ASPS-3.31.2015-10Q
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

OR
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 1-34354
 
ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
Luxembourg
98-0554932
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
40, avenue Monterey
L-2163 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(352) 24 69 79 00
(Registrant’s telephone number)
 
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 has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes þ  No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):
Large accelerated filer þ
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company 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 April 20, 2015, there were 20,132,326 outstanding shares of the registrant’s shares of beneficial interest (excluding 5,280,422 shares held as treasury stock).
 


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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.

FORM 10-Q
 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
ASSETS
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
105,623

 
$
161,361

Available for sale securities - investment in HLSS
26,681

 

Accounts receivable, net
126,716

 
112,183

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
21,154

 
23,567

Deferred tax assets, net
4,987

 
4,987

Total current assets
285,161

 
302,098

 
 
 
 
Premises and equipment, net
126,521

 
127,759

Goodwill
90,851

 
90,851

Intangible assets, net
236,355

 
245,246

Other assets
21,793

 
22,267

 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
760,681

 
$
788,221

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
87,845

 
$
111,766

Current portion of long-term debt
5,945

 
5,945

Deferred revenue
9,289

 
9,829

Other current liabilities
10,407

 
13,227

Total current liabilities
113,486

 
140,767

 
 
 
 
Long-term debt, less current portion
581,310

 
582,669

Deferred tax liabilities, net
2,670

 
2,694

Other non-current liabilities
21,334

 
20,648

 
 
 
 
Commitments, contingencies and regulatory matters (Note 19)


 


 
 
 
 
Equity:
 
 
 
Common stock ($1.00 par value; 25,413 shares authorized and issued and 20,132 outstanding as of March 31, 2015; 25,413 shares authorized and issued and 20,279 outstanding as of December 31, 2014)
25,413

 
25,413

Additional paid-in capital
91,952

 
91,509

Retained earnings
369,964

 
367,967

Treasury stock, at cost (5,281 shares as of March 31, 2015 and 5,134 shares as of December 31, 2014)
(446,550
)
 
(444,495
)
Altisource equity
40,779

 
40,394

 
 
 
 
Non-controlling interests
1,102

 
1,049

Total equity
41,881

 
41,443

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
$
760,681

 
$
788,221


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
240,482

 
$
239,269

Cost of revenue
172,826

 
147,805

 
 
 
 
Gross profit
67,656

 
91,464

Selling, general and administrative expenses
52,406

 
43,534

 
 
 
 
Income from operations
15,250

 
47,930

Other income (expense), net:
 
 
 
Interest expense
(7,160
)
 
(4,776
)
Other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities
(3,285
)
 

Other income (expense), net
3

 
47

Total other income (expense), net
(10,442
)
 
(4,729
)
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests
4,808

 
43,201

Income tax provision
(400
)
 
(3,055
)
 
 
 
 
Net income
4,408

 
40,146

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
(710
)
 
(515
)
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to Altisource
$
3,698

 
$
39,631

 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.18

 
$
1.76

Diluted
$
0.18

 
$
1.61

 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
 
 
 
Basic
20,172

 
22,509

Diluted
20,995

 
24,662

 
 
 
 
Transactions with related parties included above:
 
 
 
Revenue
$
148,639

 
$
145,558

Cost of revenue
10,288

 
7,288

Selling, general and administrative expenses
657

 
(242
)
 
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(in thousands)
 
Altisource Equity
 
Non-controlling
interests
 
 
 
Common stock
 
Additional
paid-in 
capital
 
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury 
stock,
at cost
 
 
Total
 
Shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2013
25,413

 
$
25,413

 
$
89,273

 
$
239,561

 
$
(197,548
)
 
$
1,042

 
$
157,741

Net income

 

 

 
39,631

 

 
515

 
40,146

Distributions to non-controlling interest holders

 

 

 

 

 
(653
)
 
(653
)
Share-based compensation expense

 

 
658

 

 

 

 
658

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 
(1,732
)
 
2,133

 

 
401

Repurchase of shares

 

 

 

 
(35,766
)
 

 
(35,766
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2014
25,413

 
$
25,413

 
$
89,931

 
$
277,460

 
$
(231,181
)
 
$
904

 
$
162,527

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2014
25,413

 
$
25,413

 
$
91,509

 
$
367,967

 
$
(444,495
)
 
$
1,049

 
$
41,443

Net income

 

 

 
3,698

 

 
710

 
4,408

Distributions to non-controlling interest holders

 

 

 

 

 
(657
)
 
(657
)
Share-based compensation expense

 

 
443

 

 

 

 
443

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 
(1,701
)
 
1,904

 

 
203

Repurchase of shares

 

 

 

 
(3,959
)
 

 
(3,959
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2015
25,413

 
$
25,413

 
$
91,952

 
$
369,964

 
$
(446,550
)
 
$
1,102

 
$
41,881

 
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
 

Net income
$
4,408

 
$
40,146

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
8,826

 
6,246

Amortization of intangible assets
8,891

 
9,466

Other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities
3,285

 

Change in the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration
148

 

Share-based compensation expense
443

 
658

Bad debt expense
607

 
1,755

Amortization of debt discount
127

 
46

Amortization of debt issuance costs
351

 
242

Deferred income taxes
(24
)
 
461

(Gain) loss on disposal of fixed assets
(19
)
 
96

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 

 
 

Accounts receivable
(15,140
)
 
(22,599
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
2,413

 
(1,847
)
Other assets
127

 
(1,014
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
(27,559
)
 
7,695

Other current and non-current liabilities
(2,822
)
 
(5,042
)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(15,938
)
 
36,309

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
 

Additions to premises and equipment
(3,931
)
 
(12,945
)
Purchase of HLSS equity securities
(29,966
)
 

Other investing activities
(4
)
 
(300
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(33,901
)
 
(13,245
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
 

Repayment of long-term debt
(1,486
)
 
(994
)
Proceeds from stock option exercises
203

 
401

Purchase of treasury stock
(3,959
)
 
(35,766
)
Distributions to non-controlling interests
(657
)
 
(653
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(5,899
)
 
(37,012
)
 
 
 
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(55,738
)
 
(13,948
)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
161,361

 
130,324

 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
$
105,623

 
$
116,376

 
 
 
 
Supplemental cash flow information:
 

 
 

Interest paid
$
6,655

 
$
4,469

Income taxes paid, net
1,520

 
201

 
 
 
 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 

 
 

(Decrease) increase in payables for purchases of premises and equipment
$
(3,638
)
 
$
684


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Description of Business

Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., together with its subsidiaries (which may be referred to as “Altisource,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), is a premier marketplace and transaction solutions provider for the real estate, mortgage and consumer debt industries offering both distribution and content. We leverage proprietary business process, vendor and electronic payment management software and behavioral science based analytics to improve outcomes for marketplace participants.
 
We are incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg and are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ASPS.” 
We conduct our operations through three reportable segments: Mortgage Services, Financial Services and Technology Services.  In addition, we report our corporate related expenditures and eliminations separately (see Note 20 for a description of our business segments).

Basis of Presentation
 
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the interim data includes all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented. The preparation of interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our interim condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Intercompany and inter-segment transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior year amounts reported by the Mortgage Services and Technology Services segments have been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

The Mortgage Partnership of America, L.L.C. (“MPA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altisource, serves as the manager of Best Partners Mortgage Cooperative, Inc. doing business as Lenders One Mortgage Cooperative (“Lenders One”). MPA provides services to Lenders One under a management agreement that ends on December 31, 2025. The management agreement between MPA and Lenders One® members, pursuant to which MPA is the management company of Lenders One, represents a variable interest in a variable interest entity. MPA is the primary beneficiary of Lenders One as it has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Lenders One’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from Lenders One. As a result, Lenders One is presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements on a consolidated basis with the interests of the members reflected as non-controlling interests. As of March 31, 2015, Lenders One had total assets of $8.8 million and total liabilities of $7.7 million.  As of December 31, 2014, Lenders One had total assets of $7.7 million and total liabilities of $6.7 million.

These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015, which contains a summary of our significant accounting policies. Certain footnote detail in the Form 10-K is omitted from the information included herein.
  

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Correction of Immaterial Errors

As previously disclosed, during 2014 we determined that while we properly identified our related parties in previously issued financial statements, disclosures of certain immaterial related party expenses were omitted. We corrected the previously presented disclosures of related party expenses in Note 2 - Transactions with Related Parties and on the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The impact of correcting these items in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements had the effect of:

increasing the amounts disclosed as related party cost of revenue from Ocwen Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Ocwen”) by $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014;
increasing the amounts disclosed as selling, general and administrative expenses from Ocwen billings to Altisource by $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014;
decreasing the amounts disclosed as selling, general and administrative expenses from Altisource billings to Ocwen by $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014; and
decreasing the amounts disclosed as selling, general and administrative expenses from Altisource billings to Altisource Asset Management Corporation (“AAMC”) by $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Correcting these items on the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations resulted in the disclosure of related party cost of revenue of $7.3 million and a decrease in previously disclosed related party selling, general and administrative expenses by $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, the Company evaluated the effect of the disclosure and presentation errors on its previously issued annual and quarterly financial statements, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and concluded that the related party disclosures in the Company’s previously issued annual and quarterly financial statements are not materially misstated.

Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The three-tier hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value, which prioritizes the inputs used in the methodologies of measuring fair value for assets and liabilities, is as follows:

Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1
Level 3 Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of assets or liabilities.

Financial assets and financial liabilities are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurements requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of the assets and liabilities being measured and their placement within the fair value hierarchy.

Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This standard establishes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The core principle of the new standard is an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this new guidance may have on its results of operations and financial position.

In February 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This standard addresses the consolidation of certain legal entities relative to current requirements under GAAP of a reporting entity to consolidate another legal entity in situations in which the reporting entity’s contractual rights do not give it the ability to act primarily on its own behalf, the reporting entity does not hold a majority of the legal entity’s voting rights or the reporting entity is not exposed to a majority of the legal entity’s economic benefits or obligations. This standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the standard in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as

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of the beginning of the year that includes that interim period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this new guidance may have on its results of operations and financial position.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This revised standard changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. Under the ASU, an entity presents such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. This standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.

NOTE 2 — TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
 
Through January 16, 2015, William C. Erbey served as our Chairman as well as the Executive Chairman of Ocwen and Chairman of each of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (“HLSS”), Altisource Residential Corporation (“Residential”) and AAMC. Effective January 16, 2015, Mr. Erbey stepped down as the Executive Chairman of Ocwen and Chairman of each of Altisource, HLSS, Residential and AAMC and is no longer a member of the Board of Directors for any of these companies. As of March 31, 2015, Mr. Erbey owned or controlled approximately 30% of the common stock of Altisource, approximately 14% of the common stock of Ocwen, approximately 1% of the common stock of HLSS, approximately 4% of the common stock of Residential and approximately 28% of the common stock of AAMC. As of March 31, 2015, Mr. Erbey also held 857,543 options to purchase Altisource common stock (all of which were exercisable), 3,572,626 options to purchase Ocwen common stock (3,322,626 of which were exercisable) and 85,755 options to purchase AAMC common stock (all of which were exercisable). Accordingly, as a result of Mr. Erbey’s positions and the continuing common ownership, these companies have been and are related parties of Altisource.

Ocwen
 
Revenue
Ocwen is our largest customer. Ocwen purchases certain mortgage services and technology services from us under the terms of the master services agreements and amendments to the master services agreements (collectively, the “Service Agreements”) with terms extending through August 2025. The Service Agreements, among other things, contain a “most favored nation” provision and the parties to the Service Agreements have the right to renegotiate pricing. The Service Agreements also prohibit Ocwen from establishing fee-based businesses that would directly or indirectly compete with Altisource’s services with respect to the Homeward Residential, Inc. and Residential Capital, LLC portfolios. In addition, Ocwen purchases certain origination services from Altisource under an agreement that extends through January 2017. We settle amounts with Ocwen on a daily, weekly or monthly basis depending upon the nature of the service and when the service is provided.

