UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

Commission File No. 1-7797

 

 

 

 

PHH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

856-917-1744

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes þ     No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act: Large accelerated filer þ     Accelerated filer o     Non-accelerated filer o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):  Yes o     No þ

 

As of June 15, 2007, 53,506,822 shares of common stock were outstanding.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “PHH,” “we,” “our” or “us” means PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 (the “Form 10-Q”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and were derived utilizing numerous important assumptions that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans,” “may increase,” “may fluctuate” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) our expectation that the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits will change in the next twelve months; (ii) our belief that we would have various periods to cure an event of default if one or more notices of default were to be given by our lenders or trustees under certain of our financing agreements with respect to the delivery of our financial statements; (iii) our intention to negotiate with our lenders and trustees under certain of our financing agreements to obtain waivers if we are unable to timely deliver our financial statements; (iv) our belief that any existing legal claims or proceedings other than the several purported class actions filed against us as discussed in this Form 10-Q would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows and our intent to respond appropriately in defending against the several purported class actions filed against us as discussed in this Form 10-Q; (v) our expectations regarding refinance activity, home sale volumes and purchase originations, a near-term downturn and increasing competition in the mortgage industry, the contraction of margins and volumes in the industry and our intention to take advantage of this environment by leveraging our existing mortgage origination services platform to enter into new outsourcing relationships; (vi) our expected savings for the remainder of 2007 from cost-reducing initiatives implemented in our Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing segments; (vii) our belief that growth in our Fleet Management Services segment will be negatively impacted during the remainder of 2007 by the proposed Merger (as defined in Note 2, “Proposed Merger” in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q); (viii) our belief that our sources of liquidity are adequate to fund operations for the next 12 months; (ix) our expected capital expenditures for 2007 and (x) our expectation that our disclosure controls and procedures will not be effective as of June 30, 2007, September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007.

 

The factors and assumptions discussed below and the risks and uncertainties described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements:

 

 

Other factors and assumptions not identified above were also involved in the derivation of these forward-looking statements, and the failure of such other assumptions to be realized as well as other factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control.

 

The factors and assumptions discussed above may have an impact on the continued accuracy of any forward-looking statements that we make. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required by law. For any

forward-looking statements contained in any document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In millions)

 

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

 

 

Basis of Presentation

 

PHH Corporation and subsidiaries (“PHH” or the “Company”) is a leading outsource provider of mortgage and fleet management services operating in the following business segments:

 

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts and transactions of PHH and its subsidiaries, as well as entities in which the Company directly or indirectly has a controlling interest and variable interest entities of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. PHH Home Loans, LLC and its subsidiaries (collectively, “PHH Home Loans” or the “Mortgage Venture”) are consolidated within PHH’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and Realogy Corporation’s ownership interest is presented as Minority interest in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Minority interest in loss of consolidated entities, net of income taxes in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the entire year or any subsequent interim period. These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “2006 Form 10-K”).

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those related to the valuation of mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”), financial instruments and Goodwill and the determination of certain income tax assets and liabilities and associated valuation allowances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

During the preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company identified and corrected errors related to prior periods. The effect of correcting these errors on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 was to reduce Net loss by $3 million (net of income taxes of $2 million). The corrections included an adjustment for franchise tax accruals previously recorded during the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003 and certain other miscellaneous adjustments related to the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company evaluated the impact of the adjustments and determined that they are not material, individually or in the aggregate to any of the periods affected, specifically the three months ended March 31, 2006 or the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, 2003 or 2002.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Changes in Accounting Policies

 

Accounting for Hybrid Instruments.  In February 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments” (“SFAS No. 155”). SFAS No. 155 permits an entity to elect fair value measurement of any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would have required bifurcation, clarifies which interest-only and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS No. 133”) and establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. SFAS No. 155 was effective January 1, 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 155 did not impact the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Uncertainty in Income Taxes.  In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of an income tax position taken in a tax return. The Company must presume the income tax position will be examined by the relevant tax authority and determine whether it is more likely than not that the income tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. An income tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The Company is required to record a liability for unrecognized income tax benefits for the amount of the benefit included in its previously filed income tax returns and its financial results expected to be included in income tax returns to be filed for periods through the date of its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for income tax positions for which it is more likely than not that a tax position will not be sustained upon examination by the respective taxing authority. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 was effective January 1, 2007. The cumulative effect of applying the provisions of FIN 48 represented a change in accounting principle and was recorded as an adjustment to the opening balance of Retained earnings.

 

The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recorded a $1 million increase in the liability for unrecognized income tax benefits, resulting in a $1 million decrease in Retained earnings as of January 1, 2007.

 

On January 1, 2007, prior to the implementation of FIN 48, the Company’s liability for income tax contingency reserves was $27 million. On January 1, 2007, after recording the effect of the adoption of FIN 48, which was a $1 million increase to such reserves, the Company’s total liability for unrecognized income tax benefits was $28 million, all of which would impact the Company’s effective income tax rate if these unrecognized income tax benefits were recognized. The amount of unrecognized income tax benefits did not significantly change between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2007.

 

It is expected that the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits will change in the next twelve months. This change may be material. However, the Company is unable to project the impact of these unrecognized income tax benefits on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company for future reporting periods due to the volatility of market and other factors.

 

The Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized income tax benefits in the Provision for income taxes in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods. As of January 1, 2007, after the adoption of FIN 48, and as of March 31, 2007, the Company’s liability for the payment of interest and penalties was $1 million. The amount of interest and penalties included in the Provision for income taxes in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was insignificant.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The Company became a consolidated income tax filer with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and certain state jurisdictions subsequent to a spin-off from Cendant Corporation (now known as Avis Budget Group, Inc., but referred to as “Cendant” within these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) on February 1, 2005 (the “Spin-Off”). All federal and certain state income tax filings prior thereto were part of Cendant’s consolidated income tax filing group and the Company is indemnified subject to the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement (as defined and discussed in Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies”). All periods subsequent to the Spin-Off are subject to examination by the IRS and state jurisdictions. In addition to filing federal income tax returns, the Company files income tax returns in numerous states and Canada. As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s foreign and state income tax filings are subject to examination for periods ranging from 2001 to 2005, dependent upon jurisdiction.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

Fair Value Measurements.  In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of SFAS No. 157 relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with earlier application permitted, subject to certain conditions. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 should be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which it is initially applied, except for certain financial instruments which require retrospective application as of the beginning of the fiscal year of initial application (a limited form of retrospective application). The transition adjustment, measured as the difference between the carrying amounts and the fair values of those financial instruments at the date SFAS No. 157 is initially applied, should be recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of Retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Fair Value Option.  In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible items at fair value (the “Fair Value Option”). Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the Fair Value Option has been elected are reported in earnings. The Fair Value Option is applied instrument by instrument (with certain exceptions), is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs) and is applied only to an entire instrument. The effect of the first remeasurement to fair value is reported as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of Retained earnings. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with earlier application permitted, subject to certain conditions. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159 on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

