RSO-2015.03.31-10Q


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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

For the transition period from _________ to __________

Commission File Number: 1-32733
RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
 
20-2287134
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
712 5th Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
 
 
(212) 506-3870
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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 ¨
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 ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
 
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  ¨ Yes þ No
The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock on May 6, 2015 was 134,169,500 shares.


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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT
ON FORM 10-Q

 
 
PAGE
PART I
 
 
Item 1:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2:
 
 
 
Item 3:
 
 
 
Item 4:
 
 
 
PART II
 
 
 
 
 
Item 6:
 
 
 




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PART I
ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
(unaudited)
 
 
ASSETS (1)
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
217,361

 
$
79,905

Restricted cash
26,768

 
122,138

Investment securities, trading
29,770

 
20,786

Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value
161,971

 
197,800

Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value
122,099

 
77,920

Linked transactions, net at fair value

 
15,367

Loans held for sale
248,254

 
111,736

Property held for sale
180

 
180

Loans, pledged as collateral and net of allowances of $7.4 million and $4.6 million
1,960,250

 
1,925,980

Loans receivable–related party
1,229

 
1,277

Investments in unconsolidated entities
55,488

 
59,827

Derivatives, at fair value
14,036

 
5,304

Interest receivable
18,111

 
16,260

Deferred tax asset, net
12,579

 
12,634

Principal paydown receivable
26,906

 
40,920

Direct financing leases
1,951

 
2,109

Intangible assets
9,229

 
9,736

Prepaid expenses
4,263

 
4,196

Other assets
22,761

 
24,604

Total assets
$
2,933,206

 
$
2,728,679

LIABILITIES (2)
 

 
 

Borrowings
$
1,924,598

 
$
1,716,871

Distribution payable
25,521

 
30,592

Accrued interest expense
5,437

 
2,123

Derivatives, at fair value
8,860

 
8,476

Accrued tax liability
6,982

 
9,219

Accounts payable and other liabilities
13,091

 
9,287

Total liabilities
1,984,489

 
1,776,568

EQUITY
 

 
 

Preferred stock, par value $0.001:  10,000,000 shares authorized 8.50% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation preference $25.00
per share, 1,069,016 and 1,069,016 shares issued and outstanding
1

 
1

Preferred stock, par value $0.001:  10,000,000 shares authorized 8.25% Series B cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share 5,740,479 and 5,601,146 shares issued and outstanding
6

 
6

Preferred stock, par value $0.001:  10,000,000 shares authorized 8.625% Series C cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share 4,800,000 and 4,800,000 shares issued and outstanding
5

 
5

Common stock, par value $0.001:  500,000,000 shares authorized; 134,158,805 and 132,975,177 shares issued and outstanding (including 2,800,324 and 2,023,639 unvested restricted shares)
134

 
133

Additional paid-in capital
1,253,556

 
1,245,245

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
5,376

 
6,043

Distributions in excess of earnings
(327,952
)
 
(315,910
)
Total stockholders’ equity
931,126

 
935,523

Non-controlling interests
17,591

 
16,588

      Total equity
948,717

 
952,111

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
$
2,933,206

 
$
2,728,679


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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - (Continued)
(in thousands, except share and per share data)


 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
(unaudited)
 
 
(1) Assets of consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") included in the total assets above:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
133

 
$
25

        Restricted cash
25,262

 
121,247

        Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value
94,658

 
119,203

        Loans held for sale
73,892

 
282

Loans, pledged as collateral and net of allowances of $4.2 million and
$3.3 million
1,445,136

 
1,261,137

        Interest receivable
9,895

 
8,941

        Prepaid expenses
193

 
221

        Principal paydown receivable
26,700

 
25,767

        Other assets
(742
)
 
(12
)
        Total assets of consolidated VIEs
$
1,675,127

 
$
1,536,811

 
 
 
 
(2) Liabilities of consolidated VIEs included in the total liabilities above:
 
 
 
        Borrowings
$
1,170,687

 
$
1,046,494

        Accrued interest expense
1,329

 
1,000

        Derivatives, at fair value
7,305

 
8,439

Unsettled loan purchases

 
(529
)
        Accounts payable and other liabilities
56

 
(386
)
        Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs
$
1,179,377

 
$
1,055,018



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
 

 
For the Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
REVENUES
 
 
 
Interest income:
 
 
 
Loans
$
32,663

 
$
20,229

Securities
4,052

 
4,004

Leases
95

 

Interest income − other
832

 
2,852

Total interest income
37,642

 
27,085

Interest expense
14,902

 
9,628

Net interest income
22,740

 
17,457

Rental income

 
5,152

Dividend income
16

 
136

Fee income
1,605

 
2,500

Total revenues
24,361

 
25,245

OPERATING EXPENSES
 

 
 

Management fees − related party
3,560

 
3,080

Equity compensation − related party
995

 
1,667

Rental operating expense
6

 
3,396

Lease operating
23

 

General and administrative - Corporate
4,783

 
2,840

General and administrative - PCM
7,079

 
3,426

Depreciation and amortization
565

 
836

Impairment losses
59

 

Provision (recovery) for loan losses
3,990

 
(3,960
)
Total operating expenses
21,060

 
11,285

 
 
 
 
 
3,301

 
13,960

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
 

 
 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
706

 
2,014

Net realized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
14,423

 
2,088

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, trading
2,074

 
(1,560
)
Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net
235

 
2,305

(Loss) on reissuance/gain on extinguishment of debt
(900
)
 
(69
)
(Loss) gain on sale of real estate
(22
)
 

Other income (expense)

 
(1,262
)
Total other income (expense)
16,516

 
3,516

 
 
 
 
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES
19,817

 
17,476

Income tax (expense) benefit
(1,847
)
 
(16
)
NET INCOME (LOSS)
17,970

 
17,460

 
 
 
 
Net (income) loss allocated to preferred shares
(6,091
)
 
(2,400
)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
 

Net (income) loss allocable to non-controlling interest, net of taxes
(2,477
)
 
56

NET INCOME (LOSS) ALLOCABLE TO COMMON SHARES
$
9,402

 
$
15,116

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE – BASIC
$
0.07

 
$
0.12

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE – DILUTED
$
0.07

 
$
0.12

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING − BASIC
131,256,909

 
125,616,537

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING − DILUTED
132,304,417

 
126,667,614


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

 
For the Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Net income
$
17,970

 
$
17,460

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 

 
 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities included in net income
(6,258
)
 
1,465

Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net
3,123

 
(1,754
)
Reclassification adjustments associated with unrealized gains (losses) from interest rate hedges included in net income
90

 
70

Unrealized gains on derivatives, net
1,142

 
387

Foreign currency translation adjustments
429

 
(196
)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
(1,474
)
 
(28
)
Comprehensive income (loss) before allocation to non-controlling interests and preferred shares
16,496

 
17,432

Unrealized (gains) losses on available-for-sale securities allocable to non-controlling interests
807



Net (income) loss allocable to non-controlling interests
(2,477
)
 
56

Net (income) loss allocated to preferred shares
(6,091
)
 
2,400

Comprehensive income allocable to common shares
$
8,735

 
$
19,888



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2015
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(unaudited)

 
Common Stock
 
Preferred Shares - Series A
 
Preferred Shares - Series B
 
Preferred Shares - Series C
 
Additional Paid-In Capital
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
 
Retained Earnings
 
Distributions in Excess of Earnings
 
Total Stockholders' Equity
 
Non-Controlling Interests
 
Total Equity
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance,
January 1, 2015
132,975,177

 
$
133

 
$
1

 
$
6

 
$
5

 
$
1,245,245

 
$
6,043

 
$

 
$
(315,910
)
 
$
935,523

 
$
16,588

 
$
952,111

Proceeds from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan
22,085

 

 

 

 

 
106

 

 

 

 
106

 

 
106

Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 
3,113

 

 

 

 
3,113

 

 
3,113

Offering costs

 

 

 

 

 
(111
)
 

 

 

 
(111
)
 

 
(111
)
Discount on 8% convertible senior notes

 

 

 

 

 
4,213

 

 

 

 
4,213

 

 
4,213

Stock based compensation
1,163,817

 
1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1

 

 
1

Amortization of stock based compensation

 

 

 

 

 
995

 

 

 

 
995

 

 
995

Purchase and retirement of shares
(1,003
)
 

 

 

 

 
(5
)
 

 

 

 
(5
)
 

 
(5
)
Forfeiture of unvested stock
(1,271
)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions, net of distributions from non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(667
)
 
(667
)
Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
15,493

 

 
15,493

 
2,477

 
17,970

Preferred dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(6,091
)
 

 
(6,091
)
 

 
(6,091
)
Securities available-for-sale, fair value adjustment, net

 

 

 

 

 

 
(2,328
)
 

 

 
(2,328
)
 
(807
)
 
(3,135
)
Designated derivatives, fair value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 
1,232

 

 

 
1,232

 

 
1,232

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 
429

 

 

 
429

 

 
429

Distributions on common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(9,402
)
 
(12,042
)
 
(21,444
)
 

 
(21,444
)
Balance,
March 31, 2015
134,158,805

 
$
134

 
$
1

 
$
6

 
$
5

 
$
1,253,556

 
$
5,376

 
$

 
$
(327,952
)
 
$
931,126

 
$
17,591

 
$
948,717



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)


 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
$
17,970

 
$
17,460

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses
3,990

 
(3,960
)
Depreciation
139

 
392

Amortization of intangible assets
507

 
444

Amortization of term facilities
115

 
534

Accretion (amortization) of net discounts (premiums) on loans held for investment
(338
)
 
(574
)
Accretion (amortization) of net discounts (premiums) on securities available-for-sale
837

 
(769
)
Amortization (accretion) of discount (premium) on notes of securitization
463

 
434

Amortization of debt issuance costs on notes of securitizations
1,066

 
796

Amortization of stock-based compensation
995

 
1,667

Amortization (accretion) of terminated derivative instruments
67

 
70

Accretion (amortization) of interest-only available-for-sales securities
873

 
(137
)
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
(48
)
 
(89
)
Purchase of residential mortgage loans held for sale, net
(58,136
)
 
(877
)
Purchase of securities, trading
(16,268
)
 

Principal payments on securities, trading

 
42

Proceeds from sales of securities, trading
8,095

 

Net realized and unrealized loss (gain) on investment securities, trading
(2,074
)
 
1,560

Net realized (gain) loss on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans
(14,423
)
 
(3,680
)
Loss (gain) on the reissuance (extinguishment) of debt
900

 
69

Loss (gain) on sale of real estate
22

 

Settlement of derivative instruments
82

 

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
59

 

Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net
(235
)
 
(1,763
)
Equity in net (earnings) losses of unconsolidated subsidiaries
(706
)
 
(2,014
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
65,786

 
9,563

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
9,738

 
19,168

 
 
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
 

 
 

(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
33,230

 
(12,849
)
Acquisition of controlling interest in Moselle CLO S.A.

 
(30,433
)
Purchase of securities available-for-sale
(4,000
)
 
(48,321
)
Principal payments on securities available-for-sale
37,860

 
17,325

Proceeds from sale of securities available-for-sale
7,113

 
12,314

Return of capital from (investment in) unconsolidated entity
4,391

 
5,650

Purchase of loans
(207,983
)
 
(169,380
)
Principal payments received on loans
91,294

 
90,948

Proceeds from sale of loans
16,922

 
15,974

Purchase of furniture and fixtures

 
(38
)
Acquisition of property and equipment
(171
)
 
(269
)
Investment in loans - related parties
(903
)
 
(285
)
Principal payments received on loans – related parties

 
753

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(22,247
)
 
(118,611
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Net proceeds from issuances of common stock (net of offering costs of $0 and $0)

 
245

Net proceeds from dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan (net of offering costs of $0 and $0)
106

 

Proceeds from issuance of 8.5% Series A redeemable
preferred shares (net of offering costs of $0 and $0)

 
4,440

Proceeds from issuance of 8.25% Series B redeemable
preferred shares (net of offering costs of $111 and $565)
3,002

 
10,975

Repurchase of common stock
(5
)
 

Proceeds from borrowings:
 
 
 

   Repurchase agreements, net of repayments

 
75,877

CRE Securitization
282,127

 

Convertible Senior Notes
99,000

 

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility, net of repayments
21,500

 

   Reissuance of debt
8,100

 

Payments on borrowings:
 
 
 

   CRE Securitization
(161,713
)
 
(59,668
)
Repurchase agreements, net of borrowings
(64,812
)
 

Payment of debt issuance costs
(6,639
)
 
(8
)
Settlement of derivative instruments
3,091

 

Distributions to subordinated note holders

 
(307
)
Proceeds received from non-controlling interests
1,802

 

Distributions paid to non-controlling interests
(2,987
)
 

Distributions paid on preferred stock
(6,044
)
 
(2,159
)
Distributions paid on common stock
(26,563
)
 
(25,536
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
$
149,965

 
$
3,859

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
137,456

 
(95,584
)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
79,905

 
262,270

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
$
217,361

 
$
166,686

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE:
 

 
 

Interest expense paid in cash
$
9,378

 
$
8,576

Income taxes paid in cash
$
1,739

 
$
1,774


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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)



NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Resource Capital Corp. and subsidiaries’ (collectively the ‘‘Company’’) principal business activity is to purchase and manage a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate-related assets and commercial finance assets.  The Company’s investment activities are managed by Resource Capital Manager, Inc. (‘‘Manager’’) pursuant to a management agreement (the ‘‘Management Agreement’’).  The Manager is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Resource America, Inc. (“Resource America”) (NASDAQ: REXI).  In September 2013, it was determined that the Company is a variable interest entity ("VIE") and that Resource America is the primary beneficiary of the Company. Therefore, the Company's financial statements are consolidated into Resource America's financial statements. The following subsidiaries are consolidated in the Company’s financial statements:
RCC Real Estate, Inc. (“RCC Real Estate”) holds real estate investments, including commercial real estate loans, commercial real estate-related securities and investments in real estate.  RCC Real Estate owns 100% of the equity of the following VIEs:
Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1, Ltd. (“RREF CDO 2006-1”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and qualified real estate investment trust (“REIT”) subsidiary (“QRS”).  RREF CDO 2006-1 was established to complete a collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”) issuance secured by a portfolio of commercial real estate ("CRE") loans and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”).
Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1, Ltd. (“RREF CDO 2007-1”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and QRS.  RREF CDO 2007-1 was established to complete a CDO issuance secured by a portfolio of CRE loans and CMBS.
Resource Capital Corp. CRE Notes 2013, Ltd. (“RCC CRE Notes 2013”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and QRS.  RCC CRE Notes 2013 was established to complete a CRE securitization issuance secured by a portfolio of CRE loans.
Resource Capital Corp. 2014-CRE2, Ltd. (“RCC 2014-CRE2”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and QRS. RCC 2014-CRE2 was established to complete a CRE securitization issuance secured by a portfolio of CRE loans.
Resource Capital Corp. 2015-CRE3, Ltd. (“RCC 2015-CRE3”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and QRS. RCC 2015-CRE3 was established to complete a CRE securitization issuance secured by a portfolio of CRE loans.
RCC Commercial, Inc. (“RCC Commercial”) holds a 32.8% investment in Northport TRS, LLC (“Northport LLC”) and owns 100% of the equity of the following VIE:
Apidos CDO III, Ltd. (“Apidos CDO III”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”).  Apidos CDO III was established to complete a CDO issuance secured by a portfolio of bank loans and asset-backed securities (“ABS”). On March 31, 2015, the Company issued a notice of redemption to Apidos CDO III's trustee to call the deal. As a result, all assets of Apidos CDO III have been classified as held for sale as of March 31, 2015.
RCC Commercial II, Inc. (“Commercial II”) holds structured notes, available-for-sale and investments in the subordinated notes of foreign, syndicated bank loan collateralized loan obligation ("CLO") vehicles.  Commercial II owns 100%, 68.3%, and 88.6% respectively, of the equity of the following VIEs:
Apidos Cinco CDO, Ltd. (“Apidos Cinco CDO”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and TRS.  Apidos Cinco CDO was established to complete a CDO issuance secured by a portfolio of bank loans, ABS and corporate bonds.
Whitney CLO I, Ltd. ("Whitney CLO I"), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and TRS. In September 2013, the Company liquidated Whitney CLO I and, as a result, all of the assets were sold.
Moselle CLO S.A. ("Moselle CLO"), incorporated in Luxembourg, is a CLO issuer whose assets consist of European senior secured loans, U.S. senior secured loans, U.S. senior unsecured loans, U.S. second lien loans, European mezzanine loans, and a limited amount of synthetic securities and other eligible debt obligations. In December 2014, the Company liquidated Moselle CLO and, as a result, all of the assets were sold.
RCC Commercial III, Inc. (“Commercial III”) holds bank loan investments.  Commercial III owns 90% of the equity of the following VIE:

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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


Apidos CDO I, Ltd. (“Apidos CDO I”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and TRS.  Apidos CDO I was established to complete a CDO issuance secured by a portfolio of bank loans and ABS. In October 2014, the Company liquidated Apidos CLO I, and as a result, all of the assets were sold.
Resource TRS, Inc. (“Resource TRS”), a TRS directly owned by the Company, holds the Company’s equity investment in a leasing company and holds all of its investment securities, trading (through both direct and indirect investments in such securities). Resource TRS also owns equity in the following:
Resource TRS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which holds an 17.8% investment in Northport LLC.
Northport LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which holds bank loan investments and the Company's self-originated middle market loans. Resource TRS owns 49.4% of the equity in Northport LLC as of March 31, 2015. The remaining 32.8% of the equity is owned by RCC Commercial.
Pelium Capital Partners, L.P., ("Pelium Capital") a Delaware limited partnership, which holds investment securities, trading. Resource TRS owns 71.8% of the equity in Pelium Capital as of March 31, 2015.
Resource TRS II, Inc. (“Resource TRS II”), a TRS directly owned by the Company, holds the Company’s management rights in bank loan CLOs not originated by the Company.  Resource TRS II owns 100% of the equity of the following VIE:
Resource Capital Asset Management (“RCAM”), a domestic limited liability company, which is entitled to collect senior, subordinated, and incentive fees related to three CLO issuers to which it provides management services through CVC Credit Partners, LLC, formerly Apidos Capital Management ("ACM"), a subsidiary of CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS, S.A., a private equity firm (“CVC”).  Resource America, Inc. owns a 33% interest in CVC Credit Partners, LLC, ("CVC Credit Partners").
Resource TRS III, Inc. (“Resource TRS III”), a TRS directly owned by the Company, held the Company’s interests in a bank loan CDO originated by the Company.  Resource TRS III owned 33% of the equity of the following VIE:
Apidos CLO VIII, Ltd (“Apidos CLO VIII”), a Cayman Islands limited liability company and TRS.  In October 2013, the Company substantially liquidated Apidos CLO VIII, and as a result, all of the assets were sold.
Resource TRS IV, Inc. (“Resource TRS IV”), a TRS directly owned by the Company, held the Company's equity investment in hotel condominium units acquired in conjunction with a loan foreclosure. The hotel condominium units were sold in April 2014.
Resource TRS V, Inc. (“Resource TRS V”), a TRS directly owned by the Company, held the Company's equity investment in a held for sale condominium complex. All of the condominiums were sold as of December 31, 2013.
RSO EquityCo, LLC owns 10% of the equity of Apidos CDO I and 10% of the equity of Apidos CLO VIII.
Long Term Care Conversion, Inc. ("LTCC"), a TRS directly owned by the Company, is a Delaware corporation that owns 100% of the following entities:
Long Term Care Conversion Funding ("LTCC Funding"), a New York limited liability company, which owns a 50.2% equity interest in Life Care Funding, LLC ("LCF") and provides funding through a financing facility to fund the acquisition of life settlement contracts. LCF, a New York limited liability company, is a joint venture between LTCC and Life Care Funding Group Partners and was established for the purpose of originating and acquiring life settlement contracts.
ZWH4, LLC ("ZAIS"), a Delaware limited liability company, owns an equity investment in the warehouse of ZAIS CLO 4, Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company, that will be used to finance the purchase of syndicated bank loans.
RCC Residential, Inc. ("RCC Residential"), a TRS directly owned by the Company, is a Delaware corporation which owns 100% of the following entities:
Primary Capital Mortgage, LLC ("PCM"), (formerly known as Primary Capital Advisors, LLC), a limited liability company that originates and services residential mortgage loans.
RCM Global Manager, LLC ("RCM Global Manager"), a Delaware limited liability company, owns 53.2% of the following entity:
RCM Global, LLC ("RCM Global"), a Delaware limited liability company, holds a portfolio of investment securities, available-for-sale.
RCC Residential Portfolio, Inc. ("RCC Resi Portfolio"), a Delaware corporation directly owned by the Company, invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”).

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RCC Residential Portfolio TRS, Inc. ("RCC Resi TRS"), a TRS directly owned by the Company, is a Delaware corporation which intends to hold strategic residential positions which cannot be held by RCC Resi Portfolio.
RCC Residential Depositor, LLC ("RCC Resi Depositor"), a Delaware limited liability company, owns 100% of the following entity:
RCC Opportunities Trust ("RCC Opp Trust"), a Delaware Statutory Trust, holds a portfolio of residential mortgage loans, available-for-sale.
RCC Residential Acquisition, LLC ("RCC Resi Acquisition"), a Delaware limited liability company, purchases residential mortgage loans from PCM and transfers the assets to RCC Opp Trust.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company.
All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Recent Accounting Standards
In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued guidance that simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs by requiring that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this update. It is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, but early adoption is permitted. The Company has early adopted the provisions of this guidance. Note 12, Borrowings, reflects the presentation of debt issuance costs as prescribed by this accounting standards update. Adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In February 2015, the FASB issued guidance that requires an entity to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments: (1) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (VIEs) or voting interest entities; (2) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership; (3) affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related-party relationships; and (4) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. This guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adoption.    
In November 2014, the FASB issued guidance to eliminate the use of different methods in practice and thereby reduce existing diversity under GAAP in the accounting for hybrid financial instruments issued in the form of a share. An entity that issues or invests in a hybrid financial instrument is required to separate an embedded derivative feature from the host contract (for example, an underlying share) and account for the feature as a derivative according to ASC Subtopic 815-10 on derivatives and hedging if certain criteria are met. This guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adoption.
In August 2014, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies the disclosures management must make in its interim and annual financial statement footnotes when management has determined that conditions exist that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued (or within one year after the date the financial statements are available to be issued when applicable). In accordance with this guidance, management’s assessment is required to be made each reporting period and should be based on relevant conditions and events that are known and reasonably knowable at the date the financial statements are issued. In all cases, to the extent that substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern is determined to be probable, management must disclose the principal conditions or events that gave rise to the substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, management’s evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the entity’s ability to meet its obligations, and management’s plans

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that either alleviated or are intended to mitigate the conditions or events that gave rise to the substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. Additionally, to the extent substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern is not alleviated by management’s plans, management must indicate in the footnotes that there is substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. This guidance is effective for the annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect adoption will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued guidance that provides for the election of a measurement alternative when a reporting entity determines that it is the primary beneficiary of a collateralized financing entity and, hence, is required to consolidate that collateralized financing entity. The measurement alternative allows a qualifying, consolidated collateralized financing entity to use the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets or the fair value of the financial liabilities adjusted by the carrying amount of non-financial assets, the fair value of any beneficial interests retained by the reporting entity (including those beneficial interest that represent compensation for services). Alternatively, if the measurement alternative is not elected for a qualifying, consolidated collateralized financing entity, this guidance requires that the financial assets and financial liabilities be measured in accordance with ASC Topic 820, and any difference in the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities would be reflected in earnings and attributed to the reporting entity in the consolidated statement of income (loss). This guidance is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adoption.
In June 2014, the FASB issued guidance that changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting and requires separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty, which will result in secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement for repurchase arrangements. This amendment also requires additional disclosure for certain transactions comprising a transfer of a financial asset accounted for as a sale and an agreement with the same transferee entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer that results in the transferor retaining substantially all of the exposure to the economic return on the transferred financial asset throughout the term of the transaction. The Company adopted this accounting standards update on January 1, 2015. Upon adoption, the Company unlinked its previously linked transactions and disclosed affected asset, liability, income and expense balances at their gross values in its consolidated financial statements.
In April 2014, the FASB issued guidance that changes the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. The amendments in this update require an entity to present, for each comparative period, the assets and liabilities of a disposal group that includes a discontinued operation separately in the asset and liability sections of the statement of financial position. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations and new disclosures for disposal transactions of individually significant components of an entity that do not meet the definition of a discontinued operation. Additionally, this guidance both permits and expands the disclosures about an entity’s significant continuing involvement with a discontinued operation. This guidance is effective for all disposals or classifications as held for sale of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The Company early adopted the provisions of this guidance. Adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In January 2014, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies when a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. Furthermore, the guidance requires interim and annual disclosure of the amount of foreclosed residential real estate property held by the creditor and the recorded investment in consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property that are in the process of foreclosure according to local requirements of the applicable jurisdiction. This guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. Adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2014 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2015 presentation.


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NOTE 3 - VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

The Company has evaluated its securities, loans, investments in unconsolidated entities, liabilities to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities (consisting of unsecured junior subordinated notes) and its securitizations in order to determine if they are variable interests in VIEs. The Company monitors these legal interests and, to the extent it has determined that it has a variable interest, analyzes the entity for potential consolidation. A VIE is required to be consolidated by its primary beneficiary. The Company will continually analyze entities in which it holds variable interests, including when there is a reconsideration event, to determine whether such entities are VIEs and whether such potential VIEs should be consolidated or deconsolidated. This analysis requires considerable judgment in determining the primary beneficiary of a VIE and could result in the consolidation of an entity that would otherwise not have been consolidated or the non-consolidation of an entity that otherwise would have been consolidated.
Consolidated VIEs (the Company is the primary beneficiary)
Based on management’s analysis, the Company is the primary beneficiary of twelve VIEs at March 31, 2015: Apidos CDO I, Apidos CDO III, Apidos Cinco CDO, Apidos CLO VIII, RREF CDO 2006-1, RREF CDO 2007-1, Whitney CLO I, RCC CRE Notes 2013, RCC 2014-CRE2, RCC 2015-CRE3, Moselle CLO and RCM Global, LLC. In performing the primary beneficiary analysis for Apidos CDO I, Apidos CDO III, Apidos Cinco CDO, Apidos CLO VIII, RREF CDO 2006-1, RREF CDO 2007-1, RCC CRE Notes 2013, RCC 2014-CRE2, RCC 2015-CRE3 and RCM Global, LLC, it was determined that the parties that have the power to direct the activities that are most significant to each of these VIEs and who have the right to receive benefits and the obligation to absorb losses that could potentially be significant to these VIEs, are a related-party group. It was then determined that the Company was the party within that group that is more closely associated with each such VIE considering the design of the VIE, the principal-agency relationship between the Company and other members of the related-party group, and the relationship and significance of the activities of the VIE to the Company compared to the other members of the related-party group.
Apidos CDO I, Apidos CDO III, Apidos Cinco CDO, Apidos CLO VIII, RREF CDO 2006-1, RREF CDO 2007-1, RCC CRE Notes 2013, RCC 2014-CRE2 and RCC 2015-CRE3 were formed on behalf of the Company to invest in real estate-related securities, CMBS, property available-for-sale, bank loans, corporate bonds and asset-backed securities and were financed by the issuance of debt securities. The Manager and CVC Credit Partners manage these entities on behalf of the Company. By financing these assets with long-term borrowings through the issuance of bonds, the Company seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted equity returns and to match the term of its assets and liabilities. The primary beneficiary determination for each of these VIEs was made at each VIE’s inception and is continually assessed.
Moselle CLO was a European securitization in which the Company purchased a $30.4 million interest in the form of subordinate notes representing 100% of the Class 1 Subordinated Notes and 67.9% of the Class 2 subordinated Notes in February 2014. The CLO was managed by an independent third-party, and such collateral management activities were determined to be the activities that most significantly impacted the economic performance of the CLO. Though neither the Company nor one of its related parties managed the CLO, due to certain unilateral kick-out rights within the collateral management agreement it was determined that the Company had the power to direct the activities that most significantly impacted the economic performance of Moselle CLO. Having both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Moselle CLO and a financial interest that was expected to absorb both positive and negative variability in the CLO that could potentially be significant, the Company was determined to be the primary beneficiary of Moselle CLO and, therefore, consolidated the CLO. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the CLO began the liquidation process and all assets were sold as of March 31, 2015.
Whitney CLO I was a securitization in which the Company acquired rights to manage the collateral assets held by the entity in February 2011. For a discussion on the primary beneficiary analysis for Whitney, see “— Unconsolidated VIEs – Resource Capital Asset Management,” below.

On July 9, 2014, RCC Residential, together with Resource America and certain Resource America employees, acquired through RCM Global a portfolio of securities from JP Morgan for $23.5 million.  The portfolio is managed by Resource America. RCC Residential contributed $15.0 million for a 63.8% membership interest. Each of the members of RCM Global will be allocated the revenue/expenses of RCM Global in accordance with its or his membership interest. RCM Global was determined to be a VIE based on the equity holders' inability to direct the activities that are most significant to the entity. The Company was determined to be the primary beneficiary of RCM Global and, therefore, consolidated the entity. The Company's ownership interest was 53.2% as of March 31, 2015.