Related party revenue primarily consists of revenue earned directly from Ocwen and revenue earned from the loans serviced by Ocwen when Ocwen designates us as the service provider. Related party revenue from Ocwen as a percentage of segment and consolidated revenue was as follows for the three months ended March 31:
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Services
63%
 
69%
Financial Services
25%
 
26%
Technology Services
47%
 
35%
Consolidated revenue
59%
 
61%
 
We record revenue we earn from Ocwen under the Service Agreements at rates we believe to be comparable market rates as we believe they are consistent with the fees we charge to other customers and/or fees charged by our competitors for comparable services.

We earn additional revenue on the portfolios serviced by Ocwen that is not considered related party revenue when a party other than Ocwen selects Altisource as the service provider. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized revenue of $53.5 million and $54.7 million, respectively, on the portfolios serviced by Ocwen that is not considered related party revenue.



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Cost of Revenue

At times, we use Ocwen’s contractors and/or employees to support Altisource related services. Ocwen generally bills us for these contractors and/or employees based on their fully-allocated cost. Additionally, through March 31, 2015, we purchased certain data relating to Ocwen’s servicing portfolio in connection with a Data Access and Services Agreement. The Data Access and Services Agreement could be renegotiated and could be canceled by either Altisource or Ocwen with 90 days prior written notice. Based upon our previously provided notice, the Data Access and Services Agreement was terminated effective March 31, 2015. Ocwen billed us a per asset fee for this data. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, Ocwen billed us $10.3 million and $7.3 million, respectively. These amounts are reflected as a component of cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

We provide certain other services to Ocwen and Ocwen provides certain other services to us in connection with Support Services Agreements. Prior to January 1, 2015, these services included such areas as human resources, vendor management, vendor oversight, corporate services, operational effectiveness, quality assurance, quantitative analytics, tax and treasury. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, these services included vendor management, corporate services and facility charges. The Support Services Agreement with Ocwen Mortgage Servicing, Inc. extends through September 2018 with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. The Support Services Agreement with Ocwen Financial Corporation extends through October 2017 with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. Billings for these services were generally based on the fully-allocated cost of providing the service based on an estimate of the time and expense of providing the service or estimates thereof. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed Ocwen $0.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, and Ocwen billed us $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively. These amounts are reflected as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

HLSS
 
HLSS is a publicly traded company whose primary objective is the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights and related servicing advances, loans held for investment and other residential mortgage related assets. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, HLSS owned, for a significant portion of Ocwen-serviced non-government-sponsored enterprise loans, (1) the rights to receive the servicing fees that Ocwen is entitled to receive and (2) associated servicing advances.

Under a support services agreement, we provide HLSS certain finance, human resources, tax and facilities services and we sell information technology services to HLSS. We billed HLSS $0.6 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Of these amounts, $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (no comparative amount in 2014) is reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, is reflected as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

On February 22, 2015, HLSS and New Residential Investment Corp. (“NRZ”) announced they entered into a definitive agreement whereby NRZ would acquire all of the outstanding shares of HLSS, subject to shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.

From March 10, 2015 to March 17, 2015, we purchased 1.6 million shares of HLSS common stock for $30.0 million in the open market. See Note 5.

On April 6, 2015, HLSS and NRZ announced they terminated the merger agreement announced on February 22, 2015 and entered into a purchase agreement under which NRZ acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of HLSS. The asset purchase was consummated concurrently with signing of the purchase agreement. Furthermore, NRZ separately agreed to a multi-year extension of the servicing contracts with Ocwen. HLSS also announced that it adopted a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution. Additional information is contained in HLSS’ public filings.

Residential and AAMC
 
Residential and AAMC were separated from Altisource on December 21, 2012 and their equity was distributed to our shareholders on December 24, 2012 and they are each separate publicly traded companies. Residential is focused on acquiring and managing single family rental properties by acquiring sub-performing and non-performing residential mortgage loans as well as single family

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homes at or following the foreclosure sale throughout the United States. AAMC’s primary business is to provide asset management and certain corporate governance services to institutional investors. Its primary client currently is Residential.
For purposes of governing certain ongoing relationships between Altisource, Residential and AAMC, we entered into certain agreements with Residential and AAMC. We have agreements to provide Residential with renovation management, lease management, property management and REO asset management services. In addition, we have agreements with Residential and AAMC to provide services such as finance, human resources, facilities, technology and insurance risk management. Further, we have separate agreements for certain services related to income tax matters, trademark licenses and technology products and services.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed Residential $6.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively, under these services agreements. These amounts are reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. This excludes revenue from services we provide to Residential’s loans serviced by Ocwen where we are retained by Ocwen. That revenue is included in Ocwen related party revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed AAMC $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, under the services agreements. Of these amounts, less than $0.1 million in each period is reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, is reflected as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
 
NOTE 3 — ACQUISITIONS

Mortgage Builder Acquisition

On September 12, 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Mortgage Builder Software, Inc. (“Mortgage Builder”) pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 18, 2014 (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”). Mortgage Builder is a provider of residential mortgage loan origination and servicing software systems. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, we paid $15.7 million at closing in cash (net of closing working capital adjustments). Additionally, the Purchase and Sale Agreement provides for the payment of up to $7.0 million in potential additional consideration (the “MB Earn-Out”) based on Adjusted Revenue (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement) in the three consecutive 12-month periods following closing. At closing, we estimated the fair value of the MB Earn-Out to be $1.6 million, determined based on the present value of future estimated MB Earn-Out payments. The Mortgage Builder acquisition is not material in relation to the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

The preliminary allocation of the purchase price is as follows:
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
Cash
 
$
726

Accounts receivable, net
 
1,120

Prepaid expenses
 
38

Premises and equipment, net
 
553

Software
 
1,509

Trademarks and trade names
 
209

Customer relationship
 
4,824

Goodwill
 
9,135

 
 
18,114

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
(881
)
 
 
 
Purchase price
 
$
17,233


Owners Acquisition

On November 21, 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Owners Advantage, LLC (“Owners”). Owners is a self-directed online real estate marketplace. We paid $19.8 million at closing in cash plus contingent consideration of up to an additional $7.0 million over two years (“Owners Earn Out”), based on Adjusted Revenue (as defined in the purchase agreement). At closing, we estimated the fair value of the Owners Earn Out to be $1.9 million determined based on the present value of future estimated Owners Earn Out payments. The Owners acquisition is not material in relation to the Company’s results of operations or financial position.


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The preliminary allocation of the purchase price is as follows:
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net
 
$
41

Prepaid expenses
 
32

Software
 
501

Trademarks and trade names
 
1,431

Goodwill
 
19,775

 
 
21,780

Accounts payable
 
(41
)
 
 
 
Purchase price
 
$
21,739


NOTE 4 — FAIR VALUE

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

Available for sale securities are carried at fair value and consist of 1.6 million shares of HLSS common stock as of March 31, 2015 (no comparative amount in 2014). As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of available for sale securities was $26.7 million (1,613,125 shares at $16.54 per share) (no comparative amount in 2014). Available for sale securities are measured using Level 1 inputs as these securities have quoted prices in active markets.

Liabilities for acquisition related contingent consideration are carried at fair value and were recorded in connection with the acquisitions of Equator, LLC in 2013 and Mortgage Builder and Owners in 2014. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration was $11.8 million and $11.6 million, respectively (see Note 13). We measured the liabilities for acquisition related contingent consideration using Level 3 inputs as they are determined based on the present value of future estimated payments, which included sensitivities pertaining to discount rates and financial projections.

There were no transfers between different levels during the periods presented.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table presents the carrying amount and estimated fair value of financial instruments held by the Company at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 that are not carried at fair value. The fair values are estimated using market information and what the Company believes to be appropriate valuation methodologies under GAAP:

 
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Carrying Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying Amount
 
Fair Value
 
 
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
105,623

 
$
105,623

 
$

 
$

 
$
161,361

 
$
161,361

 
$

 
$

Restricted cash
 
3,026

 
3,026

 

 

 
3,022

 
3,022

 

 

Long-term debt
 
590,057

 

 
430,742

 

 
591,543

 

 
467,319

 


Our financial assets and liabilities primarily include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and long-term debt. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are carried at amounts that approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments and were measured using Level 1 inputs. The fair value of our long-term debt is based on quoted market prices. We do not believe that there is an active market for our debt, based on the frequency of trading. Therefore, the quoted prices are considered Level 2 inputs.


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NOTE 5 — AVAILABLE FOR SALE SECURITIES - INVESTMENT IN HLSS

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we purchased 1.6 million shares of HLSS common stock for $30.0 million in the open market (1,613,125 shares at an average price per share of $18.58). This investment is classified as available for sale and reflected at fair value at the balance sheet date ($26.7 million as of March 31, 2015) (no comparative amount in 2014). Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities are reflected in other comprehensive income, unless there is an impairment that is other than temporary. In the event that a decline in market value is other than temporary, we record a charge to earnings and a new cost basis in the investment is established. Based on HLSS’ sale of substantially all of its assets and plan of complete liquidation and dissolution (see Note 2), we determined that our investment in HLSS is other than temporarily impaired. Accordingly, we recognized an other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities of $3.3 million in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2015. This amount reflects the difference between the cost and fair value of the HLSS equity securities as of March 31, 2015 (based on 1,613,125 shares at $16.54 per share).

NOTE 6 — ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
 
Accounts receivable, net consists of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Billed
 
 

 
 

Non-related parties
 
$
40,419

 
$
37,576

Ocwen
 
38,824

 
22,831

HLSS
 
91

 
86

AAMC
 
116

 
129

Residential
 
7,274

 
11,320

Other receivables
 
1,661

 
1,590

 
 
88,385

 
73,532

Unbilled
 
 
 
 
Non-related parties
 
50,389

 
46,775

Ocwen
 
10,777

 
14,551

HLSS
 
450

 

 
 
150,001

 
134,858

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(23,285
)
 
(22,675
)
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
126,716

 
$
112,183


Unbilled receivables consist primarily of asset management and default management services for which we recognize revenues over the service delivery period but bill following completion of the service. We also include in unbilled receivables amounts that are earned during a month and billed in the following month.

NOTE 7 — PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Maintenance agreements, current portion
 
$
5,645

 
$
6,367

Income taxes receivable
 
6,207

 
5,258

Prepaid expenses
 
4,453

 
6,989

Other current assets
 
4,849

 
4,953

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
21,154

 
$
23,567



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NOTE 8 — PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT, NET
 
Premises and equipment, net consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Computer hardware and software
 
$
151,262

 
$
140,799

Office equipment and other
 
33,578

 
36,032

Furniture and fixtures
 
12,880

 
12,231

Leasehold improvements
 
32,996

 
34,069

 
 
230,716

 
223,131

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
(104,195
)
 
(95,372
)
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
126,521

 
$
127,759


Depreciation and amortization expense amounted to $8.8 million and $6.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and is included in cost of revenue for operating assets and in selling, general and administrative expenses for non-operating assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

NOTE 9 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
 
Goodwill
 
The following is a summary of goodwill by segment:
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014
 
$
32,733

 
$
2,378

 
$
55,740

 
$
90,851


Intangible Assets, Net
 
Intangible assets, net consist of the following:
 
 
Weighted
average
estimated
useful life (in years)
 
Gross carrying amount
 
Accumulated amortization
 
Net book value
(in thousands)
 
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Definite lived intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trademarks and trade names
 
13
 
$
13,889

 
$
13,889

 
$
(5,196
)
 
$
(5,016
)
 
$
8,693

 
$
8,873

Customer related intangible assets
 
10
 
289,308

 
289,308

 
(87,871
)
 
(79,606
)
 
201,437

 
209,702

Operating agreement
 
20
 
35,000

 
35,000

 
(9,042
)
 
(8,604
)
 
25,958

 
26,396

Intellectual property
 
10
 
300

 
300

 
(33
)
 
(25
)
 
267

 
275

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
$
338,497

 
$
338,497

 
$
(102,142
)
 
$
(93,251
)
 
$
236,355

 
$
245,246

 
Amortization expense for definite lived intangible assets was $8.9 million and $9.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Expected annual definite lived intangible asset amortization for 2015 through 2019 is $37.9 million, $34.5 million, $30.3 million, $26.4 million and $23.2 million, respectively.
 