On March 15, 2007, the Company entered into a definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Jade Merger Sub, Inc. to be acquired (the “Merger”). In conjunction with the Merger, GE entered into an agreement to sell the mortgage operations of the Company to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group (“Blackstone”), a global investment and advisory firm. The Merger is subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders and state licensing and other regulatory approvals, as well as various other closing conditions. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at closing, the Company’s stockholders will receive $31.50 per share in cash and shares of the Company’s Common stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Merger Agreement contains certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur new indebtedness and to pay dividends on its Common stock as well as on the payment of intercompany dividends by certain of its subsidiaries without the prior written consent of GE.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

On March 14, 2007, prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into an amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2005, between the Company and The Bank of New York (the “Rights Agreement”). The amendment revises certain terms of the Rights Agreement to render it inapplicable to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

In connection with the Merger, on March 14, 2007, the Company and its subsidiaries, PHH Mortgage Corporation (“PHH Mortgage”) and PHH Broker Partner Corporation, entered into a Consent and Amendment (the “Consent”) with TM Acquisition Corp., PHH Home Loans and Realogy Corporation’s subsidiaries, Realogy Real Estate Services Group, LLC, Realogy Real Estate Services Venture Partner, Inc., Century 21 Real Estate Corporation, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. and Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates, Inc. which provides for the following: (i) consents from the parties under the operating agreement of the Mortgage Venture, a strategic relationship agreement between Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”) and the Company, a management services agreement between the Mortgage Venture and PHH Mortgage, trademark license agreements between certain Realogy subsidiaries and PHH Mortgage and the Mortgage Venture and a marketing agreement between PHH Mortgage and certain Realogy subsidiaries (collectively, the “Realogy Agreements”) to the Merger and the related transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) certain corrective amendments to certain provisions of the Realogy Agreements as a result of Cendant’s spin-off of Realogy into an independent publicly traded company and certain other amendments to change in control, non-compete, fee and other provisions in the Realogy Agreements and (iii) undertakings as to certain other actions and agreements with respect to the foregoing consents and amendments. (As discussed in Note 15, “Subsequent Events,” Realogy was subsequently acquired by Apollo Management VI, L.P.) The amendments to the Realogy Agreements effected pursuant to the Consent will be effective immediately prior to the closing of the sale of the Company’s mortgage operations to Blackstone immediately following the completion of the Merger. The provisions of the Consent will terminate and be void in the event that either the Merger Agreement or the agreement for the sale of the Company’s mortgage operations is terminated.

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share was computed by dividing net earnings (loss) during the period by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share was computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding, assuming all potentially dilutive common shares were issued. The weighted-average computation of the dilutive effect of potentially issuable shares of Common stock under the treasury stock method for the three months ended March 31, 2006 excludes approximately 4.2 million outstanding stock-based awards, as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

 

The following table summarizes the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations for the periods indicated:

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 

Mortgage loans held for sale, net consisted of:

 

 

At March 31, 2007, the Company pledged $2.0 billion of Mortgage loans held for sale, net as collateral in asset-backed debt arrangements.

 

 

The activity in the Company’s loan servicing portfolio associated with its capitalized MSRs consisted of:

 

 

The activity in the Company’s capitalized MSRs consisted of:

 

 

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The significant assumptions used in estimating the fair value of MSRs at March 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows (in annual rates):

 

 

The value of the Company’s MSRs is driven by the net positive cash flows associated with the Company’s servicing activities. These cash flows include contractually specified servicing fees, late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue. The Company recorded contractually specified servicing fees, late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue within Loan servicing income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:

 

 

As of March 31, 2007, the Company’s MSRs had a weighted-average life of approximately 4.8 years. Approximately 69% of the MSRs associated with the loan servicing portfolio as of March 31, 2007 were restricted from sale without prior approval from the Company’s private-label clients or investors.

 

The following summarizes certain information regarding the initial and ending capitalization rates of the Company’s MSRs:

 

 

 

The net impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations resulting from changes in the fair value of the Company’s MSRs and related derivatives was as follows:

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 

The following tables summarize certain information regarding the Company’s mortgage loan servicing portfolio for the periods indicated. Unless otherwise noted, the information presented includes both loans held for sale and loans subserviced for others.

 

Portfolio Activity

 

 

Portfolio Composition

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Portfolio Delinquency⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾

 

 

 

 

The Company’s principal market exposure is to interest rate risk, specifically long-term United States (“U.S.”) Treasury (“Treasury”) and mortgage interest rates due to their impact on mortgage-related assets and commitments. The Company also has exposure to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and commercial paper interest rates due to their impact on variable-rate borrowings, other interest rate sensitive liabilities and net investment in variable-rate lease assets. The Company uses various financial instruments, including swap contracts, forward delivery commitments, futures and options contracts to manage and reduce this risk.

 

The following is a description of the Company’s risk management policies related to interest rate lock commitments (“IRLCs”), MLHS, MSRs and debt:

 

Interest Rate Lock Commitments.  IRLCs represent an agreement to extend credit to a mortgage loan applicant whereby the interest rate on the loan is set prior to funding. The loan commitment binds the Company (subject to the loan approval process) to lend funds to a potential borrower at the specified rate, regardless of whether interest rates have changed between the commitment date and the loan funding date. The Company’s loan commitments generally range between 30 and 90 days; however, the borrower is not obligated to obtain the loan. As such, the Company’s outstanding IRLCs are subject to interest rate risk and related price risk during the period from the IRLC through the loan funding date or expiration date. In addition, the Company is subject to fallout risk, which is the risk that an approved borrower will choose not to close on the loan. The Company uses a

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

combination of forward delivery commitments and option contracts to manage these risks. The Company considers historical commitment-to-closing ratios to estimate the quantity of mortgage loans that will fund within the terms of the IRLCs.

 

IRLCs are defined as derivative instruments under SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 149, “Amendment of Statement No. 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.” Because IRLCs are considered derivatives, the associated risk management activities do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133. Therefore, the IRLCs and the related derivative instruments are considered freestanding derivatives and are classified as Other assets or Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets with changes in their fair values recorded as a component of Gain on sale of mortgage loans, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale.  The Company is subject to interest rate and price risk on its MLHS from the loan funding date until the date the loan is sold into the secondary market. The Company uses mortgage forward delivery commitments to hedge these risks. These forward delivery commitments fix the forward sales price that will be realized in the secondary market and thereby reduce the interest rate and price risk to the Company. Such forward delivery commitments are designated and classified as fair value hedges to the extent they qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133. Forward delivery commitments that do not qualify for hedge accounting are considered freestanding derivatives. The forward delivery commitments are included in Other assets or Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes in the fair value of all forward delivery commitments are recorded as a component of Gain on sale of mortgage loans, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Changes in the fair value of MLHS are recorded as a component of Gain on sale of mortgage loans, net to the extent they qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133. Changes in the fair value of MLHS are not recorded to the extent the hedge relationship is deemed to be ineffective under SFAS No. 133.