    

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In September 2014, the Company contributed $17.5 million of capital to Pelium Capital for an 80.4% interest. Pelium Capital is a specialized credit opportunity fund managed by Resource America. The Company will receive 10% of the carried interest in the partnership for the first five years, which can increase to 20% if the Company's capital contributions aggregate $40.0 million. Pelium Capital was determined not to be a VIE as there was sufficient equity at risk, the Company does not have disproportionate voting rights and Pelium Capital's partners have all of the following characteristics (1) the power to direct the activities (2) the obligation to absorb losses and (3) the right to receive residual returns. However, Pelium Capital was consolidated as a result of the Company's majority ownership and the Company's unilateral kick-out rights. The non-controlling interest in Pelium Capital is owned by Resource America and outside investors. In February 2015, the Company made an additional capital contribution of $2.5 million. The Company's ownership interest in Pelium decreased to 71.8% as of March 31, 2015 as a result of additional outside investors investing in the fund.
For a discussion of the Company’s securitizations, see Note 1, and for a discussion of the debt issued through the securitizations, see Note 12.
For consolidated CLOs in which the Company does not own 100% of the subordinated notes, the Company imputes an interest rate using expected cash flows over the life of the CLO and records the third party's share of the cash flows as interest expense on the consolidated statements of income.
The Company has exposure to losses on its securitizations to the extent of its subordinated debt and preferred equity interests in them. The Company is entitled to receive payments of principal and interest on the debt securities it holds and, to the extent revenues exceed debt service requirements and other expenses of the securitizations, distributions with respect to its preferred equity interests. As a result of consolidation, debt and equity interests the Company holds in these securitizations have been eliminated, and the Company’s consolidated balance sheets reflects both the assets held and debt issued by the securitizations to third parties and any accrued expense to third parties. The Company's operating results and cash flows include the gross amounts related to the securitizations' assets and liabilities as opposed to the Company's net economic interests in the securitizations. Assets and liabilities related to the securitizations are disclosed, in the aggregate, on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
The creditors of the Company’s twelve consolidated VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of the Company. However, in its capacity as manager, the Company has voluntarily supported two credits in one of its commercial real estate CDOs as the credits went through a restructuring in order to maximize future cash flows from the CDO. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has provided financial support of $0 and $539,000, respectively. The Company has provided no other financial support to any other of its VIEs nor does it have any requirement to do so, although it may choose to do so in the future to maximize future cash flows on such investments by the Company. There are no explicit arrangements that obligate the Company to provide financial support to any of its consolidated VIEs.
The following table shows the classification and carrying value of assets and liabilities of the Company's consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

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Apidos I
 
Apidos
III
 
Apidos
Cinco
 
Whitney CLO I
 
RREF
2006-1
 
RREF
2007-1
 
RCC CRE Notes 2013
 
RCC 2014-CRE2
 
RCC 2015-CRE3
 
Moselle
 
RCM Global, LLC
 
Total
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
133

 
$
133

Restricted cash (1)
76

 
4,519

 
17,227

 
116

 
18

 
250

 
2,514

 

 
5

 
537

 
$

 
25,262

Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value

 
2,856

 
10,891

 

 
5,777

 
57,930

 

 

 

 

 
17,204

 
94,658

Loans, pledged as collateral
153

 
(79
)
 
223,524

 

 
125,373

 
199,987

 
204,181

 
350,362

 
341,635

 

 

 
1,445,136

Loans held for sale

 
71,611

 
2,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
73,892

Interest receivable

 
433

 
744

 

 
2,485

 
2,081

 
1,081

 
1,377

 
1,285

 

 
409

 
9,895

Prepaid assets

 
15

 
40

 

 
47

 
48

 
43

 

 

 

 

 
193

Principal paydown receivable

 

 

 

 

 
5,775

 
20,925

 

 

 

 

 
26,700

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
9

 

 

 
(751
)
 
(742
)
Total assets (2)
$
229

 
$
79,355

 
$
254,707

 
$
116

 
$
133,700

 
$
266,071

 
$
228,744

 
$
351,748

 
$
342,925

 
$
537

 
$
16,995

 
$
1,675,127

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borrowings
$

 
$
67,028

 
$
229,644

 
$

 
$
52,958

 
$
131,717

 
$
179,547

 
$
231,662

 
$
278,011

 
$
120

 
$

 
$
1,170,687

Accrued interest expense

 
45

 
234

 

 
42

 
148

 
289

 
195

 
376

 

 

 
1,329

Derivatives, at fair value

 

 

 

 
608

 
6,697

 

 

 

 

 

 
7,305

Unsettled loan purchases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 
33

 
13

 

 
4

 
1

 

 

 
3

 

 
2

 
56

Total liabilities
$

 
$
67,106

 
$
229,891

 
$

 
$
53,612

 
$
138,563

 
$
179,836

 
$
231,857

 
$
278,390

 
$
120

 
$
2

 
$
1,179,377

 
(1)    Includes $2.8 million available for reinvestment in certain of the securitizations.
(2)    Assets of each of the consolidated VIEs may only be used to settle the obligations of each respective VIE.
(3)    In October 2013, the Company liquidated Apidos CLO VIII and all of the assets were sold. However, the Company still owns its share of beneficial interests that caused it to consolidate it.
Unconsolidated VIEs (the Company is not the primary beneficiary, but has a variable interest)
Based on management’s analysis, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIEs discussed below since it does not have both (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb the losses of the VIE or the right to receive the benefits from the VIE, which could be significant to the VIE. Accordingly, the following VIEs are not consolidated in the Company’s financial statements as of March 31, 2015. The Company’s maximum exposure to risk for each of these unconsolidated VIEs is set forth in the “Maximum Exposure to Loss” column in the table below.
LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc.
On November 16, 2011, the Company together with LEAF Financial, Inc. ("LEAF Financial"), a subsidiary of Resource America, and LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. (“LCC”), another subsidiary of Resource America, entered into a stock purchase agreement and related agreements (collectively the “SPA”) with Eos Partners, L.P., a private investment firm, and its affiliates (“Eos”). In exchange for its prior interests in its lease related investments, the Company received 31,341 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), 4,872 shares of newly issued 8% Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") and 2,364 shares of newly issued Series D Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), collectively representing, on a fully-diluted basis assuming conversion, a 26.7% interest in LCC. At the time of investment, the Company’s investment in LCC was valued at $36.3 million based on a third-party valuation at that time.  During 2013, the Company entered into a third stock purchase agreement with LCC to purchase 3,682 shares of newly issued Series A-1 Preferred Stock (the "Series A-1 Preferred Stock") for $3.7 million and 4,445 shares of newly issued Series E Preferred Stock (the "Series E Preferred Stock") for $4.4 million. The Series E Preferred Stock has priority over all other classes of preferred stock. The Company's fully-diluted interest in LCC assuming conversion was 28.4% at March 31, 2015. The Company’s investment in LCC was recorded at $39.5 million and $39.4 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of LCC because it does not participate in any management or portfolio decisions, holds only two of six board positions, and only controls 28.4% of the voting rights in the

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entity. Furthermore, Eos holds consent rights with respect to significant LCC actions, including incurrence of indebtedness, consummation of a sale of the entity, liquidation or initiating a public offering.
Unsecured Junior Subordinated Debentures
The Company has a 100% interest in the common shares of Resource Capital Trust I (“RCT I”) and RCC Trust II (“RCT II”), valued at $1.5 million in the aggregate (or 3% of each trust). RCT I and RCT II were formed for the purposes of providing debt financing to the Company, as described below. The Company completed a qualitative analysis to determine whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of each of the trusts and determined that it was not the primary beneficiary of either trust because it does not have the power to direct the activities most significant to the trusts, which include the collection of principal and interest and protection of collateral through servicing rights. Accordingly, neither trust is consolidated into the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Company records its investments in RCT I and RCT II’s common shares as investments in unconsolidated trusts using the cost method and records dividend income when declared by RCT I and RCT II. The trusts each hold subordinated debentures for which the Company is the obligor in the amount of $25.8 million for RCT I and $25.8 million for RCT II. The debentures were funded by the issuance of trust preferred securities of RCT I and RCT II. The Company will continuously reassess whether it should be deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the trusts.
Resource Capital Asset Management CLOs
In February 2011, the Company purchased a company that managed bank loan assets through five CLOs. As a result, the Company became entitled to collect senior, subordinated and incentive management fees from these CLOs. The purchase price of $22.5 million resulted in an intangible asset that was allocated to each of the five CLOs and is amortized over the expected life of each CLO. The unamortized balance of the intangible asset was $9.0 million and $9.4 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The Company recognized fee income of $965,000 and $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. With respect to four of these CLOs, the Company determined that it does not hold a controlling financial interest and, therefore, is not the primary beneficiary. One of the CLOs was liquidated in February 2013. With respect to the fifth CLO, Whitney CLO I, in October 2012, the Company purchased 66.6% of its preferred equity, which resulted in consolidation. Based upon that purchase, the Company determined that it had an obligation to absorb losses and/or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to Whitney CLO I and that a related party had the power to direct the activities that are most significant to the VIE. As a result, together with the related party, the Company had both the power to direct and the right to receive benefits and the obligation to absorb losses. It was then determined that, between the Company and the related party, the Company was the party within that group that was more closely associated with Whitney CLO I because of its preferred equity interest in Whitney CLO I. The Company, therefore, consolidated Whitney CLO I. In May 2013, the Company purchased additional equity in this CLO which increased its equity ownership to 68.3% of the outstanding preferred equity of Whitney CLO I. In September 2013, the Company liquidated Whitney CLO I, and, as a result, all of the assets were sold.     
The following table shows the classification, carrying value and maximum exposure to loss with respect to the Company’s unconsolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2015 (in thousands):
 
Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities
 
LCC
 
Unsecured
Junior
Subordinated
Debentures
 
Resource
Capital Asset
 Management
CDOs
 
Total
 
Maximum
Exposure
to Loss
Investment in unconsolidated entities
$
39,469

 
$
1,548

 
$

 
$
41,017

 
$
41,017

Intangible assets

 

 
8,990

 
8,990

 
$
8,990

Total assets
39,469

 
1,548

 
8,990

 
50,007

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borrowings

 
51,256

 

 
51,256

 
N/A
Total liabilities

 
51,256

 

 
51,256

 
N/A
Net asset (liability)
$
39,469

 
$
(49,708
)
 
$
8,990

 
$
(1,249
)
 
N/A
As of March 31, 2015, there were no explicit arrangements or implicit variable interests that could require the Company to provide financial support to any of its unconsolidated VIEs.

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 4 - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information is summarized for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Non-cash investing activities include the following:
 
 
 
Conversion of linked transaction assets to CMBS (1)
$
48,605

 
$

 
 
 
 
Non-cash financing activities include the following:
 

 
 

Distributions on common stock declared but not paid
$
21,423

 
$
25,663

Distributions on preferred stock declared but not paid
$
6,116

 
$
2,520

Issuance of restricted stock
$
1,163

 
$
640

Conversion of linked transaction liabilities to repurchase agreement borrowings (1)
$
33,377

 
$

 
(1)
As a result of an accounting standards update adopted on January 1, 2015 (see Note 2), the Company unlinked its previously linked transactions, resulting in non-cash increases in both its CMBS and related purchase borrowings balances.

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 5 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES, TRADING
The following table summarizes the Company's structured notes and RMBS that are classified as investment securities, trading and carried at fair value (in thousands). Structured notes are CLO debt securities collateralized by syndicated bank loans, and RMBS is a type of mortgage-backed debt obligation whose cash flows come from residential debt.
 
Amortized Cost
 
Unrealized Gains
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Structured notes
$
30,308

 
$
2,063

 
$
(2,601
)
 
$
29,770

RMBS
1,896

 

 
(1,896
)
 

Total
$
32,204

 
$
2,063

 
$
(4,497
)
 
$
29,770

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Structured notes
$
22,876

 
$
1,098

 
$
(3,188
)
 
$
20,786

RMBS
1,896

 

 
(1,896
)
 

Total
$
24,772

 
$
1,098

 
$
(5,084
)
 
$
20,786

The Company sold twelve securities during the three months ended March 31, 2015, for a net realized gain of approximately $432,000. The Company held 45 and 37 investment securities, trading as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
NOTE 6 - INVESTMENT SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
The following table summarizes the Company's investment securities, including those pledged as collateral and classified as available-for-sale, which are carried at fair value (in thousands):
 
Amortized Cost (1)
 
Unrealized Gains
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS
$
188,052

 
$
6,450

 
$
(734
)
 
$
193,768

RMBS
28,964

 
1,192

 

 
30,156

ABS
45,889

 
12,233

 
(387
)
 
57,735

Corporate bonds
2,417

 
14

 
(20
)
 
2,411

Total
$
265,322

 
$
19,889

 
$
(1,141
)
 
$
284,070

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

CMBS
$
168,669

 
$
4,938

 
$
(3,202
)
 
$
170,405

RMBS
29,814

 
937

 

 
30,751

ABS
55,617

 
16,876

 
(336
)
 
72,157

Corporate bonds
2,415

 
10

 
(18
)
 
2,407

Total
$
256,515

 
$
22,761

 
$
(3,556
)
 
$
275,720


(1)
As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $162.0 million and $197.8 million, respectively, of investment securities available-for-sale were pledged as collateral under related financings.

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


The following table summarizes the estimated maturities of the Company’s CMBS, RMBS, ABS and corporate bonds according to their estimated weighted average life classifications (in thousands, except percentages):
Weighted Average Life
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Coupon
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
Less than one year
$
84,119

(1) 
$
82,983

 
4.97%
Greater than one year and less than five years
125,176

 
113,882

 
8.34%
Greater than five years and less than ten years
16,808

 
14,358

 
10.86%
Greater than ten years
57,967

 
54,099

 
6.50%
Total
$
284,070

 
$
265,322

 
7.12%
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 
Less than one year
$
78,095

(1) 
$
79,649

 
4.13%
Greater than one year and less than five years
115,302

 
100,909

 
4.64%
Greater than five years and less than ten years
20,177

 
17,516

 
16.45%
Greater than ten years
62,146

 
58,441

 
7.86%
Total
$
275,720

 
$
256,515

 
6.08%
 
(1)
The Company expects that the maturity dates of these CMBS and ABS will either be extended or that they will be paid in full.
At March 31, 2015, the contractual maturities of the CMBS investment securities available-for-sale range from May 2015 to December 2022.  The contractual maturity date of RMBS investment securities available-for-sale is June 2029. The contractual maturities of the ABS investment securities available-for-sale range from May 2015 to October 2050. The contractual maturities of the corporate bond investment securities available-for-sale range from May 2016 to December 2019.
The following table shows the fair value, gross unrealized losses and number of securities aggregated by investment category and length of time, that individual investment securities available-for-sale have been in a continuous unrealized loss position during the periods specified (in thousands, except number of securities):
 
Less than 12 Months
 
More than 12 Months
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Number
of
Securities
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Number
of
Securities
 
Fair
 Value
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Number
of
Securities
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS
$
25,380

 
$
(220
)
 
19

 
$
16,396

 
$
(514
)
 
12

 
$
41,776

 
$
(734
)
 
31

ABS
197

 
(1
)
 
1

 
1,388

 
(386
)
 
9

 
1,585

 
(387
)
 
10

Corporate bonds
1,447

 
(20
)
 
1

 

 

 

 
1,447

 
(20
)
 
1

Total temporarily
impaired securities
$
27,024

 
$
(241
)
 
21

 
$
17,784

 
$
(900
)
 
21

 
$
44,808

 
$
(1,141
)
 
42

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
CMBS
$
35,860

 
$
(555
)
 
22

 
$
25,583

 
$
(2,647
)
 
13

 
$
61,443

 
$
(3,202
)
 
35

ABS
1,000

 
(278
)
 
8

 
958

 
(58
)
 
3

 
1,958

 
(336
)
 
11

Corporate bonds
1,447

 
(18
)
 
1

 

 

 

 
1,447

 
(18
)
 
1

Total temporarily
impaired securities
$
38,307

 
$
(851
)
 
31

 
$
26,541

 
$
(2,705
)
 
16

 
$
64,848

 
$
(3,556
)
 
47

The unrealized losses in the above table are considered to be temporary impairments due to market factors and are not reflective of credit deterioration.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment on its investment securities available-for-sale.
The following table summarizes the Company's sales of investment securities available-for-sale (in thousands, except number of securities):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
Positions Sold
 
Par Amount Sold
 
Realized Gain (Loss)
March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
ABS
4
 
$
9,411

 
$
2,669

 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS
3
 
$
12,500

 
$
(298
)
The amounts above do not include redemptions. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company did not redeem any corporate bond positions. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had one corporate bond position redeemed with a total par of $630,000, and recognized a loss of approximately $1,000. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company redeemed two ABS positions with a total par value of $2.5 million, and recognized a gain of $3.6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had one ABS position redeemed with a total par of $2.5 million, and recognized a gain of $26,000.

NOTE 7 - LOANS
The following is a summary of the Company’s loans (in thousands):

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MARCH 31, 2015
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Loan Description
 
Principal
 
Unamortized (Discount)
Premium, net (1)
 
Carrying
Value (2)
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial real estate loans:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
 
$
1,370,303

 
$
(7,921
)
 
$
1,362,382

B notes
 
16,070

 
(39
)
 
16,031

Mezzanine loans
 
67,535

 
(64
)
 
67,471

Total commercial real estate loans
 
1,453,908

 
(8,024
)
 
1,445,884

Bank loans
 
225,216

 
(899
)
 
224,317

Middle market loans
 
295,478

 
(685
)
 
294,793

Residential mortgage loans, held for investment
 
2,641

 

 
2,641

Subtotal loans before allowances
 
1,977,243

 
(9,608
)
 
1,967,635

Allowance for loan loss
 
(7,385
)
 

 
(7,385
)
Total loans held for investment, net of allowances
 
1,969,858

 
(9,608
)
 
1,960,250

Bank loans held for sale
 
73,892

 

 
73,892

Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value (3)
 
174,559

 
(197
)
 
174,362

Total loans held for sale
 
248,451

 
(197
)
 
248,254

Total loans, net
 
$
2,218,309

 
$
(9,805
)
 
$
2,208,504

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Commercial real estate loans:
 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans 
 
$
1,271,121

 
$
(7,529
)
 
$
1,263,592

B notes
 
16,120

 
(48
)
 
16,072

Mezzanine loans
 
67,446

 
(80
)
 
67,366

Total commercial real estate loans
 
1,354,687

 
(7,657
)
 
1,347,030

Bank loans
 
332,058

 
(1,410
)
 
330,648

Middle market loans
 
250,859

 
(746
)
 
250,113

Residential mortgage loans, held for investment
 
2,802

 

 
2,802

Subtotal loans before allowances
 
1,940,406

 
(9,813
)
 
1,930,593

Allowance for loan loss
 
(4,613
)
 

 
(4,613
)
Total loans held for investment, net of allowances
 
1,935,793

 
(9,813
)
 
1,925,980

Bank loans held for sale
 
282

 

 
282

Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value (3)
 
111,454

 

 
111,454

Total loans held for sale
 
111,736

 

 
111,736

Total loans, net
 
$
2,047,529

 
$
(9,813
)
 
$
2,037,716

 
(1)
Amounts include deferred amendment fees of $110,000 and $88,000 and deferred upfront fees of $68,000 and $82,000 being amortized over the life of the bank loans as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  Amounts also include loan origination fees of $8.0 million and $7.6 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
Substantially all loans are pledged as collateral under various borrowings at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(3)
Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value, consisted of $58.3 million and $116.1 million of agency-conforming and jumbo mortgage loans, respectively, as of March 31, 2015. Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value, consisted of $28.9 million and $82.6 million of agency-conforming and jumbo mortgage loans, respectively, as of December 31, 2014. Unamortized discount includes an unrealized mark to market loss of $197,000 as of March 31, 2015.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial real estate loans held for investment (in thousands):
Description
 
Quantity
 
Amortized Cost
 
Contracted
Interest Rates
 
Maturity Dates(3)
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans, floating rate (1) (4) (5)
 
74
 
$
1,362,382

 
LIBOR plus 1.75% to
LIBOR plus 15.00%
 
May 2015 to
February 2019
B notes, fixed rate
 
1
 
16,031

 
8.68%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, floating rate
 
1
 
12,659

 
LIBOR plus 15.32%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, fixed rate (6)
 
3
 
54,812

 
0.50% to 18.71%
 
January 2016 to
September 2019
Total (2) 
 
79
 
$
1,445,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Whole loans, floating rate(1) (4) (5)
 
73
 
$
1,263,592

 
LIBOR plus 1.75% to
LIBOR plus 15.00%
 
May 2015 to
February 2019
B notes, fixed rate
 
1
 
16,072

 
8.68%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, floating rate
 
1
 
12,558

 
LIBOR plus 15.32%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, fixed rate (6)
 
3
 
54,808

 
0.50% to 18.71%
 
January 2016 to
September 2019
Total (2) 
 
78
 
$
1,347,030

 
 
 
 
 
(1)
Whole loans had $96.8 million and $105.1 million in unfunded loan commitments as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  These unfunded commitments are advanced as the borrowers formally request additional funding as permitted under the loan agreement and any necessary approvals have been obtained.
(2)
The total does not include an allowance for loan loss of $4.0 million and $4.0 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(3)
Maturity dates do not include possible extension options that may be available to the borrowers.
(4)
Floating rate loans include two whole loans with a combined $12.0 million mezzanine component that have fixed rates of 12.0%, and two whole loans with a combined $4.2 million mezzanine component that have fixed rates of 15.0%, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
(5)
Floating rate whole loans include a $799,000 junior mezzanine tranche of a whole loan that has a fixed rate of 10.0% as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
(6)
Fixed rate mezzanine loans include a mezzanine loan that was modified into two tranches, which both currently pay interest at 0.50%. In addition, the subordinate tranche accrues interest at LIBOR plus 18.50% which is deferred until maturity.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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The following is a summary of the weighted average maturity of the Company’s commercial real estate loans, at amortized cost (in thousands):
Description
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017 and Thereafter
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
B notes
 
$

 
$
16,031

 
$

 
$
16,031

Mezzanine loans
 

 
16,739

 
50,732

 
67,471

Whole loans
 

 
27,678

 
1,334,704

 
1,362,382

Total (1) 
 
$

 
$
60,448

 
$
1,385,436

 
$
1,445,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017 and Thereafter
 
Total
B notes
 
$

 
$
16,072

 
$

 
$
16,072

Mezzanine loans
 

 
16,736

 
50,630

 
67,366

Whole loans
 

 
27,665

 
1,235,927

 
1,263,592

Total (1) 
 
$

 
$
60,473

 
$
1,286,557

 
$
1,347,030

 
(1)
Weighted average maturity of commercial real estate loans assumes full exercise of extension options available to borrowers.
At March 31, 2015, the Company’s bank loan portfolio consisted of $298.2 million (net of allowance of $720,000) of floating rate loans, which bear interest ranging between the three month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.50% and the three month LIBOR plus 8.75% with maturity dates ranging from April 2015 to February 2024.  
At December 31, 2014, the Company’s bank loan portfolio consisted of $330.4 million (net of allowance of $570,000) of floating rate loans, which bear interest ranging between the three month LIBOR plus 1.25% and the three month LIBOR plus 8.75% with maturity dates ranging from January 2015 to February 2024.  
The following is a summary of the weighted average maturity of the Company’s bank loans, at amortized cost and loans held-for-sale, at the lower of cost or market (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Less than one year
$
1,625

 
$
7,829

Greater than one year and less than five years
282,658

 
274,332

Five years or greater
13,926

 
48,769

 
$
298,209

 
$
330,930

At March 31, 2015, the Company’s middle market loan portfolio consisted of $292.3 million (net of allowance of $2.5 million) of floating rate loans, which bear interest ranging between the one or three month LIBOR plus 5.50% and one or three month LIBOR plus 11.75% with maturity dates ranging from December 2016 to November 2022.  
At December 31, 2014, the Company’s middle market loan portfolio consisted of $250.1 million of floating rate loans, which bore interest ranging between the three month LIBOR plus 5.50% and the three month LIBOR plus 9.25% with maturity dates ranging from December 2016 to November 2022.  

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MARCH 31, 2015
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The following is a summary of the weighted average maturity of the Company’s middle market loans, at amortized cost (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Less than one year
$

 
$

Greater than one year and less than five years
158,183

 
132,353

Five years or greater
136,610

 
117,760

 
$
294,793

 
$
250,113


The following is a summary of the allocation of the allowance for loan loss with respect to the Company's loans (in thousands, except percentages) by asset class:
Description
 
Allowance for
Loan Loss
 
Percentage of Total Allowance
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
B notes
 
$
22

 
0.30%
Mezzanine loans
 
98

 
1.33%
Whole loans
 
3,923

 
53.12%
Bank loans
 
720

 
9.75%
Middle market loans
 
2,512

 
34.01%
Residential mortgage loans
 
110

 
1.49%
Total
 
$
7,385

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 

 
 
B notes
 
$
55

 
1.19%
Mezzanine loans
 
230

 
4.99%
Whole loans
 
3,758

 
81.47%
Bank loans
 
570

 
12.36%
Total
 
$
4,613

 
 
Principal paydown receivables represent the portion of the Company's loan portfolio for which indication has been provided through its various servicers, trustees, or its asset management group that a payoff or paydown of a loan has been received but which, as of period end, the Company has not received and applied such cash to the outstanding loan balance. At March 31, 2015, principal paydown receivables relating to the Company's commercial real estate loan portfolio totaled $26.9 million, the entirety of which the Company received in cash during April 2015.
At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately 26.9% and 27.4%, respectively, of the Company’s commercial real estate loan portfolio was concentrated in California; approximately 6.8% and 7.3%, respectively, in Arizona, and approximately 26.5% and 27.3%, respectively, in Texas. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately 16.7% and 17.5%, respectively, of the Company’s bank loan portfolio was concentrated in the collective industry grouping of healthcare, education and childcare. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately 11.5% and 13.1%, respectively, of the Company's middle market loan portfolio was concentrated in the collective industry grouping of hotels, motels, inns, and gaming and 10.3% and 13.7%, respectively, of the Company's middle market loan portfolio was concentrated in the collective industry grouping of personal, food and miscellaneous service. During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, approximately 44.0% of the Company's residential mortgage loans were originated in Georgia, 12.0% in Utah, 9.0% in Virgina, 5.0% in Maryland, and 5.0% in North Carolina. At December 31, 2014 approximately 56.0% of the Company's residential mortgage loans were originated in Georgia, 8.0% in Utah, 7.0% in Virginia, 5.0% in Alabama, and 4.0% in Tennessee.


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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 8 - INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES
The following table shows the Company's investments in unconsolidated entities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity in Net Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
Balance as of
 
Balance as of
 
For the
three months ended
 
For the
three months
ended
 
 
Ownership %
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2015
 
March 31,
2014
 
Varde Investment Partners, L.P
7.5%
 
$
654

 
$
654

 
$

 
$
(1
)
 
RRE VIP Borrower, LLC (1)
3% to 5%
 

 

 
46

 
866

 
Investment in LCC Preferred Stock
28.4%
 
39,469

 
39,416

 
52

 
(594
)
 
Investment in CVC Global Credit Opportunities Fund
20.6%
 
13,817

 
18,209

 
608

 
834

 
Investment in
Life Care Funding
(2)
50.2%
 

 

 

 
(75
)
 
Investment in School Lane House (1)
 
 

 

 

 
984

 
     Subtotal
 
 
53,940

 
58,279

 
706

 
2,014

 
Investment in RCT I and II (3)
3%
 
1,548

 
1,548

 
593

 
589

 
Investment in Preferred Equity (1) (4)
 
 

 

 

 
1,228

 
     Total
 
 
$
55,488

 
$
59,827

 
$
1,299

 
$
3,831

 
 
(1)
Investment in School Lane House, Investment in RRE VIP Borrower and the Investment in Preferred Equity were sold or repaid as of December 31, 2014.
(2)
In January 2013, LTCC invested $2.0 million into LCF for the purpose of originating and acquiring life settlement contracts. In February 2014, the Company invested an additional $1.4 million which resulted in the consolidation of LCF during the first quarter of 2014. Ownership percentage represents ownership after consolidation.
(3)
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, these amounts are recorded in interest expense on the Company's consolidated statements of income.
(4)
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, these amounts are recorded in interest income on loans on the Company's consolidated statements of income.
NOTE 9 - FINANCING RECEIVABLES
The following tables show the allowance for loan losses and recorded investments in loans for the years indicated (in thousands):

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MARCH 31, 2015
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Commercial Real Estate Loans
 
Bank Loans
 
Middle Market Loans
 
Residential Mortgage Loans
 
Loans Receivable-Related Party
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for Loan Losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for losses at January 1, 2015
$
4,043

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,613

Provision (recovery) for loan losses

 
1,415

 
2,566

 
197

 
(188
)
 
3,990

Loans charged-off

 
(1,265
)
 
(54
)
 
(197
)
 
188

 
(1,328
)
Recoveries

 

 

 
110

 

 
110

Allowance for losses at March 31, 2015
$
4,043

 
$
720

 
$
2,512

 
$
110

 
$

 
$
7,385

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
2,202

 
$
86

 
$
2,512

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,800

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
1,841

 
$
634

 
$

 
$
110

 
$

 
$
2,585

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Ending balance: (1)
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
166,180

 
$
215

 
$
294,793

 
$

 
$
1,229

 
$
462,417

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
1,279,704

 
$
297,994

 
$

 
$
2,641

 
$

 
$
1,580,339

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Allowance for Loan Losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for losses at January 1, 2014
$
10,416

 
$
3,391

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
13,807

Provision for loan losses
(3,758
)
 
4,173

 
92

 

 
1,297

 
1,804

Loans charged-off
(2,615
)
 
(6,994
)
 
(92
)
 

 
(1,297
)
 
(10,998
)
Allowance for losses at December 31, 2014
$
4,043

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,613

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
570

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
4,043

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,043

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Ending balance: (1)
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
166,180

 
$
1,350

 
$
250,113

 
$

 
$
1,277

 
$
418,920

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
1,180,850

 
$
329,580

 
$

 
$
2,802

 
$

 
$
1,513,232

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
(1)
Loan balances as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 include loans held for sale.