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NOTE 10 — OTHER ASSETS
 
Other assets consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Security deposits, net
 
$
7,177

 
$
7,277

Debt issuance costs, net
 
7,747

 
8,099

Maintenance agreements, non-current portion
 
3,305

 
3,324

Restricted cash
 
3,026

 
3,022

Other
 
538

 
545

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
21,793

 
$
22,267


NOTE 11 — ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
13,924

 
$
22,880

Income taxes payable
 
6,413

 
7,643

Payable to Ocwen
 
4,842

 
5,400

Accrued expenses - general
 
31,470

 
25,500

Accrued salaries and benefits
 
30,296

 
44,150

Accrued expenses - Ocwen
 
900

 
6,193

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
87,845

 
$
111,766


Other current liabilities consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Book overdrafts
 
$
4,595

 
$
4,788

Other
 
5,812

 
8,439

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
10,407

 
$
13,227


NOTE 12 — LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Long-term debt consists of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Senior secured term loan
 
$
590,057

 
$
591,543

Less: unamortized discount, net
 
(2,802
)
 
(2,929
)
Net long-term debt
 
587,255

 
588,614

Less: current portion
 
(5,945
)
 
(5,945
)
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt, less current portion
 
$
581,310

 
$
582,669


On November 27, 2012, Altisource Solutions S.à r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a senior secured term loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders. The Company and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries are guarantors of the term loan (collectively, the “Guarantors”). We subsequently amended the senior secured term loan agreement to increase the principal amount of the senior secured term loan and, among other changes, re-establish the $200.0 million incremental term loan facility accordion, lower the interest rate, extend the maturity date by approximately one year and increase the maximum amount of Restricted Junior Payments (as defined in the senior secured term loan agreement; other

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capitalized terms, unless defined herein, are defined in the senior secured term loan agreement). As of March 31, 2015, $587.3 million, net of unamortized discount of $2.8 million, was outstanding under the senior secured term loan agreement, as amended, compared to $588.6 million, net of unamortized discount of $2.9 million, as of December 31, 2014.

After giving effect to the third amendment entered into on August 1, 2014, the term loan must be repaid in equal consecutive quarterly principal installments of $1.5 million, which commenced on September 30, 2014, with the balance due at maturity. All amounts outstanding under the senior secured term loan agreement will become due on the earlier of (i) December 9, 2020 and (ii) the date on which the loans are declared to be due and owing by the administrative agent at the request (or with the consent) of the Required Lenders upon the occurrence of any event of default under the senior secured term loan agreement.
 
In addition to the scheduled principal payments, the term loan is (with certain exceptions) subject to mandatory prepayment upon issuances of debt, casualty and condemnation events and sales of assets, as well as from a percentage of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow if the leverage ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00No mandatory prepayments were owed for the three months ended March 31, 2015. 
 
The term loan bears interest at rates based upon, at our option, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or the Base RateAdjusted Eurodollar Rate loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for the applicable interest period and (y) 1.00% plus (ii) a 3.50% margin.  Base Rate loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the Base Rate and (y) 2.00% plus (ii) a 2.50% margin. The interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 4.50%.
 
Term loan payments are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by a pledge of all equity interests of certain subsidiaries as well as a lien on substantially all of the assets of Altisource Solutions S.à r.l. and the Guarantors, subject to certain exceptions.
 
The senior secured term loan agreement includes covenants that restrict or limit, among other things, our ability to: create liens and encumbrances; incur additional indebtedness; sell, transfer or dispose of assets; make Restricted Junior Payments including share repurchases; change lines of business; amend material debt agreements or other material contracts; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; enter into sale/leaseback transactions; grant negative pledges or agree to such other restrictions relating to subsidiary dividends and distributions; make changes to its fiscal year and engage in mergers and consolidations.
 
The senior secured term loan agreement contains certain events of default, including (i) failure to pay principal when due or interest or any other amount owing on any other obligation under the senior secured term loan agreement within five days of becoming due, (ii) material incorrectness of representations and warranties when made, (iii) breach of covenants, (iv) failure to pay principal or interest on any other debt that equals or exceeds $40.0 million when due, (v) default on any other debt that equals or exceeds $40.0 million that causes, or gives the holder or holders of such debt the ability to cause, an acceleration of such debt, (vi) occurrence of a Change of Control, (vii) bankruptcy and insolvency events, (viii) entry by a court of one or more judgments against us in an amount in excess of $40.0 million that remain unbonded, undischarged or unstayed for a certain number of days after the entry thereof, (ix) the occurrence of certain ERISA events and (x) the failure of certain Loan Documents to be in full force and effect.  If any event of default occurs and is not cured within applicable grace periods set forth in the senior secured term loan agreement or waived, all loans and other obligations could become due and immediately payable and the facility could be terminated.

At March 31, 2015, debt issuance costs were $7.7 million, net of $2.5 million of accumulated amortization.  At December 31, 2014, debt issuance costs were $8.1 million, net of $2.2 million of accumulated amortization. Debt issuance costs are included in other assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
Interest expense on the term loans, including amortization of debt issuance costs and the net debt discount, totaled $7.2 million and $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

NOTE 13 — OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
Other non-current liabilities consist of the following:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition related contingent consideration
 
$
11,764

 
$
11,616

Other non-current liabilities
 
9,570

 
9,032

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
21,334

 
$
20,648


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NOTE 14 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
 
Stock Repurchase Plan
 
On February 28, 2014, our shareholders approved a new stock repurchase program, which replaced the previous stock repurchase program. Under the new program, we are authorized to purchase up to 3.4 million shares of our common stock, based on a limit of 15% of the outstanding shares of common stock on the date of approval, in the open market, at a minimum price of $1.00 per share and a maximum price of $500.00 per share.  This is in addition to amounts previously purchased under the prior programs. From authorization of the previous programs through March 31, 2015, we have purchased approximately 6.4 million shares of our common stock in the open market at an average price of $77.69 per share.  We purchased 0.2 million shares of common stock at an average price of $23.44 per share during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 0.3 million shares at an average price of $109.97 per share during the three months ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015, approximately 1.0 million shares of common stock remain available for repurchase under the new program. Our senior secured term loan limits the amount we can spend on share repurchases in any year and may prevent repurchases in certain circumstances. As of March 31, 2015, approximately $285 million was available to repurchase our common stock under our senior secured term loan.
 
Share-Based Compensation
 
We issue share-based awards in the form of stock options and certain other equity-based awards for certain employees and officers.  We recorded share-based compensation expense of $0.4 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
 
Outstanding share-based compensation currently consists primarily of stock option grants that are a combination of service-based and market-based options.
 
Service-Based Options.  These options are granted at fair value on the date of grant. The options generally vest over four years with equal annual cliff-vesting and expire on the earlier of ten years after the date of grant or following termination of service. A total of 0.7 million service-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.
 
Market-Based Options.  These option grants have two components, each of which vests only upon the achievement of certain criteria. The first component, which we refer to internally as “ordinary performance” grants, consists of two-thirds of the market-based grant and begins to vest if the stock price is at least double the exercise price, as long as the stock price realizes a compounded annual gain of at least 20% over the exercise price. The remaining third of the market-based options, which we refer to internally as “extraordinary performance” grants, begins to vest if the stock price is at least triple the exercise price, as long as the stock price realizes a compounded annual gain of at least 25% over the exercise price. The vesting schedule for all market-based awards is 25% upon achievement of the criteria and the remaining 75% in three equal annual installments. A total of 1.9 million market-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.

The Company granted less than 0.1 million stock options (at a weighted average exercise price of $26.42 per share) during the three months ended March 31, 2015. There were no options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The fair value of the service-based options was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the fair value of the market-based options was determined using a lattice (binomial) model. The following assumptions were used to determine the fair value as of the grant date:
 
 
Three months ended 
 March 31, 2015
 
 
Black-Scholes
 
Binomial
 
 
 
 
 
Risk-free interest rate (%)
 
1.67
%
 
0.02% - 2.01%

Expected stock price volatility (%)
 
55.06
%
 
55.06
%
Expected dividend yield
 

 

Expected option life (in years)
 
6.25

 

Contractual life (in years)
 

 
14

Fair value
 
$11.69
 
$10.68 - $11.93

 

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The following table summarizes the weighted average fair value of stock options granted, the total intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the grant date fair value of stock options vested during the period presented:
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average fair value at grant date per share
 
$
11.56

 
N/A

Intrinsic value of options exercised
 
176

 
2,690

Grant date fair value of options vested during the period
 
264

 
391

 
N/A - not applicable.

Share-based compensation expense is recorded net of estimated forfeiture rates ranging from 1% to 10%.
 
As of March 31, 2015, estimated unrecognized compensation costs related to share-based payments amounted to $3.2 million, which we expect to recognize over a weighted average remaining requisite service period of approximately 3.3 years.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our stock options:
 
Number of
options
 
Weighted
average
exercise
price
 
Weighted
average
contractual
term
(in years)
 
Aggregate
intrinsic value
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2014
2,601,892

 
$
21.21

 
4.44
 
$
47,805

Granted
30,000

 
26.42

 
 
 
 
Exercised
(21,984
)
 
9.19

 
 
 
 

Forfeited
(23,000
)
 
51.92

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2015
2,586,908

 
21.10

 
4.27
 
6,143

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercisable at March 31, 2015
2,264,976

 
13.73

 
3.72
 
6,143


NOTE 15 — COST OF REVENUE
 
Cost of revenue principally includes payroll and employee benefits associated with personnel employed in customer service and operations roles, fees paid to external providers related to the provision of services, reimbursable expenses, technology and telecommunications expenses as well as depreciation and amortization of operating assets. The components of cost of revenue were as follows for the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
69,326

 
$
52,650

Outside fees and services
 
53,247

 
52,828

Reimbursable expenses
 
31,956

 
28,795

Technology and telecommunications
 
11,893

 
8,841

Depreciation and amortization
 
6,404

 
4,691

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
172,826

 
$
147,805

 

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NOTE 16 — SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses include payroll for personnel employed in executive, finance, legal, compliance, human resources, vendor management, risk and operational effectiveness roles.  This category also includes occupancy costs, professional fees and depreciation and amortization on non-operating assets.  The components of selling, general and administrative expenses were as follows for the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
12,763

 
$
8,989

Professional services
 
7,990

 
3,982

Occupancy related costs
 
10,654

 
9,311

Amortization of intangible assets
 
8,891

 
9,466

Depreciation and amortization
 
2,422

 
1,555

Marketing costs
 
5,353

 
5,177

Other
 
4,333

 
5,054

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
52,406

 
$
43,534

 
NOTE 17 — OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET
 
Other income (expense), net consists of the following for the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
$
31

 
$
12

Other, net
 
(28
)
 
35

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
3

 
$
47


NOTE 18 — EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  Diluted EPS reflects the assumed conversion of all dilutive securities using the treasury stock method.
 
Basic and diluted EPS are calculated as follows for the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to Altisource
 
$
3,698

 
$
39,631

 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic
 
20,172

 
22,509

Dilutive effect of stock options
 
823

 
2,153

 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted
 
20,995

 
24,662

 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.18

 
$
1.76

 
 
 
 
 
Diluted
 
$
0.18

 
$
1.61

 
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, 0.7 million options and less than 0.1 million options, respectively, that were anti-dilutive have been excluded from the computation of diluted EPS.  These options were anti-dilutive because their exercise price was greater than the average market price of our common stock. Also excluded from the computation of diluted EPS are 0.2 million options and less than 0.1 million options for each of the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively,

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granted for shares that are issuable upon the achievement of certain market and performance criteria related to our common stock price and an annualized rate of return to investors that have not yet been met.

NOTE 19 — COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND REGULATORY MATTERS
 
Litigation
 
From time to time, we are involved in legal and administrative proceedings arising in the course of our business.  We record a liability for these matters if an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, including expected insurance coverage.  For proceedings where the reasonable estimate of loss is a range, we record a best estimate of loss within the range.
 
