Note 1 — Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Organization

Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE: OCN) (Ocwen, we, us and our) is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the servicing and origination of forward and reverse mortgage loans. Ocwen is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices throughout the United States (U.S.) and in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) with support operations in India, the Philippines and Uruguay. Ocwen is a Florida corporation organized in February 1988.

Ocwen owns all of the common stock of its primary operating subsidiary, Ocwen Mortgage Servicing, Inc. (OMS), and directly or indirectly owns all of the outstanding stock of its other primary operating subsidiaries: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (OLS), Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited, Homeward Residential, Inc. (Homeward), and Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc. (Liberty).

In 2013, we completed acquisitions of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and servicing advances from, among others, OneWest Bank, FSB (OneWest MSR Transaction) and Ally Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc. (Ally), the indirect parent of Residential Capital, LLC (ResCap) (Ally MSR Transaction), and acquisitions of servicing and origination platforms, including Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc. (Liberty) through a stock purchase agreement (Liberty Acquisition) and certain assets and operations of ResCap pursuant to a plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (ResCap Acquisition). See Note 3 — Business Acquisitions and Note 9 — Mortgage Servicing for additional information.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to Form 10-Q and SEC Regulation S-X, Article 10, Rule 10-01 for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation. The results of operations and other data for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2014. The unaudited consolidated financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Reclassifications

Within the Total assets section of the unaudited Consolidated Balance sheet at December 31, 2013, we reclassified Debt service accounts of $129.9 million to Other assets to conform to the current year presentation.

Certain insignificant amounts in the unaudited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on our consolidated cash flows.

Use of Estimates and AssumptionsThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires that management make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period and the related disclosures in the accompanying notes. Such estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those that relate to fair value measurements, the provision for potential losses that may arise from litigation proceedings, representation and warranty and other indemnification obligations and the valuation of goodwill. In developing estimates and assumptions, management uses all available information; however, actual results could materially differ because of uncertainties associated with estimating the amounts, timing and likelihood of possible outcomes.

Change in Accounting Estimate

For servicing assets or liabilities that we account for using the amortization method, we amortize the balances in proportion to, and over the period of, estimated net servicing income (if servicing revenues exceed servicing costs) or net servicing loss (if servicing costs exceed servicing revenues). We determine estimated net servicing income using the estimated future balance of the underlying mortgage loan portfolio, which, absent new purchases, declines over time from prepayments and scheduled loan amortization. We adjust MSR amortization prospectively in response to changes in estimated projections of future cash flows. As a result of the significant growth and change in composition of our servicing portfolio, we determined that the estimated net servicing income has increased, primarily as a result of lower actual prepayment speeds. We accounted for this change in MSR amortization as a change in an accounting estimate beginning January 1, 2014. This change had the effect of reducing amortization expense and increasing both net income and earnings per share in our unaudited Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 as follows:



Reduction in Amortization of mortgage servicing rights	$	(25,998	)

Increase in Net income attributable to Ocwen common stockholders	$	22,755

Increase in Earnings per share attributable to Ocwen common stockholders:
Basic	$	0.17
Diluted	$	0.16

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (ASU 2014-01)

In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-01. This ASU permit entities to make an accounting policy election to account for their investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Under the proportional amortization method, an entity amortizes the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the tax credits and other tax benefits received and recognizes the net investment performance in the statement of operations as a component of income tax expense (benefit). The new standard is expected to enable more entities to qualify for the proportional amortization method than the number of entities that currently qualify for the effective yield method.

ASU 2014-01 will be effective for us on January 1, 2015 with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting this standard effective January 1, 2015, but we do not anticipate that our adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors: Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force) (ASU 2014-04)

In January 2014, the FASB also issued ASU 2014-04. This ASU clarifies when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs such that the loan receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. An in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs upon either (1) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure or (2) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement.

ASU 2014-04 requires interim and annual disclosure of both (1) the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and (2) the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction.

ASU 2014-04 will be effective for us on January 1, 2015 with early adoption permitted. An entity can elect to adopt the amendments using either a modified retrospective transition method or a prospective transition method. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting this standard effective January 1, 2015, but we do not anticipate that our adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity (ASU 2014-08)

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08. ASU 2014-08 changes the criteria for reporting discontinued operations. Under this ASU, a discontinued operation is defined as a disposal of a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. A strategic shift could include a disposal of (i) a major geographical area of operations, (ii) a major line of business, (iii) a major equity method investment, or (iv) other major parts of an entity. A business activity that upon acquisition qualifies as held for sale will also be a discontinued operation. The new standard no longer precludes presentation as a discontinued operation if (i) there are operations and cash flows of the component that have not been eliminated from the reporting entity’s ongoing operations, or (ii) there is significant continuing involvement with a component after its disposal.

New disclosures under this ASU include the requirement to present in the statement of cash flows or disclose in a note either (i) total operating and investing cash flows for discontinued operations, or (ii) depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures, and significant operating and investing noncash items related to discontinued operations. Assets and liabilities of a discontinued operation that are classified as held for sale or disposed of in the current period must be reclassified for the comparative periods presented in the balance sheet.

ASU 2014-08 will be effective for us on January 1, 2015. The guidance applies prospectively to new disposals and new classifications of disposal groups as held for sale after the effective date. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting this standard effective January 1, 2015, but we do not anticipate that our adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition or results of operations.