*]   Daniel   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   DG
244   690   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
245   691   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
246   695   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
247   696   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
248   698   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
249   699   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
250   700   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
251   703   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   1 BD   Transmission   E-mail Form 2305 by 1st bus day   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Daily wire, due 5th BD, E mail spreadsheet by 12pm day after payoff date. (1st bus. Day)   18th Draft, PIF wire   PIF’s report to: https://www.gmacrfc.com/ftw   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   08/01/11   RE
252   708   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   20th   NA   5 BD   Upload & image NSM Summary 2010 Page   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   15th   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   NA   [*]   [*]   07/21/11   RE
253   709   [*]   Kathy   Private A/A   139   EOM   10th   5th Calendar Day ( we send 1 BD)   FedEx   Email Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   10th   5 BD   Draft NDC   https://texnet.cpa.state.tx.us/ TXN_StartPage.asp   Yes   [*]   I:\FHHL RELEASE 2011\Cutoff Reports - Pre Transfer\Private Actual Actual\Inv 709 VLB\04-30-2011 VLB 709 xlw.xls   [*]   08/01/11   KO
254   718   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   Remit with monthly remittance   Draft P&I account   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
255   730   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Upload   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   na   Remit with monthly remittance   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
256   851   [*]   NA   Default   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA     NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   SM
257   855   [*]   NA   Default   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA     NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   SM
258   857   [*]   NA   Default   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA     NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/31/11   SM
259   865   [*]   NA   Default   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA     NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   SM
260   866   [*]   NA   Default   139   EOM   NA   NA   NA     NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   SM
261   B42   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   2 BD   Reg mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
262   B46   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   17th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
263   B49   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   2 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   NA   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
264   B52   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   254   15th   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail & Upload   upload SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files; See special requirements for email details   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
265   B62   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   17th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
266   B64   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   10th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/11/11   TUW
267   B80   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03   NA   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
268   B84   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   See special comments for email details   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
269   B86   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   See special comments for email details   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
270   B88   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   See special comments for email details   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
271   B89   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   15th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   See special comments for email details   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
272   B95   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   EOM   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   Weekly on Monday   2 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
273   F26   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   EOM   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   Email Actual/Actual NSM excel file and text files SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06.   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   Weekly on Friday   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Wire breakdown form   [*]   08/01/11   TUW
274   F32   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   660   EOM   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   NSM xls spreadsheet   [*]   S/S   18th   NA   4th BD Wire, Form 3421, e mail to Elaine Seavers   Draft   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   08/01/11   RE
275   F42   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   20th   NA   2 BD   Upload   SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
276   F43   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   18th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail/Reg mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
277   F44   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   18th   NA   5 BD   Secured E-mail   email SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files   [*]   A/A   5 BD after cutoff   NA   5 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
278   F45   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   303   20th   NA   2 BD   Reg Mail   SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Check   NA   NA   [*]   NA   [*]   07/21/11   TUW
279   H50   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   15th   NA   2 BD   Secured E-mail   upload SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files; See special requirements for email details   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   NA   [*]   07/18/11   TUW
280   H65   [*]   Twyla   Private A/A   139   10th   NA   2 BD   FedEx & Secured Email   upload SR410UR-02 & SR410UR-03 as text files; See special requirements for email details   [*]   A/A   2 BD after cutoff   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   Yes   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/11/11   TUW
281   H73   [*]   Rich   Private S/S   580   15th   NA   5 BD   FedEx   Scheduled/Scheduled NSM excel File, & text file for SR410UR-02, SR410UR-03, SR410UR-05, SR410UR-06   [*]   S/S   20th   NA   2 BD   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   RE
282   V01   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
283   V02   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
284   V03   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
285   V04   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
286   V05   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
287   V06   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
288   V07   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
289   V08   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
290   V09   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
291   V10   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
292   V11   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
293   V12   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
294   V13   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
295   V14   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
296   V15   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
297   V16   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
298   V17   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
299   V18   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
300   V19   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
301   V20   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
302   V21   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
303   V22   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
304   V23   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
305   V24   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
306   V25   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
307   V26   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
 
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A   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   L       M   N   O   Q   R   S   T       U   V   W   Z   AA
                                                                Remit                            
                                Cutoff                       Interim       Method                   Investor        
        Investor           Recon       Interim   Due To   Reporting   Report   Reporting Website   Remittance   Monthly   Remit   PIF Remit   Check / Wire /   Remittance   Letter Custodial   Special   Investor   Reporting   Transfer   Analyst
#   Inv   Name   Acct Rep   Group   Method   Cutoff   Cutoff Date   INV   Method   Package   or Email Address   Type   Remittance Due   Date   Due   Draft   Website / Call   Agreement   Requirements   Forms   Comments   Date   Confirmation
308   V27   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
309   V28   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
310   V29   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
311   V30   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
312   V31   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
313   V32   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   [*]   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
314   V33   [*]   Jasmine   Private S/S   660   15th   NA   3 BD   Secured E-mail   dbf format, NSM sch/sch xls spreadsheet, RMBS   SEE TAB EXHIBIT A BONY   S/S   24th   NA   Monthly w/disb   Wire   NA   NA   [*]   Modification certificate; SCRA certificate; Loss certificate; Officer Certificate of Authorized Signers; Monthly summary of excess service fee remitted   [*]   07/18/11   JCP
315     [*]                                   [*]       08/31/11  
 
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[*]
 
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Schedule A-2 to Reg AB Addendum
FHASI/FHAMS Securitizations
    
                 
INV #   Close Date   Name   Trustee   Master Servicer
673
  February 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
674
  February 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
673
  February 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
674
  February 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
675
  March 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
676
  March 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
678
  March 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
677
  March 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
675
  March 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
676
  March 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
678
  March 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
677
  March 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
679
  May 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
680
  May 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
679
  May 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
680
  May 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V01
  June 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V02
  June 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V04
  June 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V03
  June 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V01
  June 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V02
  June 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V04
  June 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V03
  June 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V05
  July 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V06
  July 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V05
  July 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V06
  July 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v09
  September 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v07
  September 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v08
  September 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA

 


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Schedule A-2 to Reg AB Addendum
FHASI/FHAMS Securitizations
    
                 
INV #   Close Date   Name   Trustee   Master Servicer
v10
  September 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v09
  September 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v07
  September 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v08
  September 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v10
  September 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v11
  October 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA7   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v11
  October 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA7   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v12
  November 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA7   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v12
  November 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA7   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V14
  December 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA8   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V15
  December 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA8   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V13
  December 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V16
  December 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V14
  December 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-AA8   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V15
  December 1, 2006   FHAMS 2006-FA8   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V13
  December 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
V16
  December 1, 2006   FHASI 2006-AR4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v18
  February 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v17
  February 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v18
  February 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v17
  February 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v20
  March 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v19
  March 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v21
  March 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v22
  March 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-AR1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v20
  March 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v19
  March 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v21
  March 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v22
  March 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-AR1   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v23
  April 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v23
  April 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v24
  May 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA

 


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Schedule A-2 to Reg AB Addendum
FHASI/FHAMS Securitizations
    
                 
INV #   Close Date   Name   Trustee   Master Servicer
v24
  May 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v27
  June 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v28
  June 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v25
  June 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v26
  June 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-AR2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v27
  June 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v28
  June 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v25
  June 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-4   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v26
  June 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-AR2   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v29
  September 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v30
  September 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v32
  September 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v33
  September 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v31
  September 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-AR3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v29
  September 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-AA3   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v30
  September 1, 2007   FHAMS 2007-FA5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v32
  September 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-5   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA
v33
  September 1, 2007   FHASI 2007-6   The Bank of New York Mellon   FTBNA

 

EX-10.25 3 y04304a6exv10w25.htm EX-10.25 exv10w25
Exhibit 10.25
(CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DESIGNATED PORTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, SUCH CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED, AS INDICATED BY AN [*] IN THE TEXT, AND SUBMITTED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION).
FIF HE HOLDINGS LLC
Fifth Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement
Dated as of September 17, 2010

 


 

Table of Contents
         
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    2  
 
 
ARTICLE II FORMATION AND PURPOSE
    2  
 
2.1. Formation
    2  
2.2. Name
    2  
2.3. Registered Office/Agent
    2  
2.4. Term
    2  
2.5. Purpose and Powers
    3  
2.6. Admission; Redemption
    3  
2.7. Principal Office
    3  
 
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP, Series, UNITS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
    3  
 
3.1. General
    3  
3.2. Establishment of Series
    3  
3.3. Series Property
    4  
3.4. Liabilities Associated with Series
    4  
3.5. Apportionment of Income and Expenses Among Series
    5  
3.6. Capital Contributions
    5  
3.7. Classes of Units
    5  
3.8. Additional Members and Units
    7  
3.9. Single Class
    7  
3.10. Series Capital Accounts
    7  
3.11. Revaluations of Assets and Series Capital Account Adjustments
    8  
3.12. Additional Capital Account Adjustments
    8  
3.13. Additional Series Capital Account Provisions
    8  
3.14. Unit Certificates
    9  
3.15. Loans from Members
    10  
3.16. Subsequent Investments
    10  
3.17. Management Unit Surrender and Issuance
    11  
 
ARTICLE IV STATUS OF MEMBERS
    11  
 
4.1. Limited Liability
    11  
4.2. Return of Distributions of Capital
    11  

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ARTICLE V DESIGNATION, RIGHTS, AUTHORITIES, POWERS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
DUTIES OF THE MANAGER
    12  
 
5.1. Manager
    12  
5.2. Authority of the Managers
    13  
5.3. Decisions
    14  
5.4. Officers; Agents
    15  
5.5. Management Rights Letter Agreement
    16  
 
ARTICLE VI BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING, AND REPORTS
    16  
 
6.1. Books and Records
    16  
6.2. Financial Statements
    17  
6.3. Filings
    17  
6.4. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure
    18  
 
ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF PROFIT AND LOSS
    20  
 
7.1. Manager’s Determination
    20  
7.2. Series 1 Distributions
    20  
7.3. Series 2 Distributions
    21  
7.4. Tax Distributions
    22  
7.5. No Violation
    23  
7.6. Withholdings
    23  
7.7. Property Distributions and Installment Sales
    23  
7.8. Net Profit or Net Loss
    23  
7.9. Regulatory Allocations
    25  
7.10. Tax Allocations
    25  
7.11. Changes in Members’ Series Interest
    26  
7.12. Credits
    26  
7.13. Tax Treatment of Class B Units
    26  
7.14. Tax Treatment of Company Match Class A Units
    27  
 
ARTICLE VIII TAX MATTERS MEMBER; OTHER TAX MATTERS
    27  
 
8.1. Tax Matters Member
    27  
8.2. Certain Authorizations
    27  
8.3. Indemnity of Tax Matters Member
    28  
8.4. Information Furnished
    28  
8.5. Notice of Proceedings, etc.
    29  

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8.6. Notices to Tax Matters Member
    29  
8.7. Elections with Respect to Issuance of Class B Units
    29  
 
ARTICLE IX TRANSFERS OF SERIES INTERESTS; CALL RIGHTS, TAG ALONG RIGHTS,
DRAG ALONG OBLIGATIONS AND OTHER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
    30  
 
9.1. Transfer by Members
    30  
9.2. Conditions to Transfer
    30  
9.3. Member’s Agreement
    31  
9.4. Records
    32  
9.5. Additional Transfer Restrictions
    32  
9.6. Tag Along
    32  
9.7. Drag Along
    35  
9.8. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Sales or Sale of Series Interests under Section 9.6 and 9.7
    36  
9.9. Pre-Emptive Rights
    38  
9.10. Forfeiture of Class A Units
    40  
9.11. Repurchase Rights
    41  
9.12. Management Loan
    43  
9.13. Class B Employment Termination Redemption Rights
    45  
9.14. Class B Sale Repurchase Right
    46  
9.15. Proceeds of Sale Transaction
    47  
 
ARTICLE X ADMISSION OF ASSIGNEE AS MEMBER
    47  
 
10.1. Requirements
    47  
10.2. Consent
    48  
10.3. Withdrawal of Member; No Dissolution
    48  
 
ARTICLE XI RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE MEMBERS
    48  
 
11.1. No Management and Control
    48  
11.2. Specific Limitations
    48  
11.3. Amendments to Certificate and Agreement; Voting
    49  
 
ARTICLE XII DISSOLUTION OF COMPANY
    50  
 
12.1. Termination of Membership
    50  
12.2. Events of Dissolution or Liquidation
    50  
12.3. Liquidation
    50  

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12.4. No Action for Dissolution
    51  
12.5. No Further Claim
    51  
 
ARTICLE XIII INDEMNIFICATION
    51  
 
13.1. General
    51  
13.2. Exculpation
    52  
13.3. Persons Entitled to Indemnity
    52  
13.4. Procedure Agreements
    52  
13.5. Interested Transactions
    52  
13.6. Business Opportunities
    52  
13.7. Fiduciary and Other Duties
    53  
13.8. Amendment
    53  
13.9. Survival
    53  
13.10. No Inconsistent Amendments to Certificate
    53  
 
ARTICLE XIV REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS BY THE MEMBERS
    53  
 
14.1. Investment Intent
    53  
14.2. Securities Regulation
    54  
14.3. Knowledge and Experience
    54  
14.4. Economic Risk
    54  
14.5. Binding Agreement
    54  
14.6. Tax Position
    54  
14.7. Information
    54  
 
ARTICLE XV COMPANY AND SERIES REPRESENTATIONS
    55  
 
15.1. Organization, etc.
    55  
15.2. Series Interests
    55  
 
ARTICLE XVI RIGHT TO CONVERT TO CORPORATE FORM
    55  
 
16.1. Conversion of Company
    55  
16.2. Execution of Documents
    56  
 
ARTICLE XVII LIMITED LIABILITY
    56  
 
 
ARTICLE XVIII MISCELLANEOUS
    56  
 
18.1. Additional Documents
    56  
18.2. General
    56  
18.3. Notices, etc.
    57  

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18.4. Execution of Papers
    59  
18.5. Arbitration
    60  
18.6. Matters of Interpretation
    61  
18.7. Subsidiary Matters
    62  
18.8. Severability
    62  
18.9. No Third Party Rights
    62  
18.10. Counterparts
    62  

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Limited Liability Company Agreement
FIF HE Holdings LLC
Fifth Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement
     THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”) of FIF HE Holdings LLC (the “Company”), dated as of September 17, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), is by and among each of the Persons (as hereinafter defined) from time to time party hereto, as Members (as hereinafter defined).
     WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act by filing of Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 27, 2006, as amended on March 27, 2006 and, as amended and restated on July 11, 2006.
     WHEREAS, the Company and certain of its Members previously entered into that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement effective as of March 30, 2006.
     WHEREAS, the Company and its Members previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of July 11, 2006, that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of December 27, 2006 with effect as of July 11, 2006, that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of November 19, 2007, and that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of December 31, 2008 with effect as of November 19, 2007 (the “Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement” and together with such other limited liability company agreements, the “Previous Agreements”).
     WHEREAS, it is intended by the parties hereto that pursuant to Section 18-215 of the Act the Company shall have Series (as hereinafter defined) having separate assets, liabilities, rights, powers, duties, purposes, and objectives and that the debts, liabilities and obligations incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular Series of the Company will be enforceable against the assets of such Series only, and not against the assets of the Company generally or any other Series thereof, and none of the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the Company generally or any other Series thereof shall be enforceable against the assets of a different Series.
     WHEREAS, it is intended by the parties hereto that each Series (and not the Company as a whole) shall constitute a separate partnership for federal (and applicable state) income tax purposes, and that the partners thereof shall consist solely of the Members holding a Series Interest (as hereinafter defined) in such Series.

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     WHEREAS, the Members desire to enter into this Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement to provide for, among other things, the issuance of additional Series 1 Class A Units, Series 1 Class C Preferred Units, Series 1 Class D Preferred Units and Series 2 Class A Units.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     For purposes of this Agreement certain capitalized terms have specifically defined meanings which are either set forth or referred to in Schedule 1 which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
ARTICLE II
FORMATION AND PURPOSE
     2.1. Formation. The Company was formed by the filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. In accordance with Section 18-215 of the Act, the Company shall have Series having separate assets, liabilities, rights, powers, duties, purposes and objectives. The rights and liabilities of the Members and each Series shall be determined pursuant to the Act, the Certificate and this Agreement. To the extent that the rights or obligations of any Member or Series are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the Act, control.
     2.2. Name. The name of the Company is FIF HE Holdings LLC. The business of the Company and each Series may be conducted under that name, together with the Series designation of the respective Series, or, upon compliance with applicable laws, any other name that the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, as the case may be, deems appropriate or advisable. The Company Manager shall file, or shall cause to be filed, any fictitious name certificates and similar filings, and any amendments thereto, that the Company Manager considers appropriate or advisable.
     2.3. Registered Office/Agent. The registered office required to be maintained by the Company in the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company pursuant to the Act is CT Corporation, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. The Company may, upon compliance with the applicable provisions of the Act, change its registered office or registered agent from time to time in the discretion of the Company Manager.
     2.4. Term. The term of the Company and each Series shall continue until the Company or such Series is dissolved as hereinafter provided. The existence of the Company and

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each Series as a separate legal entity shall continue until a certificate of dissolution is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in the Act.
     2.5. Purpose and Powers. Subject to the limitations contained elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company and each Series thereof are formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company and each Series thereof is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies and each Series thereof may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary, advisable, convenient or incidental thereto. The Company and each Series have the power and authority to engage in all manner of actions as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the Company or such Series, as the case may be.
     2.6. Admission; Redemption. Upon the execution of this Agreement or a counterpart of this Agreement, together with any other documents or instruments required by the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, as the case may be, in connection therewith, and the making of the capital contribution (if any) required by the applicable Series Manager to be made at such time, a Person shall be admitted to a Series as a member of such Series.
     2.7. Principal Office. The principal executive office of the Company and each Series shall be located at the principal executive office of the Fortress Holders, and, subject to the provisions hereof, the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, as the case may be, may from time to time change the location of the principal executive office of the Company and each Series to any other place within or without the State of Delaware. The Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, as the case may be, may establish and maintain such additional offices and places of business of the Company and each Series, either within or without the State of Delaware, as it deems appropriate.
ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP, SERIES, UNITS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
     3.1. General. The limited liability company interests in the Company shall consist exclusively of Series Interests in the respective Series. No Person who is a Member of a particular Series shall have any interest in any other Series unless such Person is also a Member of such other Series.
     3.2. Establishment of Series. (a) The following Series are established and designated as follows: (i) Series 1 interests (“Series 1”) and Series 2 interests (“Series 2”). Each of Series 1 and Series 2 shall have the relative rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties and responsibilities set forth in this Agreement.
  (b)   One or more additional Series (each an “Additional Series”) may be established by the Company Manager. In establishing an Additional Series, the Company Manager shall: (i) set forth the initial assets and liabilities of such Series and, either expressly or by reference to another document or documents, the objectives, policies, restrictions and limitations in respect of the investments of such Additional Series;

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      (ii) designate, fix and determine the relative rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations in respect of Series Interests in such Additional Series and the Members thereof (to the extent such terms differ from those set forth herein); (iii) set forth the initial Series Property of such Additional Series; and (iv) set forth any other provisions applicable to such Series Interests.
     3.3. Series Property. A description of the Series Property of each Series as of the date hereof is set forth on Schedule 3.3. To the extent that any asset of the Company as of the date hereof is not described on Schedule 3.3 as being included in the Series Property of a particular Series, such asset shall be included in the Series Property of Series 1.
     3.4. Liabilities Associated with Series. (a) The liabilities associated with a particular Series shall include all liabilities and obligations of the Company relating to any Series Property of such Series (“Series Liabilities”). All Series Liabilities shall be enforceable against the Series Property of that Series only and not against the assets associated with any other Series. The Members have caused notice of this limitation on inter-Series liabilities to be set forth in the Certificate of Formation, and, accordingly, the statutory provisions of Section 18-215(b) of the Act relating to limitations on inter-series liabilities (and the statutory effect under Section 18-207 of the Act of setting forth such notice in the Certificate of Formation) shall apply to the Company and each Series. Any liabilities or obligations of the Company that are primarily related to the Series Property of a particular Series shall be deemed to be wholly related to such Series. To the extent that any liabilities or obligations of the Company are not primarily related to the Series Property of a particular Series, such liabilities shall be deemed for all purposes to be partially attributable to each Series in proportion to the Fair Market Value of the Series Property of such Series relative to the Fair Market Value of the Series Property of all Series. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the liabilities and obligations of the Company under that certain Guaranty dated as of July 11, 2006 between the Company and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. shall be joint and several liabilities and obligations of each Series.
  (b)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no distribution on or in respect of Series Interests in a particular Series, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made to a Member in connection with any withdrawal from such Member’s Series Capital Account in such Series permitted or required under the provisions of this Agreement and any distribution made in connection with the winding up of such Series, shall be effected by the Company other than from the assets associated with that Series, nor shall any Member or former Member of a Series otherwise have any right or claim against the assets associated with any other Series (except to the extent that such Member or former Member has such a right or claim hereunder as a Member or former Member of such other Series or in a capacity other than as a Member or former Member).

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     3.5. Apportionment of Income and Expenses Among Series.
     3.5.1. Any income, gain, loss, deduction or expense of the Company that is primarily attributable to a Series shall be deemed for all purposes to be wholly attributable to such Series; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any loss, deduction or expense primarily attributable to a Series in accordance with Section 3.4 shall be deemed wholly attributable to such Series.
     3.5.2. Any income, gain, loss, deduction or expense of the Company not primarily attributable to a particular Series shall be deemed for all purposes to be partially attributable to each Series in proportion to the Fair Market Value of the Series Property of such Series relative to the Fair Market Value of the Series Property of all Series.
     3.6. Capital Contributions. Each Member’s capital contribution, if any, whether in cash or in kind, and the number of Units of various Classes of Series Interests issued to such Member shall be as set forth in the writing pursuant to which such Units were issued to such Member; and the capital contribution of and number, Series, and Classes of Units issued to each Member shall be recorded on the books and records of the Company and such Series. Any in-kind capital contributions shall be effected by a written assignment or such other documents as the applicable Series Manager shall direct. Any Member making an in-kind capital contribution agrees to do such further acts and execute such further documents as the Manager(s) may direct to perfect the Series’ interest in such in-kind capital contribution. Each Member hereby agrees that any distribution or payment of cash or other assets to the Members of a particular Series that are designated by the Manager of the Series making such distribution or payment as being subsequently mandatorily contributed to another Series (a “Mandatory Series Capital Contribution”) shall be required to be contributed in full, which shall occur automatically and without action of any Member, to such other Series and no additional Units shall be issued in respect of such Mandatory Series Capital Contribution.
     3.7. Classes of Units. The Series Interests of the Members shall be represented by Units of different Classes within each Series, as follows:
     3.7.1. (a) Each “Series 1 Class A Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 1, shall be designated as a Series 1 Class A Unit of the Company and shall be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Sections 7.2 and 7.4. The Company Match Series 1 Class A Units shall constitute “Series 1 Class A Units” for all purposes of this Agreement.
  (b)   Each “Series 1 Class B Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 1, shall be designated as a Series 1 Class B Unit of the Company, shall have no voting rights (except as provided in Section 5.3.2) and shall only be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Sections 7.2 and 7.4. The Distributions applicable to any Series 1 Class B Units issued by Series 1 after the date hereof shall be specified by the Series 1 Manager at the time of such Issuance and shall be determined (if the Series 1 Manager so desires) so as to cause the Series 1 Class B Units to constitute “profits

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      interests” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343 (“Rev. Proc. 93-27”).
  (c)   Each “Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 1, shall be designated as a Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit of the Company and shall be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Sections 7.2 and 7.4.
  (d)   Each “Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 1, shall be designated as a Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit of the Company and shall be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Sections 7.2 and 7.4.
     3.7.2. (a) Each “Series 2 Class A Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 2, shall be designated as a Series 2 Class A Unit of the Company and shall be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Sections 7.3 and 7.4. The Company Match Series 2 Class A Units shall constitute “Series 2 Class A Units” for all purposes of this Agreement.
  (b)   Each “Series 2 Class B Unit” shall represent a Series Interest in Series 2, shall be designated as a Series 2 Class B Unit of the Company, shall have no voting rights (except as provided in Section 5.3.2) and shall only be entitled to the Distributions provided for in Section 7.2 and 7.4. The Distributions applicable to any Series 2 Class B Units issued by Series 2 after the date hereof shall be specified by the Series 2 Manager at the time of such Issuance and shall be determined (if the Series 2 Manager so desires) so as to cause the Series 2 Class B Units to constitute “profits interests” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27.
     3.7.3. Fractions of a Unit May be Issued. Each limited liability company interest in a Series shall constitute a “security” within the meaning of (i) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (including Section 8-102(a)(15) thereof) as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware and (ii) the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction that presently or hereafter substantially includes the 1994 revisions to Article 8 thereof as adopted by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association on February 14, 1995.
     3.7.4. Schedule of Units. Schedule 3.7 sets forth all of the outstanding Units of each Class and Series, and indicates the Persons who hold such Units and the consideration (if any) paid for such Units. The Company Manager or any Series Manager shall (without the approval of any Members) update Schedule 3.7 from time to time to reflect the issuance of additional Units, any additional capital contribution made with respect to any Units, or the sale, forfeiture, repurchase or other transfer of Units, as provided for in this Agreement.