On September 8, 2014, the West Palm Beach Firefighter’s Pension Fund filed a putative securities class action suit against Altisource and certain of its officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 with regard to disclosures concerning pricing and transactions with related parties that allegedly inflated Altisource share prices. The court subsequently appointed the Pension Fund of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 and the Annuity Fund of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 as Lead Plaintiffs. On January 30, 2015, Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended class action complaint which adds Ocwen Financial Corporation as a defendant, and seeks a determination that the action may be maintained as a class action on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s securities between April 25, 2013 and December 21, 2014 and an unspecified amount of damages. Altisource intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

On February 11, 2015, W.A. Sokolowski, an alleged shareholder of Ocwen Financial Corporation, filed an amended shareholder derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Ocwen Financial Corporation, certain of its officers and directors, Altisource and other companies. The suit seeks recovery of an unspecified amount of damages on behalf of Ocwen for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by Ocwen’s current and former officers and directors, which were allegedly aided and abetted by Altisource and other defendants. Altisource, which has not been served with the suit, intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

Altisource is unable to predict the outcomes of these lawsuits or reasonably estimate the potential loss, if any, arising from the suits, given that a motion to dismiss was filed but has not yet been adjudicated in the first case, Altisource has not been served in the second case, discovery has not commenced in either case and significant legal and factual issues remain to be determined in both cases.

In addition to the matters referenced above, we are involved in legal actions in the course of our business, some of which seek monetary damages. We do not believe that the outcome of these proceedings, both individually and in the aggregate, will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Regulatory Matters
Our business is subject to regulation and oversight by federal, state and local governmental authorities. We periodically receive subpoenas, civil investigative demands or other requests for information from regulatory agencies in connection with their regulatory or investigative authority. We are currently responding to such inquiries from federal and state agencies relating to certain aspects of our business. We believe it is premature to predict the potential outcome or to estimate any potential financial impact in connection with these inquiries.

Ocwen Related Matters

Ocwen is our largest customer and 59% of our revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was related party revenue from Ocwen. Additionally, 24% of our revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was earned on the portfolios serviced by Ocwen, but is not considered related party revenue because a party other than Ocwen selects Altisource as the service provider. Ocwen has been and is subject to a number of pending federal and state regulatory investigations, inquiries and requests for information that have or could result in adverse regulatory actions against Ocwen. For example, as a result of various regulatory actions, Ocwen is (i) subject to an independent auditor’s review of compliance with California servicing laws and has agreed not to obtain any new servicing rights in California until the regulator is satisfied with future document requests, (ii) operating under the oversight of an on-site operations monitor imposed by New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which is assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of Ocwen’s operations, including information technology systems, (iii) required to perform benchmarking pricing studies for transactions with related parties, which are subject to periodic review by the monitor imposed

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)



by the NYDFS and (iv) subject to requirements under an agreement with the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and various states attorneys general and agencies that imposed specific servicing guidelines and oversight by an independent national monitor, who is investigating the reliability of information Ocwen has provided. In addition to these matters, Ocwen continues to be subject to other regulatory investigations, inquiries and requests for information and pending legal proceedings, and Ocwen may become subject to future federal and state regulatory investigations, inquiries and requests for information, any of which could also result in adverse regulatory or other actions against Ocwen.

As a result of these various difficulties faced by Ocwen, its debt and servicer ratings have been downgraded. Further, certain bondholders of Ocwen-serviced residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) alleged that Ocwen, as servicer of certain mortgage-backed securities trusts, defaulted on these servicing agreements.

The foregoing may have significant and varied effects on Ocwen’s business and our continuing relationships with Ocwen. For example, Ocwen may be required to alter the way it conducts business, including the parties it contracts with for services (including information technology services), it may be required to seek changes to its existing pricing structure with related parties or otherwise, it may lose or sell some or all of its non-GSE servicing rights or subservicing arrangements or may lose one or more of its state servicing licenses. Additional regulatory actions may impose additional restrictions on or require changes in Ocwen’s business that would require it to sell assets or change its business operations. Any or all of these effects could result in our eventual loss of Ocwen as a customer or a reduction in the volume of services they purchase from us or the loss of other customers.

If any of the following events occurred, Altisource’s revenue would be significantly lower and our results of operations would be materially adversely affected, including from the impairment or write-off of goodwill, intangible assets, property and equipment, other assets and accounts receivable:

• Altisource loses Ocwen as a customer or there is a significant reduction in the volume of services they purchase from us
• Ocwen loses or sells a significant portion or all of its non-GSE servicing rights or subservicing arrangements
• Ocwen loses its state servicing licenses in states with a significant number of loans in Ocwen’s servicing portfolio
• The contractual relationship between Ocwen and Altisource changes significantly or there are significant changes to our
pricing to Ocwen for services from which we generate material revenue

Management cannot predict the outcome of the Ocwen related matters or the impact they may have on Altisource. However, in the event these Ocwen related matters materially negatively impact Altisource, we believe the impact to Altisource would occur over an extended period of time and the variable nature of our cost structure allows us to realign our cost structure in line with remaining revenue.

In this regard, we have a plan that allows us to efficiently execute on this realignment. We believe that transfers of Ocwen’s servicing rights to a successor servicer(s) would take an extended period of time because of the approval required from many parties, including regulators, rating agencies, RMBS trustees, lenders and others. During this period of time, we believe we would continue to generate revenue from the services we provide to the portfolio. Additionally, we have several growth initiatives that focus on diversifying and growing our revenue and customer base. Our major growth initiatives include:

• Attracting new clients to our comprehensive default related businesses
• Growing our origination services and technology businesses
• Expanding our innovative online real estate marketplaces
• Growing our property management and renovation services businesses

We have an established sales and marketing strategy to support each of these initiatives.

Management believes our plans, together with current liquidity and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet working capital, capital expenditures, debt service and other cash needs for at least the next year. However, there can be no assurance that our plans would be successful or our operations would be profitable.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)



Escrow and Trust Balances
 
We hold customers’ assets in escrow and trust accounts at various financial institutions pending completion of certain real estate activities.  We also hold cash in trust accounts at various financial institutions where contractual obligations mandate maintaining dedicated bank accounts for Financial Services collections.  These amounts are held in escrow and trust accounts for limited periods of time and are not included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.  Amounts held in escrow and trust accounts were $86.8 million and $62.5 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

NOTE 20 — SEGMENT REPORTING

Our business segments are based upon our organizational structure, which focuses primarily on the services offered, and are consistent with the internal reporting used by our Chief Executive Officer (our Chief Operating Decision Maker) to evaluate operating performance and to assess the allocation of our resources.
We classify our businesses into three reportable segments. The Mortgage Services segment provides services that span the mortgage and real estate lifecycle and are typically outsourced by loan servicers, loan originators, investors and other sellers of single family homes. The Financial Services segment provides collection and customer relationship management services primarily to debt originators and servicers (e.g., credit card, auto lending, retail credit and mortgage) and the utility, insurance and hotel industries. The Technology Services segment provides a portfolio of software, data analytics and infrastructure management services that support the efficient and compliant management of mortgage and real estate activities and marketplace transactions across the lifecycle. In addition, Corporate Items and Eliminations include eliminations of transactions between the reportable segments, interest expense and costs related to corporate support functions including executive, finance, legal, compliance, human resources, vendor management, risk and operational effectiveness and marketing. Intercompany transactions primarily consist of information technology infrastructure services.

Financial information for our segments is as follows:
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Corporate
Items and
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Altisource
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
177,006

 
$
22,354

 
$
51,970

 
$
(10,848
)
 
$
240,482

Cost of revenue
 
114,804

 
15,103

 
52,723

 
(9,804
)
 
172,826

Gross profit (loss)
 
62,202

 
7,251

 
(753
)
 
(1,044
)
 
67,656

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
20,561

 
4,715

 
7,315

 
19,815

 
52,406

Income (loss) from operations
 
41,641

 
2,536

 
(8,068
)
 
(20,859
)
 
15,250

Other income (expense), net
 
(4
)
 
(12
)
 
1

 
(10,427
)
 
(10,442
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes and non-controlling interests
 
$
41,637

 
$
2,524

 
$
(8,067
)
 
$
(31,286
)
 
$
4,808


 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Corporate
Items and
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Altisource
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
176,430

 
$
24,285

 
$
46,850

 
$
(8,296
)
 
$
239,269

Cost of revenue
 
103,237

 
14,613

 
37,332

 
(7,377
)
 
147,805

Gross profit (loss)
 
73,193

 
9,672

 
9,518

 
(919
)
 
91,464

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
19,174

 
4,663

 
6,614

 
13,083

 
43,534

Income (loss) from operations
 
54,019

 
5,009

 
2,904

 
(14,002
)
 
47,930

Other income (expense), net
 
48

 
(1
)
 
(16
)
 
(4,760
)
 
(4,729
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes and non-controlling interests
 
$
54,067

 
$
5,008

 
$
2,888

 
$
(18,762
)
 
$
43,201



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)



 
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Corporate
Items and
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Altisource
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

March 31, 2015
 
$
299,647

 
$
54,365

 
$
238,580

 
$
168,089

 
$
760,681

December 31, 2014
 
313,550

 
56,096

 
250,059

 
168,516

 
788,221

 
Our services are provided to customers primarily located in the United States.  Premises and equipment, net consist of the following, by country:
(in thousands)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
$
86,043

 
$
88,274

India
 
25,952

 
27,082

Luxembourg
 
11,430

 
9,059

Philippines
 
3,096

 
3,344

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
126,521

 
$
127,759


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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is a supplement to the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements and is intended to provide a reader of our financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of management on our businesses, current developments, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Our MD&A should be read in conjunction with our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 2, 2015.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Certain statements in this Form 10-Q regarding anticipated financial outcomes, business and market conditions, outlook and other similar statements related to Altisource’s future financial and operational performance are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terminology such as “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “estimate,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. The following are examples of such items and are not intended to be all inclusive:
assumptions related to the sources of liquidity and the adequacy of financial resources;
assumptions about our ability to grow our business;
assumptions about our ability to improve margins;
expectations regarding collection rates and placements in our Financial Services segment;
assumptions regarding the impact of seasonality;
estimates regarding the calculation of our effective tax rate; and
estimates regarding our reserves and valuations.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and include the following:

if, as a result of difficulties faced by Ocwen Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Ocwen”), we were to lose Ocwen as a customer or there is a significant reduction in the volume of services they purchase from us;

our ability to retain our existing customers, expand relationships and attract new customers;
the level of loan delinquencies and charge-offs;
the level of origination volume;
technology failures;
the trend toward outsourcing;
our ability to raise debt;
our ability to retain our directors, executive officers and key personnel; and
our ability to comply with and burdens imposed by governmental regulations, taxes and policies and any changes in such
regulations, taxes and policies.

We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as they reflect our view only as of the date of this report. We are under no obligation (and expressly disclaim any obligation) to update or alter any forward-looking statements

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contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
OVERVIEW
 
Our Business
 
When we refer to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “Altisource” we mean Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., a Luxembourg société anonyme, or public limited company, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
We are a premier marketplace and transaction solutions provider for the real estate, mortgage and consumer debt industries offering both distribution and content. We leverage proprietary business process, vendor and electronic payment management software and behavioral science based analytics to improve outcomes for marketplace participants.

We classify our businesses into the following three reportable segments:
 
Mortgage Services: Provides services that span the mortgage and real estate lifecycle and are typically outsourced by loan servicers, loan originators, investors and other sellers of single family homes. We provide most of these services primarily for loan portfolios serviced by Ocwen. We also have longstanding relationships with commercial banks, insurance companies and mortgage bankers. Within the Mortgage Services segment, we provide the following services:
Asset management - Asset management services principally include property preservation, property inspection, real estate owned (“REO”) asset management, the Hubzu® and Owners.com® consumer real estate portals and real estate brokerage services. We also provide property management, lease management and renovation management services for single family rental properties.