 

The Company uses forward loan sales commitments, Treasury futures and options on Treasury securities in its risk management activities related to its IRLCs and MLHS.

 

The following table provides a summary of the changes in the fair values of IRLCs, MLHS and the related derivatives:

 

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Mortgage Servicing Rights.  The Company’s MSRs are subject to substantial interest rate risk as the mortgage notes underlying the MSRs permit the borrowers to prepay the loans. Therefore, the value of the MSRs tends to diminish in periods of declining interest rates (as prepayments increase) and increase in periods of rising interest rates (as prepayments decrease). The Company uses a combination of derivative instruments to offset potential adverse changes in the fair value of its MSRs that could affect reported earnings. The gain or loss on derivatives is intended to react in the opposite direction of the change in the fair value of MSRs. The MSRs derivatives generally increase in value as interest rates decline and decrease in value as interest rates rise. For all periods presented, all of the derivatives associated with the MSRs were freestanding derivatives and were not designated in a hedge relationship pursuant to SFAS No. 133. These derivatives are classified as Other assets or Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets with changes in their fair values recorded in Net derivative loss related to mortgage servicing rights in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

The Company uses interest rate swap contracts, interest rate futures contracts, interest rate forward contracts, mortgage forward contracts, options on forward contracts, options on futures contracts, options on swap contracts and principal-only swaps in its risk management activities related to its MSRs.

 

The net activity in the Company’s derivatives related to MSRs consisted of:

 

 

 

 

Debt.  The Company uses various hedging strategies and derivative financial instruments to create a desired mix of fixed-  and variable-rate assets and liabilities. Derivative instruments used in these hedging strategies include swaps, interest rate caps and instruments with purchased option features. To more closely match the characteristics of the related assets, including the Company’s net investment in variable-rate lease assets, the Company either issues variable-rate debt or fixed-rate debt, which may be swapped to variable LIBOR-based rates. The derivatives used to manage the risk associated with the Company’s fixed-rate debt include instruments that were designated as fair value hedges as well as instruments that were not designated as fair value hedges. The terms of the derivatives that were designated as fair value hedges match those of the underlying hedged debt resulting in no net impact on the Company’s results of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, except to create the accrual of interest expense at variable rates. Gains and losses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, related to instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment pursuant to SFAS No. 133 were not significant and were recorded in Mortgage interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

From time-to-time, the Company uses derivatives that convert variable cash flows to fixed cash flows to manage the risk associated with its variable-rate debt and net investment in variable-rate lease assets. Such derivatives may include freestanding derivatives and derivatives designated as cash flow hedges. Net gains and losses related to instruments that were not designated as cash flow hedges during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, were not significant and were recorded in Fleet interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

 

The components of Net investment in fleet leases were as follows:

 

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 

 

The following tables summarize the components of the Company’s indebtedness as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Debt

 

Vehicle Management Asset-Backed Debt

 

Vehicle management asset-backed debt primarily represents variable-rate debt issued by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Chesapeake Funding LLC (“Chesapeake”) to support the acquisition of vehicles used by the Fleet Management Services segment’s leasing operations. As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, variable funding notes outstanding under this arrangement aggregated $3.6 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively. The debt issued as of March 31, 2007 was collateralized by approximately $4.2 billion of leased vehicles and related assets, primarily included in Net investment in fleet leases in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and are not available to pay the Company’s general obligations. The titles to all the vehicles collateralizing the debt issued by Chesapeake are held in a bankruptcy remote trust, and the Company acts as a servicer of all such leases. The bankruptcy remote trust also acts as lessor under both operating and direct financing lease agreements. The agreements governing the Series 2006-1 and Series 2006-2 notes are scheduled to expire on March 4, 2008 and November 30, 2007, respectively (the “Scheduled Expiry Dates”). These agreements are renewable on or before the Scheduled Expiry Dates, subject to agreement by the parties. If the agreements are not renewed, monthly repayments on the notes are required to be made as certain cash inflows are received relating to the securitized vehicle leases and related assets beginning in the month following the Scheduled Expiry Dates and ending up to 125 months after the Scheduled Expiry Dates. The weighted-average interest rate of vehicle management asset-backed debt arrangements was 5.7% as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 

As of March 31, 2007, the total capacity under vehicle management asset-backed debt arrangements was approximately $3.9 billion, and the Company had $336 million of unused capacity available.

 

Mortgage Warehouse Asset-Backed Debt

 

Bishop’s Gate Residential Mortgage Trust (“Bishop’s Gate”) is a consolidated bankruptcy remote special purpose entity that is utilized to warehouse mortgage loans originated by the Company prior to their sale into the secondary market. The activities of Bishop’s Gate are limited to (i) purchasing mortgage loans from the Company’s mortgage subsidiary, (ii) issuing commercial paper, senior term notes, subordinated certificates and/or borrowing under a liquidity agreement to effect such purchases, (iii) entering into interest rate swaps to hedge interest rate risk and certain non-credit-related market risk on the purchased mortgage loans, (iv) selling and securitizing the acquired mortgage loans to third parties and (v) engaging in certain related transactions. As of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Bishop’s Gate term notes (the “Bishop’s Gate Notes”) issued under the Base Indenture dated as of December 11, 1998 (the “Bishop’s Gate Indenture”) between The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee (the “Bishop’s Gate Trustee”) and Bishop’s Gate aggregated $400 million. The Bishop’s Gate Notes are variable-rate instruments and are scheduled to mature in November 2008. The weighted-average interest rate on the Bishop’s Gate Notes as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 5.7%. As of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Bishop’s Gate subordinated certificates (the “Bishop’s Gate Certificates”) aggregated $50 million. The Bishop’s Gate Certificates are primarily fixed-rate instruments and are scheduled to mature in May 2008. The weighted-average interest rate on the Bishop’s Gate Certificates as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 5.6%. As of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Bishop’s Gate commercial paper, issued under the Amended and Restated Liquidity Agreement, dated as of December 11, 1998, as further amended and restated as of December 2, 2003, among Bishop’s Gate, certain banks listed therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Agent (the “Bishop’s Gate Liquidity Agreement”), aggregated $688 million. The Bishop’s Gate commercial paper are fixed-rate instruments and mature within 90 days from issuance. The Bishop’s Gate Liquidity Agreement is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007. The weighted-average interest rate on the Bishop’s Gate commercial paper as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 5.3% and 5.4%, respectively. As of March 31, 2007, the debt issued by Bishop’s Gate was collateralized by approximately $1.2 billion of underlying mortgage loans and related assets, primarily recorded in Mortgage loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 