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     3.8. Additional Members and Units. Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 9.9, a Series Manager may issue Units (which may be Units of existing Classes or new Classes of such Series) and admit Persons as Members in exchange for such contributions to capital or such other consideration (including past or future services) and on such terms and conditions as such Series Manager reasonably deems appropriate; provided, that any such consideration shall be at least equal in value to the Fair Market Value of such Units other than Units issued to any employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Promptly following the issuance of Units such Series Manager shall cause the books and records of such Series and Schedule 3.7 to be amended to reflect the number, Series and Classes of Units issued and, in the case of Units issued other than in connection with the performance of services for the Company, the capital contribution per Unit.
     3.9. Single Class.
     3.9.1. Notwithstanding the fact that a Member may hold any combination of Classes of Units or only one Class of Units in a particular Series, the Members of each respective Series shall constitute a single class of Members of such Series for all purposes under the Act and this Agreement, except to the extent this Agreement expressly provides otherwise. Upon Issuance of the Units as provided in this Agreement, the Units shall be deemed to be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
     3.9.2. In case the Company or a Series at any time or from time to time after the date hereof shall declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution on any Class of Units of a particular Series payable in such Units, or shall effect a subdivision or split of any Class of outstanding Units of a particular Series into a greater number of such Units (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in such Units), then, and in each such case, the Company or such Series shall simultaneously take the same proportional action with respect to each other Class of Units of such Series then outstanding.
     3.9.3. In case the outstanding Units of any Class of a particular Series shall be combined or consolidated, by reclassification or otherwise, into a lesser number of such Units, then, and in each such case, the Company or such Series shall simultaneously take the same proportional action with respect to each other Class of Units of such Series then outstanding.
     3.9.4. Sections 3.9.1, 3.9.2 and 3.9.3 shall not apply to any issuances pursuant to Article XVI.
     3.10. Series Capital Accounts. A separate account shall be established and maintained for each Member with respect to each Series in which such Member holds a Series Interest (each a “Series Capital Account”) which shall be increased by (a) the amount of cash and the Asset Value of any other property contributed by such Member to such Series as a capital contribution (net of liabilities secured by such property or that such Series is considered to assume or take the property subject to pursuant to Code Section 752) and (b) such Member’s share of the Net Profit of such Series, and shall be reduced by (c) the amount of cash and the Asset Value of any other property distributed to such Member by such Series (net of liabilities secured by such property or

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that the Member is considered to assume or take the property subject to pursuant to Code Section 752) and (d) such Member’s share of the Net Loss of such Series. The Series Capital Accounts of the Members shall be further adjusted, without duplication, as provided in Sections 3.11, 3.12, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 or 7.12. It is the intention of the Members that the Series Capital Accounts be maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 704(b) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder and that this Agreement be interpreted consistently therewith.
     3.11. Revaluations of Assets and Series Capital Account Adjustments. Immediately preceding the issuance of additional Units to a new or existing Member in exchange for cash, property or (in the determination of the applicable Series Manager) services or upon the redemption of the Series Interest of a Member, the Distribution of more than a de minimis amount of cash or property or the liquidation of the Company or a Series, the then prevailing Asset Values of such Series shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as reasonably determined by the applicable Series Manager, and any increase in the net equity value of such Series (Asset Values less liabilities) shall be credited to the Series Capital Accounts of the Members in the same manner as Net Profits are credited under Section 7.8 (or any decrease in the net equity value of such Series shall be charged in the same manner as Net Losses are charged under Section 7.8). Accordingly, as of the date Asset Values are adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.11, the Series Capital Accounts of Members will reflect both realized and unrealized gains and losses through such date.
     3.12. Additional Capital Account Adjustments. Any income of a Series that is exempt from federal income tax shall be credited to the Series Capital Accounts of the Members of such Series in the same manner as Net Profits are credited under Section 7.8 when such income is realized. Any expenses or expenditures of a Series described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) (relating to expenditures which may be neither deducted nor capitalized for tax purposes) or treated as so described pursuant to the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704 of the Code shall be charged to the Series Capital Accounts of the Members of such Series, in the same manner as Net Losses are charged under Section 7.8. If a Series makes an election under Section 754 of the Code to provide a special basis adjustment upon the Transfer of a Series Interest in such Series or the distribution of property by such Series, Series Capital Accounts shall be adjusted to the limited extent required by the Treasury Regulations under Section 704 following such Transfer or distribution.
     3.13. Additional Series Capital Account Provisions.
     3.13.1. No Member shall have the right to demand a return of all or any part of its capital contributions. Any return of the capital contributions of any Member shall be made solely from the assets of the respective Series and only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. No interest shall be paid to any Member with respect to its capital contribution or Series Capital Account.
     3.13.2. In the event that all or a portion of the Units of a Member are transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee of such Units shall also succeed to all or the relevant portion of the Series Capital Account of the transferor. Units held by a Member may not be transferred independently of the interest in the capital of the Company to which the Units relate.

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     3.13.3. No Member shall have any obligation to repay any deficit balance in its Capital Account.
     3.14. Unit Certificates.
     3.14.1. Upon the Issuance of Units to any Member in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the applicable Series Manager may, in its sole discretion, authorize the issuance of one or more Unit Certificates in the name of such Member. Each such Unit Certificate shall be denominated in terms of the number, Series and Class of Units evidenced by such Unit Certificate and shall be signed by the applicable Series Manager or by two authorized officers of the relevant Series on behalf of such Series.
     3.14.2. The Company shall issue a new Unit Certificate in place of any Unit Certificate previously issued if the holder of the Units represented by such Unit Certificate, as reflected on the books and records of such Series:
  (a)   makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the applicable Series Manager, that such previously issued Unit Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed;
  (b)   requests the issuance of a new Unit Certificate before the Company or Series has notice that such previously issued Unit Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim;
  (c)   if requested by the applicable Series Manager, delivers to the Company and Series a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager, with such surety or sureties as the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager may direct, to indemnify the Company and Series against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the previously issued Unit Certificate; and
  (d)   satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the applicable Series Manager.
     3.14.3. Each certificate representing any Unit shall have the following legend endorsed conspicuously thereupon:
     “The sale, encumbrance or other disposition of the securities represented by this certificate are subject to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of FIF HE Holdings LLC (as amended and in effect from time to time) to which its securityholders are party, a copy of which may be inspected at the principal office of the issuer or obtained from the issuer without charge.”

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     3.14.4. Each certificate representing any Unit shall have the following legend endorsed conspicuously thereupon:
     “The securities represented by this certificate were issued in a private placement, without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise transferred in the absence of an effective registration under the Securities Act covering the transfer or an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the issuer, that registration under the Securities Act is not required.”
     3.14.5. The Company and applicable Series will not, and will instruct any transfer agent not to, register the Transfer of any Unit until the conditions specified in the foregoing legends are satisfied.
     3.14.6. The restrictions imposed by Section 3.14.4 upon the transferability of Units shall cease and terminate as to any particular Series Interest when, in the opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and Series, such restrictions are no longer required in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act.
     3.15. Loans from Members. Loans by a Member to the Company or any Series shall not be considered a contribution to any capital and shall not be considered part of any Member’s Series Interest or Invested Capital. If any Member makes a loan to the Company or any Series the making of such loan shall not result in any increase in the amount of any Series Capital Account of such Member. The amounts of any such loan shall be a debt of the Company or such Series to such Member and shall be payable or collectible only out of the Company’s or such Series’ assets in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such loans are made. Any such loans shall be made on commercially reasonable terms and conditions in light of the circumstances on which such Loans are made. The repayment of loans from a Member to the Company upon liquidation shall be subject to the order of priority set forth in Section 12.3. Neither the Company nor any Series shall accept a loan from any Member unless either (i) the Fortress Holders and Majority Management Holders consent in writing to such loan, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed or (ii) the Management Holders are offered the opportunity to participate in the making of such loan pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 9.9.
     3.16. Subsequent Investments. In the event and on each occasion that the Company, Series 1 or Series 2 desires to accept a Material Subsequent Investment, the Company, Series 1 or Series 2, as the case may be, shall give written notice thereof to the Class B Holder Members not less than 30 days prior to accepting such Material Subsequent Investment, which notice shall state the proposed amount of such Material Subsequent Investment and shall describe, in reasonable detail, the purpose or purposes of, and other information concerning, such Material Subsequent Investment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations under the preceding sentence shall terminate and be of no further force or effect once a Wall-Off Election (as defined below) has been made. During such 30 day period, the Majority Class B Holder Members may elect (for the avoidance of doubt, such election by the Majority Class B

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Holder Members shall not restrict the ability of the Company, Series 1 or Series 2 to accept such Material Subsequent Investment), to have the Distributions to which the Class B Holder is entitled determined without reference to such Material Subsequent Investment (a “Wall-Off Election”); it being understood that once a Wall-Off Election is made, Distributions thereafter shall be made without reference to such Material Subsequent Investment or any contributions of or investments in Invested Capital that are made subsequent to such Material Subsequent Investment (a “Further Investment”). In the event of a Wall-Off Election, the parties hereto agree to use reasonable efforts to negotiate, in good faith, an amendment to this Agreement reasonably intended to implement such Wall-Off Election. In the event of a Wall-Off Election, the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Class B Holder receives its Initial Series 1 Liquidity Distribution and/or Initial Series 2 Liquidity Distribution, as applicable, and subsequent Distributions on the Transaction Related Investment Capital and any prior Material Subsequent Investments (i.e., which will not include any Further Investments) as to which the Majority Class B Holder Members have not made a Wall-Off Election, at such time and in such amounts as it would otherwise have been entitled to pursuant to Section 7.2 or Section 7.3, as applicable, if such Material Subsequent Investments as to which the Majority Class B Holder Members have made a Wall-Off Election and any such Further Investments had not been made. The Company Manager and the applicable Series Manager shall disclose to the Class B Holder Members the details of the efforts being used in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and will consult with the Class B Holder Members with respect to such efforts. By its execution of this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Class B Holder Members hereby irrevocably waive their right to make a Wall-Off Election with respect to any Material Subsequent Investment (1) on or prior to the date hereof with respect to which any Series 1 Class A Unit, Series 1 Class C Preferred Units or Series 1 Class D Preferred Units were issued and (2) after the date hereof in an amount up to $150,000,000, and the consideration for which is Series 1 Class C Preferred Units or Series 1 Class D Preferred Units (the “Set Aside Capital”).
     3.17. Management Unit Surrender and Issuance. Effective as of December 31, 2008, the Management Holders agreed to surrender the Series 2 Class A Units set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 3.17 and Series 1 issued to the Management Holders the Series 1 Class A Units set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 3.17. Schedule 3.7 reflects the exchange detailed on Schedule 3.17.
ARTICLE IV
STATUS OF MEMBERS
     4.1. Limited Liability. Except as expressly required by the Act, no Member shall be bound by or personally liable for the expenses, liabilities, or obligations of the Company or any Series as more fully set forth in Article XVII.
     4.2. Return of Distributions of Capital. Except as otherwise expressly required by law or pursuant to a specific obligation set forth in this Agreement, a Member, in its capacity as such, shall have no liability for obligations, liabilities or losses of the Company or a Series whether to the Company, to any of the other Members, to the creditors of the Company or any Series or any other third party (it being expressly understood that a Member may lose all of its capital

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contributions as well as such Member’s share of any assets and undistributed profits of the Company or a Series). Except as required by law, no Member shall be obligated by this Agreement to return any Distribution to the Company or a Series or pay the amount of any Distribution for the account of the Company or a Series or to any creditor of the Company or a Series. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to return or pay any part of any Distribution, the obligation shall be that of such Member alone and not of the Managers or any other Member; provided, however, that if any Member is required to return all or any portion of any Distribution under circumstances that are not unique to such Member but that would have been applicable to all Members of a particular Series if such Members had been named in the lawsuit against the Member in question (such as where a Distribution was made pro rata to all Members and rendered the Company or a Series insolvent, but only one Member was sued for the return of such Distribution), the Member that was required to return or repay the Distribution (or any portion thereof) shall be entitled to reimbursement from the other Members of the Series that made such Distribution that were not required to return the Distributions made to them pro rata based on each such Member’s share of the Distribution in question. The amount of any Distribution returned to the Company or a Series by a Member or paid by a Member for the account of the Company or a Series or to a creditor of the Company or a Series shall be added to the account or accounts from which it was subtracted when it was distributed to the Member.
ARTICLE V
DESIGNATION, RIGHTS, AUTHORITIES, POWERS,
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND DUTIES OF THE MANAGER
     5.1. Manager. The business of the Company and each Series shall be managed by the Person(s) designated by the Majority Class A Holders, in the case of the Company, or the applicable Series Majority Class A Holders, in the case of such Series, respectively. Pete Smith c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105 shall be the initial Manager of the Company and each Series.
     5.1.1. Decisions of a Manager shall be decisions of the “manager” for all purposes of the Act with respect to the Company and such Series and shall be carried out by officers or agents of the Company or such Series appointed by the Managers in the vote or resolution in question or in one or more standing votes or resolutions. A decision of a Manager may be amended, modified or repealed in the same manner in which it was adopted, but no such amendment, modification or repeal shall affect any Person who has been furnished a copy of the original vote or resolution, certified by a duly authorized officer of the Company or such Series, until such Person has been notified in writing of such amendment, modification or repeal.
     5.1.2. The Company Manager and each Series Manager shall, unless otherwise provided by law, hold office until removed by the Majority Class A Holders or Series Majority Class A Holders, respectively, (for any reason), the date such Manager resigns or the death of such Manager. A Manager may resign by written notice to the Company and, if applicable, the Series of which such Manager acts as manager, which resignation shall not require acceptance and, unless otherwise specified in the resignation notice,

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shall be effective upon receipt by the Company and such Series. If a vacancy occurs with respect to the Company Manager, the Majority Class A Holders shall appoint a replacement Company Manager within thirty (30) days of the creation of such vacancy. If a vacancy occurs with respect to a Series Manager, the applicable Series Majority Class A Holders shall appoint a replacement Series Manager within (30) days of the creation of such vacancy.
     5.1.3. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, may be taken without a meeting if such Manager consents thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the records of the Company or such Series. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as the act of such Manager.
     5.1.4. The Managers shall be reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as Managers.
     5.1.5. The manager of Management LLC shall be reimbursed by the Company for its reasonable out-of pocket expenses incurred in the performance of its duties as manager of Management LLC.
     5.2. Authority of the Managers. Subject to any provisions of this Agreement which require the consent or approval of one or more Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement, the Company Manager shall have the exclusive power and authority to manage the business and affairs of the Company and to make all decisions with respect thereto and a Series Manager shall have the exclusive power and authority to manage the business and affairs of such Series and to make all decisions with respect thereto. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, as the case may be, or other Persons designated by such Manager, shall be the only Persons authorized to execute documents which shall be binding on the Company or Series. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Members shall not have the power to bind the Company or any Series. To the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, but subject to any specific provisions hereof granting rights to Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement, the Managers shall have the power to do any and all acts, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Company or Series, as the case may be, or this Agreement, which would otherwise be possessed by the Members under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Members shall have no power whatsoever with respect to the management of the business and affairs of the Company or any Series. Subject to any provisions of this Agreement which require the consent or approval of one or more Members and any other limitations contained in this Agreement (including Section 5.3), the power and authority granted to the Managers hereunder shall include all those necessary or convenient for the furtherance of the purposes of the Company or Series, as the case may be, and shall include the power to make all decisions with regard to the management, operations, assets, financing and capitalization of the Company or Series, as the case may be, and all other acts or activities necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of the Company or Series, as the case may be, including any and all actions that the Company or Series, as the case may be, may take pursuant to Section 2.6 of this Agreement.

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     5.3. Decisions.
     5.3.1. Class A Units. Neither the Company nor a Series shall (and, with respect to clause (c) below only, shall cause its Subsidiaries not to), without Class A Approval or Series Class A Approval, as the case may be:
  (a)   engage in any transaction with any Member or any Affiliate of a Member that is not on an arm’s length basis;
  (b)   (i) amend or waive any provision of the Certificate or this Agreement in any manner or (ii) establish any Additional Series, that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), adversely affects the rights, preferences or privileges of the Management Holders in respect of their Class A Units of a Series in a manner different from the Fortress Holders in respect of their Class A Units of such Series; or
  (c)   engage in any new line of business such that CHEC’s principal business is other than the origination and servicing of home loans and mortgages, home equity loans and manufactured housing loans.
     5.3.2. Class B Units. Neither the Company nor a Series shall, without Class B Approval, (i) amend or waive any provision of the Certificate or this Agreement in any manner or (ii) establish any Additional Series that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii):
  (a)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class B Units of a particular Series that are specific or unique to such Class B Units; or
  (b)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class B Units of a particular Series that are similar to or the same as the rights, preferences or privileges of the Class A Units of such Series in a manner disproportionate from the treatment of such Class A Units;
provided, however, that the creation or issuance of any class or series of Units, including without limitation, Units that entitle the holders thereof to rights that are junior to, on a parity with, or senior or superior to those of the Class B Units, will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Class B Units of any Series.
        5.3.3. Class C Preferred Units. Neither the Company nor any Series shall, without Class C Preferred Approval, (i) amend or waive any provision of the Certificate or this Agreement in any manner or (ii) establish any Additional Series that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii):
  (a)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class C Preferred Units that are specific or unique to such Class C Preferred Units; or

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  (b)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class C Preferred Units that are similar to or the same as the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series 1 Class A Units in a manner disproportionate from the treatment of such Class A Units;
provided, however, that the creation or issuance of any class or series of Units, including without limitation, Units that entitle the holders thereof to rights that are junior to, on a parity with, or senior or superior to those of the Class C Preferred Units, will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Class C Preferred Units of any Series.
     5.3.4. Class D Preferred Units. Neither the Company nor any Series shall, without Class D Preferred Approval, (i) amend or waive any provision of the Certificate or this Agreement in any manner or (ii) establish any Additional Series that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii):
  (a)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class D Preferred Units that are specific or unique to such Class D Preferred Units; or
  (b)   adversely affects those rights, preferences or privileges of the Class D Preferred Units that are similar to or the same as the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series 1 Class A Units in a manner disproportionate from the treatment of such Class A Units;
provided, however, that the creation or issuance of any class or series of Units, including without limitation, Units that entitle the holders thereof to rights that are junior to, on a parity with, or senior or superior to those of the Class D Preferred Units, will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Class D Preferred Units of any Series.
     5.4. Officers; Agents. The Managers by vote or resolution shall have the power to appoint agents (who may be referred to as officers) to act for the Company and applicable Series, as the case may be, with such titles, if any, as such Manager deems appropriate and to delegate to such officers or agents such of the powers as are granted to such Manager hereunder, including the power to execute documents on behalf of the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be, as such Manager may in its sole discretion determine; provided, however, that no such delegation by such Manager shall cause such Manager to cease to be the “manager” of the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be, within the meaning of the Act. The officers or agents so appointed may include persons holding titles such as Chair, Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or Controller. Unless the authority of the agent designated as the officer in question is limited in the document appointing such officer or is otherwise specified by the Manager making such delegation, any officer so appointed shall have the same authority to act for the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be, as a corresponding officer of a Delaware corporation would have to act for a Delaware corporation in the absence of a specific delegation of authority and as more specifically set forth in Schedule 5.4; provided, however,

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that unless such power is specifically delegated to the officer in question either for a specific transaction or generally, no such officer shall have the power to acquire or lease real property, to borrow money, to issue notes, debentures, securities, equity or other interests of or in the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be, to make investments in (other than the investment of surplus cash in the ordinary course of business) or to acquire securities of any Person, to give guarantees or indemnities, to merge, liquidate or dissolve the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be, or to sell or lease all or any substantial portion of the assets of the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be. The applicable Manager, in its sole discretion, may by vote or resolution ratify any act previously taken by an officer or agent acting on behalf of the Company or applicable Series, as the case may be.
     5.5. Management Rights Letter Agreement. With respect to each Member that has advised the Company and each applicable Series that it is or intends to qualify as a “venture capital operating company,” within the meaning of the Department of Labor “plan assets” regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 25103-101 (the “Regulation”), the Company and each applicable Series shall deliver to each such Member a “management rights letter agreement,” substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule 5.5. The management rights letter is intended to satisfy the requirement of contractual management rights for purposes of qualifying the Member’s investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” under the Regulation. In the event the management rights set forth in such letter are not satisfactory for such purpose, the Company, each applicable series and the Member shall reasonably cooperate in good faith to agree upon mutually satisfactory management rights that will satisfy the Regulation.
ARTICLE VI
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING, AND REPORTS
     6.1. Books and Records. Each Series shall maintain at its principal office all of the following:
  (a)   A current list of the full name and last known business or residential address of each Member of such Series together with information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other property or services contributed by each Member with respect to such Series and which each Member of such Series has agreed to contribute in the future, the number and Classes of Units issued to each Member with respect to such Series, the date on which each Member became a Member of such Series, and the balance in each Member’s Series Capital Account as of the close of the most recent calendar year for which financial statements have been prepared and such other more recent date, if any, for which adjustments have been credited or charged to the Series Capital Accounts of the Members of such Series in accordance with Sections 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9 or 7.12;
  (b)   A copy of the Certificate and this Agreement, including any and all amendments to either thereof, together with executed copies of any

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      powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate, this Agreement, or any amendments may have been executed;
  (c)   Copies of such Series’ federal, state, local and foreign income tax or information returns and reports, if any, for the six (6) most recent taxable years or such lesser number of years if such Series has been in existence for less than six (6) years;
  (d)   The financial statements of the Company for the six (6) most recent calendar years or such lesser number of years if the Company has been in existence for less than six (6) years; and
  (e)   Such Series’ books and records for at least the current and past three (3) calendar years or such lesser number of years if such Series has been in existence for less than three (3) years.
     6.2. Financial Statements. The Company Manager shall cause books of account to be maintained reflecting the operations of the Company on an annual basis. The fiscal year of each Series and the Company shall end on December 31, except that if the Company or a Series is required under the Code to use a taxable year other than a calendar year, then the fiscal year of the Company or such Series shall be such other taxable year. The Company Manager shall deliver to each holder of any Units:
  (a)   within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and members’ equity of the Company for such fiscal year, in each case prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, and accompanied by a report on such consolidated statements of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing; and
  (b)   within 60 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), a copy of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as at the end of such quarter, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and members’ equity of the Company for such quarter and (in the case of statements of income and cash flows for the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, in each case prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (except for the absence of footnotes).
     6.3. Filings. At each Series’ expense, the respective Series Manager shall cause the income tax returns for such Series to be duly prepared and timely filed with the appropriate authorities and to have prepared and to furnish to each Member of such Series such information with respect to such Series as is necessary to enable such Members to prepare their federal, state