Insurance services - Insurance services include an array of insurance services including pre-foreclosure, REO and refinance title searches, title insurance agency services, settlement and escrow services and loss draft claims processing. Prior to the November 11, 2014 discontinuation, we provided insurance program management and insurance brokerage services for REO and lender placed insurance companies.

Residential property valuation - Residential property valuation services principally include traditional appraisal products through our licensed appraisal management company and alternative valuation products, some of which are through our network of real estate professionals. We generally provide these services for residential loan servicers, residential lenders and investors in single family homes.

Default management services - Default management services principally include foreclosure trustee services for loan servicers and non-legal processing and related services for and under the supervision of foreclosure, bankruptcy and eviction attorneys.

Origination management services - Origination management services principally include Mortgage Partnership of America, L.L.C. (“MPA”) and our contract underwriting and quality control businesses. MPA serves as the manager of Best Partners Mortgage Cooperative, Inc., which is referred to as the Lenders One® Mortgage Cooperative (“Lenders One”), a national alliance of independent mortgage bankers that provides its members with education and training along with revenue enhancing, cost reducing and market share expanding opportunities. We provide other origination related services in the residential property valuation business and insurance services businesses. In September 2014, we launched Best Partners Mortgage Brokers Cooperative, Inc., which is referred to as the Wholesale One Mortgage Cooperative (“Wholesale One”), for the wholesale mortgage industry. Wholesale One will assist mortgage brokers and other third party originators with tools to improve their businesses. In April 2015, we launched a new cooperative, Best Partners Residential Investor Cooperative, Inc., which is referred to as Residential Investor One. Residential Investor One was formed to deliver savings and efficiencies to individual and institutional residential real estate investors.  
 
Financial Services: Provides collection and customer relationship management services primarily to debt originators and servicers (e.g., credit card, auto lending, retail credit and mortgage) and the utility, insurance and hotel industries. Within the Financial Services segment, we provide the following services:

Asset recovery management - Asset recovery management principally includes post-charge-off debt collection services on a contingency fee basis.

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Customer relationship management - Customer relationship management principally includes customer care, technical support and early stage collections services as well as insurance call center services and administrative support.

Technology Services: Provides a portfolio of software, data analytics and infrastructure management services that support the efficient and compliant management of mortgage and real estate activities and marketplace transactions across the lifecycle. We currently provide our information technology (“IT”) infrastructure management services to Ocwen, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (“HLSS”), Altisource Residential Corporation (“Residential”) and Altisource Asset Management Corporation (“AAMC”), through managed services agreements, and our other segments in a shared services model. Our software and analytics solutions primarily include REALSuite, Equator® and Mortgage Builder ® software solutions, as described briefly below:

The REALSuite platform provides a fully integrated set of software applications and technologies that manage the end-to-end lifecycle for residential and commercial mortgage loan servicing including the automated management and payment of a distributed network of vendors.

REALServicing® - An enterprise residential mortgage loan servicing platform that offers an efficient and compliant platform for loan servicing including default administration. This solution spans the loan servicing lifecycle from loan boarding to satisfaction including automation for collections, borrower communications, payment processing and reporting. We also offer the REALSynergy® enterprise commercial loan servicing system.

REALResolution - A technology platform that provides servicers with an automated default management and home retention solution for delinquent and defaulted loans.

REALTrans® - A patented electronic services marketplace platform that automates and simplifies vendor selection, ordering, tracking and fulfilling of vendor provided services principally related to real estate and mortgage marketplaces. This technology solution, whether accessed through the web or integrated into existing business processing applications, connects to a marketplace of services through a single platform and delivers an efficient method for managing a large scale network of vendors.

REALRemit® - A patented electronic invoicing and payment system that provides vendors with the ability to submit invoices electronically, provides payors with the ability to automatically adjudicate invoices according to compliance rules and for electronic payments to be fulfilled subject to approval review rules and workflows.

REALDoc® - An automated document management platform that consists of three primary modules: REALDoc Capture, which converts document images into processable data, indexes documents and provides customizable workflows based on data attributes; REALDoc Correspondence, which provides a scalable correspondence generation, management and delivery platform; and REALDoc Vault, which provides a scalable and distributed storage platform and secure document viewer.

REALAnalytics - A data analytics and delivery platform that utilizes advanced econometric modeling and behavioral economics to assist mortgage and real estate service providers in optimizing risk management, value measurement, loss mitigation and consumer behavior outcomes across the mortgage and real estate lifecycle.

Equator - Includes the EQ Workstation®, EQ Marketplace®, EQ Midsource® and EQ Portal platforms and can be used separately or together as an end-to-end solution. EQ Workstation provides comprehensive, end-to-end workflow and transaction services to manage real estate and foreclosure related activities. EQ Marketplace provides a coordinated means of purchasing a variety of real estate services from vendors including real estate brokerage, title, closing, inspection and valuation. EQ Midsource allows users of EQ Workstation to outsource all or specific components of real estate related activities. EQ Portal provides realtors direct access to process real estate transactions with secure exchange of data and documents along with realtor marketing, training and certification.

Mortgage Builder - Includes the Architect®, Surveyance®, Colonnade® and LoanXEngine technologies, which are software solutions for mortgage banks, community banks, credit unions and other financial institutions. The Architect platform is a cloud based all-inclusive origination platform that manages loans from prequalification through interim servicing and delivery. The Surveyance platform is a mobile origination solution that provides originators with the ability to service their clients remotely. The Colonnade platform is a loan servicing solution and the LoanXEngine platform provides customer relationship management and product pricing and eligibility solutions.


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Corporate Items and Eliminations: Includes interest expense and costs related to corporate support functions including executive, finance, legal, compliance, human resources, vendor management, risk and operational effectiveness and marketing, and also includes eliminations of transactions between the reportable segments. Corporate Items and Eliminations also include the cost of facilities until approximately 40% of the facilities are occupied by the business unit(s), at which time costs are charged to the business unit(s).
We classify revenue in three categories: service revenue, revenue from reimbursable expenses and non-controlling interests. In evaluating our performance, we focus on service revenue. Service revenue consists of amounts attributable to our fee-based services. Reimbursable expenses and non-controlling interests are pass-through items for which we earn no margin. Reimbursable expenses consist of amounts we incur on behalf of our customers in performing our fee-based services, but we pass such costs directly on to our customers without any additional markup. Non-controlling interests represent the earnings of Lenders One, a consolidated entity not owned by Altisource, and are included in revenue and reduced from net income to arrive at net income attributable to Altisource.
 
Stock Repurchase Plan
 
On February 28, 2014, our shareholders approved a new stock repurchase program, which replaced the previous stock repurchase program. Under the new program, we are authorized to purchase up to 3.4 million shares of our common stock, based on a limit of 15% of the outstanding shares of common stock on the date of approval, in the open market, at a minimum price of $1.00 per share and a maximum price of $500.00 per share. This is in addition to amounts previously purchased under the prior programs. From authorization of the previous programs through March 31, 2015, we have purchased approximately 6.4 million shares of our common stock in the open market at an average price of $77.69 per share. We purchased 0.2 million shares of common stock at an average price of $23.44 per share during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 0.3 million shares at an average price of $109.97 per share during the three months ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015, approximately 1.0 million shares of common stock remain available for repurchase under the new program. Our senior secured term loan limits the amount we can spend on share repurchases in any year and may prevent repurchases in certain circumstances. As of March 31, 2015, approximately $285 million was available to repurchase our common stock under our senior secured term loan.

Altisource’s Vision and Growth Initiatives

Altisource provides a suite of mortgage, real estate and consumer debt services, leveraging our technology and global operations. Our relationship with Ocwen provided a foundation on which we built our business and Ocwen, as our largest customer, remains an important priority for us. Leveraging the services we have built through Ocwen and other relationships, Altisource is focused on becoming the premier provider of real estate and mortgage marketplaces offering both distribution and content to a diversified customer base. Within the real estate and mortgage markets, we are facilitating transactions related to home sales, home rentals, home maintenance, mortgage origination and mortgage servicing.

While we expect our revenue from Ocwen’s servicing portfolio to decline in 2015, we believe we have opportunities to continue to build our business from our revenue and diversification initiatives. Ocwen remains a very important component of our business and we believe that its existing non-government-sponsored enterprise (“non-GSE”) portfolio provides continuing revenue opportunities for Altisource. While we have been working on our strategic growth initiatives for some time, we have historically had to balance this activity with the need to support Ocwen during a period of its own rapid growth. Given our current expectations relative to Ocwen going forward and the recognized importance of diversifying further our customer base, we are increasing our focus on our strategic growth initiatives. Our strategic growth initiatives are:

Mortgage market:

attract new clients to our comprehensive default related businesses
grow our origination services and technologies

Real estate market:

expand our innovative online real estate marketplace
grow our property management and renovation services business
 

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Factors Affecting Comparability

The following items may impact the comparability of our results:

The average number of loans serviced by Ocwen on REALServicing was 2.4 million for three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to 1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The average number of delinquent non-GSE loans serviced by Ocwen on REALServicing was 314 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to 369 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2014;
In the first quarter of 2015, we recognized a $3.3 million impairment loss on our investment in HLSS equity securities;
On November 21, 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Owners Advantage, LLC (“Owners”), a leading self-directed online real estate marketplace, for an initial purchase price of $19.8 million plus contingent earn out consideration of up to an additional $7.0 million over two years, subject to Owners achieving annual performance targets;
In the fourth quarter of 2014, we discontinued our lender placed insurance brokerage line of business;
On September 12, 2014, we completed the acquisition of certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Mortgage Builder Software, Inc. (“Mortgage Builder”), a provider of mortgage loan origination and servicing software systems, for an initial purchase price of $15.7 million plus contingent earn out consideration of up to an additional $7.0 million over three years, subject to Mortgage Builder achieving annual performance targets; and
On August 1, 2014, we amended our senior secured term loan agreement and increased our borrowings by $200.0 million to $594.5 million. Interest expense totaled $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Correction of Immaterial Errors

As previously disclosed, during 2014 we determined that while we properly identified our related parties in previously issued financial statements, disclosures of certain immaterial related party expenses were omitted. We corrected the previously presented disclosures of related party expenses in Note 2 - Transactions with Related Parties and on the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The impact of correcting these items in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements had the effect of:

increasing the amounts disclosed as related party cost of revenue from Ocwen by $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014;
increasing the amounts disclosed as selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) from Ocwen billings to Altisource by $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014;
decreasing the amounts disclosed as SG&A from Altisource billings to Ocwen by $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014; and
decreasing the amounts disclosed as SG&A from Altisource billings to AAMC by $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Correcting these items on the face of the condensed consolidated statements of operations resulted in the disclosure of related party cost of revenue of $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and a decrease in previously disclosed related party SG&A by $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, the Company evaluated the effect of the disclosure and presentation errors on its previously issued annual and quarterly financial statements, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and concluded that the related party disclosures in the Company’s previously issued annual and quarterly financial statements are not materially misstated.


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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Summary Consolidated Results

The following is a discussion of our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated. For a more detailed discussion of the factors that affected the results of our business segments in these periods, see “Segment Results of Operations” below.

The following table sets forth information regarding our results of operations for the three months ended March 31:

 
 
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase (decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Services
 
$
144,381

 
$
147,148

 
(2
)
Financial Services
 
22,313

 
24,257

 
(8
)
Technology Services
 
51,970

 
46,850

 
11

Eliminations
 
(10,848
)
 
(8,296
)
 
31

     Total service revenue
 
207,816

 
209,959

 
(1
)
Reimbursable expenses
 
31,956

 
28,795

 
11

Non-controlling interests
 
710

 
515

 
38

Total revenue
 
240,482

 
239,269

 
1

Cost of revenue
 
172,826

 
147,805

 
17

Gross profit
 
67,656

 
91,464

 
(26
)
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
52,406

 
43,534

 
20

Income from operations
 
15,250

 
47,930

 
(68
)
Other income (expense), net:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
(7,160
)
 
(4,776
)
 
50

Other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities
 
(3,285
)
 

 
N/M

Other income (expense), net
 
3

 
47

 
(94
)
Total other income (expense), net
 
(10,442
)
 
(4,729
)
 
(121
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests
 
4,808

 
43,201

 
(89
)
Income tax provision
 
(400
)
 
(3,055
)
 
87

Net income
 
4,408

 
40,146

 
(89
)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
 
(710
)
 
(515
)
 
(38
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to Altisource
 
3,698

 
39,631

 
(91
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margins:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit/service revenue
 
33
%
 
44
%
 
 
Income from operations/service revenue
 
7
%
 
23
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.18

 
$
1.76

 
(90
)
Diluted
 
$
0.18

 
$
1.61

 
(89
)
 
N/M — not meaningful.

