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Pennymac financial services 2023 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement


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  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

April 3, 202021, 2023

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. to be held on Thursday, May 28, 2020,Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The 2023 Annual Meeting will be heldconducted online via live webcast at our corporate offices located at 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361.*www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023.

The Notice of 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement are attached to this letter and contain information about the matters on which you will be asked to vote at the Annual Meeting. We will transact no other business at the Annual Meeting, except for business properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof by our Board of Directors. Only our stockholders of record at the close of business on March 30, 2020,April 19, 2023, the record date, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Your vote is very important. Please carefully read the Notice of 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement so that you will know the matters on which we plan to vote at the Annual Meeting, and then vote your shares by proxy by mail, by Internet or by telephone as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. You may also cast your

ONLINE ANNUAL MEETING: To participate in the online Annual Meeting, you will need to log-in towww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023 using the 16-digit control number found on the proxy card, voting instruction form, notice of internet availability of proxy materials or email, as applicable, previously sent or made available to stockholders entitled to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct that firm or bank as to how to vote your shares.

ANNUAL MEETING ADMISSION: In order toPlease read “INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AND SOLICITATION—Who can attend the Annual Meeting?” in the accompanying Proxy Statement. If it is determined the Annual Meeting will be held at a different time or in person, youa different location or format (i.e., an in-person or hybrid meeting), an announcement of any such updates will need to present your admission ticket, or an account statement showing your ownershipbe provided by means of a press release, which will be posted on our common stock as ofwebsite (pfsi.pennymac.com) and filed with the record date, and valid government-issued photo identification. The indicated portion of your proxy card will serve as your admission ticket.SEC via its EDGAR system.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, we thank you for your participation and look forward to seeing you on May 28th.your participation in our upcoming online Annual Meeting.

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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


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DAVID A. SPECTOR

Chairman

President and Chief Executive Officer

* We intend to hold our Annual Meeting in person. However, we are monitoring developments regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and are planning for the possibility that the Annual Meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. If we take this step, we will issue a press release announcing such change in advance, file the announcement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as additional proxy material, and will provide details on how to access, participate in and vote at the Annual Meeting at www.proxyvote.com or on our Investor Relations website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com/2020AnnMtg. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting.


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PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.


3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

Notice of 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

 

Date and Time:

  

Thursday, May 28, 2020Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time

Location:

  PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
3043 Townsgate Road
Westlake Village, California 91361

Online via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023

Record Date:

  

March 30, 2020.April 19, 2023. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or Annual Meeting, and any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof.

Mailing Date:

  

We intend to mail the Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, or the Proxy Statement and proxy card, as applicable, on or about April 3, 202021, 2023 to our stockholders of record on the record date.

Items of Business:    

  

  To elect the eleven (11)twelve (12) director nominees identified in the enclosed Proxy Statement to serve on our Board of Directors, each for aone-year one year term expiring at the 20212024 annual meeting of stockholders;

  

  To ratify the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020;2023;

  

  To approve, bynon-binding advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers;

  To recommend, by non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of our executive compensation;compensation vote; and

  

  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.

Attendance:

  

If you planTo be admitted to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, you will need to bring prooflog-in towww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ PFSI2023 using the 16-digit control number found on the proxy card, voting instruction form, notice of ownership in orderinternet availability of proxy materials or email, as applicable, previously sent or made available to be granted admission.stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Please read “INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AND SOLICITATION—Who can attend the Annual Meeting?” in the accompanying Proxy Statement. We intend to hold our Annual Meeting in person. However, we are monitoring developments regarding coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) and are planning for the possibility that the Annual Meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. If we take this step, we will issue a press release announcing such change in advance, file the announcement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as additional proxy material, and will provide details on how to access, participate in and vote at the Annual Meeting at www.proxyvote.com or on our Investor Relations website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com/2020AnnMtg.

Voting:

  

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote your shares by proxy by mail, by Internet or by telephone as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. You may also cast your vote in person at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm or bank, you must instruct that firm or bank as to how to vote your shares.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

 

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DEREK W. STARK

Secretary

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 28, 2020:JUNE 13, 2023:

This Notice of 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 20192022 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019,2022, are available at www.proxyvote.com.www.proxyvote.com.


  TABLE OF CONTENTS   

 

Table of Contents

 

PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

  1

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

  65

Corporate Sustainability and ESG Overview and Goals

  14

 

PROPOSAL I — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

  1619

Director Nominees

  20

Non-Management Director Compensation

25

2022 Director Compensation Table

26

Non-Management Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

26

 

Director NomineesAUDIT MATTERS

  1727

Non-Management Director Compensation

21

2019 Director Compensation Table

22

Non-Management Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

22

 

AUDIT MATTERS

23

Report of the Audit Committee

  2327

Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  2428

Fees to Registered Public Accounting Firm for 20192022 and 20182021

  2428

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

  2428

 

PROPOSAL II — RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

  2529

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP INFORMATION

  2630

 

Security Ownership of Executive Officers and Directors

  2630

Security Ownership of Other Beneficial Owners

  2731

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

  2832

Our Executive Officers

  32

Compensation Committee Report

34

 

Our Executive OfficersCOMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

  2835

Report of the Compensation Committee2022 Named Executive Officers

  3035

Executive Summary of 2022 Compensation Discussion and Analysis

  3136

Performance-Based Compensation Tablesand Incentives

  4537

CEO Pay RatioExecutive Compensation Best Practices

  5338

2022 Compensation Program Overview

  39

Stakeholder Engagement and Executive Compensation Design

40

Compensation Decisions Made in Fiscal 2022

42

Executive Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

47

Executive Compensation Decision Making Process

47

Peer Group and Benchmarking

48

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

50

Clawback Provisions

50

Trading Controls and Anti-Pledging and Anti-Hedging Policies

50

Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements

51

 

PROPOSAL III —  ADVISORY(NON-BINDING) VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES

  54

 

Supporting StatementCEO PAY RATIO

  5463

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONSPAY FOR PERFORMANCE

  5564

 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM10-KPROPOSAL III — ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

  6668

Supporting Statement

  68

 

OTHER MATTERSPROPOSAL IV — ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION VOTE

  6670

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

  71

 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

79

OTHER MATTERS

79

INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AND SOLICITATION

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Proxy Statement Summary

This summary contains highlights about our Board of Directors, or our Board, and the upcoming 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting. References in this Proxy Statement to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” and “PNMAC” refer to PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. and its affiliates, unless the context otherwise requires. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider in advance of the Annual Meeting and we encourage you to read the entire Proxy Statement before voting. This Proxy Statement has been made available to our stockholders on the Internet on or about April 21, 2023.

20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

 

 

 

  Date and Time:

 

  

 

Thursday, May 28, 2020,Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time

 

  

 

  Location:

 

  

 

3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361Online via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023

 

 

 

  Record Date:

 

 

  

 

March 30, 2020April 19, 2023

 

 

 

  Mail Date:

 

  

 

April 3, 202021, 2023

 

  

Voting Matters and Board Recommendations

 

 

  Matter

 

   

    Our Board Vote Recommendation    

 

 

Proposal I:

 

 

 

Election of eleven (11) directorstwelve (12) director nominees identified in the Proxy Statement to serve on our Board, each for a one year term expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of Directorsstockholders

 

 

 

FOR each Director Nominee
identified in this Proxy Statement

 

 

Proposal II:

 

 

 

Ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023

 

 

 

FOR

 

 

Proposal III:

 

 

 

Approval, bynon-binding advisory vote, ofthe compensation for our named executive compensationofficers

 

 

 

FOR

 

Proposal IV:

Recommend, by non-binding advisory vote, the frequency of our executive compensation vote

ONE YEAR

Director Nominees

 

  Director Nominees  Age  

Director

Since

  

Principal Occupation /

Key Experience

 

Committee

Membership

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

  

 

67

 

  

 

2012

 

  

 

Chairman of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

 

None

 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

57

 

  

 

2012

 

  

 

President and Chief Executive Officer of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