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and other income tax returns. The respective Series Manager, at such Series’ expense, shall also cause to be duly prepared and timely filed, with appropriate federal, state and other regulatory and administrative bodies, all reports required to be filed by such Series with those entities under then current applicable laws, rules, and regulations. The reports shall be prepared on the accounting or reporting basis required by the regulatory bodies.
     6.4. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure.
     6.4.1. Each Member agrees that, except as otherwise consented to by the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager, all information which has been furnished to it or will be furnished to it, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, relating to a Series, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the business of any of them will be kept confidential, will not be used by such Member, or by any of its agents, representatives, or employees, for any purpose other than evaluating and monitoring the investment in a Series or the Company and its Subsidiaries and enforcing rights hereunder, and will not be disclosed by such Member, or by any of its agents, representatives, or employees, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.
     6.4.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 6.4.1, any information that the Member in question can demonstrate (a) was generally known in the trade or business in which it is practiced by the Series or the Company or its Affiliates at the time of disclosure to such Member, or becomes so generally known after such disclosure through no act of such Member or its employees or agents, or (b) has come into the possession of such Member from a third party who was not actually known by such Member to be under an obligation to the Series or the Company or any of its Affiliates to maintain the confidentiality of such information shall not be subject to the immediately preceding sentence.
     6.4.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.4.1:
  (a)   each Member shall be permitted to disclose such information to those of its agents, representatives, financial advisors and employees who need to be familiar with such information in connection with such Member’s investment in a Series or the Company for use solely for such purpose;
  (b)   in respect of Class A Units, Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units, each Member shall be permitted to disclose such information to financial institutions, investment bankers and prospective purchasers of such Member’s Class A, Class C Preferred or Class D Preferred Series Interest for use solely in evaluating a prospective investment in or Transfer of such Series Interest; provided, however, that, in the case of Class A Units, any such disclosure by a Management Holder shall be subject to the Majority Class A Holders consent to the Transfer of such Management Holder’s Class A Units pursuant to Section 9.1;
  (c)   each Member shall be permitted to disclose such information to its partners and stockholders;

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  (d)   each Management Holder shall be permitted to disclose such information to any Member of the Immediate Family of such Management Holder;
  (e)   each Member shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent required by law, so long as such Member shall have, to the extent reasonably practicable, first afforded the Company and Series with a reasonable opportunity to contest the necessity of disclosing such information (unless such disclosure is made to regulatory or other governmental authorities having jurisdiction over such Member, in which event such opportunity to contest need not be given to the Company and Series) and; provided, that such Member shall disclose only that portion of the information which it is advised by counsel that it is legally required to so disclose and will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the information so disclosed; and
  (f)   each Member shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent necessary for the enforcement of any right of such Member arising under this Agreement.
     6.4.4. Without intending to limit the remedies available to the Company and each Series, each Member acknowledges that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.4 may result in material irreparable injury to the Company, Series or their respective Affiliates for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of such a breach or threat thereof, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company and such Series shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary or permanent injunction restraining the Member and/or such Member’s Affiliates from engaging in activities prohibited hereby or such other relief as may be required to specifically enforce any of the covenants contained herein, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, such Member agrees not to oppose the granting of such injunctive relief on the basis that monetary damages are an adequate remedy. Each Member hereby agrees and consents that such injunctive relief may be sought in the courts in the State of Delaware, or in any other court having competent jurisdiction. Each Member agrees that it shall advise each Person to whom it provides information pursuant to this Section 6.4 of the confidentiality and non-disclosure restrictions contained herein. Each Member shall be liable and responsible for any breaches of this Section 6.4 by Persons to whom such Member has provided information in compliance with this Section 6.4.
     6.4.5. The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and shall continue to bind each Person who was ever subject to this provision even if such Person would otherwise cease to be subject to this provision.

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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS OF PROFIT AND LOSS
     7.1. Manager’s Determination. Except as provided in Section 7.4, each Series Manager shall have the sole authority to determine the timing and the aggregate amount of any Distributions to Members of such Series.
     7.2. Series 1 Distributions. Subject to Section 7.1, all Distributions from Series 1 to its Members shall be allocated and made in the following manner and priority:
  (i)   first, to the Class D Preferred Holders, (x) applied first to any accrued and unpaid Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield at such time and allocated among the holders of Series 1 Class D Preferred Units pro rata in proportion to the accrued and unpaid Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield on their Series 1 Class D Preferred Units; and (y) applied subsequently to any unpaid Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return and allocated among the holders of Series 1 Class D Preferred Units pro rata in proportion to the unpaid Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return on their Series 1 Class D Preferred Units, until such time as the Class D Preferred Holders have received Distributions from Series 1 the sum of which is equal to the Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return;
  (ii)   second, after the Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return has been paid in full, to the Class C Preferred Holders (x) applied first to any accrued and unpaid Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield at such time and allocated among the holders of Series 1 Class C Preferred Units pro rata in proportion to the accrued and unpaid Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield on their Series 1 Class C Preferred Units; and (y) applied subsequently to any unpaid Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return and allocated among the holders of Series 1 Class C Preferred Units pro rata in proportion to the unpaid Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return on their Series 1 Class C Preferred Units, until such time as the Class C Preferred Holders have received Distributions from Series 1 the sum of which is equal to the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return;
  (iii)   third, after the Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return and the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return have been fully paid, the Fortress Holders and Management Holders shall be entitled to receive all subsequent Distributions from Series 1 pro rata in proportion to their respective ownership percentage of the Series 1 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders, until such time as the Fortress Holders have received Distributions from Series 1 the sum of which is equal to the Series 1 Priority Return;

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  (iv)   fourth, after the Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return, the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return and the Series 1 Priority Return have been fully paid, the Class B Holder shall be entitled to receive all subsequent Distributions from Series 1 until it has been paid the Initial Series 1 Liquidity Distribution; and
  (v)   fifth, after the Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return, the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return, the Series 1 Priority Return and the Initial Series 1 Liquidity Distribution have been paid, the Fortress Holders and Management Holders shall be entitled to receive that percentage of all subsequent Distributions from Series 1 equal to the Fortress Series 1 Distribution Percentage pro rata in proportion to their respective ownership percentage of the Series 1 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and the Management Holders, and the Class B Holder shall be entitled to receive that percentage of all such subsequent Distributions from Series 1 equal to the Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage.
For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Management Holders’ exercise of the Wall-Off Election under Section 3.16, the Class D Preferred Holders, the Class C Preferred Holders and the Fortress Holders of Series 1 Class A Units, respectively, shall be entitled to receive a Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return, Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return and Series 1 Priority Return, respectively, on all Invested Capital regardless of whether invested on or before the date hereof or at a later date (including after Distributions have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 7.2(iii) and/or Section 7.2(iv)). All Distributions made with respect to Series 1 Class A Units shall be made pro rata to the Company Match Series 1 Class A Units, whether they have vested hereunder or remain subject to limitations or restrictions on vesting.
     7.3. Series 2 Distributions. Subject to Section 7.1, all Distributions from Series 2 to its Members shall be made in the following manner and priority:
  (i)   first, to the Fortress Holders and Management Holders pro rata in proportion to their respective ownership percentage of the Series 2 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders, until such time as the Fortress Holders have received Distributions from Series 2 the sum of which is equal to the Series 2 Priority Return;
  (ii)   second, after the Series 2 Priority Return has been fully paid to the Fortress Holders, the Class B Holder shall be entitled to receive all subsequent Distributions from Series 2 until it has been paid the Initial Series 2 Liquidity Distribution; and
  (iii)   third, after the Series 2 Priority Return and Initial Series 2 Liquidity Distribution have been paid, the Fortress Holders and Management Holders shall be entitled to receive that percentage of all subsequent Distributions from Series 2 equal to the Fortress

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      Series 2 Class A Distribution Percentage pro rata in proportion to their respective ownership percentage of the Series 2 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders and the Class B Holder shall be entitled to receive that percentage of all such subsequent Distributions from Series 2 equal to the Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage.
For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Management Holders’ exercise of the Wall-Off Election under Section 3.16, the Fortress Holders of Series 2 Class A Units shall be entitled to receive a Series 2 Priority Return on all Invested Capital regardless of whether invested on or before the date hereof or at a later date (including after Distributions have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 7.3(ii) and/or Section 7.3(iii)). All Distributions made with respect to Series 2 Class A Units shall be made pro rata to the Company Match Series 2 Class A Units, whether they have vested hereunder or remain subject to limitations or restrictions on vesting.
     7.4. Tax Distributions. Unless doing so is prohibited by law or would result in a breach of an agreement between the Company and a third party, and limited by and only to the extent of Distributable Cash Flow, each Series Manager shall distribute to each Management Holder as a Class A Holder and, as applicable, to Management LLC as the Class B Holder annually on or before March 31st of each year an amount of cash (“Tax Distribution”) that in the good faith judgment of such Series Manager is equal to the assumed federal and state income taxes payable by the applicable Management Holder as a Class A Holder and/or, as applicable, a Management LLC Member, on (i) the estimated share of the items of taxable income of such Series (and to the extent applicable, as a member of Management LLC) allocable to such Management Holder with respect to the preceding fiscal year minus (ii) the excess of (a) the aggregate net losses, if any, allocated to such Management Holder as a Member of Series 1 and/or Series 2 (and to the extent applicable, as a member of Management LLC) with respect to all fiscal years prior to such preceding taxable year, over (b) the aggregate net income so allocated to such Management Holder during such period. Such federal and state income taxes shall be computed based on the highest federal and state marginal tax rates respectively applicable to such Management Holder, taking into account in determining such marginal tax rates the capital or ordinary character of the income or gain allocated to such Management Holder. Tax Distributions to a Management Holder and to Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder with respect to any taxable year shall be reduced, to an amount not less than zero, by the amount of Distributions made to such Management Holder and Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder during such taxable year other than amounts treated as Tax Distributions with respect to such prior taxable year; provided, however, that Tax Distributions shall not be reduced by any amounts treated as Distributions to a Management Holder pursuant to Section 9.12. Any Tax Distribution to a Management Holder or to Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder shall be treated as an advance against Distributions to be made to such Management Holder or Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder under Section 7.2 and Section 7.3 and shall be offset, together with a deemed interest charge computed based on monthly compounding at an annual rate of the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal on the date of such Tax Distribution from the date of each Tax Distribution (determined on a FIFO basis) to the date repaid, and shall be repaid by offset against subsequent Distributions that would otherwise be

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made to such Member under Section 7.2 and Section 7.3. Such advances (and any interest thereupon) may be repaid by a Management Holder or Management LLC at any time without penalty. Upon the liquidation of the Company or a Series pursuant to this Agreement, if the amount of any Tax Distributions (plus any interest thereupon) previously made to a Management Holder or Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder and not repaid exceeds the amount, if any, that is then available for Distribution to such Management Holder or Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder (and which is offset against such Tax Distributions and interest) pursuant to Section 7.2 or 7.3, the Company and each Series shall have recourse with respect thereto only to the Class A Units held by such Management Holder, any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Management Holder and any equity interests in Management LLC held by such Management Holder, and such Management Holder shall have no further liability or obligation with respect thereto. The Company Manager and each Series Manager shall use reasonable efforts to cause all agreements between the Company or such Series and any third party to permit the Tax Distributions in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.4.
     7.5. No Violation. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Series shall make a distribution to any Member on account of such Member’s interest in such Series if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.
     7.6. Withholdings. Each Series Manager is authorized to withhold from Distributions, or with respect to allocations, to its Members and to pay over to the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign government any amounts required to be so withheld. The Series Manager shall allocate any such amounts to its Members in respect of whose Distribution or allocation the tax was withheld and paid over and shall treat such amounts as actually distributed to such Members.
     7.7. Property Distributions and Installment Sales. If any assets of a Series shall be distributed in kind pursuant to this Article VII, such assets shall be distributed to the Members entitled thereto in the same proportions as such Members would have been entitled to cash Distributions. The amount by which the Fair Market Value of any property to be distributed in kind to such Members exceeds or is less than the then prevailing Asset Value of such property shall, to the extent not otherwise recognized by such Series, be taken into account in determining Net Profit and Net Loss and determining the Series Capital Accounts of its Members as if such property had been sold at its Fair Market Value immediately prior to the Distribution. If any assets are sold in transactions in which, by reason of the provisions of Section 453 of the Code or any successor thereto, gain is realized but not recognized, such gain shall be taken into account when realized in computing gain or loss of such Series for purposes of allocation of Net Profit or Net Loss under this Article VII, and, if such sales shall involve substantially all the assets of the Company or such Series, the Company or such Series shall be deemed to have been dissolved notwithstanding any election by the Members to continue the Company or such Series, as the case may be, for purposes of collecting the proceeds of such sales.
     7.8. Net Profit or Net Loss. The “Net Profit” or “Net Loss” of a Series for each calendar year or relevant part thereof shall mean such Series’ taxable income or loss for federal income tax purposes for such period (including therein all items of income, gain, loss or

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deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code) with the following adjustments:
  (a)   Gain or loss attributable to the disposition of property of such Series with an Asset Value different than the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes shall be computed with respect to the Asset Value of such property and any tax gain or loss not included in Net Profit or Loss shall be taken into account and allocated among the Members of such Series pursuant to Section 7.10.
  (b)   Depreciation, amortization or cost recovery deductions with respect to any property with an Asset Value that differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of a year shall be in an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deductions for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such year is zero, depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the applicable Series Manager.
  (c)   Any items which are required to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 7.9 shall not be taken into account in determining Net Profit or Net Loss.
Subject to Section 7.9, and Section 7.14, the Net Profit or Net Loss of a Series (or, if necessary, items of gross income or gross loss) for any relevant fiscal period shall be allocated and credited and debited (as applicable) to the Series Capital Accounts of the Members of such Series so as to ensure, to the extent possible, that the Series Capital Account of each such Member as of the end of such fiscal period (as increased by such Member’s share of “partnership minimum gain” and “partnership nonrecourse debt minimum gain,” as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2) is equal to the excess of (which may be negative): (i) the aggregate Distributions that such Member would be entitled to receive if all of the assets of such Series were sold for their Asset Values, all Series liabilities were satisfied in cash according to their terms (limited, with respect to each nonrecourse liability, to the Asset Value of the assets securing such liability), and the net proceeds were distributed as of the end of such fiscal period in accordance with Section 7.2 to all Units of such Series other than nonvested Company Match Class A Units, over (ii) the amount, if any, such Member is obligated to contribute to the capital of such Series. In particular, with respect to any relevant fiscal period, each Class C Preferred Holder and Class D Preferred Holder shall be allocated an amount of Net Profit equal to the amount of the Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield or Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield, as applicable, distributable to such Class C Preferred Holder or Class D Preferred Holder, as applicable, during such fiscal period (such amount of Net Profit with respect to such Class C Preferred Holder or Class D Preferred Holder, the “Preferred Yield Net Profit,” and such allocation, the “Preferred Yield Net Profit Allocation”), and, with respect to any fiscal period in which the aggregate amount of Net Profits of Series 1 is less than the aggregate amount of Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield or Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield distributable to such

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Class C Preferred Holder or Class D Preferred Holder, as applicable, during such fiscal period, each Class C Preferred Holder and Class D Preferred Holder shall in addition to the Preferred Yield Net Profit Allocation be allocated an amount of gross income equal to the excess of (i) the amount of Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield or Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield, as applicable, distributable to such Class C Preferred Holder or Class D Preferred Holder, as applicable, during such fiscal period over (ii) the amount of Preferred Yield Net Profit allocable to such Class C Preferred Holder or Class D Preferred Holder, as applicable, during such fiscal period. Accordingly, distributions of Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield and Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield depend upon the income of Series 1 and are not intended to constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code. In the event that a Member transfers Series 1 Class C Preferred Units or Series 1 Class D Preferred Units in satisfaction of the Company’s preferred restricted stock units without consideration, any Company deduction resulting from such satisfaction shall be specially allocated to the transferring Member.
     7.9. Regulatory Allocations. Although it is not anticipated that events will arise that will require application of the provisions of this Section 7.9, there are hereby included in this Agreement such provisions governing the allocation of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit (and items thereof) as may be necessary to provide that a Series’ allocation provisions contain a so-called “Qualified Income Offset” and comply with all provisions relating to the allocation of so-called “Nonrecourse Deductions” and “Member Nonrecourse Deductions” and the chargeback thereof as set forth in the Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code (“Regulatory Allocations”); provided, however, it is the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations that may be required shall be offset by other Regulatory Allocations or special allocations of items such that each Member’s share of the Net Profit, Net Loss and Capital of a Series will be the same as it would have been had the events requiring the Regulatory Allocations not occurred. To this end the Series Managers, based on the advice of the Company’s auditors or tax counsel, are hereby authorized to make such special curative allocations of items as may be necessary to minimize or eliminate any economic distortions that may result from any required Regulatory Allocations.
     7.10. Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c) and Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation.
     7.10.1. In accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to a Series with an adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes different than the initial Asset Value at which such property was accepted by such Series shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members of such Series so as to take into account such difference in a manner that complies with Section 704(c) and the applicable Treasury Regulations.
     7.10.2. If upon the acquisition of additional Units in a Series by a new or existing Member the Asset Value of any of the assets of such Series are adjusted pursuant to Section 3.6, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such assets shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members of such Series so as to take into account such adjustment in a manner that complies with Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations.

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     7.10.3. The allocations required by this Section 7.10 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local income taxes and shall not affect the allocation of Net Profits or Net Losses as between Members of a Series or any Member’s Series Capital Account of such Series. All tax allocations required by this Section 7.10 shall be made using the so-called “traditional method” described in the Treasury Regulations 1.704-3(b).
     7.11. Changes in Members’ Series Interest. If during any Fiscal Year of a Series there is a change in any Member’s Series Interest in such Series, the applicable Series Manager shall confer with the tax advisors to the Company and, in conformity with such advice allocate the Net Profit or Net Loss to the Members of such Series so as to take into account the varying Series Interests of the Members of such Series in a manner that complies with the provisions of Section 706 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder.
     7.12. Credits. All foreign tax credits of a Series for a fiscal year (or portion thereof, if appropriate) shall be allocated among the Members of such Series in the same proportion as the net income and gains of such Series that were subject to the foreign taxes that gave rise to such credits. All other items of federal income tax credit and items of tax credit recapture shall be allocated among the Members of such Series in accordance with such Members’ Series Interests in such Series as of the time the tax credit or credit recapture arises, as provided in Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
     7.13. Tax Treatment of Class B Units. Except to the extent a Member has contributed capital in respect of Class B Units, the Company, each Series and each Member agree to treat each Class B Unit issued and reflected on Schedule 3.7 (and, to the extent the Managers so desires, any other Class B Unit issued) as a separate “profits interest” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27, and it is the intention of the Members that distributions pursuant to Article VII hereof to each Member holding such Class B Units be limited to the extent necessary so that such Class B Units qualify as a “profits interest” under Rev. Proc. 93-27, and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. In the event that distributions to a Member holding Class B Units are limited as a result of the first sentence of this Section 7.13, the respective Series Managers are authorized to adjust future distributions to the Members in whatever manner they deem appropriate so that, after such adjustments are made, each Member receives, to the extent possible, an amount of distributions equal to the amount of distributions such Member would have received if such sentence was not part of this Agreement. In accordance with Rev. Proc. 2001-43, 2001-34 IRB 1 (August 2, 2001), and so long as no conversion of the Company has occurred pursuant to Section 16.1 hereof, the Company and each Series shall treat a Member holding Class B Units as the owner of such Class B Units from the date it is granted, and shall file its IRS form 1065, and issue appropriate Schedule K-1s to such Member, allocating to such Member its distributive share of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit associated with such Class B Units as if it were fully vested. Each Member agrees to take into account such distributive share in computing its federal income tax liability for the entire period during which it holds such Class B Units. The Company, each Series and each Member agree not to claim a deduction (as wages, compensation or otherwise) for the fair market value of any Class B Units constituting a “profits interest” and issued to a Member, either at the time of grant of the Class B Units or at the time the Class B Units become substantially vested. The undertakings contained in this 7.13 shall be construed in accordance with Section 4 of Rev. Proc. 2001-43. The

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provisions of this Section 7.13 shall apply regardless of whether or not the Class B Holder files an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code. All references in this Section 7.13 to a Member, Class B Units and a holder or owner of Class B Units shall include each member of the Class B Holder, all issued membership interests in the Class B Holder, respectively.
     7.14. Tax Treatment of Company Match Class A Units.
     7.14.1. Each Series and each Management Holder shall for federal income tax purposes treat all amounts realized upon the vesting of such Management Holder’s Company Match Class A Units, or if an election is made by such Management Holder under Section 83(b) of the Code shall treat such amounts immediately, as ordinary income. The amount of capital deemed to shift to each such Management Holder upon vesting in accordance with Section 9.10 and Schedule 3.7 shall be the amount so treated, which amount shall also be deductible by the Company as the party from which such shift in capital was made.
     7.14.2. The Management Holders of Company Match Class A Units shall be entitled to receive their proportionate share of all Distributions, whether or not their ownership of the Company Match Class A Units has vested, but shall be allocated Net Profits and Net Losses solely with respect to their vested Class A Units.
ARTICLE VIII
TAX MATTERS MEMBER; OTHER TAX MATTERS
     8.1. Tax Matters Member. Each Series Manager shall designate one or more Members of such Series to be the “tax matters partner” of such Series as provided in the Regulations under Code Section 6231 and any analogous provisions of state law (each a “Tax Matters Member”). Unless and until another Member(s) is designated as the Tax Matters Member by a Series Manager, Fortress Investment Fund III LP and Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P. shall be the Tax Matters Members of each Series. The Tax Matters Member, on behalf of the Series and its respective Members, shall be permitted to make any election under the Code, the Regulations or other legal requirements relating to taxes that it in good faith believes to be in the best interests of the Series or its respective Members.
     8.2. Certain Authorizations. The Tax Matters Member shall represent its Series, at such Series’ expense, in connection with all examinations of such Series’ affairs by tax authorities including any resulting administrative or judicial proceedings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tax Matters Member of a Series is hereby authorized, but not required, on behalf of a Series:
     8.2.1. to enter into any settlement with the Internal Revenue Service or the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate (the “Secretary”) with respect to any tax audit or judicial review, in which agreement the Tax Matters Member may expressly state that such agreement shall bind the other Members of such Series except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Member of such Series that (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the Secretary providing that

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the Tax Matters Member shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Member;
     8.2.2. if a notice of a final administrative adjustment at the Series level of any item required to be taken into account by a Member for tax purposes is mailed to the Tax Matters Member, to seek judicial review of such final adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the Tax Court, the District Court of the United States for the district in which such Series’ principal place of business is located, or elsewhere as allowed by law, or the United States Claims Court;
     8.2.3. to intervene in any action brought by any other Member of such Series for judicial review of a final adjustment;
     8.2.4. to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the Secretary at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the Secretary, to file a petition for judicial review with respect to such request;
     8.2.5. to enter into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Member of such Series for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and
     8.2.6. to take any other action on behalf of the Members of such Series (with respect to such Series) or such Series in connection with any administrative or judicial tax proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or the Regulations.
     8.3. Indemnity of Tax Matters Member. Each Series shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and reimburse its Tax Matters Member for all expenses (including legal and accounting fees) incurred as Tax Matters Member pursuant to this Article VIII in connection with any administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to the tax liability of the Members of such Series as long as the Tax Matters Member has determined in good faith that its course of conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Members of such Series. The payment of all outstanding expenses shall be made before any subsequent Distributions are made to the Members of such Series, and shall not be considered a Distribution hereunder. The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the Tax Matters Member in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent provided herein or required by law, is a matter in the sole discretion of the Tax Matters Member and the provisions on limitations of liability of the Tax Matters Member and indemnification set forth in Article XIII shall be fully applicable to the Tax Matters Member in its capacity as such; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any action or failure to act by the Tax Matters Member which constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Tax Matters Member.
     8.4. Information Furnished. To the extent and in the manner provided by applicable law and Regulations, the Tax Matters Member shall furnish the name, address, profits interest, and taxpayer identification number of each Member of the Series it serves as Tax Matters Member for or any Assignee to the Secretary.