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Credit quality indicators
Bank Loans
The Company uses a risk grading matrix to assign grades to bank loans.  Loans are graded at inception and updates to assigned grades are made continually as new information is received.  Loans are graded on a scale of 1-5 with 1 representing the Company’s highest rating and 5 representing its lowest rating.  The Company also designates loans that are sold after the period end as held for sale at the lower of their fair market value or cost, net of any allowances and costs associated with the loan sales.  The Company considers metrics such as performance of the underlying company, liquidity, collectability of interest, enterprise valuation, default probability, ratings from rating agencies and industry dynamics in grading its bank loans.
Credit risk profiles of bank loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Rating 5
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
$
200,966

 
$
16,081

 
$
5,257

 
$
1,798

 
$
215

 
$
73,892

 
$
298,209

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bank loans
$
291,214

 
$
32,660

 
$
5,424

 
$

 
$
1,350

 
$
282

 
$
330,930

All of the Company’s bank loans were performing with the exception of one loan with an amortized cost of $215,000 as of March 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2014, all of the Company's bank loans were performing with the exception of two loans with an amortized cost of $1.4 million, one of which defaulted as of March 31, 2014 and the other of which defaulted as of September 30, 2014.
Middle Market Loans
The Company uses a risk grading matrix to assign grades to middle market loans.  At inception, all middle market loans are graded at a 2 and updates to assigned grades are made continually as new information is received. Loans are graded on a scale of 1-5 with 1 representing the Company’s highest rating and 5 representing its lowest rating.  A loan with a rating of a 2 is considered performing within expectations. The Company considers metrics such as performance of the underlying company, liquidity, collectability of interest and principal payments, enterprise valuation, default probability, and industry dynamics in grading its middle market loans.
Credit risk profiles of middle market loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Rating 5
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Middle market loans
$

 
$
284,937

 
$
4,900

 
$

 
$
4,956

 
$

 
$
294,793

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Middle market loans
$

 
$
240,245

 
$
9,868

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
250,113

All of the Company’s middle market loans were performing as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Commercial Real Estate Loans
The Company uses a risk grading matrix to assign grades to commercial real estate loans.  Loans are graded at inception and updates to assigned grades are made continually as new information is received.  Loans are graded on a scale of 1-4 with 1 representing the Company’s highest rating and 4 representing its lowest rating.  The Company also designates loans that are sold after the period end at the lower of their fair market value or cost, net of any allowances and costs associated with the loan sales.  In addition to the underlying performance of the loan collateral, the Company considers metrics such as the strength of underlying sponsorship, payment history, collectability of interest, structural credit enhancements, market trends and loan terms in grading its commercial real estate loans.

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Credit risk profiles of commercial real estate loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
1,329,882

 
$
32,500

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,362,382

B notes
16,031

 

 

 

 

 
16,031

Mezzanine loans
45,417

 
22,054

 

 

 

 
67,471

 
$
1,391,330

 
$
54,554

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,445,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
1,231,092

 
$
32,500

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,263,592

B notes
16,072

 

 

 

 

 
16,072

Mezzanine loans
45,432

 
21,934

 

 

 

 
67,366

 
$
1,292,596

 
$
54,434

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,347,030

All of the Company’s commercial real estate loans were current as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Residential Mortgage Loans
Residential mortgage loans are reviewed periodically for collectability in light of historical experience, the nature and amount of the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower's ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral, and prevailing underlying conditions. The Company also designates loans that are sold after the period end as held for sale at the lower of their fair market value or cost.
During the first quarter of 2015, The Company recorded a recovery of loan losses in the amount of $110,000 related to two loans at par for which it had previously recognized a provision for loan losses.
Loans Receivable - Related Party
The Company did not record an allowance for loan loss on any related-party loans during the three months ended March 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded a provision for loan losses on one related-party loan of $1.3 million before extinguishing the loan and bringing direct financing leases in the amount of $2.1 million on the Company's books in lieu of cash settlement of the loan receivable.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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Loan Portfolios Aging Analysis
The following table shows the loan portfolio aging analysis as of the dates indicated at amortized cost (in thousands):
 
30-59 Days
 
60-89 Days
 
Greater than 90 Days
 
Total Past Due
 
Current
 
Total Loans Receivable
 
Total Loans > 90 Days and Accruing
As of March 31, 2015:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,362,382

 
$
1,362,382

 
$

B notes

 

 

 

 
16,031

 
16,031

 

Mezzanine loans

 

 

 

 
67,471

 
67,471

 

Bank loans (1)

 

 
215

 
215

 
297,994

 
298,209

 

Middle market loans

 

 

 

 
294,793

 
294,793

 

Residential mortgage loans (2)
420

 

 
88

 
508

 
176,692

 
177,200

 

Loans receivable- related party

 

 

 

 
1,229

 
1,229

 

Total loans
$
420

 
$

 
$
303

 
$
723

 
$
2,216,592

 
$
2,217,315

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,263,592

 
$
1,263,592

 
$

B notes

 

 

 

 
16,072

 
16,072

 

Mezzanine loans

 

 

 

 
67,366

 
67,366

 

Bank loans (1)

 

 
1,350

 
1,350

 
329,580

 
330,930

 

Middle market loans

 

 

 

 
250,113

 
250,113

 

Residential mortgage loans (2)
443

 
82

 
119

 
644

 
113,612

 
114,256

 

Loans receivable- related party

 

 

 

 
1,277

 
1,277

 

Total loans
$
443

 
$
82

 
$
1,469

 
$
1,994

 
$
2,041,612

 
$
2,043,606

 
$

 
(1)
Contains $73.9 million and $282,000 of bank loans held for sale at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
Contains $174.6 million and $111.5 million of residential mortgage loans held for sale at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.



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Impaired Loans
The following tables show impaired loans as of the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
Recorded Balance
 
Unpaid Principal Balance
 
Specific Allowance
 
Average Investment in Impaired Loans
 
Interest Income Recognized
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans without a specific valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
13,617

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$
38,072

 
$
38,072

 
$

 
$
38,072

 
$
3,186

Bank loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$
2,641

 
$
2,641

 
$

 
$
2,641

 
$
21

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans with a specific valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Bank loans
$
215

 
$
215

 
$
(86
)
 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$
4,956

 
$
4,956

 
$
(2,512
)
 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Total:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
13,617

B notes

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine loans
38,072

 
38,072

 

 
38,072

 
3,186

Bank loans
215

 
215

 
(86
)
 

 

Middle market loans
4,956

 
4,956

 
(2,512
)
 

 

Residential mortgage loans
2,641

 
2,641

 

 
2,641

 
21

Loans receivable - related party

 

 

 

 

 
$
173,992

 
$
173,992

 
$
(2,598
)
 
$
171,158

 
$
16,824

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Loans without a specific valuation allowance:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
12,679

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$
38,072

 
$
38,072

 
$

 
$
38,072

 
$
2,859

Bank loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$
2,082

 
$
2,082

 
$

 
$
2,082

 
$
148

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans with a specific valuation allowance:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Bank loans
$
1,350

 
$
1,350

 
$
(570
)
 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$


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Residential mortgage loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Total:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
12,679

B notes

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine loans
38,072

 
38,072

 

 
38,072

 
2,859

Bank loans
1,350

 
1,350

 
(570
)
 

 

Middle market loans

 

 

 

 

Residential mortgage loans
2,082

 
2,082

 

 
2,082

 
148

Loans receivable - related party

 

 

 

 

 
$
169,612

 
$
169,612

 
$
(570
)
 
$
170,599

 
$
15,686

Troubled-Debt Restructurings
The following tables show troubled-debt restructurings in the Company's loan portfolio (in thousands):
 
Number of Loans
 
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance
 
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
2
 
$
67,459

 
$
67,459

B notes
 

 

Mezzanine loans
 

 

Bank loans
 

 

Middle market loans
 

 

Residential mortgage loans
 

 

Loans receivable - related party
 

 

Total loans
2
 
$
67,459

 
$
67,459

 
 
 
 
 
 
The Company had no troubled-debt restructurings during the three months ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no commercial real estate loan troubled-debt restructurings that subsequently defaulted.
NOTE 10 - BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
On February 27, 2014, the Company made an additional capital contribution to LCF which gave the Company majority ownership at 50.2%. As a result, the Company began consolidating the LCF joint venture. The joint venture was established for the purpose of originating and acquiring life settlement contracts through a financing facility.
The Company engaged a third party expert to assist in determining the fair values of the assets and liabilities assumed on this investment. Based on the final valuation, which determined an enterprise value of LCF of approximately $4.1 million, and in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, the Company confirmed that no further adjustments are necessary.
NOTE 11 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company recorded amortization expense of $507,000. The Company expects to record amortization expense on intangible assets of approximately $2.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2015, $1.8 million for the year ending December 31, 2016, $1.8 million for the year ending December 31, 2017, $1.6 million for the year ending 2018, and $1.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2019.  The weighted average amortization period was 6.4 years and 6.6 years at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
The following table summarizes intangible assets (in thousands):

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Asset Balance
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Asset
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
Investment in RCAM
$
21,213

 
$
(12,223
)
 
$
8,990

Investments in PCM:
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale or correspondent relationships
600

 
(361
)
 
239

Total intangible assets
$
21,813

 
$
(12,584
)
 
$
9,229

 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

Investment in RCAM
$
21,213

 
$
(11,779
)
 
$
9,434

Investments in PCM:
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale or correspondent relationships
600

 
(298
)
 
302

Total intangible assets
$
21,813

 
$
(12,077
)
 
$
9,736

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized $965,000 and $1.7 million, respectively, of fee income related to the investment in RCAM.
Mortgage Servicing Rights
Through the Company's wholly-owned residential mortgage originator PCM, residential mortgage loans are sold through one of the following methods: (i) sales to or pursuant to programs sponsored by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Government National Mortgage Association, or (ii) sales to private investors. The Company may have continuing involvement in mortgage loans sold by retaining servicing rights and servicing obligations. 
The total servicing portfolio consists of loans associated with capitalized mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) and loans held for sale.  The total servicing portfolio was $1.2 billion and $894.8 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.  MSRs recorded in the Company's consolidated balance sheets are related to the capitalized servicing portfolio and are created through the sale of originated loans.
The activity in the loan servicing portfolio associated with capitalized servicing rights consisted of (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Balance, beginning of period
$
894,767

 
$
433,153

Additions
212,390

 
519,915

Payoffs, sales and curtailments
53,151

 
(58,301
)
Balance, end of period
$
1,160,308

 
$
894,767

The activity in capitalized MSRs is recorded in other assets and consists of the followings (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Balance, beginning of period
$
9,374

 
$
4,885

Amortization
(825
)
 
(1,957
)
Additions
2,936

 
6,446

Sales

 

Balance, end of period
11,485

 
9,374

Temporary fair value adjustment
(1,050
)
 

Balance, end of period
$
10,435

 
$
9,374

    

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The Company expects to recognize amortization related to its mortgage servicing rights portfolio in the amount of $2.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2015, $2.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2016, $1.8 million for the year ending December 31, 2017, $1.7 million for the year ending December 31, 2018, and $1.1 million for the year ending December 31, 2019. The weighted average amortization period was 1.3 years and 1.4 years at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The value of MSRs is driven by the net positive, or in some cases net negative, cash flows associated with servicing activities.  These cash flows include contractually specified servicing fees, late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue and were recorded within fee income as follows (in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Servicing fees from capitalized portfolio
$
551

 
$
308

Late fees
$
23

 
$
22

Other ancillary servicing revenue
$
3

 
$
4



NOTE 12 - BORROWINGS
The Company historically has financed the acquisition of its investments, including investment securities and loans , through the use of secured and unsecured borrowings in the form of securitized notes, repurchase agreements, secured term facilities, warehouse facilities, convertible senior notes, senior secured revolving credit agreements and trust preferred securities issuances.  Certain information with respect to the Company’s borrowings is summarized in the following table (in thousands, except percentages):
 
Principal
Outstanding
 
Unamortized Issuance Costs and Discounts
 
Outstanding Borrowings
 
Weighted Average
Borrowing Rate
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Maturity
 
Value of
Collateral
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes
$
52,957

 
$

 
$
52,957

 
2.31%
 
31.4 years
 
$
130,727

RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes
131,780

 
63

 
131,717

 
1.14%
 
31.5 years
 
258,175

RCC CRE Notes 2013 Senior Notes
182,040

 
2,493

 
179,547

 
2.28%
 
13.7 years
 
205,386

RCC 2014-CRE2 Senior Notes
235,344

 
3,682

 
231,662

 
1.47%
 
17.1 years
 
349,063

RCC 2015-CRE3 Senior Notes
282,127

 
4,116

 
278,011

 
2.07%
 
17.0 years
 
339,654

Apidos CDO III Senior Notes
67,028

 

 
67,028

 
1.28%
 
5.5 years
 
78,957

Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes
229,716

 
72

 
229,644

 
0.87%
 
5.1 years
 
252,826

Moselle CLO S.A. Securitized Borrowings, at fair value (1)
120

 

 
120

 
N/A
 
N/A
 
537

Unsecured Junior Subordinated Debentures (2)
51,548

 
292

 
51,256

 
4.21%
 
21.6 years
 

6.0% Convertible Senior Notes
115,000

 
6,182

 
108,818

 
6.00%
 
3.7 years
 

8.0% Convertible Senior Notes
100,000

 
7,052

 
92,948

 
8.00%
 
4.8 years
 

CRE - Term Repurchase Facilities (3)
93,734

 
1,583

 
92,151

 
2.21%
 
18 days
 
135,951

CMBS - Term Repurchase Facility (4)
29,391

 

 
29,391

 
1.37%
 
18 days
 
35,977

Residential Investments - Term Repurchase Facility
104,547

 
125

 
104,422

 
2.43%
 
25 days
 
121,472

Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements
74,648

 

 
74,648

 
2.78%
 
130 days
 
95,479

CMBS - Short Term Repurchase Agreements (5)
67,785

 

 
67,785

 
1.63%
 
18 days
 
94,857

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement
135,000

 
2,507

 
132,493

 
2.68%
 
2.5 years
 
292,453

Total
$
1,952,765

 
$
28,167

 
$
1,924,598

 
2.46%
 
10.8 years
 
$
2,391,514


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Principal
Outstanding
 
Unamortized Issuance Costs and Discounts
 
Outstanding Borrowings
 
Weighted Average
Borrowing Rate
 
Weighted Average
Remaining
Maturity
 
Value of
Collateral
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes  
$
61,423

 
$

 
$
61,423

 
2.12%
 
31.6 years
 
$
139,242

RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes  
130,340

 
133

 
130,207

 
1.19%
 
31.8 years
 
271,423

RCC CRE Notes 2013 Senior Notes
226,840

 
2,683

 
224,157

 
2.11%
 
14.0 years
 
249,983

RCC 2014-CRE2 Senior Notes
235,344

 
3,687

 
231,657

 
1.45%
 
17.3 years
 
346,585

Apidos CDO III Senior Notes
74,646

 

 
74,646

 
1.18%
 
5.7 years
 
85,553

Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes
255,664

 
201

 
255,463

 
0.81%
 
5.4 years
 
272,512

Moselle CLO S.A. Senior Notes, at fair value (6)
63,321

 

 
63,321

 
1.49%
 
5.0 years
 
93,576

Moselle CLO S.A. Securitized Borrowings, at fair value (1)
5,619

 

 
5,619

 
1.49%
 
5.0 years
 

Unsecured Junior
Subordinated Debentures (2)
51,548

 
343

 
51,205

 
4.19%
 
21.8 years
 

6.0% Convertible Senior Notes
115,000

 
6,626

 
108,374

 
6.00%
 
3.9 years
 

CRE - Term Repurchase Facilities (3)
207,640

 
1,958

 
205,682

 
2.43%
 
20 days
 
297,571

CMBS - Term Repurchase Facility (4)
24,967

 

 
24,967

 
1.35%
 
20 days
 
30,180

Residential Investments - Term Repurchase Facility (6)
22,248

 
36

 
22,212

 
1.16%
 
1 day
 
27,885

Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements (7)
102,576

 

 
102,576

 
2.78%
 
207 days
 
147,472

CMBS - Short Term Repurchase Agreements (5)
44,225

 

 
44,225

 
1.63%
 
17 days
 
62,446

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement
113,500

 
2,363

 
111,137

 
2.66%
 
2.7 years
 
262,687

Total
$
1,734,901

 
$
18,030

 
$
1,716,871

 
2.09%
 
10.0 years
 
$
2,287,115

 
(1)
The securitized borrowings were collateralized by the same assets as the Moselle CLO Senior Notes.
(2)
Amount represents junior subordinated debentures issued to RCT I and RCT II in May 2006 and September 2006, respectively.
(3)
Amounts also include accrued interest expense of $75,000 and $198,000 related to CRE repurchase facilities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(4)
Amounts also include accrued interest expense of $13,000 and $12,000 related to CMBS repurchase facilities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Amounts do not reflect CMBS repurchase agreement borrowings that are components of linked transactions as of December 31, 2014.
(5)
Amounts also includes accrued interest expense of $39,000 and $31,000 related to CMBS short term repurchase facilities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
(6)
The fair value option was elected for the borrowings associated with Moselle CLO. As such, the outstanding borrowings and principal outstanding amounts are stated at fair value. The unpaid principal amounts of these borrowings were $63.3 million at December 31, 2014.
(7)
Amount also includes interest expenses of $20,000 related to residential investment repurchase facilities as of December 31, 2014,
Securitizations
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Company's securitizations:
Securitization
 
Closing Date
 
Maturity Dates
 
Reinvestment Period End
 
Total Note Paydowns as of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes
 
August 2006
 
August 2046
 
September 2011
 
$
194.2

RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes
 
June 2007
 
September 2046
 
June 2012
 
$
209.2

RCC CRE Notes 2013 Senior Notes
 
December 2013
 
December 2028
 
N/A
 
$
78.8

RCC 2014-CRE2 Senior Notes
 
July 2014
 
April 2032
 
N/A
 
$

RCC 2015-CRE3 Senior Notes
 
February 2015
 
March 2032
 
N/A
 
$

Apidos CDO III Senior Notes
 
May 2006
 
September 2020
 
June 2012
 
$
195.5

Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes
 
May 2007
 
May 2020
 
May 2014
 
$
92.3

Moselle CLO S.A. Securitized Borrowings
 
October 2005
 
January 2020
 
January 2012
 
$
5.0


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In November 2014, the Company called Moselle CLO S.A, substantially liquidating the securitization's assets. Proceeds from the sale of these assets, plus proceeds from previous sales and paydowns in the CLO, were used to pay down $167.2 million of Senior Notes in full, and $5.0 million of the Securitized Borrowings as of March 31, 2015.
The investments held by the Company's securitizations collateralized the securitization's borrowings and, as a result, are not available to the Company, its creditors, or stockholders. All senior notes retained at closing or subsequently repurchased by the Company as of March 31, 2015, eliminate in consolidation.
RCC 2015-CRE3
In February 2015, the Company closed RCC 2015-CRE3, a $346.2 million CRE securitization transaction that provided financing for transitional commercial real estate loans. RCC 2015-CRE3 issued a total of $282.1 million of senior notes at par to unrelated investors.  RCC Real Estate purchased 100% of the Class E and Class F senior notes for $20.8 million and $15.6 million, respectively.  In addition, Resource Real Estate Funding 2015-CRE3 Investor, LLC, a subsidiary of RCC Real Estate, purchased a $27.7 million equity interest representing 100% of the outstanding preference shares.  The senior notes purchased by RCC Real Estate are subordinated in right of payment to all other senior notes issued by RCC 2015-CRE3, but are senior in right of payment to the preference shares.  The equity interest is subordinated in right of payment to all other securities issued by RCC 2015-CRE3.
At closing, the senior notes issued to investors by RCC 2015-CRE3 consisted of the following classes: (i) $193.9 million of Class A notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 1.40%; (ii) $17.3 million of Class A-S notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 1.65%; (iii) $19.5 million of Class B notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 2.40%; (iv) $20.8 million of Class C notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 3.15%; (v) $30.7 million of Class D notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 4.00%; (vi) $20.8 million of Class E notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 4.75%; (vii) and $15.6 million of Class F notes bearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 5.50%.  All of the notes issued mature in March 2032, although the Company has the right to call the notes anytime after March 2017 until maturity. There is no reinvestment period in RCC 2015-CRE3; however, principal repayments, for a period ending in February 2017, may be used to purchase funding participations with respect to existing collateral held outside of the securitization.

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Moselle CLO S.A.
The Company exercised its right in to call the notes of Moselle CLO S.A. in November 2014, substantially liquidating the securitization's assets. Proceeds from the sale of these assets, plus proceeds from previous sales and paydowns in the CLO, were used to pay down the Senior Notes in full, and $5.0 million of the Securitized Borrowings as of March 31, 2015.
8.0% Convertible Senior Notes
In January 2015, the Company issued and sold in a public offering $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020, ("8.0% Convertible Senior Notes"). After deducting a $1.0 million underwriting discount and deferred debt issuance costs totaling $2.1 million, the Company received approximately $97.0 million of net proceeds. The discount and deferred issuance costs will be amortized on a straight-line basis as additional interest expense through maturity on January 15, 2020. Interest on the 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes is paid semi-annually.
The 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of the holder at a current conversion rate of 187.4414 common shares per $1,000 principal amount of 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $5.34 per common share). Upon conversion of 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes by a holder, the holder will receive cash, the Company's common shares or a combination of cash and the Company's common shares, at the Company's election.
Repurchase and Credit Facilities
Borrowings under the repurchase agreements were guaranteed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the Company's borrowings (dollars in thousands):
 
As of March 31, 2015
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
Outstanding
Borrowings
 
 Value of
Collateral
 
Number of
Positions
as Collateral
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
 
Outstanding
Borrowings
 
 Value of
Collateral
 
Number of
Positions
as Collateral
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
CMBS Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank
$
29,391

 
$
35,977

 
34
 
1.37%
 
$
24,967

 
$
30,180

 
33
 
1.35%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRE Term
Repurchase Facilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank (1)
92,296

 
135,951

 
5
 
2.21%
 
179,762

 
258,223

 
15
 
2.38%
Deutsche Bank AG (2)
(145
)
 

 
 
—%
 
25,920

 
39,348

 
2
 
2.78%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase
Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
53,249

 
70,928

 
8
 
1.62%
 
33,783

 
44,751

 
8
 
1.62%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
14,536

 
23,929

 
1
 
1.59%
 
10,442

 
17,695

 
1
 
1.66%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Investments Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank (3)
104,422

 
121,472

 
146
 
2.43%
 
22,212

 
27,885

 
6
 
1.16%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Mortgage
Financing Agreements
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Century Bank
46,419

 
53,689

 
231
 
2.80%
 
41,387

 
51,961

 
158
 
2.82%
Wells Fargo Bank
28,229

 
41,790

 
78
 
2.75%
 
61,189

 
95,511

 
104
 
2.75%
Totals
$
368,397

 
$
483,736

 
 
 
 
 
$
399,662

 
$
565,554

 
 
 
 
 
(1)
The Wells Fargo CRE term repurchase facility borrowing includes $1.4 million and $1.7 million of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
The Deutsche Bank term repurchase facility includes $145,000 and $268,000 of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

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(3)
The Wells Fargo residential investments term repurchase facility includes $125,000 and $36,000 of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
As the result of an accounting standards update adopted on January 1, 2015 (see Note 2), the Company unlinked its previously linked transactions and disclosed affected asset, liability, income and expense balances at their gross values in its consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the Company had no repurchase agreements being accounted for as linked transactions as of March 31, 2015.
The assets in the following table were accounted for as linked transactions as of December 31, 2014. These linked repurchase agreements are not included in borrowings on the Company's consolidated balance sheets (see Note 20).
 
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
 
Borrowings
Under Linked
Transactions
(1)
 
Value of Collateral
Under Linked
Transactions
 
Number
of Positions
as Collateral
Under Linked
Transactions
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
of Linked
Transactions
CMBS Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank
 
$
4,941

 
$
6,371

 
7
 
1.67%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase
Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JP Morgan Securities, LLC
 

 

 
 
—%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
4,108

 
6,233

 
2
 
1.37%
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
 
24,348

 
36,001

 
10
 
1.57%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 
$
33,397

 
$
48,605

 
 
 
 

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The following table shows information about the amount at risk under the repurchase facilities (dollars in thousands):
 
Amount at
Risk
(1)
 
Weighted Average
Maturity in Days
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS Term Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
6,176

 
18
 
1.37%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Investments Term Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
16,804

 
25
 
2.43%
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRE Term Repurchase Facilities
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
42,763

 
18
 
2.21%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
$
8,964

 
6
 
1.59%
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
$
17,452

 
21
 
1.62%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank
$
13,561

 
93
 
2.75%
New Century Bank
$
7,270

 
152
 
2.80%
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS Term Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
6,486

 
20
 
1.35%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Investments Term Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
5,017

 
1
 
1.16%
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRE Term Repurchase Facilities
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$
76,148

 
20
 
2.38%
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
$
13,017

 
19
 
2.78%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
$
2,127

 
9
 
1.66%
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
$
11,810

 
20
 
1.62%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements
$
853

 
242
 
2.82%
New Century Bank
$
6,902

 
183
 
2.75%
Wells Fargo Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1)
Equal to the estimated fair value of securities or loans sold, plus accrued interest income, minus the sum of repurchase agreement liabilities plus accrued interest expense.

The Company is in compliance with all financial covenants as defined in the respective agreements as of March 31, 2015
Residential Investments – Term Repurchase Facility
In June 2014, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, RCC Resi Portfolio and RCC Resi TRS (the “Sellers”) entered into a master repurchase and securities contract (the “2014 Facility”) with Wells Fargo.  Under the 2014 Facility, from time to time, the parties may enter into transactions in which the Sellers and Wells Fargo agree to transfer from the Sellers to Wells Fargo all of their

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right, title and interest to certain residential mortgage backed securities and other assets against the transfer of funds by Wells Fargo to the Sellers, with a simultaneous agreement by Wells Fargo to transfer back to the Sellers such assets at a date certain or on demand, against the transfer of funds from the Sellers to Wells Fargo.
In January 2015, the Sellers amended the agreement with Wells Fargo to classify trust certificates as assets eligible for sale and repurchase under the Facility. The maximum borrowing amounts of the 2014 Facility under the amended agreement are $110.0 million with respect to purchased residential mortgage backed securities, and $165.0 million with respect to trust certificates collateralized by jumbo mortgage loans. The 2014 Facility's maximum pricing margins are 1.45% and 3.00% on residential mortgage backed securities and jumbo mortgage loans, respectively. The 2014 Facility has a current scheduled termination date of June 22, 2015, and the Company has a one year option to extend at its discretion.
Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements
PCM has master repurchase agreements with New Century Bank d/b/a Customer's Bank ("New Century") and Wells Fargo Bank, NA ("Wells Fargo") to finance the acquisition of residential mortgage loans. At March 31, 2015, PCM received waivers from both New Century and Wells Fargo on a covenant that requires PCM to maintain a minimum liquidity of $7.5 million. The waivers removed the minimum liquidity requirement and all existing defaults for the period March 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. PCM was in compliance with all other financial covenant requirements under the agreements as of March 31, 2015.
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement
Effective September 18, 2014, the Company, through Northport LLC, closed a $110.0 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit agreement with JP Morgan as the agent bank. The accordion feature of the facility was exercised in September 2014 to bring the facility capacity to $225.0 million and $15.0 million was secured through the addition of Customer's Bank to the syndicate, bringing the effective commitment to $125.0 million. In March 2015, ING Capital LLC agreed to a commitment increase of $15.0 million, bringing the effective commitment to $140.0 million as of March 31, 2015.
NOTE 13 - SHARE ISSUANCE AND REPURCHASE
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
 
Total Outstanding
 
Number of Shares
 
Weighted Average Offering Price
 
Number of Shares
 
Weighted Average Offering Price
8.50% Series A Preferred Stock

 
$

 
1,069,016

 
$
24.05

8.25% Series B Preferred Stock
139,333

 
$
22.34

 
5,740,479

 
$
23.81

8.625% Series C Preferred Stock

 
$

 
4,800,000

 
$
25.00

On or after June 14, 2017 the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series A preferred stock, in whole or part, at any time and from time to time, for cash at $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date.
On or after October 2, 2017 the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series B preferred stock, in whole or part, at any time and from time to time, for cash at $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date.
On or after July 30, 2024, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series C preferred stock, in whole or part, at any time and from time to time, for cash at $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date.
Under a dividend reinvestment plan authorized by the board of directors on March 21, 2013, the Company is authorized to issue up to 20,000,000 shares of common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company sold approximately 22,000 shares of common stock through this program, resulting in proceeds of approximately $106,000.
NOTE 14 - SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
The following table summarizes restricted common stock transactions:

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Non-Employee Directors
 
Non-Employees
 
Employees
 
Total
Unvested shares as of January 1, 2015
49,203

 
1,812,853

 
161,583

 
2,023,639

Issued
47,087

 
1,001,459

 
115,271

 
1,163,817

Vested
(37,786
)
 
(340,636
)
 
(7,439
)
 
(385,861
)
Forfeited

 

 
(1,271
)
 
(1,271
)
Unvested shares as of March 31, 2015
58,504

 
2,473,676

 
268,144

 
2,800,324

The Company is required to value any unvested shares of restricted common stock granted to non-employees at the current market price.  The estimated fair value of the unvested shares of restricted stock granted during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, including the grant date fair value of shares issued to the Company’s seven non-employee directors, was $5.6 million, and $3.7 million, respectively.
The following table summarizes the restricted common stock grants during the three months ended March 31, 2015:
Date
 
Shares (2)
 
Vesting/Year
 
Date(s)
February 3, 2015
 
7,276
 
100%
 
2/3/16
February 5, 2015
 
966,095
 
33.3%
 
2/5/16, 2/5/17, 2/5/18
February 5, 2015
 
115,271
 
33.3%
 
2/5/16, 2/5/17, 2/5/18
March 9, 2015
 
32,186
 
100%
 
3/9/16
March 12, 2015
 
7,625
 
100%
 
3/12/16
March 31, 2015
 
35,364
 
100%
 
5/15/16 (1)

(1)
In connection with a grant of restricted common stock made on September 24, 2014, the Company agreed to issue up to 70,728 additional shares of common stock if certain loan origination performance thresholds were achieved by personnel from the Company’s loan origination team.  The performance criteria are measured at the end of two annual measurement periods beginning April 1, 2014.  The agreement also provided dividend equivalent rights pursuant to which the dividends that would have been paid on the shares had they been issued on the date of grant were paid at the end of each annual measurement period if the performance criteria were met.  If the performance criteria are not met, the accrued dividends will be forfeited.  As a consequence, the Company will not record the dividend equivalent rights until earned.  On March 31, 2015, the first annual measurement period ended and 35,364 shares were earned. These shares will vest over the subsequent 12 months at a rate of one-fourth per quarter. In addition, approximately $21,000 of accrued dividend equivalent rights were earned. 
(2)
All shares were issued from the 2007 Plan with the exception of these shares which were issued from unregistered shares as part of the consideration for the purchase of PCM.
    