 

None

 

 

Anne D. McCallion

 

  

 

65

 

  2018  

 

Former Senior Managing Director and Chief Enterprise Operations Officer of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

 

Finance

 

Risk

 

 

Matthew Botein

 

  

 

47

 

  

 

2012

 

  

 

Managing Partner, Gallatin Point LLC

 

 

 

Compensation

 

Finance

 

James K. Hunt*

 

  

 

68

 

  

 

2013

 

  

 

Former Managing Partner and CEO, Middle Market Credit at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LLC

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate
Governance

 

Compensation

 

 

Patrick Kinsella †

 

  

 

66

 

  

 

2014

 

  

 

Adjunct Professor at USC Marshall School of Business and Retired Senior Audit Partner with KPMG, LLP

 

 

 

Audit

 

Related Party Matters

 

Risk

 

  Director Nominees  Age  

 

Director

Since

  

 

Principal Occupation /

Key Experience

  

 

Committee

Membership

 

David A. Spector

 

   

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

  

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

  

 

None

 

 

Anne D. McCallion

 

   

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

  

 

Former Senior Managing Director and Chief Enterprise Operations Officer of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

  

 

Finance

 

Risk

 

James K. Hunt

 

   

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

  

 

Former Managing Partner and CEO, Middle Market Credit at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LLC

 

  

 

Nominating & Corp. Gov.

 

Compensation

 

 

Jonathon S. Jacobson

 

   

 

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

  

 

Founder and non-executive Chairman of HighSage Ventures and Former Co-Founder, CEO and CIO of Highfields Capital Management

 

  

 

Nominating & Corp. Gov.

 

Finance

 

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  Director Nominees  Age  

 

Director

Since

  

 

Principal Occupation /

Key Experience

  

 

Committee

Membership

 

Doug Jones

 

   

 

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

  

 

Director, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

 

  

 

None

 

 

Patrick Kinsella †

 

   

 

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2014

 

 

 

  

 

Former Adjunct Professor at USC Marshall School of Business and Retired Senior Audit Partner with KPMG, LLP

 

  

 

Audit

 

Related Party Matters

 

Risk

 

 

Joseph Mazzella

 

   

 

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

  

 

Retired Managing Director and General Counsel of Highfields Capital Management L.P.

 

  

 

Nominating & Corp. Gov.

 

Related Party Matters

 

 

Farhad Nanji

 

   

 

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

  

Co-Founder of MFN Partners Management, L.P.

 

  

 

Compensation

 

 

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz*

 

    

 

66

 

 

    

 

2019

 

 

  

Retired Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Securitized Markets of Citigroup and/or its Predecessors

 

  

 

Compensation

 

Finance

 

Risk

 

 

Lisa M. Shalett

 

   

 

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

  

 

Former Goldman Sachs Partner and Former Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management

 

  

 

Audit

 

Nominating & Corp. Gov.

 

 

Theodore W. Tozer

 

   

 

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

 

  

 

Non-resident fellow at the Urban Institute and Former President of Government National Mortgage Association

 

  

 

Audit

 

Related Party Matters

 

Risk

 

 

Emily Youssouf

 

    

 

71

 

 

    

 

2013

 

 

  

 

Clinical Professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

 

  

 

Audit

 

Finance

 

† Audit Committee Financial Expert

* Independent Lead Director

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  Director Nominees  

 

Age

  

 

Director
Since

  

 

Principal Occupation /
Key Experience

 

 

 

Committee

 

Membership

Joseph Mazzella

 

  

 

67

 

  

 

2012

 

  

Retired Managing Director and General Counsel of Highfields Capital Management LP

 

 

 

Nominating and Corporate
Governance

 

Related Party Matters

 

 

Farhad Nanji

  

 

41

 

  

 

2012

 

  

 

Co-Founder of MFN Partners Management, L.P.

 

 Compensation

 

Nominating and Corporate
Governance

 

 

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

  

 

63

 

  

 

2019

 

  

 

Retired Managing Director andCo-Head of Global Securitized Markets of Citigroup and/or its Predecessors

 

 

 

Finance

 

Risk

Theodore W. Tozer

  

 

63

 

  

 

2017

 

  

 

Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets; Former President of Government National Mortgage Association

 

 

 

Audit

 

Related Party Matters

 

Risk

 

Emily Youssouf

  

 

68

 

  

 

2013

 

  

 

Clinical Professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

 

 

 

Audit

 

Finance

 

We believe our Board possesses deep and broad skill sets and specific experience and expertise that facilitate strong oversight and strategic direction for us as a leading specialty financial services firm focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market.

 

 

 

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Core Qualifications and Experiences of All Directors

Integrity and Ethical Conduct

Leadership Abilities

Strategic Thinking

Experience and Business Knowledge

Financial Literacy

Business Judgement

Corporate Governance Highlights

 

We continuously monitor developments, trends and best practices in corporate governance and consider feedback from stockholders and proxy advisory firms, such as Institutional Shareholder Services, or ISS, as appropriate, when enhancing our governance, policies and structure.

 

 

 

 

 

Majority Voting Standard in the Election of Directors. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for a majority voting standard for uncontested director elections and plurality voting standard for contested director elections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Lead Director. The independent directors of our Board elected James K. HuntJeffrey A. Perlowitz as our independent lead director for a three-yearthree year term that expires in February 2023.March 2025.

 

 

 

 

 

Director Resignation Policy.Our Corporate Governance Guidelines include a requirement that any director nominee who fails to receive a majority vote, if required, for election orre-election will promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement Age. It is our general policy that noBoard Refreshment. We have robust processes to identify, evaluate and select qualified director having attainedcandidates and we regularly assess the agesize and composition of 75 years shall be nominated forre-election orre-appointment to the Board. We have added four Board members since 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

Director Limitations on Number of Boards. A director who is currently serving as a chief executive officer of a public company, including our Chief Executive Officer, is not permitted to serve on more than two outside public company boards. No other director is permitted to serve on more than five outside public company boards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Executive Sessions. Our independent directors meet privately on a regular basis. Our independent lead director presides at such meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

Robust Stock Ownership Guidelines. We have robust stock ownership guidelines for ournon-management directors (five times the base annual retainer) and executive officers (five times base salary for our President and Chief Executive Officer; three times base salary for all other executive officers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Board Evaluation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee sponsors an annual self-assessment of the Board’s performance as well as the performance of each committee of the Board.

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholder Engagement. We engage in active discussions with our stockholders on a variety of topics throughout the year to ensure that we are addressing their concerns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Elections. Our Board is not classified and, therefore, we conduct annual elections for all directors who serve on our Board.

 

2019 Business

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Financial Highlights(a)

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

Full Year 2022 Highlights and Accomplishments

 

 

A summary of our full-year financial highlights is as follows:

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Total net revenue of $1.5 billion, up 50 percent from the prior year

 

Pretax income was $529.4 million, up 98 percent from the prior year and the highest level on record for PennyMac Financial

Diluted earnings per share of $4.89, up from $2.59 in 2018 and also a record

Record loan production of $117.6 billion in UPB, an increase of 74 percent from the prior year, which included $9.8 billion in UPB of consumer direct production, an increase of 209 percent from the prior year; we were the 3rd largest mortgage producer in the U.S., according to Inside Mortgage Finance

Servicing portfolio reached $368.7 billion in UPB, up 23 percent from December 31, 2018; we were the 6th largest servicer in the U.S. as of December 31, 2019, according to Inside Mortgage Finance

Investment management had $2.5 billion of assets under management at year end, up 56 percent from December 31, 2018, driven by $830 million in new common equity raised by PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT), the real estate investment trust we manage

Return on average common stockholders’ equity was 21.6%

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For complete information regarding our Fiscal 20192022 performance, stockholders should read “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019,2022, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on February 28, 202022, 2023 and is being made available to stockholders with this Proxy Statement as a part of our 20192022 Annual Report to Stockholders.

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A summary of the substantial growth in our book value per share driven by strong return on equity (ROE) is provided below.