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     8.5. Notice of Proceedings, etc. Each Tax Matters Member shall use its reasonable efforts to keep each Member of its Series informed of any administrative and judicial proceedings for the adjustment at the Series level of any item required to be taken into account by a Member of such Series for income tax purposes or any extension of the period of limitations for making assessments of any tax against a Member of such Series with respect to any Series item, or of any agreement with the Internal Revenue Service that would result in any material change either in income or loss as previously reported.
     8.6. Notices to Tax Matters Member. Any Member that receives a notice of an administrative proceeding under Code Section 6233 relating to a Series shall promptly notify the Tax Matters Member of the treatment of such Series item on such Member’s federal income tax return that is or may be inconsistent with the treatment of that item on such Series’ return. Any Member that enters into a settlement agreement with the Secretary with respect to any Series item shall notify the Tax Matters Member of such agreement and its terms within sixty days after its date.
     8.7. Elections with Respect to Issuance of Class B Units.
  (a)   Management LLC (the “Election Member”) is hereby authorized and directed to cause Series 1 and Series 2 to make an election to value any Class B Units of such Series at liquidation value (the “Safe Harbor Election”), as the same may be permitted pursuant to or in accordance with the finally promulgated successor rules to Proposed Regulations Section 1.83-3(l) and IRS Notice 2005-43 (collectively, the “Proposed Rules”). The Election Member shall cause Series 1 and Series 2 to make any allocations of items of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit (including forfeiture allocations and elections as to allocation periods) necessary or appropriate to effectuate and maintain the Safe Harbor Election.
  (b)   Any such Safe Harbor Election shall be binding on Series 1 and Series 2 and on all of their respective Members with respect to all Transfers of Class B Units thereafter made, except for any such Transfers made after revocation of such Safe Harbor Election. A Safe Harbor Election once made may be revoked by the Election Member as permitted by the Proposed Rules or any applicable rule.
  (c)   Each Member (including any person to whom a Class B Unit is Transferred in connection with the performance of services), by signing this Agreement or by accepting such Transfer, hereby agrees to comply with all requirements of the Safe Harbor Election with respect to all Class B Units Transferred while the Safe Harbor Election remains effective.
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      maintain the Safe Harbor Election with respect to Transfers of Class B Units covered by such Safe Harbor Election.
  (e)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company Manager is hereby authorized and empowered, without further vote or action of the Members, to amend this Agreement as necessary to comply with the Proposed Rules or any rule, in order to provide for a Safe Harbor Election and the ability to maintain or revoke the same, and shall have the authority to execute any such amendment by and on behalf of each Member. Any undertakings by the Members necessary to enable or preserve a Safe Harbor Election may be reflected in such amendments and to the extent so reflected shall be binding on each Member, respectively.
  (f)   Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Election Member to perfect and maintain any Safe Harbor Election, and to timely execute and deliver any documentation with respect thereto reasonably requested by the Election Member.
  (g)   No Transfer of any Series Interest by a Member shall be effective unless prior to such Transfer the transferee of such Series Interest shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 8.7, in form satisfactory to the applicable Series Manager.
  (h)   Costs and expenses incurred by the Election Member in making and preserving (or if revoked, revoking) the Safe Harbor Election shall be paid by the Series on whose behalf the Election Member is acting.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS OF SERIES INTERESTS; CALL RIGHTS,
TAG ALONG RIGHTS, DRAG ALONG OBLIGATIONS
AND OTHER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
     9.1. Transfer by Members. Prior to a Qualified Public Offering, no Management Holder shall Transfer all or any part of the economic or other rights that comprise any Class A Units, Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units unless either (i) such holder has received prior written consent of the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager with respect to any such Transfer and has complied with the provisions of Sections 9.2 and 9.3 or (ii) such Transfer is conducted pursuant to Section 9.6, 9.7 or 9.11 and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9.2 and 9.3; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply with respect to a Transfer by any Management Holder (who is a natural person) (x) to a Member of the Immediate Family of such Management Holder for estate planning purposes or (y) by testamentary or intestate disposition.
     9.2. Conditions to Transfer. No Transfer (other than pursuant to Sections 9.6, 9.7 or 9.11 or pursuant to the conversion of the Company to a corporation as contemplated in Article XVI) permitted under Section 9.1 of all or any part of a Member’s Series Interest may be

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made unless and until the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager shall have received all of the following (to the extent applicable to the proposed Transfer):
  (a)   if requested by the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, an opinion of responsible counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Manager, to the effect that:
  (i)   such Transfer would not violate the Securities Act or any state securities or blue sky laws applicable to the Company or the Series Interest to be transferred;
  (ii)   such Transfer would not cause the Company or Series to be considered a publicly traded partnership under Section 7704(b) of the Code;
  (iii)   such Transfer would not cause the Company or Series to lose its status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; and
  (iv)   such Transfer would not require the Company, Series, Company Manager or Series Manager to register as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
      provided that such opinion shall not be required if such Transfer is being made to (i) Members of the Immediate Family of the transferor for estate planning purposes or (ii) by testamentary or intestate disposition, in each of which events the transferor or his or her representative shall certify as to the matters specified in this clause (a);
  (b)   the agreement in writing of such Assignee to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the grant of the power of attorney set forth in Section 18.4, and the acknowledgment in writing of such Assignee of each of the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Article XIV; and
  (c)   if the Member’s Series Interest is represented by one or more Unit Certificates, the applicable Unit Certificates for cancellation accompanied by a transfer power duly executed in blank.
     9.3. Member’s Agreement. Each Member hereby severally agrees that:
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  (b)   in no event shall all or any part of a Series Interest be transferred to a minor or an incompetent except in trust or pursuant to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or similar applicable state statute.
     9.4. Records. In the event of a Transfer and the admission of any Assignee as a Member of a Series, (a) the Series Manager shall cause the books and records of such Series to be amended promptly to reflect such Transfer and admission and (b), in the event that the Transferred Series Interest is represented by a Unit Certificate, the Series Manager shall cause such Series to issue a new Unit Certificate to the Assignee for the number and Class of Units being Transferred and, if applicable, a new Unit Certificate to the assigning Member for that number and Class of Units represented by the canceled Unit Certificate that are not being Transferred.
     9.5. Additional Transfer Restrictions.
     9.5.1. Any attempted Transfer of Units by a Management Holder not permitted by this Article IX shall be null and void, and the Company and such Series shall not in any way give effect to any such impermissible Transfer.
     9.5.2. The Class B Holder shall not Transfer any part of the economic or other rights that comprise its Series Interest to any other Person.
     9.5.3. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9.5 shall expire upon the closing of a Qualified Public Offering and shall not apply to any Units which have been Sold in a Public Sale.
     9.6. Tag Along.
     9.6.1. If the Fortress Holders desire to Transfer 25% or more of their collective Class A Units in a Series (a “Class A Transfer”), or more than 50% of their collective Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units (a “Preferred Transfer”), for value to any Prospective Buyer, whether in one bona fide, arm’s length transaction or a series of related contemporaneous or contemporaneously agreed upon transactions and whether to one Prospective Buyer or more than one Prospective Buyer (a “Sale”) such Fortress Holders may only do so in the manner and on the terms set forth in this Section 9.6. Any attempted Transfer of Units subject to this Section 9.6 and not permitted by this Section 9.6 shall be null and void, and the Company and such Series shall not in any way give effect to any such impermissible Transfer.
     9.6.2. A written notice (the “Tag Along Notice”) shall be furnished by the Fortress Holders to (i) in the case of a Class A Transfer, each other holder of a Class A Unit of the Series proposed to be sold, and (ii) in the case of a Preferred Transfer, each other holder of a Class C Preferred Unit or Class D Preferred Unit, as the case may be (collectively, the “Tag Along Offerors”), at least 20 business days prior to such Transfer. The Tag Along Notice shall include:

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  (a)   The principal terms of the proposed Sale insofar it relates to the Units proposed to be so sold (the “Affected Units”) including the number of Units to be purchased from the Fortress Holders, the percentage of all Affected Units held by the Fortress Holders which such number of Units proposed to be so purchased constitutes the “Tag Along Sale Percentage,” the expected per Unit purchase price (which, in the case of Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units, shall be expressed as a specified percentage of the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return (in the case of Class C Preferred Units) or Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return (in the case of Class D Preferred Units) of the Units to be sold), the name and address of the Prospective Buyer, a good-faith estimate of the amounts described in Section 9.8.4; and
  (b)   An invitation to each Tag Along Offeror to make an offer to include in the proposed Sale to the Prospective Buyer an additional number of Affected Units, but only including the vested portion of any Company Match Class A Units of such Series (not in any event to exceed the Tag Along Sale Percentage of the Affected Units owned by such Tag Along Offeror) owned by such Tag Along Offeror, on the same terms and conditions with respect to each Unit sold (subject to Section 9.8), as the Fortress Holders shall Sell each of their Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Fortress Holders are Transferring 100% of their collective economic or other rights that comprise their Series Interest in a Series in a Sale, the unvested portion of the Affected Units may be included in such proposed Sale pursuant to the terms of this Section 9.6.
     9.6.3. Within 15 business days after the receipt (in accordance with Section 18.3) of the Tag Along Notice, each Tag Along Offeror desiring to make an offer to include Affected Units in the proposed Sale (each a “Participating Seller” and, together with the Fortress Holders, collectively, the “Tag Along Sellers”), shall send a written offer (the “Tag Along Offer”) to the Fortress Holders specifying the number of Units (not in any event to exceed the Tag Along Sale Percentage of the Affected Units owned by such Participating Seller) which such Participating Seller desires to have included in the proposed Sale. Each Tag Along Offeror who does not return the Tag Along Offer within such 15 business day period shall be deemed to have waived all of such Tag Along Offeror’s rights with respect to such Sale, and the Tag Along Sellers shall thereafter be free to Sell to the Prospective Buyer, at a per Unit price no greater than 105% of the per Unit price set forth in the Tag Along Notice and on other terms which are not materially more favorable to the Tag Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, without any further obligation to such non-accepting Tag Along Offerors.
     9.6.4. The Fortress Holders shall attempt to obtain the inclusion in the proposed Sale of the entire number of Affected Units which the Tag Along Sellers desire to have included in the Sale (as evidenced in the case of the Fortress Holders by the Tag Along Notice and in the case of each Participating Seller by such Participating Seller’s Tag Along Offer). In the event the Fortress Holders shall be unable to obtain the inclusion of

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such entire number of Affected Units in the proposed Sale, the number of Affected Units to be sold in the proposed Sale by each Tag Along Seller shall be reduced on a pro rata basis according to the proportion which the number of all Affected Units which each such Tag Along Seller desires to have included in the Sale bears to the aggregate number of all Affected Units which all of the Tag Along Sellers desire to have included in the Sale.
      9.6.5. The offer of each Participating Seller contained in such Participating Seller’s Tag Along Offer shall be irrevocable, and, to the extent such offer is accepted, such Participating Seller shall be bound and obligated to Sell in the proposed Sale on the same terms and conditions, with respect to each Affected Unit sold (subject to Section 9.8), as the Prospective Selling Holders, up to such number of Affected Units as such Participating Seller shall have specified in such Participating Seller’s Tag Along Offer; provided, however, that (a) if the principal terms of the proposed Sale change with the result that the price per Affected Unit shall be less than 95% of the price per Affected Unit set forth in the Tag Along Notice or the other terms shall be materially less favorable to the Tag Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, each Participating Seller shall be permitted to withdraw the offer contained in his Tag Along Offer and shall be released from such Participating Seller’s obligations thereunder and (b) if, at the end of the 120th day following the date of the effectiveness of the Tag Along Notice (provided, that if the only condition, other than the making of payments or delivery of documents at such closing, to the completion of the proposed Sale is one or more regulatory or governmental approvals or consents, such 120 day period shall automatically be extended for an additional 45 days), the Fortress Holders have not completed the proposed Sale, each Participating Seller shall be permitted to withdraw the offer contained in his Tag Along Offer and shall be released from such Participating Seller’s obligations thereunder, unless the failure to complete such Sale resulted from any failure by such Participating Seller to comply with the terms of this Section 9.6.
     9.6.6. If, prior to consummation, the terms of the proposed Sale shall change with the result that the price per Affected Unit to be paid in such proposed Sale shall be greater than 105% of the price per Affected Unit set forth in the Tag Along Notice or the other terms of such proposed Sale shall be materially more favorable to the Tag Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, the Tag Along Notice shall be null and void, and it shall be necessary for a separate Tag Along Notice to be furnished, and the terms and provisions of this Section 9.6 separately complied with, in order to consummate such proposed Sale pursuant to this Section 9.6.
     9.6.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.6, no other holder of Units shall have any tag along right pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.6 with respect to any Transfer of Units by the Fortress Holders:
  (a)   pursuant to the exercise of their “drag along” rights contained in Section 9.7;
  (b)   to an Affiliate of any of the Fortress Holders or to partners, members, managing directors and principals of any of the Fortress Holders that is a partnership or limited liability company; provided that such transferee

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      shall agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.6 to the same extent as if such transferee were a Fortress Holder; or
  (c)   in a Public Sale.
     9.6.8. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9.6 shall expire upon the closing of a Qualified Public Offering and shall not apply to any Units which have been Sold in a Public Sale.
     9.7. Drag Along.
     9.7.1. In connection with a Sale of a Series by the Series Majority Class A Holders (each such holder, a “Prospective Selling Holder”) to one or more Persons that are not Affiliates of such Series Majority Class A Holders (collectively, the “Prospective Buyer”) (the percentage of the Affected Units held by the Prospective Selling Holders which such number of units to be so sold by the Prospective Selling Holders represents is referred to herein as the “Drag Along Sale Percentage”), each holder of an Affected Unit hereby agrees, if the Prospective Selling Holders give the Drag Along Notice referred to in Section 9.7.2, to Sell or otherwise dispose of or exchange Units representing, with respect to such Affected Units held by such holder, the Drag Along Sale Percentage of such Affected Units, which will first include vested Units and then, after all vested Units have been included, unvested Units, in the manner and on the terms set forth in this Section 9.7.
     9.7.2. If the Prospective Selling Holders elect to exercise their rights under this Section 9.7, a written notice (the “Drag Along Notice”) shall be furnished by the Prospective Selling Holders to each other holder of Affected Units. The Drag Along Notice shall set forth the principal terms of the proposed Sale of a Series including the number, Series and Classes of Units to be acquired or exchanged by the Prospective Buyer in the Sale of a Series, the number of Units to be acquired or exchanged from the Prospective Selling Holders, the manner in which such Units are to be sold or exchanged, the Drag Along Sale Percentage, the per Unit consideration to be received in the proposed Sale of a Series (which may be estimated if the price is determined by a formula including variables which cannot be precisely determined until closing) and the name of the Prospective Buyer. The Prospective Selling Holders shall not be entitled to exercise any rights under this Section 9.7 in connection with a Sale of Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units unless the Fortress Holders propose to sell at least 50% of their aggregate holdings of Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units.
     9.7.3. If the Prospective Selling Holders consummate the proposed Sale of a Series to which reference is made in the Drag Along Notice, each other holder of Affected Units (each a “Participating Seller,” and, together with the Prospective Selling Holders, collectively, the “Drag Along Sellers”) shall be bound and obligated to Sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of Units representing, with respect to such Affected Units held by such holder, the Drag Along Sale Percentage of such Affected Units in the proposed Sale of a Series on the same terms and conditions with respect to each Unit sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of (subject to Section 9.8), as the Prospective

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Selling Holders shall Sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of each Unit in the Sale of a Series; provided, however, that, in the case of a sale, exchange or disposition of Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units, the price or value assigned to such Units shall be expressed as a specified percentage of the Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return (in the case of Class C Preferred Units) or Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return (in the case of Class D Preferred Units) of the Units to be sold, exchanged or disposed of. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, except as provided in Section 9.7.1, no holder of Units shall have the right to exercise any tag along rights contained in Section 9.6 in connection with the proposed Sale of a Series to which reference is made in the Drag Along Notice. If at the end of the 120th day following the date of the effectiveness of the Drag Along Notice (provided, that if the only condition, other than the making of payments or delivery of documents at such closing, to the completion of the proposed sale is one or more regulatory or governmental approvals or consents, such 120 day period shall automatically be extended for an additional 45 days), the Prospective Selling Holders have not completed the proposed Sale of a Series, each Participating Seller shall be released from his obligation under the Drag Along Notice, the Drag Along Notice shall be null and void, and it shall be necessary for a separate Drag Along Notice to be furnished and the terms and provisions of this Section 9.7 separately complied with, in order to consummate such proposed Sale of a Series pursuant to this Section 9.7.
     9.7.4. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9.7 shall expire upon the closing of a Qualified Public Offering and shall not apply to any Units which have been Sold in a Public Sale.
     9.8. Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Sales or Sale of Series Interests under Section 9.6 and 9.7. The following provisions shall be applied to any Sale or Sale of Series Interests to which Section 9.6 or 9.7 applies:
     9.8.1. Each Participating Seller, whether in his capacity as a Participating Seller, holder of Units, officer or Manager of such Series, or otherwise, shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be reasonably necessary or desirable in order expeditiously to consummate each Sale or Sale of a Series pursuant to Section 9.6 or 9.7 and any related transactions, including executing, acknowledging and delivering consents, assignments, waivers and other documents or instruments; furnishing information and copies of documents; filing applications, reports, returns, filings and other documents or instruments with governmental authorities; and otherwise cooperating with the Prospective Selling Holders and the Prospective Buyer; provided, however, that Participating Sellers shall be obligated to become liable in respect of any representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities or otherwise to the Prospective Buyer solely to the extent provided in the immediately following sentence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Participating Seller agrees to execute and deliver such agreements as may be reasonably specified by the Prospective Selling Holders to which such Prospective Selling Holders will also be party, including agreements to (a) make individual representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements as to the unencumbered title to its Units and the power, authority and legal right to Transfer such

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Units and (b) be severally (with all other sellers) liable (whether by purchase price adjustment, indemnity payments or otherwise) in respect of representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in respect of the Series or the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that, except with respect to individual representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and other agreements of Participating Sellers of the type described in clause (a) above, the aggregate amount of such liability shall not exceed the lesser of (i) such Participating Seller’s pro rata portion of any such liability, to be determined in accordance with such Participating Seller’s portion of the aggregate proceeds to all holders of Units in connection with such Sale or Sale of a Series, or (ii) the proceeds received by such Participating Seller in connection with such Sale or Sale of a Series; and provided, further, that the nature and extent of such representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities shall be the same with respect to each Class of Units being sold in such Sale.
     9.8.2. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Prospective Selling Holder or Series in connection with any proposed Sale or Sale of a Series pursuant to Section 9.6 or 9.7 (whether or not consummated), including all attorneys fees and charges, all accounting fees and charges and all finders, brokerage or investment banking fees, charges or commissions, shall be paid from the sales proceeds prior to distribution and shall be borne by the Prospective Selling Holders and the Participating Sellers pro rata based on the proceeds which would otherwise be received by them. The Series may retain legal counsel and other advisors, if necessary, to assist with the Sale or Sale of a Series.
     9.8.3. The closing of a Sale or Sale of a Series pursuant to Section 9.6 or 9.7 shall take place at such time and place as the Prospective Selling Holders shall specify by reasonable notice to each Participating Seller. At the closing of any Sale or Sale of a Series under Section 9.6 or 9.7, each Participating Seller shall deliver any certificates evidencing the Units to be Sold by such Participating Seller, duly endorsed, or with transfer powers duly endorsed, for transfer with signature guaranteed, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, with any stock (or equivalent) transfer tax stamps affixed, against delivery of the applicable consideration. It is understood and agreed that no holder of Units shall have any liability to any other holder of Units arising from, relating to or in connection with any proposed Sale or Sale of a Series which has been the subject of a Tag Along Notice or a Drag Along Notice whether or not such proposed Sale or Sale of a Series is consummated (except solely to the extent, if any, as such holder may agree in the documentation specifically relating to such Sale or Sale of a Series).
     9.8.4. Subject to Section 9.8.2, the Participating Sellers shall receive their pro rata portion of the consideration for the Units sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to the Sale or Sale of a Series (after deduction of the proportionate share of (i) amounts paid into escrow or held back, in the reasonable determination of the Prospective Selling Holders, for indemnification or post-closing expenses and (ii) amounts subject to post-closing purchase price adjustments, provided that upon determination of such purchase price adjustment or indemnification or post-closing expenses and upon release of any such escrow or hold-back, as applicable, such amounts will be distributed to the

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Participating Sellers so that the total amount distributed is in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.8.5) from the Prospective Buyer concurrently with the receipt of consideration by the Prospective Selling Holders.
     9.8.5. The relative amounts of consideration to be received in respect of each Unit in a Sale or Sale of a Series pursuant to Section 9.6 or 9.7 shall be based upon the Pre-Transaction Value of such Unit. Notwithstanding the fact that the Units to be sold by Prospective Selling Holders may be of one or more Classes of Units, each holder of each such Class of Units shall be entitled to the benefits, and subject to the obligations, of Sections 9.6 and 9.7 and this Section 9.8 with respect to all Units of the Series to be sold in a Sale or Sale of a Series held by such holder as if such Units were of the same Class, subject only to possible differences in the per-Unit consideration to be paid in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.
     9.9. Pre-Emptive Rights. Except for (a) any Units issued to a Fortress Holder or any Affiliate of a Fortress Holder in exchange for Transaction Related Invested Capital or (b) any issuance of Class D Preferred Units, neither the Company nor a Series shall Issue or sell any Units to a Fortress Holder or any Affiliate of a Fortress Holder, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire any Units, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, directly or indirectly, any Units to a Fortress Holder or any Affiliate of a Fortress Holder or take any loan pursuant to Section 3.15 (except 3.15.2) from a Fortress Holder or any Affiliate of a Fortress Holder (each such Issuance or receipt of a loan, an Issuance of “Subject Securities”), except in compliance with the provisions of this Section 9.9; provided, however, that, if in the reasonable judgment of the Company Manager or Applicable Series Manager, the Issuance of such Subject Securities is necessary or other exigent circumstances making such Issuance desirable exist, then the Company or applicable Series may Issue such Subject Securities without first complying with the provisions of this Section 9.9; provided, further that the provisions of this Section 9.9 are complied with as reasonably promptly as possible following such Issuance of Subject Securities.
     9.9.1. Not fewer than 20 business days prior to the consummation of the Issuance of Subject Securities, a written notice (the “Participation Notice”) shall be given by the applicable Series to each Management Holder. The Participation Notice shall include:
  (a)   The principal terms of the proposed Issuance, including (i) the number and kind of Subject Securities to be included in the Issuance, (ii) the price per unit of the Subject Securities and (iii) (x) in the case of the Issuance of Units of an existing Series, the percentage represented by the number of Class A Units of the Series of which the Subject Securities will be designated owned, beneficially and of record, by such Management Holder immediately prior to the Issuance divided by the aggregate number of Class A Units of the Series of which the Subject Securities will be designated then outstanding owned by all Members of such Series immediately prior to such Issuance or (y) in the case of the Issuance of Units of an Additional Series, the percentage represented by the number of Series 1 Class A Units designated owned, beneficially and of record, by

