Going Concern

The Company is facing certain challenges and uncertainties that could have significant adverse effects on its business, liquidity and financing activities. The Company may be adversely impacted by the following factors, among others: failure to maintain sufficient liquidity to operate its servicing and lending businesses due to the inability to renew, replace or extend its advance financing or warehouse facilities on favorable terms, or at all; failure to comply with covenants contained in its debt agreements or obtain any necessary waivers or amendments; failure to resolve its obligation with respect to the remaining mandatory clean-up calls; and failure to successfully restructure its corporate debt.

As disclosed in Note 9, the Company uses and relies upon short-term borrowing facilities to fund its servicing, originations and reverse mortgage operating businesses. As a result of continued losses, the need for additional waivers and/or amendments, including those required as a result of or in connection with the restatement discussed in Note 1, and the passage of time since the Company first announced its debt restructuring initiative, certain of the Company’s lenders have effected reductions in its advance rates and/or have required other changes to the terms of such facilities, which has negatively impacted the Company’s available liquidity and capital resources. Each of these facilities is typically subject to renewal each year. Borrowing capacity on the various facilities is dependent upon maintaining compliance with the representations, terms, conditions and covenants of the respective agreements. The Company intends to renew, replace, or expand its facilities consistent with its past practices and may seek waivers or amendments in the future, if necessary. The Company is in negotiations with current and prospective lenders regarding expanded financing capacity for its reverse loan repurchases and/or replacement financing capacity for its originations business in the event the Company experiences a material reduction in the financing capacity available to it under its existing borrowing facilities or otherwise requires additional financing capacity to support its businesses and obligations. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in maintaining adequate financing capacity with its current or prospective lenders.

The Company continues to focus on its debt restructuring initiative to seek to improve its capital structure through the restructuring of its corporate debt and continues to incur significant expense in connection therewith.

On July 31, 2017, the Company entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement with lenders holding, as of July 31, 2017, more than 50% of the loans and/or commitments outstanding under the 2013 Credit Agreement. As set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement, the parties thereto have agreed to, among other things, the principal terms of a proposed financial restructuring of the Company, which will be implemented through an out-of-court restructuring and, in the absence of sufficient stakeholder support for an out-of-court restructuring, a prepackaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Restructuring Support Agreement contains a number of conditions and milestones, including reaching an agreement with the holders of at least 66⅔% aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes to a restructuring support agreement consistent with the terms specified in the Restructuring Support Agreement. The Company and its debt restructuring advisors intend to continue to negotiate with the financial and legal advisors to ad hoc groups of holders of the Senior Notes and the lenders under the 2013 Credit Agreement as the Company seeks to obtain sufficient stakeholder support for a comprehensive de-leveraging transaction.

Pursuant to the terms of the Restructuring Support Agreement, on the dates specified in the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Company is obligated to purchase at par (or in certain limited circumstances, voluntarily prepay) the term loans of the lenders who become party to the Restructuring Support Agreement in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million. On July 31, 2017, the Company entered into a third amendment to the 2013 Credit Agreement pursuant to which the 2013 Credit Agreement was amended to, among other things, require that upon receipt by the Company or certain of its subsidiaries of the gross proceeds of any disposition of certain Bulk MSR by the Company or such subsidiaries, the Company shall make a prepayment of the term loans in an amount equal to 80% of such gross proceeds; provided that, to the extent as of the earlier of 120 days following the effective date (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement) and February 15, 2018 the aggregate principal amount of term loans prepaid as a result of such prepayments is less than $100 million, the Company shall be required to prepay as of such date the term loans in an amount equal to $100 million minus the amount of proceeds of such dispositions of Bulk MSR previously applied to prepay the term loans after the date of the third amendment to the 2013 Credit Agreement pursuant to such mandatory prepayment. The Third Amendment also requires mandatory prepayments of the term loans in an amount equal to (i) 80% of the net sale proceeds of non-ordinary course asset sales and dispositions of certain Bulk MSR and (ii) 100% of the net sale proceeds of certain non-core assets, in each case, received by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries.

As discussed previously, the Company is subject to various financial and other covenants under its existing debt agreements, many of which contain cross default provisions such that if a default occurs under any one agreement, the lenders under certain of the Company’s other debt agreements could declare a default. The lenders can waive their contractual rights in the event of a default. In connection with the financial statement restatement discussed in Note 1 and the circumstances impacting the Company's ability to continue as a going concern included in this disclosure, the Company received waivers and/or amendments under its warehouse and advance financing facilities, the 2013 Credit Agreement and the Senior Notes Indenture to the extent necessary to waive any default, event of default, amortization event, termination event or similar event resulting or arising from the restatement discussed in Note 1 and the going concern matters discussed herein.

The Company is not currently in compliance with, and may be unable to regain and/or maintain compliance with, certain continued listing standards of the NYSE. If the Company is unable to cure any event of noncompliance with any continued listing standard of the NYSE within the applicable timeframe and other parameters set forth by the NYSE, or if the Company fails to maintain compliance with certain continued listing standards that do not provide for a cure period, it will result in the delisting of the Company’s common stock from the NYSE, which could negatively impact the trading price, trading volume and liquidity of, and have other material adverse effects on, the Company’s common stock. If the Company’s common stock is delisted from the NYSE, this could also have negative implications on the Company’s business relationships under the Company’s material agreements with lenders and other counterparties. If the Company’s common stock is delisted from the NYSE, it would constitute a fundamental change as that term is defined under the terms of the Convertible Notes, and require, among other things, that the Company take steps to make an offer to repay the Convertible Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Company currently is not permitted to repurchase the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of certain of its debt facilities and agreements. If the Company is delisted and is not able to satisfy this obligation, it would constitute an event of default under the indenture governing the Convertible Notes. In such event, the trustee or the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Convertible Notes will have the right to accelerate such indebtedness.

