PennyMac To Acquire Subservicing Business Of Cenlar Capital For Upfront Purchase Price Of $172.5M And Up To $85M Of Contingent Consideration Payable Over Three Years

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFSI) (Pennymac) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the subservicing business of Cenlar Capital Corporation (Cenlar), primarily consisting of subservicing contracts and mortgage servicing operations, in an all-cash transaction for an upfront purchase price of $172.5 million and up to $85 million of contingent consideration payable over three years. Based on Cenlar's current portfolio, Pennymac is expected to add up to $740 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) of mortgage loan subservicing and 2 million loans to its servicing portfolio. This expansion will bring Pennymac's total portfolio to over $1 trillion in UPB.