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      such Management Holder immediately prior to the Issuance divided by the aggregate number of Series 1 Class A Units owned by all Members immediately prior to such Issuance (the percentage resulting from clause (x) and (y), as the case may be, the “Participation Portion”); provided that if the consideration to be paid by the Fortress Holders for the Subject Securities contains non-cash consideration, then the Participation Notice shall also specify the Fair Market Value of such non-cash consideration; and
  (b)   An offer by such Series to Issue to such Management Holder such portion (not in any event to exceed such Management Holder’s Participation Portion of the total amount of Subject Securities to be included in the Issuance) of the Subject Securities to be included in the Issuance as may be requested by such Management Holder, at the same price and otherwise on the same terms and conditions, with respect to each unit of Subject Securities issued to such Management Holder, as the Issuance to the Fortress Holders, provided, that if the consideration to be paid by the Fortress Holders for the Subject Securities contains non-cash consideration, then such offer shall give each such Management Holder the option to pay, in lieu of delivery of such non-cash consideration, cash in the amount of the Fair Market Value of such non-cash consideration.
     9.9.2. Each Management Holder desiring to accept the offer contained in the Participation Notice shall send an irrevocable commitment (each a “Participation Commitment”) to the applicable Series within ten business days after the receipt of the Participation Notice specifying the amount or proportion (not in any event to exceed such Management Holder’s Participation Portion of the total amount of Subject Securities to be included in the Issuance) of Subject Securities which such Management Holder desires to be issued (each a “Participating Buyer”). Subject to Section 9.9.8, each Management Holder that has not so accepted such offer shall be deemed to have waived all of such Management Holder’s rights with respect to the Issuance under this Section 9.9, and the Series shall thereafter be free to Issue Subject Securities to the Fortress Holders and any Participating Buyers, at a price no less than 95% of the price set forth in the Participation Notice and on other terms not materially more favorable to the Fortress Holders and Participating Buyers than those set forth in the Participation Notice, without any further obligation to such non-accepting Management Holder under this Section 9.9.
     9.9.3. The acceptance of each Participating Buyer shall be irrevocable and each such Participating Buyer shall be bound and obligated to acquire in the Issuance such amount or proportion of Subject Securities as such Participating Buyer shall have specified in such Participating Buyer’s Participation Commitment.
     9.9.4. Each holder of Series Interests of the same Series as the Subject Securities, whether in his capacity as a Participating Buyer, holder of such Series Interests, officer or Manager of the Series, or otherwise, shall take or cause to be taken all such reasonable actions as may be reasonably necessary or desirable in order to consummate expeditiously each Issuance pursuant to this Section 9.9 and any related

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transactions, including executing, acknowledging and delivering consents, assignments, waivers and other documents or instruments, filing applications, reports, returns, filings and other documents or instruments with governmental authorities, and otherwise cooperating with the Series, the Fortress Holders and the Participating Buyers (if any).
     9.9.5. All costs and expenses incurred by any holder of Series Interests of the same Series as the Subject Securities or the Series in connection with any proposed Issuance of Subject Securities (whether or not consummated), including all attorney’s fees and charges, all accounting fees and charges and all finders, brokerage or investment banking fees, charges or commissions, shall be borne by such holder.
     9.9.6. The closing of an Issuance pursuant to this Section 9.9 shall take place at such time and place as the Series shall specify by notice to each Participating Buyer given not less than three business days prior to the closing of the Issuance.
     9.9.7. The terms and conditions of this Section 9.9 may be waived on behalf of all Management Holders by the written consent of the Majority Management Holders, in which case, no Management Holder shall have a pre-emptive right to the Issuance of such Subject Securities.
     9.9.8. If any Management Holder shall not elect to be issued such Management Holder’s Participation Portion of the total amount of Subject Securities to be included in any Issuance (the “Unaccepted Participation Portion”), the Participating Buyers may elect to be issued all or any portion of such Unaccepted Participation Portion in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 9.9, on a pro rata basis in accordance with the amounts of their respective Participation Commitments, or on such other basis as such Participating Buyers shall agree.
     9.9.9. By their execution of this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, each of the Management Holders hereby irrevocably waives its right to preemptive rights pursuant to this Section 9.9 with respect to any Set Aside Capital.
     9.10. Forfeiture of Class A Units.
     9.10.1. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Management Holder whose Employment is terminated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any reason shall vest, if at all, in the Company Match Class A Units according to the Vesting Schedule set forth on Schedule 3.7 and shall automatically forfeit to the applicable Series without consideration therefor (and each Series shall promptly thereafter cancel and retire) any unvested Company Match Class A Units as of the date of such termination; provided, however, that if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates such Management Holder’s Employment without Cause, such Management Holder resigns for Good Reason or such Management Holder’s Employment terminates due to death or Disability, such Management Holder shall be vested in the next higher level of vesting pursuant to the Vesting Schedule as of the date of such termination. Failure to renew a Management Holder’s Employment agreement (which failure is not otherwise related to

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the termination of such Member’s Employment) shall have no effect on the vesting of Company Match Class A Units. In the case of any such forfeiture, such Management Holder shall tender any and all certificates representing its Class A Units of such Series to the applicable Series (along with such other documentation as the applicable Manager may reasonably request) and each such Series shall issue a replacement certificate to such Management Holder representing the number of vested Class A Units of such Series held by such Management Holder.
     9.10.2. Distributions made with respect to the Company Match Class A Units shall constitute an immediate vesting event as to the amount so distributed, which shall first be deemed to constitute a distribution of aggregate Net Profits previously or concurrently allocated to such Company Match Class A Units and then as a Distribution of capital that, by virtue of such Distribution, shall vest and is therefore includible in income by the holder of such Class A Unit and deductible by the Company.
     9.10.3. Upon a forfeiture of an individual’s Class A Units pursuant to this Section 9.10, if the individual fails or refuses to execute such documents or instruments of transfer as requested by the applicable Series Manager, the applicable Series Manager may appoint any Person to act as attorney-in-fact for such Person in order to execute such documents or instruments of transfer.
     9.11. Repurchase Rights.
     9.11.1. Each Series shall have the right (but not the obligation, except as provided in Section 9.11.5) to exercise its right to purchase all or a portion of the Class A Units of such Series (but in the case of the Company Match Class A Units, only the vested portion as the unvested portion shall be automatically forfeited in accordance with Section 9.10) held by a Management Holder within thirty (30) days after such Management Holder’s termination of Employment (for any reason) with the Company or its Subsidiaries (the “Repurchase Rights”).
     9.11.2. If such Series does not exercise its Repurchase Rights, the Fortress Holders shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise the Repurchase Rights on the same terms and conditions as applicable to such Series in this Section 9.11 and all references to such Series in this Section 9.11 shall be read to include the Fortress Holders to the extent the Fortress Holders exercise Repurchase Rights.
     9.11.3. If such Series exercises its Repurchase Rights in respect of a Management Holder whose Employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries is involuntarily terminated by the Company or its Subsidiary without Cause, who terminates his or her Employment for Good Reason, or whose Employment terminates due to death or Disability, such Management Holder shall receive an amount equal to the greater of (i) the sum of (a) the amount paid by the Management Holder for the Class A Units purchased by such Management Holder (the “Purchased Units”) and (b) in respect of the vested portion of the Company Match Class A Units, an amount equal to the number of such vested Company Match Class A Units multiplied by the per Unit dollar amount paid by such Management Holder for the Purchased Units and (ii) the current Fair Market

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Value of the Class A Units purchased and the vested portion of the Company Match Class A Units.
     9.11.4. If such Series exercises its Repurchase Rights in respect of a Management Holder whose Employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries is terminated for any reason other than by the Company or its Subsidiaries without Cause, by the Management Holder for Good Reason or due to death or Disability, such Management Holder will receive an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of (a) the amount paid by the Management Holder for the Class A Units purchased and (b) in respect of the vested portion of the Company Match Class A Units, an amount equal to the number of such vested Company Match Class A Units multiplied by the per Unit dollar amount paid by such Management Holder for the Purchased Units and (ii) the current Fair Market Value of the Class A Units purchased and the vested portion of the Company Match Class A Units. Such Management Holder will forfeit the unvested portion of such Management Holder’s Company Match Class A Units as of the date of termination and shall not be entitled to receive any benefit attributable to the unvested portion of the Company Match Class A Units on or after the date of such termination.
     9.11.5. A Management Holder may elect to require a Series to exercise its Repurchase Rights with respect to the Class A Units of such Series purchased by the Management Holder plus the vested portion of the Company Match Class A Units of such Series if the Management Holder’s Employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries is terminated (i) by reason of death or Disability, (ii) by the Company without Cause, or (iii) by the Management Holder for Good Reason, for a period of thirty (30) days after such termination, in which case such Management Holder shall receive the current Fair Market Value of such Class A Units and vested Company Match Class A Units.
     9.11.6. In connection with any exercise of Repurchase Rights pursuant to this Section 9.11, the Management Holders agree to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, all instruments and documents that may be reasonably requested by such Series in connection therewith.
     9.11.7. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for the required exercise of Repurchase Rights pursuant to Section 9.11.5, each Series shall have the right to not exercise its Repurchase Rights if a Management Holder (an “Objecting Management Holder”) provides such Series with a written objection of such Series’ determination of the Fair Market Value of such Units to be repurchased (a “Fair Market Value Objection”) within 10 days after such Series’ determination of such Fair Market Value and, after complying with the provisions of Section 9.11.8, the Arbitrator determines that the Valuation Expert’s determination of Fair Market Value shall be used instead of such Series’ determination of Fair Market Value.
     9.11.8. (a) For a period of 30 days following such Series’ receipt of a Fair Market Value Objection, such Series and Objecting Management Holder shall endeavor in good faith to agree upon the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units and shall execute a written instrument specifying the Fair Market Value thereof.

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  (b)   If during such 30-day period such Series and Objecting Management Holder have not reached an agreement on the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units, the Objecting Management Holder may retain an independent valuation expert with experience in valuing financial companies and mortgage originators (the “Valuation Expert”) to provide such Series with its determination of the Fair Market Value of such Class A Units.
 
  (c)   If such Series does not agree with the Valuation Expert’s determination of Fair Market Value, such Series and Objecting Management Holder shall engage a mutually agreed upon nationally recognized arbitrator with experience in valuing financial companies and mortgage originators (the Arbitrator), or if the parties cannot so agree, each will select a nationally recognized arbitrator with experience in valuing financial companies and mortgage originators and the two arbitrators so selected will select a third nationally recognized arbitrator with experience in valuing financial companies and mortgage originators to act as the Arbitrator, and the Arbitrator shall determine if the Fair Market Value to be used is that of such Series or the Valuation Expert, it being expressly understood that the Arbitrator shall not be entitled to select any value other than those presented by such Series and Objecting Management Holder.
 
  (d)   The fees and expenses of the Valuation Expert and Arbitrator shall be borne equally by such Series and Objecting Management Holder, taking into account, in respect of such Objecting Management Holder’s portion of such fees and expenses, such Objecting Management Holder’s proportionate share of such Series’ portion of the fees and expenses.
     9.11.9. Sections 9.11.3, 9.11.4 and 9.11.5 shall not apply to Class A Units held by the Designated Management Holders, which are subject to modified Repurchase Rights, as set forth in separate agreements between them and the Company.
9.12. Management Loan.
     9.12.1. At the election of each Management Holder (an “Electing Management Holder”), the Company or applicable Series will provide to such Management Holder a nonrecourse loan pursuant to a promissory note substantially in the form attached hereto on Schedule 9.12 (or such other documentation as reasonably determined by the Managers) (a “Management Loan”) in respect of such Management Holder’s federal and state income tax liability on Company Match Class A Units and Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder; provided, however, that a Management Holder may only elect to receive a Management Loan if (i) such Management Holder makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code at the time a Series grants the Company Match Class A Units to such Management Holder or at the time Management LLC receives any Class B Units for the benefit of such Management Holder or (ii) such Management Holder (x) incurs tax liability upon the vesting of his or her Company Match Class A Units or the Class B Units held by

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Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder in excess of all net after-tax Distributions (excluding any Tax Distribution) made with respect to such Electing Management Holder’s Class A Units and any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder determined as of the date the Electing Management Holder is required to pay such tax liability and (y) remains an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries immediately after the vesting of his or her Company Match Class A Units or the Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder that resulted in such tax liability; provided, further, that, the amount of such Management Loan shall not exceed (x) in the case of clause (i) in the preceding proviso, the federal and state income tax liability incurred by such Electing Management Holder as a result of the receipt of such Management Holder’s Company Match Class A Units or the Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder or (y) in the case of clause (ii) in the preceding proviso, such Electing Management Holder’s income tax liability incurred upon vesting of the Company Match Class A Units or the Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder minus all net after-tax Distributions (excluding any Tax Distribution) made with respect to such Electing Management Holder’s Class A Units and any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder determined as of the date the Electing Management Holder is required to pay such tax liability.
     9.12.2. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount of a Management Loan, compounded on a quarterly basis, at a rate equal to the prime rate (as set forth in the Wall Street Journal on the date such Management Loan is made) per annum.
     9.12.3. All cash payments (including in the form of compensation for Employment) and Distributions (excluding any Tax Distribution) to be made to (a) an Electing Management Holder by the Company and its Subsidiaries or a Series or (b) Management LLC by the Company and its Subsidiaries or a Series (in respect of any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder), including any amount paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Series (or pursuant to Section 9.11.2, the Fortress Holders) to such Electing Management Holder to repurchase such Electing Management Holder’s Class A Units (but excluding base salary and 50% of any cash bonus) during, or following the termination of, such Electing Management Holder’s Employment with CHEC or its Affiliates shall be remitted to the Company or Series, as applicable, and shall be credited against the outstanding balance of such Electing Management Holder’s Management Loan.
     9.12.4. In the event that the Company or Series is required to withhold any amount on account of taxes in connection with any rights of an Electing Management Holder in connection with the Company Match Class A Units or such Electing Management Holder’s Management Loan, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been distributed to the Electing Management Holder.
     9.12.5. A Management Loan shall be secured by all Class A Units held by the Electing Management Holder, any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder and any equity interests in Management

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LLC held by such Electing Management Holder to whom such loan is provided. A Management Loan (and any interest thereupon) may be repaid by a Management Holder at any time without penalty.
     9.12.6. If a Management Holder’s Employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, then such Management Holder’s Management Loan, if any, shall become due and payable thirty (30) days after such termination and, at the election of an Electing Management Holder, that number of Class A Units held by the Electing Management Holder, Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder and equity interests in Management LLC held by such Electing Management Holder with a Fair Market Value equal in value to the unpaid amount of such Management Loan, or if the Electing Management Holder shall so determine, all of the Class A Units held by such Electing Management Holder, all Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of such Electing Management Holder and all equity interests in Management LLC held by such Electing Management Holder, may be tendered to the Company or Series at any time after such termination, in either case in full repayment of such Management Loan.
9.13. Class B Employment Termination Redemption Rights.
     9.13.1. Within thirty (30) days after the termination of a Management LLC Member’s Employment with the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason other than those listed in Section 9.13.2, Series 1 and Series 2, as applicable, shall have the right (but not the obligation, except as provided in Section 9.13.2) to exercise their right to purchase (the “Class B Termination Redemption Rights”) all of the applicable Allocated Class B Interests held by Management LLC (the “Affected Allocated Class B Interest”). If Series 1 and/or Series 2 exercises its Class B Termination Redemption Rights, the Class B Holder shall receive an amount equal to the Deemed Series 1 Class B Sale Proceeds and/or Deemed Series 2 Class B Sale Proceeds, as the case may be; and all Affected Allocated Class B Interests shall be cancelled and retired.
     9.13.2. If a Management LLC Member’s Employment with the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated (i) by reason of death or Disability, (ii) by the Company without Cause, or (iii) by the Management LLC Member for Good Reason, then, during the thirty (30) day period commencing on the nine month anniversary of such termination, Series 1 and Series 2 shall have the right to exercise its Class B Termination Redemption Rights. The Management LLC Member whose Employment is so terminated shall, during the thirty (30) day period commencing on the nine month anniversary of such termination, have the right to exercise its right under the Management LLC Agreement to have its ownership in Management LLC redeemed, in which case the Class B Holder will elect to require Series 1 and Series 2 to exercise their Class B Termination Redemption Rights with respect to the applicable Affected Allocated Class B Interest, in which case the Class B Holder shall receive an amount equal to the Deemed Class B Sale Proceeds and all Affected Allocated Class B Interests shall be cancelled and retired.
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exercise their Class B Termination Redemption Rights (as opposed to the required exercise of the Class B Termination Redemption Rights at the election of the Management LLC Member whose Employment is terminated) and the Fortress Holders dispose of more than 50% of their Series 1 Class A Units and/or their Series 2 Class A Units, as the case may be, to an unaffiliated third party within three months before and nine months after such termination, the Deemed Series 1 Class B Sale Proceeds and Deemed Series 2 Class B Sale Proceeds to which such Management LLC Member is entitled shall be calculated assuming that such Management LLC Member was fully vested in his Affected Allocated Class B Interests at the time of any such disposition by the Fortress Holders.
     9.13.4. In connection with any exercise of Class B Termination Redemption Rights pursuant to this Section 9.13, the Class B Holder agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, all instruments and documents that may be reasonably requested by Series 1 and Series 2 in connection therewith.
     9.13.5. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for the required exercise of Class B Termination Redemption Rights pursuant to Section 9.13.2, Series 1 and Series 2 shall have the right to not exercise their Class B Termination Redemption Rights if the Class B Holder, on behalf of a Management LLC Member (an “Objecting Class B Holder"), provides Series 1 and/or Series 2, as applicable, with a written objection of such determination of the Fair Market Value of the Affected Allocated Class B Interests to be repurchased (a “Class B Fair Market Value Objection") within 10 days after such Series’ determination of such Fair Market Value and, after complying with the provisions of Section 9.11.8, the Arbitrator determines that the Valuation Expert’s determination of Fair Market Value shall be used instead of Series 1’s and/or Series 2’s determination of Fair Market Value, as applicable, in which case the fees and expenses of the Valuation Expert and Arbitrator shall be borne by Series 1 or Series 2, as applicable.
9.14. Class B Sale Repurchase Right.
     9.14.1. In the event of a Sale in which the Fortress Holders dispose of all of their Series 1 Class A Units (a “Complete Series 1 Fortress Sale”) all Series 1 Class B Units shall become fully vested and shall be entitled to receive a portion of the proceeds of such Complete Series 1 Fortress Sale to the extent provided in, and in accordance with the terms of, Section 9.15, and all Series 1 Class B Units shall be cancelled and retired and the Class B Holder shall cease to be a Member of Series 1 and, if the Class B Holder is not a Member of any other Series, the Company.
     9.14.2. In the event of a Sale in which the Fortress Holders dispose of all of their Series 2 Class A Units (a “Complete Series 2 Fortress Sale”) all Series 2 Class B Units shall become fully vested and shall be entitled to receive a portion of the proceeds of such Complete Series 2 Fortress Sale to the extent provided in, and in accordance with the terms of, Section 9.15, and all Series 2 Class B Units shall be cancelled and retired and the Class B Holder shall cease to be a Member of Series 2 and, if the Class B Holder is not a Member of any other Series, the Company.

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     9.15. Proceeds of Sale Transaction. In the event of any Sale of Class A Units (whether or not the same shall constitute a Sale of a Series hereunder), if the Class B Holder would be entitled to some portion of the proceeds of such Sale if the proceeds thereof had been distributed by the Company pursuant to Section 7.2 or Section 7.3, as applicable, the Class B Holder shall, as a condition to completion of such Sale, receive a payment equal to such portion of such proceeds at the time of consummation of such sale.
ARTICLE X
ADMISSION OF ASSIGNEE AS MEMBER
     10.1. Requirements. A Person that has validly (including in compliance with Article IX) acquired a Series Interest by a Transfer from a Member shall be admitted to such Series as a Member upon compliance with each of the following conditions:
  (a)   A duly executed and acknowledged written instrument of Transfer is filed with the Company and such Series, specifying the Series Interests being transferred and setting forth the intention of the Member effecting the Transfer that the Assignee succeed to a portion or all of such Member’s Series Interest as a Member;
 
  (b)   The Assignee qualifies as an Accredited Investor or is a Member of the Immediate Family of the Member making such Transfer and such Transfer has been made for estate planning purposes or by testamentary or intestate disposition;
 
  (c)   If requested by the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager, the Assignee delivers to the Company and such Series an opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to such Manager, to the effect provided in clause (a) of Section 9.2 with respect to the admission of the Assignee as a Member, unless such an opinion would not be required by virtue of the proviso to said clause (a);
 
  (d)   The Member effecting the Transfer and Assignee execute and acknowledge any other instruments that the Company Manager and applicable Series Manager deem reasonably necessary or desirable for admission of the Assignee, including the written acceptance and adoption by the Assignee of the provisions of this Agreement (including the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Article XIV) and execution, acknowledgment, and delivery to the Manager of a special power of attorney as provided in Section 18.4;

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  (e)   The Member effecting the Transfer or the Assignee pays to the Company or such Series a transfer fee sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses connected with the admission; and
 
  (f)   Article IX of this Agreement has been or is complied with;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a competitor of the Company or any Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by the Company Manager) be admitted as a Member without the prior written consent of the Company Manager.
     10.2. Consent. Each Member hereby agrees that upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Article X with respect to any proposed Transfer, the Person proposed to be such transferee may be admitted as a Member.
     10.3. Withdrawal of Member; No Dissolution. If a Member Transfers all of its Series Interest pursuant to Article IX and the transferee of such interest is admitted as a Member pursuant to Section 10.1, such Person shall be admitted to such Series as a Member effective on the effective date of the Transfer or such other date as may be specified when the Member is admitted, and, immediately following such admission, the Member effecting the Transfer shall cease to be a Member of such Series. Upon the resignation or withdrawal from such Series of the Member effecting the Transfer, the resigning or withdrawing member shall not be entitled to any Distributions (including any Distributions under Section 18-604 of the Act) from and after the date of such resignation or transfer, other than any Tax Distribution payable in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof.
ARTICLE XI
RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE MEMBERS
     11.1. No Management and Control. In no event shall any Member, in its capacity as such, have any right or authority to act for or bind the Company or any Series, and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other agreement between such Member and the Company or any Series, no Member in its capacity as such shall take part in or interfere in any manner with the management of the business and affairs of the Company or any Series.
     11.2. Specific Limitations. No Member shall have the right or power to: (a) withdraw or reduce its capital contribution except as a result of the dissolution of the Company or any Series or as otherwise provided by law or in this Agreement, (b) make voluntary capital contributions or contribute any property to the Company or any Series other than cash, (c) bring an action for partition against the Company or any Series or any Company or Series assets, (d) to the fullest extent permitted by law, cause the dissolution of the Company or any Series, except as set forth in this Agreement, or (e) upon any Distribution, including any liquidating Distribution, require that property other than cash be distributed in return for its capital contribution. Each Member hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for partition of any of the Company’s or any Series’ property. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no Member shall have priority over any other Member either as to the return of its capital contribution or as to any allocation of Net Profit or Net Loss, or as to Distributions.