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Compounded annual growth rateIncludes volume fulfilled or subserviced for PMT.

(2)(c)

ReturnAssumes $100 invested in PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. common stock and other stock market indices. The graph above displays certain information comparing the cumulative total return on averageour common stockholders’ equitystock to the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index, the S&P 600 Thrifts & Mortgage Finance Index, and the Russell 2000 Index. The comparison period is calculated based on net income attributablefrom December 31, 2019 to common stockholders as a percentageDecember 31, 2022, and the calculation assumes reinvestment of average common equity during the yearany dividends.

 

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Executive Compensation Highlights

Our compensation governance best practices are summarized as follows:

What We Do

 

 

What We Don’t Do

✓  

Heavy bias toward performance-based equity: Our Board seeks to ensure that our long-term equity incentive awards are significantly weighted toward performance-based equity vehicles.

û  

No minimum level of total compensation: We do not provide for guaranteed minimum levels of performance-based cash incentives or long-term equity awards in our employment agreements.

✓  

Minimum vesting periods: Our equity incentive plan provides that our equity awards are subject to a minimum vesting period of no less than one year on 95% of equity awards granted and our grants generally vest over three years, with approximately equal annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.

û  

No automatic salary increases: Our named executive officers are not entitled to automatic base salary increases and none of the employment agreements with our named executive officers contain such provisions.

✓  

Clawback policy: Our Board maintains a clawback policy that allows us to recoup certain incentive compensation paid on the basis of erroneous financial statements that result in a material accounting restatement.

û  

No “single trigger” cash severance and equity or excise taxgross-ups: We do not provide for single trigger cash severance and equity vesting upon a Change in Control, if assumed. We also do not provide for excise taxgross-ups upon a Change in Control.

✓  

Balanced risk-taking approach to our compensation program: Our compensation program is designed to discourage excessive risk taking and encourage long-term decision making in alignment with the interests of our stockholders. We consult with our independent compensation consultant in this regard.

û  

No excessive perks: Our perquisites are limited to those with a clear business-related rationale.

✓  

Robust stock ownership guidelines: We impose robust stock ownership guidelines on our directors and executive officers to ensure that their interests are aligned with those of our stockholders.

û  

Nogross-ups for perks: We do not provide excise taxgross-ups of perquisites for our executive officers.

✓  

Stockholder engagement: We value the perspectives of our stockholders and interact with stockholders through a variety of engagement activities.

û  

Nore-pricing: Our equity incentive plan prohibits there-pricing of stock options and stock appreciation rights without stockholder approval.

✓  

Consideration of stockholder feedback: We engage in careful consideration of stockholder feedback regarding compensation.

û  

No speculative or short-term trading: We prohibit our officers, employees and directors from engaging in speculative and short-term trading of our securities.

✓  

Comprehensive review of peer group: On an annual basis, we engage in a comprehensive review to assess and identify a relevant peer group of companies in our or a related industry.

û  

No hedging, pledging, short sales, or margin trading: We prohibit our officers, employees and directors from engaging in hedging, pledging, short sales, trading in publicly traded put or call options or trading on margin involving our securities.

✓  

Independent compensation consultant: We utilize the services of Pearl Meyer, which is engaged directly by the Compensation Committee as an outside independent compensation consultant to advise on executive compensation matters.

û  

No supplemental executive retirement plans: We do not maintain any supplemental executive retirement plans for named executive officers.

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Corporate Governance

Director Qualification, Board Refreshment and Selection Criteria

 

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for developing the general criteria, subject to approval by the full Board, for use in identifying, evaluating and selecting qualified candidates for election orre-election to our Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee periodically reviews with our Board the appropriate skills and characteristics required of directors in the context of the current composition of our Board. Final approval of director candidates is determined by the full Board, and invitations to join our Board are extended by our Chairman on behalf of the entire Board.

In March 2023, the Board, based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, determined that Doug Jones should be elected as a director because of his many contributions to the growth and success of the Company since he joined the Company’s executive management team in 2012. In addition, as a director, Mr. Jones’ deep understanding of the mortgage banking industry combined with his operational experience and success in executing business strategies will benefit the Board, the Company and its stakeholders.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, seeks to create a board that is strong in its collective knowledge and has skills and experience with respect to accounting and finance, management and leadership, vision and strategy, business operations, business judgment, risk management, corporate governance, and knowledge of the mortgage and real estate investment trust sectors and the global markets. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also focuses on issues of diversity, such as diversity of gender, race and national origin, education, professional experience, and differences in viewpoints and skills. We do not have a formal policy with respect to diversity; however, our Board and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believe that it is essential that our directors represent diverse viewpoints and backgrounds. In considering candidates for our Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the entirety of each candidate’s credentials in the context of these standards and in light of the needs of our Board and our Company at that time, given the then current mix of director attributes. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considers a candidate’s accessibility and availability to serve effectively on our Board, and it conducts inquiries into the background and qualifications of potential candidates. With respect to the nomination of continuing directors forre-election, the individual’s past contributions to our Board are also considered.

Pursuant to a separate stockholder agreement with HC Partners LLC, or HCP, HCP has the right to nominate up to two individuals for election to our Board, depending on the percentage of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock that it holds, and we are obligated to use our best efforts to cause the election of those nominees. Based on current levels of ownership, HCP has the right to nominate two directors to the Board. HCP has elected to nominate one individual, Joseph Mazzella and Jonathon S. Jacobson for election to our Board. Although HCP has chosen not to exercise its right to nominate a second director at this time, it reserves the right to do so in the future as provided in the HCP stockholder agreement.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee uses a variety of methods for identifying and evaluating nominees for director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assesses the appropriate size of our Board and whether any vacancies on our Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that a vacancy is anticipated, or otherwise arises, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers whether to fill any such vacancy and, if so, identifies various potential candidates for director. These candidates are evaluated at regular or special meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and may be considered at any point during the year. In evaluating such nominations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board.

Candidates may come to the attention of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee through current members of our Board, professional search firms or other persons. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also will consider recommendations for nominees properly submitted by our stockholders. These recommendations should be submitted in writing to our Secretary at our principal executive offices located at 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361.See “Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation—When are stockholder proposals due for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?” for procedures on submitting any recommendations. If any materials are provided by a stockholder in connection with a recommendation for a director nominee, such materials are forwarded to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Following verification of the stockholder status of persons proposing candidates, recommendations will be aggregated and considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in the same manner as other recommendations, at its next regularly scheduled or special meeting. During 2019, theThe Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee did notmay also retain an independent third party to assist in identifying appropriate director candidates for our Board.

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Independence of Our Directors

 

The New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, rules require that at least a majority of our directors be independent of our Company and management. The rules also require that our Board affirmatively determine that there are no material relationships between a director and us (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us) before such director can be deemed independent. We have adopted independence standards consistent with NYSE rules and the rules of the SEC. Our Board has reviewed both direct and indirect transactions and relationships that each of our directors has or had with us and our management.

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management and holders of our common stock

As a result of this review, our Board affirmatively determined that Messrs. Botein,83% of our directors are independent under the NYSE rules. The Board determined that our independent directors are James K. Hunt, Jonathon S. Jacobson, Patrick Kinsella, Joseph Mazzella, Anne McCallion, Farhad Nanji, Jeffrey A. Perlowitz, andLisa M. Shalett, Theodore W. Tozer and Ms.Emily Youssouf, are independent directors under NYSE rules, based upon the fact that none of these directors havehas any material relationships with us other than as directors and holders of our common stock.