The Company also maintains a $750 million committed mortgage repurchase facility (the “Mortgage Repurchase Facility”) that is used to finance mortgage loans originated by PHH Mortgage, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary. The Mortgage Repurchase Facility is funded by a multi-seller conduit, and the Company generally uses it to supplement the capacity of Bishop’s Gate and unsecured borrowings used to fund the Company’s mortgage warehouse needs. As of March 31, 2007, borrowings under the Mortgage Repurchase Facility were $346 million and were collateralized by underlying mortgage loans and related assets of $382 million, primarily included in Mortgage loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2006, borrowings under this facility were $505 million. As of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, borrowings under this variable-rate facility bore interest at 5.4%. The Mortgage Repurchase Facility expires on October 29, 2007 and is renewable on an annual basis, subject to agreement by the parties. The assets collateralizing this facility are not available to pay the Company’s general obligations.

 

The Mortgage Venture maintains a $350 million repurchase facility (the “Mortgage Venture Repurchase Facility”) with Bank of Montreal and Barclays Bank PLC as Bank Principals and Fairway Finance Company, LLC and Sheffield Receivables Corporation as Conduit Principals. As of March 31, 2007, borrowings outstanding under the Mortgage Venture Repurchase Facility were $268 million and were collateralized by underlying mortgage loans and related assets of $337 million, primarily included in Mortgage loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2006, borrowings under this facility were $269 million. Borrowings under this variable-rate facility bore interest at 5.4% as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. The Mortgage Venture also pays an annual liquidity fee of 20 basis points (“bps”) on 102%

 

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of the program size. The maturity date for this facility is June 1, 2009, subject to annual renewals of certain underlying conduit liquidity arrangements.

 

The Mortgage Venture also maintains a $200 million secured line of credit agreement with Barclays Bank PLC, Bank of Montreal and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. that is used to finance mortgage loans originated by the Mortgage Venture. As of March 31, 2007, borrowings outstanding under this secured line of credit were $124 million and were collateralized by underlying mortgage loans and related assets of $128 million, primarily included in Mortgage loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2006, borrowings under this facility were $58 million. This variable-rate credit agreement bore interest at 6.2% as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. The expiration date of this facility is October 5, 2007.

 

As of March 31, 2007, the total capacity under mortgage warehouse asset-backed debt arrangements was approximately $2.8 billion, and the Company had approximately $878 million of unused capacity available.

 

Unsecured Debt

 

Term Notes

 

The outstanding carrying value of term notes as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consisted of $647 million and $646 million, respectively, of medium-term notes (“MTNs”) publicly issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2000 (as amended and supplemented, the “MTN Indenture”) by and between PHH and The Bank of New York, as successor trustee for Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (the “MTN Indenture Trustee”). As of March 31, 2007, the outstanding MTNs were scheduled to mature between June 2007 and April 2018. The effective rate of interest for the MTNs outstanding as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 6.8%.

 

Commercial Paper

 

The Company’s policy is to maintain available capacity under its committed credit facilities (described below) to fully support its outstanding unsecured commercial paper. The Company had unsecured commercial paper obligations of $618 million and $411 million as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. This commercial paper is fixed-rate and matures within 270 days of issuance. The weighted-average interest rate on outstanding unsecured commercial paper as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 5.7%.

 

Credit Facilities

 

The Company is party to the Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Amended Credit Facility”), dated as of January 6, 2006, among PHH Corporation, a group of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Facility were $467 million and $404 million as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The termination date of this $1.3 billion agreement is January 6, 2011. Pricing under the Amended Credit Facility is based upon the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings. If the ratings on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt assigned by Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings are not equivalent to each other, the second highest credit rating assigned by them determines pricing under the Amended Credit Facility. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Facility bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 38 bps as of December 31, 2006. The Amended Credit Facility also requires the Company to pay utilization fees if its usage exceeds 50% of the aggregate commitments under the Amended Credit Facility and per annum facility fees. As of December 31, 2006, the per annum utilization and facility fees were 10 bps and 12 bps, respectively.

 

On January 22, 2007, Standard & Poor’s downgraded its rating on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt to BBB-. As a result, the fees and interest rates on borrowings under the Amended Credit Facility increased.

 

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After the downgrade, borrowings under the Amended Credit Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 47.5 bps. In addition, the per annum utilization and facility fees increased to 12.5 bps and 15 bps, respectively. In the event that both of the Company’s second highest and lowest credit ratings are downgraded in the future, the margin over LIBOR and the facility fee under the Amended Credit Facility would become 70 bps and 17.5 bps, respectively, while the utilization fee would remain 12.5 bps.

 

The Company also maintains an unsecured revolving credit agreement (the “Supplemental Credit Facility”) with a group of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. Borrowings under the Supplemental Credit Facility were $200 million as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. Pricing under the Supplemental Credit Facility is based upon the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings. As of December 31, 2006, borrowings under the Supplemental Credit Facility bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 38 bps. The Supplemental Credit Facility also required the Company to pay per annum utilization fees if its usage exceeded 50% of the aggregate commitments under the Supplemental Credit Facility and per annum facility fees. As of December 31, 2006, the per annum utilization and facility fees were 10 bps and 12 bps, respectively. The Company was also required to pay an additional facility fee of 10 bps against the outstanding commitments under the facility as of October 6, 2006. After Standard & Poor’s downgraded its rating on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt on January 22, 2007, borrowings under the Supplemental Credit Facility bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 47.5 bps and the utilization and facility fees were increased to 12.5 bps and 15 bps, respectively.

 

On February 22, 2007, the Supplemental Credit Facility was amended to extend its expiration date to December 15, 2007, reduce the total commitment to $200 million and modify the fees and interest rate paid on outstanding borrowings. After this amendment, pricing under the Supplemental Credit Facility is based upon the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s. If those ratings are not equivalent to each other, the higher credit rating assigned by them determines pricing under the agreement, unless there is more than one rating level difference between the two ratings, in which case the rating one level below the higher rating is applied. As a result of this amendment, borrowings under the Supplemental Credit Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 82.5 bps and the per annum facility fee increased to 17.5 bps. The amendment eliminated the per annum utilization fee under the Supplemental Credit Facility. In the event that both of the Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s ratings are downgraded in the future, the margin over LIBOR and the per annum facility fee under the Supplemental Credit Facility would become 127.5 bps and 22.5 bps, respectively.