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Other than upon the termination and dissolution of the Company or any Series as provided by this Agreement, there has been no time agreed upon when Distribution in liquidation of a Member’s Series Interest will be made.
11.3. Amendments to Certificate and Agreement; Voting.
     11.3.1. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, including Section 3.7, Section 3.8, Section 5.3 and Section 11.3.5, either this Agreement or the Certificate (or both) may be modified or amended with and by (but only with and by) the written consent of the Majority Class A Holders. A Member’s execution and delivery of this Agreement shall be deemed its consent and approval of any and all amendments to the Previous Agreements that are reflected in this amended and restated limited liability company agreement.
     11.3.2. The Company Manager shall cause to be prepared and filed any amendment or restatement to the Certificate that may be approved in accordance with this Agreement.
     11.3.3. Any modification or amendment to the Certificate or this Agreement pursuant to this Article XI shall be binding on all Members and Assignees. Each Member and Assignee shall be bound by this Agreement whether or not such Member or Assignee has executed this Agreement.
     11.3.4. For all purposes hereunder and under the Act, all holders of Units of a particular Series shall vote together as a single class, with (a) each holder of Class A Units of such Series entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of Class A Units of such Series of which it is the record holder and (b) the Class B Holder, each holder of Class C Preferred Units and each holder of Class D Preferred Units shall have no vote with respect to its Class B Units, Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units, as applicable.
     11.3.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) none of Article XVII or Sections 3.8, 3.15, 3.16, 5.3, 7.2, 7.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 11.3, 16.1, 18.5, 18.7 of this Agreement or, to the extent used in Article XVII or Sections 3.8, 3.15, 3.16, 5.3, 7.2, 7.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 11.3, 16.1, 18.5, 18.7, any of the Specified Defined Terms, or any other Defined Term contained in Schedule 1 hereto to the extent used in any Specified Defined Term, may be modified or amended without the consent of the Majority Management Holders, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and (ii) none of those rights, preferences or privileges of the Management Holders, the Class B Holder, or the Management Holders and the Class B Holder, contained in Article IX that are specific or unique to the Management Holders, the Class B Holder, or the Management Holders and the Class B Holder, or, to the extent used in the provisions of Article IX which set forth such rights, preferences or privileges, any of the Defined Terms contained in Schedule 1 hereto or any other Defined Term contained in Schedule 1 hereto to the extent used in any Specified Defined Term, may be modified or amended in a manner adverse to the Management Holders or Class B Holder, as applicable, without the consent of the

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Majority Management Holders and/or Majority Class B Holder Members, as applicable, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
ARTICLE XII
DISSOLUTION OF COMPANY
     12.1. Termination of Membership. No Member shall resign or withdraw from the Company or any Series except that, subject to the restrictions set forth in Articles IX and X, any Member may Transfer its Series Interests to an Assignee and an Assignee may become a Member in place of the Member which assigned its Series Interests with respect to the Series Interests Transferred. The death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of any Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of any Member shall not in and of itself cause the Company or any Series to be dissolved or its affairs to be wound up, and upon the occurrence of any such event, the Company or such Series shall be continued without dissolution.
     12.2. Events of Dissolution or Liquidation. The Company shall be dissolved upon the happening of any of the following events: (a) the determination of the Company Manager, (b) the sale or other disposition of all of the Company’s and each Series’ assets and receipt of the final payment of all installment obligations received as a result of such sale or other disposition, (c) upon the termination of all Series pursuant to the next sentence, (d) upon the affirmative vote or other written consent of all holders of Class A Units or (e) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act. A Series shall be dissolved upon the happening of any of the following events: (a) the affirmative vote or written consent of all Members of such Series at any time to terminate and dissolve such Series, (b) the determination of the Series Manager, (c) the dissolution of the Company pursuant to the previous sentence, (d) the sale or disposition of all of such Series’ assets and receipt of the final payment of all installment obligations received as a result of such sale or other disposition or (e) the occurrence of any other event that causes the termination of such Series under the Act.
     12.3. Liquidation. Upon dissolution of the Company or any Series for any reason, the Company or such Series shall immediately commence to wind up its affairs. A reasonable period of time shall be allowed for the orderly termination of the Company’s or such Series’ business, discharge of its liabilities, and distribution or liquidation of the remaining assets so as to enable the Company or such Series to minimize the normal losses attendant to the liquidation process. The Company’s property or such Series’ and assets or the proceeds from the liquidation thereof shall be distributed so as not to contravene the Act and upon satisfaction (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment) of the Company’s or such Series’ liabilities, in accordance with Section 7.2. A full accounting of the assets and liabilities of the Company or such Series shall be taken and a statement thereof shall be furnished to each Member of the Company or such Series, as applicable, within thirty days after the distribution of all of the assets of the Company or such Series. Such accounting and statements shall be prepared under the direction of the applicable Manager. In the case of the liquidation of the Company, upon such final accounting, the Company Manager shall cancel the Certificate in accordance with the Act and the Company’s existence as a separate legal entity shall terminate.

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     12.4. No Action for Dissolution. The Members acknowledge that irreparable damage would be done to the goodwill and reputation of the Company and each Series if any Member should bring an action in court to dissolve the Company or any Series under circumstances where dissolution is not required by Section 12.2. This Agreement has been drawn carefully to provide fair treatment of all parties and equitable payment in liquidation of the Series Interests of all Members. Accordingly, except where the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager has failed to liquidate the Company or any Series as required by Section 12.2 and except as specifically provided in Section 18-802 of the Act, each Member hereby waives and renounces its right to initiate legal action to seek dissolution or to seek the appointment of a receiver or trustee to liquidate the Company or any Series.
     12.5. No Further Claim. Upon dissolution, each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company or Series for the return of its capital, and if the Company’s or such Series’ property remaining after payment or discharge of the debts and liabilities of the Company or such Series, including debts and liabilities owed to one or more of the Members, is insufficient to return the aggregate capital contributions of each Member, such Members shall have no recourse against the Company or any Series, any member of the Managers or any other Member.
ARTICLE XIII
INDEMNIFICATION
     13.1. General. The Company or any Series, as applicable shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company Manager, each Series Manager and each Member, including the Tax Matters Members, and each such Person’s officers, directors, partners, members, shareholders, employees, and agents, and the employees, officers, and agents of the Company or applicable Series, (all indemnified persons being referred to as “Indemnified Persons” for purposes of this Article XIII), from any liability, loss, or damage incurred by the Indemnified Person by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by the Indemnified Person in connection with the business of the Company or applicable Series and from liabilities or obligations of the Company or applicable Series imposed on such Person by virtue of such Person’s position with the Company or applicable Series, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and any amounts expended in the settlement of any such claims of liability, loss, or damage; provided, however, that, if the liability, loss, damage, or claim arises out of any action or inaction of an Indemnified Person, indemnification under this Section 13.1 shall be available only if (a) either (i) the Indemnified Person, at the time of such action or inaction, believed, in good faith, that its, his or her course of conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company or applicable Series, or (ii) in the case of inaction by the Indemnified Person, the Indemnified Person did not intend its, his or her inaction to be harmful or opposed to the best interests of the Company or applicable Series, and (b) the action or inaction did not constitute fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct by the Indemnified Person; and provided, further, that indemnification under this Section 13.1 shall be recoverable only from the assets of the Company or Series, as applicable, and not from any assets of the Members or any other Series. The Company or applicable Series may, as determined by the Company Manager or applicable Series Manager, advance or reimburse attorneys’ fees of an Indemnified Person as incurred. The Company or applicable Series may

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pay for insurance covering liability of the Indemnified Persons for negligence in operation of the Company’s or applicable Series’ affairs.
     13.2. Exculpation. No Indemnified Person shall be liable, in damages or otherwise, to the Company, any Series or to any Member for any loss that arises out of any act performed or omitted to be performed by it or him pursuant to the authority granted by this Agreement if (a) either (i) the Indemnified Person, at the time of such action or inaction, believed, in good faith, that such Indemnified Person’s course of conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company or such Series, or (ii) in the case of inaction by the Indemnified Person, the Indemnified Person did not intend such Indemnified Person’s inaction to be harmful or opposed to the best interests of the Company or such Series, and (b) the conduct of the Indemnified Person did not constitute fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct by such Indemnified Person.
     13.3. Persons Entitled to Indemnity. Any Person who is within the definition of “Indemnified Person” at the time of any action or inaction in connection with the business of the Company or Series, as applicable, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article XIII as an “Indemnified Person” with respect thereto, regardless whether such Person continues to be within the definition of “Indemnified Person” at the time of such Indemnified Person’s claim for indemnification or exculpation hereunder.
     13.4. Procedure Agreements. The Company and any Series may enter into an agreement with any of their respective officers, employees and agents, Members or Manager, setting forth procedures consistent with applicable law and this Agreement for implementing the indemnities provided in this Article XIII.
     13.5. Interested Transactions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Company Manager or Series Manager nor any Member shall be deemed to have breached his or her duty of loyalty to the Company, any Series or the Members (and such Company Manager or Series Manager or Member shall not be liable to the Company, any Series or to the Members for breach of any duty of loyalty or analogous duty) with respect to any action or inaction in connection with or relating to any transaction that was approved in accordance with, or contemplated by, the terms hereof.
     13.6. Business Opportunities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to the Company Manager and Series Manager or the Fortress Holders. The Company and each Series renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company or such Series in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Managers or the Fortress Holders. Neither the Managers nor any Fortress Holder who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Company or any Series shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company or any Series, and such Manager or Fortress Holder shall not be liable to the Company or any Series or to the Members for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that such member Manager or Fortress Holder pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Company or any Series. No amendment or repeal of this Section 13.6 shall apply to or have any effect on the

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liability or alleged liability of the Managers or the Fortress Holders for or with respect to any opportunities of which the Managers or Fortress Holder become aware prior to such amendment or repeal.
13.7. Fiduciary and Other Duties.
     13.7.1. An Indemnified Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company, any Series or to any other Indemnified Person for its, his or her good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they expressly limit the duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person.
     13.7.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise applicable law, whenever in this Agreement an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision (a) in its, his or her discretion or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as such Indemnified Person desires, including its, his or her own interests, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, any Series or any other Person, or (b) in its, his or her good faith or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards.
     13.8. Amendment. The provisions of this Article XIII may be amended or repealed in accordance with Section 11.3; provided, however, that no amendment or repeal of such provisions that adversely affects the rights of any Indemnified Person under this Article XIII with respect to its acts or omissions at any time prior to such amendment or repeal shall apply to any Indemnified Person without its prior written consent.
     13.9. Survival. The provisions of this Article XIII shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
     13.10. No Inconsistent Amendments to Certificate. No amendments to the Certificate shall be made to the extent such amendments are contrary to, or not consistent with, the provisions of this Article XIII.
ARTICLE XIV
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS BY THE MEMBERS
     Each Member hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Managers, the other Members, the Company and each Series, severally and as to itself, as follows:
     14.1. Investment Intent. It is acquiring its Series Interests with the intent of holding the same for investment for its own account and without the intent or a view of participating directly

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or indirectly in any distribution of such Series Interests within the meaning of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws in a manner that would violate such laws.
14.2. Securities Regulation.
     14.2.1. It acknowledges and agrees that its Series Interests are being issued and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and exemptions contained in applicable state securities laws, and that its Series Interests cannot and will not be sold or transferred except in a transaction that is exempt under the Securities Act and those state acts or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and those state acts or in a transaction that is otherwise in compliance with the Securities Act and those state acts.
     14.2.2. It understands that it has no contractual right under this Agreement for the registration under the Securities Act of its Series Interests for public sale and that, unless its Series Interests are registered or an exemption from registration is available, its Series Interests may be required to be held indefinitely.
     14.3. Knowledge and Experience. It has such knowledge and experience in financial, tax, and business matters as to enable it to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and each applicable Series and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto.
     14.4. Economic Risk. It is able to bear the economic risk of its investment in its Series Interests.
     14.5. Binding Agreement. It has all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and that this Agreement is and will remain its valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights).
     14.6. Tax Position. Unless it provides prior written notice to the Company and applicable Series, it will not take a position on any federal, state, foreign or other income tax return, in any claim for refund, or in any administrative or legal proceedings that is inconsistent with any information return filed by the Company or such Series or with the provisions of this Agreement.
     14.7. Information. It has received all documents, books, and records pertaining to an investment in the Company and applicable Series requested by it. It has had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers concerning the Company and applicable Series, and all such questions have been answered to its satisfaction.

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ARTICLE XV
COMPANY AND SERIES REPRESENTATIONS
     In order to induce the Members to enter into this Agreement and to make the Capital Contributions contemplated hereby, the Company and each Series hereby, severally and not jointly, represent and warrants to each Member as follows:
     15.1. Organization, etc. The Company is a duly formed and validly existing limited liability company under the Act and the Certificate has been duly filed as required by the Act. The Company has all necessary power and authority under the Act to issue the Series Interests to be issued to the Members hereunder.
     15.2. Series Interests. When the Series Interests are issued to the Members as contemplated by this Agreement and the capital contributions required to be made by such Members are made, the Series Interest issued to such Members will be duly and validly issued and no liability for any additional capital contributions or for any obligations of the Company or Series will attach thereto, except to the extent required by the Act or this Agreement.
ARTICLE XVI
RIGHT TO CONVERT TO CORPORATE FORM
     16.1. Conversion of Company. With the prior written consent of the Company Manager and each Series Manager, but without any need for consent or approval of any other Member, the Majority Class A Holders may elect to require that the Company be converted into a corporation having, immediately prior to such conversion, no assets, liabilities, debts or other material obligations (other than those associated with its formation and initial capitalization), which conversion shall occur in anticipation of or in connection with a Qualified Public Offering by such corporation, and shall be effected by a merger, a tax-free contribution under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code or by such other form of tax-free transaction as may be available under applicable law. In such conversion, each Member’s direct or indirect ownership percentage of the Pre-Transaction Value of all Units outstanding immediately prior to such conversion shall be the basis for the allocation of shares or options in the corporation (a) all Class A Units of each Series shall be converted into common stock of the corporation of the same class and with the same rights and obligations, (b) all Class B Units outstanding immediately prior to such conversion shall be converted into or exchanged for shares or, if agreed to by the Majority Management Holders, options, in the corporation, and (c) all Class C Preferred Units and Class D Preferred Units outstanding immediately prior to such conversion shall be converted into preferred or common stock of the corporation having rights and preferences substantially similar to such Class C Preferred Units or Class D Preferred Units prior to such conversion. It is the intent of the Members that the conversion of the Company into corporate form and the conversion or reorganization of any of the Company’s operating divisions, whether currently existing or existing in the future, into corporate form are part of each Member’s investment decision with respect to the Units of such Member. The Members agree that, to the extent reasonably practicable, they shall work together in good faith to effect such conversion on a non-detrimental tax basis for all holders.

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     16.2. Execution of Documents. Upon an election pursuant to Section 16.1, the Members shall, at the expense of the Company, as soon as practicable thereafter execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, all instruments and documents that may be reasonably requested by the Majority Class A Holders to best effectuate the conversion of the Company to a corporation while continuing in full force and effect, to the extent consistent with such conversion, the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Agreement, including all rights, protections and benefits afforded to parties to this Agreement, and including those provisions granting the Managers exclusive authority to manage the operations and affairs of the Company and each Series, those provisions restricting the assignment of Units, those provisions granting rights to repurchase or sell Units or rights to participate in certain transactions and those provisions relating to confidentiality, indemnification and limitation of the Company’s and Series’ activities; provided, however, that in no event shall the rights or obligations contained in Article IX be of any force or effect after the closing of a Qualified Public Offering. Each Member hereby agrees that it will execute and deliver all votes or written consents that the Majority Class A Holders may deem reasonably necessary or advisable in order to best effectuate the conversion of the Company to a corporation pursuant to this Section 16.
ARTICLE XVII
LIMITED LIABILITY
     Except as otherwise required by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company or a Series, as the case may be, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, and no Indemnified Person (including a Member) shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, solely by reason of being an Indemnified Person. All persons dealing with the Company or a Series, as the case may be, shall look solely to the assets of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, for the payment of the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company or such Series, as the case may be.
ARTICLE XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS
     18.1. Additional Documents. At any time and from time to time after the date of this Agreement, upon the request of the Company Manager or a Series Manager and at the expense of the Company or such Series, each Member shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such additional acts and deeds, and shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged, and delivered, all such additional instruments and documents, as may reasonably be required to effectuate the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
     18.2. General. This Agreement: (i) shall be binding upon the Managers, the Members, the Assignees, and the executors, administrators, estates, heirs, and legal successors of the Members and the Assignees whether or not such Managers, Members or Assignees execute this

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Agreement; (ii) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware; and (iii) together with any employment agreements between a Member and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any subscription or purchase agreements pursuant to which Units were purchased or awarded, the Management LLC Agreement or any Management Loan, contains the entire contract among the Members as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements with respect to such subject matter. The waiver of any of the provisions, terms, or conditions contained in this Agreement shall not be considered as a waiver of any of the other provisions, terms, or conditions hereof.
     18.3. Notices, etc.All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective if in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by facsimile, (iii) sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, or (iv) sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in each case, addressed as follows:
     If to any Member, at the address of such Member set forth in the records of the Company or at such other address as such Member shall have furnished to the Company in writing as the address to which notices are to be sent hereunder, and in the case of any Management Holder, with a copy to:
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
131 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Facsimile: (312) 460-7828
Attention: Steven R. Lifson
     If to the Company to:
FIF HE Holdings LLC
c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
Facsimile: (212) 798-6137
Attention: Randal A. Nardone
                 Pete Smith
     If to Series 1 to:
FIF HE Holdings LLC Series 1
c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
Facsimile: (212) 798-6137
Attention: Randal A. Nardone
                 Pete Smith

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     If to Series 2 to:
FIF HE Holdings LLC Series 2
c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
Facsimile: (212) 798-6137
Attention: Randal A. Nardone
                 Pete Smith
     If to the Company Manager to:
FIF HE Holdings LLC
c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
Facsimile: (212) 798-6137
Attention: Randal A. Nardone
                 Pete Smith
     With a copy, whether to the Company, Series 1, Series 2 or the Company Manager, to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3400
Los Angeles, California 90071
Facsimile: (213) 687-5600
Attention: Jonathan Friedman
     If to the Class B Holder to:
Nationstar Investment Holdings LLC
c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C.
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105
Facsimile: (212) 798-6137
Attention: Randal A. Nardone
                 Pete Smith
     With a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3400
Los Angeles, California 90071
Facsimile: (213) 687-5600
Attention: Jonathan Friedman

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     Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications shall be deemed effective, (a) on the date received, if personally delivered or sent by facsimile during normal business hours, or (b) if delivered by registered or certified mail or by overnight courier, on the date delivered as established by return receipt or courier service confirmation or the date on which the return receipt or courier service confirms that acceptance of delivery was returned by the addressee. Each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other parties hereto.
     18.4. Execution of Papers. With respect to the Company or any Series to which a Member is a Member, the Members agree to execute such instruments, documents, and papers at the Company’s or such Series, as the case may be, expense as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Each Member, including each new and substituted Member and each Assignee, by the execution of this Agreement or any Previous Agreement, by agreeing in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement or any Previous Agreement, or if such Member or Assignee has not executed this Agreement or a Previous Agreement, or agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement or any Previous Agreement, by virtue of the provisions of the Act that make each Member and each Assignee bound by this Agreement, whether or not such Member or Assignee executes the Agreement, irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Company Manager, with respect to the Company, and the respective Series Managers, with respect to each such Series to which such Member is a Member, or any Person designated by the Company Manager or such Series Manager to act on such Member’s behalf with respect to the Company or such Series, as the case may be, for purposes of this Section 18.4 as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in its name, place, and stead to execute, acknowledge, deliver, swear to, file, and record at the appropriate public offices such documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, including but not limited to:
  (a)   all certificates and other instruments (specifically including counterparts of this Agreement), and any amendment thereof adopted in accordance with the terms hereof, that the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, deems appropriate to qualify or continue the Company or such Series as a limited liability company in any jurisdiction in which the Company or such Series may conduct business or in which such qualification or continuation is, in the opinion of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, necessary to protect the limited liability of the Members;
 
  (b)   all amendments to this Agreement adopted in accordance with the terms hereof and all instruments that the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, deems appropriate to reflect a change or modification of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
 
  (c)   all conveyances and other instruments that the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, deems appropriate to reflect the dissolution of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms hereof.

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The appointment by each Member of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, as such Member’s attorney-in-fact shall be deemed to be a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Members under this Agreement will be relying upon the power of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing and other action by him or her on behalf of the Company or such Series, as the case may be, and shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, death, adjudication of incompetence or insanity of any Member giving such power and the transfer or assignment of all or any part of such Member’s Series Interest; provided, however, that in the event of a Transfer by a Member of all of its Series Interest, the power of attorney given by the transferor shall survive such assignment only until such time as the Assignee shall have been admitted to the Company or such Series, as the case may be, as a substituted Member and all required documents and instruments shall have been duly executed, filed, and recorded to effect such substitution.
     18.5. Arbitration. The parties agree that any and all disputes, controversies or claims that may arise out of the transactions, activities, payments, awards and/or benefits contemplated by this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof (other than a suit to obtain specific performance of the provisions of this Agreement or obtain other injunctive relief), shall be submitted to, and determined by, binding arbitration in accordance with the following procedures:
     18.5.1. Either the Company or any Member may submit a dispute, controversy or claim to arbitration by giving the other party written notice to such effect, which notice shall describe, in reasonable detail, the facts and legal grounds forming the basis for the filing party’s request for relief. The arbitration shall be held before one neutral arbitrator in Wilmington, Delaware.
     18.5.2. Within thirty (30) days after the other party’s receipt of such demand, the parties shall mutually agree upon a neutral arbitrator. If the parties are unable to agree on a neutral arbitrator within that time period, the parties will request that the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) submit a panel of five neutral arbitrators who have a background in, and knowledge of the financial services industry and shall otherwise be an appropriate person based on the nature of the dispute. If a person with experience in such matters is not available, the parties will request that the AAA submit a panel of five retired federal judges from a pool maintained by AAA. If the parties are unable to mutually agree on a neutral arbitrator from the panel submitted by AAA, the parties will alternate in striking names from the pool of neutral arbitrators, with the Company striking the first name.
     18.5.3. The arbitration shall be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules of AAA and administered by the AAA, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties.
     18.5.4. Discovery shall be limited to the request for and production of documents, depositions and interrogatories, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties. All discovery shall be guided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All issues

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concerning discovery upon which the parties cannot agree shall be submitted to the arbitrator for determination.
     18.5.5. In rendering an award, the arbitrator shall determine the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement according to the substantive and procedural laws of the State of Delaware, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties.
     18.5.6. The decision of, and award rendered by, the arbitrator shall (unless the arbitrator determines that this time frame is impracticable) be determined no more than 30 days after the selection of the arbitrator (or such longer period as the arbitrator may require and the parties reasonably agree upon) and shall be final and binding on the parties and shall not be subject to appeal. Judgment on the award may be entered in and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction.
     18.5.7. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses (including filing fees) with respect to the arbitration, including one-half of the fees and expenses of the arbitrator.
     18.6. Matters of Interpretation.
     18.6.1. Whenever required by the context, as used in this Agreement the singular number shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and all words herein in any gender shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
     18.6.2. Unless otherwise explicitly provided, references to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement, and references to Schedules are to Schedules to this Agreement.
     18.6.3. Any reference to “this Agreement” or “herein” or “hereof,” or other similar reference, shall, unless otherwise provided, be deemed to be a reference to this entire Agreement, including all Schedules, and not to any specific Article or Section of this Agreement or any specific Schedule to this Agreement.
     18.6.4. The headings used in this Agreement are used for administrative convenience only and do not constitute substantive matter to be considered in construing the terms of this Agreement.
     18.6.5. The word “including” shall be construed as “including without limitation”.
     18.6.6. References to statutes include all rules and regulations thereunder, and all amendments and successors thereto, and interpretations thereof, all as in effect from time to time.
     18.6.7. References to actions that are or may be taken by a Series shall be construed as actions that are or may be taken by the Company with respect to such Series.

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     18.7. Subsidiary Matters. To the extent that the Company or any Series proposes to accept any equity or debt investment into any Subsidiary in exchange for equity or debt interests in such Subsidiary, such investment shall be subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement as if and to the extent such investment was proposed to be made directly into the Company or any Series, including without limitation Sections 3.15, 3.16 and 9.9 hereof, and no such investment shall be made without compliance with all such provisions.
     18.8. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court to be invalid or unenforceable, that determination shall not affect the other provisions hereof, each of which shall be construed and enforced as if the invalid or unenforceable portion were not contained herein. That invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any valid and enforceable application thereof, and each said provision shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such invalidity or unenforceability shall deprive any party hereto of a material portion of the benefits intended to be provided to such party hereby, the parties shall in good faith seek to negotiate a substitute benefit for such Person, it being understood that it is possible that no such substitute benefit will be able to be so negotiated, in which event the other provisions of this Section 18.8 shall govern.
     18.9. No Third Party Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Company, each Series, the Managers, the Members, the Assignees and the Indemnified Persons and no other Person, including creditors of the Company or any Series shall have any right or claim against the Company, any Series, the Managers or any other Member by reason of this Agreement or any provision hereof or be entitled to enforce any provision of this Agreement.
     18.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.
         
  FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND III LP
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND III (Fund B) LP
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND III (Fund C) LP
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND III (Fund D) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND III (Fund E) L.P.
 
 
  By:   Fortress Fund III GP LLC,
the general partner of the foregoing entities  
 
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer    
 
  FIF III B HE BLKR LLC   
 
  By:   Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP, its member    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund III GP LLC, its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer   
 
  FIF III C HE BLKR LLC
 
 
  By:   Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, its member    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund III GP LLC, its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer   
 
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.
         
  FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund A) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund B) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund C) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund D) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund E) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund F) L.P.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND IV (Fund G) L.P.
 
 
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP L.P.,
the general partner of the foregoing entities  
 
     
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd., its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer   
 
  FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC
 
 
  By:   Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P., its member    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP L.P., the general partner of the foregoing entities    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd., its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer   
 
  FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC
 
 
  By:   Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P. and Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P., its members    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP L.P., their general partner    
     
  By:   Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd., its general partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Randal A. Nardone    
    Name:   Randal A. Nardone   
    Title:   Chief Operating Officer   
 
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.
         
     
  /s/ Anthony H. Barone    
  Anthony H. Barone   
     
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.
         
     
  /s/ Jesse K. Bray    
  Jesse K. Bray   
     
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  Amarkumar R. Patel   
     
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  Robert L. Appel   
     
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the day and year first set forth above.
         
  NATIONSTAR INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Pete Smith    
    Name:   Pete Smith   
    Title:   Manager   
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Schedule 1
DEFINED TERMS
     “AAA” is defined in Section 18.5.2.
     “Accredited Investor” has the meaning assigned to such term under Regulation D promulgated pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
     “Act” shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as amended and in effect from time to time.
     “Additional Series” is defined in Section 3.2(b).
     “Affected Class” shall mean, with respect to any action, all Units in a Class which is subject to such action.
     “Affected Units” is defined in Section 9.6.2(a).
     “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that directly or through one or more intermediaries controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the possession, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the equity issued by any Person shall be deemed to constitute such control.
     “Agreement” shall mean this Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, as further amended or restated from time to time.
     “Affected Allocated Class B Interest” is defined in Section 9.13.1.
     “Allocated Class B Interest” shall mean, the interests in the Class B Units held by the Class B Holder that is designated under the Management LLC Agreement as attributable to Series 1 or Series 2, as the case may be, and to a particular Management LLC Member.
     “Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage” shall mean, the percentage of Units (as defined in the Management LLC Agreement) then allocated under the Management LLC Agreement (obtained by dividing the number of Units then issued and outstanding by the total number of authorized Units). By way of illustration, if Management LLC has issued and outstanding 80 of 100 Units, the “Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage” would be 80% (80/100).
     “Arbitrator” is defined in Section 9.11.8.
     “Asset Value” of any tangible or intangible property of the Company or a Series (including goodwill) shall mean its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes unless:

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     (a) the property was accepted by the Company or such Series as a contribution to capital at a value different than its adjusted basis in which event the initial Asset Value for such property shall mean the gross fair market value of the property agreed to by the Company or such Series and the contributing Member; or
     (b) the property of the Company or such Series is revalued in accordance with Section 3.11, in which case the Asset Value for such property shall mean the Asset Value of the property determined thereunder.
As of any date, references to the “then prevailing Asset Value” of any property shall mean the Asset Value last determined for such property less the depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing Net Profit or Net Loss in fiscal periods subsequent to such prior determination date.
     “Assignee” shall mean a Person that has validly acquired a Series Interest from a Member pursuant to a Transfer permitted under the terms of this Agreement but who has not become a Member of such Series pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     “Cause” means, in the case of any employee or other service provider who was issued Units as consideration for such Person’s Employment or services rendered to or on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates, “Cause” as defined in such Person’s written contract of Employment or engagement, if any, as may be in effect at the time of the occurrence of any acts or omissions that may constitute “Cause”; provided, however, that in the case of any Person who is not party to any such written contract or whose written contract does not contain a definition of “Cause,” “Cause” shall mean any of the following, as determined by the Company Manager in good faith: (a) fraud, embezzlement, material dishonesty, conviction or pleading of nolo contendere to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or (b) a material breach of, a material failure to perform, or material negligence in performance of, the duties of Employment or other engagement by the Company or any of its Affiliates.
     “Certificate” is defined in the recitals.
     “CHEC” means Centex Home Equity Company, LLC.
     “Class,” when used with reference to a Unit, shall mean the Series and Class of Units of which such Unit is a part.
     “Class A Approval” shall mean the approval of each of (i) the Majority Class A Holders and (ii) the Majority Management Holders.
     “Class A Holder” means any holder of a Class A Unit.
     “Class A Transfer” is defined in Section 9.6.
     “Class A Units” shall mean, collectively, the Series 1 Class A Units and the Series 2 Class A Units.

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     “Class A Voting Interest” shall mean with respect to a Member at any time (a) with respect to the Company as a whole, the aggregate number of Series 1 Class A and Series 2 Class A Units held by such Member divided by the aggregate number of all Series 1 Class A and Series 2 Class A Units or (b) with respect to a particular Series, the aggregate number of such Member’s Units of such Series divided by the aggregate number of all Class A Units of such Series.
     “Class B Approval” shall mean the approval of the Majority Class B Holder Members.
     “Class B Fair Market Value Objection” is defined in Section 9.13.7.
     “Class B Holder” shall mean Management LLC.
     “Class B Holder Members” shall mean the members of Management LLC.
     “Class B Termination Redemption Right” is defined in Section 9.13.1.
     “Class B Units” shall mean the Series 1 Class B Units and the Series 2 Class B Units.
     “Class C Preferred Approval” shall mean the approval of the Majority Class C Preferred Holders.
     “Class C Preferred Holder” means any holder of a Class C Preferred Unit.
     “Class D Preferred Approval” shall mean the approval of the Majority Class D Preferred Holders.
     “Class D Preferred Holder” means any holder of a Class D Preferred Unit.
     “Closing” shall mean the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement.
     “Code” or “Internal Revenue Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the corresponding provisions of any future federal tax law.
     “Company” is defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
     “Company Manager” means the Manager of the Company.
     “Company Match Class A Units” shall mean, collectively, those Series 1 Class A Units and Series 2 Class A Units granted to a Management Holder.
     “Complete Series 1 Fortress Sale” is defined in Section 9.14.1.
     “Complete Series 2 Fortress Sale” is defined in Section 9.14.2.
     “Deemed Series 1 Sale Proceeds” means, as of a particular date, the proceeds that would be received upon a Sale of all Series 1 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and

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Management Holders as of such date and assuming that such Units were sold at the Fair Market Value of such Units as of such date.
     “Deemed Series 2 Sale Proceeds” means, as of a particular date, the proceeds that would be received upon a Sale of all Series 2 Class A Units held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders as of such date and assuming that such Units were sold at the Fair Market Value of such Units as of such date.
     “Deemed Series 1 Class B Sale Proceeds” means, as of a particular date, that portion of the Deemed Series 1 Sale Proceeds, if any, that the Class B Holder would receive in respect of a particular Management LLC Member’s Affected Allocated Class B Interest in Series 1 if the Deemed Series 1 Sale Proceeds were distributed by the Company or Series 1 pursuant to the terms of Section 7.2.
     “Deemed Series 2 Class B Sale Proceeds” means, as of a particular date, that portion of the Deemed Series 2 Sale Proceeds, if any, that the Class B Holder would receive in respect of a particular Management LLC Member’s Affected Allocated Class B Interest in Series 2 if the Deemed Series 2 Sale Proceeds were distributed by the Company or Series 2 pursuant to the terms of Section 7.3.
     “Designated Management Holders” means Anthony Barone, Jesse Bray, Amarkumar Patel and Robert L. Appel.
     “Disability” means, in the case of any employee or other service provider who was issued Units as consideration for such Person’s Employment or services rendered to or on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates, “Disability” as defined in such Person’s written contract of Employment or engagement, if any, as may be in effect at the time of the occurrence of any acts or omissions that may constitute “Disability”; provided, however, that in the case of any Person who is not party to any such written contract or whose written contract does not contain a definition of “Disability,” “Disability” shall mean any of the following, as determined by the Manager in good faith: such Person’s inability, due disability or incapacity, to perform all of his duties hereunder on a full-time basis (i) for periods aggregating 90 days, whether or not continuous, in any continuous period of 365 days or (ii) where such Person’s absence is adversely affecting the performance of the Company or its Subsidiaries in a significant manner for periods greater than 30 days and such Person does not resume his duties on a full-time basis within 10 days of receipt of written notice of the Company’s determination under this clause (ii).
     “Distributable Cash Flow” means, with respect to each Series, for any period or at any time, such portion of the cash on hand or in bank accounts of such Series that: (a) has been derived from and in connection with the assets or activities of such Series; and (b) in the reasonable judgment of the applicable Series Manager, is available for distribution to its Members after reasonable provision has been made for the current liabilities, obligations, and operating expenses of the Series and reasonable reserves (in the reasonable judgment of the Series Manager) have been established for the operating expenses, obligations, and liabilities of such Series.

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     “Distribution” shall mean, with respect to a Series, cash or property (net of liabilities assumed or to which the property is subject) distributed to a Member in respect of the Member’s Series Interest in such Series, but shall not include (i) any transfer of REMIC regular interests from one Series to the other, whether such transfer is effected by a transfer to the Members of such Series and subsequent contribution from such Members to the other Series or by a direct transfer from such Series to the other Series or (ii) any distributions of cash or other assets to Members of a Series that is approximately contemporaneously contributed to that Series or the other Series.
     “Drag Along Notice” is defined in Section 9.7.2.
     “Drag Along Sale Percentage” is defined in Section 9.7.1.
     “Drag Along Sellers” is defined in Section 9.7.3.
     “Economic Interest” shall mean all of the rights of an Assignee with respect to a Series Interest.
     “Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
     “Electing Management Holder” is defined in Section 9.12.1.
     “Election Member” is defined in Section 8.7(a).
     “Employment” shall mean an individual’s employment or other service relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. An employee will be deemed to cease Employment when the individual incurs a “separation from service” from the applicable service recipient for purposes of Sections 409A and 457A of the Code.
     “Equity Purchase Agreement” means the Equity Purchase Agreement dated on or about the date hereof between the Company and a particular Member.
     “Fair Market Value” shall mean, (a) with respect to cash, the amount thereof, (b) with respect to all other consideration, the fair market value thereof as determined as of the applicable reference date in good faith by the applicable Manager. If such determination is with respect to securities for which there is no established trading market, then it shall be made by reference to prevailing conditions in capital markets generally, including (to such extent, if any, as the applicable Manager in good faith deems relevant) the possibility of a public offering for such securities or a private sale of such securities, and financial statements of the issuer thereof prepared on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the events in question and considering, among other factors, the price per security paid by a bona fide, non-Affiliate purchaser in an arms’-length transaction, the existence and nature of any recent or pending transactions or transaction proposals, book value, replacement value, earnings and the value of future cash flows of such issuer as an on-going enterprise, both the sale of various combinations of the individual assets of such issuer as well as a sale of such issuer as a whole, and shall make no deduction, discount or other subtraction whatsoever for the possible minority status of the holder of such security or for any lack of marketability of such security (other than by virtue of conditions in

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capital markets generally) or any restrictions on the transfer thereof; provided, however, that if such determination is with respect to securities of, or a direct or indirect interest in, the Company or any Series and is being made at the time of a sale of material amount of similar securities of, or a similar direct or indirect interest in, the Company or any Series to a bona fide purchaser which is not an Affiliate of the Seller, then the Fair Market Value of such security or interest shall be conclusively deemed to be the Fair Market Value of the consideration being paid by such purchaser. Additionally, such determination shall be made without consideration of premiums for control or discounts for minority interests or other disparities in valuation arising from the distinctive characteristics of a particular class of securities (other than (x) any preferences upon a sale or liquidation of the Company or a Series or (y) differences in rights to Distributions, all of which shall be taken into effect in making such determination).
     “Fair Market Value Objection” is defined in Section 9.11.7.
     “Fortress Holders” means, Fortress Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment III (Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment III (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment III (Fund E) LP, Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P. and Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P.
     “Fortress Series 2 Class A Distribution Percentage” means, as of the date of a Distribution from Series 2, the percentage equal to 100 minus the Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage (as of such date). By way of illustration, if the Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage is 8.25%, the Fortress Series 2 Class A Distribution Percentage would be 91.75% (100%-8.25%).
     “Fortress Series 1 Distribution Percentage” means, as of the date of a Distribution from Series 1, the percentage equal to 100 minus the Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage (as of such date). By way of illustration, if the Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage is 8.25%, the Fortress Series 1 Distribution Percentage would be 91.75% (100%-8.25%).
     “Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement” is defined in the recitals.
     “Further Investment” is defined in Section 3.16.
     “Good Reason” means, in the case of any employee or other service provider who was issued Units as consideration for such Person’s Employment or services rendered to or on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates, “Good Reason” as defined in such Person’s written contract of Employment or engagement, if any, as may be in effect at the time of the occurrence of any acts or omissions that may constitute “Good Reason”; provided, however, that in the case of any Person who is not party to any such written contract or whose written contract does not contain a definition of “Good Reason,” “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following, as determined by the Manager in good faith: (i) a material reduction in such Person’s base salary or (B) any relocation of such Person more than 50 miles from such Person’s existing place of Employment.
     “Indemnified Persons” is defined in Section 13.1.

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     “Initial Capital Account” is defined in Section 3.5.
     “Initial Public Offering” shall mean a public offering and sale of equity securities of any successor to the Company for cash pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registered on Form S-1 (or any successor form under said Securities Act).
     “Initial Series 1 Liquidity Distribution” means an amount equal to (a) the Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage divided by 10 multiplied by the amount of the Fortress Holders’ and Management Holders’ Invested Capital in Series 1 minus (b) any proceeds received by the Class B Holder pursuant to any Sale of Series 1 Class A Units pursuant to Section 9.15.
     “Initial Series 2 Liquidity Distribution” means an amount equal to (a) the Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage divided by 10 multiplied by the amount of the Fortress Holders’ and Management Holders’ Invested Capital in Series 2 minus (b) any proceeds received by the Class B Holder pursuant to any Sale of Series 2 Class A Units pursuant to Section 9.15.
     “Invested Capital” shall mean, with respect to each Series and each Member of such Series, the amount invested in such Series (including by way of the purchase price paid for Series Interests in such Series) by such Member, plus all subsequent cash or other contributions (including in-kind contributions and the value of any services contributed) made to such Series by such Member, and minus, in the case of Series 1 Class C Preferred Units, the aggregate amount of all distributions paid to Class C Preferred Holders pursuant to Section 7.2(ii)(y), and in the case of Series 1 Class D Preferred Units, the aggregate amount of all distributions paid to Class D Preferred Holders pursuant to Section 7.2(i)(y). For the avoidance of doubt, “Invested Capital” shall not include (i) any amount invested in a Series pursuant to a transfer of REMIC regular interests from one Series to the other, whether such transfer is effected by a transfer to the Members of such Series and subsequent contribution from such Members to the other Series or by a direct transfer from such Series to the other Series, or (ii) any amount that was invested in a Series that is distributed to Members of such Series or another Series and is approximately contemporaneously contributed to or invested in that Series or the other Series.
     “Issuance” shall mean any issuance by the Company or a Series of Units and the term “Issue” or “Issued” shall have correlative meanings.
     “Majority Class A Holders” shall mean the holders of a majority of the Class A Voting Interests.
     “Majority Class B Holder Members” shall mean the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Membership Units (as defined in the Management LLC Agreement) held by all Management LLC Members at a given time.
     “Majority Class C Preferred Holders” shall mean the holders of a majority of the Class C Preferred Units.
     “Majority Class D Preferred Holders” shall mean the holders of a majority of the Class D Preferred Units.

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     “Majority Management Holders” shall mean the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Class A Voting Interests held by all Management Holders at a given time.
     “Management Holder” shall mean each Designated Management Holder and each holder of Class A Units whose primary Employment responsibilities were, as of December 31, 2008, to CHEC and its Subsidiaries, each of whom is identified on Schedule 3.7 (which shall be supplemented and amended from time to time) and any Person who acquires Class A Units from a Management Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     “Management LLC” means Nationstar Investment Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
     “Management LLC Agreement” means the limited liability company agreement dated on or about the date hereof (as hereafter may be amended) among Management LLC and the other parties thereto.
     “Management LLC Member” means a member of Management LLC.
     “Management Loan” is defined in Section 9.12.1.
     “Manager” means, the Company Manager and the Series Manager, as the case may be, as determined by the Majority Class A Holders or Series Majority Class A Holders, respectively.
     “Mandatory Series Capital Contribution” is defined in Section 3.6.
     “Material Subsequent Investment” means any contribution of or investment in Invested Capital into the Company, Series 1 or Series 2, excluding the Transaction Related Invested Capital, which shall exceed $5 million with respect to any single contribution or investment or any related or approximately contemporaneous contributions or investments, or which shall exceed $20 million with respect to all contributions into the Company, Series 1 and Series 2, in the aggregate.
     “Members” shall mean those Persons admitted as members of a Series pursuant to Section 2.7 or Section 10.1 or shall mean the Persons to whom a Series has issued Units pursuant to a writing signed by a Person authorized by the applicable Manager and who have been admitted as members of such Series and in each case are identified on the books and records of the Company and such Series as members of the Company or such Series, in each such Person’s capacity as a member of the Company or such Series.
     “Members of the Immediate Family” shall mean, with respect to any individual, (i) each spouse, child or grandchild of such individual, child or grandchild of such individual’s spouse, or spouse of any child or grandchild of such individual or such individual’s spouse, (ii) each trust created solely for the benefit of one or more of such individual and the Persons listed in clause (i) above, (iii) each custodian or guardian of any property of one or more of the Persons listed in clause (i) above, in his capacity as such custodian or guardian and (iv) each limited partnership or limited liability company controlled by such individual or one or more of the Persons listed in clause (i) above for the benefit of one or more of such Persons.

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     “Net Profit” and “Net Loss” are defined in Section 7.8.
     “Objecting Class B Holder” is defined in Section 9.13.4.
     “Objecting Management Holder” is defined in Section 9.11.7.
     “Participating Buyer” is defined in Section 9.9.2.
     “Participating Seller” is defined in Sections 9.6.3 and 9.7.3.
     “Participation Commitment” is defined in Section 9.9.2.
     “Participation Notice” is defined in Section 9.9.1.
     “Participation Portion” is defined in Section 9.9.1(b).
     “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, trust, estate, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or any other legal entity.
     “Pre-Transaction Value” of a Unit shall mean: (a) if being calculated in connection with a Transfer of a material number of Units, an amount calculated based on the aggregate consideration to be paid in respect of all Units being Transferred in the applicable transaction, the aggregate value of all of the equity of the Series derived from such aggregate consideration, and the relative amounts which would be paid in respect of each Series and Class of Units were such aggregate value of all such equity to be paid out in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2, but shall not take into account any differences in voting rights or any other rights other than such rights upon a liquidation of the Company or a Series; and (b) in all other events, the Fair Market Value thereof.
     “Preferred Transfer” is defined in Section 9.6.
     “Preferred Yield Net Profit” is defined in Section 7.8.
     “Preferred Yield Net Profit Allocation” is defined in Section 7.8.
     “Previous Agreements” is defined in the recitals.
     “Proposed Rules” is defined in Section 8.7(a).
     “Prospective Buyer” is defined in Section 9.7.1.
     “Prospective Selling Holder” is defined in Sections 9.6.1 and 9.7.1.
     “Public Offering” means a public offering and sale of the common equity of the Company (or a successor corporation) for cash registered under the Securities Act.
     “Public Sale” means a Public Offering or a Sale to the public pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act.

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     “Purchased Units” is defined in Section 9.11.3.
     “Qualified Public Offering” shall mean a Public Offering, other than any Public Offering or sale pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 or comparable form, in which the aggregate price to the public of all such common equity sold in such offering shall exceed $125,000,000.
     “Regulation” is defined in Section 5.5.
     “Regulation D” means Regulation D under the Securities Act.
     “Regulatory Allocation” is defined in Section 7.9.
     “Regulations” or “Treasury Regulations” shall mean the Treasury regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including the corresponding provisions of any future regulations).
     “Rev. Proc. 93-27” is defined in Section 3.7.2.
     “Sale” is defined in Section 9.6.1, and “Sell” means to effect a Sale.
     “Sale of a Series” shall mean a bona fide, arm’s length transaction or series of transactions that results in any Person or group of Persons (as the term “group” is used under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (other than, in the case of clause (i) below, a current Member) acquiring (including by merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale of assets or transfer of a Series’ Units): (i) (y) ownership of a majority of the then outstanding Class A Units of a Series or (z) beneficial ownership of capital stock, or other equity interests in, the entity surviving a merger, consolidation, share exchange or the voting power under normal circumstances to elect a majority of such surviving entity’s board of directors, managers or trustees or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of any Series or the Company and its Subsidiaries.
     “Safe Harbor Election” is defined in Section 8.7(a).
     “Secretary” is defined in Section 8.2.1.
     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Securities Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 30, 2006 among Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, Centex Financial Services, LLC and the Company.
     “Series” shall mean a separate and distinct series of the Company established either by this Agreement or by the Company Manager after the date hereof.
     “Series 1 Class A Units” is defined in Section 3.7.1(a).