Board of Directors Leadership

and Independent Lead Director

 

Our Board leadership structure is currently comprised of our Chairman our President and Chief Executive Officer, ourthe independent lead director provide leadership to and work with our independent Board committees. We believe thisto define its structure includingand activities in the separationfulfillment of its responsibilities. The Board determined in March 2023 that the position of Chairman of the officesBoard should continue to be held by David A. Spector. Mr. Spector has served as a key executive since our founding in 2008 and throughout our growth into one of the Chairmanlargest mortgage lenders in the country. The Board believes Mr. Spector’s past experience has made him uniquely positioned to lead and the President and Chief Executive Officer, provides a well-functioning and effective balance between strong management leadership and appropriate safeguards and oversight bynon-management Board members. As Chairman, Mr. Kurland is charged with providing overall leadership to our Board, presiding over the Board meetings, facilitating communication among the directors and betweenoversee the Board and the Chief Executive Officer,identify and collaborating with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee inexecute our Chief Executive Officer succession planning and Board evaluation process. As President and Chief Executive Officer,future strategic initiatives. In addition, Mr. Spector has thein-depth focusproven himself capable of leading Board discussions on new initiatives andhands-on perspective strategic priorities, facilitating internal Board communication and ensuring proper Board oversight of being ultimately responsible for strategic and business initiatives,day-to-day management decisions and leadingkey issues.

This determination is based, in part, on our senior management team in the execution of such strategic and business initiatives.

Our Board believesbelief that independent directors and management have different perspectives and roles in strategy development. Our independent directors bring experience, oversight and expertise from outside our Company and industry, while the Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer bringbrings company-specific experience and expertise. We believe Mr. Kurland, as our former chief executive officer,Chief Executive Officer is wellthus better situated to serve as Chairman of the Board because we believe he is able to utilize thein-depth focus and perspective gained in running our Company to effectively and efficiently lead our Board. As the director most familiar with our business and industry, he is most capable of identifying new initiatives and businesses, strategic priorities and other critical and/or topical agenda items for discussion by our Board and then leading the discussion to ensure our Board’s proper oversight of these issues. Mr. Kurland served as the Executive Chairman of our Board through December 31, 2019, and, beginning on January 1, 2020 and continuing through December 31, 2022, shall serve as thenon-executive Chairman of our Board, assuming he isre-elected to that post through such date.

Our Board believes that this leadership structure, which separates the combined role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer promotes strategy development and Chairman roles, is appropriate at this time in light of our evolving businessexecution, and operating environment, our need to facilitate the efficientfacilitates information flow between senior management and our Board, our desire to provide guidance to senior management, and our continued focus on promoting strategy development and execution, all of which are essential to effective governance.

Independent Lead Director

We believe our Board leadership structureThis determination is also strengthened throughbased on what we consider to be a strong governance structure already in place, including the appointment of an influential independent lead director with a strong voice. The Independentindependent lead director works with our Chairman of the Board and other directors to provide informed, independent oversight of our management and affairs. Among other things, the independent lead director reviews and provides input on Board meeting agendas and materials, coordinates with committee chairs to ensure the committees are fulfilling the responsibilities set forth in their respective charters, serves as the principal liaison between our Chairman of the Board and the independent directors, and chairs an executive session of the independent directors at each regularly scheduled Board meeting. Our Board hasre-appointedre-elected Mr. HuntPerlowitz in March 2022 as its independent lead director for a three (3) year term that expiresexpiring in February 2023.March 2025.

Together, our ChairmanDirector Education

New directors receive an orientation upon joining the Board, including the opportunity to meet with members of management, which is designed to familiarize new directors with the Company’s purpose, business, operations, strategic direction, financial matters, risk management, corporate governance practices and other key policies and practices. The Board also believes in the importance of continuing director education to enhance the performance of the Board and its committees. All directors are offered membership with the National Association of Corporate Directors, a nationally recognized organization providing corporate governance and director education. In addition, directors receive ongoing internal education from management and the independent lead director provide leadershipCompany’s advisors on matters relevant to the Company’s business, industry trends and work with our Boarddevelopments, corporate governance and other appropriate subjects to define its structure and activitiesassist the directors in the fulfillment of its responsibilities.discharging their duties.

 

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Succession Planning

Our Board oversees management’s succession plan for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and key positions at the executive officer level. Our Board annually reviews succession plans for the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and executive management. In addition, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer annually provides his assessment to our Board of executive leaders and their potential to succeed at key executive management positions.

The Role of the Board in Risk Oversight

 

Our senior management is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining an effective and appropriate approach for managing enterprise risk. Our Board and each of its committees, and in particular, the Audit and Risk Committee,Committees, have an active role in overseeing our risk management process, while supporting organizational objectives, improving long-term organizational performance and creating stockholder value. A fundamental part of risk management oversight is not only understanding the risks a company faces and what steps management is taking to manage those risks, but also understanding what level of risk is appropriate for our Company. The involvement of the full Board in determining our business strategy is a key part of its assessment of management’s appetite for risk and determination of what constitutes an appropriate level of risk for our Company.

Our Board encourages senior management to promote a culture that incorporates risk management into the Company’s corporate strategy and day-to-day business operations. Additionally, our Board works with the input of the Company’s senior management, to assess and analyze the most likely areas of future risk. While our Board has the ultimate oversight responsibility for the risk management process, particularly with respect to those risks inherent in the operation of our businesses and the implementation of our strategic plan, the committees of our Board also share responsibility for overseeing specific areas of risk management as follows:

 

 

Committee

 

  

 

Primary Risk Oversight Responsibility

 

Audit

  

The Audit Committee focuses on risks associated with internal controls and securities, financial and accounting compliance, and receives an annual risk assessment report from our internal auditors. The Audit Committee also discusses with management the Company’s major risk exposures and the framework management has established to monitor and control such exposures, including the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies.

Compensation

  

The Compensation Committee focuses on oversight of our compensation policies and practices, including whether such policies and practices balance risk taking and rewards in an appropriate manner so as not to encourage excessive risk taking.

Finance

  

The Finance Committee focuses on risks relating to our Company’s liquidity and capital resources and our investment policies and strategies.

Nominating and Corporate Governance

  

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee focuses on risks associated with proper board governance, including the independence of our directors and the assessment of the performance and effectiveness of each member and Board Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee ofalso has specific oversight responsibility for risks relating to our Board, as well as risks associated with corporate sustainability.sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance, or ESG policies and practices, including human capital management, community involvement, corporate governance and stakeholder reports.

Related Party Matters

  

The Related Party Matters Committee focuses on risks arising out of potential conflicts of interest between us or any of our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (i) PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, or PMT, and its subsidiaries, (ii) any othernon-wholly-owned entity that we may manage or over which we may have control (whether through ownership, voting power, contract or otherwise), and (iii) any other identified related party, on the other hand.

Risk

  

The Risk Committee oversees our enterprise risk management function in relation to our business activities and focuses on credit risk, mortgage compliance risk, environmental and climate risk and operational risk, including cybersecurity and data privacy risk. The Risk Committee, as well as other members of the Board, receive updates from the Company’s Chief Information Officer on the overall cybersecurity and data privacy risk environment including our enterprise-wide cybersecurity risk assessment results and key initiatives.

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While each committee is responsible for evaluating certain risks and overseeing the management of such risks, the entire Board is regularly informed through committee reports about the nature of all such risks.

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Committees of the Board of Directors

 

 

Our Board has established six principal committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Finance Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Related Party Matters Committee and the Risk Committee. Our Board committees have also adopted written charters that govern their conduct, each of which is available on our website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com.pfsi.pennymac.com.

The current chairs and members of the committees are identified in the following table:

 

  Directors

AuditCompensationFinance  

Audit

CompensationNominating

Finance

& Corporate
Governance

  

 

Nominating
and
Corporate
Governance

Related
Party
Matters

  

Related
Party
Matters

  Risk  

  Risk  

Non-Management Directors

      

  Matthew Botein

CC

X

  James K. Hunt*

X

CC

  Patrick Kinsella

CC

X

X

  Stanford L. Kurland

  Anne D. McCallion

X

X

  Joseph Mazzella

X

CC

  Farhad Nanji

X

X

  Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

X

X

  Theodore W. Tozer

X

X

CC

  Emily Youssouf

X

CC

      

  Management Directors

James K. Hunt

    XCC

Jonathon S. Jacobson

XX

Patrick Kinsella

CCXX

Joseph Mazzella

XCC

Anne D. McCallion

XX

Farhad Nanji

CC        

  David A. Spector

†     – Chairman

*     – Independent Lead Director

CC – Committee Chair

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The primary committee responsibilities, current committee membership and number of meetings held by each such committee of our Board during 2019 are summarized below:

Audit Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The Audit Committee assists our Board in overseeing:

  our accounting and financial reporting processes;

  the integrity and audits of our financial statements;

  our internal control function;

  our compliance with related legal and regulatory requirements;

  the effectiveness of our compliance programs as they relate to applicable laws and regulations governing securities, financial and accounting matters;

  the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm; and

  the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm and our internal auditors.

