UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
X QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
- ------- EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED: JUNE 30, 1998
OR
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: 001-11914
THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
MARYLAND 85-0404134
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
119 E. MARCY STREET
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 87501
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (505) 989-1900
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since
last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all documents and
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.
(1) Yes X No
(2) Yes X No
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the last practicable date.
Common Stock ($.01 par value) 21,974,679 as of August 14, 1998
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THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
INDEX
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Financial Statements
Balance Sheets at June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997................ 3
Statements of Operations for the three months and six months ended
June 30, 1998 and June 30, 1997...................................... 4
Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the three months and six months
ended June 30, 1998.................................................. 5
Statements of Cash Flows for the three months and six months ended
June 30, 1998 and June 30, 1997...................................... 6
Notes to Financial Statements........................................ 7
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations........................... 16
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings....................................................... 30
Item 2. Changes in Securities .................................................. 30
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities ........................................ 30
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders..................... 30
Item 5. Other Information....................................................... 30
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K........................................ 30
SIGNATURES ..................................................................... 31
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
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June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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ASSETS
ARM assets: (Notes 2 and 3)
ARM securities $ 4,393,311 $ 4,519,707
ARM loans held for securitization 578,053 118,987
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4,971,364 4,638,694
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Cash and cash equivalents 4,356 13,780
Accrued interest receivable 40,588 38,353
Receivable for assets sold 39,991 -
Prepaid expenses and other 2,446 289
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$ 5,058,745 $ 4,691,116
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LIABILITIES
Reverse repurchase agreements (Note 3) $ 4,641,708 $ 4,270,170
Other borrowings (Note 3) 7,808 10,018
Accrued interest payable 28,804 39,749
Dividends payable (Note 5) 8,266 11,810
Accrued expenses and other 1,327 1,215
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4,687,913 4,332,962
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Note 6)
Preferred stock: par value $.01 per share;
2,760 shares authorized; 9.68%
Cumulative Convertible Series A, 2,760
and 2,760 issued and outstanding,
respectively; aggregate
preference in liquidation $69,000 65,805 65,805
Common stock: par value $.01 per share;
47,240 shares authorized, 21,989 and 20,280
shares issued and outstanding, respectively 220 203
Additional paid-in-capital 341,501 315,240
Accumulated other comprehensive income (31,229) (19,445)
Notes receivable from stock sales (4,632) (2,698)
Retained earnings (deficit) (833) (951)
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370,832 358,154
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$ 5,058,745 $ 4,691,116
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See Notes to Financial Statements.
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THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
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Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
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Interest income from ARM assets and cash $ 73,019 $ 57,623 $ 149,335 $ 106,622
Interest expense on borrowed funds (65,243) (45,448) (130,132) (83,115)
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Net interest income 7,776 12,175 19,203 23,507
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Gain on sale of ARM assets 1,497 21 3,025 25
Provision for credit losses (453) (210) (841) (400)
Management fee (Note 7) (1,048) (876) (2,075) (1,687)
Performance fee (Note 7) - (781) (759) (1,638)
Other operating expenses (297) (254) (581) (437)
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NET INCOME $ 7,475 $ 10,075 $ 17,972 $ 19,370
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Net income $ 7,475 $ 10,075 $ 17,972 $ 19,370
Dividend on preferred stock (1,670) (1,670) (3,340) (2,912)
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Net income available to common shareholders $ 5,805 $ 8,405 $ 14,632 $ 16,458
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Basic earnings per share $ 0.27 $ 0.50 $ 0.69 $ 0.99
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Diluted earnings per share $ 0.27 $ 0.50 $ 0.69 $ 0.99
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Average number of common shares outstanding 21,796 16,817 21,299 16,566
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See Notes to Financial Statements.
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THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 1998 (Amounts in thousands, except
share data)
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Accumulated Notes
Additional Other Receivable Retained
Preferred Common Paid-in Comprehensive From Stock Earnings/ Comprehensive
Stock Stock Capital Income Sales (Deficit) Income Total
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Balance, December 31, 1997 $ 65,805 $ 203 $ 315,240 $ (19,445) $ (2,698) $ (951) $ 358,154
Comprehensive income:
Net income 10,496 $ 10,496 10,496
Other comprehensive income:
Available-for-sale assets:
Fair value adjustment, net
of amortization - - - (12,448) - - (12,448) (12,448)
Deferred gain on sale of
hedges, net of amortization - - - (338) - - (338) (338)
Other comprehensive ------------
income (loss) $ (2,290)
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Issuance of common
stock (Note 5) - 11 18,213 - (1,934) - 16,290
Dividends declared on
preferred stock - $0.605 per share - - - - - (1,670) (1,670)
Dividends declared on common
stock - $0.375 per share - - - - - (7,984) (7,984)
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Balance, March 31, 1998 65,805 214 333,453 (32,231) (4,632) (109) 362,500
Comprehensive income:
Net income 7,475 $ 7,475 7,475
Other comprehensive income:
Available-for-sale assets:
Fair value adjustment, net
of amortization - - - 1,573 - - 1,573 1,573
Deferred gain on sale of
hedges, net of amortization - - - (571) - - (571) (571)
Other comprehensive ------------
income (loss) $ 8,477
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Issuance of common
stock (Note 5) - 6 8,048 - - - 8,054
Dividends declared on
preferred stock - $0.605 per share - - - - - (1,670) (1,670)
Dividends declared of common
stock - $0.30 per share - - - - - (6,529) (6,529)
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Balance, June 30, 1998 $ 65,805 $ 220 $ 341,501 $ (31,229) $ (4,632) $ (833) $ 370,832
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See Notes to Financial Statements.
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THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
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Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
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Operating Activities:
Net Income $ 7,475 $ 10,075 $ 17,972 $ 19,370
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization 13,054 4,813 23,161 9,172
Net (gain) loss from investing activities (1,044) 189 (2,185) 375
Change in assets and liabilities:
Accrued interest receivable (1,337) (5,182) (2,235) (11,334)
Receivable for assets sold (39,991) - (39,991) -
Prepaid expenses and other 225 127 (2,157) (158)
Accrued interest payable 10,677 (2,258) (10,945) 526
Accrued expenses and other 115 4,306 111 4,766
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Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities (10,826) 12,070 (16,269) 22,717
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Investing Activities:
Available-for-sale ARM securities:
Purchases (459,050) (813,493) (1,152,794) (1,484,058)
Proceeds on sales 141,687 33,669 333,512 34,302
Proceeds from calls 60,900 - 115,779 -
Principal payments 451,193 158,981 781,729 286,035
Held-to-maturity ARM securities:
Principal payments - 12,385 16,152 30,525
ARM Loans:
Purchases (373,947) - (493,972) -
Principal payments 21,429 - 32,663 -
Sales 2,043 - 2,043 -
Purchase of interest rate cap agreements (248) (1,496) (542) (1,894)
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Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities (155,993) (609,954) (365,430) (1,135,090)
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Financing Activities:
Net borrowings from reverse repurchase agreements 171,609 575,393 371,538 1,052,440
Net repayments of other borrowings (1,353) (1,250) (2,210) (2,044)
Proceeds from preferred stock issued - (4) - 65,805
Proceeds from common stock issued 8,054 18,389 24,344 20,418
Dividends paid (9,641) (9,076) (21,397) (16,375)
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Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities 168,669 583,452 372,275 1,120,244
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,850 (14,432) (9,424) 7,871
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 2,506 25,996 13,780 3,693
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 4,356 $ 11,564 $ 4,356 $ 11,564
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
and non-cash activities are included in Note 3.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and highly liquid
investments with original maturities of three months or less. The
carrying amount of cash equivalents approximates their value.
ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGE ASSETS
The Company's adjustable-rate mortgage ("ARM") assets are
comprised of both ARM securities and ARM loans, primarily secured
by single-family residential housing.
Effective this second quarter of 1998, the Company decided to
change its policy regarding its classification of ARM securities
such that each ARM security is classified as available-for-sale.
The Company changed its policy because the remaining amount of
ARM securities classified as held-to-maturity had become a
relatively small percentage of the portfolio, less than 8% of
assets at March 31, 1998, and because it is apparent that as more
mortgage REITs have been formed, that it is industry practice to
carry all mortgage securities as available-for-sale. The Company
had not classified any ARM securities purchased since 1994 as
held-to-maturity and does not expect to do so in the future.
Management has made the determination that all of its ARM
securities should be designated as available-for-sale in order to
be prepared to respond to potential future opportunities in the
market, to sell ARM securities in order to optimize the
portfolio's total return and to retain its ability to respond to
economic conditions that might require the Company to sell assets
in order to maintain an appropriate level of liquidity. Since all
ARM securities are designated as available-for-sale, they are
reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses excluded
from earnings and reported in accumulated other comprehensive
income as a separate component of shareholders' equity.
Management has the intent and ability to hold the Company's ARM
loans for the foreseeable future and until maturity or payoff.
Therefore, they are carried at their unpaid principal balances,
net of unamortized premium or discount and allowance for loan
losses.
Premiums and discounts associated with the purchase of the ARM
assets are amortized into interest income over the lives of the
assets using the effective yield method adjusted for the effects
of estimated prepayments.
ARM asset transactions are recorded on the date the ARM assets
are purchased or sold. Purchases of new issue ARM assets are
recorded when all significant uncertainties regarding the
characteristics of the assets are removed, generally shortly
before settlement date. Realized gains and losses on ARM asset
transactions are determined on the specific identification basis.
CREDIT RISK
The Company limits its exposure to credit losses on its portfolio
of ARM securities by purchasing ARM securities that have an
investment grade rating at the time of purchase and have some
form of credit enhancement or are guaranteed by an agency of the
federal government or are determined to be of equivalent credit
quality as determined by the Manager and approved by the
Company's Board of Directors. An investment grade security
generally has a security rating of BBB or Baa or better by at
least one of two nationally recognized rating agencies, Moody's
Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's, Inc. (the "Rating
Agencies"). Additionally, the Company has also purchased ARM
loans and limits its exposure to credit losses by restricting its
whole loan purchases to ARM loans generally originated to "A"
quality underwriting standards or loans that have at least five
years of pay history and/or low loan to property value ratios.
The Company further limits its exposure to credit losses by
limiting its investment in investment grade securities that are
rated A, or equivalent, BBB, or equivalent, or ARM loans
originated to "A" quality underwriting standards ("Other
Investments") to no more than 30% of the portfolio.