 

The Company is party to an unsecured credit agreement with a group of lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, that provided capacity solely for the repayment of the MTNs that occurred during the third quarter of 2006 (the “Tender Support Facility”). Borrowings under the Tender Support Facility were $415 million as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. Pricing under the Tender Support Facility is based upon the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt ratings assigned by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s. If those ratings are not equivalent to each other, the higher credit rating assigned by them determines pricing under this agreement, unless there is more than one rating level difference between the two ratings, in which case the rating one level below the higher rating is applied. As of December 31, 2006, borrowings under this agreement bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 75 bps. The Tender Support Facility also required the Company to pay an initial fee of 10 bps of the commitment and a per annum commitment fee of 12 bps as of December 31, 2006. In addition, during 2006, the Company paid a one-time fee of 15 bps against borrowings of $415 million drawn under the Tender Support Facility. After Standard & Poor’s downgraded its rating on the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt on January 22, 2007, borrowings under the Tender Support Facility bore interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 100 bps and the per annum commitment fee was increased to 17.5 bps. On February 22, 2007, the Tender Support Facility was amended to extend its expiration date to December 15, 2007, reduce the total commitment to $415 million, modify the interest rates to be paid on the Company’s outstanding borrowings based on certain of its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings and eliminate the per annum commitment fee. As of March 31, 2007, borrowings under the Tender Support Facility continued to bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 100 bps. In the event that both of the Moody’s Investors

 

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Service and Standard & Poor’s ratings are downgraded in the future, the margin over LIBOR under the Tender Support Facility would become 150 bps.

 

The Company maintains other unsecured credit facilities in the ordinary course of business as set forth in “Debt Maturities” below.

 

Debt Maturities

 

The following table provides the contractual maturities of the Company’s indebtedness at March 31, 2007 except for the Company’s vehicle management asset-backed notes, where estimated payments have been used assuming the underlying agreements were not renewed (the indentures related to vehicle management asset-backed notes require principal payments based on cash inflows relating to the securitized vehicle leases and related assets if the indentures are not renewed on or before the Scheduled Expiry Dates):

 

 

As of March 31, 2007, available funding under the Company’s asset-backed debt arrangements and unsecured committed credit facilities consisted of:

 

 

 

 

Beginning on March 16, 2006, access to the Company’s shelf registration statement for public debt issuances was no longer available due to the Company’s non-current filing status with the SEC. The Company’s shelf registration statement will continue to be unavailable for twelve months after the date on which it becomes current and remains current in its filing status.

 

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Debt Covenants

 

Certain of the Company’s debt arrangements require the maintenance of certain financial ratios and contain restrictive covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on indebtedness of material subsidiaries, mergers, liens, liquidations and sale and leaseback transactions. The Amended Credit Facility, the Supplemental Credit Facility and the Tender Support Facility require that the Company maintain: (i) on the last day of each fiscal quarter, net worth of $1.0 billion plus 25% of net income, if positive, for each fiscal quarter ended after December 31, 2004 and (ii) at any time, a ratio of indebtedness to tangible net worth no greater than 10:1. The MTN Indenture requires that the Company maintain a debt to tangible equity ratio of not more than 10:1. The MTN Indenture also restricts the Company from paying dividends if, after giving effect to the dividend payment, the debt to equity ratio exceeds 6.5:1. At March 31, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants related to its debt arrangements, except that it did not deliver its financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and the year ended December 31, 2006 to the MTN Indenture Trustee on or before December 31, 2006 and March 16, 2007, respectively, pursuant to the terms of Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to the MTN Indenture. The Company did not receive a notice of default and subsequently delivered these financial statements on or before May 24, 2007.

 

Under many of the Company’s financing, servicing, hedging and related agreements and instruments (collectively, the “Financing Agreements”), the Company is required to provide consolidated and/or subsidiary-level audited annual financial statements, unaudited quarterly financial statements and related documents. The delay in completing the 2005 audited financial statements, the restatement of financial results for periods prior to the quarter ended December 31, 2005 and the delays in completing the unaudited quarterly financial statements for 2006, the 2006 audited annual financial statements and the unaudited quarterly financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 created the potential for breaches under certain of the Financing Agreements for failure to deliver the financial statements and/or documents by specified deadlines, as well as potential breaches of other covenants.

 

During 2006, the Company obtained waivers under the Amended Credit Facility, the Supplemental Credit Facility, the Tender Support Facility, the Mortgage Repurchase Facility, the financing agreements for Chesapeake and Bishop’s Gate and other agreements which waived certain potential breaches of covenants under those instruments and extended the deadlines (the “Extended Deadlines”) for the delivery of its financial statements and related documents to the various lenders under those instruments. The Extended Deadline for the delivery of the Company’s financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 is June 29, 2007.

 

Under certain of the Financing Agreements, the lenders or trustees have the right to notify the Company if they believe it has breached a covenant under the operative documents and may declare an event of default. If one or more notices of default were to be given with respect to the delivery of the Company’s financial statements, the Company believes it would have various periods in which to cure such events of default. If it does not cure the events of default or obtain necessary waivers within the required time periods or certain extended time periods, the maturity of some of its debt could be accelerated and its ability to incur additional indebtedness could be restricted. In addition, events of default or acceleration under certain of the Company’s Financing Agreements would trigger cross-default provisions under certain of its other Financing Agreements.

 

The Company may require additional waivers in the future if it is unable to meet the deadlines for the delivery of its financial statements. If the Company is not able to deliver its financial statements by the deadlines, it intends to negotiate with the lenders and trustees to the Financing Agreements to obtain additional waivers. If the Company is unable to obtain additional waivers and financial statements are not delivered timely, the lenders have the right to demand payment of amounts due under the Financing Agreements either immediately or after a specified grace period. In addition, because of cross-default provisions, amounts owed under other borrowing arrangements may become due or, in the case of asset-backed debt arrangements, new borrowings may be precluded. Since repayments are required on asset-backed debt arrangements as cash inflows are received relating to the securitized assets, new borrowings are necessary for the Company to continue normal operations.

 

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The Company obtained certain waivers and may need to seek additional waivers extending the date for the delivery of the financial statements of its subsidiaries and other documents related to such financial statements to certain regulators, investors in mortgage loans and other third parties in order to satisfy state mortgage licensing regulations and certain contractual requirements. The Company will continue to seek similar waivers as may be necessary in the future.

 

There can be no assurance that any additional waivers will be received on a timely basis, if at all, or that any waivers obtained will be obtained on reasonable terms or will extend for a sufficient period of time to avoid an acceleration event, an event of default or other restrictions on its business operations. The failure to obtain such waivers could have a material and adverse effect on the Company’s business, liquidity and financial condition.