The Audit Committee is also responsible for preparing an audit committee report to be included in our annual proxy statement, reviewing and discussing management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations to be included in our SEC filings, the engagement, retention and compensation of our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing with our independent registered public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approving professional services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm, considering the range of audit and permissiblenon-audit fees, and reviewing the adequacy of our internal accounting controls.

Patrick Kinsella

Theodore W. Tozer

Emily Youssouf

Meetings in 2019: 10

Mr. Kinsella serves as an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined by the SEC. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is “financially literate” under the rules of the NYSE.

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Audit Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE and SEC. For additional information on the Audit Committee, please see the section below entitled “Report of the Audit Committee.”

Compensation Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Compensation Committee are to:

  evaluate the performance of our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers;

  review and/or recommend to the Board the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers;

  adopt and administer compensation policies, plans and benefit programs for our executive officers and all other members of our executive team;

  review and recommend to our Board compensation plans, policies and programs;

  prepare the compensation committee report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement;

  review and discuss our compensation discussion and analysis to be included in our annual proxy statement;

  recommend to our Board the compensation for our independent directors; and

  administer the issuance of any securities under the PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, or the 2013 Plan.

The Compensation Committee may form, and delegate authority to, subcommittees when it deems appropriate to the extent permitted under applicable law.

Matthew Botein

James K. Hunt

Farhad Nanji

Meetings in 2019: 5

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Compensation Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE and SEC. For additional information on the Compensation Committee, please see the section below entitled “Report of the Compensation Committee.”

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Finance Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The Finance Committee is responsible for overseeing the financial objectives, policies, procedures and activities of our Company, including a review of our capital structure, sources of funds, liquidity and financial position. In connection with these responsibilities of the Finance Committee, its principal functions are to:

  review, assess and monitor our capital structure, liquidity, capital adequacy and reserves;

  review and assess any policies we may establish from time to time that relate to our liquidity management, capital structure and dividend approvals;

  review our short- and long-term investment strategy, investment policies and the performance of our investments;

  monitor our capital budget; and

  review our policies and procedures on derivatives transactions.

Matthew Botein

Anne D. McCallion

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

Emily Youssouf

Meetings in 2019: 5

Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are to:

  seek, consider and recommend to the full Board qualified candidates for election as directors and then recommend nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting of stockholders;

  recommend to our Board individuals qualified to be appointed as our executive officers;

  periodically prepare and submit to our Board for adoption the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s selection criteria for director nominees;

  review and make recommendations to our Board on matters involving the general operation of our Board and our corporate governance guidelines;

  annually recommend to our Board nominees for each of its committees;

  annually facilitate the assessment of the performance of the individual committees and our Board as a whole and reporting thereon to our Board; and

  oversee our policies, practices and initiatives regarding corporate sustainability.

James K. Hunt

Joseph Mazzella

Farhad Nanji

Meetings in 2019: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

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Related Party Matters Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Related Party Matters Committee are to:

  establish policies and procedures related to the identification and management of certain transactions, and resolve other potential conflicts of interest, between our Company and any of our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and PMT and its subsidiaries and any othernon-wholly-owned entity that we manage or over which we have control (whether through ownership, voting power, contract or otherwise), on the other hand;

  establish policies and procedures related to the identification of any other transactions in which certain related parties, including our directors, executive officers and their family members, have a direct or indirect interest;

  oversee and administer all such policies; and

  review and, if necessary, approve and/or make recommendations to the Board regarding all such transactions, including, but not limited to, our management agreement, flow servicing agreement, mortgage banking services agreement, MSR recapture agreement, and master spread acquisition and MSR servicing agreements with PMT, and any amendments of or extensions to such agreements.

Patrick Kinsella

Joseph Mazzella

Theodore W. Tozer

Meetings in 2019: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Related Party Matters Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

Risk Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal function of the Risk Committee is to assist our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to: (i) our Company’s aggregate risk profile; (ii) specific risks expressly delegated to the Risk Committee, including credit risk, mortgage compliance risk, and operational risk; and (iii) management’s approach for assessing, monitoring and controlling such aggregate and specific risks. In carrying out its duties, the responsibilities of the Risk Committee include, but are not limited to, the following:

  reviewing, discussing and overseeing our management’s establishment and operation of our Company’s enterprise risk management (and any significant changes thereto);

  reviewing annually a schedule of all identified risks facing our Company and the alignment of such risks with our management committees and committees of our Board;

  reviewing annually our enterprise risk management policy;

  reviewing and overseeing credit risk, mortgage compliance risk, and operational risk (including risks arising from cybersecurity), as well as the establishment and operation of policies and procedures and remediation for any deficiencies with respect to such specific risks; and

  directing management to evaluate the effectiveness of our risk management.

Patrick Kinsella

Anne D. McCallion

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

Theodore W. Tozer

Meetings in 2019: 4

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Board of Directors and Committee Meetings

During Fiscal 2019, our full Board held six regular meetings. All directors are expected to make every effort to attend all meetings of the Board and meetings of the committees of which they are members. Each of our current directors who served on the Board during Fiscal 2019 attended at least 83% of the aggregate number of meetings held in Fiscal 2019 for the period during which such director served, with respect to meetings of our Board and each committee on which such director served.

Executive Sessions of the Independent Directors

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that our Board hold at least four regularly scheduled meetings each year and that our independent directors meet in executive session without management on a regularly scheduled basis. These executive sessions, which are designed to promote unfettered discussions among our independent directors, are presided over by the independent lead director, Mr. Hunt. During Fiscal 2019, ournon-management directors, all of whom were independent, held four meetings in executive session.

Attendance by Members of our Board of Directors at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

We expect each member of the Board to attend our annual meetings of stockholders except for absences due to causes beyond the reasonable control of the director. Each of the current members of our Board attended the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.

Board Evaluations and Refreshment

As described in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, it is our general policy that no director having attained the age of 75 years shall be nominated forre-election orre-appointment to the Board, although the Board may waive this policy in individual cases. In addition, the charters of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Related Party Matters Committee and Risk Committee require an annual performance evaluation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee oversees the annual board assessment process and the implementation of the annual committee assessments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee typically engages an external evaluator to facilitate the board and committee assessment process. The key areas of focus for the evaluation are Board operations, Board accountability and committee performance. The results of the evaluation are reviewed with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the full Board.

Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which sets forth the basic principles and guidelines for resolving various legal and ethical questions that may arise in the workplace and in the conduct of our business. This code is applicable to all of our officers and directors, as well as to the employees of PNMAC.

In addition, we have adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, which sets forth specific policies to guide these individuals in the performance of their duties. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers are available on our website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

We have adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, available on our website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com, which, in conjunction with the charters and key practices of the committees of our Board, provide the framework for the governance of our Company. In connection with the change to a majority voting standard in our Amended and Restated Bylaws, our Board also amended and restated our Corporate Governance Guidelines to provide that if any nominee for director fails to receive a majority vote for election orre-election, if so required, the director will promptly tender to the Board for its consideration his or her offer to resign from the Board.

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Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Commitment to Advancing ESG Priorities in Alignment with our Strategic Objectives. With oversight from our Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, we are committed to being responsive to our stockholders and stakeholders as it relates to our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles and continuously improving our ESG and corporate sustainability related disclosures. Our Board believes that it is important to establish a robust corporate sustainability program and framework that will support our corporate initiatives. As part of our corporate sustainability program, we expect to issue a comprehensive corporate sustainability report that utilizes Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) industry-specific standards relevant to the mortgage finance industry, as well as other relevant standards and guidelines.

