Mr. Cooper Group Inc. Announces Pricing of Offering of $650 Million of Senior Notes

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Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) announced a pricing of $650 million in 5.125% Senior Notes due 2030 by its subsidiary Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. The offering is set to close around December 4, 2020, and aims to redeem $750 million of outstanding 9.125% Senior Notes due 2026, yielding an annual interest expense reduction of approximately $35 million. The Notes are being offered under exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and are intended for qualified institutional buyers.

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• Reduction in annual interest expense by approximately $35 million.
• Refinancing of high-interest debt with lower-rate notes.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) (“Mr. Cooper”) announced the pricing of an offering by Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Mr. Cooper (“Nationstar”) of $650,000,000 5.125% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The Notes will bear interest at 5.125% per annum and will mature on December 15, 2030. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2021.

The offering is expected to close on or around December 4, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. It is expected that the net proceeds of the offering, together with approximately $176 million of cash on hand, will be used to redeem all $750 million of the outstanding 9.125% Senior Notes due 2026 issued by Nationstar, including approximately $71 million of breakage costs and approximately $5 million of certain related fees. The transaction will result in a reduction in annual interest expense of approximately $35 million. The Notes will be guaranteed on a joint and several basis by Mr. Cooper and wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries of Nationstar (other than certain excluded subsidiaries).

The offering of the Notes was made in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in the United States only to investors who are “qualified institutional buyers,” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include information that could constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements may involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results encompassed within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those matters disclosed in Mr. Cooper’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Past results of Mr. Cooper are not necessarily indicative of future results. Mr. Cooper does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

About Mr. Cooper Group

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (NASDAQ: COOP) provides quality servicing, origination and transaction-based services related principally to single-family residences throughout the United States with operations under its primary brands: Mr. Cooper® and Xome®. Mr. Cooper is one of the largest home loan servicers in the country focused on delivering a variety of servicing and lending products, services and technologies. Xome provides technology and data enhanced solutions to homebuyers, home sellers, real estate agents and mortgage companies. For more information, visit www.mrcoopergroup.com.