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7. Client details
Navarro Relationship Overview:
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Joanne Jensen has known Ben Navarro since 1993, when she worked for him on the
Institutional Fixed Income Sales desk at Citi
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In 2008, Joanne provided Ben with $440MM for the acquisition MGIC and Radian's
interest in Sherman
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In 2013, Joanne introduce Ben to DB WM client Jules Kroll as a potential investor in Kroll
Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). Ben acquired a 10% interest in the company. In 2015,
Deutsche Bank advised Kroll on the sale of his remaining stake in KBRA, which Ben
acquired for $320MM.
Client Background:
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Ben Navarro is the Founder and CEO of Sherman Financial Group ("SFG").
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Prior to SFG, he was the Co-Head of Mortgage Sales and Trading for Citicorp, with
responsibility for the firm's purchases, securitizations, and sales of residential mortgages
to institutional clients
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Top 10 salesperson on Wall Street, focused on credit-sensitive assets
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Navarro spent three years with Goldman Sachs on the Whole Loan and Agency MBS
desks
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Started his career at Chemical Bank, where he completed the credit-training program and
spent two years issuing loans to mortgage banks and thrifts
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Active philanthropist, establishing a S90MM foundation for education related endeavours
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Prominent member of the Charleston community, funding three schools in the area and
residing on the board of the Medical University of South Carolina
Sherman Financial Group:
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The nation's largest privately held consumer finance company, generating over $2B in
revenue in 2017
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Major underlying companies are: Credit One Bank, Resurgent Capital Services, Kroll
Bond Rating Agency, and a small Real Estate business (not included in this transaction):
Credit One Bank:
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OCC-regulated national bank, issues and services near-prime credit cards, operates
under a CEBA charter (no bank holding company treatment)
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'Highly (OCC) rated institution" with no Matters Requiring Attention (MRA)s in the past 8
years
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Credit One has been extraordinarily successful, generating $956.9MM pre-tax earnings
in 2017 and an estimated $1.1B and $1.2B in 2018 and 2019, respectively. JP Morgan
recently valued them at $1.1B.
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91b largest MasterCardNisa issuer, with over 9 million customers, portfolio totalling
approximately $5.8B
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The Bank exclusively originates and services the portfolio, then sells it at par to a SPV
under Sherrnan's ownership
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The company employs low leverage, with a Debt/Equity of 2.1x, which is below 2.4x of
comparable public companies
Resurgent Capital Partners
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Resurgent is a CFPB-regulated purchaser of distressed consumer debt. They have
spent $5.8B purchasing over $280B of distressed consumer debt, and have generated
cash recoveries of 512.68.
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In 2017, Resurgent saw revenues of $515MM and pre-tax eamings of S109MM
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