The Company monitors the delinquencies and losses on the
underlying mortgage loans backing its ARM assets. If the credit
performance of the underlying mortgage loans is not as expected,
the Company makes a provision for possible credit losses at a
level deemed appropriate by management to provide for known
losses as well as unidentified potential future losses in its ARM
assets portfolio. The provision is based on management's
assessment of numerous factors affecting its portfolio of ARM
assets including, but not limited to, current and projected
economic conditions, delinquency status, credit losses to date on
underlying mortgages and remaining credit protection. The
provision for ARM securities is made by reducing the cost basis
of the individual security for the decline in fair value which is
other than temporary, and the amount of such write-down is
recorded as a realized loss, thereby reducing earnings. The
Company also makes a monthly provision for possible credit losses
on its portfolio of ARM loans which is an increase to the reserve
for possible loan losses. The provision for possible credit
losses on loans is based on loss statistics of the real estate
industry for similar loans, taking into consideration factors
including, but not limited to, underwriting characteristics,
seasoning, geographic location and current and projected economic
conditions. When a loan or a portion of a loan is deemed to be
uncollectible, the portion deemed to be uncollectible is charged
against the reserve and subsequent recoveries, if any, are
credited to the reserve.
Provisions for credit losses do not reduce taxable income and
thus do not affect the dividends paid by the Company to
shareholders in the period the provisions are taken. Actual
losses realized by the Company do reduce taxable income in the
period the actual loss is realized and would affect the dividends
paid to shareholders for that tax year.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS
The Company purchases interest rate cap agreements (the "Cap
Agreements") to limit the Company's risks associated with the
lifetime or maximum interest rate caps of its ARM assets should
interest rates rise above specified levels. The Cap Agreements
reduce the effect of the lifetime cap feature so that the yield
on the ARM assets will continue to rise in high interest rate
environments as the Company's cost of borrowings also continue to
rise.
Under policies in effect prior to this quarter, Cap Agreements
classified as a hedge against held-to-maturity assets were
initially carried at their fair value as of the time the Cap
Agreements and the related assets are designated as
held-to-maturity with an adjustment to equity for any unrealized
gains or losses at the time of the designation. Any adjustment to
equity is thereafter amortized into interest income as a yield
adjustment in a manner consistent with the amortization of any
premium or discount. All Cap Agreements are now classified as a
hedge against available-for-sale assets and are carried at their
fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as a
separate component of equity, consistent with the reporting of
such assets. The carrying value of the Cap Agreements are
included in ARM securities on the balance sheet. The Company
purchases Cap Agreements by incurring a one-time fee or premium.
The amortization of the premium paid for the Cap Agreements is
included in interest income as a contra item (i.e., expense) and,
as such, reduces interest income over the lives of the Cap
Agreements.
Realized gains and losses resulting from the termination of the
Cap Agreements that were hedging assets classified as
held-to-maturity under previous policies were deferred as an
adjustment to the carrying value of the related assets and are
being amortized into interest income over the terms of the
related assets. Realized gains and losses resulting from the
termination of such agreements that are hedging assets classified
as available-for-sale are initially reported in accumulated other
comprehensive income as a separate component of equity,
consistent with the reporting of those assets, and are thereafter
amortized as a yield adjustment.
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INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS
The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements in order to
manage its interest rate exposure when financing its ARM assets.
Revenues and expenses from the interest rate swap agreements are
accounted for on an accrual basis and recognized as a net
adjustment to interest expense.
INCOME TAXES
The Company has elected to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment
Trust ("REIT") and complies with the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") with respect
thereto. Accordingly, the Company will not be subject to Federal
income tax on that portion of its income that is distributed to
shareholders and as long as certain asset, income and stock
ownership tests are met.
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic EPS amounts are computed by dividing net income (adjusted
for dividends declared on preferred stock) by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS amounts
assume the conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential
common stock instruments unless the effect is to reduce a loss or
increase the earnings per common share.
Following is information about the computation of the earnings
per share data for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1998 and 1997 (Amounts in thousands except per share data):
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Earnings
Income Shares Per Share
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Three Months Ended June 30, 1998
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Net income $ 7,475
Less preferred stock dividends (1,670)
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Basic EPS, income available to
common shareholders 5,805 21,796 $ 0.27
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Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options -
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Diluted EPS $ 5,805 21,796 $ 0.27
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Three Months Ended June 30, 1997
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Net income $ 10,075
Less preferred stock dividends (1,670)
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Basic EPS, income available to
common stockholders 8,405 16,817 $ 0.50
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Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options 148
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Diluted EPS $ 8,405 16,965 $ 0.50
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Earnings
Income Shares Per Share
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Six Months Ended June 30, 1998
Net income $ 17,972
Less preferred stock dividends (3,340)
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Basic EPS, income available to
common shareholders 14,632 21,299 $ 0.69
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Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options 3
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Diluted EPS $ 14,632 21,302 $ 0.69
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Six Months Ended June 30, 1997
Net income $ 19,370
Less preferred stock dividends (2,912)
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Basic EPS, income available to
common stockholders 16,458 16,566 $ 0.99
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Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options 111
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Diluted EPS $ 16,458 16,677 $ 0.99
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The Company has granted options to directors and officers of the
Company and employees of the Manager to purchase 42,784 and
152,120 shares of common stock at average prices of $15.99 and
$19.88 per share during the six months ended June 30, 1998 and
1997, respectively. The conversion of preferred stock was not
included in the computation of diluted EPS because such
conversion would increase the diluted EPS.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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NOTE 2. ADJUSTABLE-RATE MORTGAGE ASSETS AND INTEREST RATE CAP AGREEMENTS
The following tables present the Company's ARM assets as of June 30,
1998 and December 31, 1997. The ARM securities classified as
available-for-sale are carried at their fair value, while the
held-to-maturity ARM securities and ARM loans are carried at their
amortized cost basis (dollar amounts in thousands):
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June 30, 1998:
ARM Securities
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Available- Held-to-
for-Sale Maturity Total ARM Loans
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Principal balance $ 4,256,521 $ - $ 4,256,521 $ 567,919
outstanding
Net unamortized premium 111,000 - 111,000 10,371
Deferred gain from hedging (853) - (853) -
Allowance for losses (1,408) - (1,408) (237)
Interest rate cap 10,908 - 10,908 -
agreements
Principal payment 50,521 - 50,521 -
receivable
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Amortized cost, net 4,426,689 - 4,426,689 578,053
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Gross unrealized gains 11,058 - 11,058 -
Gross unrealized losses (44,436) - (44,436) (2,212)
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Fair value $ 4,393,311 $ - $ 4,393,311 $ 575,841
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Carrying value $ 4,393,311 $ - $ 4,393,311 $ 578,053
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December 31, 1997:
ARM Securities
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Available- Held-to-
for-Sale Maturity Total ARM Loans
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Principal balance $ 3,984,770 $ 386,290 $ 4,371,060 $ 115,996
outstanding
Net unamortized premium 119,133 5,025 124,158 3,033
Deferred gain from hedging - (1,217) (1,217) -
Allowance for losses (1,739) - (1,739) (42)
Interest rate cap 11,144 2,160 13,304 -
agreements
Principal payment 32,337 3,545 35,882 -
receivable
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Amortized cost, net 4,145,645 395,803 4,541,448 118,987
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Gross unrealized gains 11,075 5,609 16,684 -
Gross unrealized losses (32,816) (2,859) (35,675) -
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Fair value $ 4,123,904 $ 398,553 $ 4,522,457 $ 118,987
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Carrying value $ 4,123,904 $ 395,803 $ 4,519,707 $ 118,987
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During the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company realized
$1,712,000 in gains and $215,000 in losses on the sale of $142.2
million of ARM securities. During the same period of 1997, the
Company realized $21,000 in gains on the sale of $33.6 million of ARM
securities. All of the ARM securities sold were classified as
available-for-sale.
During the six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company realized
$3,498,000 in gains and $473,000 in losses on the sale of $332.5
million of ARM securities. During the same period of 1997, the
Company realized $25,000 in gains on the sale of $34.3 million of ARM
securities. All of the ARM securities sold were classified as
available-for-sale.
As of June 30, 1998, the Company had reduced the cost basis of its
ARM securities due to potential future credit losses (other than
temporary declines in fair value) in the amount of $1,408,000. At
June 30, 1998, the Company is providing for potential future credit
losses on two assets that have an aggregate carrying value of $13.2
million, which represent less than 0.3% of the Company's total
portfolio of ARM assets. Both of these assets are performing and one
has some remaining credit support that mitigates the Company's
exposure to potential future credit losses. Additionally, during the
first six months of 1998, the Company, in accordance with its credit
policies, recorded a $195,000 provision for potential credit losses
on its loan portfolio, although no actual losses have been realized
in the loan portfolio to date.
The following table summarizes the activity for the allowance for
losses on ARM loans for the six months ended June 30, 1998 (dollar
amounts in thousands):
Beginning balance $ 42
Provision for losses 195
Charge-offs, net 0
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Ending balance $ 237
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As of June 30, 1998, the Company had commitments to purchase $50.2
million of ARM assets.
The average effective yield on the ARM assets owned was 5.94% as of
June 30, 1998 and 6.38% as of December 31, 1997. The average
effective yield is based on historical cost and includes the
amortization of the net premium paid for the ARM assets and the Cap
Agreements, the impact of ARM principal payment receivables and the
amortization of deferred gains from hedging activity.
As of June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, the Company had purchased
Cap Agreements with a remaining notional amount of $4.188 billion and
$4.156 billion, respectively. The notional amount of the Cap
Agreements purchased decline at a rate that is expected to
approximate the amortization of the ARM assets. Under these Cap
Agreements, the Company will receive cash payments should the
one-month, three-month or six-month London InterBank Offer Rate
("LIBOR") increase above the contract rates of the Cap Agreements
which range from 7.50% to 13.00% and average approximately 10.10%.
The Company's ARM assets portfolio had an average lifetime interest
rate cap of 11.52%. The Cap Agreements had an average maturity of 2.8
years as of June 30, 1998. The initial aggregate notional amount of
the Cap Agreements declines to approximately $3.460 billion over the
period of the agreements, which expire between 1999 and 2004. The
Company has credit risk to the extent that the counterparties to the
cap agreements do not perform their obligations under the Cap
Agreements. If one of the counterparties does not perform, the
Company would not receive the cash to which it would otherwise be
entitled under the conditions of the Cap Agreement. In order to
mitigate this risk and to achieve competitive pricing, the Company
has entered into Cap Agreements with six different counterparties,
five of which are rated AAA, and one is rated AA.
NOTE 3. REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER BORROWINGS
The Company has entered into reverse repurchase agreements to finance
most of its ARM assets. The reverse repurchase agreements are secured
by the market value of the Company's ARM assets and bear interest
rates that have historically moved in close relationship to LIBOR.