 

 

The Company records its interim income tax provisions by applying a projected full-year effective income tax rate to its quarterly Income before income taxes and minority interest for results that it deems to be reliably estimable in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 18, “Accounting for Income Taxes in Interim Periods.” Certain results dependent on fair value adjustments of the Company’s Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing segments are considered not to be reliably estimable and therefore the Company records discrete year-to-date income tax provisions on those results.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Provision for income taxes was $18 million and was significantly impacted by a $4 million increase in valuation allowances for state net operating losses generated during the three months ended March 31, 2007 for which the Company believes it is more likely than not that the net operating losses will not be realized and a $1 million increase in liabilities for income tax contingencies. There was a significant change in the 2007 state income tax effective rate in comparison to 2006 due to significant changes from year-to-year in the Company’s year-to-date and projected full-year income from its operations by entity and state income tax jurisdiction.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Provision for income taxes was $13 million and was significantly impacted by a $15 million increase in liabilities for income tax contingencies and a $1 million increase in valuation allowances for state net operating losses generated during the three months ended March 31, 2006 for which the Company believed it was more likely than not that the net operating losses would not be realized.

 

 

Tax Contingencies

 

In connection with the Spin-Off, the Company and Cendant entered into a tax sharing agreement dated January 31, 2005, which was amended on December 21, 2005 (the “Amended Tax Sharing Agreement”). The Amended Tax Sharing Agreement governs the allocation of liabilities for taxes between Cendant and the Company, indemnification for certain tax liabilities and responsibility for preparing and filing tax returns and defending tax contests, as well as other tax-related matters. The Amended Tax Sharing Agreement contains certain provisions relating to the treatment of the ultimate settlement of Cendant tax contingencies that relate to audit adjustments due to taxing authorities’ review of income tax returns. The Company’s tax basis in certain assets may be adjusted in the future, and the Company may be required to remit tax benefits ultimately realized by the Company to Cendant in certain circumstances. Certain of the effects of future adjustments relating to years the Company was included in Cendant’s income tax returns that change the tax basis of assets, liabilities and net operating loss and tax credit carryforward amounts may be recorded in equity rather than as an adjustment to the tax provision.

 

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Also, pursuant to the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement, the Company and Cendant have agreed to indemnify each other for certain liabilities and obligations. The Company’s indemnification obligations could be significant in certain circumstances. For example, the Company is required to indemnify Cendant for any taxes incurred by it and its affiliates as a result of any action, misrepresentation or omission by the Company or its affiliates that causes the distribution of the Company’s Common stock by Cendant or the internal reorganization transactions relating thereto to fail to qualify as tax-free. In the event that the Spin-Off or the internal reorganization transactions relating thereto do not qualify as tax-free for any reason other than the actions, misrepresentations or omissions of Cendant or the Company or its respective subsidiaries, then the Company would be responsible for 13.7% of any taxes resulting from such a determination. This percentage was based on the relative pro forma net book values of Cendant and the Company as of September 30, 2004, without giving effect to any adjustments to the book values of certain long-lived assets that may be required as a result of the Spin-Off and the related transactions. The Company cannot determine whether it will have to indemnify Cendant or its affiliates for any substantial obligations in the future. The Company also has no assurance that if Cendant or any of its affiliates is required to indemnify the Company for any substantial obligations, they will be able to satisfy those obligations.

 

Cendant disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Cendant 2006 Form 10-K”) (filed on March 1, 2007 under Avis Budget Group, Inc.) that it and its subsidiaries are the subject of an IRS audit for the tax years ended December 31, 2003 through 2006. The Company, since it was a subsidiary of Cendant through January 31, 2005, is included in this IRS audit of Cendant. Under certain provisions of the IRS regulations, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to several liability to the IRS (together with Cendant and certain of its affiliates (the “Cendant Group”) prior to the Spin-Off) for any consolidated federal income tax liability of the Cendant Group arising in a taxable year during any part of which they were members of the Cendant Group. Cendant also disclosed in the Cendant 2006 Form 10-K that it settled the IRS audit for the taxable years 1998 through 2002 that included the Company. As provided in the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement, Cendant is responsible for and required to pay to the IRS all taxes required to be reported on the consolidated federal returns for taxable periods ended on or before January 31, 2005. Pursuant to the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement, Cendant is solely responsible for separate state taxes on a significant number of the Company’s income tax returns for years 2003 and prior. In addition, Cendant is solely responsible for paying tax deficiencies arising from adjustments to the Company’s federal income tax returns and for the Company’s state and local income tax returns filed on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis with Cendant for taxable periods ended on or before the Spin-Off, except for those taxes which might be attributable to the Spin-Off or internal reorganization transactions relating thereto, as more fully discussed above. The Company will be solely responsible for any tax deficiencies arising from adjustments to separate state and local income tax returns for taxable periods ending after 2003 and for adjustments to federal and all state and local income tax returns for periods after the Spin-Off.

 

Legal Contingencies

 

The Company is party to various claims and legal proceedings from time-to-time related to contract disputes and other commercial, employment and tax matters. Except as disclosed below, the Company is not aware of any legal proceedings that it believes could have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

In March and April 2006, several purported class actions were filed against the Company, its Chief Executive Officer and its former Chief Financial Officer in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs seek to represent an alleged class consisting of all persons (other than the Company’s officers and Directors and their affiliates) who purchased the Company’s Common stock during certain time periods beginning March 15, 2005 in one case and May 12, 2005 in the other cases and ending March 1, 2006. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. Additionally, two derivative actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, its former Chief Financial Officer and each member of its Board of Directors. Both of these derivative actions have since been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs.

 

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Following the announcement of the Merger in March 2007, two purported class actions were filed against the Company and each member of its Board of Directors in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland (the “Court”); the first of these actions also named GE and Blackstone. The plaintiffs seek to represent an alleged class consisting of all persons (other than the Company’s officers and Directors and their affiliates) holding the Company’s Common stock. In support of their request for injunctive and other relief, the plaintiffs allege that the members of the Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to maximize stockholder value in approving the Merger Agreement. On April 5, 2007, the defendants moved to dismiss the first filed complaint. On April 10, 2007, the claims against Blackstone were dismissed without prejudice. On May 11, 2007, the Court consolidated the two cases into one action and made the first filed complaint the operative one. The defendants’ motion to dismiss the consolidated action is still pending.

 

Due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, and because these actions are at a preliminary stage, the Company cannot accurately predict the ultimate outcome of these matters at this time. The Company cannot make an estimate of the possible loss or range of loss at this time. The Company intends to respond appropriately in defending against the alleged claims in each of these matters. The ultimate resolution of these matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Loan Servicing Portfolio

 

The Company sells a majority of its loans on a non-recourse basis. The Company also provides representations and warranties to purchasers and insurers of the loans sold. In the event of a breach of these representations and warranties, the Company may be required to repurchase a mortgage loan or indemnify the purchaser, and any subsequent loss on the mortgage loan may be borne by the Company. If there is no breach of a representation and warranty provision, the Company has no obligation to repurchase the loan or indemnify the investor against loss. The Company’s owned servicing portfolio represents the maximum potential exposure related to representations and warranty provisions.

