Walter Investment Management Corp. Files Amended '8-K' With the Securities Exchange Commission
July 10 2009 - 5:52PM
PR Newswire (US)
TAMPA, Fla., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Walter Investment
Management Corp. (NYSE Amex: WAC) an asset manager, mortgage
servicer and mortgage portfolio owner announced today it has filed
an amended 8-K with the Securities Exchange Commission. The amended
8-K includes the audited financial statements of Walter Investment
Management, LLC. ("Spinco") as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and
for the three years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, the
unaudited interim financial statements as of March 31, 2009, and
for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2008 and as of March 31, 2009 and the three
months then ended. As reflected in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 filed by Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
("Hanover") in conjunction with the merger of Hanover and Spinco,
Spinco was the transferee of the Financing business of JWH Holding
Company, LLC. ("JWHHC"). JWHHC, was the parent of the entities
comprising Walter Industries, Inc's Financing business, as well as
its Homebuilding business. The JWHHC financial statements were
included in the Form S-4 with all of the Financing business in
continuing operations, with the Homebuilding business treated as a
discontinued operation of JWHHC. The financial statements included
in the Exhibits to the Form 8-K/A filed today are those of Spinco,
which represents only the assets and liabilities of the Financing
business transferred to Spinco prior to the merger. Thus, the
financial statements of Spinco differ from those of JWHHC in part
because they do not include the discontinued operations of the
Homebuilding business, which was never owned by Spinco. The
remaining differences between continuing operations reflected in
the JWHHC financial statements and in the Spinco financial
statements represent the elimination of the worker's compensation
program in the captive insurance business that was part of the
Financing business but was not transferred to Spinco. Financial
statement line items impacted by this difference are other assets,
accounts payable, accrued expenses, premium revenue and claims
expense. The combined financial statements of Walter Mortgage
Company ("WMC"), Best Insurors ("Best") and Walter Investment
Reinsurance Company, Ltd. ("WIRC") (collectively representing
substantially all of the Financing business) are considered the
predecessor to Spinco for accounting purposes. Thus, the combined
financial statements of WMC, Best and WIRC have become the
Company's historical financial statements for periods prior to the
Merger. On July 7, 2009, the Company notified the NYSE Amex ("Amex"
or the "Exchange") of its failure to timely file the financial
information required for Spinco in a Form 8-K/A due on July 6, 2009
resulting from the change in financial statement from JWHHC to
Spinco. On July 8, 2009, the Company received notice from Amex
that, due to the failure to timely file the pro forma financial
statements of the business acquired on April 17, 2009, the Company
did not meet certain of the Exchange's continued listing standards.
Specifically, the notice provided that the Company was not in
compliance with Sections 134 and 1101 of the NYSE Amex LLC Company
Guide and therefore is in violation of its listing agreement with
the Exchange. The Company has filed financial information related
to the business acquired on April 17, 2009 that was required to be
reported by the Company by July 6, 2009 as Exhibits to the Form
8-K/A. The Company believes that as a result of this filing, it has
taken all action necessary to bring the Company back into
compliance with the Exchange's continued listing standards, but
awaits formal confirmation by the Exchange. About Walter Investment
Management Corp. Walter Investment Management Corp. is an asset
manager, mortgage servicer and mortgage portfolio owner
specializing in subprime, non-conforming and other
credit-challenged mortgage assets. Based in Tampa, Fla., the
Company currently has $1.9 billion of assets under management and
pro-forma annual revenues of approximately $200 million. The
Company is structured as a real estate investment trust ("REIT")
and employs approximately 225 people. For more information about
Walter Investment Management Corp., please visit the Company's
website at http://www.walterinvestment.com/. Safe Harbor Statement
-- Certain statements in this release may constitute
"forward-looking" statements as defined in Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Walter Investment
Management Corp. is including this cautionary statement to make
applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that
are not historical fact are forward-looking statements. The use of
words such as "believe" and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
important factors that could cause the actual results, performance
or achievements, to differ materially from future results,
performance or achievements. The forward-looking statements are
based on the Company's current belief, intentions and expectations.
These statements are not guarantees or indicative of future
performance. The Company's future financial condition and results
of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are
subject to change and inherent risks and uncertainties. These risks
and uncertainties include, without limitation, the possibility that
Amex does not agree that the filing of the Form 8K/A brings the
company into compliance with the Exchange's continuing listing
standards. All forward looking statements set forth herein are
qualified by these cautionary statements and are made only as of
July 10, 2009. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise the information contained herein whether as a result of new
information, subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise,
unless otherwise required by law. DATASOURCE: Walter Investment
Management Corp. CONTACT: Investor and Media, Whitney Finch,
Director of Investor Relations, +1-813-872-7196, Web Site:
http://www.walterind.com/
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