Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

DEBT OBLIGATIONS

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DEBT OBLIGATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
DEBT OBLIGATIONS

5. DEBT OBLIGATIONS

The following table presents certain information regarding Newcastle’s debt obligations and related hedges at September 30, 2011:

 

                                                                                                             
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Debt

Obligation/Collateral

  Month
Issued
    Outstanding
Face
Amount
    Carrying
Value
    Final Stated
Maturity
    Unhedged
Weighted
Average
Funding
Cost (A)
  Weighted
Average
Funding
Cost (B)
    Weighted
Average
Maturity
(Years)
    Face
Amount
of
Floating
Rate
Debt
    Outstanding
Face
Amount (C)
    Amortized
Cost Basis
(C)
    Carrying
Value (C)
    Weighted
Average
Maturity
(Years)
    Floating
Rate Face
Amount
(C)
    Aggregate
Notional
Amount
of
Current
Hedges
(D)
 
CDO Bonds Payable                                                                                                            
CDO IV (E)     Mar 2004      $ 109,607      $ 109,387        Mar 2039      1.65%     4.90     2.5      $ 98,254      $ 212,723      $ 200,522      $ 183,418        2.7      $ 67,543      $ 98,254   
CDO VI (E)     Apr 2005        91,032        91,032        Apr 2040      0.88%     5.35     4.0        88,191        265,328        144,499        164,501        3.1        76,785        88,191   
CDO VIII     Nov 2006        598,313        596,922        Nov 2052      0.82%     2.12     2.5        590,713        749,396        533,653        544,526        3.1        443,534        161,655   
CDO IX     May 2007        480,125        482,812        May 2052      0.59%     1.49     2.6        480,125        677,030        553,492        561,183        2.8        389,370        91,401   
CDO X     Jul 2007        1,150,000        1,148,141        Jul 2052      0.60%     3.71     5.0        1,150,000        1,236,925        941,547        915,296        4.8        229,126        880,250   
                                                                                                             
              2,429,077        2,428,294                    2.99     3.8        2,407,283        3,141,402        2,373,713        2,368,924        3.7        1,206,358        1,319,751   
                                                                                                             
Other Bonds and Notes Payable (F)                                                                                                            
MH loans Portfolio I     Apr 2010        74,129        73,175        Jul 2035      5.41%     5.41     3.2        —          139,116        115,357        115,357        7.5        1,391        —     
MH loans Portfolio II (G)     May 2011        132,609        131,223        Dec 2033      3.81%     3.81     3.6        —          184,615        180,926        180,926        6.0        32,067        —     
Residential Mortgage Loans (H)     Aug 2006        5,635        5,635        Dec 2034      LIBOR+ 0.90%     1.14     7.5        5,635        57,612        40,806        40,806        7.4        57,612        —     
                                                                                                             
              212,373        210,033                    4.30     3.6        5,635        381,343        337,089        337,089        6.8        91,070        —     
                                                                                                             
Repurchase Agreements                                                                                                            
Real estate securities, loans and properties (I)     Dec 2010        11,686        11,686        Dec 2011      LIBOR+ 1.50%     1.74     0.2        11,686        —          —          —          —          —          —     
FNMA/FHLMC securities (J)     Various        209,242        209,242        Nov 2011      0.31%     0.31     0.2        209,242        210,673        222,557        222,557        4.6        210,673        —     
                                                                                                             
              220,928        220,928                    0.39     0.2        220,928        210,673        222,557        222,557        4.6        210,673        —     
                                                                                                             
Corporate                                                                                                            
Junior subordinated notes payable     Mar 2006        51,004        51,250        Apr 2035      7.57%(L)     7.41     23.6        —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                                                                             
              51,004        51,250                    7.41     23.6        —          —          —          —          —          —          —     
                                                                                                             
Subtotal debt obligations             2,913,382        2,910,505                    2.96     3.8      $ 2,633,846      $ 3,733,418      $ 2,933,359      $ 2,928,570        4.2      $ 1,508,101      $ 1,319,751   
                                                                                                             
Financing on subprime mortgage loans subject to call option     (K     406,217        404,476                                                                                       
                                                                                                             
Total debt obligations           $ 3,319,599      $ 3,314,981                                                                                       
                                                                                                             

 

(A) Weighted average, including floating and fixed rate classes and including the amortization of deferred financing costs.
(B) Including the effect of applicable hedges.
(C) Including restricted cash available for reinvestment in CDOs.
(D) Including a $36.4 million notional amount of interest rate cap agreements in CDO X and a $98.3 million and $88.2 million notional amount of interest rate swap agreements in CDO IV and CDO VI, respectively, which were economic hedges not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
(E) These CDOs were not in compliance with their applicable over collateralization tests as of September 30, 2011. Newcastle is not receiving cash flows from these CDOs (other than senior management fees and cash flows on senior classes of bonds which were repurchased), since net interest is being used to repay debt, and expects these CDOs to remain out of compliance for the foreseeable future.
(F) Excluding $36.9 million and $17.0 million face amount of other bonds payable relating to MH loans Portfolio I and Portfolio II, respectively, and $50.4 million face amount of notes payable relating to residential mortgage loans sold to certain Newcastle CDOs, which were eliminated in consolidation.
(G) See Note 12.
(H) Notes payable issued to CDO V, which is no longer eliminated since the deconsolidation of CDO V.
(I) The counterparty of this repurchase agreement is Bank of America. It is secured by $32.5 million face amount of senior notes issued by Newcastle CDO VI, which is eliminated on consolidation. The maximum recourse to Newcastle is $2.9 million.
(J) The counterparties on these repurchase agreements are Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Interest rates on these repurchase agreements are fixed, but will be reset on a short-term basis.
(K) Issued in April 2006 and July 2007. See Note 4 regarding the securitizations of Subprime Portfolios I and II.
(L) LIBOR + 2.25% after April 2016.

Each CDO financing is subject to tests that measure the amount of over collateralization and excess interest in the transaction. Failure to satisfy these tests would cause the principal and/or interest cashflow that would otherwise be distributed to more junior classes of securities (including those held by Newcastle) to be redirected to pay

down the most senior class of securities outstanding until the tests are satisfied. As a result, our cash flow and liquidity are negatively impacted upon such a failure. As of September 30, 2011, CDOs IV and VI were not in compliance with their applicable over collateralization tests.

In the first nine months of 2011, Newcastle repurchased $155.1 million face amount of CDO bonds and notes payable for $94.3 million. As a result, Newcastle extinguished $155.1 million face amount of CDO debt and notes payable and recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt of $60.4 million.