 

Conforming conventional loans serviced by the Company are securitized through Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) programs. Such servicing is performed on a non-recourse basis, whereby foreclosure losses are generally the responsibility of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The government loans serviced by the Company are generally securitized through Government National Mortgage Association programs. These government loans are either insured against loss by the Federal Housing Administration or partially guaranteed against loss by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Additionally, jumbo mortgage loans are serviced for various investors on a non-recourse basis.

 

While the majority of the mortgage loans serviced by the Company were sold without recourse, the Company has a program in which it provides credit enhancement for a limited period of time to the purchasers of mortgage loans by retaining a portion of the credit risk. The retained credit risk, which represents the unpaid principal balance of the loans, was $2.7 billion as of March 31, 2007. In addition, the outstanding balance of loans sold with recourse by the Company was $571 million as of March 31, 2007.

 

As of March 31, 2007, the Company had a liability of $27 million, recorded in Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, for probable losses related to the Company’s loan servicing portfolio.

 

Mortgage Reinsurance

 

Through the Company’s wholly owned mortgage reinsurance subsidiary, Atrium Insurance Corporation, the Company has entered into contracts with several primary mortgage insurance companies to provide mortgage reinsurance on certain mortgage loans in the Company’s loan servicing portfolio. Through these contracts, the Company is exposed to losses on mortgage loans pooled by year of origination. Loss rates on these pools are determined based on the unpaid principal balance of the underlying loans. The Company indemnifies the primary

 

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mortgage insurers for loss rates that fall between a stated minimum and maximum. In return for absorbing this loss exposure, the Company is contractually entitled to a portion of the insurance premium from the primary mortgage insurers. As of March 31, 2007, the Company provided such mortgage reinsurance for approximately $18.5 billion of mortgage loans in its servicing portfolio. As stated above, the Company’s contracts with the primary mortgage insurers limit its maximum potential exposure to reinsurance losses, which was $697 million as of March 31, 2007. The Company is required to hold securities in trust related to this potential obligation, which were included in Restricted cash in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2007. As of March 31, 2007, a liability of $19 million was recorded in Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for estimated losses associated with the Company’s mortgage reinsurance activities.

 

Loan Funding Commitments

 

As of March 31, 2007, the Company had commitments to fund mortgage loans with agreed-upon rates or rate protection amounting to $5.3 billion. Additionally, as of March 31, 2007, the Company had commitments to fund open home equity lines of credit of $3.1 billion and construction loans of $44 million.

 

Forward Delivery Commitments

 

Commitments to sell loans generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require the payment of a fee. The Company may settle the forward delivery commitments on a net basis; therefore, the commitments outstanding do not necessarily represent future cash obligations. The Company’s $4.6 billion of forward delivery commitments as of March 31, 2007 generally will be settled within 90 days of the individual commitment date.

 

Indemnification of Cendant

 

In connection with the Spin-Off, the Company entered into a separation agreement with Cendant (the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which, the Company has agreed to indemnify Cendant for any losses (other than losses relating to taxes, indemnification for which is provided in the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement) that any party seeks to impose upon Cendant or its affiliates that relate to, arise or result from: (i) any of the Company’s liabilities, including, among other things: (a) all liabilities reflected in the Company’s pro forma balance sheet as of September 30, 2004 or that would be, or should have been, reflected in such balance sheet, (b) all liabilities relating to the Company’s business whether before or after the date of the Spin-Off, (c) all liabilities that relate to, or arise from any performance guaranty of Avis Group Holdings, Inc. in connection with indebtedness issued by Chesapeake Funding LLC (which changed its name to Chesapeake Finance Holdings LLC effective March 7, 2006), (d) any liabilities relating to the Company’s or its affiliates’ employees and (e) all liabilities that are expressly allocated to the Company or its affiliates, or which are not specifically assumed by Cendant or any of its affiliates, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement or a transition services agreement the Company entered into in connection with the Spin-Off (the “Transition Services Agreement”); (ii) any breach by the Company or its affiliates of the Separation Agreement, the Amended Tax Sharing Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement and (iii) any liabilities relating to information in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 18, 2005, the information statement filed by the Company as an exhibit to its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2005 (the “January 19, 2005 Form 8-K”) or the investor presentation filed as an exhibit to the January 19, 2005 Form 8-K, other than portions thereof provided by Cendant.

 

There are no specific limitations on the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under this indemnification, nor is the Company able to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under this indemnification, if any, as the triggering events are not subject to predictability.

 

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Guarantees

 

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into numerous agreements that contain standard guarantees and indemnities whereby the Company indemnifies another party for breaches of representations and warranties. Such guarantees or indemnifications are granted under various agreements, including those governing leases of real estate, access to credit facilities, use of derivatives and issuances of debt or equity securities. The guarantees or indemnifications issued are for the benefit of the buyers in sale agreements and sellers in purchase agreements, landlords in lease contracts, financial institutions in credit facility arrangements and derivative contracts and underwriters in debt or equity security issuances. While some of these guarantees extend only for the duration of the underlying agreement, many survive the expiration of the term of the agreement or extend into perpetuity (unless subject to a legal statute of limitations). There are no specific limitations on the maximum potential amount of future payments that the Company could be required to make under these guarantees, and the Company is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments to be made under these guarantees, if any, as the triggering events are not subject to predictability. With respect to certain of the aforementioned guarantees, such as indemnifications of landlords against third-party claims for the use of real estate property leased by the Company, the Company maintains insurance coverage that mitigates any potential payments to be made.

 

 

On March 19, 2007, the Company received notice from the NYSE that it would be subject to the procedures specified in Section 802.01E, “SEC Annual Report Timely Filing Criteria,” of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual as a result of not meeting the deadline for filing its 2006 Form 10-K. Section 802.01E of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual provides, among other things, that the NYSE will monitor the Company and the filing status of its 2006 Form 10-K. In addition, the Company concluded that it did not satisfy the requirements of Section 203.01 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual as a result of the delay in filing its 2006 Form 10-K. The Company filed its 2006 Form 10-K with the SEC on May 24, 2007.

 

 

The components of comprehensive income (loss) are summarized as follows:

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The after-tax components of Accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows:

 

 

All components of Accumulated other comprehensive income presented above are net of income taxes except for currency translation adjustments, which exclude income taxes related to essentially permanent investments in foreign subsidiaries.

 

 

The Company conducts its operations through three business segments: Mortgage Production, Mortgage Servicing and Fleet Management Services. Certain income and expenses not allocated to the three reportable segments and intersegment eliminations are reported under the heading Other.

