Related Party Transactions |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | |
| Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
| Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions A party is considered to be related to the Company if the party, directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners, management and directors, as well as members of their immediate families or any other parties with which the Company may deal if one party to a transaction controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. Management Agreement On June 11, 2024, the Company entered into the Management Agreement. The Management Agreement shall be in effect until June 11, 2027 and shall be automatically renewed for a successive two-year term each anniversary date thereafter unless terminated by a party. Under the Management Agreement, RCM GA implements the Company’s business strategy and manages the Company’s business and investment activities and day-to-day operations subject to oversight by the Company’s Board of Directors. Among other services, RCM GA provides the Company with a management team and necessary administrative and support personnel. Additionally, the Company pays directly for the internal audit function that reports directly to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. The Company does not currently have any employees and does not expect to have any employees in the foreseeable future. Each of the Company’s executive officers is an employee, consultant, contractor or officer of Rithm. Under the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to a base management fee and an incentive fee to the Manager calculated and payable quarterly with respect to each calendar quarter (or partial quarter that the agreement is in effect) in cash or, at the election of the Manager, shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The base management fee equals 1.5% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity, including equity equivalents, per annum. Also, under the Management Agreement, which has an effective date of June 11, 2024, the Company’s quarterly base management fee includes, in its computation of equity managed, its unsecured debt securities to the extent the proceeds were used to repurchase the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock. The Manager is entitled an incentive fee, which is payable quarterly in arrears in cash or, at the election of the Manager, in shares of the Company’s Common Stock in an amount equal to 20% of the dollar amount by which (i) Earnings Available for Distribution (as defined below) exceeds the product of (A) the average common book value per share (excluding fair value marks, impairments, transaction/ deal expenses and associated tax impact and such other items that in the judgment of the Company officers should be excluded) of the Common Stock of the Company during such calendar quarter and (B) 8%. Notwithstanding either of the foregoing, no incentive fee will be payable to the Manager with respect to any period unless the Company’s cumulative Earnings Available for Distribution is greater than zero for the most recently completed four calendar quarters (which cumulative Earnings Available for Distribution shall be reset at the completion of every fourth quarter following the date hereof and each subsequent fourth quarter thereafter (each, a “Reset Date”) so as not to take into account prior calendar quarters), or, if less, (i) the number of completed calendar quarters since the date hereof or (ii) the number of completed calendar quarters since the last Reset Date. “Earnings Available for Distribution” is defined as net income (loss) as determined according to GAAP, excluding tax-effected, non-cash equity compensation expense and any unrealized gains or losses from mark-to-market valuation changes (including impairments) that are included in net income for the applicable period. The amount will be adjusted to exclude on a tax-effected basis (A) one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP, (B) transaction and deal expenses that in the opinion of the Manager should be excluded for purposes of calculating Earnings Available for Distribution and be amortized over the life of the related investment / transaction, and (C) non-cash items (including depreciation and amortization) that in the judgment of the Company’s officers should not be included in Earnings Available for Distribution, which adjustments in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall only be excluded after discussions between the Manager and the Company’s Independent Directors and after approval by a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors. Book value per share of Common Stock shall be as set forth in the consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition to the base management fee and the incentive fee described above, the Company pays all of its costs and expenses and reimburses the Manager (to the extent incurred by the Manager) for the costs and expenses of providing services under the Management Agreement, including reimbursing the Manager or its affiliates, as applicable, for the Company’s allocable share of the compensation (whether paid in cash, stock or other forms), including annual base salary, bonus, any related withholding taxes and employee benefits, paid to (i) the Manager’s personnel serving as the Company’s chief financial officer based on the percentage of his or her time spent managing the Company’s affairs and (ii) other corporate finance, tax, accounting, middle office, internal audit, legal, risk management, operations, compliance and other non-investment personnel of the Manager and its affiliates who spend all or a portion of their time managing the Company’s affairs. The Company will be required to pay the Manager a termination fee in the event that the Management Agreement is terminated as a result of (i) a termination by the Company without cause, (ii) its decision not to renew the Management Agreement for reasons including the failure to agree on revised compensation, (iii) a termination by the Manager as a result of the Company becoming