As of June 30, 1998, the Company had outstanding $4.642 billion of
reverse repurchase agreements with a weighted average borrowing rate
of 5.80% and a weighted average remaining maturity of 1.9 months. As
of June 30, 1998, $1.446 billion of the Company's reverse repurchase
agreements were variable-rate term reverse repurchase agreements with
original maturities that range from three months to one year. The
interest rates of these term reverse repurchase agreements are
indexed to either the one or three-month LIBOR rate and reprice
accordingly. In addition, as of June 30, 1998, $520.0 million of the
Company's reverse repurchase agreements were collateralized by whole
loans under one year financing agreements that are indexed to the
one-month LIBOR rate and reprice either daily or once a month. The
reverse repurchase agreements at June 30, 1998 were collateralized by
ARM assets with a carrying value of $4.978 billion, including accrued
interest.
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At June 30, 1998, the reverse repurchase agreements had the following
remaining maturities (dollars in thousands):
Within 30 days $ 2,153,569
30 to 90 days 1,807,523
91 days to one year 680,616
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$ 4,641,708
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As of June 30, 1998, the Company was a counterparty to nine interest
rate swap agreements having an aggregate notional balance of $704
million. Seven of these agreements with a notional balance of $444
million have a weighted average remaining term of 29.5 months and the
remaining two are cancelable monthly. In accordance with these
agreements, the Company will pay a fixed rate of interest during the
term of these agreements and receive a payment that varies monthly
with the one-month LIBOR rate. As a result of entering into these
agreements, the Company has reduced the interest rate variability of
its cost to finance its ARM securities by increasing the average
period until the next repricing of its borrowings from 37 days to 120
days.
The Company has a line of credit agreement which provides for
short-term borrowings of up to $25 million collateralized by the
Company's principal and interest receivables. As of June 30, 1998,
there was no balance outstanding under this agreement.
As of June 30, 1998, the Company had financed a portion of its
portfolio of interest rate cap agreements with $7.8 million of other
borrowings which require quarterly or semi-annual payments until the
year 2000. These borrowings have a weighted average fixed rate of
interest of 7.90% and have a weighted average remaining maturity of
1.5 years. The other borrowings financing cap agreements at June 30,
1998 were collateralized by ARM securities with a carrying value of
$12.0 million, including accrued interest. The aggregate maturities
of these other borrowings are as follows (dollars in thousands):
1998 $ 2,299
1999 4,877
2000 632
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$ 7,808
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During the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the total cash paid for
interest was $55.7 million.
NOTE 4. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair
values of the Company's financial instruments at June 30, 1998 and
December 31, 1997. Financial Accounting Standard Board ("FASB")
Statement No. 107, Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial
Instruments, defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the
amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current
transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or
liquidation sale (dollar amounts in thousands):
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<CAPTION>
June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets:
ARM assets $4,970,615 $ 4,968,403 $4,634,612 $ 4,639,513
Cap agreements 749 749 4,082 1,931
Liabilities:
Other borrowings 7,808 7,960 10,018 10,321
Swap agreements 27 644 (50) 184
</TABLE>
The above carrying amounts for assets are combined in the balance
sheet under the caption ARM assets. The carrying amount for assets
categorized as available-for-sale is their fair value whereas the
carrying amount for assets held-to-maturity is their amortized cost.
The fair values of the Company's ARM securities, ARM loans and cap
agreements are based on market prices provided by certain dealers who
make markets in these financial instruments or third-party pricing
services. The fair value of the Company's long-term debt and interest
rate swap agreements, which are off-balance sheet financial
instruments, are based on market values provided by dealers who are
familiar with the terms of the long-term debt and swap agreements.
The fair values reported reflect estimates and may not necessarily be
indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a current
market exchange. Cash and cash equivalents, interest receivable,
reverse repurchase agreements and other liabilities are reflected in
the financial statements at their amortized cost, which approximates
their fair value because of the short-term nature of these
instruments.
NOTE 5. COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK
During the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company issued 554,000
shares of common stock under its dividend reinvestment and stock
purchase plan ("DRP") and received net proceeds of $8.1 million. For
the six month period ended June 30, 1998, the Company issued
1,581,000 shares of common stock under its DRP and received net
proceeds of $24.3 million.
On June 19, 1998, the Company declared a second quarter dividend of
$0.30 per common share which was paid on July 10, 1998 to common
shareholders of record as of June 30, 1998. Additionally, the Company
declared a second quarter dividend of $0.605 per share to the
shareholders of the Series A 9.68% Cumulative Convertible Preferred
Stock which was also paid on July 10, 1998 to preferred shareholders
of record as of June 30, 1998. For federal income tax purposes such
dividends are ordinary income to the Company's common and preferred
shareholders, subject to year-end allocations of the common dividend
between ordinary income and capital gain income, depending on the
composition of the Company's full year income.
On July 13, 1998, the Board of Directors approved a common stock
repurchase program of up to 500,000 shares at prices below book
value, subject to availability of shares and other market conditions.
The Company has also purchased shares in the open market on behalf of
the participants in its DRP when the stock price is trading below
book value instead of issuing new shares below book value. In
accordance with the terms and conditions of the DRP, the Company pays
the brokerage commission in connection with these purchases.
On August 7, 1998, the Board of Directors approved a rescheduling of
the Company's quarterly board meetings and the declaration, record
and payment dates of its regular cash dividend on its common stock.
Under the new schedule, the Board of Directors will meet after the
close of each quarter end, enabling them to review actual quarterly
financial results as they consider the declaration of common
dividends. This action does not effect the dividend dates in
connection with the Company's Series A 9.68% Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Shares.
NOTE 6. STOCK OPTION PLAN
The Company has a Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") which
authorizes the granting of options to purchase an aggregate of up to
1,800,000 shares, but not more than 5% of the outstanding shares of
the Company's common stock. The Plan authorizes the Board of
Directors, or a committee of the Board of Directors, to grant
Incentive Stock Options ("ISOs") as defined under section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, options not so qualified
("NQSOs"), Dividend Equivalent Rights ("DERs"), Stock Appreciation
Rights ("SARs"), and Phantom Stock Rights ("PSRs").
The exercise price for any options granted under the Plan may not be
less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares of the common
stock at the time the option is granted. Options become exercisable
six months after the date granted and will expire ten years after the
date granted, except options granted in connection with an offering
of convertible preferred stock, in which case such options become
exercisable if and when the convertible preferred stock is converted
into common stock.
The Company issued DERs at the same time as ISOs and NQSOs based upon
a formula defined in the Plan. During 1998 the number of DERs issued
is based on 35% of the ISOs and NQSOs granted during 1998. The number
of PSRs issued are based on the level of the Company's dividends and
on the price of the Company's stock on the related dividend payment
date and is equivalent to the cash that otherwise would be paid on
the outstanding DERs and previously issued PSRs.
During the six month period ended June 30, 1998, there were 42,784
options granted to buy common shares at an average exercise price of
$15.99 along with 14,981 DERs. As of June 30, 1998, the Company had
595,402 options outstanding at exercise prices of $9.375 to $22.625
per share, 436,698 of which were exercisable. The weighted average
exercise price of the options outstanding was $17.71 per share. As of
the June 30, 1998, there were 75,062 DERs granted, of which 45,032
were vested, and 3,136 PSRs granted. In addition, the Company
recorded an expense associated with the DERs and the PSRs of $4,000
for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 and $21,000 for the six months
ended June 30, 1998.
Notes receivable from stock sales has resulted from the Company
selling shares of common stock through the exercise of stock options.
The notes have maturity terms ranging from 3 years to 9 years and
accrue interest at rates that range from 5.40% to 6.00% per annum. In
addition, the notes are full recourse promissory notes and are
secured by a pledge of the shares of the Common Stock acquired.
Interest, which is credited to paid-in-capital, is payable quarterly,
with the balance due at the maturity of the notes. The payment of the
notes will be accelerated only upon the sale of the shares of Common
Stock pledged for the notes. The notes may be prepaid at any time at
the option of each borrower.
NOTE 7. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Company has a Management Agreement (the "Agreement") with
Thornburg Mortgage Advisory Corporation ("the Manager"). Under the
terms of this Agreement, the Manager, subject to the supervision of
the Company's Board of Directors, is responsible for the management
of the day-to-day operations of the Company and provides all
personnel and office space. The Agreement provides for an annual
review by the unaffiliated directors of the Board of Directors of the
Manager's performance under the Agreement.
The Company pays the Manager an annual base management fee based on
average shareholders' equity, adjusted for liabilities that are not
incurred to finance assets ("Average Shareholders' Equity" or
"Average Net Invested Assets" as defined in the Agreement) payable
monthly in arrears as follows: 1.1% of the first $300 million of
Average Shareholders' Equity, plus 0.8% of Average Shareholders'
Equity above $300 million.
For the quarters ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, the Company paid the
Manager $1,048,000 and $876,000, respectively, in base management
fees in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. For the six month
periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, the Company paid the Manager
base management fees of $2,075,000 and $1,687,000, respectively.
The Manager is also entitled to earn performance based compensation
in an amount equal to 20% of the Company's annualized net income,
before performance based compensation, above an annualized Return on
Equity equal to the ten year U.S. Treasury Rate plus 1%. For purposes
of the performance fee calculation, equity is generally defined as
proceeds from issuance of common stock before underwriter's discount
and other costs of issuance, plus retained earnings. For the quarter
ended June 30, 1998, the Company did not pay the Manager any
performance based compensation because the Company's net income, as
measured by Return on Equity, did not exceed the ten year U.S.
Treasury Rate plus 1%. For the quarter ended June 30, 1997, the
Company paid the Manager $781,000 in performance based compensation
in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and for the six month
periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, the Company paid the Manager
performance based compensation in the amounts of $759,000 and
$1,638,000, respectively.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Certain information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q constitute
"Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, which can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will,"
"expect," "anticipate," "estimate," or "continue" or the negatives thereof or
other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Investors are cautioned that
all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but
not limited to, risks related to the future level and relationship of various
interest rates, prepayment rates and the timing of new programs. The statements
in the "Risk Factors" of the Company's Prospectus Supplement dated July 14, 1997
and the "Effects of Interest Rate Changes" in this Report on Form 10-Q
constitute cautionary statements identifying important factors, including
certain risks and uncertainties, with respect to such forward-looking statements
that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company
to differ materially from those reflected in such forward-looking statements.
GENERAL
Thornburg Mortgage Asset Corporation (the "Company") is a mortgage acquisition
company that primarily invests in adjustable-rate and hybrid mortgage ("ARM")
assets comprised of ARM securities and ARM loans, thereby indirectly providing
capital to the single family residential housing market. Hybrid assets, which
are included in the Company's ARMs portfolio, have an interest rate that is
fixed for an initial period of time, generally 3 to 5 years, and then convert to
an adjustable-rate for the balance of the term of the loan. ARM securities
represent interests in pools of ARM loans, which often include guarantees or
other credit enhancements against losses from loan defaults. While the Company
is not a bank or savings and loan, its business purpose, strategy, method of
operation and risk profile are best understood in comparison to such
institutions. The Company leverages its equity capital using borrowed funds,
invests in ARM assets and seeks to generate income based on the difference
between the yield on its ARM assets portfolio and the cost of its borrowings.