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The following table summarizes the status of the Company’s vested stock options as of March 31, 2015:
Vested Options
Number of Options
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Vested as of January 1, 2015
640,666

 
$
14.45

 
 
 
 
Vested

 

 
 
 
 
Exercised

 

 
 
 
 
Forfeited

 

 
 
 
 
Vested as of March 31, 2015
640,666

 
$
14.45

 
0.8
 
$

There were no options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014. The outstanding stock options have a weighted average remaining contractual term of three years.
The components of equity compensation expense for the periods presented as follows (in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Options granted to Manager and non-employees
$

 
$
(2
)
Restricted shares granted to non-employees (1)
764

 
1,429

Restricted shares granted to employees
167

 
175

Restricted shares granted to non-employee directors
64

 
65

Total equity compensation expense
$
995

 
$
1,667


(1) Non-employees are employees of REXI.
There were no incentive fees paid to the Manager for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.
Apart from incentive compensation payable under the Management Agreement, the Company has established no formal criteria for the issuance of equity awards as of March 31, 2015.  All awards are discretionary in nature and subject to approval by the Compensation Committee of the Company's board of directors.
On October 31, 2013, the Company, through its TRS, RCC Residential, completed a business combination whereby it acquired the assets of PCM, an Atlanta based company that originates and services residential mortgage loans, for approximately $7.6 million in cash. As part of this transaction, a key employee of PCM was granted approximately $800,000 of the Company’s restricted stock. Any grants for employees of PCM are accounted for as compensation and amortized to equity compensation expense over the vesting period. Dividends declared on the stock while unvested are recorded as a general and administrative expense. Dividends declared after the stock vests are recorded as a distribution. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $166,000 and $160,000 of amortization of the stock grants were recorded to equity compensation expense and $43,000 and $52,000 of expense related to dividends on unvested shares was recorded to general and administrative expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of income, respectively.
NOTE 15 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

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For the Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
Basic:
 
 
 
 
Net income allocable to common shares
$
9,402

 
$
15,116

 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
131,256,909

 
125,616,537

 
Basic net income per share
$
0.07

 
$
0.12

 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted:
 

 
 

 
Net income allocable to common shares
$
9,402

 
$
15,116

 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
131,256,909

 
125,616,537

 
Additional shares due to assumed conversion of dilutive instruments
1,047,508

 
1,051,077

 
Adjusted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
132,304,417

 
126,667,614

 
Diluted net income per share
$
0.07

 
$
0.12

 
Potentially dilutive shares consisting of 36,011,413 shares issuable in connection with the Company's 6% and 8% Convertible Senior Notes (see Note 12) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 17,907,939 shares for the three months ended March 31, 2014, respectively, were not included in the calculation of diluted net income per share because the effect was anti-dilutive.
NOTE 16 - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
The following table, which is presented gross of tax, presents the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (dollars in thousands):
 
Net unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives
 
Net unrealized (loss) gain on securities,
available-for-sale
 
Foreign Currency Translation
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
January 1, 2015
$
(8,967
)
 
$
15,422

 
$
(412
)
 
$
6,043

Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications
1,142

 
3,123

 
429

 
4,694

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
comprehensive income
90

 
(6,258
)
 

 
(6,168
)
Net current-period other comprehensive income
1,232

 
(3,135
)
 
429

 
(1,474
)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities allocable to non-controlling interests

 
807

 

 
807

March 31, 2015
$
(7,735
)
 
$
13,094

 
$
17

 
$
5,376

NOTE 17 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Relationship with Resource America and Certain of its Subsidiaries
Relationship with Resource America.  On September 19, 2013, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Resource America concluded that Resource America should consolidate the financial statements of the Company, which was previously treated as an unconsolidated variable interest entity. The Audit Committee reached this conclusion after consultations with the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) following comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission and the Audit Committee's discussion with the Company's management and its independent registered public accounting firm. Resource America's Audit Committee noted that consolidation of the Company was not expected to materially affect Resource America's previously reported net income attributable to common shareholders. At March 31, 2015, Resource America owned 2,861,592 shares, or 2.1%, of the Company’s outstanding common stock.  In addition, Resource America held 2,166 options to purchase restricted stock which options expired on March 8, 2015.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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The Company is managed by the Manager, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource America, pursuant to a Management Agreement that provides for both base and incentive management fees.  For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Manager earned base management fees of approximately $3.4 million and $2.9 million, respectively. No incentive management fees were earned for the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.  The Company also reimburses the Manager and Resource America for expenses, including the expenses of employees of Resource America who perform legal, accounting, due diligence and other services that outside professionals or consultants would otherwise perform, and for the wages, salaries and benefits of several Resource America personnel dedicated to the Company’s operations.  For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid the Manager $1.1 million and $990,000, respectively, as expense reimbursements.
On November 24, 2010, the Company entered into an Investment Management Agreement with Resource Capital Markets, Inc. (“RCM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource America.  The initial agreement provided that: (a) RCM may invest up to $5.0 million of the Company’s funds, with the investable amount being adjusted by portfolio gains (losses) and collections, and offset by expenses, taxes and realized management fees, and (b) RCM can earn a management fee in any year that the net profits earned exceed a preferred return. On June 17, 2011, the Company entered into a revised Investment Management Agreement with RCM which provided an additional $8.0 million of the Company’s funds.  The management fee is 20% of the amount by which the net profits exceed the preferred return.  During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, RCM earned no management fees. The portfolio began a partial liquidation during the year ended December 31, 2013 that has resulted in the outstanding portfolio balance being significantly decreased. The Company has reinvested gains from its activity and holds $3.9 million in fair market value of trading securities as of March 31, 2015, an increase of $500,000 from $3.4 million at fair market value as of December 31, 2014.  The Company and RCM also established an escrow account that allocates the net profit or net losses of the portfolio on a yearly basis based on the net asset value of the account.  RCM did not earn profits from this account during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The Company also reimburses RCM for expenses paid on the Company's behalf. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid RCM $32,000 and $75,000, respectively, as expense reimbursements.
At March 31, 2015, the Company was indebted to the Manager for $1.9 million, comprised of base management fees of $1.1 million and expense reimbursements of $750,000.  At December 31, 2014, the Company was indebted to the Manager for $1.6 million, comprised of base management fees of $1.2 million and expense reimbursements of $480,000. At March 31, 2015, the Company was indebted to RCM under the Company’s Investment Management Agreement for $179,000, comprised entirely of expense reimbursements.  At December 31, 2014, the Company was indebted to RCM under the Company’s Investment Management Agreement for $121,000, comprised entirely of expense reimbursements.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company, through one of its subsidiaries, began originating middle-market loans. Resource America is paid origination fees in connection with the Company’s middle-market lending operations, which fees may not exceed 2% of the loan balance for any loan originated.
On November 7, 2013, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, purchased all of the membership interests in Elevation Home Loans, LLC, a start-up residential mortgage company, from an employee of Resource America for $830,000, paid in the form of 136,659 shares of restricted Company common stock.  The restricted stock vests in full on November 7, 2016, and includes dividend equivalent rights.
The Company had executed ten and nine securitizations as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, which were structured for the Company by the Manager.  Under the Management Agreement, the Manager was not separately compensated by the Company for executing these transactions and is not separately compensated for managing the securitization's entities and their assets. The Company liquidated one of these securitizations in October 2013 and another in October 2014.
Relationship with LEAF Commercial Capital. LCC originated and managed equipment leases and notes on behalf of the Company. On March 5, 2010, the Company entered into agreements with Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II, L.P. (“LEAF II”) (an equipment leasing partnership sponsored by LEAF Financial and of which a LEAF Financial subsidiary is the general partner), pursuant to which the Company provided and funded an $8.0 million credit facility to LEAF II.  The credit facility initially had a one year term with interest at 12% per year, payable quarterly, and was secured by all the assets of LEAF II, including its entire ownership interest in LEAF II Receivables Funding.  The Company received a 1% origination fee in connection with establishing the facility.  The facility originally matured on March 3, 2011 and was extended until September 3, 2011 with a 1% extension fee paid on the outstanding loan balance.  On June 3, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to extend the maturity to February 15, 2012 and to decrease the interest rate from 12% to 10% per annum resulting in a troubled-debt restructuring under current

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MARCH 31, 2015
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accounting guidance.  On February 15, 2012, the credit facility was further amended to extend the maturity to February 15, 2013 with a 1% extension fee accrued and added to the amount outstanding.  On January 11, 2013, the Company entered into another amendment to extend the maturity to February 15, 2014 with an additional 1% extension fee accrued and added to the amount outstanding. On December 17, 2013, the Company entered into another amendment to extend the maturity to February 15, 2015. At the end of 2014, the Company recorded a provision for loan loss on this loan of $1.3 million before extinguishing the loan and bringing direct financing leases in the amount of $2.1 million on the Company's books in lieu of the loan receivable. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company recorded a partial recovery of this provision in the amount of $188,000. As of March 31, 2015, the Company held $2.0 million of direct financing leases.
On November 16, 2011, the Company, together with LEAF Financial and LCC, entered into the SPA with Eos (see Note 3). The Company’s resulting interest is accounted for under the equity method.  For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 the Company recorded a gain of $52,000 and loss of $594,000, respectively, which was recorded in equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the consolidated statement of income.  The Company’s investment in LCC was $39.5 million and $39.4 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
Relationship with CVC Credit Partners. On April 17, 2012, Apidos Capital Management (“ACM”), a former subsidiary of Resource America, was sold to CVC Credit Partners, LLC ("CVC Credit Partners"), a joint venture entity in which Resource America owns a 33% interest. CVC Credit Partners manages internally and externally originated bank loan assets on the Company’s behalf.  On February 24, 2011, a subsidiary of the Company purchased 100% of the ownership interests in Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC ("CPAM") from Churchill Financial Holdings LLC for $22.5 million.  CPAM subsequently changed its name to RCAM. Through RCAM, the Company was initially entitled to collect senior, subordinated and incentive fees related to five CLOs holding approximately $1.9 billion in assets managed by RCAM.  RCAM is assisted by CVC Credit Partners in managing these CLOs.  CVC Credit Partners is entitled to 10% of all subordinated fees and 50% of the incentive fees received by RCAM.  For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, CVC Credit Partners earned subordinated fees of $237,000 and $370,000, respectively. In October 2012, the Company purchased 66.6% of the preferred equity in one of the RCAM CLOs. In May 2013, the Company purchased additional equity in this CLO, increasing its ownership percentage to 68.3%. In September 2013, this CLO was called and the notes were paid down in full. Another RCAM-managed CLO also elected to redeem its outstanding notes in whole in February 2013.
In May, June and July 2013, the Company invested a total of $15.0 million in CVC Global Credit Opportunities Fund, L.P. which generally invests in assets through the Master Fund (see Note 3). The fund will pay the investment manager a quarterly management fee in advance calculated at the rate of 1.5% annually based on the balance of each limited partner's capital account. The Company's management fee was waived upon entering the agreement given that the Company is a related party of CVC Credit Partners. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded earnings of $608,000 and $834,000, respectively, which was recorded in equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the consolidated statement of income. In March 2015, the Company elected to withdraw $5.0 million from the fund bringing the Company's investment balance to $13.8 million as of March 31, 2015 as compared to $18.2 million as of December 31, 2014. The investment is recorded as an investment in unconsolidated entities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets using the equity method.
Relationship with Resource Real Estate. Resource Real Estate, a subsidiary of Resource America, originates, finances and manages the Company’s commercial real estate loan portfolio, including whole loans, B notes, mezzanine loans, and investments in real estate.  The Company reimburses Resource Real Estate for loan origination costs associated with all loans originated.  The Company had a receivable in the amount of $7,500 and $100,000 due from Resource Real Estate for loan origination costs in connection with the Company’s commercial real estate loan portfolio as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
On August 9, 2006, the Company, through its subsidiary, RCC Real Estate, originated a loan to Lynnfield Place, a multi-family apartment property, in the amount of $22.4 million. The loan was then purchased by RREF CDO 2006-1. The loan, which was set to mature on May 9, 2018, carried an interest rate of LIBOR plus a spread of 3.50% with a LIBOR floor of 2.50%. On June 14, 2011, RCC Real Estate converted this loan, collateralized by a multi-family building, to equity. The loan was kept outstanding and was used as collateral in RREF CDO 2006-1. RREM was appointed as the asset manager as of August 1, 2011. RREM performed lease review and approval, debt service collection, loan workout, foreclosure, disposition and/or entitlements and permitting, as applicable. RREM was also responsible for engaging third parties to perform day-to-day property management, property leasing, rent collection, maintenance, and capital improvements. RREM was entitled to a monthly asset management fee equal to 4.0% of the gross receipts generated from the property. The Company incurred fees payable to RREM for the three months ended March 31, 2014 in the amount of $34,000. There were no fees incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2015, as the property was sold during the last quarter of 2014 for a gain of $1.9 million.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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On December 1, 2009, the Company purchased a membership interest in RRE VIP Borrower, LLC (an unconsolidated VIE that held an interest in a real estate joint venture) from Resource America for $2.1 million, its book value.  RREM was asset manager of the venture and received a monthly asset management fee equal to 1.0% of the combined investment calculated as of the last calendar day of the month. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company paid RREM management fees of $5,000. There were no fees incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2015, as the last property associated with the joint venture was sold in July 2014. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded income of $46,000 and $866,000, respectively, which was recorded in equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the consolidated statement of income. The income recorded in 2015 was due to a liquidation of an existing bank account with respect to one the properties.
On January 15, 2010, the Company loaned $2.0 million to Resource Capital Partners, Inc. (“RCP”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource America, so that it could acquire a 5.0% limited partnership interest in Resource Real Estate Opportunity Fund, L.P. (“RRE Opportunity Fund”).  RCP is the general partner of the RRE Opportunity Fund.  The loan is secured by RCP’s partnership interest in the RRE Opportunity Fund.  The promissory note bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.0% per annum on the unpaid principal balance.  In the event of default, interest will accrue and be payable at a rate of 5.0% in excess of the fixed rate.  Interest is payable quarterly.  Mandatory principal payments must also be made to the extent distributable cash or other proceeds from the partnership represent a return of RCP’s capital.  The loan had an original maturity date of January 14, 2015, with two one-year extensions. RCP exercised the first option, extending the maturity to January 14, 2016. Principal payments of $391,000 were made during the year ended December 31, 2014.  There have been no additional principal payments made. The loan balance was $558,000 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
On June 21, 2011, the Company entered into a joint venture with an unaffiliated third party to form CR SLH Partners, L.P. (“SLH Partners”) to purchase a defaulted promissory note secured by a mortgage on a multi-family apartment building.  The Company purchased a 10% equity interest in the venture and also loaned SLH Partners $7.0 million to finance the project secured by a first mortgage lien on the property. The loan had a maturity date of September 21, 2012 and bore interest at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum on the unpaid principal balance, payable monthly. The Company received a commitment fee equal to 1.0% of the loan amount at the origination of the loan and received a $70,000 exit fee upon repayment.  On May 23, 2012, SLH Partners repaid the $7.0 million loan in its entirety. RREM was appointed as the asset manager of the venture.  RREM performed lease review and approval, debt service collection, loan workout, foreclosure, disposition and permitting, as applicable.  RREM was also responsible for engaging third parties to perform day-to-day property management, property leasing, rent collection, maintenance, and capital improvements.  RREM received an annual asset management fee equal to 2.0% of the gross receipts generated from the property.  The Company held a $975,000 preferred equity investment in SLH Partners as of December 31, 2013. The investment was sold in 2014 for a $912,000 gain, which was recorded on the Company's consolidated statements of income in equity of earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries.
In December 2013, the Company closed RCC CRE Notes 2013, a $307.8 million real estate securitization that provides financing for commercial real estate loans. Resource Real Estate serves as special servicer. With respect to each Specialty Service Mortgage Loan, Resource Real Estate receives an amount equal to the product of (a) the Special Servicing Fee Rate, 0.25% per annum, and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Specialty Service Mortgage Loan. The servicing fee is payable monthly, on an asset-by-asset basis. The Company utilizes the brokerage services of Resource Securities Inc. ("Resource Securities"), a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Resource America, on a limited basis to conduct some of its asset trades. The Company paid Resource Securities a $205,000 placement agent fee in connection with this transaction.
On July 30, 2014, the Company closed RCC 2014-CRE2, a $353.9 million real estate securitization that provides financing for commercial real estate loans. Resource Real Estate serves as special servicer. With respect to each Specialty Service Mortgage Loan, Resource Real Estate receives an amount equal to the product of (a) the Special Servicing Fee Rate, 0.25% per annum, and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Specialty Service Mortgage Loan. The servicing fee is payable monthly, on an asset-by-asset basis. The Company paid Resource Securities a $175,000 placement agent fee in connection with this transaction.
On February 24, 2015, the Company closed RCC 2015-CRE3, a $346.2 million real estate securitization that provides financing for transitional commercial real estate loans. Resource Real Estate serves as special servicer. With respect to each Specialty Service Mortgage Loan, Resource Real Estate receives an amount equal to the product of (a) the Special Servicing Fee Rate, 0.25% per annum, and (b) the outstanding principal balance of such Specialty Service Mortgage Loan. The servicing fee is payable monthly, on an asset-by-asset basis. The Company paid Resource Securities a $100,000 placement agent fee in connection with this transaction.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


In July 2014, the Company formed RCM Global Manager to invest in RCM Global, an entity formed to hold a portfolio of structured product securities. The Company contributed $15.0 million for a 63.8% membership interest in RCM Global. A five member board manages RCM Global, and all actions including purchases and sales must be approved by no less than three of the five members of the board. The portion of RCM Global that the Company does not own is presented as non-controlling interests as of the dates and for the periods presented in the Company's consolidated financial statements. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In March, the Company requested and received a proportional, in-kind distribution in certain securities held by RCM Global. The distribution of and subsequent sale of those securities by the Company through its subsidiary, RCC Residential, resulted in the realization of $2.7 million of gains. The Company's ownership interest decreased to 53.2% as of March 31, 2015 as a result of this distribution.
In September 2014, the Company contributed $17.5 million to Pelium Capital for an initial ownership interest of 80.4%. Pelium Capital is a specialized credit opportunity fund managed by Resource America. The Company funded its final commitment of $2.5 million, as of February 1, 2015. The Company will receive 10% of the carried interest in the partnership for the first five years, and can increase its interest to 20% if the Company's capital contributions aggregate $40.0 million. Resource America contributed securities valued at $2.8 million to the formation of Pelium Capital. The portion of the fund that the Company does not own is presented as non-controlling interests as of the dates and for the periods presented in the Company's consolidated financial statements. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's ownership interest in Pelium Capital was 71.8% as of March 31, 2015.
Relationship with Law Firm.  Until 1996, Edward E. Cohen, a director who was the Company’s Chairman from its inception until November 2009, was of counsel to Ledgewood, P.C., a law firm.  In addition, one of the Company’s executive officers, Jeffrey F. Brotman, was employed by Ledgewood until 2007.  Mr. E. Cohen receives certain debt service payments from Ledgewood related to the termination of his affiliation with Ledgewood and its redemption of his interest in the firm.  Mr. Brotman also receives certain debt service payments from Ledgewood related to the termination of his affiliation with the firm.   For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid Ledgewood $274,000 and $38,000, respectively, in connection with legal services rendered to the Company.
NOTE 18 - DISTRIBUTIONS
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company declared and subsequently paid a dividend of $0.16 per common share.
In order to qualify as a REIT, the Company must currently distribute at least 90% of its taxable income.  In addition, the Company must distribute 100% of its taxable income in order not to be subject to corporate federal income taxes on retained income.  The Company anticipates it will distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its stockholders.  Because taxable income differs from cash flow from operations due to non-cash revenues or expenses (such as provisions for loan and lease losses and depreciation), in certain circumstances, the Company may generate operating cash flow in excess of its distributions or, alternatively, may be required to borrow to make sufficient distribution payments.
The Company’s 2015 dividends will be determined by the Company’s board of directors which will also consider the composition of any dividends declared, including the option of paying a portion in cash and the balance in additional common shares.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


The following tables presents dividends declared (on a per share basis) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and year ended December 31, 2014:
Common Stock

 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 28
 
$
21,423

 
$
0.16

2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 28
 
$
25,663

 
$
0.20

June 30
 
July 28
 
$
26,179

 
$
0.20

September 30
 
October 28
 
$
26,629

 
$
0.20

December 31
 
January 28, 2015
 
$
26,563

 
$
0.20

Preferred Stock
Series A
 
Series B
 
Series C

 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 

 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 30
 
$
568

 
$
0.53125

 
April 30
 
$
2,960

 
$
0.515625

 
April 30
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625

2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 30
 
$
463

 
$
0.53125

 
April 30
 
$
2,057

 
$
0.515625

 
 

 

June 30
 
July 30
 
$
537

 
$
0.53125

 
July 30
 
$
2,378

 
$
0.515625

 
July 30
 
$
1,437

 
$
0.0299479

September 30
 
October 30
 
$
537

 
$
0.53125

 
October 30
 
$
2,430

 
$
0.515625

 
October 30
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625

December 31
 
January 30, 2015
 
$
568

 
$
0.53125

 
January 30, 2015
 
$
2,888

 
$
0.515625

 
January 30, 2015
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 19 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value as follows (in thousands):
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment securities, trading
$

 
$

 
$
29,770

 
$
29,770

Investment securities available-for-sale

 
32,567

 
251,503

 
284,070

Derivatives (net)
7,015

 
384

 
6,636

 
14,035

Total assets at fair value
$
7,015

 
$
32,951

 
$
287,909


$
327,875

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivatives (net)
$

 
$
1,319

 
$
7,541

 
$
8,860

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$
1,319

 
$
7,541

 
$
8,860

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Investment securities, trading
$

 
$

 
$
20,786

 
$
20,786

Investment securities available-for-sale

 
33,158

 
242,562

 
275,720

CMBS - linked transactions

 

 
15,367

 
15,367

Derivatives (net)
3,429

 
7

 
1,868

 
5,304

Total assets at fair value
$
3,429

 
$
33,165

 
$
280,583

 
$
317,177

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Moselle CLO Notes
$

 
$

 
$
68,940

 
$
68,940

Derivatives (net)

 

 
8,476

 
8,476

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$

 
$
77,416

 
$
77,416

    
Additionally, as of March 31, 2015, the Company had $174.4 million in residential mortgage loans, held for sale for which it has elected the fair value option. The Company's residential mortgage loan portfolio was comprised of both agency loans and non-agency jumbo loans. The fair values of the Company's agency loan portfolio are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as those values are determined based on quoted market prices or upon other observable inputs. The fair values of the Company's jumbo loan portfolio are generally classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as those values are generally based upon valuation techniques that utilize unobservable inputs that reflect the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing those assets. As of March 31, 2015, $61.4 million of residential mortgage loans, held for sale was classified as Level 2 and $113.0 million was classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

As of March 31, 2015, except for a note balance of $120,000, Moselle CLO paid off all of its outstanding CLO notes.

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MARCH 31, 2015
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The following table presents additional information about assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs (in thousands):
 
 
CMBS including Linked Transactions
 
ABS
 
Structured
Finance
Securities
 
Warrant
 
Interest Rate Lock Commitments
 
Total
Balance, January 1, 2015
 
$
185,772

 
$
72,157

 
$
20,786

 
$
898

 
$
970

 
$
280,583

Included in earnings
 

 
1,255

 
1,331

 
(39
)
 
11,823

 
14,370

Unlinked transactions
 
33,239

 

 

 

 

 
33,239

Purchases
 
4,000

 

 
13,337

 

 

 
17,337

Sales
 

 

 
(5,230
)
 

 

 
(5,230
)
Paydowns
 
(30,983
)
 
(720
)
 
(454
)
 

 

 
(32,157
)
Issuances
 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlements
 

 
(11,216
)
 

 

 
(10,032
)
 
(21,248
)
Included in OCI
 
1,740

 
(4,597
)
 

 

 

 
(2,857
)
Transfers into Level 3
 

 
856

 

 

 

 
856

Balance, March 31, 2015
 
$
193,768

 
$
57,735

 
$
29,770

 
$
859

 
$
2,761

 
$
284,893


The following table presents additional information about liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs (in thousands):
 
Interest rate swaps
Beginning balance, January 1, 2015                                                                                                 
$
8,680

Unrealized gains - included in accumulated other comprehensive income
(1,142
)
Included in earnings

Ending balance, March 31, 2015                                                                                          
$
7,538

    
The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value as follows (in thousands):
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans held for sale
$

 
$
73,892

 
$

 
$
73,892

Impaired loans

 
2,445

 

 
2,445

Total assets at fair value
$

 
$
76,337

 
$

 
$
76,337

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Loans held for sale
$

 
$
36,956

 
$

 
$
36,956

Impaired loans

 
1,678

 
137,811

 
139,489

Total assets at fair value
$

 
$
38,634

 
$
137,811

 
$
176,445


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


Loans held for sale consist of bank loans and CRE loans identified for sale due to credit concerns.  Interest on loans held for sale is recognized according to the contractual terms of the loan and included in interest income on loans.  The fair value of bank loans held for sale and impaired bank loans is based on what secondary markets are currently offering for these loans.  As such, the Company classifies these loans as nonrecurring Level 2.  For the Company’s CRE loans where there is no primary market, fair value is measured using discounted cash flow analysis and other valuation techniques and these loans are classified as nonrecurring Level 3. The amounts of nonrecurring fair value losses for specifically impaired loans for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $2.5 million and $440,000, respectively. The amounts of nonrecurring fair value losses for loans held for sale for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $721,000 and $0, respectively.

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820-10-50-2-bbb, the Company is not required to disclose quantitative information with respect to unobservable inputs contained in fair value measurements that are not developed by the Company. As a consequence, the Company has not disclosed such information associated with fair values obtained from third-party pricing sources.
For Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2015, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows (in thousands):
 
Fair Value at March 31, 2015
 
Valuation Technique
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs
 
Significant Unobservable Input Value
Interest rate swap agreements
$
7,538

 
Discounted cash flow
 
Weighted average credit spreads
 
4.78
%
Additionally, as of March 31, 2015, the Company also classified the valuation of its warrant derivative in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The value of the warrant was determined using a Black-Scholes model using the following significant unobservable inputs: market capitalization of $112.5 million and volatility of 50.0%.
The Company is required to disclose the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate that value.  The fair values of the Company's short-term financial instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, principal paydown receivable, interest receivable, distribution payable, accrued interest expense, repurchase agreements and the secured revolving credit agreement approximate their carrying value on the consolidated balance sheets.  The fair values of the Company’s investment securities, trading are reported in Note 5, Investment Securities, Trading (see Note 5).  The fair values of the Company’s investment securities available-for-sale are reported in Note 6, Investment Securities Available-for-Sale (see Note 6).  The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments and linked transactions are reported in Note 20, Market Risk and Derivative Instruments (see Note 20).
Loans held-for-investment:  The fair value of the Company’s Level 2 Loans held-for-investment are primarily measured using a third-party pricing service.  The fair value of the Company’s Level 3 Loans held-for-investment are measured by discounting the expected future cash flows using the current interest rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.
Loans receivable-related party are estimated by discounting the expected future cash flows using the current interest rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.
CDO notes are valued using the dealer quotes, typically the dealer who underwrote the CDO in which the notes are held. Moselle CLO was valued using a third party pricing specialist.
Junior subordinated notes are estimated by obtaining quoted prices for similar assets in active markets.
    