We strive not only to drive high operational and financial performance but also to serve a greater social purpose through our core businesses, which are centered around the essential public good of homeownership. Mortgage banking allows us to serve our customers throughout the country by facilitating home purchases, refinancings that make homes more affordable, and, when necessary, loss mitigation alternatives designed to avoid foreclosure and keep our customers and their families in their homes.

We also encourage and support principles of corporate sustainability through Board governance best practices, in our operations and throughout our communities. Corporate sustainability goals are included in our annual corporate strategic plan and are linked to compensation, including variable pay, where applicable. We believe these principles promote the sustainable, long-term growth of our organization for the benefit of our stockholders and the housing industry for the benefit of our customers, improving the environment in which we live. We hold ourselves accountable for managing our social, environmental and economic impact through a number of initiatives.

Corporate Governance. We amended the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter to provide that this committee has specific oversight responsibility relating to our corporate sustainability practices, including environmental stewardship and corporate social responsibility, and will make recommendations to the Board, as appropriate. Our Board has established a set of principles, guidelines and practices that support sustainable financial performance and long-term value creation for our stockholders.

Board Diversity. Currently, two women serve on our Board, representing 18% of our total Board members. In addition, we have a number of directors who represent other diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our Board believes that these sorts of diversity factors are essential in promoting our long-term sustainable growth. Our Board maintains a policy regarding the evaluation of director candidates which states that the Board in its selection of director candidates will consider the overall Board balance of diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences. Our Board has also established director selection criteria which provides that the Board in its selection of director candidates will consider factors that contribute to Board diversity in the broadest sense, including gender, ethnicity, geography, education, and personal and professional experiences.

Environmental Sustainability. We seek to operate our facilities in an environmentally sustainable manner that manages our impact on the environment by investing in sustainable products and services, committing to increased waste recycling, focusing on energy efficiency and engaging in conservative water consumption practices. We are committed to environmental sustainability and energy conservation and recognize the importance of being a responsible steward of the environment.

Diversity and Inclusion. We believe that building a diverse and inclusive, high-performing workforce where our employees bring diverse perspectives and varied experiences to work every day allows us to develop better and more innovative solutions for our customers. 52% of our employees are women. During Fiscal 2017, we established a mentorship program that is designed to promote opportunities for women at our company to strengthen networks, exchange ideas and build skills and relationships.

Human Capital. Our long-term sustainability as a company is highly dependent upon our people. Our goal is to recruit and develop the best talent, provide a supportive work environment and promote healthy living. We support the U.S. military through our continued focus on recruiting and creating opportunities for veterans. We have also partnered with a third party to establish a comprehensive, fully integrated wellness program designed to enhance the productivity of our employees. We believe it is important to support human rights in every aspect of our operations. Our commitment to human rights is grounded in our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our various Company policy statements, and our vendor master services agreements. We have not been linked to any labor and human rights violations.

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Communications with our Board of Directors

Our stockholders and other interested persons may send written communications to the Board, committees of the Board and individual directors (including our independent lead director or theindependent/non-management directors as a group) by mailing those communications to:

[Specified Addressee]

c/o PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

Email:PFSI_IR@pnmac.com

Attention: Investor Relations

Generally, these communications are sent by us directly to the specified addressee. Any communication that is primarily commercial, offensive, illegal or otherwise inappropriate, or does not substantively relate to the duties and responsibilities of our Board, may not be forwarded.

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PROPOSAL I – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

We have eleven (11) directors. The Board has nominated Stanford L. Kurland, David A. Spector, Anne D. McCallion, Matthew Botein, James K. Hunt, Patrick Kinsella, Joseph Mazzella, Farhad Nanji, Jeffrey A. Perlowitz, Theodore W. Tozer and Emily Youssouf for election as directors, and each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and has agreed to serve if elected. If our director nominees are elected at this year’s Annual Meeting, they will serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2021 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Because this is considered an uncontested election under our Amended and Restated Bylaws, a nominee for director is elected to the Board if he or she receives a majority of the votes cast for his or her election, meaning the number of shares voted for such nominee’s election exceeds the number of shares voted against such nominee’s election. Abstentions and brokernon-votes will not affect the election of directors. In tabulating the voting results for the election of directors, only “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes are counted. If an incumbent director receives a greater number of votes against his or her election than votes for such election, such director shall tender his or her resignation as provided in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board will then act on an expedited basis to determine whether to accept the director’s tendered resignation and will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. In considering whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board will consider any factors they deem relevant.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR STANFORD L. KURLAND, DAVID A. SPECTOR, ANNE D. MCCALLION, MATTHEW BOTEIN, JAMES K. HUNT, PATRICK KINSELLA, JOSEPH MAZZELLA, FARHAD NANJI, JEFFREY A. PERLOWITZ, THEODORE W. TOZER AND EMILY YOUSSOUF AS DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL OUR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED.

The following paragraphs provide the name and age (as of April 3, 2020) of each director, as well as each director’s business experience over the last five years or more. Immediately following the description of each director’s business experience is a description of the particular experience, skills and qualifications that were instrumental in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s determination that the director should serve on our Board.

Name

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz*

  

Age

  

Position

Stanford L. Kurland

X
  

67

X
  

Director, Chairman

David A. Spector

  

57

  

Director

Anne D. McCallion

65

Director

Matthew Botein

47

Director

James K. Hunt

68

Independent Lead Director

Patrick Kinsella

66

Director

Joseph Mazzella

67

Director

Farhad Nanji

41

Director

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

63

Director

Theodore W. Tozer

63

Director

Emily Youssouf

68

Director

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Director Nominees

STANFORD L. KURLAND

Mr. Kurland has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012 and has been our Chairman since January 2020. Prior thereto, he had been our executive chairman from January 2017 through December 2019 and our chairman of the board and chief executive officer from February 2013 through December 2016. Mr. Kurland also served as the chief executive officer of PNMAC from May 2013 through December 2016 and, prior thereto, served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer from its formation in January 2008 to May 2013. In addition, Mr. Kurland has been the executive chairman of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, or PMT, since January 2017 and, prior thereto, had been the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of PMT from its formation in May 2009 through December 2016. He has also served as the chairman of PNMAC Capital Management, LLC, or PCM, since its formation in March 2008, and the chairman of PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, or PLS, since its formation in February 2008. Prior to PNMAC’s formation, Mr. Kurland served as a director and, from January 1979 to September 2006, held several executive positions, including president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, at Countrywide Financial Corporation, or Countrywide, a diversified financial services company. Mr. Kurland holds a BS from California State University, Northridge. We believe Mr. Kurland is qualified to serve on our Board because of his experience as our previous chief executive officer and as an accomplished financial services executive with more than 40 years of experience in the mortgage banking arena.

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 Board Member Since:2012

Age: 67

DAVID A. SPECTOR

Mr. Spector has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012 and has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2017. He served as our executive managing director, president and chief operating officer from February 2016 through December 2016 and, prior thereto, as president and chief operating officer from February 2013 to February 2016. Mr. Spector also has been president and chief executive officer of PNMAC since January 2017 and, prior thereto, served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC from January 2008 through December 2016. In addition, Mr. Spector has been a member of the board of PMT since its formation in May 2009 and chairman of the board of directors of PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund, L.P. and PNMAC Mortgage Opportunity Fund, LLC since May 2008. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. Spector wasco-head of global residential mortgages for Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm, based in London. Before joining Morgan Stanley in September 2006, Mr. Spector was the senior managing director, secondary marketing, at Countrywide, where he was employed from May 1990 to August 2006. Mr. Spector holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. We believe Mr. Spector is qualified to serve on our Board because of his experience as a member of our executive management team and as an experienced executive with broad mortgage banking expertise in portfolio investments, interest rate and credit risk management, and capital markets activity that includes pricing, trading and hedging.

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 Board Member Since:2012

Age: 57

ANNE D. MCCALLION

Ms. McCallion has been a member of our Board since February 2018. Ms. McCallion served as our Senior Managing Director and Chief Enterprise Operations Officer from January 2017 until her retirement in June 2019. Prior thereto, she served as our senior managing director and chief financial officer from February 2016 through December 2016 and as our chief financial officer from January 2013 to February 2016. Ms. McCallion also served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC from May 2009 until her retirement. Ms. McCallion served as senior managing director and chief enterprise operations officer of PMT from January 2017 until her retirement in June 2019. Prior thereto, she served as its chief financial officer from its formation in 2009 through December 2016. She also was a member of the technical staff at the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Ms. McCallion holds a BS degree from Gannon University and an MBA degree from Ashland University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). We believe Ms. McCallion is qualified to serve on our Board because of her prior experience as a seasoned executive with significant financial expertise and considerable knowledge in the financial and operational aspects of the mortgage banking business.

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 Board Member Since:2018

Age: 65

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MATTHEW BOTEIN

Mr. Botein has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012. Since January 2017, Mr. Botein has served as managing partner at Gallatin Point LLC, a private investment and advisory firm. Since January 2017, he also has served as a consultant to BlackRock, Inc., or BlackRock, a global investment management firm, as part of a two year initial term during which he will advise BlackRock on certain aspects of its alternative investment business. Prior thereto, from November 2009 to January 2017, he was employed at BlackRock and held the position of managing director andco-head of BlackRock Alternative Investors and the title of chief investment officer for alternative investments. He previously served as chairman of Botein & Co., LLC, a private investment and advisory firm, from July 2009 through November 2009 and as a managing director of Highfields Capital Management LP, or Highfields, an investment management firm, from 2003 through June 2009. Mr. Botein also currently serves on the boards of Northeast Bancorp, a bank holding company, Hunt Capital Holdings, a real asset investment manager, and Fortuna Holdings Ltd. He formerly served on the boards of First American Corporation, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and CoreLogic, Inc. Mr. Botein holds an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. We believe Mr. Botein is qualified to serve on our Board because of his considerable experience in the financial services industry, where he has managed portfolio investments in the banking, insurance, asset management, capital markets and financial processing sectors.

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 Age: 47

 Committees:

  Compensation (Chair)

   Finance

JAMES K. HUNT

Independent Lead Director

Mr. Hunt has been a member of our Board since April 2013 and has been appointed to serve as our independent lead director. Mr. Hunt is currently retired. From November 2015 until his retirement in August 2016, Mr. Hunt served as the managing partner and CEO, middle market credit at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LLC, a leading alternative investment firm in the areas of energy, real estate, credit and specialty growth capital. From August 2014 to November 2015, Mr. Hunt served asnon-executive chairman of the board of THL Credit, Inc., an externally-managed,non-diversifiedclosed-end management investment company. Mr. Hunt served as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of THL Credit, Inc. and of THL Credit Advisors, a registered investment advisor that provides administrative services to THL Credit, Inc., from April 2010 to July 2014 and, prior thereto, held similar executive positions with predecessor entities since May 2007. Previously, Mr. Hunt was chief executive officer and managing partner of Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC, a private equity firm, from 2001 to 2007. Prior toco-founding Bison Capital, Mr. Hunt was the president of SunAmerica Corporate Finance and executive vice president of SunAmerica Investments (subsequently, AIG SunAmerica). Mr. Hunt currently serves on the board of CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund, a diversified,closed-end management investment company, and Hunt Capital Holdings. Mr. Hunt formerly served on the boards of THL Credit, Inc., THL Credit Advisors, Primus Guaranty, Ltd., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and Lender Processing Services, Inc. Mr. Hunt received a BBA from the University of Texas at El Paso and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Hunt is qualified to serve on our Board because of his experience in capital markets and in managing financial services companies.

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 Age: 68

 Committees:

  Compensation

  Governance and Nominating (Chair)

PATRICK KINSELLA

Mr. Kinsella has been a member of our Board since July 2014. Mr. Kinsella has served as an adjunct professor at the USC Marshall School of Business since August 2011. Prior to his retirement as a senior audit partner with KPMG LLP, or KPMG, in May 2013, Mr. Kinsella spent over 35 years at KPMG serving clients generally concentrated in the financial services sector, including banks, thrifts, mortgage companies, automotive finance companies, alternative investment companies and real estate companies. Mr. Kinsella also currently serves on the board of directors of Wrap Technologies, Inc., a developer of security products. Mr. Kinsella received a BS from California State University, Northridge and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of California. We believe Mr. Kinsella is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience in providing professional accounting and auditing services to the financial services industry.

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 Board Member Since:2014

 Age: 66

 Committees:

  Audit (Chair)

  Related Party Matters

  Risk

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JOSEPH MAZZELLA

Mr. Mazzella has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012. Mr. Mazzella retired in March 2017 after serving as the managing director and the general counsel of Highfields, which he joined in 2002. Prior to joining Highfields, Mr. Mazzella was a partner at the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, L.L.P., in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to private practice, he was an attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1978 to 1980, and previously served as a law clerk in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Mazzella has served on multiple public company boards of directors, including Alliant Techsystems, Inc. and Data Transmission Networks Corporation, and he served as chairman of the board of Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. Mr. Mazzella received a BA from City College of New York and a JD from Rutgers University School of Law. We believe Mr. Mazzella is qualified to serve on our Board because of his broad experience and strong business and legal backgrounds in the financial services industry.

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 Board Member Since:2012

 Age: 67

 Committees:

  Nominating and Corporate Governance

  Related Party Matters (Chair)

FARHAD NANJI

Mr. Nanji has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012. In December 2016, Mr. Nanjico-founded MFN Partners Management, L.P., a value-oriented investment management firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior thereto, until December 2015, Mr. Nanji served as a managing director of Highfields, where he focused on portfolio investments in distressed securities, restructurings, structured credit and global financial services from 2006. Prior to joining Highfields, Mr. Nanji was an associate with HighVista Strategies, an investment management firm, and he also served as an engagement manager in the financial institutions group at McKinsey & Company, a global consulting firm. Mr. Nanji received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Com. degree from McGill University. We believe Mr. Nanji is qualified to serve on our Board because of his expertise in the mortgage and financial services businesses.

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 Board Member Since:2012

Age: 41

 Committees:

  Compensation

  Governance and Nominating

JEFFREY A. PERLOWITZ

Mr. Perlowitz has been a member of our Board since February 2019. He is currently retired. From 1998 until his retirement in 2016, Mr. Perlowitz served as managing director andco-head of global securitized markets at Citigroup and predecessor entities, where he was responsible for sales and trading of residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgages and consumer products. He holds a B.S. in economics and accounting from The State University of New York at Albany. We believe Mr. Perlowitz is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive mortgage finance background and expertise in the securitization of residential mortgage loans.

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 Board Member Since:2019

Age: 63

 Committees:

  Finance

  Risk

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THEODORE W. TOZER

Mr. Tozer has been a member of our Board since August 2017. Mr. Tozer currently serves as a senior fellow at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets, where he leads the Institute’s housing finance reform work. Prior thereto, Mr. Tozer served as the president of the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, from February 2010 to January 2017. Before joining Ginnie Mae, Mr. Tozer served as senior vice president of capital markets at National City Mortgage Company. He also has served as a charter member of the National Lender Advisory Boards of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, chairman of the Capital Markets Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA), and as a member of the Residential Board of Governors of the MBA. Mr. Tozer received a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance from Indiana University in 1979, and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Certified Management Accountant. We believe Mr. Tozer is qualified to serve on our Board because of his numerous years of experience in the mortgage and financial services businesses and his deep understanding of mortgage banking and agency relations.