The corporate structure of the Company differs from most lending institutions in
that the Company is organized for tax purposes as a real estate investment trust
("REIT") and therefore generally passes through substantially all of its
earnings to shareholders without paying federal or state income tax at the
corporate level.
The Company's ARM assets portfolio may consist of either agency or privately
issued (generally publicly registered) mortgage pass-through securities,
multiclass pass-through securities, collateralized mortgage obligations
("CMOs"), ARM loans or short-term investments that either mature within one year
or have an interest rate that reprices within one year. Beginning in 1998, the
Company began to acquire loans and securities backed by hybrid loans. Hybrid
assets have an interest rate that is fixed for an initial period of time,
generally 3 to 5 years, and then convert to an adjustable-rate for the balance
of the term of the loan. The Company will not invest more than 20% of its ARM
assets in hybrids and will limit its interest rate repricing mismatch (the
difference between the remaining fixed-rate period of a hybrid and the maturity
of the fixed-rate liability funding a hybrid) to approximately one year.
The Company's investment policy is to invest at least 70% of total assets in
High Quality adjustable-rate, variable-rate and hybrid mortgage securities and
short-term investments. High Quality means:
(1) securities that are unrated but are guaranteed by the U.S. Government or
issued or guaranteed by an agency of the U.S. Government;
(2) securities which are rated within one of the two highest rating
categories by at least one of either Standard & Poor's Corporation or
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.(the "Rating Agencies"); or
(3) securities that are unrated or whose ratings have not been updated but
are determined to be of comparable quality (by the rating standards of
at least one of the Rating Agencies) to a High Quality rated mortgage
security, as determined by the Manager (as defined below) and approved
by the Company's Board of Directors.
The remainder of the Company's ARM portfolio, comprising not more than 30% of
total assets, may consist of Other Investment assets, which may include:
(1) adjustable-rate, variable-rate or hybrid pass-through certificates,
multi-class pass-through certificates or CMOs backed by loans on
single-family, multi-family, commercial or other real estate-related
properties so long as they are rated at least Investment Grade, or
equivalent to such a rating as determined by management and approved by
the Board of Directors, at the time of purchase. "Investment Grade"
generally means a security rating of BBB or Baa or better by at least
one of the Rating Agencies;
(2) ARM loans secured by first liens on single-family residential
properties, generally underwritten to "A" quality standards, and
acquired for the purpose of future securitization; or
(3) a limited amount, currently $20 million as authorized by the Board of
Directors, of less than investment grade classes of ARM securities that
are created as a result of the Company's loan acquisition and
securitization efforts.
Since inception, the Company has generally invested less than 15% of its total
assets in Other Investment securities. The Company believes that, due to recent
changes in the mortgage industry and the current real estate environment, a
strategy to selectively increase its investment in Other Investment assets can
provide attractive benefits to the Company such that the total return of these
investments would be commensurate with their higher risk and not significantly
affect the ARM portfolio's overall high credit quality. The Company's ARM
portfolio is currently comprised of approximately 3.5% of Other Investment
securities. The Company may increase its investment in Other Investment
securities, specifically classes of multi-class pass-through certificates, which
may benefit from future credit rating upgrades as senior classes of these
securities pay off or have the potential to increase in value as a result of the
appreciation of underlying real estate values.
The Company has also acquired ARM loans for the purpose of future securitization
into ARM securities for the Company's investment portfolio. As of June 30, 1998,
11.6% of the Company's ARM portfolio consisted of ARM loans held for future
securitization. The Company believes that its strategy to securitize ARM loans
will provide the Company with either higher yielding investments or an
additional source for whole pool assets, and give the Company greater
flexibility over the characteristics of the ARM assets originated and held in
its investment portfolio. The Company plans on securitizing the loans that it
acquires in order to continue its current strategy of owning high quality,
liquid ARM securities and financing them in the reverse repurchase market
because the Company believes this strategy will increase the portfolio's total
return and result in a higher net spread when considering the cost of financing
and credit provisions. In pursuing this strategy the Company will likely have a
higher degree of credit risk than when acquiring securities directly from the
market. In order to limit the credit risk associated with this strategy, the
Company expects to acquire third party credit guarantees that protect the
Company from credit risk above levels specified in the guarantees. However, any
additional credit risk will be consistent with the Company's objectives of
maintaining a portfolio with a high level of credit quality that provides an
attractive return on equity.
The Company does not invest in REMIC residuals or other CMO residuals and,
therefore does not create excess inclusion income or unrelated business taxable
income for tax exempt investors. Therefore, the Company is a mortgage REIT
eligible for purchase by tax exempt investors, such as pension plans, profit
sharing plans, 401(k) plans, Keogh plans and Individual Retirement Accounts
("IRAs").
FINANCIAL CONDITION
At June 30, 1998, the Company held total assets of $5.059 billion, $4.971
billion of which consisted of ARM assets, as compared to $4.691 billion and
$4.639 billion, respectively, at December 31, 1997. Since commencing operations,
the Company has purchased either ARM securities (backed by agencies of the U.S.
government or privately-issued, generally publicly registered, mortgage assets,
most of which are rated AA or higher by at least one of the Rating Agencies) or
ARM loans, including hybrids, generally originated to "A" quality underwriting
standards. At June 30, 1998, 84.9% of the assets held by the Company were High
Quality assets, exceeding the Company's investment policy minimum requirement of
investing at least 70% of its total assets in High Quality ARM assets and cash
and cash equivalents. Approximately 98% of the Company's ARM loans, which
comprise 11.6% of the ARMs portfolio, are expected to be securitized into AAA
securities which would bring the Company's High Quality assets up to over 95% of
total ARMs. Of the ARM assets currently owned by the Company, 78.3% are
adjustable-rate mortgage pass-through certificates that are backed by ARM loans.
The remainder are floating rate classes of CMOs (7.1%), investments in floating
rate classes of trusts backed by mortgaged-backed assets (3.0%) or ARM loans
(11.6%).
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The following table presents a schedule of ARM assets owned at June 30, 1998 and
December 31, 1997 classified by High Quality and Other Investment assets and
further classified by type of issuer and by ratings categories.
ARM ASSETS BY ISSUER AND CREDIT RATING
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
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<CAPTION>
June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Carrying Portfolio Carrying Portfolio
Value Mix Value Mix
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
HIGH QUALITY:
FHLMC/FNMA $ 2,925,999 58.9% $ 3,117,937 67.2%
Privately Issued:
AAA/Aaa Rating 618,569 12.4 476,615 10.3
AA/Aa Rating 676,377 13.6 782,206 16.8
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Total Privately Issued 1,294,946 26.0 1,258,821 27.1
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Total High Quality 4,220,945 84.9 4,376,758 94.3
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OTHER INVESTMENT:
Privately Issued:
A Rating 97,444 2.0 115,055 2.5
BBB/Baa Rating 61,702 1.2 17,625 0.4
BB/Ba Rating and Other 13,220 0.3 10,269 0.2
Whole loans 578,053 11.6 118,987 2.6
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Total Other Investment 750,419 15.1 261,936 5.7
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Total ARM Portfolio $ 4,971,364 100.0% $ 4,638,694 100.0%
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</TABLE>
As of June 30, 1998, the Company had reduced the cost basis of its ARM
securities by $1,408,000 due to potential future credit losses (other than
temporary declines in fair value). The Company is providing for potential future
credit losses on two securities that have an aggregate carrying value of $13.2
million, which represent less than 0.3% of the Company's total portfolio of ARM
assets. Both of these assets continue to perform and one has some minimal
remaining credit support to mitigate the Company's exposure to potential future
credit losses.
Additionally, during the three and six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company
recorded a $136,000 and a $195,000 provision, respectively, for potential credit
losses on its loan portfolio, although no actual losses have been realized in
the loan portfolio to date. The Company's credit reserve policy regarding ARM
loans is to record a monthly provision of 0.15% (annualized rate) on the
outstanding principal balance of loans (including loans securitized by the
Company for which the Company has retained first loss exposure), subject to
adjustment on certain loans or pools of loans based upon factors such as, but
not limited to, age of the loans, borrower payment history, low loan-to-value
ratios and quality of underwriting standards applied by the originator.
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The following table classifies the Company's portfolio of ARM assets by type of
interest rate index.
ARM ASSETS BY INDEX
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Carrying Portfolio Carrying Portfolio
Value Mix Value Mix
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ARM ASSETS:
INDEX:
One-month LIBOR $ 461,661 9.3% $ 115,198 2.5%
Three-month LIBOR 150,419 3.0 31,215 0.7
Six-month LIBOR 1,219,373 24.5 1,489,802 32.1
Six-month Certificate of Deposit 417,975 8.4 278,386 6.0
Six-month Constant Maturity Treasury 59,601 1.2 66,669 1.4
One-year Constant Maturity Treasury 1,927,964 38.8 2,271,914 49.0
Cost of Funds 457,916 9.2 385,510 8.3
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4,694,909 94.4 4,638,694 100.0
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HYBRID ARM ASSETS 276,455 5.6 - 0.0
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$ 4,971,364 100.0% $ 4,638,694 100.0%
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</TABLE>
The portfolio had a current weighted average coupon of 7.44% at June 30, 1998.
If the portfolio had been "fully indexed," the weighted average coupon would
have been approximately 7.51%, based upon the composition of the portfolio and
the applicable indices at June 30, 1998. As of December 31, 1997, the portfolio
had a weighted average coupon of 7.56% and if the portfolio had been "fully
indexed," the weighted average coupon would have been approximately 7.64%, based
upon the composition of the portfolio and the applicable indices at that time.
At June 30, 1998, the current yield of the ARM assets portfolio was 5.94%,
compared to 6.38% as of December 31, 1997, with an average term to the next
repricing date of 173 days as of June 30, 1998, compared to 110 days as of
December 31, 1997. The increase in the number of days until the next repricing
of the ARMs is primarily due to the hybrid loans acquired by the Company during
the quarter ended June 30, 1998, which, in general, do not reprice for three to
five years from their origination date. The current yield includes the impact of
the amortization of applicable premiums and discounts, the cost of hedging, the
amortization of the deferred gains from hedging activity and the impact of
principal payment receivables.
The reduction in the yield as of June 30, 1998, compared to December 31, 1997,
is primarily because of the higher rate of ARM portfolio prepayments which have
occurred during the first six months of 1998. The higher level of prepayments
increased the amount of premium amortization expense and increased the impact of
non-interest earning assets in the form of principal payment receivables. The
constant prepayment rate ("CPR") of the Company's ARM portfolio was 34% during
the second quarter of 1998 compared to 27% during the first quarter of 1998 and
compared to 24% during the fourth quarter of 1997. The lower coupon of 7.44%
decreased the ARM portfolio yield by 0.12% as of June 30, 1998 compared to the
end of 1997 and, additionally, higher premium amortization and the higher
balance of principal payment receivables decreased the portfolio yield by 0.33%,
which was partially offset by a 0.01% decrease in the net cost of hedging.