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


The fair values of the Company’s remaining financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets are reported in the following table (in thousands):
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Carrying Amount
 
Fair Value
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets of Liabilities (Level 1)
 
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans held-for-investment
$
1,960,250

 
$
1,951,974

 
$

 
$
515,227

 
$
1,436,747

Loans receivable-related party
$
1,229

 
$
1,229

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,229

CDO notes
$
1,170,686

 
$
1,098,171

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,098,171

Junior subordinated notes
$
51,256

 
$
17,750

 
$

 
$

 
$
17,750

Repurchase agreements
$
368,397

 
$
368,397

 
$

 
$

 
$
368,397

Senior secured revolving credit agreement
$
132,493

 
$
132,493

 
$

 
$

 
$
132,493

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Loans held-for-investment
$
1,925,980

 
$
1,909,019

 
$

 
$
570,071

 
$
1,338,948

Loans receivable-related party
$
1,277

 
$
1,277

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,277

CDO notes
$
1,046,493

 
$
975,762

 
$

 
$

 
$
975,762

Junior subordinated notes
$
51,205

 
$
17,699

 
$

 
$

 
$
17,699

Repurchase agreements
$
399,662

 
$
399,662

 
$

 
$

 
$
399,662

Senior secured revolving credit agreement
$
111,137

 
$
111,137

 
$

 
$

 
$
111,137



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 20 - MARKET RISK AND DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Company is directly and indirectly affected by changes in certain market conditions. These changes in market conditions may adversely impact the Company's financial performance and are referred to as "market risks." When deemed appropriate, the Company uses derivatives as a risk management tool to mitigate the potential impact of certain market risks. The primary market risks managed by the Company through the use of derivative instruments are interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk.
The Company may hold various derivatives in the ordinary course of business, including warrants, interest rate swaps, forward contracts, options and interest rate lock commitments. Warrants are securities that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase securities from an issuer at a specific price within a specified time period. Options are contracts sold by one party to another that give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a financial asset at an agreed-upon price during a certain period of time or on a specific date. Interest rate swap agreements are contracts between two parties to exchange cash flows based on specified underlying notional amounts, assets and/or indices. Forward contracts represent future commitments to either purchase or to deliver loans, securities or a quantity of a currency at a predetermined future date, at a predetermined rate or price and are used to manage interest rate risk on loan commitments and mortgage loans held for sale as well as currency risk with respect to the Company's long positions in foreign currency-denominated investment securities. Rate lock commitments represent commitments to fund loans at a specific rate and by a specified time and are used to mitigate risk of changes in interest rate in the Company's residential mortgage loan portfolio.
A significant market risk to the Company is interest rate risk.  Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors beyond the Company’s control.  Changes in the general level of interest rates can affect net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on interest-earning assets and the interest expense incurred in connection with the interest-bearing liabilities, by affecting the spread between the interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.  Changes in the level of interest rates also can affect the value of the Company’s interest-earning assets and the Company’s ability to realize gains from the sale of these assets.  A decline in the value of the Company’s interest-earning assets pledged as collateral for borrowings could result in the counterparties demanding additional collateral pledges or liquidation of some of the existing collateral to reduce borrowing levels.
The Company seeks to manage the extent to which net income changes as a function of changes in interest rates by matching adjustable-rate assets with variable-rate borrowings.  During periods of changing interest rates, interest rate mismatches could negatively impact the Company’s consolidated financial condition, consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows.  In addition, the Company mitigates the potential impact on net income of periodic and lifetime coupon adjustment restrictions in its investment portfolio by entering into interest rate hedging agreements such as interest rate caps and interest rate swaps.
At March 31, 2015, the Company had 11 interest rate swap contracts outstanding whereby the Company paid an average fixed rate of 4.78% and received a variable rate equal to either one-month LIBOR or three-month LIBOR.  The aggregate notional amount of these contracts was $136.1 million at March 31, 2015.  The counterparties for the Company’s designated interest rate hedge contracts at such date were Credit Suisse International and Wells Fargo. The Company had master netting agreements with Credit Suisse International and Wells Fargo at March 31, 2015. Regulations promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act mandate that the Company clear certain new interest rate swap transactions through a central counterparty. Transactions that are centrally cleared result in the Company facing a clearing house, rather than a swap dealer, as counterparty.  Central clearing requires the Company to post collateral in the form of initial and variation margin to our Futures Commission Merchant.  As of March 31, 2015, the Company had centrally cleared derivatives with a fair value of a liability of $24,000.
At December 31, 2014, the Company had 10 interest rate swap contracts outstanding whereby the Company paid an average fixed rate of 5.12% and received a variable rate equal to one-month LIBOR.  The aggregate notional amount of these contracts was $124.0 million at December 31, 2014.  The counterparties for the Company’s designated interest rate hedge contracts are Credit Suisse International and Wells Fargo with which the Company has master netting agreements.
The estimated fair value of the Company’s liability related to interest rate swaps was $7.5 million and $8.7 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  The Company had aggregate unrealized losses of $7.8 million and $9.0 million on the interest rate swap agreements as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, which is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.  The amortization is reflected in interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.  In connection with the June 2007 close of RREF CDO 2007-1, the Company realized a swap termination gain of $2.6 million, which is being amortized over the term of RREF CDO 2007-1.  The accretion is reflected in interest expense

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.  In connection with the termination of a $53.6 million swap related to RREF CDO 2006-1 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company realized a swap termination loss of $4.2 million, which is being amortized over the term of a new $45.0 million swap.  The amortization is reflected in interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.  In connection with the payoff of a fixed-rate commercial real estate loan during the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company terminated a $12.7 million swap and realized a $574,000 swap termination loss, which is being amortized over the original term of the terminated swap.  The amortization is reflected in interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income.
The Company is also exposed to currency exchange risk, a form of risk that arises from the change in price of one currency against another. Substantially all of the Company's revenues are transacted in U.S. dollars; however, a significant amount of the Company's capital is exposed to other currencies, primarily the euro and the pound sterling. To address this market risk, the Company generally hedges foreign currency-denominated exposures (typically investments in debt instruments, including forecasted principal and interest payments) with currency forward contracts. The Company classifies these hedges as fair value hedges, which are hedges that eliminate the risk of changes in the fair values of assets, liabilities, and certain types of firm commitments. The Company records changes in fair value of derivatives designated and effective as fair value hedges in earnings, offset by corresponding changes in the fair values of the hedges items.
Forward contracts also contain an element of risk in that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of such agreements. In the event the parties to deliver commitments are unable to fulfill their obligations, the Company could potentially incur significant additional costs by replacing the positions at then current market rates. The Company manages its risk of exposure by limiting counterparties to those banks and institutions deemed appropriate by management. The Company does not expect any counterparty to default on its obligations and, therefore, the Company does not expect to incur any cost related to counterparty default.
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk on loans held for sale and interest rate lock commitments. As market interest rates increase or decrease, the fair value of mortgage loans held for sale and rate lock commitments will decline or increase accordingly. To offset this interest rate risk, the Company may enter into derivatives such as forward contracts to sell loans. The fair value of these forward sales contracts will change as market interest rates change, and the change in the value of these instruments is expected to largely, though not entirely, offset the change in fair value of loans held for sale and rate lock commitments. The objective of this activity is to minimize the exposure to losses on rate lock commitments and loans held for sale due to market interest rate fluctuations. The net effect of derivatives on earnings will depend on risk management activities and a variety of other factors, including market interest rate volatility, the amount of interest rate lock commitments that close, the ability to fill the forward contracts before expiration, and the time period required to close and sell loans.
During the warehousing phase of the Company’s investments in structured vehicles, the Company may enter into total return swaps to finance the Company’s exposure to assets that will ultimately be securitized. A total return swap is a swap agreement in which one party makes payments based on a set rate, while the other party makes payments based on the return of an underlying asset. Traditionally, the Company pays either an indexed or fixed interest payment to the warehousing lender and receives the net interest income and realized capital gains of the referenced portfolio of assets, generally loans, to be securitized that are owned and held by the warehousing lender. Upon the close of the warehousing period, the Company’s invested equity plus net interest and any capital gains realized during the warehousing period are returned to the Company. Additionally, upon the close of the securitization, the Company may purchase beneficial interests in the securitization at fair value.
The following tables present the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Company's consolidated balance sheets and on the consolidated statements of income for the years presented:


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate lock agreements
$
137,983

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
2,761

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
78,968

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
384

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging (1)(2)
$
40,005

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7,016

Warrants
$
492

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
859

Total return swap
$
3,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
3,016

 
Liability Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate swap contracts, hedging (3)
$
136,129

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7,539

Interest rate lock agreements
$
511

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
2

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
155,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,204

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
23,500

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
115

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
136,129

 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
$
7,539

(1)
Notional amount presented on currency converted basis. The notional amount of the Company's foreign currency hedging forward contracts was €37.3 million as of March 31, 2015.
(2)
Foreign currency forward contracts are accounted for as fair value hedges.
(3)
Interest rate swap contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate lock agreements
$
59,467

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
970

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
5,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7

Forward contracts - RMBS securities
$
42,614

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,297

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging (1)(2)
$
54,948

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
3,377

Options - U.S. Treasury futures
$
90

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
52

Warrants
$
492

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
898

 
Liability Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate swap contracts, hedging (3)
$
124,017

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
8,680

Interest rate lock agreements
$
798

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
10

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
154,692

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,036

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
15,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
47

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
124,017

 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
$
8,680

(1)
Notional amount presented on currency converted basis. The notional amount of the Company's foreign currency hedging forward contracts was €45.4 million as of December 31, 2014.
(2)
Foreign currency forward contracts are accounted for as fair value hedges.
(3)
Interest rate swap contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges.


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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Statement of Income Location
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) (1)
Interest rate swap contracts, hedging
$
136,129

 
Interest expense
 
$
1,634

Interest rate swap contracts, hedging
$
15,000

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
112

Interest rate lock agreements
$
138,494

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
2,759

Forward contracts - RMBS securities
$
38,865

 
Net realized gain on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans
 
$
46

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
233,968

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
283

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging
$
40,004

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
3,638

Options - U.S. Treasury futures
$
190

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
199

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
23,500

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
(115
)
(1)Negative values indicate a decrease to the associated balance sheets or consolidated statements of income line items.


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Statement of Income Location
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) (1)
Interest rate swap contracts
$
126,111

 
Interest expense
 
$
1,626

Interest rate lock agreements
$
33,912

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
433

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
48,890

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
60

(1)Negative values indicate a decrease to the associated balance sheets or consolidated statements of income line items.

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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


Linked Transactions
As the result of an accounting standards update adopted on January 1, 2015 (see Note 2), the Company unlinked its previously linked transactions and disclosed affected asset, liability, income and expense balances at their gross values in its consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the Company had no financing arrangements being accounted for as linked transactions as of March 31, 2015.
The Company's linked transactions were evaluated on a combined basis, reported as forward (derivative) instruments and presented as assets on the Company's consolidated balance sheets in the line item linked transactions, net at fair value. The fair value of linked transactions reflected the value of the underlying CMBS, linked repurchase agreement borrowings and accrued interest payable on such instruments. The Company's linked transactions were not designated as hedging instruments and, as a result, the change in the fair value and net interest income from linked transactions was reported in unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net on the Company's consolidated statements of income.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company held non-hedging linked transactions, net at fair value of $15.4 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded unrealized gain and net interest income on linked transactions of$2.3 million.

The following table presents certain information about the components of the unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income from linked transactions, net, included in the Company's consolidated statements of income for the periods presented as follows ( in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Components of Unrealized Net (Losses) Gains and Net Interest Income
 
 
 
Income from linked transactions
 
 
 
Interest income attributable to CMBS underlying linked transactions
$

 
$
739

Interest expense attributable to linked repurchase
agreement borrowings underlying linked transactions

 
(197
)
Change in fair value of linked transactions included in earnings

 
1,763

Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income from linked transactions, net
$

 
$
2,305

The following table summarizes the Company's investment securities, underlying linked transactions,which are carried at fair value (in thousands):
 
Amortized Cost
 
Unrealized Gains
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

CMBS linked transactions
$
48,138

 
$
539

 
$
(72
)
 
$
48,605

The following table summarizes the estimated maturities of the Company’s CMBS linked transactions according to their estimated weighted average life classifications (in thousands, except percentages):

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MARCH 31, 2015
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Weighted Average Life
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
 
Weighted Average Coupon
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 
Less than one year
$
7,834

 
$
7,775

 
5.36%
Greater than one year and less than five years
36,587

 
36,274

 
4.65%
Greater than five years and less than ten years
4,184

 
4,089

 
4.52%
Greater than ten years

 

 
—%
Total
$
48,605

 
$
48,138

 
4.66%
    
The following table shows the fair value, gross unrealized losses and the length of time the investment securities available-for-sale have been in a continuous unrealized loss position during the periods specified (in thousands):
 
Less than 12 Months
 
More than 12 Months
 
Total
 
Fair Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
 
Gross Unrealized Losses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

CMBS linked transactions
$
7,609

 
$
(57
)
 
$
777

 
$
(15
)
 
$
8,386

 
$
(72
)


The following table summarizes the Company's CMBS linked repurchase agreements (in thousands, except percentages):
 
 
As of December 31, 2014
Maturity or Repricing
 
Balance
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Within 30 days
 
$
33,397

 
1.56
%
>30 days to 90 days
 

 
%
Total
 
$
33,397

 
1.56
%



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MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 21 - OFFSETTING OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
As the result of an accounting standards update adopted on January 1, 2015 (see Note 2), the Company unlinked its previously linked transactions and disclosed affected asset, liability, income and expense balances at their gross values in its consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the Company had no financing arrangements being accounted for as linked transactions as of March 31, 2015.
The following table presents a summary of the Company's offsetting of derivative assets for the periods presented (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(iv)
Gross Amounts Not Offset in
the Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
 
 
 
(i)
Gross Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
 
 (ii)
Gross Amounts Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
(iii) = (i) - (ii)
Net Amounts of Assets Included in
the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
Financial
Instruments (1)
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
(v) = (iii) - (iv)
Net Amount
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative hedging instruments,
at fair value
 
$
11,275

 
$

 
$
11,275

 
$

 
$

 
$
11,275

Total
 
$
11,275

 
$

 
$
11,275

 
$

 
$

 
$
11,275

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative hedging instruments,
at fair value
 
$
4,334

 
$

 
$
4,334

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,334

Linked transactions
 
$
48,764

 
$
33,397

 
15,367

 

 

 
15,367

Total
 
$
53,098

 
$
33,397

 
$
19,701

 
$

 
$

 
$
19,701


The following table presents a summary of the Company's offsetting of financial liabilities and derivative liabilities for the periods presented as follows (in thousands):

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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(iv)
Gross Amounts Not Offset in
the Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
 
 
 
(i)
Gross Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
 
 (ii)
Gross Amounts Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
(iii) = (i) - (ii)
Net Amounts of Liabilities Included in
the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 
Financial
Instruments
(1)
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
(2)
 
(v) = (iii) - (iv)
Net Amount
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative hedging instruments,
at fair value
(3)
 
$
8,858

 
$

 
$
8,858

 
$

 
$
1,151

 
$
7,707

Repurchase agreements and term facilities (4)
 
368,397

 

 
368,397

 
368,397

 

 

Total
 
$
377,255

 
$

 
$
377,255

 
$
368,397

 
$
1,151

 
$
7,707

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative hedging instruments,
at fair value
(3)
 
$
8,466

 
$

 
$
8,466

 
$

 
$
500

 
$
7,966

Repurchase agreements and term facilities (4)
 
399,662

 

 
399,662

 
399,662

 

 

Linked transactions
 
33,397

 
33,397

 

 

 

 
 
Total
 
$
441,525

 
$
33,397

 
$
408,128

 
$
399,662

 
$
500

 
$
7,966

 
(1)
Amounts represent collateral pledged that is available to be offset against liability balances associated with term facilities, repurchase agreements and derivative transactions.
(2)
Amounts represent amounts pledged as collateral against derivative transactions.
(3)
The fair value of securities pledged against the Company's swaps was $1.3 million and $2.6 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(4)
The combined fair value of securities and loans pledged against the Company's various term facilities and repurchase agreements was $483.7 million and $565.6 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
In the Company's consolidated balance sheets, all balances associated with repurchase agreement and derivatives transactions are presented on a gross basis.
Certain of the Company's repurchase agreement and derivative transactions are governed by underlying agreements that generally provide for a right of offset in the event of default or in the event of a bankruptcy of either party to the transaction.

NOTE 22 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation on various matters, including disputes arising out of loans in the Company's portfolio and agreements to purchase or sell assets. Given the nature of the Company's business activities, the Company considers these matters to be routine and in the ordinary conduct of its business. The resolution of these matters may result in adverse judgments, fines, penalties, injunctions and other relief against the Company as well as monetary payments or other agreements and obligations.  Alternately, the Company may engage in settlement discussions on certain matters in order to avoid the additional costs of engaging in litigation.
The Company is unaware of any contingencies arising from such routine litigation that would require accrual or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2015.



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RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS − (Continued)
MARCH 31, 2015
(unaudited)


NOTE 23 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this report and determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to or disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, except the following:
    
On April 1, 2015, Northport TRS LLC entered into an amendment to its Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank. Under the amendment the maximum amount of the commitments outstanding has increased from $225.0 million to $300.0 million. The commitment termination date and maturity date have been extended from September 18, 2017 to March 31, 2018 and September 18, 2018 to March 31, 2019 respectively. In addition, the applicable margin has increased for both LIBOR and Alternate Base Rate ("ABR") borrowings. The LIBOR margin has increased from 2.50% to2.75% and the ABR margin has increased from 1.50% to 1.75%.

On April 10, 2015, the Company entered into two first mortgage bridge loans in the amount of $2.5 million and $3.3 million with two funds sponsored by Resource America, Resource Real Estate Investors LP and Resource Real Estate Investors II, LP. Each loan carries a rate of LIBOR plus 5.75% with a LIBOR floor of 0.25%. The loans mature on May 5, 2016, with two consecutive one-year options to extend upon the first maturity date. The loan in the amount of $2.5 million was repaid on April 29, 2015.



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ITEM 2 .
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
The following discussion provides information to assist you in understanding our financial condition and results of operations.  This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this report.  This discussion contains forward-looking statements.  Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements.  Additionally, please see “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” for a discussion of certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions associated with those statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.
We are a diversified real estate investment trust that is primarily focused on originating, holding and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate-related debt and equity investments. We also make other commercial finance investments. We are organized and conduct our operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Our objective is to provide our stockholders with total returns over time, including quarterly distributions and capital appreciation, while seeking to manage the risks associated with our investment strategies.  We invest in a combination of real estate-related assets and, to a lesser extent, higher-yielding commercial finance assets.  We have financed a substantial portion of our portfolio investments through borrowing strategies seeking to match the maturities and repricing dates of our financings with the maturities and repricing dates of those investments, and have sought to mitigate interest rate risk through derivative instruments.
We are externally managed by Resource Capital Manager, Inc., or the Manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Resource America, Inc. (NASDAQ: REXI), or Resource America, a specialized asset management company that uses industry-specific expertise to evaluate, originate, service and manage investment opportunities through its commercial real estate, financial fund management and commercial finance operating segments.  As of December 31, 2014, Resource America managed approximately $20.2 billion of assets in these sectors.  To provide its services, the Manager draws upon Resource America, its management team and their collective investment experience.
We generate our income primarily from the spread between the revenues we receive from our assets and the cost to finance the purchase of those assets, from management of assets and from hedging interest rate risks.  We generate revenues from the interest and fees we earn on our whole loans, A notes, B notes, mezzanine debt securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, bank loans, middle market loans, other asset-backed securities, or ABS, and structured note investments.  We also generate revenues from management of externally originated bank loans, from our residential mortgage origination business and from our investment in an equipment leasing business.  Historically, we have used a substantial amount of leverage to enhance our returns and we have financed each of our different asset classes with different degrees of leverage.  The cost of borrowings to finance our investments is a significant part of our expenses.  Our net income depends on our ability to control these expenses relative to our revenue.  In our bank loan, CMBS and ABS portfolios, we historically have used warehouse facilities as a short-term financing source and collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, and collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs and, to a lesser extent, other term financing as long-term financing sources.  In our commercial real estate loan portfolio, we historically have used repurchase agreements as a short-term financing source, and CDOs and, to a lesser extent, other term financing as long-term financing sources.  Our other term financing has consisted of long-term, match-funded financing provided through long-term bank financing and asset-backed financing programs, depending upon market conditions and credit availability.
The current state of moderate growth in the United States economy continues to enable us to access the capital markets. Following the $203.1 million in net capital we raised in 2014 through the offering of our Series C preferred stock, our dividend reinvestment program, or DRIP, and our at-the-market preferred stock program, in the first quarter of 2015 we completed an offering of $100.0 million of our 8% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020, from which we netted $97.0 million. The improving economy, as well as our capital markets access, has allowed us to significantly increase our commercial real estate, or CRE, loan originations funded to $165.6 million during the quarter, as compared to $111.6 million during the first quarter of 2014.
The current economic situation has also continued the stabilization of the credit quality of our loan portfolios. In our real estate loan portfolios, we determined that no additional loss reserves needed to be added. In our bank and middle market loan portfolios, although we recorded reserves of approximately $4.0 million, it was primarily due to a significant increase in our middle market loans as compared to the first quarter of 2014, and primarily to impairments with respect to specific loans, rather than to overall portfolio credit quality deterioration.


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With respect to our investments and investment portfolio growth, we continued to see increased opportunities to deploy our capital. During 2014 and through March 31, 2015, we have underwritten 42 new CRE loans for a total of $931.8 million. These loans were initially financed in part through our CRE term facilities and then financed longer-term through our newest $1.0 billion of CRE securitizations.  We also purchased six newly underwritten CMBS for $19.6 million during the same time period all of which were financed through our Wells Fargo facility. In addition, we purchased 13 CMBS bonds for $74.2 million that were financed by short-term repurchase agreements. We intend to use the existing capacity in our CMBS and CRE term credit facilities with Wells Fargo of $70.6 million and $306.3 million, respectively, and with Deutsche Bank of $200.0 million, as of March 31, 2015, to help finance new CRE loans and CMBS investments.
Conversely, we also saw a decline in our commercial finance assets, as one of our bank loan CLOs was substantially liquidated in 2014 and another liquidated during the first quarter of 2015.  This trend resulted in a substantial decline in our net interest income from bank loans in 2014, which continued into the first quarter of 2015. We began to mitigate this trend by investing in new CLOs and European structured notes in 2014 and expect to recycle additional capital in similar investments in 2015. We further expect to mitigate this trend by growing our real estate lending platform and, to a lesser extent, by deploying capital into our middle-market lending business, the loans of which are similar in nature to bank loans.
On October 31, 2013, we, through RCC Residential, Inc., a taxable REIT subsidiary, acquired a residential mortgage origination company, Primary Capital Mortgage LLC, or PCM, an Atlanta-based firm.  Our acquisition of PCM represents a return to the residential mortgage investment market, by providing us with our first residential mortgage origination platform. On June 30, 2014, we also closed a residential jumbo loan-backed securitization where we retained approximately $30 million of the structure's mezzanine securities, of which we sold approximately $27 million in April 2015. PCM is now licensed in 37 states, up from seven states when we acquired the business. We intend to cautiously expand the origination business, including the residential jumbo loan area, over the coming year while continuing to add technology, staff and infrastructure.
In the past, we also had at our disposal the use of recycled capital in our bank loan CLO structures to make new investments. As of March 31, 2015, both of our remaining bank loan CLOs and our two earlier vintage real estate CDOs had ended their reinvestment periods. Additionally, our three most recent securitizations were structured as static deals, as such, they were not structured with reinvestment periods. As such, principal and interest received by these vehicles will be used to paydown their note balances and to provide distributions in accordance with their respective indentures. As these vehicles liquidate, we expect to use the returned capital to invest in strategic opportunities as they arise.
We continue to see a decline in our commercial finance assets, specifically, our bank loan portfolio, as two of our bank loan CLOs were substantially liquidated in 2013. Two of our CLOs were liquidated in 2014, whereby the second deal returned $29.8 million to us during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and another has been called and is expected to liquidate in June 2015. The remaining legacy CLO in our portfolio has finished its reinvestment period and, as a result, as the collateral assets repay the proceeds are used to pay down the associated debt.  This trend has caused our net interest income from bank loans to decline substantially in 2014 and the declining trend will continue throughout 2015. We began to mitigate this trend by investing in new CLOs and European structured notes in late 2013 and in 2014. We also expect to mitigate this trend by continuing to grow our real estate lending platform and, to a lesser extent, by deploying capital into our middle-market lending business, which loans are similar in nature to bank loans.
In the latter half of 2013, we seeded a middle market lending operation operated by our Manager with funds to invest on our behalf. These funds were derived from proceeds of sales from a partial liquidation of our trading portfolio. Our first investments were in bank loans purchased in the secondary market; however, in December 2013, we closed on a self-originated loan.  We made additional investments of $268.6 million in 2014 and $54.2 million in the first quarter of 2015, which is a trend we expect to continue in 2015. We expect that, as our middle market loan operations grow, they will help to mitigate the revenues lost as a result of the liquidation and run-off of several bank loan CLOs. In September 2014, we closed a syndicated financing facility for this business with a capacity of $125.0 million and an accordion feature to expand the capacity to $225.0 million. As we previously projected, the facility has since been modified to a current maximum availability of $190.0 million and the accordion feature was expanded to $300.0 million. We had $135.0 million outstanding on this facility as of March 31, 2015. We expect to utilize the accordion feature further and grow this business operation in 2015. As a result of the developments above, we expect to continue to modestly grow our net interest income in 2015.  However, because we believe that economic conditions in the United States are fragile, and could be significantly harmed by occurrences over which we have no control, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet our expectations, or that we will not experience net interest income reductions.
As of March 31, 2015, we had allocated our invested equity capital among our targeted asset classes as follows: 72% in CRE assets, 24% in commercial finance assets and 4% in other investments. As of December 31, 2014, we had allocated our invested equity capital as follows: 67% in CRE assets, 29% in commercial finance assets and 4% in other assets.

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Results of Operations
Our net income allocable to common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $9.4 million or $0.07 per share (basic and diluted) as compared to net income allocable to common shares of $15.1 million, or $0.12 per share (basic and diluted) for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Interest Income
The following tables set forth information relating to our interest income recognized for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages):
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2015
 
March 31, 2014
 
 
Weighted Average
 
Weighted Average
 
 
Yield
 
Balance
 
Yield
 
Balance
Interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income from loans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
5.04%
 
$
315,344

 
4.55%
 
$
489,089

Middle market loans
 
9.90%
 
$
263,161

 
8.74%
 
$
53,604

Commercial real estate loans
 
6.11%
 
$
1,415,563

 
5.90%
 
$
910,904

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income from securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  CMBS-private placement
 
3.06%
 
$
201,060

 
6.42%
 
$
226,105

  ABS
 
17.83%
 
$
51,358

 
4.71%
 
$
24,971

  Corporate bonds
 
4.88%
 
$
2,455

 
8.08%
 
$
2,359

Residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS
 
3.16%
 
$
31,097

 
1.41%
 
$
9,239

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preference payments on structured notes 
 
14.81%
 
$
20,918

 
28.25%
 
$
39,359

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The following tables summarize interest income for the periods indicated (in thousands, except percentages):
Type of Security
 
Weighted Average Coupon
Interest
 
Unamortized
(Discount)
Premium
 
Net
 Amortization/
Accretion
 
Interest
Income
 
Fee
Income
 
Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
3.79
%
 
$
(721
)
 
$
215

 
$
3,435

 
$
351

 
$
4,001

Middle market loans
 
9.34
%
 
$
(381
)
 
12

 
6,121

 
350

 
6,483

Commercial real estate loans
 
5.34
%
 
$
(8,023
)
 
(33
)
 
21,845

 
367

 
22,179

   Total interest income from loans
 
 
 
 
 
194

 
31,401

 
1,068

 
32,663

CMBS-private placement
 
4.90
%
 
$
(3,060
)
 
(914
)
 
2,464

 

 
1,550

ABS
 
15.52
%
 
$
(1,057
)
 
121

 
2,100

 

 
2,221

Corporate bonds
 
4.88
%
 
$
(38
)
 
2

 
30

 

 
32

RMBS
 
3.16
%
 
$
(1,876
)
 

 
249

 

 
249

   Total interest income from securities
 
 
 
 
 
(791
)
 
4,843

 

 
4,052

Direct financing leases
 
N/A
 
N/A
 

 
95

 

 
95

Total interest income from securities
 
 
 
 
 

 
95

 

 
95

Preference payments on structured notes
 
N/A
 
N/A
 

 
764

 

 
764

Other
 
 
 
 
 

 
68

 

 
68

   Total interest income - other
 
 
 
 
 

 
832

 

 
832

Total interest income
 
 
 
 
 
$
(597
)
 
$
37,171

 
$
1,068

 
$
37,642

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
3.87
%
 
$
(2,632
)
 
$
594

 
$
4,829

 
$
249

 
$
5,672

Middle market loans
 
8.26
%
 
(109
)
 
(36
)
 
1,207

 

 
1,171

Commercial real estate loans
 
5.61
%
 
$
(82
)
 
9

 
13,229

 
148

 
13,386

   Total interest income from loans
 
 
 
 
 
567

 
19,265

 
397

 
20,229

CMBS-private placement
 
3.76
%
 
$
(6,170
)
 
592

 
3,037

 

 
3,629

ABS
 
1.87
%
 
$
(2,174
)
 
177

 
118

 

 
295

Corporate bonds
 
6.96
%
 
$
(103
)
 
7

 
41

 

 
48

RMBS
 
%
 
$

 

 
32

 

 
32

   Total interest income from securities
 
 
 
 
 
776

 
3,228

 

 
4,004

Preference payments on structured notes
 
N/A
 
N/A
 

 
2,780

 

 
2,780

Other
 
 
 
 
 

 
72

 

 
72

   Total interest income - other
 
 
 
 
 

 
2,852

 

 
2,852

Total interest income
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,343

 
$
25,345

 
$
397

 
$
27,085

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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For the Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
Interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Interest income from loans:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Bank loans
$
4,001

 
$
5,672

 
$
(1,671
)
 
(29
)%
Middle market loans
6,483

 
1,171

 
5,312

 
454
 %
    Commercial real estate loans
22,179

 
13,386

 
8,793

 
66
 %
       Total interest income from loans
32,663

 
20,229

 
12,434

 
61
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Interest income from securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    CMBS-private placement
1,550

 
3,629

 
(2,079
)
 
(57
)%
    ABS
2,221

 
295

 
1,926

 
653
 %
    Corporate bonds
32

 
48

 
(16
)
 
(33
)%
    RMBS
249

 
32

 
217

 
678
 %
       Total interest income from securities
4,052

 
4,004

 
48

 
1
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income from leasing:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Direct financing leases
95

 

 
95

 
100
 %
Total interest income from leasing
95

 

 
95

 
100
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income - other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Preference payments on structured notes (1)
764

 
2,780

 
(2,016
)
 
(73
)%
   Temporary investment in over-night repurchase agreements
68

 
72

 
(4
)
 
(6
)%
     Total interest income - other
832

 
2,852

 
(2,020
)
 
(71
)%
Total interest income
$
37,642

 
$
27,085

 
$
10,557

 
39
 %
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Aggregate interest income increased $10.6 million (39%) to $37.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, from $27.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. We attribute these changes to the following:
Interest Income from Loans
Bank loans. The weighted average loan balance of our bank loan portfolio decreased by $173.7 million to $315.3 million principally due to two of our CLOs, Apidos CLO I and Moselle CLO, liquidating in October 2014 and December 2014, respectively. Additionally, the remaining CLOs, Apidos III and Apidos Cinco, had matured and reached the end of their reinvestment periods either in prior years or relatively early in 2014, and, as a result, any principal collected was used to pay down notes instead of being reinvested in new assets. The increase in the weighted average yield from 4.55% to 5.04% was primarily the result of the liquidation of Apidos I in 2014.
Middle market loans. Through focused efforts to increase the investment in our middle market lending business, the portfolio grew from a weighted average balance of $53.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 to a weighted average balance of $263.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Concurrent with this growth and changes in the general lending market, the weighted average yield on investments increased from 8.74% at March 31, 2014 to 9.90% at March 31, 2015.
Commercial real estate loans. Interest income on CRE loans increased $8.8 million to $22.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $13.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 due primarily to an increase in the weighted average balance of loans from $910.9 million to $1.4 billion, and to a lesser extent, an increase in the weighted average yield from 5.90% to 6.11%. The increase in the weighted average balance of loans is due to our origination of loans for inclusion in our CRE securitizations that closed in July 2014 and February 2015.

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Interest Income from Securities 
Asset-Backed Securities, or ABS. Interest income from ABS increased $1.9 million to $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $295,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This increase is primarily due to the acquisitions of structured asset-backed securities by our consolidated variable interest entities, RCM Global, LLC, or RCM Global, and Pelium Capital which significantly contributed to the increase in the weighted average balance of the ABS portfolio from $25.0 million to $51.4 million. These purchases also increased the weighted average yield of our ABS portfolio from 4.71% to 17.83% in three months ended March 31, 2015, as these securities are higher-yielding, foreign-currency denominated CLO mezzanine and equity debt securities purchased at significant discounts to par.
Interest income - other.  Interest income - other decreased $2.0 million to $832,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This decrease is related to the decline in interest income provided by Moselle CLO, which liquidated in December 2014.
Interest Expense
The following tables set forth information relating to our interest expense incurred for the periods presented by asset class (in thousands, except percentages):
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31, 2015
 
March 31, 2014
 
 
Weighted Average
 
Weighted Average
 
 
Cost of Funds
 
Balance
 
Cost of Funds
 
Balance
Interest expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
1.09
%
 
$
316,219

 
1.10
%
 
$
528,076

Middle market loans
 
3.10
%
 
$
109,450

 
%
 
$

Commercial real estate loans
 
2.66
%
 
$
915,767

 
2.29
%
 
$
573,762

CMBS-private placement
 
1.55
%
 
$
80,162

 
2.53
%
 
$
49,001

RMBS
 
3.52
%
 
$
21,880

 
%
 
$

Hedging instruments
 
5.46
%
 
$
119,464

 
5.30
%
 
$
122,681

Securitized borrowings
 
15.42
%
 
$
5,626

 
%
 
$

Convertible senior notes
 
8.32
%
 
$
201,667

 
8.10
%
 
$
115,000

General
 
4.61
%
 
$
51,548

 
4.57
%
 
$
51,548

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Type of Security
 
Coupon
Interest
 
Unamortized
Deferred Debt Expense
 
Net
Amortization
 
Interest
Expense
 
Total
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
0.92
%
 
$
7

 
$
128

 
$
729

 
$
857

Middle market loans
 
2.71
%
 
$
2,892

 
106

 
774

 
880

Commercial real estate loans
 
1.91
%
 
$
3,803

 
705

 
5,356

 
6,061

CMBS-private placement
 
1.55
%
 
$

 

 
321

 
321

RMBS
 
1.17
%
 
$

 

 
192

 
192

Hedging
 
5.24
%
 
$
7

 

 
1,634

 
1,634

Securitized borrowings
 
%
 
$

 

 
214

 
214

Convertible Senior Notes
 
8.32
%
 
$

 
727

 
3,414

 
4,141

General
 
4.20
%
 
$
5,056

 
50

 
552

 
602

   Total interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,716

 
$
13,186

 
$
14,902

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
 
0.93
%
 
$
103

 
$
227

 
$
1,238

 
$
1,465

Middle market loans
 
%
 
$

 

 

 

Commercial real estate loans
 
1.70
%
 
$
1,459

 
860

 
2,576

 
3,436

CMBS-private placement
 
1.31
%
 
$

 
12

 
167

 
179

RMBS
 
%
 
$

 

 

 

Hedging
 
5.07
%
 
$
103

 

 
1,626

 
1,626

ABS
 
%
 
$

 

 

 

Securitized borrowings
 
%
 
$

 

 

 

Convertible Senior Notes
 
6.00
%
 
$

 
603

 
1,725

 
2,328

General
 
4.19
%
 
$
494

 
49

 
545

 
594

   Total interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,751

 
$
7,877

 
$
9,628

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
Interest expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
$
857

 
$
1,465

 
$
(608
)
 
(42
)%
Middle market loans
880

 

 
880

 
100
 %
Commercial real estate loans
6,061

 
3,436

 
2,625

 
76
 %
CMBS-private placement
321

 
179

 
142

 
79
 %
RMBS
192

 

 
192

 
100
 %
Hedging instruments
1,634

 
1,626

 
8

 
 %
Securitized borrowings
214

 

 
214

 
100
 %
Convertible senior notes
4,141

 
2,328

 
1,813

 
78
 %
General
602

 
594

 
8

 
1
 %
   Total interest expense
$
14,902

 
$
9,628

 
$
5,274

 
55
 %

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Aggregate interest expense increased $5.3 million to $14.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 We attribute this increase to the following:
Bank loans. Interest expense on bank loans decreased $608,000 to $857,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This was primarily due to a decrease in the weighted average note balance outstanding from $528.1 million to $316.2 million in our bank loan CLOs due to the call and liquidation of Apidos CDO I in October 2014 and Moselle CLO in December 2014, which resulted in the paydown of all of their outstanding notes. In addition, Apidos CDO III and Apidos Cinco CDO reached the ends of their reinvestment periods; and, as a result, principal received from their collateral is being used to pay down the principal amounts of the CLO notes.
Middle market loans. In September 2014, we closed on a senior revolving debt facility for our new middle market loan portfolio comprised of direct originations and syndicated loans. Interest expense on middle market loans was $880,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. There was no such expense for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The facility had a weighted average balance of $109.5 million with a weighted average cost of funds of 3.10%. As of March 31, 2015, we had approximately $135.0 million outstanding on this facility. As we continue to focus on the growth of the middle market platform and its lending capabilities, we expect to expand our use of this facility throughout 2015 and will seek to extend availability up to the full $300.0 million of stated capacity.
Commercial real estate loans. Interest expense on CRE loans increased $2.6 million to $6.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This was primarily as a result of the consolidation of Resource Capital Corp. 2014-CRE2, or RCC 2014-CRE2, a securitization that closed in July 2014, as well as the consolidation of Resource Capital Corp. 2015-CRE3, or RCC 2015-CRE3, a securitization that closed in February 2015. These increases were partially offset by senior note paydowns in Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1, or RREF CDO 2006-1, Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1, or RREF CDO 2007-1, and RCC CRE Notes 2013 as the underlying collateral paid down or paid off. In addition, there were increased borrowings on our two term facilities during the warehouse periods prior to closing on RCC 2014-CRE2 and RCC 2015-CRE3.
Securitized borrowings. Securitized borrowings expense was $214,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The current year's interest expense is completely related to Moselle CLO, which was consolidated in 2014 and substantially liquidated in December 2014.
Convertible senior notes. Interest expense on convertible senior notes increased $1.8 million to $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The current year interest expense includes interest expense taken on our $100.0 million of 8% Convertible Notes which we issued in January 2015.
Revenue
The following table sets forth information relating to our revenue incurred for the periods presented (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
$

 
$
5,152

 
$
(5,152
)
 
(100
)%
Dividend income
16

 
136

 
(120
)
 
(88
)%
Fee income
1,605

 
2,500

 
(895
)
 
(36
)%
Total revenue
$
1,621

 
$
7,788

 
$
(6,167
)
 
(79
)%
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Rental income. Rental income decreased $5.2 million to $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. This decrease relates to the sale of all of our rental properties during 2014. We do not hold any investments in real estate as of March 31, 2015.
Fee income. Fee income decreased $895,000 to $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Run-off of managed assets related to our investment in Resource Capital Asset Management, or RCAM, substantially accounted for this decrease. RCAM holds asset-based, management contracts that entitle us to collect senior, subordinated, and incentive fees related to three CLO issuers.

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Operating Expenses
The following table sets forth information relating to our operating expenses incurred for the periods presented (in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Management fees − related party
$
3,560

 
$
3,080

 
$
480

 
16
 %
Equity compensation − related party
995

 
1,667

 
(672
)
 
(40
)%
Rental operating expense
6

 
3,396

 
(3,390
)
 
(100
)%
Lease operating
23

 

 
23

 
100
 %
General and administrative - Corporate
4,783

 
2,840

 
1,943

 
68
 %
General and administrative - PCM
7,079

 
3,426

 
3,653

 
107
 %
Depreciation and amortization
565

 
836

 
(271
)
 
(32
)%
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings
59

 

 
59

 
100
 %
Provision (recovery) for loan losses
3,990

 
(3,960
)
 
7,950

 
201
 %
Total operating expenses
$
21,060

 
$
11,285

 
$
9,775

 
87
 %
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Management fees − related party. Management fees-related party increased $480,000 to $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This expense represents compensation in the form of base management fees and incentive management fees pursuant to our management agreement as well as fees to the manager of our structured note portfolio. The changes are described below:
Base management fees increased by $479,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015. This increase was due to increased stockholders' equity, a component in the formula by which base management fees are calculated, primarily as a result of the receipt of $30.4 million of proceeds from sales of common stock through our Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, or DRIP, from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015. In addition, we issued approximately 388,000 shares, 2.3 million shares and 4.8 million shares of Series A preferred stock, Series B preferred stock, and Series C preferred stock, respectively, from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015, for which we received $175.8 million of proceeds.
Incentive management fees to our Manager, which are based upon the excess of adjusted operating earnings, as defined in the management agreement, over a variable base rate. There were no fees paid for the three months ended March 31, 2015 or the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Equity compensation - related party. Equity compensation - related party decreased $672,000 to $995,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. These expenses relate to the amortization of annual grants of restricted common stock to our non-employee independent directors, and annual and discretionary grants of restricted stock to employees of Resource America who provide investment management services to us through our Manager as well as employees through our recently acquired residential mortgage company subsidiary. The decrease in equity compensation expense was primarily attributable to a decrease in our stock price, which directly impacts our quarterly measurement of compensation expense due to the revaluation of unvested share-based compensation.
Rental operating expense. Rental operating expense decreased $3.4 million to $6,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This decrease in expenses is due to the sale of our remaining properties in 2014. We currently hold no investments in real estate as of March 31, 2015.
General and administrative expense - Corporate. General and administrative expense - Corporate increased $1.9 million to $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This increase is primarily the result of the following: a non-recurring expense of approximately $399,000 relating to a proposed restructuring on which we determined not to move forward, an increase of $268,000 due to the timing of audit services provided, approximately $158,000 related to increased costs for valuation services on our portfolio investments, approximately $393,000 related to discretionary bonuses paid and an increase in overall payroll costs year over year due to increased headcount.

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General and administrative expense - PCM. General and administrative expense - PCM increased $3.7 million to $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase reflects increased professional services and increased compensation costs to support PCM's strategic growth plan.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization decreased $271,000 to $565,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $836,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily the result of the sale of all of our investment properties during 2014. We held no investments in real estate for the three months ended March 31, 2015.
Provision for loan losses. Provision for loan losses increased $8.0 million to $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to a benefit of $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The following table summarizes the information relating to our provision for loan losses for the periods presented (in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
CRE loan portfolio
$

 
$
(4,572
)
 
$
4,572

 
(100
)%
Bank loan portfolio
1,415

 
612

 
803

 
131
 %
Middle market loan portfolio
2,566

 

 
2,566

 
100
 %
Residential mortgage loans
197

 

 
197

 
100
 %
Loan receivable related party
(188
)
 

 
(188
)
 
100
 %
Total provision for loan losses
$
3,990

 
$
(3,960
)
 
$
7,950

 
(201
)%
CRE loan portfolio provision - No additional provisions were recorded as of the quarter ended March 31, 2015, due to sustained positive credit indicators both in the general United States economy and at the portfolio level. As of March 31, 2014, we obtained a recovery of $4.5 million on one of our mezzanine loan positions. The loan, which previously had a partial reserve, was paid off in full.
Bank loan portfolio provision - The bank loan provision increased by $803,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $1.4 million. The principal reason for the increased provision was the recognition of general reserves on two new credits (increasing provisions approximately $600,000), as well as the recognition of losses on positions that were subsequently sold. We record all such losses as an adjustment to the allowance for loan and lease losses, effectively increasing the provision for loan and lease losses.
Middle market loan portfolio provision - The middle market loan provision increased by $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 due to a specific reserve taken on one position due to its decline in credit quality. There was no provision on the middle market loans as of March 31, 2014.
Residential mortgage loan provision - The residential mortgage loan provision increased by $197,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 due to an unrealized loss taken on our jumbo loan portfolio. We had not established our jumbo loans portfolio in the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Loan receivable related party provision - The loan receivable - related party provision decreased by $188,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 due to a recovery taken on the losses that were previously recognized when we assumed lease collateral as payment in full of our related party loan in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Other Income (Expense)
The following table sets forth information relating to our other income (expense) incurred for the periods presented (in thousands):

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Three Months Ended
 
Year to
 
Year to
 
March 31,
 
Year
 
Year
 
2015
 
2014
 
Dollar Change
 
Percent Change
Other Income (Expense):
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
$
706

 
$
2,014

 
$
(1,308
)
 
(65
)%
Net realized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
14,423

 
2,088

 
12,335

 
591
 %
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities, trading
2,074

 
(1,560
)
 
3,634

 
233
 %
Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net
235

 
2,305

 
(2,070
)
 
(90
)%
(Loss) on reissuance/gain on extinguishment of debt
(900
)
 
(69
)
 
(831
)
 
(1,204
)%
(Loss) gain on sale of real estate
(22
)
 

 
(22
)
 
(100
)%
Other income (expense)

 
(1,262
)
 
1,262

 
100
 %
Total other income (expense)
$
16,516

 
$
3,516

 
$
13,000

 
370
 %
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries. Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries decreased $1.3 million to $706,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This decrease in earnings was primarily related to the properties in which we owned equity interests in a real estate joint venture. We recognized $866,000 from the sale of a property for the three months ended March 31, 2014. We did not recognize any income from this joint venture in 2015 as all properties were sold during 2014. We also recognized $984,000 of income in our investment in School Lane House during the three months ended March 31, 2014. We did not recognize any income from this investment in 2015 as the investment was sold during 2014.
Net realized gain on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans. Net realized gain on investment securities available-for-sale and loans increased $12.3 million to $14.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. This increase is primarily related to the gain on the sale and settlement of certain securities in the RCM Global portfolio, and the in-kind distribution and subsequent sale of those securities, net realized and unrealized gains on foreign exchange transactions, and unrealized gains on interest rate lock commitments on our residential loan portfolio.
Net realized and unrealized (loss) gain on investment securities, trading. Net realized and unrealized (loss) gain on investment securities, trading increased $3.6 million to $2.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to a loss of $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase is primarily related to the unrealized and realized gains recognized on Pelium Capital, our consolidated subsidiary that invests in structured securities classified as trading securities. We did not make a capital investment in Pelium Capital until September 2014, and, therefore, had no such income during the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net. Unrealized gain (loss) and net interest income on linked transactions, net, decreased $2.1 million to $235,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 . The amounts were related to our CMBS securities that were purchased with repurchase agreements with the same counterparty from whom the securities were purchased. These transactions were entered into contemporaneously or in contemplation of each other and were presumed not to meet sale accounting criteria. We accounted for these transactions on a net basis and recorded a forward purchase commitment to purchase securities (each, a “linked transaction”) at fair value. Due to a change in accounting guidance, as of January 1, 2015, the concept of linked transactions no longer exists.
Loss on reissuance/gain on extinguishment of debt. Loss on reissuance/gain on extinguishment of debt increased $831,000 to a loss of $900,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared to a loss of $69,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The transactions that give rise to the recognition of a loss on the reissuance of debt resulted from the reissuance of previously repurchased senior and junior notes in our consolidated variable interest entities in the open market. These senior and junior notes were originally repurchased at discounts to par and represent an opportunity to provide us strategic financing at beneficial rates upon reissuance. At the date these notes were repurchased, a gain, representative of the difference between the repurchase price and the par value of the note, was recognized. Because these same notes were reissued during the three months

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ended March 31, 2015, at a price less than par, an unrealized loss equal to the difference between the reissued price and the par value of the note was recognized in current earnings.
Other income (expense). Other income (expense) increased $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. During the same period in 2014, The Company recorded a loss on the consolidation of LCF, our entity which originates and acquires life settlement contracts, of $1.3 million as a result of our additional investment in and acquisition of a controlling financial interest in the company during the first quarter of 2014. No such loss was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2015.
Financial Condition
Summary.
Our total assets were $2.9 billion at March 31, 2015 as compared to $2.7 billion at December 31, 2014.  The increase in total assets was principally due to the increase in CRE originations and our available-for-sale securities, slightly offset by the decline in our bank loan portfolios.
Investment Portfolio.
The table below summarizes the amortized cost and net carrying amount of our investment portfolio, classified by interest rate type.  The following table includes both (i) the amortized cost of our investment portfolio and the related dollar price, which is computed by dividing amortized cost by par amount, and (ii) the net carrying amount of our investment portfolio and the related dollar price, which is computed by dividing the net carrying amount by par amount for the periods presented as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

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Amortized
Cost
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
Percent of
Portfolio
 
Weighted
Average Coupon
As of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans Held for Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial real estate loans (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
1,362,382

 
$
1,358,459

 
52.67
%
 
5.30%
B notes
16,031

 
16,009

 
0.62
%
 
8.68%
Mezzanine loans
67,471

 
67,373

 
2.61
%
 
7.47%
Bank loans (4)
224,317

 
223,597

 
8.67
%
 
3.77%
Middle market loans (5)
294,793

 
292,281

 
11.33
%
 
9.34%
Residential mortgage loans (6)
2,641

 
2,531

 
0.10
%
 
4.55%
Loans receivable-related party
1,229

 
1,229

 
0.05
%
 
4.62%
 
1,968,864

 
1,961,479

 
76.05
%
 
 
Loans held for sale (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
73,892

 
73,892

 
2.87
%
 
4.01%
Residential mortgage loans
174,559

 
174,362

 
6.76
%
 
3.95%
 
248,451

 
248,254

 
9.63
%
 
 
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  CMBS-private placement
188,052

 
193,768

 
7.51
%
 
5.19%
  RMBS
28,964

 
30,156

 
1.17
%
 
3.18%
  ABS
45,889

 
57,735

 
2.24
%
 
N/A (3)
 Corporate Bonds
2,417

 
2,411

 
0.09
%
 
4.88%
 
265,322

 
284,070

 
11.01
%
 
 
Investment Securities-Trading:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Structured notes
31,762

 
29,770

 
1.15
%
 
N/A (3)
RMBS

 

 
%
 
N/A (3)
 
31,762

 
29,770

 
1.15
%
 
 
Other (non-interest bearing):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property held for sale
180

 
180

 
0.01
%
 
N/A
Investment in unconsolidated entities
55,488

 
55,488

 
2.15
%
 
N/A
 
55,668

 
55,668

 
2.16
%
 
 
Total Investment Portfolio
$
2,570,067

 
$
2,579,241

 
100.00
%
 
 




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Amortized
cost
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
Percent of
portfolio
 
Weighted
average coupon
As of December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans Held for Investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial real estate loans (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
1,263,592

 
$
1,259,834

 
52.26
%
 
5.33%
B notes
16,072

 
16,017

 
0.66
%
 
8.68%
Mezzanine loans
67,366

 
67,136

 
2.78
%
 
7.44%
Bank loans (4)
330,648

 
330,078

 
13.69
%
 
3.70%
Middle market loans (5)
250,113

 
250,113

 
10.38
%
 
8.35%
Residential mortgage loans (6)
2,802

 
2,802

 
0.12
%
 
4.57%
Loans receivable-related party
1,277

 
1,277

 
0.05
%
 
4.62%
 
1,931,870

 
1,927,257

 
79.94
%
 
 
Loans held for sale (2):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
282

 
282

 
0.01
%
 
3.76%
Residential mortgage loans
111,454

 
111,454

 
4.62
%
 
4.04%
 
111,736

 
111,736

 
4.63
%
 
 
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  CMBS-private placement
168,669

 
170,405

 
7.07
%
 
4.78%
  CMBS-linked transactions
14,900

 
15,367

 
0.64
%
 
5.44%
  RMBS
29,814

 
30,751

 
1.28
%
 
3.17%
  ABS
55,617

 
72,157

 
2.99
%
 
N/A (3)
 Corporate Bonds
2,415

 
2,407

 
0.10
%
 
4.88%
 
271,415

 
291,087

 
12.08
%
 
 
Investment Securities-Trading:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Structured notes
23,319

 
20,786

 
0.86
%
 
N/A (3)
RMBS
1,896

 

 
%
 
N/A (3)
 
25,215

 
20,786

 
0.86
%
 
 
Other (non-interest bearing):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property held for sale
180

 
180

 
0.01
%
 
N/A
Investment in unconsolidated entities
59,827

 
59,827

 
2.48
%
 
N/A
 
60,007

 
60,007

 
2.49
%
 
 
Total Investment Portfolio
$
2,400,243

 
$
2,410,873

 
100.00
%
 
 
 
(1)
Net carrying amount includes allowance for loan losses of $4.0 million at March 31, 2015, allocated as follows: general allowance: B notes $22,000, mezzanine loans $98,000 and whole loans $1.7 million; specific allowance: $2.2 million. Net carrying amount includes allowance for loan losses of $4.0 million at December 31, 2014, allocated as follows: general allowance: B notes $55,000, mezzanine loans $230,000 and whole loans $3.8 million.
(2)
Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market. Amortized cost is equal to fair value.
(3)
There is no stated rate associated with these securities.
(4)
Net carrying amount includes allowance for loan losses of $720,000 and $570,000 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(5)
Net carrying amount includes allowance for loan losses of $2.5 million and $0 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(6)
Net carrying amount includes allowance for loan losses of $110,000 and $0 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities-Private Placement.  In the aggregate, we purchased our CMBS portfolio at a net discount to par value.  At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the remaining discount to be accreted into income over the remaining lives of the securities was $4.3 million and $3.6 million, respectively. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the remaining premium to be amortized into income over the remaining lives of the securities was $1.2 million and $619,000, respectively. These securities are classified as available-for-sale and, as a result, are carried at their fair value.

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We had no losses included in earnings due to other-than-temporary impairment charges during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, on positions that supported the Company’s CMBS investments.
Securities classified as available-for-sale have increased on a net basis as of March 31, 2015 as compared to December 31, 2014 primarily due to the change in guidance on CMBS linked transactions and the effect of financial statement reclassification. We perform an on-going review of third-party reports and updated financial data on the underlying property financial information to analyze current and projected loan performance.  Rating agency downgrades are considered with respect to our income approach when determining other-than-temporary impairment and, when inputs are stressed, the resulting projected cash flows reflect a full recovery of principal.
The following table summarizes our CMBS-private placement at fair value (in thousands, except percentages):
 
Fair Value at
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair Value at
 
December 31,
2014
 
Net Purchases
 
Upgrades/Downgrades
 
Paydowns
 
MTM Change
Same Ratings
 
March 31,
2015
Moody's Ratings Category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaa
$
37,783

 
$

 
$

 
$
(2,081
)
 
$
(239
)
 
$
35,463

Aa1 through Aa3
5,673

 

 

 
(149
)
 
151

 
5,675

A1 through A3
10,941

 

 

 
(2,500
)
 
(679
)
 
7,762

Baa1 through Baa3
29,938

 

 

 

 
(53
)
 
29,885

Ba1 through Ba3
18,371

 

 

 

 
(11
)
 
18,360

B1 through B3
54,665

 

 

 
(4,000
)
 
563

 
51,228

Caa1 through Caa3
15,583

 

 

 

 
245

 
15,828

Ca through C
11,678

 

 

 
(12,555
)
 
1,763

 
886

Non-Rated
34,378

 
4,000

 

 
(9,698
)
 
1

 
28,681

   Total
$
219,010

 
$
4,000

 
$

 
$
(30,983
)
 
$
1,741

 
$
193,768

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S&P Ratings Category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AAA
$
28,474

 
$

 
$

 
$
(2,153
)
 
$
(259
)
 
$
26,062

A+ through A-
7,862

 

 

 
(2,500
)
 
(43
)
 
5,319

BBB+ through BBB-
29,029

 
4,000

 
3,269

 
(7,017
)
 
(342
)
 
28,939

BB+ through BB-
44,029

 

 

 
(2,652
)
 
(40
)
 
41,337

B+ through B-
52,644

 

 
(3,269
)
 

 
423

 
49,798

CCC+ through CCC-
27,070

 

 

 
(9,600
)
 
270

 
17,740

D
6,073

 

 

 
(6,955
)
 
1,748

 
866

Non-Rated
23,829

 

 

 
(106
)
 
(16
)
 
23,707

   Total
$
219,010

 
$
4,000

 
$

 
$
(30,983
)
 
$
1,741

 
$
193,768

Investment Securities, Trading.  The following table summarizes our structured notes and RMBS securities, which are classified as investment securities, trading, and are carried at fair value as follows (in thousands):
 
Amortized Cost
 
Unrealized Gains
 
Unrealized Losses
 
Fair Value
As of March 31, 2015:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Structured notes
$
30,308

 
$
2,063

 
$
(2,601
)
 
$
29,770

RMBS
1,896

 

 
(1,896
)
 

Total
$
32,204

 
$
2,063

 
$
(4,497
)
 
$
29,770

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Structured notes
$
22,876

 
$
1,098

 
$
(3,188
)
 
$
20,786

RMBS
1,896

 

 
(1,896
)
 

Total
$
24,772

 
$
1,098

 
$
(5,084
)
 
$
20,786


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We sold twelve securities during the three months ended March 31, 2015, for a realized gain of $432,000. We held 45 and 37 investment securities, trading as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
Real Estate Loans.  The following table is a summary of the loans in our commercial real estate loan portfolio as follows (in thousands):
Description
 
Quantity
 
Amortized Cost
 
Contracted Interest Rates
 
Maturity Dates (3)
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans, floating rate (1) (4) (5)
 
74
 
$
1,362,382

 
LIBOR plus 1.75% to
LIBOR plus 15.00%
 
May 2015 to
February 2019
B notes, fixed rate
 
1
 
16,031

 
8.68%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, floating rate
 
1
 
12,659

 
LIBOR plus 15.32%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, fixed rate (6)
 
3
 
54,812

 
0.50% to 18.71%
 
January 2016 to
September 2019
Total (2) 
 
79
 
$
1,445,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Whole loans, floating rate (1) (4)
 
73
 
$
1,263,592

 
LIBOR plus 1.75% to
LIBOR plus 15.00%
 
May 2015 to
February 2019
B notes, fixed rate
 
1
 
16,072

 
8.68%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, floating rate
 
1
 
12,558

 
LIBOR plus 15.32%
 
April 2016
Mezzanine loans, fixed rate (6)
 
3
 
54,808

 
0.50% to 18.71%
 
January 2016 to
September 2019
Total (2) 
 
78
 
$
1,347,030

 
 
 
 

(1)
Whole loans had $96.8 million and $105.1 million in unfunded loan commitments as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  These unfunded commitments are advanced as the borrowers formally request additional funding as permitted under the loan agreement and any necessary approvals have been obtained.
(2)
The total does not include an allowance for loan loss of $4.0 million and $4.0 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(3)
Maturity dates do not include possible extension options that may be available to the borrowers.
(4)
Floating rate loans include two whole loans with a combined $12.0 million mezzanine components that have fixed rates of 12.0%, and two whole loans with a combined $4.2 million mezzanine components that have fixed rates of 15.0%, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
(5)
Floating rate whole loans include a $799,000 junior mezzanine tranche of a whole loan that has a fixed rate of 10.0% as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
(6)
Fixed rate mezzanine loans include a mezzanine loan that was modified into two tranches, which both currently pay interest at 0.50%. In addition, the subordinate tranche accrues interest at LIBOR plus 18.50% which is deferred until maturity.
Bank Loans.  At March 31, 2015, our consolidated securitizations, Apidos CDO III and Apidos Cinco CDO, held a total of $298.6 million of bank loans at fair value.  The bank loans held by the securitizations secure the CDO notes they issued and are not available to satisfy the claims of our creditors.  The aggregate fair value of bank loans held decreased by $24.6 million from the fair value at December 31, 2014. The decrease was due to paydowns and sales of loans in Apidos III and Apidos Cinco which is no longer being offset by purchases within the CDOs, as the reinvestment periods have ended.

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The following table summarizes our bank loan investments for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
As of March 31, 2015
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
Amortized cost
 
Fair Value (1)
 
Amortized cost
 
Fair Value (1)
Moody’s ratings category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baa1 through Baa3
$
14,648

 
$
14,571

 
$
16,205

 
$
16,056

Ba1 through Ba3
163,502

 
163,939

 
173,118

 
169,207

B1 through B3
110,245

 
110,455

 
129,863

 
126,774

Caa1 through Caa3
4,561

 
4,248

 
5,234

 
4,915

Ca

 

 

 

No rating provided
5,253

 
5,421

 
6,510

 
6,256

Total
$
298,209

 
$
298,634

 
$
330,930

 
$
323,208

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S&P ratings category:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

BBB+ through BBB-
$
46,004

 
$
46,064

 
$
48,582

 
$
48,110

BB+ through BB-
129,654

 
130,062

 
139,544

 
134,434

B+ through B-
113,471

 
113,409

 
132,732

 
131,105

CCC+ through CCC-
3,528

 
3,413

 
3,105

 
3,096

CC+ through CC-

 

 

 

C+ through C-

 

 

 

D

 

 
459

 
208

No rating provided
5,552

 
5,686

 
6,508

 
6,255

Total
$
298,209

 
$
298,634

 
$
330,930

 
$
323,208

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average rating factor
1,788

 
 

 
1,786

 
 


(1)     The bank loan portfolio's fair value is determined using dealer quotes.
Middle market loans.  At March 31, 2015, Northport TRS, LLC, or Northport LLC, our middle market lending platform, held a total of $291.4 million of middle market loans at fair value. The middle market loan portfolio is held as collateral under the senior secured revolving credit agreement. The aggregate fair value of middle market loans held increased by $43.7 million over their holdings at December 31, 2014. This increase was primarily due to increased originations and purchases of loans in our middle market lending platform.

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As of March 31, 2015
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
Amortized cost
 
Fair Value
 
Amortized cost
 
Fair Value
Moody’s ratings category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baa1 through Baa3
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Ba1 through Ba3

 

 

 

B1 through B3

 

 

 

Caa1 through Caa3(1)
56,094

 
53,095

 
62,053

 
60,126

Ca

 

 

 

No rating provided(2)
238,699

 
238,354

 
188,060

 
187,655

Total
$
294,793

 
$
291,449

 
$
250,113

 
$
247,781

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S&P ratings category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BBB+ through BBB-
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

BB+ through BB-

 

 

 

B+ through B-

 

 
4,959

 
3,798

CCC+ through CCC-(1)
48,662

 
45,661

 
49,665

 
48,988

CC+ through CC-

 

 

 

C+ through C-

 

 

 

D

 

 

 

No rating provided(2)
246,131

 
245,788

 
195,489

 
194,995

Total
$
294,793

 
$
291,449

 
$
250,113

 
$
247,781

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average rating factor
1,060

 
 
 
921

 
 

(1)     The middle market loan portfolio's fair value is determined using dealer quotes.
(2)     The middle market loan portfolio's fair value is determined using third party valuations.
    


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The following table provides information as to the lien position and status of our bank and middle market loans, which we consolidate (thousands):
 
Apidos I
 
Apidos III (1)
 
Apidos Cinco
 
 
Northport LLC
 
Total
March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans held for investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First lien loans
$
153

 
$

 
$
221,021

 
 
$
119,060

 
$
340,234

Second lien loans

 

 
3,007

 
 
175,733

 
178,740

Third lien loans

 

 

 
 

 

Defaulted first lien loans

 

 

 
 

 

Defaulted second lien loans

 

 
215

 
 

 
215

Total
153

 

 
224,243

 
 
294,793

 
519,189

First lien loans held for sale at fair value

 
71,611

 
2,281

 
 

 
73,892

Total
$
153

 
$
71,611

 
$
226,524

 
 
$
294,793

 
$
593,081

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Loans held for investment:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

First lien loans
$
153

 
$
80,196

 
$
245,377

 
 
$
149,287

 
$
475,013

Second lien loans

 

 
3,572

 
 
100,826

 
104,398

Third lien loans

 

 

 
 

 

Defaulted first lien loans

 

 

 
 

 

Defaulted second lien loans

 
971

 
379

 
 

 
1,350

Total
153

 
81,167

 
249,328

 
 
250,113

 
580,761

First lien loans held for sale at fair value

 

 
282

 
 

 
$
282

Total
$
153

 
$
81,167

 
$
249,610

 
 
$
250,113

 
$
581,043

 
(1)
Total does not include $79,000 of deferred revenue as of March 31, 2015.
Asset-backed securities.  At March 31, 2015, we held a total of $57.7 million of ABS at fair value through Apidos CDO III, Apidos Cinco, RCM Global and RCC Commercial II, all of which secure the debt issued by these entities.  At December 31, 2014, we held a total of $72.2 million of ABS at fair value through Apidos CDO III, Apidos Cinco CDO, RCM Global and RCC Commercial II, all of which secured the debt issued by these entities.  The decrease in total ABS was due to the sale of structured notes in RCM Global that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2015.















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The following table summarizes our ABS at fair value (in thousands):
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
Moody’s ratings category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaa
$
8,540

 
$
9,353

 
$
6,084

 
$
6,638

Aa1 through Aa3
1,538

 
1,627

 
3,748

 
4,168

A1 through A3

 

 

 

Baa1 through Baa3

 

 
243

 
232

Ba1 through Ba3
377

 
355

 
774

 
727

B1 through B3

 

 

 

No rating provided
43,156

 
46,400

 
44,768

 
60,392

Total
$
53,611

 
$
57,735

 
$
55,617

 
$
72,157

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S&P ratings category:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

AAA
$
8,887

 
$
9,745

 
$
5,169

 
$
5,640

AA+ through AA-

 

 
3,748

 
4,168

A+ through A-

 

 

 

BBB+ through BBB-

 

 

 

BB+ through BB-
774

 
753

 
774

 
727

B+ through B-

 

 
243

 
232

No rating provided
43,950

 
47,237

 
45,683

 
61,390

Total
$
53,611

 
$
57,735

 
$
55,617

 
$
72,157

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average rating factor
61

 
 

 
99

 
 

Corporate bonds. At March 31, 2015, our consolidated securitization, Apidos Cinco CDO, held a total of $2.4 million of corporate bonds at fair value, which secure the debt issued by this entity.  These investments are held at fair value with any unrealized gain or loss reported in the equity section of the balance sheet. The aggregate fair value of corporate bonds held increased by $4,000 over those held at December 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to the decreased unrealized losses attributable to market pricing during the three months ended March 31, 2015.
The following table summarizes our corporate bonds at fair value (in thousands):
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
Moody’s ratings category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ca
$
1,467

 
$
1,447

 
$
1,458

 
$
1,447

Caa1 through Caa3
950

 
964

 
957

 
960

No rating provided

 

 

 

Total
$
2,417

 
$
2,411

 
$
2,415

 
$
2,407

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S&P ratings category:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

B+ through B-
$
868

 
$
875

 
$
868

 
$
870

CCC+ through CCC-
1,549

 
1,536

 
1,547

 
1,537

D

 

 

 

Total
$
2,417

 
$
2,411

 
$
2,415

 
$
2,407

Weighted average rating factor
7,963

 
 

 
7,963

 
 

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities. The following table shows our investments in unconsolidated entities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and equity in net earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and three months ended March 31, 2014 (in thousands):

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Equity in Net Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
 
 
 
Balance as of
 
Balance as of
 
For the
three months ended
 
For the
three months
ended
 
Ownership %
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
March 31,
2015
 
March 31,
2014
Varde Investment Partners, L.P
7.5%
 
$
654

 
$
654

 
$

 
$
(1
)
RRE VIP Borrower, LLC (1)
3% to 5%
 

 

 
46

 
866

Investment in LCC Preferred Stock
28.4%
 
39,469

 
39,416

 
52

 
(594
)
Investment in CVC Global Credit Opportunities Fund
20.6%
 
13,817

 
18,209

 
608

 
834

Investment in
Life Care Funding
(2)
50.2%
 

 

 

 
(75
)
Investment in School Lane House (1)
 
 

 

 

 
984

     Subtotal
 
 
53,940

 
58,279

 
706

 
2,014

Investment in RCT I and II (3)
3%
 
1,548

 
1,548

 
593

 
589

Investment in Preferred Equity (1) (4)
 
 

 

 

 
1,228

     Total
 
 
$
55,488

 
$
59,827

 
$
1,299

 
$
3,831

 
(1) Investment in School Lane House, Investment in RRE VIP Borrower and Investment in Preferred Equity were sold or repaid as of December 31, 2014.
(2) In January 2013, LTCC invested $2.0 million into LCF for the purpose of originating and acquiring life settlement contracts. In February 2014, we invested an additional $1.4 million which resulted in the consolidation of LCF during the first quarter of 2014. Ownership percentage represents ownership after consolidation.
(3)
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, these amounts are recorded in interest expense on our consolidated statements of income.
(4)
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, these amounts are recorded in interest income on loans on our consolidated statements of income.        


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Financing Receivables
The following tables show the allowance for loan losses and recorded investments in loans as of the dates indicated (in thousands):
 
Commercial Real Estate Loans
 
Bank Loans
 
Middle Market Loans
 
Residential Mortgage Loans
 
Loans Receivable-Related Party
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for Loan Losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for losses at January 1, 2015
$
4,043

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,613

Provision (recovery) for loan losses

 
1,415

 
2,566

 
197

 
(188
)
 
3,990

Loans charged-off

 
(1,265
)
 
(54
)
 
(197
)
 
188

 
(1,328
)
Recoveries

 

 

 
110

 

 
110

Allowance for losses at March 31, 2015
$
4,043

 
$
720

 
$
2,512

 
$
110

 
$

 
$
7,385

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
2,202

 
$
86

 
$
2,512

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,800

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
1,841

 
$
634

 
$

 
$
110

 
$

 
$
2,585

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
166,180

 
$
215

 
$
294,793

 
$

 
$
1,229

 
$
462,417

Collectively evaluated for impairment (1)
$
1,279,704

 
$
297,994

 
$

 
$
2,641

 
$

 
$
1,580,339

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Allowance for Loan Losses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for losses at January 1, 2014
$
10,416

 
$
3,391

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
13,807

Provision for loan losses
(3,758
)
 
4,173

 
92

 

 
1,297

 
1,804

Loans charged-off
(2,615
)
 
(6,994
)
 
(92
)
 

 
(1,297
)
 
(10,998
)
Allowance for losses at December 31, 2014
$
4,043

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,613

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$

 
$
570

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
570

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
4,043

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
4,043

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Ending balance:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Individually evaluated for impairment
$
166,180

 
$
1,350

 
$
250,113

 
$

 
$
1,277

 
$
418,920

Collectively evaluated for impairment
$
1,180,850

 
$
329,580

 
$

 
$
2,802

 
$

 
$
1,513,232

Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
(1)
Loan balances as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 include loans held for sale.
Credit quality indicators
Bank Loans
We use a risk grading matrix to assign grades to bank loans.  Loans are graded at inception and updates to assigned grades are made continually as new information is received.  We grade loans on a scale of 1-5 with 1 representing the our highest rating and 5 representing its lowest rating.  We also designate loans that are sold after the period end as held for sale at the lower of their fair market value or cost, net of any allowances and costs associated with the loan sales.  We consider metrics such as performance of the underlying company, liquidity, collectability of interest, enterprise valuation, default probability, ratings from rating agencies and industry dynamics in grading our bank loans.

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Credit risk profiles of bank loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Rating 5
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank loans
$
200,966

 
$
16,081

 
$
5,257

 
$
1,798

 
$
215

 
$
73,892

 
$
298,209

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bank loans
$
291,214

 
$
32,660

 
$
5,424

 
$

 
$
1,350

 
$
282

 
$
330,930

All of our bank loans were performing with the exception of one loan with an amortized cost of $215,000 as of March 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2014, all of our bank loans were performing with the exception of two loans with an amortized cost of $1.4 million, one of which defaulted as of March 31, 2014 and the other of which defaulted as of September 30, 2014.
Middle Market Loans
We use a risk grading matrix to assign grades to middle market loans.  At inception, all middle market loans are graded at a 2 and updates to assigned grades are made continually as new information is received. Loans are graded on a scale of 1-5 with 1 representing our highest rating and 5 representing its lowest rating.  A loan with a rating of a 2 is considered performing within expectations. We consider metrics such as performance of the underlying company, liquidity, collectability of interest and principal payments, enterprise valuation, default probability, and industry dynamics in grading our middle market loans.
Credit risk profiles of bank and middle market loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Rating 5
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Middle market loans
$

 
$
284,937

 
$
4,900

 
$

 
$
4,956

 
$

 
$
294,793

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Middle market loans
$

 
$
240,245

 
$
9,868

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
250,113

All of our middle market loans were performing as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Commercial Real Estate Loans
We use a risk grading matrix to assign grades to commercial real estate loans.  We grade loans at inception and continually update the assigned grades as we receive new information.  We grade loans on a scale of 1-4 with 1 representing our highest rating and 4 representing our lowest rating.  We designate loans that are sold after the period end at the lower of fair market value or cost, net of any allowances and costs associated with the loan sales. In addition to the underlying performance of the loan collateral, we consider such metrics as the strength of underlying sponsorship, payment history, collectability of interest, structural credit enhancements, market trends and loan terms in grading our commercial real estate loans.
Credit risk profiles of commercial real estate loans were as follows (in thousands):
 
Rating 1
 
Rating 2
 
Rating 3
 
Rating 4
 
Held for Sale
 
Total
As of March 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
1,329,882

 
$
32,500

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,362,382

B notes
16,031

 

 

 

 

 
16,031

Mezzanine loans
45,417

 
22,054

 

 

 

 
67,471

 
$
1,391,330

 
$
54,554

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,445,884

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
1,231,092

 
$
32,500

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,263,592

B notes
16,072

 

 

 

 

 
16,072

Mezzanine loans
45,432

 
21,934

 

 

 

 
67,366

 
$
1,292,596

 
$
54,434

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,347,030


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All of our commercial real estate loans were current as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Residential Mortgage Loans
Residential mortgage loans are reviewed periodically for collectability in light of historical experience, the nature and amount of the loan portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower's ability to repay, estimated value of any underlying collateral, and prevailing underlying conditions. We also designate loans that are sold after the period ends as held for sale at the lower of their fair market value or cost.
During the first quarter of 2015, we recorded a recovery of loan losses in the amount of $110,000 related to two loans at par for which it had previously recognized a provision for loan losses.
Loans Receivable - Related Party
We did not record an allowance for loan loss on any related party loan during the three months ended March 31, 2015. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we recorded a provision for loan losses on one related-party loan of $1.3 million before extinguishing the loan and bringing direct financing leases in the amount of $2.1 million on the our books in lieu of cash settlement of the loan receivable.
Loan Portfolios Aging Analysis
The following table shows the loan portfolio aging analysis as of the dates indicated at cost basis (in thousands):
 
30-59 Days
 
60-89 Days
 
Greater than 90 Days
 
Total Past Due
 
Current
 
Total Loans Receivable
 
Total Loans > 90 Days and Accruing
As of March 31, 2015:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,362,382

 
$
1,362,382

 
$

B notes

 

 

 

 
16,031

 
16,031

 

Mezzanine loans

 

 

 

 
67,471

 
67,471

 

Bank loans (1)

 

 
215

 
215

 
297,994

 
298,209

 

Middle market loans

 

 

 

 
294,793

 
294,793

 
 
Residential mortgage loans (2)
420

 

 
88

 
508

 
176,692

 
177,200

 

Loans receivable-related party

 

 

 

 
1,229

 
1,229

 

Total loans
$
420

 
$

 
$
303

 
$
723

 
$
2,216,592

 
$
2,217,315

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,263,592

 
$
1,263,592

 
$

B notes

 

 

 

 
16,072

 
16,072

 

Mezzanine loans

 

 

 

 
67,366

 
67,366

 

Bank loans (1)

 

 
1,350

 
1,350

 
329,580

 
330,930

 

Middle Market

 

 

 

 
250,113

 
250,113

 

Residential mortgage loans (2)
443

 
82

 
119

 
644

 
113,612

 
114,256

 

Loans receivable-related party

 

 

 

 
1,277

 
1,277

 

Total loans
$
443

 
$
82

 
$
1,469

 
$
1,994

 
$
2,041,612

 
$
2,043,606

 
$

                            
(1)
Contains $73.9 million and $282,000 of bank loans held for sale at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
Contains $174.6 million and $111.5 million of residential mortgage loans held for sale at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
Impaired Loans
The following tables show impaired loans as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

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Recorded Balance
 
Unpaid Principal Balance
 
Specific Allowance
 
Average Investment in Impaired Loans
 
Interest Income Recognized
As of March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans without a specific valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
13,617

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$
38,072

 
$
38,072

 
$

 
$
38,072

 
$
3,186

Bank loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$
2,641

 
$
2,641

 
$

 
$
2,641

 
$
21

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans with a specific valuation allowance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Bank loans
$
215

 
$
215

 
$
(86
)
 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$
4,956

 
$
4,956

 
$
(2,512
)
 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Total:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
13,617

B notes

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine loans
38,072

 
38,072

 

 
38,072

 
3,186

Bank loans
215

 
215

 
(86
)
 

 

Middle market loans
4,956

 
4,956

 
(2,512
)
 

 

Residential mortgage loans
2,641

 
2,641

 

 
2,641

 
21

Loans receivable - related party

 

 

 

 

 
$
173,992

 
$
173,992

 
$
(2,598
)
 
$
171,158

 
$
16,824

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2014:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Loans without a specific valuation allowance:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
12,679

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$
38,072

 
$
38,072

 
$

 
$
38,072

 
$
2,859

Bank loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$
2,082

 
$
2,082

 
$

 
$
2,082

 
$
148

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans with a specific valuation allowance:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

B notes
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Mezzanine loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Bank loans
$
1,350

 
$
1,350

 
$
(570
)
 
$

 
$

Middle market loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Residential mortgage loans
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Loans receivable - related party
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Total:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Whole loans
$
128,108

 
$
128,108

 
$

 
$
130,445

 
$
12,679

B notes

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine loans
38,072

 
38,072

 

 
38,072

 
2,859

Bank loans
1,350

 
1,350

 
(570
)
 

 

Middle market loans

 

 

 

 

Residential mortgage loans
2,082

 
2,082

 

 
2,082

 
148

Loans receivable - related party

 

 

 

 

 
$
169,612

 
$
169,612

 
$
(570
)
 
$
170,599

 
$
15,686


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Troubled-Debt Restructurings
The following tables show troubled-debt restructurings in our loan portfolio (in thousands):
 
Number of Loans
 
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance
 
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
Whole loans
2
 
$
67,459

 
$
67,459

B notes
 

 

Mezzanine loans
 

 

Bank loans
 

 

Middle market loans
 

 

Residential mortgage loans
 

 

Loans receivable - related party
 

 

Total loans
2
 
$
67,459

 
$
67,459

 
 
 
 
 
 
We had no troubled-debt restructurings during the three months ended March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no troubled-debt restructurings that subsequently defaulted.
Restricted Cash
At March 31, 2015, we had restricted cash of $26.8 million, which consisted of $25.3 million of restricted cash held by eleven securitizations and $1.5 million held in various reserve accounts. At December 31, 2014, we had restricted cash of $122.1 million, which consisted of $121.2 million of restricted cash on our ten securitizations and $891,000 held in various reserve accounts. The decrease of $95.3 million is primarily related to the liquidation of Moselle CLO S.A. during the three months ended March 31, 2015.
Interest Receivable
At March 31, 2015, we had interest receivable of $18.1 million, which consisted of $18.1 million of interest on our securities and loans and $6,000 of interest earned on escrow and sweep accounts.  At December 31, 2014, we had interest receivable of $16.3 million, which consisted of $16.3 million of interest on our securities and loans and $6,000 of interest earned on escrow and sweep accounts.  The increase resulted primarily from an increase in interest receivable on mezzanine loans of $1.5 million, an increase in interest receivable on jumbo loans of $699,000, an increase in interest receivables on bank loans of $126,000 and an increase in interest receivable on ABS of $41,000, partially offset by a decrease in interest receivable on middle market loans of $350,000, a decrease of interest receivable on CMBS of $23,000 and a decrease of interest on RMBS of $9,000.
Prepaid Expenses
The following table summarizes our prepaid expenses as the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
Quarter to Quarter Change
Prepaid taxes
$
2,309

 
$
2,622

 
$
(313
)
Prepaid insurance
833

 
191

 
642

Other prepaid expenses
1,121

 
1,383

 
(262
)
Total
$
4,263

 
$
4,196

 
$
67

Prepaid expenses increased $67,000 to $4.3 million as of March 31, 2015 from $4.2 million as of December 31, 2014. The nominal increase resulted from an increase of $642,000 in prepaid insurance, partially offset by a decrease of $313,000 of prepaid taxes and a decrease of $262,000 in other prepaid expenses.


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Other Assets
The following table summarizes our other assets as of the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
 
Quarter to Quarter Change
Mortgage servicing rights
$
11,484

 
$
9,374

 
$
2,110

Investment in life settlement contracts
3,915

 
3,361

 
554

Management fees receivable
960

 
1,076

 
(116
)
Fixed assets - non real estate
2,018

 
1,901

 
117

Other assets
4,384

 
8,892

 
(4,508
)
Total
$
22,761

 
$
24,604

 
$
(1,843
)
The decrease of approximately $1.8 million in other assets is due primarily to the settlement of a $3.7 million syndicated bank loan position that had traded but was unsettled as of December 31, 2014, offset by an increase of $2.1 million in our mortgage servicing rights portfolio whose growth has been supported by an increase in our residential mortgage loan pipeline and sales volume fueled by the expansion into and the offering of our mortgage product in new states in which we have become licensed. Additionally, we saw an increase in our investments in life settlement contracts from the net acquisition of new contracts during the period ended March 31, 2015 of $554,000.
Hedging Instruments
The following tables present the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on our consolidated balance sheets and on the consolidated statements of income for the years presented:
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate lock agreements
$
137,983

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
2,761

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
78,968

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
384

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging
$
40,005

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7,016

Warrants
$
492

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
859

Total return swap
$
3,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
3,016

 
Liability Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate swap contracts
$
136,129

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7,539

Interest rate lock agreements
$
511

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
2

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
155,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,204

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
23,500

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
115

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
136,129

 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
$
7,539




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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2014:
(in thousands)
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate lock agreements
$
59,467

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
970

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
5,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
7

Forward contracts - RMBS securities
$
42,614

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,297

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging
$
54,948

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
3,377

Options - U.S. Treasury futures
$
90

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
52

Warrants
$
492

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
898

 
Liability Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
Interest rate swap contracts
$
124,017

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
8,680

Interest rate lock agreements
$
798

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
10

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
154,692

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
1,036

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
15,000

 
Derivatives, at fair value
 
$
47

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
124,017

 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
$
8,680


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
(in thousands)
 
Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Statement of Income Location
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) (1)
Interest rate swap contracts, hedging
$
136,129

 
Interest expense
 
$
1,634

Interest rate swap contracts, hedging
$
15,000

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
112

Interest rate lock agreements
$
138,494

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
2,759

Forward contracts - RMBS securities
$
38,865

 
Net realized gain on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans
 
$
46

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
233,968

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
283

Forward contracts - foreign currency, hedging
$
40,004

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
3,638

Options - U.S. Treasury futures
$
190

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
199

Forward contracts - TBA securities
$
23,500

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
(115
)

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
(in thousands)
 
Derivatives
 
Notional Amount
 
Statement of Income Location
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) (1)
Interest rate swap contracts
$
126,111

 
Interest expense
 
$
1,626

Interest rate lock agreements
$
33,912

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans and derivatives
 
$
433

Forward contracts - residential mortgage lending
$
48,890

 
Net realized gain on sales of investment securities available-for-sale and loans
 
$
60

 
(1)
Negative values indicate a decrease to the associated line items in our balance sheets or consolidated statements of income.
With interest rates projected to remain low, the scheduled maturity of one hedge, and the continued amortization of our swaps during 2015, we expect that the fair value of our interest rate swap hedges will modestly improve in 2015.  We entered into a new swap contract during the three months ended March 31, 2015 in order to hedge against unfavorable rate movements against our jumbo residential mortgage loan portfolio, and we may continue to seek such hedges in the future.
Our interest rate hedges at March 31, 2015 were as follows (in thousands): 
 
 
Benchmark rate
 
Notional
value
 
Strike
rate
 
Effective
date
 
Maturity
date
 
Fair
value
CRE Swaps
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
$
27,689

 
4.13%
 
01/10/08
 
05/25/16
 
$
(608
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
1,681

 
5.72%
 
07/12/07
 
10/01/16
 
(129
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
1,880

 
5.68%
 
07/13/07
 
03/12/17
 
(183
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
78,140

 
5.58%
 
06/26/07
 
04/25/17
 
(5,548
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
1,726

 
5.65%
 
07/05/07
 
07/15/17
 
(188
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
3,850

 
5.65%
 
07/26/07
 
07/15/17
 
(418
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
4,023

 
5.41%
 
08/10/07
 
07/25/17
 
(415
)
Total CRE Swaps
 
 
 
$
118,989

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(7,489
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CMBS Swaps
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
$
2,129

 
1.93%
 
02/14/2011
 
05/01/2015
 
$
(3
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
377

 
1.30%
 
07/19/2011
 
03/18/2016
 
(3
)
Interest rate swap
 
1 month LIBOR
 
1,634

 
1.95%
 
04/11/2011
 
03/18/2016
 
(20
)
Total CMBS Swaps
 
 
 
$
4,140

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(26
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jumbo Loan Swap
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap
 
3 month LIBOR
 
$
13,000

 
1.53%
 
1/14/2015
 
1/14/2020
 
$
(24
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Interest Rate Swaps
 
 
 
$
136,129

 
4.78%
 
 
 
 
 
$
(7,539
)

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Repurchase and Credit Facilities
Borrowings under our repurchase agreement facilities were guaranteed by us or one of our subsidiaries. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our borrowings as of the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Outstanding
Borrowings
 
 Value of
Collateral
 
Number of
Positions
as Collateral
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
 
Outstanding
Borrowings
 
 Value of
Collateral
 
Number of
Positions
as Collateral
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
CMBS Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank
$
29,391

 
$
35,977

 
34
 
1.37%
 
$
24,967

 
$
30,180

 
33
 
1.35%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRE Term
Repurchase Facilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank (1)
92,296

 
135,951

 
5
 
2.21%
 
179,762

 
258,223

 
15
 
2.38%
Deutsche Bank AG (2)
(145
)
 

 
 
—%
 
25,920

 
39,348

 
2
 
2.78%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase
Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
53,249

 
70,928

 
8
 
1.62%
 
33,783

 
44,751

 
8
 
1.62%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
14,536

 
23,929

 
1
 
1.59%
 
10,442

 
17,695

 
1
 
1.66%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Investments Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank (3)
104,422

 
121,472

 
146
 
2.43%
 
22,212

 
27,885

 
6
 
1.16%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Mortgage
Financing Agreements
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Century Bank
46,419

 
53,689

 
231
 
2.8%
 
41,387

 
51,961

 
158
 
2.82%
Wells Fargo Bank
28,229

 
41,790

 
78
 
2.75%
 
61,189

 
95,511

 
104
 
2.75%
Totals
$
368,397

 
$
483,736

 
 
 
 
 
$
399,662

 
$
565,554

 
 
 
 

(1)
The Wells Fargo CRE term repurchase facility borrowing is net of $1.4 million and $1.7 million of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
The Deutsche Bank term repurchase facility is net of $145,000 and $268,000 of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
(3)
The Wells Fargo residential investments term repurchase facility is net of $125,000 and $36,000 of deferred debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2015, respectively.
We are in compliance with all financial covenants as defined in the respective agreements as of March 31, 2015.
As the result of an accounting standards update adopted on January 1, 2015, we unlinked our previously linked transactions and disclosed affected asset, liability, income and expense balances at their gross values in our consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, we had no repurchase agreements being accounted for as linked transactions as of March 31, 2015.
The assets in the following table were accounted for as linked transactions as of December 31, 2014. These linked repurchase agreements were not included in borrowings on our consolidated balance sheets.    
 
 
As of December 31, 2014
 
 
Borrowings
Under Linked
Transactions
 
Value of Collateral
Under Linked
Transactions
 
Number
of Positions
as Collateral
Under Linked
Transactions
 
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
of Linked
Transactions
CMBS Term
Repurchase Facility
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wells Fargo Bank
 
$
4,941

 
$
6,371

 
7
 
1.67%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-Term Repurchase
Agreements - CMBS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JP Morgan Securities, LLC
 

 

 
 
—%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
4,108

 
6,233

 
2
 
1.37%
Deutsche Bank Securities, LLC
 
24,348

 
36,001

 
10
 
1.57%
Totals
 
$
33,397

 
$
48,605

 
 
 
 

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Residential Investments – Term Repurchase Facility
In June 2014, our wholly-owned subsidiaries, RCC Residential Portfolio, Inc. and RCC Residential Portfolio TRS, Inc. entered into a master repurchase and securities contract with Wells Fargo Bank, or Wells Fargo, to be used as a warehouse facility to finance the purchase of highly-rated RMBS and other residential investment assets.  In January 2015, we amended our agreement with Wells Fargo to classify trust certificates as assets eligible for sale and repurchase under the facility. The maximum borrowing amounts under the amended agreement are $110.0 million with respect to purchased RMBS, and $165.0 million with respect to trust certificates collateralized by jumbo mortgage loans, and the maximum pricing margins are 1.45% and 3.00% on RMBS and jumbo mortgage loans, respectively.

Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements
Our subsidiary, Primary Capital Mortgage, ("PCM") has master repurchase agreements with New Century Bank d/b/a Customer's Bank ("New Century") and Wells Fargo Bank, NA ("Wells Fargo") to finance the acquisition of residential mortgage loans. At March 31, 2015, PCM received waivers from both New Century and Wells Fargo on a covenant that requires PCM to maintain a minimum liquidity of $7.5 million. The waivers removed the minimum liquidity requirement and all existing defaults for the period March 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. We were in compliance with all other financial covenant requirements under the agreements as of March 31, 2015.
Securitizations
As of March 31, 2015, we had executed ten and retained equity in seven securitizations. Pertinent information about our securitizations that occurred during the first quarter of 2015 is as follows:
In February 2014, we acquired the rights to manage the assets held by Moselle CLO S.A. and possessed the right to call the notes anytime after January 6, 2010 until maturity. We exercised the right in November 2014, substantially liquidating the securitization's assets. Proceeds from the sale of these assets, plus those from previous sales and paydowns in the CLO, were used to pay down the senior notes in full.
In February 2015, we closed Resource Capital Corp. 2015-CRE3, or RCC 2015-CRE3, a $346.2 million CRE securitization transaction that provided financing for transitional CRE loans. The investments held by RCC 2015-CRE3 collateralized $318.5 million of senior notes issued by the securitization, of which RCC Real Estate, a subsidiary of ours, purchased 100% of the Class E and Class F Senior Notes for $36.4 million at closing. Additionally, Resource Real Estate Funding 2015-CRE3 Investor, LLC, a subsidiary of RCC Real Estate, purchased as $27.7 million equity interest representing 100% of the outstanding preference shares. At March 31, 2015, the notes issued to outside investors had a weighted average borrowing rate of 2.07%. There is no reinvestment period for RCC 2015-CRE3, which will result in the sequential paydown of notes as the underlying collateral matures and pays down, and none of the securitization's notes have been paid down as of March 31, 2015. There is no reinvestment period in RCC 2015-3; however, principal repayments, for a period ending in February 2017, may be used to purchase funding participations with respect to existing collateral held outside of the securitizations.
8% Convertible Senior Notes
In January 2015, we issued and sold in a public offering $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020, or 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes. After deducting a $1.0 million underwriting discount and deferred debt issuance costs totaling $2.1 million, we received approximately $97.0 million of net proceeds. The discount and deferred issuance costs will be amortized on a straight-line basis as additional interest expense through maturity on January 15, 2020. Interest on the 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes is paid semi-annually.
Our 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes are convertible at the option of the holder at a current conversion rate of 187.4414 common shares per $1,000 principal amount of 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $5.34 per common share). Upon conversion of 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes by a holder, the holder will receive cash, our common shares or a combination of cash and our common shares, at our election.
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement
In September 2014, we closed a $110.0 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility through our subsidiary, Northport TRS, LLC. In March 2015, ING Capital LLC agreed to a commitment increase of $15.0 million on the facility, bringing the agreement's effective commitment to $140.0 million as of March 31, 2015.