The Company’s subsidiaries are parties to seller/servicer agreements with, and/or subject to the guidelines and regulations of (collectively, the seller/servicer obligations), the GSEs and various government agencies, including HUD, FHA, VA and Ginnie Mae. These seller/servicer obligations include financial covenants and other requirements as defined by the applicable agency. To the extent that these seller/servicer obligations are not met, the applicable GSE or government agency may, at its option, take action to implement one or more of a variety of remedies including, without limitation, requiring certain Company subsidiaries to deposit funds as security for one or more of such subsidiaries’ obligations to the GSEs or government agencies, imposing sanctions on one or more of such subsidiaries, which could include monetary fines or penalties, forcing one or more subsidiaries to transfer servicing on all or a portion of the mortgage loans such subsidiary services for the applicable GSE or government agency, and/or suspending or terminating the approved seller/servicer status of one or more subsidiaries, which could prohibit or severely limit the ability of one or more subsidiaries to originate, service and/or securitize mortgage loans for the applicable GSE or agency. To date, none of the GSEs or government agencies with which the Company and its subsidiaries do business has communicated any material sanction, suspension or prohibition that would materially adversely affect the Company’s business; however, the GSEs and certain of such government agencies have required frequent reporting regarding the financial status of the Company, including preliminary financial results and the availability to the Company of financing capacity under its existing borrowing facilities. The GSEs and certain of such government agencies have also requested frequent telephonic updates with senior Company management regarding the status of the Company’s debt restructuring initiative and other matters. The Company’s subservicing agreements also contain requirements regarding servicing practices and other matters, and a failure to comply with these requirements could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business and liquidity.

As disclosed in Note 12, the Company is obligated to exercise the mandatory clean-up call obligations assumed as part of an agreement to acquire the rights to service the loans in the Non-Residual Trusts. Additionally, as part of its Reverse Mortgage segment, the Company is obligated to purchase loans out of Ginnie Mae securitization pools under certain circumstances.

To address the challenges and uncertainties set forth above, the Company is proactively engaged with its lenders and other counterparties as follows:

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Prior to the issuance of the restated consolidated financial statements discussed in Note 1, the Company entered into amendments and/or obtained waivers from each lender, to the extent necessary, to waive any default, event of default, amortization event, termination event or similar event resulting or arising from the restatement discussed in Note 1 or the substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern described in this Note 2, and/or to allow for compliance with profitability covenants at the Ditech level;


•	As a result of the above waivers and/or amendments, no known events of default exist, and amounts due under the Company's outstanding material debt and financing agreements have not been accelerated;

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While the Company believes that the debt facilities it relies on to support ongoing operations remain renewable in the ordinary course of business, the Company is seeking additional, or expansion of existing facilities to provide adequate financing capacity for new loan originations should existing facilities not be renewed at their maturity date. The Company may also consider temporary volume reductions within the business lending channel of the originations business, if necessary;

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The Company is seeking additional, or expansion of existing, master repurchase or similar agreements for continued growth of the required reverse loan repurchases. As part of this effort, in August 2017, RMS has entered into an amendment that increases the size of an existing credit facility by $100.0 million on a committed basis. The facility expires in May 2018. Additionally, in the future, the Company may seek to access the securitization market, if such market is available to the Company, to provide adequate financing capacity for continued growth in the number and amount of required reverse loan repurchases;


•	The Company is in the process of negotiating a term sheet with a counterparty to resolve its obligations with respect to the remaining mandatory clean-up calls. The negotiated resolution is expected to cover all mandatory calls starting in the fourth quarter of 2017;


•	The Company has been in contact with the NYSE and is working to regain compliance with NYSE continued listing requirements, including, among other things, by restructuring its corporate debt. The Company continues to monitor other listing standards. No assurance can be given that the Company’s common stock will not be delisted from the NYSE; and

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The Company continues to engage in communications with key stakeholders, including the GSEs, Ginnie Mae, HUD, regulators and government agencies in connection with the restatement discussed in Note 1, the status of the Company’s debt restructuring initiative, and the uncertainties regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as identified above. To date, none of these key stakeholders have communicated any material sanctions, suspensions or prohibitions.

The above factors have been taken into account in assessing the Company’s liquidity and ability to meet its obligations for the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. Based on this assessment, management has concluded that while there can be no assurance that the Company’s recent and future actions will be successful in mitigating the above risks and uncertainties, the Company’s current plans provide enough liquidity to meets its obligations over the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. However, as set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement, the parties thereto have agreed to, among other things, the principal terms of a proposed financial restructuring of the Company, which will be implemented through an out-of-court restructuring and, in the absence of sufficient stakeholder support for an out-of-court restructuring, a prepackaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The potential for a prepackaged Chapter 11 filing raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern that has not been alleviated. The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company will continue to monitor progress on its initiatives and the impact on its ongoing assessment of going concern in future periods.