8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 30, 2014

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-35449	45-2156869
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

350 Highland Drive

Lewisville, Texas 75067

(Address of principal executive offices)

(469) 549-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 2, 2014, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) announced two new leadership appointments that will leverage the strengths of its executive team to support the strategic expansion of the Company’s platform and service offering to all stakeholders.

David Hisey Appointed to Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer

To maximize the Company’s ability to capture future growth opportunities, David Hisey, who has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2012, will be assuming the newly-created position of Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer. Mr. Hisey will lead several key departments that have been aligned to develop and drive implementation of the Company’s strategic plans and external relations efforts. Those departments include Corporate Strategy & Development, Customer Relations, Government, Agency & Industry Relations, Compliance, and Corporate Communication. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hisey held various leadership roles at Fannie Mae, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer, during his seven year tenure.

Robert Stiles Appointed to Chief Financial Officer

Robert Stiles will expand his responsibilities and assume the Chief Financial Officer role at the Company. Mr. Stiles, 42, has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Solutionstar Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since January 2013. Previously, Mr. Stiles served as the Chief Financial Officer of Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (a publicly-traded real estate solutions provider) from 2009 to 2012. Prior to Altisource, Mr. Stiles served as Director & Controller for Centerline Capital Group (a real estate finance company) from 2007 to 2009; as Vice President, Assistant Controller for Viacom from 2006 to 2007; and has served in various senior financial roles at Time Warner Inc. Mr. Stiles also served for 8 years in various positions at KPMG LLP and is a Certified Public Accountant.

In connection with Mr. Stiles’ assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Directors of the Company approved (i) a base salary of $400,000 and (ii) a target bonus opportunity of 300% of base salary with a maximum payment of 500% of his base salary under the Nationstar Mortgage LLC Executive Management Incentive Plan to be effective upon Mr. Stiles assuming the position of Chief Financial Officer. Upon termination of Mr. Stiles’ employment as Chief Financial Officer by the Company without cause, Mr. Stiles will receive severance benefits of (i) 12 months base salary plus 100% of his prior year’s bonus, (ii) continued vesting of the next tranche of restricted stock that is scheduled to vest for each grant awarded prior to his termination and (iii) continuation of medical benefits for up to 12 months. Mr. Stiles is also subject to non-competition and non-solicitation provisions for the 12-month period immediately following the date of termination of his employment with the Company.

These new leadership appointments will be effective immediately following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2014.

A copy of the Press Release issued by the Company on April 2, 2014 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits            

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., dated April 2, 2014

SIGNATURES

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

	Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Date: April 2, 2014	By:	/s/ Jay Bray
		Jay Bray
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Marshall Murphy

(469) 549-3005

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS

Lewisville, TX (April 2, 2014) – Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) (“Nationstar”), a leading residential mortgage services provider, today announced two new leadership appointments that will leverage the strengths of its executive team to support the strategic expansion of the company’s platform and service offering to all stakeholders.

As Nationstar has grown, with over 2.3 million customers, the company has maintained its focus on providing solutions to homeowners and loan performance for investors. Nationstar views its focus on the customer as a core competitive strength that will provide significant opportunities to deliver services across the entire spectrum of residential real estate.

David Hisey Appointed to Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer

To maximize the company’s ability to capture future growth opportunities, David Hisey, Nationstar’s current Chief Financial Officer, will be assuming the newly-created position of Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer. Mr. Hisey will lead several key departments that have been aligned to develop and drive implementation of the company’s strategic plans and external relations efforts. Those departments include Corporate Strategy & Development, Customer Relations, Government, Agency & Industry Relations, Compliance, and Corporate Communication.

Prior to joining Nationstar, Mr. Hisey held various executive roles at Fannie Mae, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer, during his seven year tenure. “We place the utmost importance on building and fostering our external relationships,” said Nationstar Chief Executive Officer, Jay Bray. “David’s wealth of experience working with senior agency and industry leaders across the mortgage and real estate market makes him the ideal person to lead these departments. As Nationstar continues to build out our diversified real estate services platform, it is imperative that we have a dedicated team with a thoughtful leader, like David, at the center of our strategic plan for growth.”

Robert Stiles Appointed to Chief Financial Officer

Robert Stiles will expand his responsibilities and assume the Chief Financial Officer role at Nationstar. Mr. Stiles is the current Chief Financial Officer of Solutionstar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nationstar. Previously, Mr. Stiles served as the Chief Financial Officer for Altisource Portfolio Solutions, a publicly-traded real estate solutions provider, for three years. Before joining Altisource, Mr. Stiles was the Director & Controller for Centerline Capital, a real estate finance company. Mr. Stiles has also held senior financial leadership positions with Viacom, Time Warner and KPMG. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Bray commented, “Robert brings over 20 years of accounting and financing experience to the Chief Financial Officer position. Since joining Solutionstar, Robert has helped grow this business into a major contributor to Nationstar’s overall corporate success. We’re excited to have someone with Robert’s knowledge and proven experience on our executive leadership team as we continue to focus on earnings growth and delivering attractive returns to our shareholders as we expand our business."

The new leadership appointments will be effective following the filing of Nationstar’s first quarter 2014 Form 10-Q.

About Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.

Based in Lewisville, Texas, Nationstar offers servicing, origination, and real estate services to financial institutions and consumers. Nationstar is one of the largest servicers in the United States and operates an integrated loan origination business that mitigates servicing portfolio run-off and improves credit performance for loan investors. Our Solutionstar business unit offers asset management, settlement, valuation and processing services. Additional corporate information is available at www.nationstarholdings.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Any statements in this release that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: estimates of future profitability and growth. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-statements. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors” section of Nationstar’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, and other filings Nationstar makes with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only

as of the date they were made. Unless required by law, Nationstar undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this release.

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