 

The Company’s management evaluates the operating results of each of its reportable segments based upon Net revenues and segment profit or loss, which is presented as the income or loss before income tax provisions and after Minority interest in loss of consolidated entities, net of income taxes. The Mortgage Production segment profit or loss excludes Realogy’s minority interest in the profits and losses of the Mortgage Venture.

 

The Company’s segment results were as follows:

 

 

 

 

		Three Months
		Ended March 31,
		2007				2006
		(In millions)
Income before income taxes and minority interest		$	33			$	1
Minority interest in loss of consolidated entities, net of income taxes			—				(1	)
Segment profit		$	33			$	2

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
(Unaudited)

 

On April 10, 2007, Realogy became a wholly owned subsidiary of Domus Holdings Corp., an affiliate of Apollo Management VI, L.P., following the completion of a merger and related transactions.

 

Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “PHH,” “we,” “our” or “us” means PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries. This Item 2 should be read in conjunction with the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 (the “Form 10-Q”) and “Item 1. Business,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (our“2006 Form 10-K”). Our review and evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting concluded that we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007. For additional information regarding material weaknesses, see “Item 4. Controls and Procedures.”

 

Overview

 

We are a leading outsource provider of mortgage and fleet management services. We conduct our business through three operating segments, a Mortgage Production segment, a Mortgage Servicing segment and a Fleet Management Services segment. Our Mortgage Production segment originates, purchases and sells mortgage loans through PHH Mortgage Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, “PHH Mortgage”) which includes PHH Home Loans, LLC and its subsidiaries (collectively, “PHH Home Loans” or the “Mortgage Venture”). PHH Home Loans is a mortgage venture that we maintain with Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”). Our Mortgage Production segment generated 12% of our Net revenues for the first quarter of 2007. Our Mortgage Servicing segment services mortgage loans that either PHH Mortgage or PHH Home Loans originated. Our Mortgage Servicing segment also purchases mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) and acts as a subservicer for certain clients that own the underlying MSRs. Our Mortgage Servicing segment generated 13% of our Net revenues for the first quarter of 2007. Our Fleet Management Services segment provides commercial fleet management services to corporate clients and government agencies throughout the United States (“U.S.”) and Canada through PHH Vehicle Management Services Group LLC (“PHH Arval”). Our Fleet Management Services segment generated 75% of our Net revenues for the first quarter of 2007.

 

On March 15, 2007, we entered into a definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Jade Merger Sub, Inc. to be acquired (the “Merger”). In conjunction with the Merger, GE entered into an agreement to sell our mortgage operations to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group (“Blackstone”), a global investment and advisory firm. The Merger is subject to approval by our stockholders and state licensing and other regulatory approvals, as well as various other closing conditions. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at closing, our stockholders will receive $31.50 per share in cash and shares of our Common stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. See Note 2, “Proposed Merger” in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q for more information.

 

Mortgage Industry Trends

 

The aggregate demand for mortgage loans in the U.S. is a primary driver of the Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing segments’ operating results. The demand for mortgage loans is affected by external factors including prevailing mortgage rates and the strength of the U.S. housing market. The long-term outlook for the mortgage industry remains strong with increasing levels of mortgage debt outstanding and home ownership driving the expected growth. However, in the near term, we expect the industry to continue to experience a downturn evidenced by increasing mortgage loan delinquencies and reduced origination levels. Lower origination volume, ongoing pricing pressures and a flat yield curve negatively impacted the results of operations of our Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing segments throughout 2006. As of May 2007, the Federal National Mortgage Association’s Economic and Mortgage Market Developments estimated that industry originations during 2006 were $2.8 trillion and forecasted a decline in industry originations during 2007 of approximately 5% from estimated 2006 levels, due to an 11% expected decline in purchase originations partially offset by a 3% expected increase in refinance originations.

 

Volatility in interest rates may have a significant impact on our Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing

segments, including a negative impact on origination volumes and the value of our MSRs and related hedges. Volatility in interest rates may also result in changes in the shape or slope of the yield curve, which is a key factor in our MSR valuation model and the effectiveness of our hedging strategy. Furthermore, recent developments in the industry have resulted in more restrictive credit standards that may negatively impact home affordability and the demand for housing and related origination volumes for the mortgage industry. Many subprime origination companies have entered bankruptcy proceedings, shut down or severely curtailed their lending activities. Industry-wide mortgage loan delinquency rates have increased and may continue to increase over last year’s levels. With more restrictive credit standards, borrowers, particularly subprime borrowers, are less able to purchase a home. We expect that refinance activity over the next several quarters will be bolstered by the volume of adjustable-rate mortgages originated over the last five years nearing their interest-rate-reset dates creating an incentive for borrowers to refinance. However, based on home sale trends in early 2007, we expect that home sale volumes and purchase originations will decrease or remain flat during the remainder of 2007 and perhaps longer. (See “Item 1A. Risk Factors — Risks Related to our Business — Recent developments in the subprime mortgage market may negatively affect the mortgage loan origination volumes and profitability of mortgage loan products that we offer in our Mortgage Production segment.” in our 2006 Form 10-K for more information.)

 

As a result of these factors, we expect that the mortgage industry will remain increasingly competitive throughout the remainder of 2007 as excess origination capacity and lower origination volumes put pressure on production margins and ultimately result in further industry consolidation. We intend to take advantage of this environment by leveraging our existing mortgage origination services platform to enter into new outsourcing relationships as more companies determine that it is no longer economically feasible to compete in the industry, however, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in this effort whether as a result of uncertainties regarding the proposed Merger or otherwise. During the year ended December 31, 2006 and the first quarter of 2007, we sought to reduce costs in our Mortgage Production and Mortgage Servicing segments to better align our resources and expenses with anticipated mortgage origination volumes. These cost-reduction initiatives favorably impacted our pre-tax results for the first quarter of 2007 by $8 million, and we expect that they will favorably impact our pre-tax results for the remainder of 2007 by approximately $32 million. (See “Item 1A. Risk Factors — Risks Related to our Business — Downward trends in the real estate market could adversely impact our business, profitability or results of operations.” in our 2006 Form 10-K for more information.)

 

Fleet Market Trends

 

The market size for the U.S. commercial fleet management services market has displayed little or no growth over the last several years as reported by the Automotive Fleet 2006, 2005 and 2004 Fact Books. Growth in our Fleet Management Services segment is driven principally by increased market share in the large fleet (greater than 500 units) and national fleet (75 to 500 units) markets and increased fee-based services, which growth we anticipate will be negatively impacted during the remainder of 2007 by the proposed Merger.

 

Results of Operations — First Quarter 2007 vs. First Quarter 2006

 

Consolidated Results

 

Our consolidated results of operations for the first quarters of 2007 and 2006 were comprised of the following: