Rithm Capital Corp. (NYSE: RITM; “Rithm Capital” or the “Company”) today reported the following information for the fourth quarter ended and full year ended December 31, 2023:

Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights:

• GAAP net loss of ($87.5) million, or ($0.18) per diluted common share⁽¹⁾
• Earnings available for distribution of $247.4 million, or $0.51 per diluted common share⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
• Common dividend of $120.8 million, or $0.25 per common share
• Book value per common share of $11.90⁽¹⁾

Full Year 2023 Financial Highlights:

• GAAP net income of $532.7 million, or $1.10 per diluted common share⁽¹⁾
• Earnings available for distribution of $997.2 million, or $2.06 per diluted common share⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
• Common dividend of $483.2 million, or $1.00 per common share

“Over the course of 2023, we executed on our growth strategy to accelerate Rithm’s transformation and position the business for long-term success,” said Michael Nierenberg, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Rithm Capital. “We are proud to have closed our acquisition of Sculptor Capital in the fourth quarter, a significant milestone for our firm and a critical next step in Rithm’s evolution into a global asset manager focused on real estate, credit and financial services. Our diversified platform positions Rithm to continue to capitalize on dislocation across financial markets. I look forward to working with our growing team to take advantage of the opportunities ahead.”

Fourth Quarter 2023 Company Highlights:

• Newrez
  • Combined Origination & Servicing segment pre-tax loss of ($120.9) million⁽³⁾
  • Generated a full year 19% pre-tax ROE on $3.5 billion of equity⁽⁴⁾
  • Origination funded production volume of $8.9 billion
• Total Rithm MSR Portfolio Summary
  • MSR portfolio totaled $590 billion in unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) at December 31, 2023 compared to $595 billion UPB at September 30, 2023⁽⁵⁾
    • Portfolio average constant prepayment rate of approximately 5%
• Sculptor
  • Successfully completed our previously announced acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. (“Sculptor”) on November 17, 2023, Sculptor has ~$33 billion of assets under management (“AUM”) at December 31, 2023⁽⁶⁾
• Specialized Loan Servicing⁽⁷⁾
  • As previously announced, in October 2023, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) to acquire Computershare Mortgage Services Inc. and certain affiliated companies, including Specialized Loan Servicing LLC (“SLS”), for a purchase price of approximately $720 million.
  • The acquisition includes approximately $136 billion in UPB of MSRs, of which $85 billion is third-party servicing, along with SLS’s origination services business
  • Continue to target closing for Q1’24, subject to customary closing conditions and approvals

Renewal of Stock Repurchase Program:

The Company announced today that its Board of Directors authorized new stock repurchase programs of up to $200 million of shares of the Company's common stock (the "common stock repurchase program”), and up to $100 million of shares of the Company’s preferred stock (the “preferred stock repurchase program”, and together with the common stock repurchase program, the “repurchase programs”), through December 31, 2024. The new repurchase programs replace the Company’s previous $200 million common stock repurchase program and $100 million preferred stock repurchase program, which expired on December 31, 2023.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information that management believes to be useful for investors, please refer to the latest presentation posted on the Investors section of the Company’s website, www.rithmcap.com. For consolidated investment portfolio information, please refer to the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available on the Company’s website, www.rithmcap.com. Information on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this press release.

EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

Rithm Capital’s management will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time. A copy of the earnings release will be posted to the Investors section of Rithm Capital’s website, www.rithmcap.com.

All interested parties are welcome to participate on the live call. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-833-974-2382 (from within the U.S.) or 1-412-317-5787 (from outside of the U.S.) ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call; please reference “Rithm Capital Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Earnings Call.” In addition, participants are encouraged to pre-register for the conference call at https://dpregister.com/sreg/10186157/fb82d49eed.

A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at www.rithmcap.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the website and download any necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available two hours following the call’s completion through 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (from within the U.S.) or 1-412-317-0088 (from outside of the U.S.); please reference access code “1244166 .”

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RECONCILIATION TO GAAP NET INCOME

The Company has four primary variables that impact its performance: (i) Net interest margin on assets held within the investment portfolio, (ii) realized and unrealized gains or losses on assets held within the investment portfolio and operating companies, including any impairment or reserve for expected credit losses, (iii) income from the Company’s operating company investments; and (iv) the Company’s operating expenses and taxes.

“Earnings available for distribution” is a non-GAAP financial measure of the Company’s operating performance, which is used by management to evaluate the Company’s performance without taking into account: (i) realized and unrealized gains and losses on assets held within its investment portfolio and net unrealized gains on MSRs held by its operating companies; (ii) non-cash deferred compensation and non-cash interest expense; (iii) non-capitalized transaction-related expenses; and (iv) deferred taxes.

The Company’s definition of earnings available for distribution excludes certain realized and unrealized losses, which although they represent a part of the Company’s recurring operations, are subject to significant variability and are generally limited to a potential indicator of future economic performance. Management also excludes deferred taxes because the Company believes deferred taxes are not representative of current operations. With regard to non-capitalized transaction-related expenses, management does not view these costs as part of the Company’s core operations, as they are considered by management to be similar to realized losses incurred at acquisition. The Company also excluded amortization of acquisition premium on Mortgage loans Receivable Non-capitalized transaction-related expenses are generally legal and valuation service costs, as well as other professional service fees, incurred when the Company acquires certain investments, as well as costs associated with the acquisition and integration of acquired businesses.

Management believes that the adjustments to compute “earnings available for distribution” specified above allow investors and analysts to readily identify and track the operating performance of the assets that form the core of the Company’s activity, assist in comparing the core operating results between periods, and enable investors to evaluate the Company’s current core performance using the same financial measure that management uses to operate the business. Management also utilizes earnings available for distribution as a financial measure in its decision-making process relating to improvements to the underlying fundamental operations of the Company’s investments, as well as the allocation of resources between those investments, and management also relies on earnings available for distribution as an indicator of the results of such decisions. Earnings available for distribution excludes certain recurring items, such as gains and losses (including impairment and reserves as well as derivative activities) and non-capitalized transaction-related expenses, because they are not considered by management to be part of the Company’s core operations for the reasons described herein. As such earnings available for distribution is not intended to reflect all of the Company’s activity and should be considered as only one of the factors used by management in assessing the Company’s performance, along with GAAP net income which is inclusive of all of the Company’s activities.

The Company views earnings available for distribution as a consistent financial measure of its portfolio’s ability to generate income for distribution to common stockholders. Earnings available for distribution does not represent and should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, net income or as a substitute for, or superior to, cash flows from operating activities, each as determined in accordance with GAAP, and the Company’s calculation of this financial measure may not be comparable to similarly entitled financial measures reported by other companies. Furthermore, to maintain qualification as a REIT, U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that the Company distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income annually, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. Because the Company views earnings available for distribution as a consistent financial measure of its ability to generate income for distribution to common stockholders, earnings available for distribution is one metric, but not the exclusive metric, that the Company’s board of directors uses to determine the amount, if any, and the payment date of dividends on common stock. However, earnings available for distribution should not be considered as an indication of the Company’s taxable income, a guaranty of its ability to pay dividends or as a proxy for the amount of dividends it may pay, as earnings available for distribution excludes certain items that impact its cash needs.

The table below provides a reconciliation of earnings available for distribution to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure (dollars in thousands, except share and per share data):

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain information in this press release constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not historical facts. They represent management’s current expectations regarding future events and are subject to a number of trends and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein. For a discussion of some of the risks and important factors that could affect such forward-looking statements, see the sections entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s most recent annual and quarterly reports and other filings filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Company’s website (www.rithmcap.com). New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Rithm Capital to predict or assess the impact of every factor that may cause its actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release, and Rithm Capital expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Rithm Capital's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

ABOUT RITHM CAPITAL

Rithm Capital is a global asset manager focused on real estate, credit, and financial services. Rithm makes direct investments and operates several wholly-owned operating businesses. Rithm’s businesses include Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., an alternative asset manager, as well as Newrez LLC and Genesis Capital LLC, leading mortgage origination and servicing platforms. Rithm Capital seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns across market cycles and interest rate environments. Since inception in 2013, Rithm has delivered approximately $5 billion in dividends to shareholders. Rithm is organized and conducts its operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes and is headquartered in New York City.

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