During the three months ended June 30, 1998, the Company purchased $459.0
million of ARM securities, 93.6% of which were High Quality assets, and $373.9
million of ARM loans, generally originated to "A" quality underwriting standards
or seasoned loans with over five years of good payment history and/or low
loan-to-value ratios. Of the ARM assets acquired during this period,
approximately 33% were hybrids, 29% were indexed to LIBOR, 25% were indexed to
Certificate of Deposit rates, 7% were indexed to U.S. Treasury bill rates and 6%
were indexed to a Cost of Funds Index.
During the six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company purchased $1,152.8
million of ARM securities, 95.6% of which were High Quality assets, and $494.0
million of ARM loans, generally originated to "A" quality underwriting standards
or seasoned loans with over five years of good payment history and/or low
loan-to-value ratios. Of the ARM assets acquired during the first six months of
1998, approximately 39% were indexed to LIBOR, 18% were indexed to a Cost of
Funds Index, 17% were hybrids, 13% were indexed to Certificate of Deposit rates,
12% were indexed to U.S. Treasury bill rates and the remaining 1% to other
indices. Although a larger proportion of fixed-rate loans compared to ARM loans
are being originated in the current market, the Company has continued to find
sufficient attractive ARM asset acquisition opportunities to reinvest its cash
flows and to continue its asset growth while maintaining the high quality credit
profile of the ARM portfolio.
The Company sold ARM assets in the amount of $332.5 million at a net gain of
$3,025,000 and $142.2 million at a net gain of $1,497,000 during the first six
months and three months of 1998, respectively. These sales reflect the Company's
desire to manage the portfolio with a view to enhancing the total return of the
portfolio. The Company monitors the performance of its individual ARM assets and
generally sells an asset when there is an opportunity to replace it with an ARM
asset that has an expected higher long-term yield or more attractive interest
rate characteristics. Most of the ARMs sold during the three months ended June
30, 1998 were indexed to a Cost of Funds index, which is not an index the
Company prefers to own long-term since it does not generally perform well during
periods of rising interest rates. The Company is presented with investment
opportunities in the ARM assets market on a daily basis and management evaluates
such opportunities against the performance of its existing ARM assets. At times,
the Company is able to identify opportunities that it believes will improve the
total return of its ARM assets portfolio by replacing selected assets. In
managing the portfolio, the Company may at times realize either gains or losses
in the process of replacing selected assets when it believes it has identified
better investment opportunities in order to improve long-term total return.
For the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company's mortgage assets paid down at
an approximate average annualized constant prepayment rate of 34% compared to
22% for the quarter ended June 30, 1997 and 27% for the quarter ended March 31,
1998. When prepayment experience exceeds expectations, the Company has to
amortize its net purchase premiums over a shorter time period, resulting in a
reduced yield to maturity on the Company's ARM assets. Conversely, if actual
prepayment experience is less than the assumed constant prepayment rate, the
premium would be amortized over a longer time period, resulting in a higher
yield to maturity. The Company monitors its prepayment experience on a monthly
basis in order to adjust the amortization of the net premium, as appropriate.
The fair value price of the Company's portfolio of ARM assets classified as
available-for-sale declined by 0.23% from a negative adjustment of 0.52% of the
portfolio as of December 31, 1997, to a negative adjustment of 0.75% as of June
30, 1998. This price decline was primarily because of increased future
prepayment expectations which have the effect of shortening the average life of
the Company's ARM assets and decreasing their market value. The amount of the
negative adjustment to fair value on the ARM assets classified as
available-for-sale increased from $21.7 million as of December 31, 1997, to
$33.4 million as of June 30, 1998. As of June 30, 1998, all of the Company's ARM
assets are classified as available-for-sale and are carried at their fair value.
The Company has purchased Cap Agreements in order to limit its exposure to risks
associated with the lifetime interest rate caps of its ARM assets should
interest rates rise above specified levels. The Cap Agreements act to reduce the
effect of the lifetime or maximum interest rate cap limitation. The Cap
Agreements purchased by the Company will allow the yield on the ARM assets to
continue to rise in a high interest rate environment just as the Company's cost
of borrowings would continue to rise, since the borrowings do not have any
interest rate cap limitation. At June 30, 1998, the Cap Agreements owned by the
Company had a remaining notional balance of $4.188 billion with an average final
maturity of 2.8 years, compared to a remaining notional balance of $4.156
billion with an average final maturity of 3.1 years at December 31, 1997.
Pursuant to the terms of the Cap Agreements, the Company will receive cash
payments if the one-month, three-month or six-month LIBOR index increases above
certain specified levels, which range from 7.50% to 13.00% and average
approximately 10.10%. The fair value of these Cap Agreements also tends to
increase when general market interest rates increase and decrease when market
interest rates decrease, helping to partially offset changes in the fair value
of the Company's ARM assets. At June 30, 1998, the fair value of the Cap
Agreements was $0.7 million, $10.2 million less than the amortized cost of the
Cap Agreements.
<PAGE>
The following table presents information about the Company's Cap Agreement
portfolio as of June 30, 1998:
CAP AGREEMENTS STRATIFIED BY STRIKE PRICE
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Hedged Weighted Cap Agreement Weighted
ARM Assets Average Notional Average
Balance (1) Life Cap Balance Strike Price Remaining Term
---------------- ------------- --------------- ------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$ 458,704 8.76% $ 459,479 7.50% 1.8 Years
542,019 9.80 540,693 8.00 3.8
194,397 10.13 194,660 8.50 1.7
298,248 10.47 298,562 9.00 1.5
148,874 10.85 150,940 9.50 2.3
321,273 11.10 319,199 10.00 3.9
443,432 11.51 443,334 10.50 2.3
377,513 12.10 377,952 11.00 3.4
566,866 12.65 566,756 11.50 4.0
568,012 13.34 566,436 12.00 2.6
175,024 14.52 176,410 12.50 1.9
42,725 14.43 94,003 13.00 1.6
-------------- ============= ============= ============= =================
$ 4,137,087 11.42% $ 4,188,424 10.15% 2.8 Years
============== ============= ============= ============= =================
</TABLE>
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(1) 92% of the ARM assets' balance, which approximates the financed
portion. Excludes ARM assets that do not have life caps or are
hybrids that are match funded during a fixed rate period, in
accordance with the Company's investment policy.
As of June 30, 1998, the Company was a counterparty to nine interest rate swap
agreements having an aggregate notional balance of $704 million. Seven of these
agreements with a notional balance of $444 million have a weighted average
remaining term of 29.5 months and the remaining two are cancelable monthly. In
accordance with these agreements, the Company will pay a fixed rate of interest
during the term of these agreements and receive a payment that varies monthly
with the one-month LIBOR rate. As a result of entering into these agreements,
the Company has reduced the interest rate variability of its cost to finance its
ARM securities by increasing the average period until the next repricing of its
borrowings from 37 days to 120 days. Six of the swap agreements entered into by
the Company during the quarter ended June 30, 1998 with a notional balance of
$244 million were entered into for the purpose of hedging the interest rate
repricing mismatch of its hybrid assets (the difference between the remaining
fixed-rate period of a hybrid and the maturity of the fixed-rate liability
funding a hybrid) to within approximately one year, in connection with the
Company's investment policy regarding hybrids.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
For the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company's net income was $7,475,000, or
$0.27 per share (Basic EPS), based on a weighted average of 21,796,000 shares
outstanding. That compares to $10,075,000, or $0.50 per share (Basic EPS), based
on a weighted average of 16,817,000 shares outstanding for the quarter ended
June 30, 1997. Net interest income for the quarter totaled $7,776,000, compared
to $12,175,000 for the same period in 1997. Net interest income is comprised of
the interest income earned on mortgage investments less interest expense from
borrowings. During the second quarter of 1998, the Company recorded a gain on
the sale of ARM securities of $1,497,000 as compared to a gain of $21,000 during
the same period of 1997. Additionally, during the second quarter of 1998, the
Company reduced its earnings and the carrying value of its ARM assets by
reserving $453,000 for potential credit losses, compared to $210,000 during the
second quarter of 1997. During the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company
incurred operating expenses of $1,345,000, consisting of a base management fee
of $1,048,000, and other operating expenses of $297,000. There was no
performance based fee earned by the Manager during the quarter. During the same
period of 1997, the Company incurred operating expenses of $1,911,000,
consisting of a base management fee of $876,000, a performance-based fee of
$781,000 and other operating expenses of $254,000. Total operating expenses
decreased as a percentage of average assets to 0.10% for the three months ended
June 30, 1998, compared to 0.22% for the same period of 1997.
The Company's return on average common equity was 6.8% for the quarter ended
June 30, 1998 compared to 13.5% for the quarter ended June 30, 1997 and compared
to 10.9% for the prior quarter ended March 31, 1998. The primary reason for the
lower return on average common equity is the Company's lower interest rate
spread, discussed further below, partially offset by the higher level of gains
recorded this quarter on the sale of ARM securities and lower operating
expenses.
The table below highlights the historical trend and the components of return on
average common equity (annualized) and the 10-year U S Treasury average yield
during each respective quarter which is applicable to the computation of the
performance fee:
COMPONENTS OF RETURN ON AVERAGE COMMON EQUITY (1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ROE in
Excess of
Net Gain (Loss) Net 10-Year 10-Year
Interest Provision on ARM G & A Performance Preferred Income/ US Treas. US Treas.
For The Income/ For Losses/ Sales/ Expense (2)/ Fee/ Dividend/ Equity Average Average
Quarter Ended Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity (ROE) Yield Yield
-------------- --------- ------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- --------- --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mar 31, 1996 13.37% - 0.03% 1.04% 1.27% - 11.08% 5.90% 5.18%
Jun 30, 1996 13.14% - - 1.00% 0.92% - 11.22% 6.72% 4.50%
Sep 30, 1996 13.42% 0.34% 0.88% 1.03% 1.07% - 11.86% 6.78% 5.08%
Dec 31, 1996 14.99% 1.32% 1.38% 1.46% 1.23% - 12.37% 6.35% 6.02%
Mar 31, 1997 18.85% 0.32% 0.01% 1.65% 1.43% 2.07% 13.40% 6.55% 6.85%
Jun 30, 1997 19.48% 0.34% 0.03% 1.81% 1.25% 2.67% 13.45% 6.71% 6.74%
Sep 30, 1997 17.66% 0.30% 0.45% 1.64% 1.24% 2.23% 12.70% 6.26% 6.44%
Dec 31, 1997 15.62% 0.33% 1.06% 1.59% 1.01% 2.12% 11.63% 5.92% 5.71%
Mar 31, 1998 14.13% 0.48% 1.89% 1.62% 0.94% 2.06% 10.91% 5.60% 5.31%
Jun 30, 1998 9.15% 0.53% 1.76% 1.58% 0.00% 1.96% 6.83% 5.60% 1.23%
<FN>
(1) Average common equity excludes unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale ARM securities.
