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NOTE 22 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Note 22 Related Party Transactions

Relationship with Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ocwen’s Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, William C. Erbey, also serves as Chairman of the Board of Altisource, HLSS, Altisource Residential Corporation (Residential) and Altisource Asset Management Corporation (AAMC). As a result, he has obligations to Ocwen as well as to Altisource, HLSS, Residential and AAMC. As of March 31, 2013, Mr. Erbey owned or controlled approximately 13% of the common stock of Ocwen, approximately 26% of the common stock of Altisource, approximately 2% of the common stock of HLSS, approximately 24% of the common stock of Residential and approximately 24% of the common stock of AAMC.

Relationship with Altisource

Under the Services Agreement, Altisource provides various business process outsourcing services, such as valuation services and property preservation and inspection services, among other things. Altisource also provides certain technology products and support services to Ocwen under the Technology Products Services Agreement and the Data Center and Disaster Recovery Services Agreement. In addition, under the Data Access and Services Agreement, Ocwen has agreed to make available to Altisource certain data from Ocwen’s servicing portfolio in exchange for a per asset fee.

Under the Support Services Agreement, Ocwen and Altisource provide to each other services which are similar to those that Ocwen and Altisource provided to each other pursuant to the former Transition Services Agreement that expired August 10, 2012. These services are provided in such areas as human resources, vendor management, corporate services, accounting, tax matters, risk management, law and consumer psychology. The Support Services Agreement has an initial term of five years.

In connection with the sale to Altisource of the diversified fee-based business acquired in connection with the Homeward Acquisition, Ocwen agreed to extend to August 31, 2025 the terms of the Services Agreement, the Technology Products Services Agreement, the Data Center and Disaster Recovery Services Agreement and the Intellectual Property Agreement with Altisource. In addition, Ocwen agreed to expand the terms of the Services Agreement to apply to the services as they relate to the Homeward servicing platform and further to establish Altisource as the exclusive provider of such services as they relate to the Homeward servicing platform. In addition, Ocwen agreed not to establish similar fee-based businesses (or establish relationships with other companies engaged in the line of similar fee-based businesses) that would directly or indirectly compete with diversified fee-based businesses as they relate to the Homeward servicing platform acquired by Altisource.

Certain services provided by Altisource under these contracts are charged to the borrower and/or loan investor. Accordingly, such services, while derived from our loan servicing portfolio, are not reported as expenses by Ocwen. These services include residential property valuation, residential property preservation and inspection services, title services and real estate sales.

Our business is currently dependent on many of the services and products provided under these long-term contracts which are effective through 2025. The contracts include renewal provisions. We believe the rates charged under these agreements are market rates as they are materially consistent with one or more of the following: the fees charged by Altisource to other customers for comparable services and the rates Ocwen pays to or observes from other service providers.

As disclosed in Note 3 – Business Acquisitions, on March 31, 2013 Ocwen acquired from Altisource its 49% equity interest in Correspondent One.

On December 27, 2012, we entered into a senior unsecured term loan facility agreement with Altisource and borrowed $75.0 million. The proceeds of this loan were used to fund a portion of the Homeward Acquisition. Borrowings under the Unsecured Loan Agreement bear interest at a rate equal to the one-month Eurodollar Rate (1-Month LIBOR) plus 675 basis points with a Eurodollar Rate floor of 150 basis points. In February 2013, we repaid this loan in full.

Relationship with HLSS

Ocwen and HLSS Management entered into an agreement to provide to each other certain professional services including valuation analysis of potential MSR acquisitions, treasury management services and other similar services, legal, licensing and regulatory compliance support services, risk management services and other similar services.

As disclosed in Note 4 – Asset Sales and Financing, Ocwen has sold to HLSS certain Rights to MSRs and related servicing advances. OLS also entered into a subservicing agreement with HLSS on February 10, 2012 under which it will subservice the MSRs after legal ownership of the MSRs has been transferred to HLSS.

Relationship with Residential

On December 21, 2012, OMS entered into a 15-year servicing agreement with Altisource Residential, L.P., the operating partnership of Residential, pursuant to which Ocwen will service residential mortgage loans acquired by Residential and provide loan modification, assisted deed-in-lieu, assisted deed-for-lease and other loss mitigation programs.

 

On February 14, 2013, OLS sold a pool of non-performing residential mortgage loans to Altisource Residential, L.P. pursuant to a Master Mortgage Loan Sale Agreement. The aggregate purchase price for the pool of loans was $64.4 million.

Relationship with AAMC

On December 11, 2012, Mr. Erbey received 52,589 shares of AAMC restricted stock pursuant to the Altisource Asset Management Corporation 2012 Special Equity Incentive Plan and a Special Restricted Stock Award Agreement in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of AAMC and Altisource.

On December 11, 2012, Ronald M. Faris, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ocwen, received 29,216 shares of AAMC restricted stock pursuant to the Altisource Asset Management Corporation 2012 Special Equity Incentive Plan and a Special Restricted Stock Award Agreement, in connection with the services he provides AAMC through his employment with Ocwen.

Relationship with Former Owner of Homeward

As disclosed in Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, we completed the Homeward Acquisition on December 27, 2012. As consideration for the Homeward Acquisition, Ocwen paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $766 million, of which approximately $604 million was paid in cash and $162 million was paid in 162,000 Preferred Shares issued to certain private equity firms ultimately controlled by WL Ross & Co. LLC (the Funds), that will pay a dividend of 3.75% per annum on a quarterly basis. Each Preferred Share, together with any accrued and unpaid dividends, may be converted into shares of Ocwen common stock at the option of the holder at a conversion price equal to $31.79. Mr. Ross, a director of Ocwen, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WL Ross & Co. LLC and Invesco Private Capital, Inc. and the managing member of El Vedado, LLC, each of which directly or indirectly controls the Funds.

   

The following table summarizes our revenues and expenses related to the various service agreements with Altisource and HLSS for periods indicated, and amounts receivable from or payable to at the dates indicated:

Three Months Ended March 31   2013     2012  
Revenues and Expenses:                
   Altisource:                
       Revenues   $ 4,233     $ 3,612  
       Expenses     11,692       6,530  
   HLSS:                
       Revenues   $ 112     $ 10  
       Expenses     491       251  

 

    March 31,
2013		     December 31,
2012		  
Net Receivable (Payable)                
   Altisource   $ (40,376 )   $ (5,971 )
   HLSS     20,540       (25,524 )
    $ (19,836 )   $ (31,495 )