regulated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (other than as a result of the acts or omissions of the Manager in violation of investment guidelines approved by the Company’s Board of Directors), or (iv) a termination by the Manager if the Company defaults in the performance of any material term of the Management Agreement (subject to a notice and cure period). The termination fee will be equal to three times the combined base fee and incentive fees payable to the Manager during the 12-month period ended as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter prior to the date of termination. Former Management Agreement The Company was a party to that certain Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2020, (as amended by that First Amendment, dated as of March 1, 2023, the “Former Management Agreement”) by and between the Company and the Former Manager. Under the Former Management Agreement, the Former Manager implemented the Company’s business strategy and managed the Company’s business and investment activities and day-to-day operations subject to oversight by the Company’s Board of Directors. Among other services, the Former Manager provided the Company with a management team and necessary administrative and support personnel. Additionally, the Company paid directly for the internal audit function that reported directly to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. Under the Former Management Agreement, the Company paid a quarterly base management fee based on its stockholders’ equity, including equity equivalents. Also, under the First Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement with the Former Manager, which had an effective date of March 1, 2023, the Company’s quarterly base management fee included, in its computation of equity managed, its unsecured debt securities to the extent the proceeds were used to repurchase the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock. The Company was periodically required to pay a quarterly incentive management fee based on its cash distributions to its stockholders and the change in book value and had the option to pay up to 100% of the base and incentive fees in cash or in shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Management fees were expensed in the quarter incurred and the portion payable in common stock, if any, was accrued at quarter end. On February 26, 2024, the Company issued a termination notice to the Former Manager, in connection with the Strategic Transaction, and on June 11, 2024, the Company terminated the Former Management Agreement, entered into a termination and release agreement with the Former Manager and issued approximately 0.5 million shares of Common Stock and paid $0.6 million in cash to the Former Manager in connection with the termination. Servicing Agreements Until June 1, 2024, the Company and its affiliates were party to various servicing agreements with Gregory Funding LLC (“Gregory”). On June 1, 2024, Gregory transferred all of the servicing agreements for its mortgage loans and real property (the “Servicing Agreements”) to Newrez, an affiliate of Rithm through a Servicing Transfer Agreement by and between Gregory and Newrez. The terms of the Servicing Agreements remain substantially the same. Servicing fees for mortgage loans range from 0.42% to 1.25% annually of UPB at acquisition (or the fair market value or purchase price of REO) and are paid monthly. The servicing fee is based upon the status of the loan at acquisition. A change in status from RPL to NPL does not cause a change in the servicing fee rate. Servicing fees for the Company’s real property assets that are not held in joint ventures are the greater of (i) the servicing fee applicable to the underlying mortgage loan prior to foreclosure and (ii) 1.00% annually of the fair market value of the REO or 1.00% annually of the purchase price of any REO otherwise purchased by the Company. Newrez is reimbursed for all customary, reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in the performance of its obligations, including the actual cost of any repairs and renovations to foreclosed property undertaken on the Company’s behalf. The total fees incurred by the Company for these services are dependent upon the following: (i) for fees based on mortgage loans, the total fees will be dependent upon the UPB and the type of mortgage loans that the Servicer services; and (ii) for fees based on REO properties, property values, previous UPB of the relevant loan, and the number of REO properties. If any Servicing Agreement has been terminated other than for cause and/or the Servicer terminates the Servicing Agreement, the Company will be required to pay a termination fee equal to the aggregate servicing fees payable under the applicable Servicing Agreement for the immediately preceding 12-month period. Equity Holdings by Rithm and Its Affiliates in the Company As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Manager of the Company and its affiliates held 549,663 shares of its Common Stock, in addition to 544,154 exercisable 2024 Warrants. As of December 31, 2025, an affiliate of the Manager held 400,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock (as defined in Note 14) issued in the first quarter of 2025. See Note 14 for additional details. PGRE Investment In December 2025, as part of the execution of its CRE investment strategy, the Company acquired an indirect minority interest in PGOP, which through its affiliates and joint ventures owns a portfolio of CRE properties, through an investment in affiliated aggregator vehicles formed in connection with Rithm’s acquisition of Paramount. The Company made an aggregate cash contribution of $50.0 million in exchange for an indirect 3.9% ownership interest. The Company also committed to make additional cash capital contributions of up to $7.5 million under certain circumstances in exchange for additional limited partnership interests. Affiliates of Rithm own the remaining limited partnership interests in PGOP through the aggregator vehicles and serve as the general partner of the aggregator vehicles. For information on investments in affiliates, see Note 7. |