(2) Excludes performance fees.
</FN>
</TABLE>
The decline in the Company's return on common equity from the second quarter of
1997 and from the first quarter of 1998 to the second quarter of 1998 is
primarily due to the decline in the net interest spread between the Company's
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities from 0.90% as of June
30, 1997 and 0.50% as of March 31, 1998, to 0.13% as of June 30, 1998. The
primary reasons for these declines continues to be the relationship between the
one-year U. S. Treasury yield and LIBOR and the impact of the increased rate of
ARM prepayments. From June 30, 1997 to June 30, 1998, the one-year U.S. Treasury
yield declined by approximately 0.30% while LIBOR rates applicable to the
Company's borrowings decreased by only 0.04%, creating a negative spread as of
June 30, 1998 of -0.32. Approximately 39% of the Company's ARM assets are
indexed to the one-year U. S. Treasury bill yield and, therefore, the yield on
such assets declined with the index. To put this in historical perspective, the
one-year U.S. Treasury bill yield had a spread of -0.26% to the average of the
one- and three-month LIBOR rate as of December 31, 1997, compared to having a
spread of -0.02% at December 31, 1996, 0.04% on average during 1996 and -0.07%
on average during 1995. For the five-year period from 1993 to 1997, the average
spread was 0.15%. The average spread during the three month period ended June
30, 1998 was -0.27%, which is a modest improvement from the spread during the
previous quarter of -0.34%. The Company does not know when or if the
relationship between the one-year U. S. Treasury bill yield and LIBOR will
return to historical norms, but the Company's spreads are expected to improve if
that occurs. The Company's ARM portfolio yield also was lower during the second
quarter of 1998 compared to the second quarter of 1997 and the first quarter of
1998 because of an increase in the prepayment rate of ARM assets. During the
second quarter of 1998, the average prepayment rate was 34%, compared to 27%
during the first quarter of 1998 and compared to 22% during the comparable
period in 1997. The impact of this was to increase the average amount of
non-interest-earning assets in the form of principal payments receivable as well
as to increase the amortization expense related to writing off the Company's
premiums and discounts. The Company generally amortizes its premiums and
discounts on a monthly basis based on the most recent three-month average of the
prepayment rate of its ARM assets, thereby adjusting its amortization to current
market conditions, which is reflected in the yield of the ARM portfolio.
As a REIT, the Company is required to declare dividends amounting to 85% of each
year's taxable income by the end of each calendar year and to have declared
dividends amounting to 95% of its taxable income for each year by the time it
files its applicable tax return and, therefore, generally passes through
substantially all of its earnings to shareholders without paying federal income
tax at the corporate level. Since the Company, as a REIT, pays its dividends
based on taxable earnings, the dividends may at times be more or less than
reported earnings. As of June 30, 1998, the Company had a retained deficit of
$833,000 because its dividends, which consisted entirely of taxable income, were
higher than its reported earnings, principally because of loss provisions
recorded that are not deductible for tax purposes until actually realized. The
following table provides a reconciliation between the Company's earnings as
reported based on generally accepted accounting principles and the Company's
taxable income before its' common dividend deduction:
RECONCILIATION OF REPORTED NET INCOME TO TAXABLE NET INCOME
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Three Month Period Ending June 30,
----------------------------------
1998 1997
---------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C>
Net income $ 7,475 $ 10,075
Additions:
Provision for credit losses 453 210
Net compensation related items 72 -
Deductions:
Dividend on Series A (1,670) (1,670)
Preferred Shares
Actual credit losses on (411) (42)
ARM securities
============== ==============
Taxable net income $ 5,919 $ 8,573
============== ==============
</TABLE>
The following table highlights the quarterly dividend history of the Company's
common shares:
COMMON DIVIDEND SUMMARY
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Common Common Cumulative
Taxable Taxable Dividend Dividend Undistributed
For The Net Net Income Declared Pay-out Taxable
Quarter Ended Income (1) Per Share (2) Per Share (2) Ratio (3) Net Income
--------------- ------------ --------------- --------------- ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mar 31, 1996 $ 5,118 $ 0.41 $ 0.40 97% $ 188
Jun 30, 1996 6,169 0.42 0.40 103% (18)
Sep 30, 1996 6,708 0.42 0.40 96% 250
Dec 31, 1996 8,164 0.50 0.45 89% 1,115
Mar 31, 1997 8,226 0.50 0.48 95% 1,505
Jun 30, 1997 8,573 0.51 0.49 99% 1,603
Sep 30, 1997 9,737 0.51 0.50 100% 1,560
Dec 31, 1997 9,207 0.46 0.50 110% 629
Mar 31, 1998 8,645 0.42 0.375 93% 1,233
Jun 30, 1998 5,919 0.27 0.30 111% 556
<FN>
(1) Taxable net income after preferred dividends.
(2) Weighted average common shares outstanding.
(3) Common dividend declared divided into applicable quarter's taxable
income available to common shareholders.
</FN>
</TABLE>
As of June 30, 1998, the Company's yield on its ARM assets portfolio, including
the impact of the amortization of premiums and discounts, the cost of hedging,
the amortization of deferred gains from hedging activity and the impact of
principal payment receivables, was 5.94%, compared to 6.67% as of June 30,
1997-- a decrease of 0.73%, and compared to 6.24% as of March 31, 1998 -- a
decrease of 0.30%. The Company's cost of funds as of June 30, 1998, was 5.81%,
compared to 5.77% as of June 30, 1997 -- an increase of 0.04%, and compared to
5.74% as of March 31, 1998 - an increase of 0.07%. As a result of these changes,
the Company's net interest spread as of June 30, 1998 was 0.13%, compared to
0.90% as of June 30, 1997 and compared to 0.50% as of March 31, 1998. The
decline in the net interest spread is largely attributable to the decline in the
ARM portfolio yield as discussed above. The increase in the Company's cost of
funds is generally the result of extending the average next repricing date of
the Company's borrowings and the impact of financing a larger proportion of
loans as compared to securities. The Company extended the average number of days
until the next repricing of its borrowings to 120 days as of June 30, 1998 from
36 days as of March 31, 1998 in connection with the Company's acquisition of
hybrids which, in accordance with the Company's investment policy, require a
matching of fixed rate financing during a portion of the fixed rate period of
hybrids (to within approximately one year of the end of the hybrid's fixed rate
period). During the period of time when the Company is accumulating loans for
securitization, the Company incurs a higher cost of funds to finance ARM loans
as compared to securities. Once the loans are securitized, the Company expects
to realize a benefit in its cost of funds and an improvement in its return from
securitized loans as compared to the return from the loans prior to their
securitization. The Company is attempting to securitize a large portion of the
loans held as of June 30, 1998 during the third quarter of 1998.
The following table highlights the components of net interest spread and the
annualized yield on net interest-earning assets as of each applicable quarter
end:
COMPONENTS OF NET INTEREST SPREAD AND YIELD ON NET INTEREST EARNING
ASSETS (1)
(Dollar amounts in millions)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARM Assets
Average ------------------------------------ Yield on Yield on
Interest Wgt. Avg. Weighted Interest Net Net Interest
As of the Earning Fully Indexed Average Yield Earning Cost of Interest Earning
Quarter Ended Assets Coupon Coupon Adj. (2) Assets Funds Spread Assets
------------- ----------- ------------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- -------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mar 31, 1996 $ 2,025.8 7.56% 7.48% 0.99% 6.49% 5.60% 0.89% 1.32%
Jun 30, 1996 2,248.2 7.83% 7.28% 0.85% 6.43% 5.59% 0.84% 1.32%
Sep 30, 1996 2,506.0 7.80% 7.31% 0.80% 6.51% 5.71% 0.80% 1.32%
Dec 31, 1996 2,624.4 7.61% 7.57% 0.93% 6.64% 5.72% 0.92% 1.34%
Mar 31, 1997 2,950.6 7.93% 7.53% 0.89% 6.65% 5.67% 0.98% 1.54%
Jun 30, 1997 3,464.1 7.75% 7.57% 0.90% 6.67% 5.77% 0.90% 1.39%
Sep 30, 1997 4,143.7 7.63% 7.65% 1.07% 6.58% 5.79% 0.79% 1.22%
Dec 31, 1997 4,548.9 7.64% 7.56% 1.18% 6.38% 5.91% 0.47% 0.96%
Mar 31, 1998 4,859.7 7.47% 7.47% 1.23% 6.24% 5.74% 0.50% 0.92%
Jun 30, 1998 4,918.3 7.51% 7.44% 1.50% 5.94% 5.81% 0.13% 0.56%
<FN>
(1) Yield on Net Interest Earning Assets is computed by dividing annualized
net interest income by the average daily balance of interest earning
assets.
(2) Yield adjustments include the impact of amortizing premiums and
discounts, the cost of hedging activities, the amortization of deferred
gains from hedging activities and the impact of principal payment
receivables. The following table presents these components of the yield
adjustments for the dates presented in the table above:
</FN>
</TABLE>
COMPONENTS OF THE YIELD ADJUSTMENTS ON ARM ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Impact of Amort. of
Premium/ Principal Deferred Gain Total
As of the Discount Payments Hedging from Hedging Yield
Quarter Ended Amort. Receivable Activity Activity Adjustment
------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mar 31, 1996 0.77% 0.11% 0.31% (0.20)% 0.99%
Jun 30, 1996 0.67% 0.07% 0.27% (0.16)% 0.85%
Sep 30, 1996 0.57% 0.08% 0.25% (0.10)% 0.80%
Dec 31, 1996 0.69% 0.09% 0.23% (0.08)% 0.93%
Mar 31, 1997 0.63% 0.13% 0.19% (0.07)% 0.89%
Jun 30, 1997 0.66% 0.13% 0.16% (0.05)% 0.90%
Sep 30, 1997 0.85% 0.12% 0.15% (0.05)% 1.07%
Dec 31, 1997 0.94% 0.14% 0.14% (0.04)% 1.18%
Mar 31, 1998 0.98% 0.16% 0.13% (0.04)% 1.23%
Jun 30, 1998 1.24% 0.17% 0.13% (0.04)% 1.50%
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
The following table reflects the average balances for each category of the
Company's interest earning assets as well as the Company's interest bearing
liabilities, with the corresponding effective rate of interest annualized for
the quarters ended June 30, 1998 and 1997:
AVERAGE BALANCE AND RATE TABLE
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the Quarter Ended For the Quarter Ended
June 30, 1998 June 30, 1997
------------------------- -------------------------
Average Effective Average Effective
Balance Rate Balance Rate
------------- --------- ------------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Interest Earning Assets:
ARM assets $ 4,913,708 5.94% $ 3,444,058 6.66%
Cash and cash equivalents 4,581 3.40 20,059 5.78
---------- ------- ---------- -------
4,918,289 5.94 3,464,117 6.65
---------- ------- ---------- -------
Interest Bearing Liabilities:
Borrowings 4,528,635 5.76 3,155,664 5.76
---------- ------- ---------- -------
Net Interest Earning Assets and Spread $ 389,654 0.18% $ 308,453 0.89%
========== ======= ========== =======
Yield on Net Interest Earning Assets (1) 0.63% 1.41%
======== =======
<FN>
(1) Yield on Net Interest Earning Assets is computed by dividing annualized
net interest income by the average daily balance of interest earning assets.