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Equity
Total equity at March 31, 2015 was $948.7 million and gave effect to $7.7 million of unrealized losses on our cash flow hedges and $13.1 million of unrealized gains on our available-for-sale portfolio, shown as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.  Equity at December 31, 2014 was $952.1 million and gave effect to $9.0 million of unrealized losses on cash flow hedges and $15.4 million of net unrealized gains on our available-for-sale portfolio, shown as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.  The slight decrease in equity during the three months ended March 31, 2015 was principally due to distributions on the Company's common stock and preferred stock.
Funds from Operations
We evaluate our performance based on several performance measures, including funds from operations, or FFO, and adjusted funds from operations, or AFFO, in addition to net income. We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses on the sale of depreciable real estate, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, real estate-related depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated/uncombined partnerships and joint ventures.
AFFO is a computation made by analysts and investors to measure a real estate company’s operating performance. We calculate AFFO by adding or subtracting from FFO the impact of non-cash accounting items as well as the effects of items that we deem to be non-recurring in nature. We deem transactions to be non-recurring if a similar transaction has not occurred in the past two years, and if we do not expect a similar transaction to occur in the next two years. We adjust for these non-cash and nonrecurring items to analyze our ability to produce cash flow from on-going operations, which we use to pay dividends to our shareholders. Non-cash adjustments to FFO include the following: impairment losses resulting from fair value adjustments on financial instruments; provisions for loan losses; equity investment gains and losses; straight-line rental effects; share based compensation expense; amortization of various deferred items and intangible assets; gains on sales of property that are wholly owned or owned through a joint venture; the cash impact of capital expenditures that are related to our real estate owned; and REIT tax planning adjustments, which primarily relate to accruals for owned properties for which we made a foreclosure election and adjustments to tax estimates with respect to the final resolution of foreclosed property when it is listed for sale. In addition, we calculate AFFO by adding and subtracting from FFO the realized cash impacts of the following: extinguishment of debt, reissuances of debt, sales of property and capital expenditures.
Management believes that FFO and AFFO are appropriate measures of our operating performance in that they are frequently used by analysts, investors and other parties in the evaluation of REITs. Management uses FFO and AFFO as measures of its operating performance, and believes they are also useful to investors because they facilitate an understanding of our operating performance apart from non-cash and non-recurring items, that may not necessarily be indicative of current operating performance and that may not allow accurate period to period comparisons of our operating performance.

While our calculations of AFFO may differ from the methodology used for calculating AFFO by other REITs and our FFO and AFFO may not be comparable to FFO and AFFO reported by other REITs, we also believe that FFO and AFFO may provide us and our investors with an additional useful measure to compare our performance with some other REITs. Neither FFO nor AFFO is equivalent to net income or cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, FFO and AFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties. Neither FFO nor AFFO should be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income as an indicator of our operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of its liquidity.





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The following table reconciles GAAP net income to FFO and AFFO for the periods presented (in thousands):
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2015
 
Per Share Data
 
2014
 
Per Share Data
Net income (loss) allocable to common shares - GAAP
$
9,402

 
$
0.07

 
$
15,116

 
$
0.12

Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Real estate depreciation and amortization

 

 
292

 

   (Gains) Losses on sales of property (1) 
22

 

 
(866
)
 
(0.01
)
   Gains on sale of preferred equity

 

 
(984
)
 
(0.01
)
FFO
9,424

 
0.07

 
13,558

 
0.10

Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash items:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Provision (recovery) for loan losses
3,624

 
0.03

 
(125
)
 

   Amortization of deferred costs (non real estate)
and intangible assets
3,183

 
0.02

 
2,223

 
0.02

   Equity investment (gains) losses
(52
)
 

 
1,282

 
0.01

   Share-based compensation
995

 
0.01

 
1,667

 
0.01

   Impairment losses
59

 

 

 

   Unrealized losses (gains) on CMBS marks - linked
transactions
(2)
(235
)
 

 
(1,763
)
 
(0.01
)
   Unrealized (gains) losses on trading portfolio
(1,164
)
 
(0.01
)
 
442

 

   Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives
416

 

 

 

   Straight-line rental adjustments

 

 
2

 

   Loss on resale of debt
900

 
0.01

 
69

 

   PCM provisions on mortgage servicing rights
550

 
0.01

 
300

 

 Other adjustments
399

 

 

 

REIT tax planning adjustments
317

 

 
957

 
0.01

Cash items:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Gains (losses) on sale of property (1) 
(22
)
 

 
866

 
0.01

   Gains on sale of preferred equity

 

 
984

 
0.01

   Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt
2,880

 
0.02

 
4,532

 
0.04

   Capital expenditures

 

 
(13
)
 

AFFO
$
21,274

 
$
0.16

 
$
24,981

 
$
0.20

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares – diluted
132,304

 
 
 
126,668

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AFFO per share – diluted 
$
0.16

 
 
 
$
0.20

 
 
 
(1)
Amount represents gains/losses on sales of owned real estate as well as sales of joint venture real estate interests that were recorded by us on an equity basis.
(2)
Due to a change in accounting guidance, as of January 1, 2015, the concept of linked transactions no longer exists.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, our principal sources of liquidity were: net proceeds from our 8.0% convertible notes offering on January 13, 2015, of $97.0 million, the return of equity at the close of RCC 2015-CRE3 on February 24, 2015 of $78.0 million, liquidation of Moselle CLO S.A. which returned $29.8 million (which includes $1.0 million of proceeds from forward currency contracts), cash flow from operations and $3.0 million of net proceeds from the sale of our 8.25% Series B Preferred Stock through our ATM program. These sources of liquidity principally constitute our $217.4 million of unrestricted cash at March 31, 2015.  In addition, we had capital available through a CMBS term facility to help finance the purchase of CMBS securities of $70.6 million and $506.3 million combined from two CRE term facilities for the origination of commercial real estate loans.  
For the year ended December 31, 2014, our principal sources of liquidity were net proceeds from the June offering of our 8.625% Series C Preferred Stock of $116.2 million and $56.6 million of net proceeds from the sale of our 8.25% Series B Preferred Stock and 8.50% Series A Preferred Stock through our ATM program. For the year ended December 31, 2014, we also received $30.3 million of sale proceeds from our common stock DRIP. We ended the year with $79.9 million of unrestricted cash on hand, availability of $392.6 million on our CRE term facilities and availability of $70.1 million on our CMBS term facility as of December 31, 2014. On February 25, 2015 at the close of our new securitization, Resource Capital Corp. 2015-CRE3, we repaid $214.1 million, which resulted in us having $512.0 million combined availability on our CRE term facilities.
Our on-going liquidity needs consist principally of funds to make investments, make debt repurchases, make distributions to our stockholders and pay our operating expenses, including management fees.  Our ability to meet our on-going liquidity needs will be subject to our ability to generate cash from operations and, with respect to our investments, our ability to maintain and/or obtain additional debt financing and equity capital together with the funds referred to above.  
During the past 14 months, we have been meeting a significant portion of our debt funding requirements for CRE loans through securitizations. In February 2015, we closed a $346.2 million CRE securitization, our third in the past 14 months, which brings our total to just in excess of $1 billion of mortgage loans financed during that time frame. We will derive substantial operating cash from our equity investments in the securitizations, which do not have the same tests that our CDOs require us to maintain. These CRE securitizations do not have a reinvestment periods; however, principal payments, for a stipulated period, may be used to purchase funding participations with respect to existing collateral held outside of the securitizations. This will allow us to recycle some capital repaid and convert the designated principal for funded companion participation acquisition cash which would otherwise be used to pay down the most senior notes and reduce leverage and potential returns within the securitization.
Historically, we have financed a substantial portion of our portfolio investments through CDOs that essentially match the maturity and repricing dates of these financing vehicles with the maturities and repricing dates of our investments, and, in view of current market conditions, we expect to continue for at least the next 12 months.  We derive substantial operating cash from our equity investments in our CDOs which, if the CDOs fail to meet certain tests, will cease.  Through March 31, 2015, we have not experienced difficulty in maintaining our existing CDO financing and have passed all of the critical tests required by these financings.  However, we cannot assure you that we will continue CDO financing to meet all such critical tests in the future.  If we are unable to renew, replace or expand our sources of existing financing on substantially similar terms, we may be unable to implement our investment strategies successfully and may be required to liquidate portfolio investments.  If required, a sale of portfolio investments could be at prices lower than the carrying value of such assets, which would result in losses and reduced income.










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The following table sets forth the distributions made and coverage test summaries for each of our securitizations for the periods presented (in thousands):
Name
 
Cash Distributions
 
Annualized Interest Coverage Cushion
 
Overcollateralization Cushion
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
Year Ended
December 31,
 
As of March 31,
 
As of March 31,
 
As of Initial
Measurement Date
 
 
2015 (1)
 
2014 (1)
 
2015 (2) (3)
 
2015 (4)
 
Apidos CDO III (5)
 
$
596

 
$
3,551

 
$
2,304

 
$
9,907

 
$
11,269

Apidos Cinco CDO (6)
 
$
2,043

 
$
9,757

 
$
7,004

 
$
20,863

 
$
17,774

RREF 2006-1 (7)
 
$
1,015

 
$
10,172

 
$
3,012

 
$
83,739

 
$
24,941

RREF 2007-1 (8)
 
$
10,340

 
$
7,630

 
$
3,764

 
$
65,073

 
$
26,032

RCC CRE Notes 2013 (9)
 
$
2,871

 
$
11,860

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

RCC 2014-CRE2 (10)
 
$
3,906

 
$
5,463

 
N/A

 
$
20,663

 
$
20,663

RCC 2015-CRE3 (11)
 
$
111

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
$
20,313

 
$
20,313

Moselle CLO S.A. (12)
 
$
28,757

 
$
2,891

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

* The above table does not include Apidos CDO I, Apidos CLO VIII or Whitney CLO I, as these CLOs were previously called and were substantially liquidated.
 
(1)
Distributions on retained equity interests in CDOs (comprised of note investments and preference share ownership) and principal paydowns on notes owned; RREF CDO 2006-1 includes $0 and $4.2 million of principal paydowns during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014, respectively.
(2)
Interest coverage includes annualized amounts based on the most recent trustee statements.
(3)
Interest coverage cushion represents the amount by which annualized interest income expected exceeds the annualized amount payable on all classes of CDO notes senior to the Company's preference shares.
(4)
Overcollateralization cushion represents the amount by which the collateral held by the CDO issuer exceeds the maximum amount required.
(5)
Apidos CDO III's reinvestment period expired in June 2012.
(6)
Apidos Cinco CDO's reinvestment period expired in May 2014.
(7)
RREF CDO 2006-1's reinvestment period expired in September 2011.
(8)
RREF CDO 2007-1's reinvestment period expired in June 2012.
(9)
RCC CRE Notes 2013 closed on December 23, 2013. There is no reinvestment period for the securitization. Additionally, the indenture contains no coverage tests.
(10)
RCC 2014-CRE2 closed on July 30, 2014. There is no reinvestment period for the securitization. Additionally, the indenture contains no interest coverage test provisions.
(11)
RCC 2015-CRE3 closed on February 24, 2015; the first distribution was in March 2015. There is no reinvestment period for the securitization. Additionally, the indenture contains no interest coverage test provisions.
(12)
Moselle CLO S.A. was acquired on February 24, 2014 and the reinvestment period for this securitization expired prior to the acquisition . In December 2014, the Company liquidated Moselle CLO S.A. and, as a result, all of the assets were sold.
At April 30, 2015, after paying our first quarter 2015 common and preferred stock dividends, our liquidity is derived from three primary sources:
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $138.2 million, restricted cash of $500,000 in margin call accounts and $750,000 in the form of real estate escrows, reserves and deposits;
capital available for reinvestment in one of our CRE CDOs of $250,000 and one of our CRE securitizations of $1.9 million, all of which is designated to finance future funding commitments on CRE loans; and
loan principal repayments of $26.8 million that will pay down outstanding CLO note balances as well as interest collections of $3.1 million.
Also, at April 30, 2015, we have financing of $297.1 million and $200.0 million available through two term financing facilities to finance the origination of CRE loans and $75.3 million available through a term financing facility to finance the purchase of CMBS. We also have $57.0 million available through a middle market syndicated revolving credit facility to finance the direct origination of middle market loans and purchase of syndicated bank loans.


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Our leverage ratio may vary as a result of the various funding strategies we use.  As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our leverage ratio was 2.1 times and 1.8 times, respectively.  Our leverage has increased as a result of the increase in borrowings with the issuance of $100.0 million 8.0% Convertible Senior Notes, increased leverage on our CRE portfolio with the close of RCC 2015-CRE3 and increased borrowings on our Northport JPM syndicate facility offset by a reduction of the Wells CRE term facility combined with run-off of CDO and CLO borrowings.
Distributions
In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT and to avoid corporate-level income tax on our income, we intend to make regular quarterly distributions of all or substantially all of our net taxable income to holders of our common stock.  This requirement can impact our liquidity and capital resources. 
The following tables presents dividends declared on a per share basis for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and year ended December 31, 2014.
Common Stock

 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 28
 
$
21,423

 
$
0.16

2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 28
 
$
25,663

 
$
0.20

June 30
 
July 28
 
$
26,179

 
$
0.20

September 30
 
October 28
 
$
26,629

 
$
0.20

December 31
 
January 28, 2015
 
$
26,563

 
$
0.20

Preferred Stock
Series A
 
Series B
 
Series C

 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
Date Paid
 
Total
Dividend Paid
 
Dividend
Per Share
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 

 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 30
 
$
568

 
$
0.53125

 
April 30
 
$
2,960

 
$
0.515625

 
April 30
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625

2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31
 
April 30
 
$
463

 
$
0.53125

 
April 30
 
$
2,057

 
$
0.515625

 
 

 

June 30
 
July 30
 
$
537

 
$
0.53125

 
July 30
 
$
2,378

 
$
0.515625

 
July 30
 
$
1,437

 
$
0.0299479

September 30
 
October 30
 
$
537

 
$
0.53125

 
October 30
 
$
2,430

 
$
0.515625

 
October 30
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625

December 31
 
January 30, 2015
 
$
568

 
$
0.53125

 
January 30, 2015
 
$
2,888

 
$
0.515625

 
January 30, 2015
 
$
2,588

 
$
0.5390625



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Contractual Obligations and Commitments
 
Contractual Commitments
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
Payments due by Period
 
Total
 
Less than
1 year
 
1 – 3 years
 
3 – 5 years
 
More than
5 years
CDOs (1) 
$
481,466

 
$
67,148

 
$

 
$

 
$
414,318

CRE Securitizations
689,220

 

 

 

 
689,220

Repurchase Agreements(2) 
368,397

 
246,710

 
121,687

 

 

Unsecured Junior Subordinated Debentures (3) 
51,256

 

 

 

 
51,256

6.0 % Convertible Notes (4)
108,818

 

 

 
108,818

 

8.0 % Convertible Notes (5)
92,151

 

 

 
92,151

 

Unfunded Commitments on CRE Loans (6)
96,796

 

 
96,796

 

 

Revolver Draws Available on Middle Market Loans (7)
14,603

 

 
4,604

 
9,999

 

Base Management Fees (8) 
13,734

 
13,734

 

 

 

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
132,493

 

 

 
132,493

 

Total
$
2,048,934

 
$
327,592

 
$
223,087

 
$
343,461

 
$
1,154,794

 
(1)
Contractual commitments do not include $800,000, $205,100, $2.3 million, and $5.6 million of interest expense payable through the stated maturity dates of May 2015, May 2015, August 2016, and June 2017, respectively, on Apidos Cinco CDO, Apidos CDO III, RREF 2006-1, and RREF 2007-1.  The maturity date represents the time at which the CDO assets can be sold, resulting in repayment of the CDO notes.
(2)
Contractual commitments include $121,000 of interest expense payable through the maturity date on our repurchase agreements.
(3)
Contractual commitments do not include $43.2 million and $44.2 million of estimated interest expense payable through the maturity dates of June 2036 and October 2036, respectively, on our trust preferred securities.
(4)
Contractual commitments do not include $28.0 million of interest expense payable through the maturity date of December 1, 2018 on our 6.0% convertible senior notes.
(5)
Contractual commitments do not include $40.6 million of interest expense payable through the maturity date of January 15, 2020 on our 8.0% convertible senior notes.
(6)
Unfunded commitments on our originated CRE loans generally fall into two categories: (1) pre-approved capital improvement projects; and (2) new or additional construction costs subject, in each case, to the borrower meeting specified criteria. Upon completion of the improvements or construction, we would receive additional loan interest income on the advanced amount.
(7)
The financing or credit agreements on our originated middle market loans, in some cases, allow for subsequent advances.  All advances require compliance with the contractual criteria and terms as specifically described in the individual financing or credit agreement, and therefore are subject to the approval of the appropriate portfolio manager.  Loans earn income, typically in the form of interest and fees, as specifically outlined in the documentation of each loan. 
(8)
Calculated only for the next 12 months based on our current equity, as defined in our management agreement.  Our management agreement also provides for an incentive fee arrangement that is based on operating performance.  Because the incentive fee is not a fixed and determinable amount, it is not included in this table.
At March 31, 2015, we had eleven interest rate swap contracts with a notional value of $136.1 million.  These contracts are fixed-for-floating interest rate swap agreements under which we contracted to pay a fixed rate of interest for the term of the hedge and will receive a floating rate of interest.  As of March 31, 2015, the average fixed pay rate of our interest rate hedges was 4.78% and our receive rate was either one-month or three-month , LIBOR, or 0.18% or 0.27%, respectively.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
General
As of March 31, 2015, we did not maintain any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or contractually narrow or limited purposes, although we do have interests in unconsolidated entities not established for those purposes. Except as set forth below, as of March 31, 2015, we had not guaranteed obligations of any such unconsolidated entities or entered into any commitment or letter of intent to provide additional funding to any such entities.



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Unfunded Commercial Real Estate Loan Commitments
In the ordinary course of business, we make commitments to borrowers whose loans are in our commercial real estate loan portfolio to provide additional loan funding in the future. These commitments generally fall into two categories: (1) pre-approved capital improvement projects; and (2) new or additional construction costs. Disbursement of funds pursuant to these commitments is subject to the borrower meeting pre-specified criteria. Upon disbursement of funds, we receive loan interest income on any such advanced funds. As of March 31, 2015, we had 39 loans with unfunded commitments totaling $96.8 million, of which $2.5 million will be funded by restricted cash in RCC CRE Notes 2013 and $250,000 will be funded by restricted cash in RREF CDO 2007-1; we intend to fund the remaining $94.0 million through cash flow from normal operating activities and principal repayments on other loans in our portfolio and the ability to fund in our newest securitizations within a specified time period. These commitments are subject to the same underwriting requirements and ongoing portfolio maintenance as are the on-balance sheet financial instruments that we hold. Since these commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
Unfunded Middle Market Loan Commitments
During 2014, we began originating middle-market loans through RCC Commercial, Inc and Resource TRS, LLC. In September 2014, RCC Commercial and Resource TRS, LLC transferred all of the middle-market loans to a newly formed subsidiary of ours, Northport LLC. Resource America is paid origination fees in connection with our middle-market lending operations, and such fees may not exceed 2% of the loan balance for any loan originated. The executed agreements between us and borrowers within our portfolio contain commitments to provide additional loan funding in the future. These commitments generally fall into two categories: (1) revolving credit facility; and (2) additional notes commitments. Disbursement of funds pursuant to these commitments are subject to the borrower meeting pre-specified criteria and in some instances at our discretion. Upon disbursement of funds, we receive loan interest income on any such advanced funds. As of March 31, 2015, we had four loans with unfunded commitments totaling $14.6 million, all of which would be funded by Northport LLC. We intend to fund these commitments through cash flow from normal operating activities. Since these commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.


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ITEM 3 .
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As of March 31, 2015, the primary component of our market risk was interest rate risk, as described below. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we do seek to assume risk that can be quantified from historical experience, to actively manage that risk, to earn sufficient compensation to justify assuming that risk and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risk we undertake or to which we are exposed.
Effect on Fair Value
A component of interest rate risk is the effect changes in interest rates will have on the fair value of our assets. We face the risk that the fair value of our assets will increase or decrease at different rates than that of our liabilities, including our hedging instruments.
We primarily assess our interest rate risk by estimating the duration of our assets and the duration of our liabilities. Duration essentially measures the market price volatility of financial instruments as interest rates change. We generally calculate duration using various financial models and empirical data. Different models and methodologies can produce different duration numbers for the same securities.
The following sensitivity analysis tables show, at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the estimated impact on the fair value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and liabilities of changes in interest rates, assuming rates instantaneously fall 100 basis points and rise 100 basis points (dollars in thousands):
 
March 31, 2015
 
Interest rates fall 100
basis points
 
Unchanged
 
Interest rates rise 100
basis points
CMBS – private placement (1):
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value
$
183,814

 
$
181,515

 
$
179,280

Change in fair value
$
2,299

 
 

 
$
(2,235
)
Change as a percent of fair value
1.27
 %
 
 

 
(1.23
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hedging instruments:
 

 
 

 
 

Fair value
$
(8,993
)
 
$
(7,538
)
 
$
(5,434
)
Change in fair value
$
(1,455
)
 
 

 
$
2,104

Change as a percent of fair value
(19.30
)%
 
 

 
27.91
 %
 
December 31, 2014
 
Interest rates fall 100
basis points
 
Unchanged
 
Interest rates rise 100
basis points
CMBS – private placement (1):
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value
$
197,580

 
$
194,823

 
$
192,146

Change in fair value
2,757

 
 
 
(2,677
)
Change as a percent of fair value
1.42
 %
 
 
 
(1.37
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hedging instruments:
 

 
 

 
 

Fair value
$
(9,883
)
 
$
(8,680
)
 
$
(6,847
)
Change in fair value
(1,203
)
 
 
 
1,833

Change as a percent of fair value
(13.86
)%
 
 
 
21.12
 %
 
(1)Includes the fair value of available-for-sale investments that are sensitive to interest rate change.
For purposes of the table, we have excluded our investments with variable interest rates that are indexed to LIBOR. Because the variable rates on these instruments are short-term in nature, we are not subject to material exposure to movements in fair value as a result of changes in interest rates.

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It is important to note that the impact of changing interest rates on fair value can change significantly when interest rates change beyond 100 basis points from current levels. Therefore, the volatility in the fair value of our assets could increase significantly when interest rates change beyond 100 basis points from current levels. In addition, other factors impact the fair value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and hedging instruments, such as the shape of the yield curve, market expectations as to future interest rate changes and other market conditions. Accordingly, in the event of changes in actual interest rates, the change in the fair value of our assets would likely differ from that shown above and such difference might be material and adverse to our stockholders.
Risk Management
To the extent consistent with maintaining our status as a REIT, we seek to manage our interest rate risk exposure to protect our portfolio of fixed-rate commercial real estate mortgages and CMBS and related debt against the effects of major interest rate changes. We generally seek to manage our interest rate risk by:
monitoring and adjusting, if necessary, the reset index and interest rate related to our mortgage-backed securities and our borrowings;
attempting to structure our borrowing agreements for our CMBS to have a range of different maturities, terms, amortizations and interest rate adjustment periods; and
using derivatives, financial futures, swaps, options, caps, floors and forward sales, to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of our fixed-rate commercial real estate mortgages and CMBS and our borrowing which we discuss in “Financial Condition-Hedging Instruments.”

ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control of Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months 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
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
 
Description
3.1(a)
 
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Resource Capital Corp. (1)
3.1(b)
 
Articles Supplementary 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (16)
3.1(c)
 
Articles Supplementary 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (17)
3.1(d)
 
Articles Supplementary 8.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (18)
3.1(e)
 
Articles Supplementary 8.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (22)
3.1(f)
 
Articles Supplementary 8.625% Fixed-to-Floating Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (9)
3.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Resource Capital Corp. (as Amended January 31, 2014) (12)
4.1(a)
 
Form of Certificate for Common Stock for Resource Capital Corp. (1)
4.1(b)
 
Form of Certificate for 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (13)
4.1(c)
 
Form of Certificate for 8.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (18)
4.1(d)
 
Form of Certificate for 8.625% Fixed-to-Floating Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. (9)
4.2(a)
 
Junior Subordinated Indenture between Resource Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated May 25, 2006. (2)
4.2(b)
 
Amendment to Junior Subordinated Indenture and Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 between Resource Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated October 26, 2009 and effective September 30, 2009. (6)
4.3(a)
 
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement among Resource Capital Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company and the Administrative Trustees named therein, dated May 25, 2006. (2)
4.3(b)
 
Amendment to Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and Preferred Securities Certificate among Resource Capital Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and the Administrative Trustees named therein, dated October 26, 2009 and effective September 30, 2009. (6)
4.4
 
Amended Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 in the principal amount of $25,774,000, dated October 26, 2009. (6)
4.5(a)
 
Junior Subordinated Indenture between Resource Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated September 29, 2006. (3)
4.5(b)
 
Amendment to Junior Subordinated Indenture and Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 between Resource Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated October 26, 2009 and effective September 30, 2009. (6)
4.6(a)
 
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement among Resource Capital Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company and the Administrative Trustees named therein, dated September 29, 2006. (3)
4.6(b)
 
Amendment to Amended and Restated Trust Agreement and Preferred Securities Certificate among Resource Capital Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and the Administrative Trustees named therein, dated October 26, 2009 and effective September 30, 2009. (6)
4.7
 
Amended Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 in the principal amount of $25,774,000, dated October 26, 2009. (6)
4.8(a)
 
Senior Indenture between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, dated October 21, 2013. (25)
4.8(b)
 
First Supplemental Indenture between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 6.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2018). (25)
4.8(c)
 
Form of 6.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2018 (included I Exhibit 4.8(b)).
10.1(a)
 
Second Amended and Restated Management Agreement between Resource Capital Corp, Resource Capital Manager, Inc. and Resource America, Inc.
10.1(b)
 
Amendment No.1 to Second Amended and Restated Management Agreement between Resource Capital Corp, Resource Capital Manager, Inc. and Resource America, Inc. dated as of November 7, 2013.(4)
10.2(a)
 
2005 Stock Incentive Plan. (1)
10.2(b)
 
Form of Stock Award Agreement. (8)
10.2(c)
 
Form of Stock Option Agreement. (8)
10.3(a)
 
Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. (7)
10.3(b)
 
Form of Stock Award Agreement. (27)
10.3(c)
 
Form of Stock Award Agreement (for employees with Resource America, Inc. employment agreements). (27)
10.4
 
Services Agreement between Resource Capital Asset Management, LLC and Apidos Capital Management, LLC, dated February 24, 2011. (11)

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10.5
 
8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.625% Fixed-to-Floating Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated November 19, 2014 among the Company, Resource Capital Manager Inc. and MLV & Co., LLC. (26)
10.6
 
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated September 18, 2014, among Northport TRS, LLC, as borrower, Resource Capital Corp., as guarantor, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders thereto. (19)
12.1
 
Statements re Computation of Ratios
31.1
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
31.2
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
32.1
 
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2
 
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
 99.1(a)
 
Master Repurchase and Securities Contract by and among RCC Commercial, Inc., RCC Real Estate Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February, 1, 2011. (10)
99.1(b)
 
Guarantee Agreement made by Resource Capital Corp. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 1, 2011. (10)
99.2(a)
 
Master Repurchase and Securities Contract for $150,000,000 between RCC Real Estate SPE 4, LLC, as Seller, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Buyer, Dated February 27, 2012. (14)
99.2(b)
 
Guaranty made by Resource Capital Corp. as guarantor, in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 27, 2012 (14)
99.2(c)
 
First Amendment to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract and Other Documents between RCC Real Estate SPE 4, LLC, as seller, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as buyer, dated April 2, 2013. (23)
99.3(a)
 
Master Purchase Agreement by and between RCC Real Estate SPE 5, LLC, as, master seller, and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as buyer, dated as of July 19, 2013. (24)
99.3(b)
 
Guaranty made by the Company for the benefit of Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch, dated July 19, 2013. (24)
99.4(a)
 
Master Repurchase and Securities Contract dated as of June 20, 2014 with Well Fargo Bank, National Association.  (5)
99.4(b)
 
Guarantee Agreement dated as of June 20, 2014, made by Resource Capital Corp., as guarantor, in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. (5)
99.5
 
Federal Income Tax Consequences of our Qualification as a REIT. (20)
101
 
Interactive Data Files
 
(1)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-11, Registration No. 333-126517.
(2)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
(3)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006.
(4)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
(5)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 26, 2014.
(6)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
(7)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on April 16, 2014.
(8)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-132836).
(9)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 9, 2014.
(10)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
(11)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2011.
(12)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2014.
(13)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed on March 18, 2013.
(14)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2012.
(15)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2012.
(16)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on June 8, 2012.
(17)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2012.
(18)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 28, 2012.
(19)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 23, 2014.
(20)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed on March 3, 2014.
(21)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 1, 2012.
(22)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 19, 2013.
(23)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 8, 2013.

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(24)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 25, 2013.
(25)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 21, 2013.
(26)
Filed previously as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 17, 2013.





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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.
 
 
 
RESOURCE CAPITAL CORP.
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
May 11, 2015
 
By:
/s/ David J. Bryant
 
 
 
David J. Bryant
 
 
 
Senior Vice President
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
 
May 11, 2015
 
By:
/s/ Eldron C. Blackwell
 
 
 
Eldron C. Blackwell
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
Chief Accounting Officer



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