Altisource Executes Non-Binding Letters Of Intent With Ocwen Financial Corporation To Purchase Certain Fee-Based Businesses Of Homeward Residential And Residential Capital

LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A., on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, ("Altisource") (Nasdaq:ASPS) entered into non-binding letters of intent with Ocwen Financial Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, ("Ocwen") (NYSE:OCN) to acquire certain fee-based businesses related to Ocwen's recently acquired Homeward Residential Holdings, Inc. mortgage servicing and origination business platform (the "Homeward Residential Fee-Based Businesses") and Ocwen's anticipated purchase of the mortgage servicing platform from Residential Capital, LLC (the "ResCap Fee-Based Businesses") for a combined purchase price of $218.6 million.

William B. Shepro, Chief Executive Officer of Altisource said, "These fee based business acquisitions are strategically valuable to Altisource, helping us maintain our business model with Ocwen, expanding our footprint and providing significant revenue and earnings growth to Altisource. We believe the combined purchase price will provide a projected unlevered pre-tax return to Altisource of approximately 20%."

Ronald M. Faris, Chief Executive Officer of Ocwen said, "By selling these non-core assets, Ocwen is able to achieve a greater projected return on the Homeward and ResCap servicing acquisitions and to continue to focus primarily on growing our core residential and commercial servicing businesses. Having an outlet for disposition of peripheral mortgage-related assets significantly enhances Ocwen's competitive positioning for future servicing platform acquisitions that include non-core operations."

The letter of intent for the Homeward Residential Fee-Based Businesses contemplates that Altisource will acquire from Ocwen (i) all of the capital stock of Beltline Road Insurance Agency, Inc., Power Default Services, Inc., Power REO Management Services, Inc. and Power Valuation Services, Inc., (ii) the Mortgage Asset Recovery Special Services Division of Stratus Asset Management Group, LLC, and (iii) certain designated intellectual property and information technology assets related to Homeward Residential Holdings, Inc. platform.

The letter of intent for the ResCap Fee-Based Businesses contemplates that Altisource will acquire from Ocwen certain fee-based businesses related to default management and charge-off services, designated intellectual property and information technology assets related to Ocwen's anticipated purchase of Residential Capital LLC's mortgage servicing platform.

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