<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-16-061023.txt : 20160413
<SEC-HEADER>0001140361-16-061023.hdr.sgml : 20160413
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160413170216
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-16-061023
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160413
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160413
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160413

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000873860
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MORTGAGE BANKERS & LOAN CORRESPONDENTS [6162]
		IRS NUMBER:				650039856
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			WEST PALM BEACH
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33409
		BUSINESS PHONE:		561-682-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			WEST PALM BEACH
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33409

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OCWEN FINANCIAL Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110224

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960516

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ERBEY WILLIAM C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001048105

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13219
		FILM NUMBER:		161569771

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		402 STRAND STREET
		CITY:			FREDERIKSTED, ST. CROIX
		STATE:			VI
		ZIP:			00840
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        <footnote id="F1">On March 31, 2016, Caritas Charitable Remainder Trust, a former member of Caritas Partners, LLC (&quot;Caritas&quot;) was dissolved and Caritas made a charitable gift of a 99% non-voting LLC interest in Caritas to a donor advised fund within The Community Foundation of West Georgia, Inc., a Georgia nonprofit corporation exempt from federal income taxes under Internal Revenue Code (&quot;Code&quot;) section 501(c)(3), a public charity described in Code section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).  No shares of Ocwen Financial Corp (&quot;Ocwen&quot;) were transferred as part of the gift and Mr. Erbey maintains investment in, and voting control over, Caritas.  As a result, Mr. Erbey's beneficial ownership in the shares of Ocwen did not change.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On March 31, 2016, E. Elaine Erbey, Mr. Erbey's spouse, gifted her 24.5% membership unit interests in Salt Pond Holdings, LLC to the Frederiksted Trust, a U.S. Virgin Islands trust (the &quot;Trust&quot;) in which Mr. Erbey has investment control and for which Mr. Erbey, Mr. and Mrs. Erbey's descendants and charitable organizations are the beneficiaries.  No Ocwen shares were transferred as part of the gift and as a result, Mr. Erbey's beneficial ownership in the shares of Ocwen did not change.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Option transaction entered into by Tribue Limited Partnership, a U.S. Virgin Islands limited partnership, in which Salt Pond Holdings, LLC (56.2% of which is owned by Mr. Erbey, 24.5% of which is owned by the Trust and 19.3% of which is owned by Erbey Holding Corporation, Inc., a corporation wholly-owned by Mr. Erbey) has a 90% preferred limited partner interest and a 9.9% common limited partner interest and Mr. Erbey has a 0.1% general partner interest.</footnote>
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