</FN>
</TABLE>
As a result of the yield on the Company's interest-earning assets declining to
5.94% during the second quarter of 1998 from 6.65% during the second quarter of
1997 and the Company's cost of funds remaining the same at 5.76% during both
time periods, its net interest income decreased by $4,399,000. This decrease in
net interest income is a combination of rate and volume variances. There was a
combined unfavorable rate variance of $6,316,000, which was almost entirely the
result of a lower yield on the Company's ARM assets portfolio and other
interest-earning assets. The increased average size of the Company's portfolio
during the second quarter of 1998 compared to the same period of 1997
contributed to higher net interest income in the amount of $1,917,000. The
average balance of the Company's interest-earning assets was $4.918 billion
during the second quarter of 1998 compared to $3.464 billion during the second
quarter of 1997 -- an increase of 42%.
During the second quarter of 1998, the Company realized a net gain from the sale
of ARM securities in the amount of $1,497,000 as compared to $21,000 during the
second quarter of 1997. These sales reflect the Company's desire to manage the
portfolio with a view to enhancing the total return of the portfolio over the
long-term while generating current earnings during this period of fast
prepayments and narrow interest spreads. The Company monitors the performance of
its individual ARM assets and selectively sells an asset when there is an
opportunity to replace it with an ARM asset that has an expected higher
long-term yield or more attractive interest rate characteristics. The Company
sold $142.2 million ARM assets during the second quarter, most of which were
indexed to a Cost of Funds index, which is not an index the Company prefers to
own long-term since it does not generally perform well during periods of rising
interest rates. While the Company has been selling selected assets, it has been
able to reinvest the proceeds in ARM assets that are indexed to indices
currently preferred by the Company and at prices that reflect current market
assumptions regarding prepayments speeds and interest rates. Thus far, the newly
purchased ARM assets, as a whole, have been performing better than the portfolio
acquired before 1998. Additionally, the Company recorded an expense for credit
losses in the amount of $453,000 during the quarter ended June 30, 1998,
compared to $210,000 during the same period of 1997. The Company continued its
provision level on the two ARM securities for which it has been providing
$300,000 per quarter for credit losses on both securities and, in accordance
with its credit reserve policy for loans, also recorded a provision of $136,000
on its ARM loan portfolio and $17,000 on its portfolio of loans securitized by
the Company on which the Company retained the first loss credit exposure.
For the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company's ratio of operating expenses
to average assets was 0.10% as compared to 0.22% for the same quarter of 1997
and as compared to 0.16% for the previous quarter ended March 31, 1998. The
Company's expense ratios are among the lowest of any company investing in
mortgage assets, giving the Company what it believes to be a significant
competitive advantage over more traditional mortgage portfolio lending
institutions such as banks and savings and loans. This competitive advantage
enables the Company to operate with less risk, such as credit and interest rate
risk, and still generate an attractive long-term return on equity when compared
to these more traditional mortgage portfolio lending institutions. The Company
pays the Manager an annual base management fee, generally based on average
shareholders' equity, not assets, as defined in the Management Agreement,
payable monthly in arrears as follows: 1.1% of the first $300 million of Average
Shareholders' Equity, plus 0.8% of Average Shareholders' Equity above $300
million. Since this management fee is based on shareholders' equity and not
assets, this fee increases as the Company successfully accesses capital markets
and raises additional equity capital and is, therefore, managing a larger amount
of invested capital on behalf of its shareholders. In order for the Manager to
earn a performance fee, the rate of return on the shareholders' investment, as
defined in the Management Agreement, must exceed the average ten-year U.S.
Treasury rate during the quarter plus 1%. During the second quarter of 1998, the
Manager did not earn a performance fee because the Company's return on equity
declined to 6.8%. As presented in the following table, the performance fee is a
variable expense that fluctuates with the Company's return on shareholders'
equity relative to the average 10-year U.S. Treasury rate.
The following table highlights the quarterly trend of operating expenses as a
percent of average assets:
ANNUALIZED OPERATING EXPENSE RATIOS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Management Fee & Total
For The Other Expenses/ Performance Fee/ G & A Expense/
Quarter Ended Average Assets Average Assets Average Assets
-------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Mar 31, 1996 0.09% 0.12% 0.21%
Jun 30, 1996 0.10% 0.09% 0.19%
Sep 30, 1996 0.10% 0.10% 0.20%
Dec 31, 1996 0.13% 0.11% 0.24%
Mar 31, 1997 0.14% 0.11% 0.25%
Jun 30, 1997 0.13% 0.09% 0.22%
Sep 30, 1997 0.12% 0.09% 0.21%
Dec 31, 1997 0.12% 0.05% 0.17%
Mar 31, 1998 0.10% 0.06% 0.16%
Jun 30, 1998 0.10% 0.00% 0.10%
</TABLE>
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
For the six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company's net income was
$17,972,000, or $0.69 per share (Basic EPS), based on a weighted average of
21,299,000 shares outstanding. That compares to $19,370,000, or $0.99 per share
(Basic EPS), based on a weighted average of 16,566,000 shares outstanding for
the six months ended June 30, 1997. Net interest income for the quarter totaled
$19,203,000, compared to $23,507,000 for the same period in 1997. Net interest
income is comprised of the interest income earned on mortgage investments less
interest expense from borrowings. During the first six months of 1998, the
Company recorded a gain on the sale of ARM securities of $3,025,000 as compared
to a gain of $25,000 during the same period of 1997. Additionally, during the
first half of 1998, the Company reduced its earnings and the carrying value of
its ARM assets by reserving $841,000 for potential credit losses, compared to
$400,000 during the first half of 1997. During the six months ended June 30,
1998, the Company incurred operating expenses of $3,415,000, consisting of a
base management fee of $2,075,000, a performance-based fee of $759,000 and other
operating expenses of $581,000. During the same period of 1997, the Company
incurred operating expenses of $3,762,000, consisting of a base management fee
of $1,687,000, a performance-based fee of $1,638,000 and other operating
expenses of $437,000. Total operating expenses decreased as a percentage of
average assets to 0.13% for the six months ended June 30, 1998, compared to
0.23% for the same period of 1997.
The Company's return on average common equity was 8.8% for the six months ended
June 30, 1998 compared to 13.4% for the six months ended June 30, 1997. The
primary reason for the lower return on average common equity is the Company's
lower interest rate spread, as discussed below, partially offset by the higher
level of gains recorded this period on the sale of ARM securities and lower
operating expenses.
The primary reasons for the decline in the Company's net interest spread, which
resulted in lower net interest income during the six month period ended June 30,
1998 as compared to the same period of 1997, continue to be the relationship
between the one-year U. S. Treasury yield and LIBOR and the impact of increased
ARM prepayment speeds. As discussed above, the average spread between the
one-year U. S. Treasury yield and the average of one- and three-month LIBOR was
0.04% during 1996 and -0.07% during 1995 as compared to a spread of -0.32% as of
June 30, 1998 and an average spread of -0.30% for the six months ended June 30,
1998. As mentioned above, for the five-year period from 1993 to 1997, the
average spread was 0.15%. The Company does not know when or if the relationship
between the one-year U. S. Treasury bill yield and LIBOR will return to
historical norms, but the Company's spreads are expected to improve if that
occurs. The Company's ARM portfolio yield also was lower during the first half
of 1998 compared to the first half of 1997 because of an increase in the
prepayment rate of ARM assets. During the first half of 1998, the average
prepayment rate was 30%, compared to 22% during the comparable period in 1997.
The impact of this was to increase the average amount of non-interest-earning
assets in the form of principal payments receivable as well as to increase the
amortization expense related to writing off the Company's premiums and
discounts.
The following table reflects the average balances for each category of the
Company's interest earning assets as well as the Company's interest bearing
liabilities, with the corresponding effective rate of interest annualized for
the six month periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997:
AVERAGE BALANCE AND RATE TABLE
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
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For the Six Month For the Six Month
Period Ended Period Ended
June 30, 1998 June 30, 1997
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Interest Earning Assets:
Adjustable-rate mortgage assets $ 4,880,450 6.11% $ 3,190,153 6.65%
Cash and cash equivalents 8,564 4.15 17,203 5.57
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4,889,014 6.11 3,207,356 6.65
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Interest Bearing Liabilities:
Borrowings 4,503,922 5.78 2,912,848 5.71
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Net Interest Earning Assets and Spread $ 385,092 0.33% $ 294,508 0.94%
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Yield on Net Interest Earning Assets (1) 0.79% 1.47%
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(1) Yield on Net Interest Earning Assets is computed by dividing annualized
net interest income by the average daily balance of interest earning assets.
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As a result of the yield on the Company's interest-earning assets declining to
6.11% during the first half of 1998 from 6.65% during the first half of 1997 and
the Company's cost of funds increasing to 5.78% from 5.71% for the same
respective time periods, its net interest income decreased by $4,305,000. This
decrease in net interest income is a combination of rate and volume variances.
There was a combined unfavorable rate variance of $9,814,000, which consisted of
an unfavorable variance of $8,768,000 resulting from the lower yield on the
Company's ARM assets portfolio and other interest-earning assets and an
unfavorable variance of $1,046,000 resulting from an increase in the Company's
cost of funds. The increased average size of the Company's portfolio during the
first half of 1998 compared to the same period of 1997 contributed to higher net
interest income in the amount of $5,509,000. The average balance of the
Company's interest-earning assets was $4.889 billion during the first half of
1998 compared to $3.207 billion during the first half of 1997 -- an increase of
52%.
During the first half of 1998, the Company realized a net gain from the sale of
ARM securities in the amount of $3,025,000 as compared to $25,000 during the
first half of 1997. As discussed above, these sales reflect the Company's desire
to manage the portfolio with a view to enhancing the total return of the
portfolio over the long-term while generating current earnings during this
period of fast prepayments and narrow interest spreads. The Company monitors the
performance of its individual ARM assets and selectively sells an asset when
there is an opportunity to replace it with an ARM asset that has an expected
higher long-term yield or more attractive interest rate characteristics. The
Company sold $333.5 million of ARM assets during the first six months of 1998,
most which were either indexed to a Cost of Funds index or were prepaying faster
than expected. While the Company has been selling selected assets, it has been
able to reinvest the proceeds in ARM assets that are indexed to indices
preferred by the Company and at prices that reflect current market assumptions
regarding prepayments speeds and interest rates and thus far, as a whole, they
have been performing better than the portfolio acquired before 1998.