Revenue
 
We recognized service revenue of $207.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, a 1% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014. The slight decline in service revenue was primarily due to the discontinuation of the lender placed insurance brokerage line of business in the fourth quarter of 2014, fewer property valuation services referrals and lower Equator revenue from the full amortization of acquisition related deferred revenue in 2014. These declines were largely offset by revenue expansion in the asset management services businesses primarily from growth in the number of non-Ocwen homes and Ocwen REO sold on Hubzu and a higher percentage of homes sold through auction.

Certain of our revenues are impacted by seasonality. More specifically, Mortgage Services’ revenue is impacted by REO sales and lawn maintenance, which tend to be at their lowest level during the fall and winter months and highest during the spring and

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summer months. Financial Services’ asset recovery management revenue tends to be higher in the first quarter, as borrowers may utilize tax refunds and bonuses to pay debts, and generally declines throughout the rest of the year.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
 
Cost of revenue principally includes payroll and employee benefits associated with personnel employed in customer service and operations roles, fees paid to external providers related to the provision of services, reimbursable expenses, technology and telecommunications expenses and depreciation and amortization of operating assets.
We recognized cost of revenue of $172.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, a 17% increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase in cost of revenue is primarily attributable to increases in compensation and benefits and technology and telecommunications costs. Compensation and benefits increased primarily due to increased headcount and related benefits, contractor costs and severance costs incurred in connection with cost reduction initiatives implemented during the three months ended March 31, 2015. Technology and telecommunications costs increased due to increases in service contracts and consulting fees. Recognizing that our business with Ocwen is not expected to grow in the near term due to challenges faced by Ocwen, in late 2014 and early 2015 we developed and are executing on a plan that includes eliminating certain non-revenue generating businesses, reducing vendor costs and eliminating staff. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we recognized severance expense of $4.0 million related to the elimination of staff.
Gross profit decreased to $67.7 million, representing 33% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from $91.5 million, representing 44% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Gross profit as a percentage of service revenue declined in 2015 due largely to lower revenue from Mortgage Services’ higher gross margin businesses and higher compensation and benefits and technology and telecommunications costs without corresponding revenue growth principally within the Technology Services segment.
     
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses and Income from Operations

SG&A includes payroll for personnel employed in executive, finance, legal, compliance, human resources, vendor management, risk and operational effectiveness and marketing roles. This category also includes occupancy costs, professional fees and depreciation and amortization of intangible assets.

We recognized SG&A of $52.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, a 20% increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014. This increase is driven primarily by higher compensation and benefits cost due to expansion of certain support functions, severance costs incurred in connection with cost reduction initiatives implemented during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and higher legal costs related to regulatory and litigation matters.
Income from operations decreased to $15.3 million, representing 7% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from $47.9 million, representing 23% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease in operating income margin is primarily driven by the increase in cost of revenues and the increase in SG&A discussed above.
Other Income (Expense), net
Other income (expense), net principally includes interest expense, interest income and an other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities. Interest expense was $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, an increase of $2.4 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, resulting from the additional $200.0 million senior secured term loan borrowings on August 1, 2014.
During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we purchased 1.6 million shares of HLSS common stock for $30.0 million in the open market. This investment is classified as available for sale and reflected at fair value at March 31, 2015. Based on HLSS’ sale of substantially all of its assets and plan of complete liquidation and dissolution, we determined that our investment in HLSS is other than temporarily impaired. Accordingly, we recognized an other than temporary impairment loss of $3.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015. This amount reflects the difference between the cost and fair value of the HLSS equity securities as of March 31, 2015.

Income Tax Provision
 
We recognized an income tax provision of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Our effective tax rate was 8.3% and 7.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2015

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and March 31, 2014, respectively. Our effective tax rate differs from the Luxembourg statutory tax rate of 29.2% primarily due to the effect of certain deductions in Luxembourg from a tax ruling, which expires in 2019 unless extended or renewed, and the mix of income and losses with varying tax rates in multiple taxing jurisdictions. Our consolidated effective income tax rate for financial reporting purposes may change periodically due to changes in enacted tax rates, fluctuations in the mix of income earned from our domestic and international operations, which may be subject to differing tax rates, and our ability to utilize net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following section provides a discussion of pre-tax results of operations of our business segments. Transactions between segments are accounted for as third party arrangements for purposes of presenting segment results of operations. Intercompany transactions primarily consist of IT infrastructure services. We reflect these as service revenue in the Technology Services segment and technology and telecommunications expense within cost of revenue and SG&A in the segment receiving the services.
Financial information for our segments is as follows:
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Corporate
Items and
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Altisource
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service revenue
 
$
144,381

 
$
22,313

 
$
51,970

 
$
(10,848
)
 
$
207,816

Reimbursable expenses
 
31,915

 
41

 

 

 
31,956

Non-controlling interests
 
710

 

 

 

 
710

 
 
177,006

 
22,354

 
51,970

 
(10,848
)
 
240,482

Cost of revenue
 
114,804

 
15,103

 
52,723

 
(9,804
)
 
172,826

Gross profit (loss)
 
62,202

 
7,251

 
(753
)
 
(1,044
)
 
67,656

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
20,561

 
4,715

 
7,315

 
19,815

 
52,406

Income (loss) from operations
 
41,641

 
2,536

 
(8,068
)
 
(20,859
)
 
15,250

Other income (expense), net
 
(4
)
 
(12
)
 
1

 
(10,427
)
 
(10,442
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes and
    non-controlling interests
 
$
41,637

 
$
2,524

 
$
(8,067
)
 
$
(31,286
)
 
$
4,808

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margins:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit (loss)/service revenue
 
43
%
 
32
%
 
(1
)%
 
N/M

 
33
%
Income (loss) from operations/service revenue
 
29
%
 
11
%
 
(16
)%
 
N/M

 
7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transactions with related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
117,941

 
$
5,609

 
$
25,089

 
$

 
$
148,639

Cost of revenue
 
9,981

 
32

 
275

 

 
10,288

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
66

 
181

 
37

 
373

 
657


N/M — not meaningful.


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Three months ended March 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Mortgage
Services
 
Financial
Services
 
Technology
Services
 
Corporate
Items and
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Altisource
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service revenue
 
$
147,148

 
$
24,257

 
$
46,850

 
$
(8,296
)
 
$
209,959

Reimbursable expenses
 
28,767

 
28

 

 

 
28,795

Non-controlling interests
 
515

 

 

 

 
515

 
 
176,430

 
24,285

 
46,850

 
(8,296
)
 
239,269

Cost of revenue
 
103,237

 
14,613

 
37,332

 
(7,377
)
 
147,805

Gross profit (loss)
 
73,193

 
9,672

 
9,518

 
(919
)
 
91,464

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
19,174

 
4,663

 
6,614

 
13,083

 
43,534

Income (loss) from operations
 
54,019

 
5,009

 
2,904

 
(14,002
)
 
47,930

Other income (expense), net
 
48

 
(1
)
 
(16
)
 
(4,760
)
 
(4,729
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes and
    non-controlling interests
 
$
54,067

 
$
5,008

 
$
2,888

 
$
(18,762
)
 
$
43,201

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margins:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Gross profit /service revenue
 
50
%
 
40
%
 
20
%
 
N/M

 
44
%
Income from operations/service revenue
 
37
%
 
21
%
 
6
%
 
N/M

 
23
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transactions with related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
$
122,439

 
$
6,302

 
$
16,817

 
$

 
$
145,558

Cost of revenue
 
7,227

 
35

 
26

 

 
7,288

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
47

 

 
63

 
(352
)
 
(242
)

N/M — not meaningful.

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Mortgage Services
 
Revenue
 
Revenue by service line was as follows for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service revenue:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Asset management services
 
$
89,584

 
$
74,725

 
20

Insurance services
 
23,642

 
34,965

 
(32
)
Residential property valuation
 
19,447

 
27,196

 
(28
)
Default management services
 
6,694

 
5,837

 
15

Origination management services
 
5,014

 
4,425

 
13

Total service revenue
 
144,381

 
147,148

 
(2
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reimbursable expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset management services
 
30,003

 
27,162

 
10

Insurance services
 
1,349

 
649

 
108

Default management services
 
541

 
917

 
(41
)
Origination management services
 
22

 
39

 
(44
)
Total reimbursable expenses
 
31,915

 
28,767

 
11

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-controlling interests
 
710

 
515

 
38

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 
$
177,006

 
$
176,430

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset management services
 
$
83,310

 
$
80,630

 
3

Insurance services
 
9,797

 
11,005

 
(11
)
Residential property valuation
 
18,479

 
26,241

 
(30
)
Default management services
 
5,992

 
4,169

 
44

Origination management services
 
363

 
394

 
(8
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from related parties
 
$
117,941

 
$
122,439

 
(4
)
 
We recognized service revenue of $144.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, a 2% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to the discontinuation of the lender placed insurance brokerage line of business in the fourth quarter of 2014 and fewer property valuation services referrals. These declines were largely offset by revenue expansion in the asset management services businesses primarily from growth in the number of non-Ocwen homes and Ocwen REO sold on Hubzu and a higher percentage of homes sold through auction.

Certain of our Mortgage Services businesses are impacted by seasonality. REO sales and lawn maintenance services are generally lowest during the fall and winter months and highest during the spring and summer months.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
 
Cost of revenue consists of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
20,805

 
$
15,452

 
35

Outside fees and services
 
52,593

 
52,283

 
1

Reimbursable expenses
 
31,915

 
28,767

 
11

Technology and telecommunications
 
8,674

 
6,204

 
40

Depreciation and amortization
 
817

 
531

 
54

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
 
$
114,804

 
$
103,237

 
11



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Cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $114.8 million increased by 11% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to the increase in compensation and benefits and technology and telecommunications costs. Compensation and benefits costs increased during 2014 to support growth in certain of our Mortgage Services businesses and our growth initiatives. Technology and telecommunications costs increased primarily due to increased IT infrastructure investments. Recognizing that our business with Ocwen is not expected to grow in the near term due to challenges faced by Ocwen, in late 2014 and early 2015 we developed and are executing on a plan that includes eliminating certain non-revenue generating businesses, reducing vendor costs and eliminating staff. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we recognized severance expense in the Mortgage Services segment of $1.1 million related to the elimination of staff.
Gross profit decreased to $62.2 million, representing 43% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from $73.2 million, representing 50% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The gross profit margin decreased due to service revenue mix with no revenue in 2015 from the higher margin lender placed insurance brokerage business and from costs incurred in the three months ended March 31, 2015 related to certain non-revenue generating businesses that will no longer be incurred after March 31, 2015.

Our margins can vary substantially depending upon service revenue mix.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses and Income from Operations
 
SG&A expenses consist of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
538

 
$
242

 
122

Professional services
 
4,542

 
1,048

 
N/M

Occupancy related costs
 
2,600

 
2,380

 
9

Amortization of intangible assets
 
6,439

 
7,083

 
(9
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
554

 
427

 
30

Marketing costs
 
3,934

 
5,002

 
(21
)
Other
 
1,954

 
2,992

 
(35
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
$
20,561

 
$
19,174

 
7


N/M - not meaningful.

SG&A for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $20.6 million increased by 7% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily driven by an increase in legal costs related to legal and regulatory matters. This increase was partially offset by lower Hubzu marketing costs as we continue to optimize our marketing spend and lower bad debt expense.

Income from operations decreased to $41.6 million, representing 29% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $54.0 million, representing 37% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease in operating income margin is the result of the decrease in gross profit as a percentage of service revenue and higher SG&A expenses as a percentage of service revenue, as discussed above.