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     “Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage” shall mean at the date of a Distribution from Series 1, the percentage equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the number of Series 1 Class A Units issued for the Transaction Related Invested Capital (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Company Match Class A Units) or (ii) the total number of Series 1 Class A Units then outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders, multiplied by (b) the then current Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage multiplied by (c) 6.3595% divided by (d) the total number of Series 1 Class A Units (which shall not include any Company Match Class A Units) then outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders. By way of illustration, if (w) 600 Series 1 Class A Units were received for the Transaction Related Invested Capital, (x) 750 Series 1 Class A Units are outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders and (y) the Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage is ninety percent (90%), the “Series 1 Class B Distribution Percentage” would be 4.843% (600*90%*6.3595%/700).
     “Series 1 Class B Units” is defined in Section 3.7.1(b).
     “Series 1 Class C Preferred Units” is defined in Section 3.7.1(c).
     “Series 1 Class D Preferred Units” is defined in Section 3.7.1(d).
     “Series 1 Company Match Class A Units” shall mean those Series 1 Class A Units granted to a Management Holder and set forth under the heading “Series 1 Company Match Class A Units” in Schedule 3.7 hereto, as supplemented from time to time.
     “Series 1 Class C Preferred Priority Return” shall mean the Invested Capital attributable to a Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit together with the Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield for such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit.
     “Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield” with respect to a Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit shall mean the amount accruing on such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit on a daily basis, at the rate of 15.0% per annum, compounded (to the extent not then paid) on the last day of each calendar year, on (a) the Invested Capital attributable to such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit plus (b) the Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield thereon for all prior years to the extent such Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield has not been distributed to the holder of such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 7.2(ii). In determining the amount of Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield during a year, such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit’s Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield for the portion of such year elapsing before such determination is made shall be included as part of such Series 1 Class C Preferred Unit’s Series 1 Class C Preferred Yield.
     “Series 1 Class D Preferred Priority Return” shall mean the Invested Capital attributable to a Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit together with the value of the Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield for such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit.
     “Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield” with respect to a Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit shall mean the amount accruing on such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit on a daily basis, at the rate of 20.0% per annum, compounded (to the extent not then paid) on the last day of each calendar year, on (a) the Invested Capital attributable to such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit plus (b) the

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Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield thereon for all prior years to the extent that cash or other assets equal in value to such Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield has not been distributed to the holder of such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit pursuant to Section 7.2(i). In determining the amount of Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield during a year, such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit’s Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield for the portion of such year elapsing before such determination is made shall be included as part of such Series 1 Class D Preferred Unit’s Series 1 Class D Preferred Yield.
     “Series 1 Priority Return” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Invested Capital of the Fortress Holders in Series 1 plus (ii) the product of 10% and such Invested Capital; less any proceeds received by the Fortress Holders pursuant to any Sale of Series 1 Class A Units (whether or not the same shall constitute a Sale of a Series hereunder), and not including any such proceeds paid to the Class B Holder pursuant to Section 9.15.
     “Series 2 Class A Units” is defined in Section 3.7.1(b).
     “Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage” shall mean at the date of a Distribution from Series 2, the percentage equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the number of Series 2 Class A Units issued for the Transaction Related Invested Capital (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Company Match Class A Units) or (ii) the total number of Series 2 Class A Units then outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders multiplied by (b) the then current Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage multiplied by (c) 6.3595% divided by (d) the total number of Series 2 Class A Units (which shall not include any Company Match Class A Units) then outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders. By way of illustration, if (w) 550 Series 2 Class A Units were received for the Transaction Related Invested Capital, (x) 650 Series 2 Class A Units are outstanding and held by the Fortress Holders and Management Holders and (y) the Allocated Management LLC Unit Percentage is ninety percent (90%), the “Series 2 Class B Distribution Percentage” would be 4.843% (550*90%*6.3595%/650).
     “Series 2 Class B Units” is defined in Section 3.7.2(b).
     “Series 2 Company Match Class A Units” shall mean those Series 2 Class A Units granted to a Management Holder and set forth under the heading “Series 2 Company Match Class A Units” in Schedule 3.7 hereto, as supplemented from time to time.
     “Series 2 Priority Return” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Invested Capital of the Fortress Holders in Series 2 plus (ii) the product of 10% and such Invested Capital; less any proceeds received by the Fortress Holders pursuant to any Sale of Series 1 Class A Units (whether or not the same shall constitute a Sale of a Series hereunder), and not including any such proceeds paid to the Class B Holder pursuant to Section 9.15.
     “Series Capital Account” is defined in Section 3.10.
     “Series Class A Approval” shall mean, with respect to actions to be taken by the Members of a particular Series, the approval of each of (i) the Series Majority Class A Holders of such Series and (ii) the Series Majority Management Holders of such Series.

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     “Series Class A Voting Interest” shall mean with respect to a Series and a Member at any time, the aggregate number of such Member’s Class A Units for such Series divided by the aggregate number of all Class A Units of such Series.
     “Series Interest” means, with respect to a Member, such Member’s equity interest in the assets and liabilities of a particular Series (and not any interest such Member may have as the holder of debt).
     “Series Liability” is defined in Section 3.4(a).
     “Series Manager” means, with respect to a given Series, the Manager of such Series.
     “Series Majority Class A Holders” shall mean the holders of a majority of the Class A Voting Interests of a particular Series.
     “Series Majority Management Holders” shall mean the holders of a majority of the Class A Voting Interests of a particular Series held by all Management Holders at a given time.
     “Series Property” shall mean, as to any Series, at any particular time, all interests, properties (whether tangible or intangible, and whether real, personal or mixed) and rights of any type contributed to or acquired by such Series and owned or held by or for the account of such Series, whether owned or held by or for the account of such Series as of the date of the formation or establishment thereof or thereafter contributed to or acquired by such Series.
     “Set Aside Capital” is defined in Section 3.16.
     “Specified Defined Terms” is defined in Section 11.3.5.
     “Subject Securities” is defined in Section 9.9.
     “Subsidiary” shall mean any Person which the Company (or other specified Person), directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries or otherwise, beneficially owns more than 50% of the equity interests entitled to vote generally or which is controlled, either directly or indirectly, by the Company (or other specified Person).
     “Tag Along Notice” is defined in Section 9.6.2.
     “Tag Along Offer” is defined in Section 9.6.3.
     “Tag Along Offerors” is defined in Section 9.6.2.
     “Tag Along Sellers” is defined in Section 9.6.3.
     “Tax Distribution” is defined in Section 7.4.
     “Tax Matters Member” is defined in Section 8.1.

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     “Transaction Related Invested Capital” shall mean all Invested Capital contributed or otherwise invested by the Fortress Holders or Management Holders in the Company or a Series in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement or Invested Capital contributed or otherwise invested by the Fortress Holders or Management Holders in the Company or a Series on or prior to December 31, 2008.
     “Transfer” shall mean a sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, abandonment, disposition or other transfer, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise, including any interspousal transfer incident to a dissolution of marriage, and may be used either as a verb or a noun.
     “Unaccepted Participation Portion” is defined in Section 9.9.8.
     “Unit” shall mean each of the Class A Units, Class B Units, Class C Preferred Units, Class D Preferred Units and any other Class of Units which represent a Series Interest in the Company and which may from time to time be outstanding herewith. Reference to any Unit shall include a portion of such Unit.
     “Unit Certificate” shall mean a non-negotiable certificate issued by a Series in the form approved by the Series Manager that evidences the ownership of one or more Units in such Series.
     “Valuation Expert” is defined in Section 9.11.8.
     “Wall-Off Election” is defined in Section 3.16.

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Schedule 3.3
Description of Series Property
Series 1: All of the equity interests in Nationstar Mortgage LLC.
Series 2: All of the equity interests in Nationstar Regular Holdings Ltd.

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Schedule 3.7
Units and Consideration
As of the Effective Date
SERIES 1:
Class A Units
                                 
            Company Match Class A   Company Match Class A    
            Units Issued Prior to   Units Issued on the    
            the Effective   Effective    
Member   Class A Units   Date(1)(2)   Date(1)(3)   Consideration
Fortress Investment Fund III LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
FIF III B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]                     [*]  
FIF III C HE BLKR LLC
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]                     [*]  
FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC
    [*]                     [*]  
Anthony Barone
    67,775               136,993     1,586,661  
Jesse Bray
    17,427               153,212     407,998  
[*]
    [*]                     [*]  
[*](4)
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]                     [*]  
Amarkumar Patel
    3,319               64,937     181,333  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
Robert L. Appel
                    102,384          
 
(1)   No consideration was paid in respect of any Company Match Class A Units.
 
(2)   Vesting of Company Match Class A Units issued prior to the Effective Date shall occur as follows, unless the applicable Management Holder provides the Company with written notice of his or her election to forfeit such vesting Company Match Class A Units prior to the applicable vesting date (the “Vesting Schedule”) and if a Management Holder elects to so forfeit such vesting Company Match Class A Units, the schedules hereto shall be updated by the Company without any further action on the part of the Company or any Management Holder:
 
*   [Confidential treatment requested]

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Months of continuous Employment with CHEC   Vested Percentage
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
 
(3)   Vesting of Company Match Class A Units issued on the Effective Date shall occur on September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012, in the respective amounts indicated below:
                         
Member   September 17, 2010   June 30, 2011   June 30, 2012
Anthony Barone
    481       68,256       68,256  
Jesse Bray
    39,452       56,880       56,880  
Amarkumar Patel
    19,433       22,752       22,752  
Robert L. Appel
    34,128       34,128       34,128  
 
(4)   [*] has waived his rights to [*] Company Match Class A Units that would have rested after 48 months of continuous employment with CHEC. The amount in the table above reflects this.
     Class B Units
                 
Member   Class B Units   Consideration
Nationstar Investment Holdings LLC
    [*]     [*]
     Class C Preferred Units
                 
Member   Class C Preferred Units   Consideration
Fortress Investment Fund III LP
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) LP
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP
    [*]     [*]  
FIF III B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
FIF III C HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
Class D Preferred Units
                 
Member   Class D Preferred Units   Consideration
Fortress Investment Fund III LP
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) LP
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP
    [*]     [*]  
FIF III B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
FIF III C HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P.
    [*]     [*]  
FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC
    [*]     [*]  
 
* [Confidential treatment requested]

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SERIES 2:
     Class A Units
                                 
            Company Match Class A   Company Match Class A    
            Units Issued Prior to   Units Issued On the    
            the Effective   Effective    
Member   Class A Units   Date(1)(2)   Date(1)(3)   Consideration
Fortress Investment Fund III LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) LP
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P.
    [*]                     [*]  
Anthony Barone
    12,667               25,607     1,913,339  
Jesse Bray
    3,258               28,637     492,002  
[*]
    [*]                     [*]  
[*](4)
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
[*]
    [*]                     [*]  
Amarkumar Patel
    621               12,137     218,667  
[*]
    [*]       [*]             [*]  
Robert L. Appel
                    19,137          
 
(1)   No consideration was paid in respect of any Company Match Class A Units.
 
(2)   Vesting of Company Match Class A Units issued prior to the Effective Date shall occur as follows, unless the applicable Management Holder provides the Company with written notice of his or her election to forfeit such vesting Company Match Class A Units prior to the applicable vesting date (the “Vesting Schedule”) and if a Management Holder elects to so forfeit such vesting Company Match Class A Units, the schedules hereto shall be updated by the Company without any further action on the part of the Company or any Management Holder:
         
Months of continuous Employment with CHEC   Vested Percentage
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
[*]
    [* ]
 
(3)   Vesting of Company Match Class A Units issued on the Effective Date shall occur on September 17, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012, in the respective amounts indicated below:
 
*   [Confidential treatment requested]

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Member   September 17, 2010   June 30, 2011   June 30, 2012
Anthony Barone
    91       12,758       12,758  
Jesse Bray
    7,373       10,631       10,633  
Amarkumar Patel
    3,631       4,252       4,254  
Robert L. Appel
    6,379       6,379       6,379  
 
(4)   [ * ] has waived his rights to [ * ] Company Match Class A Units that would have rested after 48 months of continuous employment with CHEC. The amount in the table above reflects this.
     Class B Units
                 
Member   Class B Units   Consideration
Nationstar Investment Holdings LLC
    [*]     [*]
 
*   [Confidential treatment requested]

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Schedule 3.17

Management Holder Unit Exchange
                                 
            Number of Company           Number of Company
    Number of Series 2   Match Series 2   Number of Series 1   Match Series 1
    Class A Units   Class A Units   Class A Units   Class A Units
Member   Forgone   Forgone   Received   Received
Anthony Barone
    13,704       27,410       13,180       26,359  
Jesse Bray
    3,524       7,048       3,389       6,778  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
Amarkumar Patel
    1,566             1,506        
[*]
    [*]       [*]       [*]       [*]  
 
* [Confidential treatment requested]

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Schedule 5.4
OFFICERS
     5.4.1. Officers. Subject to Section 5.4 of the Agreement, officers and agents of the Company or Series, if any, shall be appointed by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, from time to time in its discretion. An officer may be but none need be a Member. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may be required by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, to secure the faithful performance of the officer’s duties to the Company or Series by giving bond in such amount and with sureties or otherwise as the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, may determine.
     5.4.2. Powers. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.4 of the Agreement, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein set forth, the duties and powers set forth in Section 5.4 of the Agreement or delegated to such officer as provided in said Section 5.4.
     5.4.3. Election. Officers may be elected by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, at any time. At any time or from time to time such Manager may delegate to any officer their power to elect or appoint any other officer or any agents.
     5.4.4. Tenure. Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, following the beginning of the next fiscal year and until such officer’s respective successor is chosen and qualified unless a shorter period shall have been specified by the terms of such officer’s election or appointment, or in each case until such officer sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each agent shall retain its authority at the pleasure of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, or the officer by whom such agent was appointed or the officer who then holds agent appointive power.
     5.4.5. Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Any officer or agent may resign by delivering a written letter of resignation to the Chair, the President, the Secretary or to the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, which resignation shall not require acceptance and, unless otherwise specified in the letter of resignation, shall be effective upon receipt. The Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, may remove any officer or agent at any time without giving any reason for such removal and no officer or agent or shall be entitled to any damages by virtue of such officer’s removal from office or such position as agent. If any office becomes vacant, the position may be filled by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, or in such other manner as the officer in question was appointed.
     5.4.6. President and Vice President. Unless the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, otherwise specifies, the President of the Company or Series shall be the chief executive officer of the Company or such Series and shall have direct charge of all business operations of the Company or such Series and, subject to the control of the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Company or such Series. Any vice presidents of the Company or such Series shall have

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duties as shall be designated from time to time by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, or the President.
     5.4.7. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. Unless the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, otherwise specifies, the Treasurer of the Company or such Series shall be the chief financial officer of the Company or such Series and shall be in charge of its funds and valuable papers, and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, the Chair, or the President. If no Controller of the Company or such Series is elected, the Treasurer of the Company or such Series shall, unless the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, otherwise specifies, also have the duties and powers of the Controller. Any Assistant Treasurers of the Company or such Series shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, the Chair, the President or the Treasurer.
     5.4.8. Controller and Assistant Controllers. If a Controller of the Company or such Series is elected, the Controller shall, unless the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, otherwise specifies, be the chief accounting officer of the Company and be in charge of its books of account and accounting records, and of its accounting procedures. The Controller shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, the Chair, the President or the Treasurer. Any Assistant Controller of the Series shall have such duties and powers as shall be designed from time to time by the Company Manager or Series Manager, as the case may be, the Chair, the President, the Treasurer or the Controller.
     5.4.9. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary of the Company or Series shall record all proceedings of the Members and the applicable Manager in a book or series of books to be kept therefor and shall file therein all actions by written consent of the applicable Manager. In the absence of the Secretary from any meeting, an Assistant Secretary of the Company or Series, or if there be none or no Assistant Secretary is present, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept records which shall contain the names and record addresses of all members. The Secretary shall have such other duties and powers as may from time to time be designated by the applicable Manager, the Chair or the President. Any Assistant Secretaries shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the applicable Manager, the Chair, the President or the Secretary.

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Schedule 5.5
Management Rights Letter
FIF HE Holdings LLC
[1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor, New York, NY 10105]
[___________, 2006]
[Fund Name]
c/o Fortress Investment Group LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10105
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This Management Rights Letter Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of the date first written above, by and between FIF HE Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and [Fund Name], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Fund”). This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
RECITALS
          WHEREAS, the Fund has acquired an interest in the Company and such acquisition was conditioned upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement between the Company and the Fund;
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, each of the parties hereby agrees as follow:
          This letter will confirm the agreement of the Company that the Fund, in connection with the Fund’s acquisition of an interest in the Company and its ownership of an interest in the Company, will be entitled to the following contractual management rights:
          1. The Fund shall be permitted to select one representative (the “Representative”) to consult with and advise management of the Company on significant business issues, including such management’s proposed annual operating plans, and management of the Company will make itself available to meet with such Representative regularly during each year by telephone or at the Company’s facilities at mutually agreeable times, on reasonable

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prior written notice, for such consultation and advice and to review progress in achieving such plans.
          2. Initially, [Representative name] shall be appointed as the Representative.
          3. The Company will notify the Representative of any material development to or affecting the Company’s business and affairs such as significant changes in management personnel and compensation or employee benefits, introduction of new lines of business, important acquisitions and the proposed compromise of any significant litigation as soon as reasonably practicable, and the Company shall provide the Representative with the opportunity, on reasonable prior written notice, to consult with and advise the Company’s management of its views with respect thereto.
          4. On reasonable prior written notice, the Representative may discuss the business operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Company with the Company’s independent certified accountants and investment bankers.
          5. The Representative may examine the books and records of the Company and visit and inspect its facilities and may reasonably request information at reasonable times and intervals concerning the general status of the Company’s financial conditions and operations.
          6. The Fund shall be entitled to request that the Company provide it, when available, with copies of (i) all financial statements, forecasts and projections provided to or approved by its Manager; (ii) all notices, minutes, proxy materials, consents and correspondence and other material that it provides to its manager and members; (iii) any letter issued to the Company by its accountants with respect to the Company’s internal controls; (iv) any documents filed by the Company with the any regulatory or similar authority; and/or (v) such other business and financial data as the Representative reasonably may request in writing from time to time.
          The aforementioned rights are intended to satisfy the requirement of management rights for purposes of qualifying the Fund’s investment in the Company as a “venture capital investment” for purposes of the Department of Labor “plan assets” regulation, 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 (the “Regulation”). In the event the aforementioned rights are not satisfactory for such purpose, the Company and the Fund shall reasonably cooperate in good faith to agree upon mutually satisfactory management rights that satisfy the Regulation.
          The rights described herein with respect to the Fund shall apply and continue for so long as the Fund continues to hold any interest in the Company, which interest shall be deemed to be owned and to remain outstanding notwithstanding any conversion, exercise or exchange of such interest for other interests.

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  Very truly yours,

FIF HE HOLDINGS LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Pete Smith   
    Title:   Manager   
         
  Agreed and Accepted by:

[Fund Name]
 
 
  By:   [             ], its General Partner    
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

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This Promissory Note has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or registered or qualified under any state securities laws. This Promissory Note may not be sold, transferred, pledged or hypothecated unless such sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation is in accordance with such Act and applicable state securities laws.
FIF HE HOLDINGS LLC
PROMISSORY NOTE
Principal Amount: ___________________   ____________, 2006
     FOR VALUE RECEIVED of ____________ Series 1 Class A Units and ___________ Series 2 Class A Units (together with the Series 1 Class A Units, the “Company Match Class A Units”) in FIF HE Holdings LLC, the undersigned, __________________, a resident of the State of [Texas] (the “Debtor”), hereby promises to pay to the order of FIF HE Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Holder”), at FIF HE Holdings LLC, on behalf of [Series 1/Series 2] of FIF HE Holdings LLC; c/o Fortress Investment Group, L.L.C., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105 or at such other place as the Holder of this Promissory Note (the “Note”) may designate from time to time in writing, in the lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal amount of ____________________ DOLLARS ($______), plus interest from the date hereof (computed on the basis of a 365-day year based on the actual number of days elapsed) on the whole amount of such principal amount remaining from time to time unpaid in accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
     1. Acceleration Upon Termination of Employment.
     (a) If Debtor’s employment with the Holder or its Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, the outstanding principal balance of this Note and accrued and unpaid interest thereon in full shall become due and payable 30 days after such termination (the “Accelerated Payment Date”).
     (b) On the Accelerated Payment Date, if Debtor is unable to pay all amounts due and owing under this Note, the Holder shall have the right to setoff and appropriate and apply any and all Class A Units held by Debtor, any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of Debtor and any equity interests in Management LLC held by Debtor with a Fair Market Value equal in value to the unpaid amount due under this Note or, all of the Class A Units held by Debtor, all Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of Debtor and any equity interests in Management LLC held by Debtor, may be tendered to Holder, in either case in full repayment hereof.
     (c) All payments received on this Note will be applied first against costs of collection (if any), then against accrued and unpaid interest, then against outstanding principal.

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     2. Interest. Interest will accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note commencing on the date hereof and continuing until repayment of this Note in full, compounded on a quarterly basis, at a rate equal to the prime rate (as set forth in The Wall Street Journal on the date hereof) per annum.
     3. Amortization; Prepayment. The Debtor may prepay the principal balance of this Note, in whole or in part, without premium, penalty or fees. Any such prepayment will be accompanied by a prepayment of all interest accrued and unpaid on the prepaid principal through the date of prepayment. All prepayments so permitted will be applied in the order provided in Section 1(c).
     4. Payments. If payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday under the laws of the State of Delaware, the due date thereof will be extended to the next succeeding business day, and additional interest will accrue and be payable for the period of such extension at the rate specified herein.
     5. Prepayments. Debtor may repay the outstanding principal balance of this Note and accrued and unpaid interest at any time without penalty.
     6. Security Interest. The Debtor hereby grants the Holder a security interest in the Company Match Class A Units, any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of the Debtor and any equity interests in Management LLC held by the Debtor to secure Debtor’s obligations under this Note. Prior to the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder by the Debtor, the Debtor shall remain the holder of record of such Company Match Class A Units, Class B Units and equity interests in Management LLC and shall be entitled to receive any distributions in connection therewith. This security interest shall be governed by all applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Delaware.
     7. Waiver by the Holder. Failure of the Holder at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by the Debtor of any of the provisions, terms and conditions contained in this Note shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of the Holder at any time or times to demand strict performance thereof and such right shall not be deemed to have been waived by any act or knowledge of the Holder unless such waiver is in writing signed by the Holder and directed to the Debtor specifying such waiver. No delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Holder of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
     8. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Note there is a reference made to either the Holder or the Debtor, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to the successors, assigns, or heirs, executors and administrators of said party. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors, assigns, or heirs, executors and administrators, as applicable.
     9. Severability; Governing Law. Wherever possible each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under the laws of

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the State of Delaware, but if any provision of this Note shall be prohibited by or invalid under the laws of the State of Delaware, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provision of this Note.
     10. Limited Recourse. Debtor and Holder hereby agree that Holder’s right to recover amounts payable hereunder shall be limited to all Class A Units held by Debtor, any Class B Units held by Management LLC for the benefit of Debtor and any equity interests in Management LLC held by Debtor.
     11. Arbitration. Debtor and Holder agree that any and all disputes, controversies or claims that may arise out of this Note, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof (other than a suit to obtain specific performance of the provisions of this Note or obtain other injunctive relief), shall be submitted to, and determined by, binding arbitration in accordance with the following procedures:
     (a) Either Debtor or Holder may submit a dispute, controversy or claim to arbitration by giving the other party written notice to such effect, which notice shall describe, in reasonable detail, the facts and legal grounds forming the basis for the filing party’s request for relief. The arbitration shall be held before one neutral arbitrator in Wilmington, Delaware.
     (b) Within thirty (30) days after the other party’s receipt of such demand, the parties shall mutually agree upon a neutral arbitrator. If the parties are unable to agree on a neutral arbitrator within that time period, the parties will request that the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) submit a panel of five neutral arbitrators who have a background in, and knowledge of the financial services industry and shall otherwise be an appropriate person based on the nature of the dispute. If a person with experience in such matters is not available, the parties will request that the AAA submit a panel of five retired federal judges from a pool maintained by AAA. If the parties are unable to mutually agree on a neutral arbitrator from the panel submitted by AAA, the parties will alternate in striking names from the pool of neutral arbitrators, with Holder striking the first name.
     (c) The arbitration shall be governed by the Commercial Arbitration Rules of AAA and administered by the AAA, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties.
     (d) Discovery shall be limited to the request for and production of documents, depositions and interrogatories, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties. All discovery shall be guided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. All issues concerning discovery upon which the parties cannot agree shall be submitted to the arbitrator for determination.
     (e) In rendering an award, the arbitrator shall determine the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement according to the substantive and

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procedural laws of the State of Delaware, except as otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties.
     (f) The decision of, and award rendered by, the arbitrator shall (unless the arbitrator determines that this time frame is impracticable) be determined no more than 30 days after the selection of the arbitrator (or such longer period as the arbitrator may require and the parties reasonably agree upon) and shall be final and binding on the parties and shall not be subject to appeal. Judgment on the award may be entered in and enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction.
     (g) Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses (including filing fees) with respect to the arbitration, including one-half of the fees and expenses of the arbitrator.
     12. Interpretation. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Holder, dated as of July 11, 2006.
         
     
     
  [NAME OF DEBTOR]   
     
 

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EX-23.1 4 y04304a6exv23w1.htm EX-23.1 exv23w1
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the use of our report dated March 28, 2011 in Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement (Form S-4 No. 333-171370) dated December 23, 2010 and the related Prospectus of Nationstar Mortgage LLC for the registration of the $250,000,000 10.875% Senior Notes due 2015.
         
     
  /s/Ernst & Young LLP    
     
     
 
Dallas, Texas
June 30, 2011

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