Additionally, the Company recorded an expense for credit losses in the amount of
$841,000 during the six months ended June 30, 1998, compared to $400,000 during
the same period of 1997. The Company continued its provision level on the two
ARM securities for which it provided $600,000 for credit losses during this six
month period and, in accordance with its credit reserve policy for loans, also
recorded a provision of $195,000 on its ARM loan portfolio and $46,000 on its
portfolio of loans securitized by the Company on which the Company retained the
first loss credit exposure.
For the six months ended June 30, 1998, the Company's ratio of operating
expenses to average assets was 0.13% as compared to 0.23% for the same period of
1997. The primary reason for the decline in operating expenses is the variable
nature of the performance based fee paid to the Manager, which is based on the
performance of the Company relative to the average 10-year U.S. Treasury rate
during the applicable period. During the second quarter of 1998, the Manager did
not earn a performance fee because the Company's return on equity declined to
6.8% and, as a result, for the six month period of 1998, the Manager was paid
$759,000 as compared to $1,638,000 for the same period of 1997.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's primary source of funds for the quarters ended June 30, 1998 and
1997 consisted of reverse repurchase agreements, which totaled $4.642 billion
and $3.512 billion at the respective quarter ends. Another significant source of
funds for the Company for the quarters ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 consisted of
payments of principal and interest from its ARM assets portfolio in the amounts
of $559.2 million and $228.2 million, respectively. In addition, during the
quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company received $141.7 million from the sale
of ARM assets and $60.9 million in proceeds from ARM assets that were called
during the quarter. In the future, the Company expects its primary sources of
funds will consist of borrowed funds under reverse repurchase agreement
transactions with one- to twelve-month maturities, of monthly payments of
principal and interest on its ARM assets portfolio and possibly asset sales as
needed. The Company's liquid assets generally consist of unpledged ARM assets,
cash and cash equivalents.
The borrowings incurred at June 30, 1998 had a weighted average interest cost of
5.81%, which includes the cost of interest rate swaps, a weighted average
original term to maturity of 4.5 months and a weighted average remaining term to
maturity of 1.9 months. As of June 30, 1998, $1.446 billion of the Company's
reverse repurchase agreements were variable-rate term reverse repurchase
agreements with original maturities that range from three months to one year.
The interest rates of these term reverse repurchase agreements are indexed to
either the one or three-month LIBOR rate and reprice accordingly. In addition,
as of June 30, 1998, $520.0 million of the Company's reverse repurchase
agreements were collateralized by whole loans under one year financing
agreements that are indexed to the one-month LIBOR rate and reprice either daily
or once a month.
The Company has borrowing arrangements with 25 different financial institutions
and on June 30, 1998, had borrowed funds under reverse repurchase agreements
with 19 of these firms. Because the Company borrows money based on the fair
value of its ARM assets and because increases in short-term interest rates can
negatively impact the valuation of ARM assets, the Company's borrowing ability
could be limited and lenders may initiate margin calls in the event short-term
interest rates increase or the value of the Company's ARM assets declines for
other reasons. Additionally, certain of the Company's ARM assets are rated less
than AA by the Rating Agencies and have less liquidity than assets that are
rated AA or higher. Other mortgage assets which are rated AA or higher by the
Rating Agencies derive their credit rating based on a mortgage pool insurer's
rating. As a result of either changes in interest rates, credit performance of a
mortgage pool or a downgrade of a mortgage pool issuer, the Company may find it
difficult to borrow against such assets and, therefore, may be required to sell
certain mortgage assets in order to maintain liquidity. If required, these sales
could be at prices lower than the carrying value of the assets, which would
result in losses. For the quarter ended June 30, 1998, the Company had adequate
cash flow, liquid assets and unpledged collateral with which to meet its margin
requirements during such periods. Further, the Company believes it will continue
to have sufficient liquidity to meet its future cash requirements from its
primary sources of funds for the foreseeable future without needing to sell
assets.
In December 1996, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, registering
the sale of up to $200 million of additional equity securities, was declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This registration statement
includes the possible issuances of common stock, preferred stock, warrants or
shareholder rights. As of June 30, 1998, the Company had $109 million of its
securities registered for future sale under this Registration Statement.
The Company has a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the "DRP")
designed to provide a convenient and economical way for existing common and
preferred shareholders to automatically reinvest their dividends in additional
shares of common stock and for new and existing shareholders to purchase shares
at a discount to the current market price of the common stock, as defined in the
DRP. As a result of participation during the three months ended June 30, 1998 in
the DRP, the Company issued 554,000 new shares of common stock and received $8.1
million of new equity capital.
On July 13, 1998, the Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase
program of up to 500,000 shares at prices below book value, subject to
availability of shares and other market conditions. As the Company repurchases
common shares at prices below book value, book value per share and earnings per
share are expected to benefit. The Company has also purchased shares in the open
market on behalf of the participants in its DRP when the stock price is trading
below book value instead of issuing new shares below book value. In accordance
with the terms and conditions of the DRP, the Company pays the brokerage
commission in connection with these purchases.
On August 7, 1998, the Board of Directors approved a rescheduling of the
Company's quarterly board meetings and the declaration, record and payment dates
of its regular cash dividend on its common stock. Under the new schedule, the
Board of Directors will meet after the close of each quarter end, enabling them
to review actual quarterly financial results as they consider the declaration of
common dividends. This action is also expected to provide a modest benefit to
the financial results of the Company as the Company will be able to retain
earnings over each quarter end, allowing the Company to leverage this additional
capital for an extended period of time, generating additional income for
shareholders when the additional assets are invested at a positive effective
margin. This action does not effect the dividend dates in connection with the
Company's Series A 9.68% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares.
EFFECTS OF INTEREST RATE CHANGES
Changes in interest rates impact the Company's earnings in various ways. While
the Company only invests in ARM assets, rising short-term interest rates may
temporarily negatively affect the Company's earnings and conversely falling
short-term interest rates may temporarily increase the Company's earnings. This
impact can occur for several reasons and may be mitigated by portfolio
prepayment activity as discussed below. First, the Company's borrowings will
react to changes in interest rates sooner than the Company's ARM assets because
the weighted average next repricing date of the borrowings is usually a shorter
time period. Second, interest rates on ARM loans are generally limited to an
increase of either 1% or 2% per adjustment period (commonly referred to as the
periodic cap) and the Company's borrowings do not have similar limitations.
Third, the Company's ARM assets lag changes in the indices due to the notice
period provided to ARM borrowers when the interest rate on their loans are
scheduled to change. The periodic cap only affects the Company's earnings when
interest rates move by more than 1% per six-month period or 2% per year.
The rate of prepayment on the Company's mortgage assets may decrease if interest
rates rise, or if the difference between long-term and short-term interest rates
increases. Decreased prepayments would cause the Company to amortize the
premiums paid for its ARM assets over a longer time period, resulting in an
increased yield on its mortgage assets. Therefore, in rising interest rate
environments where prepayments are declining, not only would the interest rate
on the ARM assets portfolio increase to re-establish a spread over the higher
interest rates, but the yield also would rise due to slower prepayments. The
combined effect could significantly mitigate other negative effects that rising
short-term interest rates might have on earnings.
Conversely, the rate of prepayment on the Company's mortgage assets may increase
if interest rates decline, or if the difference between long-term and short-term
interest rates diminishes. Increased prepayments would cause the Company to
amortize the premiums paid for its mortgage assets faster, resulting in a
reduced yield on its mortgage assets. Additionally, to the extent proceeds of
prepayments cannot be reinvested at a rate of interest at least equal to the
rate previously earned on such mortgage assets, the Company's earnings may be
adversely affected.
Lastly, because the Company only invests in ARM assets and approximately 8% to
9% of such mortgage assets are purchased with shareholders' equity, the
Company's earnings over time will tend to increase following periods when
short-term interest rates have risen and decrease following periods when
short-term interest rates have declined. This is because the financed portion of
the Company's portfolio of ARM assets will, over time, reprice to a spread over
the Company's cost of funds, while the portion of the Company's portfolio of ARM
assets that are purchased with shareholders' equity will generally have a higher
yield in a higher interest rate environment and a lower yield in a lower
interest rate environment.
OTHER MATTERS
As of June 30, 1998, the Company calculates its Qualified REIT Assets, as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to be
99.9% of its total assets, as compared to the Code requirement that at least 75%
of its total assets must be Qualified REIT Assets. The Company also calculates
that 99.9% of its 1998 revenue for the first half of 1998 qualifies for the 75%
source of income test and 100% of its revenue qualifies for the 95% source of
income test under the REIT rules. The Company also met all REIT requirements
regarding the ownership of its common stock and the distributions of its net
income. Therefore, as of June 30, 1998, the Company believes that it will
continue to qualify as a REIT under the provisions of the Code.
The Company at all times intends to conduct its business so as not to become
regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. If
the Company were to become regulated as an investment company, then the
Company's use of leverage would be substantially reduced. The Investment Company
Act exempts entities that are "primarily engaged in the business of purchasing
or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in real
estate" ("Qualifying Interests"). Under current interpretation of the staff of
the SEC, in order to qualify for this exemption, the Company must maintain at
least 55% of its assets directly in Qualifying Interests. In addition, unless
certain mortgage securities represent all the certificates issued with respect
to an underlying pool of mortgages, such mortgage securities may be treated as
securities separate from the underlying mortgage loans and, thus, may not be
considered Qualifying Interests for purposes of the 55% requirement. The Company
calculates that it is in compliance with this requirement.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
At June 30, 1998, there were no pending legal proceedings to which
the Company was a party or of which any of its property was subject.
Item 2. Changes in Securities
Not applicable
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a)The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on
April 30, 1998.
(c)The following matters were voted on at the Annual Meeting:
(1) Election of Directors
Votes
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Nominee For Withheld
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David A. Ater 19,675,158 215,920
Larry A. Goldstone 19,672,251 218,827
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K:
(a)Exhibits
None
(b)Reports on Form 8-K
None
<PAGE>
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,
THORNBURG MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
Dated: August 14, 1998 By: /s/ Larry A. Goldstone
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Larry A. Goldstone,
President and Chief Operating Officer
(authorized officer of registrant)
Dated: August 14, 1998 By:/s/ Richard P. Story
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Richard P. Story,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal accounting officer)
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This schedule contains summary financial informaion extracted from the June 30,
1998 Form 10-Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
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