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Financial Services
 
Revenue
 
Revenue by service line was as follows for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service revenue:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Customer relationship management
 
$
11,396

 
$
12,975

 
(12
)
Asset recovery management
 
10,917

 
11,282

 
(3
)
Total service revenue
 
22,313

 
24,257

 
(8
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reimbursable expenses:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Asset recovery management
 
41

 
28

 
46

Total reimbursable expenses
 
41

 
28

 
46

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 
$
22,354

 
$
24,285

 
(8
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue from related parties:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Asset recovery management
 
$
5,609

 
$
6,302

 
(11
)
 
We recognized service revenue of $22.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, an 8% decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to lower customer relationship management business from an existing customer, due to its vendor diversification initiatives, partially offset by the addition of a new customer.

Certain of our Financial Services businesses are impacted by seasonality. Revenue in the asset recovery management business tends to be higher in the first quarter, as borrowers may utilize tax refunds and bonuses to pay debts, and generally declines throughout the rest of the year.
Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit
 
Cost of revenue consists of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
10,987

 
$
11,040

 

Outside fees and services
 
697

 
816

 
(15
)
Reimbursable expenses
 
41

 
28

 
46

Technology and telecommunications
 
2,907

 
2,440

 
19

Depreciation and amortization
 
471

 
289

 
63

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
 
$
15,103

 
$
14,613

 
3

 
Cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $15.1 million increased by 3% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to higher technology and telecommunications costs from increased IT infrastructure investments.
Gross profit decreased to $7.3 million, representing 32% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $9.7 million, representing 40% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Gross profit margin decreased primarily due to the decrease in revenues from a customer relationship management customer, due to its vendor diversification initiatives, without a similar reduction in compensation and benefits and higher technology and telecommunications costs.

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses and Income from Operations
SG&A expenses consist of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
13

 
$
154

 
(92
)
Professional services
 
211

 
242

 
(13
)
Occupancy related costs
 
1,895

 
1,828

 
4

Amortization of intangible assets
 
1,127

 
1,454

 
(22
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
579

 
294

 
97

Other
 
890

 
691

 
29

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
$
4,715

 
$
4,663

 
1

SG&A for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $4.7 million increased by 1% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense and other expenses due to leasehold improvements in connection with facility relocations, partially offset by a decrease in amortization of intangible assets.
Income from operations was $2.5 million, representing 11% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $5.0 million, representing 21% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease in operating income as a percentage of service revenue is primarily the result of lower gross profit margins as discussed above.
Technology Services
 
Revenue
 
Revenue by service line was as follows for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service revenue:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Software services
 
$
32,624

 
$
34,604

 
(6
)
IT infrastructure services
 
19,346

 
12,246

 
58

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 
$
51,970

 
$
46,850

 
11

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Software services
 
$
13,978

 
$
11,350

 
23

IT infrastructure services
 
11,111

 
5,467

 
103

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from related parties
 
$
25,089

 
$
16,817

 
49

 
We recognized service revenue of $52.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, an 11% increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily driven by IT infrastructure services revenue. IT infrastructure services are typically billed on a cost plus basis and costs in the IT infrastructure business were higher than the same period in 2014. (See cost of revenue section below for further discussion.) Within the software services businesses, lower Equator revenue from the full amortization of acquisition related deferred revenue in 2014 was partially offset by revenue from a higher number of loans serviced by Ocwen on REALServicing.
For segment presentation purposes, revenue from services provided by Technology Services to our other reportable segments is eliminated in consolidation. This inter-segment revenue is included as revenue in the Technology Services segment and as technology and telecommunications expense, a component of cost of revenue and SG&A, in our other reportable segments.

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Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit (Loss)
Cost of revenue consists of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
37,534

 
$
26,158

 
43

Technology and telecommunications
 
10,073

 
7,303

 
38

Depreciation and amortization
 
5,116

 
3,871

 
32

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
 
$
52,723

 
$
37,332

 
41


Cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $52.7 million increased by 41% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to increased compensation and benefits and technology and telecommunications costs. A portion of the increase in costs relates to the September 2014 acquisition of Mortgage Builder. The remaining increase relates to businesses we have been investing in to support our growth. Recognizing that our business with Ocwen is not expected to grow in the near term due to challenges faced by Ocwen, in late 2014 and early 2015 we developed and are executing on a plan that includes eliminating certain non-revenue generating businesses, reducing vendor costs and eliminating staff. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we recognized severance expense in the Technology Services segment of $2.8 million related to the elimination of staff.
Gross profit (loss) decreased to $(0.8) million, representing (1)% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $9.5 million, representing 20% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Gross profit (loss) margins decreased primarily due to higher costs, as described above.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses and Income from Operations

SG&A expenses consist of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
878

 
$
944

 
(7
)
Professional services
 
184

 
87

 
111

Occupancy related costs
 
3,779

 
2,631

 
44

Amortization of intangible assets
 
1,325

 
929

 
43

Depreciation and amortization
 
311

 
322

 
(3
)
Other
 
838

 
1,701

 
(51
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
$
7,315

 
$
6,614

 
11

SG&A for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $7.3 million increased by 11% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to increased occupancy related costs driven by facility expansions and relocations as well as increased intangible asset amortization related to the Mortgage Builder acquisition, partially offset by lower bad debt expense.
Loss from operations was $(8.1) million, representing (16)% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to income from operations of $2.9 million, representing 6% of service revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Income from operations as a percentage of service revenue decreased primarily due to the decline in gross profit margins and the increase in SG&A, as discussed above.
Corporate Items and Eliminations
 
Corporate Items and Eliminations include interest expense, other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities and costs related to corporate support functions including executive, finance, legal, compliance, human resources, vendor management, risk and operational effectiveness and marketing. It also includes eliminations of transactions between the reportable segments.



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Corporate costs consist of the following for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
 
$
11,334

 
$
7,649

 
48

Professional services
 
3,053

 
2,605

 
17

Occupancy related costs
 
2,380

 
2,472

 
(4
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
978

 
512

 
91

Marketing costs
 
1,302

 
18

 
N/M

Other
 
768

 
(173
)
 
N/M

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
19,815

 
13,083

 
51

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other expense, net
 
10,427

 
4,760

 
119

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total corporate costs
 
$
30,242

 
$
17,843

 
69

N/M - not meaningful.
Corporate costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $30.2 million increased by 69% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to higher compensation and benefits costs, legal and compliance costs related to regulatory and litigation matters, interest expense and an other than temporary impairment loss on HLSS equity securities. We incurred higher compensation and benefits costs as we are expanding certain corporate functions. In addition, we incurred $0.5 million of severance costs in connection with cost reduction initiatives implemented during the three months ended March 31, 2015. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $7.2 million, an increase of $2.4 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, resulting from the additional $200.0 million senior secured term loan borrowings on August 1, 2014. In addition, we recorded a $3.3 million loss related to an other than temporary impairment of HLSS equity securities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (no comparative amount in 2014).
Intercompany revenue that is eliminated in consolidation increased for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014. These intercompany transactions primarily consisted of IT infrastructure services. While the expenses are recognized in the Mortgage Services and Financial Services segments above, the elimination of these expenses is reflected in Corporate Items and Eliminations.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
Liquidity
 
Our primary source of liquidity is cash flows from operations. We seek to deploy excess cash generated in a disciplined manner. Principally, we intend to use excess cash to develop complementary services and businesses that we believe will generate attractive margins in line with our core capabilities and strategy. We may consider business acquisitions and other opportunities that may arise from time to time. During January 2015, we used $4.0 million to repurchase Altisource common stock.

Our relationship with Ocwen is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could result in changes to our relationship and have an adverse effect on our liquidity. We intend to closely monitor the Ocwen related uncertainties and to modify our business plan as needed in response. As a result of these uncertainties, we intend to increase our cash and cash equivalents position throughout 2015. However, we will continue to monitor market conditions, and may, at some point in the future, consider repurchasing our common stock and/or our debt if we believe conditions are favorable.

Senior Secured Term Loan
 
On November 27, 2012, Altisource Solutions S.à r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a senior secured term loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders. The Company and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries are guarantors of the term loan. We subsequently amended the senior secured term loan agreement to increase the principal amount of the senior secured term loan and, among other changes, re-establish the $200.0 million incremental term loan facility accordion, lower the interest rate, extend the maturity date by approximately one year and increase the maximum amount of Restricted Junior Payments (as defined in the senior secured term loan agreement; other capitalized terms, unless defined herein, are defined in the senior secured term loan agreement). The lenders of the senior secured term loan, as amended, have no obligation to provide any such additional debt under the accordion provision. As of March 31, 2015, $587.3 million, net of

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unamortized discount of $2.8 million, was outstanding under the senior secured term loan agreement, as amended, compared to $588.6 million, net of unamortized discount of $2.9 million, as of December 31, 2014.

After giving effect to the third amendment entered into on August 1, 2014, the term loan must be repaid in equal consecutive quarterly principal installments of $1.5 million, which commenced on September 30, 2014, with the balance due at maturity. All amounts outstanding under the senior secured term loan agreement will become due on the earlier of (i) December 9, 2020 and (ii) the date on which the loans are declared to be due and owing by the administrative agent at the request (or with the consent) of the Required Lenders upon the occurrence of any event of default under the senior secured term loan agreement. However, if leverage ratios exceed 3.00 to 1.00, a percentage of cash flows must be used to repay principal. No mandatory prepayments were owed for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Interest payments are due monthly. The interest rate as of March 31, 2015 was 4.50%.

The debt covenants in the senior secured term loan agreement limit, among other things, our ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends and repurchase stock. In the event we require additional liquidity, our ability to obtain it may be limited by the senior secured term loan.

Cash Flows
 
The following table presents our cash flows for the three months ended March 31:
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Increase
(decrease)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income adjusted for non-cash items
 
$
27,043

 
$
59,116

 
(54
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
 
(42,981
)
 
(22,807
)
 
(88
)
Net cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities
 
(15,938
)
 
36,309

 
(144
)
Net cash flows used in investing activities
 
(33,901
)
 
(13,245
)
 
(156
)
Net cash flows used in financing activities
 
(5,899
)
 
(37,012
)
 
84

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(55,738
)
 
(13,948
)
 
N/M

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
161,361

 
130,324

 
24

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
105,623

 
$
116,376

 
(9
)

N/M — not meaningful.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities
 
Cash flows from operating activities generally consist of the cash effects of transactions and events that enter into the determination of net income. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, we generated negative cash flows from operating activities of $(15.9) million, or approximately $(0.08) for every dollar of service revenue compared to cash flows from operating activities of $36.3 million, or approximately $0.17 for every dollar of service revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease in cash flows from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014 is principally driven by lower net income, after adding back depreciation and amortization including amortization of intangible assets, and unfavorable working capital changes. Changes in working capital were principally due to higher accounts receivable from the timing of collections and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses due to the timing of payments, including higher annual incentive compensation payments.
Operating cash flows per service revenue dollar can be negatively impacted because of the nature of some of our services. Certain services are performed immediately following or shortly after the referral, but the collection of the receivable does not occur until a specific event occurs (e.g., the foreclosure is complete, the REO asset is sold, etc.) and our cash flows from operations may be negatively impacted when comparing one interim period to another.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
 
Cash flows from investing activities include our purchase of 1.6 million shares HLSS common stock from March 10, 2015 to March 17, 2015. Cash flows from investing activities also include capital expenditures of $3.9 million and $12.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, primarily related to facility build-outs and investments in IT infrastructure.


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Cash Flows from Financing Activities
 
Cash flows from financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 primarily include activity associated with share repurchases, debt repayment, stock option exercises and payments to non-controlling interests. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we spent $4.0 million and $35.8 million, respectively, to repurchase our common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we repaid $1.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of the borrowings under the senior secured term loan. Stock option exercises provided proceeds of $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Distributions to non-controlling interests were $0.7 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.
Liquidity Requirements after March 31, 2015
In November 15, 2013, we completed the acquisition of Equator, LLC (“Equator”). The purchase agreement provided for the payment of up to $80 million in potential additional consideration determined based on Equator’s Adjusted EBITA (as defined in the purchase agreement) in the three consecutive 12-month periods following closing. Up to $22.5 million of this potential additional consideration could be earned in each of the first two 12-month periods, and up to $35.0 million could be earned in the third 12-month period. Any amounts earned upon the achievement of Adjusted EBITA thresholds are payable through 2017. We may, at our discretion, pay up to 20% of each payment of any of this potential additional consideration in shares of Company restricted stock, with the balance to be paid in cash. As of March 31, 2015, we estimated the fair value of the potential additional consideration related to the Equator acquisition to be $8.1 million. No payment was earned during the initial 12-month period. The amount ultimately paid will depend on Equator’s actual Adjusted EBITA in the three consecutive 12-month periods following closing.
On September 12, 2014, we acquired Mortgage Builder. The Mortgage Builder purchase agreement provides for the payment of up to $7.0 million in potential additional consideration based on Adjusted Revenue (as defined in the purchase agreement). We have estimated the fair value of the Mortgage Builder potential additional consideration to be $1.6 million as of March 31, 2015. The amount ultimately paid will depend on Mortgage Builder’s Adjusted Revenue in the three consecutive 12-month periods following closing.

On November 21, 2014, we acquired Owners. The Owners purchase agreement provides for a payment of up to $7.0 million of potential additional consideration based on Adjusted Revenue (as defined in the purchase agreement) earned in the two consecutive 12-month periods following closing. We have estimated the fair value of the Owners contingent consideration to be $2.0 million as of March 31, 2015. The amount ultimately paid will depend on Owners’ Adjusted Revenue earned in the two consecutive 12-month periods following closing.

During the second quarter of 2015, we expect to distribute $0.7 million to the Lenders One members representing non-controlling interests and repay $1.5 million of the senior secured term loan.

We believe that we will generate sufficient cash flows from operations to fund capital expenditures and required debt and interest payments for the next twelve months.
Contractual Obligations, Commitments and Contingencies
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, there were no significant changes to our contractual obligations from those identified in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, other than those that occur in the normal course of business. See also Note 19 to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements. 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES, ESTIMATES AND RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
 
We prepare our interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In applying many of these accounting principles, we need to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses in our interim condensed consolidated financial statements. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. These assumptions, estimates and judgments, however, are often subjective. Actual results may be negatively affected based on changing circumstances. If actual amounts are ultimately different from our estimates, the revisions are included in our results of operations for the period in which the actual amounts become known.

Our critical accounting policies are described in the MD&A section of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015. Those policies have not changed during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

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Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This standard establishes a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The core principle of the new standard is an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this new guidance may have on its results of operations and financial position.

In February 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This standard addresses the consolidation of certain legal entities relative to current requirements under GAAP of a reporting entity to consolidate another legal entity in situations in which the reporting entity’s contractual rights do not give it the ability to act primarily on its own behalf, the reporting entity does not hold a majority of the legal entity’s voting rights or the reporting entity is not exposed to a majority of the legal entity’s economic benefits or obligations. This standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the standard in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the year that includes that interim period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this new guidance may have on its results of operations and financial position.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This revised standard changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. Under the ASU, an entity presents such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. This standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.

OTHER MATTERS
 
Related Parties
 
Ocwen
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we generated Mortgage Services segment revenue from Ocwen of $111.1 million and $122.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we generated Financial Services segment revenue from Ocwen of $5.6 million and $6.3 million, respectively. Also, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we generated Technology Services segment revenue of $24.6 million and $16.8 million, respectively. Services provided to Ocwen during such periods included residential property valuation, real estate asset management and sales, trustee management services, property inspection and preservation, insurance services, charge-off mortgage collections, IT infrastructure management and software applications including our software platforms. We record revenue we earn from Ocwen under the service agreements at rates we believe to be comparable market rates as we believe they are consistent with fees we charge to other customers and/or fees charged by our competitors for comparable services.

We earn additional revenue on the portfolios serviced by Ocwen that is not considered related party revenue when a party other than Ocwen selects Altisource as the service provider. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized revenue of $53.5 million and $54.7 million, respectively, on the portfolios serviced by Ocwen that is not considered related party revenue.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, Ocwen billed us $10.3 million and $7.3 million, respectively, for data access fees and contractor and/or employee costs under agreements described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. These amounts are reflected as a component of cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Based upon our previously provided notice, the Data Access and Services Agreement was terminated effective March 31, 2015.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed Ocwen $0.6 million and $1.0 million, respectively, and Ocwen billed us $1.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, for other services provided under the agreements described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. These amounts are reflected as a component of SG&A in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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HLSS

HLSS is a publicly traded company whose primary objective is the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights and related servicing advances, loans held for investment and other residential mortgage related assets. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, HLSS owned, for a significant portion of Ocwen-serviced non-GSE loans, (1) the rights to receive the servicing fees that Ocwen is entitled to receive and (2) associated servicing advances.
Under a support services agreement, we provide HLSS certain finance, human resources, tax and facilities services and we sell information technology services to HLSS. We billed HLSS $0.6 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Of these amounts, $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (no comparative amount in 2014) is reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, is reflected as a component of SG&A in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

On February 22, 2015, HLSS and New Residential Investment Corp. (“NRZ”) announced they entered into a definitive agreement whereby NRZ would acquire all of the outstanding shares of HLSS, subject to shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.

From March 10, 2015 to March 17, 2015, we purchased 1.6 million shares of HLSS common stock for $30.0 million in the open market. See Note 5 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On April 6, 2015, HLSS and NRZ announced they terminated the merger agreement announced on February 22, 2015 and entered into a purchase agreement under which NRZ acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of HLSS. The asset purchase was consummated concurrently with signing of the purchase agreement. Furthermore, NRZ separately agreed to a multi-year extension of the servicing contracts with Ocwen. HLSS also announced that it adopted a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution. Additional information is contained in HLSS’ public filings.

Residential and AAMC
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed Residential $6.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively. These amounts are reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. This excludes revenue from services we provide to Residential’s loans serviced by Ocwen where we are retained by Ocwen. That revenue is included in Ocwen related party revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we billed AAMC $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, under the services agreements described in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Of these amounts, less than $0.1 million in each period is reflected in revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and, for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, is reflected as a component of SG&A in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.


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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
Market Risk
Our financial market risk consists primarily of interest rate and foreign currency exchange risk.
Interest Rate Risk
As of March 31, 2015, the interest rate charged on the senior secured term loan was 4.50%. The interest rate is calculated based on the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the senior secured term loan agreement) with a minimum floor of 1.00% plus 3.50%.

Based on the principal amount outstanding at March 31, 2015, a one percentage point increase in the Eurodollar Rate would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $1.6 million, based on the March 31, 2015 Adjusted Eurodollar Rate. There would be no change in our annual interest expense if there was a one percentage point decrease in the Eurodollar Rate.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk

We are exposed to currency risk from potential changes in currency values of our foreign currency denominated expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows. Our most significant foreign currency exposure relates to the Indian rupee. Based on expenses incurred in Indian rupees during the three months ended March 31, 2015, a one percentage point increase or decrease in value of the Indian rupee in relation to the United States dollar would increase or decrease our annual expenses by approximately $1.2 million.

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Item 4.  Controls and Procedures
 
a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
b)
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
 
From time to time, we are involved in legal and administrative proceedings arising in the course of our business.  We record a liability for these matters if an unfavorable outcome is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, including expected insurance coverage.  For proceedings where the reasonable estimate of loss is a range, we record a best estimate of loss within the range.
 
On September 8, 2014, the West Palm Beach Firefighter’s Pension Fund filed a putative securities class action suit against Altisource and certain of its officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 with regard to disclosures concerning pricing and transactions with related parties that allegedly inflated Altisource share prices. The court subsequently appointed the Pension Fund of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 and the Annuity Fund of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 as Lead Plaintiffs. On January 30, 2015, Lead Plaintiffs filed an amended class action complaint which adds Ocwen Financial Corporation as a defendant, and seeks a determination that the action may be maintained as a class action on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s securities between April 25, 2013 and December 21, 2014 and an unspecified amount of damages. Altisource intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

On February 11, 2015, W.A. Sokolowski, an alleged shareholder of Ocwen Financial Corporation, filed an amended shareholder derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Ocwen Financial Corporation, certain of its officers and directors, Altisource and other companies. The suit seeks recovery of an unspecified amount of damages on behalf of Ocwen for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by Ocwen’s current and former officers and directors, which were allegedly aided and abetted by Altisource and other defendants. Altisource, which has not been served with the suit, intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

Altisource is unable to predict the outcomes of these lawsuits or reasonably estimate the potential loss, if any, arising from the suits, given that a motion to dismiss was filed but has not yet been adjudicated in the first case, Altisource has not been served in the second case, discovery has not commenced in either case and significant legal and factual issues remain to be determined in both cases.

In addition to the matters referenced above, we are involved in legal actions in the course of our business, some of which seek monetary damages. We do not believe that the outcome of these proceedings, both individually and in the aggregate, will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Regulatory Matters

Our business is subject to regulation and oversight by federal, state and local governmental authorities. We periodically receive subpoenas, civil investigative demands or other requests for information from regulatory agencies in connection with their regulatory or investigative authority. We are currently responding to such inquiries from federal and state agencies relating to certain aspects of our business. We believe it is premature to predict the potential outcome or to estimate any potential financial impact in connection with these inquiries.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors
 
As of the date of this filing, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015.

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Item 2.  Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
Equity securities repurchased by us:
 
The following table presents information related to our repurchases of our equity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2015:
Period
 
Total
number of
shares 
purchased(1)
 
Weighted
average
price paid
per share
 
Total number
of shares
purchased as
part of publicly
announced plans
or programs(2)
 
Maximum number
of shares that may
yet be purchased
under the
plans or programs(2)
Common stock:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

January 1 — 31, 2015
 
168,700

 
$
23.44

 
168,700

 
969,638

February 1 — 28, 2015
 

 

 

 
969,638

March 1 — 31, 2015
 

 

 

 
969,638

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
168,700

 
$
23.44

 
168,700

 
969,638

 
(1) 
May include shares withheld from employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations that arose from the exercise of stock options.

(2) 
On February 28, 2014, our shareholders authorized a new share repurchase program that replaced the prior program and authorizes us to purchase up to 3.4 million shares of our common stock in the open market.




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Item 6. Exhibits
 
10.1
Form of Cash Retention Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2015)
 
 
 
 
10.2
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2015)
 
 
 
 
10.3
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2015)
 
 
 
*
31.1
Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).
 
 
 
*
31.2
Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).
 
 
 
*
32.1
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
*
101
Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015 is formatted in XBRL interactive data files: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014; (ii Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014; and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
 
*
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A.
(Registrant)

Date: April 23, 2015
By:
/s/ Michelle D. Esterman
 
 
Michelle D. Esterman
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(On behalf of the Registrant and as its Principal Financial Officer)


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Exhibit 31.1
 
CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, William B. Shepro, hereby certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2015 of Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
 
(a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Date:
April 23, 2015
By:
/s/ William B. Shepro
 
 
 
William B. Shepro
 
 
 
Director and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)



ASPS-2015.3.31-EX31.2


Exhibit 31.2
 
CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Michelle D. Esterman, hereby certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2015 of Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:
 
(a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
  
Date:
April 23, 2015
By:
/s/ Michelle D. Esterman
 
 
 
Michelle D. Esterman
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer and
 Principal Accounting Officer)


ASPS-2015.3.31-EX32.1


Exhibit 32.1
 
CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 18, CHAPTER 63, SECTION 1350)
ACCOMPANYING QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q OF
ALTISOURCE PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS S.A. FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
MARCH 31, 2015
 
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), William B. Shepro, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Michelle D. Esterman, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:
 
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
By:
/s/ William B. Shepro
 
By:
/s/ Michelle D. Esterman
 
William B. Shepro
 
 
Michelle D. Esterman
 
Director and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer and
 Principal Accounting Officer)
 
April 23, 2015
 
 
April 23, 2015