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 Board Member Since:2017

Age: 63

 Committees:

  Audit

  Related Party Matters

  Risk (Chair)

EMILY YOUSSOUF

Ms. Youssouf has been a member of our Board since November 2013. Ms. Youssouf has served as a clinical professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate since 2009. Ms. Youssouf served as vice chair of the New York City Housing Development Corporation from 2011 to 2013 and as a member of its board from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she served as an independent consultant from 2008 to 2011, during which time her clients included Rockefeller Foundation, Washington Square Partners and various real estate investors. Prior thereto, she was a managing director with JPMorgan Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer, from 2007 to 2008, and the president of the NYC Housing Development Corporation from 2003 to 2007. Ms. Youssouf has also held various senior positions at Natlis Settlements, LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, Daiwa Securities America, Prudential Securities, Merrill Lynch and Standard & Poor’s. Ms. Youssouf currently serves as a board member of numerous organizations, including the JP Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust where she serves as the chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Audit and Valuation Committee, the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, the NYC School Construction Authority, the NYS Job Development Authority and the TransitCenter. Ms. Youssouf is a graduate of Wagner College and holds an MA in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from The New School for Social Research. We believe Ms. Youssouf is qualified to serve on our Board because of her numerous years of experience in the investment banking, finance and real estate industries and deep understanding of the housing market.

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 Board Member Since:2013

Age: 68

 Committees:

  Audit

  Finance (Chair)

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Non-Management Director Compensation

The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to our Board the form and level of director compensation and seeks outside advice from our independent compensation consultants on market practices when changes are contemplated. Director compensation was reviewed during September 2019 by our independent compensation consultants who found that our ongoing compensation was not an outlier relative to certain industry, S&P 600, and Russell 3000 benchmarks. The compensation program for ournon-management directors is intended to be competitive and fair so that we can attract the best talent to our Board, and recognize the time and effort required of a director given the size and complexity of our operations. In addition to cash compensation, we provide equity grants and have stock ownership guidelines to align the directors’ interests with our stockholders’ interests and to motivate our directors to focus on our long-term growth and success. Management directors who also serve as our executive officers are not paid any fees for serving on our Board or for attending Board meetings.

The following table summarizes the annual retainer fees of ournon-management directors during Fiscal 2019:

Base Annual Retainer, allnon-management directors

Lisa M. Shalett

  

$

80,000

Additional Base Annual Retainer, independent lead director

$

30,000

Base Annual Retainer, allnon-management committee members:

X
  

Audit Committee

  

$

10,000

Compensation Committee

$

7,750

Finance Committee

$

7,750

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

$

5,750

Related Party Matters Committee

$

5,750

Risk Committee

$

10,000

Additional Annual Retainer, all committee chairs:

X
  

Audit Committee

$

12,000

Compensation Committee

$

10,750

Finance Committee

$

10,750

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

$

7,750

Related Party Matters Committee

$

7,750

Risk Committee

$

12,000

Our directors are also eligible to receive certain types of equity-based awards under the 2013 Plan. During Fiscal 2019, each of Messrs. Botein, Hunt, Kinsella, Mazzella, Nanji, Perlowitz and Tozer and Ms. Youssouf received a grant of 4,450 time-based restricted stock units, or RSUs, on March 15, 2019 and Ms. McCallion received a grant of 4,485 time-based RSUs on July 1, 2019, in each case with a grant date fair value of approximately $102,000. Subject to continued service through each vesting date, these RSUs generally vest in full on the one (1) year anniversary of the date of the grant, except in the case of Ms. McCallion, whose RSUs vested in full on March 15, 2020. Prior to the vesting of an RSU, such RSU is generally subject to forfeiture upon termination of service to us.

Each independent director newly elected or appointed to our Board is entitled to receive aone-time initial RSU grant with a grant date fair value of approximately $102,000 in RSUs (annualized for the annual equity award cycle).

Further, all members of our Board will be reimbursed for their reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in attending all meetings of our Board and its committees and certain other Company-related functions.

Policy Regarding Receipt of Shares in Lieu of Cash Director Fees.During 2014, the Board adopted a policy wherebynon-management director fees may be paid in cash or common stock at the election of eachnon-management director. The number of shares of common stock delivered in lieu of any cash payment of director fees shall be equivalent in value to the amount of forgone director fees divided by the

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market value (as defined in our 2013 Plan) of the common stock on the last market trading day preceding the day on which the director fees otherwise would have been paid in cash to thenon-management director, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

Change of Control. Upon a change of control (as defined in our 2013 Plan), all outstanding equity awards granted tonon-management directors will be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights will be substituted, or the awards otherwise will be continued in a manner satisfactory to the Compensation Committee, by the acquiring or succeeding entity or its affiliate.

2019 Director Compensation Table

The table below summarizes the compensation earned by eachnon-management director who served on our Board for Fiscal 2019.

 

Name(1)

 

    

 

Fees Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
(2)

 

   

 

Stock
Awards
($)
(3)(4)

 

   

 

Total  
($)  

 

 

 

Matthew Botein

 

    

 

 

 

 

        106,250

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

208,250  

 

 

 

 

 

James K. Hunt

 

    

 

 

 

 

132,369

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

234,369  

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick Kinsella

 

    

 

 

 

 

117,750

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

219,750  

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Mazzella

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

201,250

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

201,250  

 

 

 

 

 

Anne D. McCallion

 

    

 

 

 

 

45,402

 

 

(5) 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

147,402  

 

 

 

 

 

Farhad Nanji

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

197,342

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

197,342  

 

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey Perlowitz

 

    

 

 

 

 

84,075

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

106,478

 

 

(6) 

 

  

 

 

 

 

190,823  

 

 

 

 

 

Theodore W. Tozer

 

    

 

 

 

 

116,017

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

218,017  

 

 

 

 

 

Emily Youssouf

 

    

 

 

 

 

108,103

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

102,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

210,103  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Mr. Kurland, our Chairman, and Mr. Spector, a director and our President and Chief Executive Officer, are not included in this table as they were officers of our Company during Fiscal 2019 and thus receive no additional compensation for their services as directors. Messrs. Kurland and Spector and Ms. McCallion received compensation as officers of our Company for Fiscal 2019. Compensation for Messrs. Kurland and Spector is included in the “2019 Summary Compensation Table.”

(2)

Reflects fees earned by the director in Fiscal 2019, whether or not paid in such year. During all or part of Fiscal 2019, each of Messrs. Hunt, Mazzella and Nanji elected to receive his director fees in shares of common stock in lieu of cash.

(3)

Reflects the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, or ASC 718, of RSUs granted to Messrs. Botein, Hunt, Kinsella, Nanji, Mazzella, Perlowitz and Tozer and Ms. Youssouf on March 15, 2019 and granted to Ms. McCallion on July 1, 2019. For more information on the assumptions used in our estimates of value, please refer toNote 21—Stock-based Compensation in our Annual Report on Form10-K filed on February 28, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, each of our directors held an aggregate number of RSUs in the following amounts: Messrs. Botein, Hunt, Kinsella, Mazzella and Nanji and Ms. Youssouf—8,891, Mr. Tozer—8,183, Mr. Perlowitz – 4,645 and Ms. McCallion – 12,074.

(4)

Each of Messrs. Mazzella and Nanji elected to receive shares of our common stock in lieu of cash director fees during all or a portion of Fiscal 2019.

(5)

Reflects fees paid in cash to Ms. McCallion during Fiscal 2019 in her capacity as anon-management director beginning July 1, 2019.

(6)

Includes aone-time initial equity grant of 195 RSUs with a grant date fair value of approximately $4,751 that Mr. Perlowitz received upon his appointment to our Board on February 20, 2019.

Non-Management Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

Non-management directors are subject to robust stock ownership guidelines whereby each such director is expected to hold common stock and unvested RSUs with an aggregate market value equal to at least five times the base annual retainer.Non-management directors are expected to meet the ownership guidelines within five years from the date of appointment or election to the Board. Eachnon-management director who has been a member of our Board for five years or more is in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will annually review each director’s progress toward meeting the stock ownership guidelines.

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Audit Matters

Report of the Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the independence and experience requirements of The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, and that Mr. Kinsella is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and the NYSE.

The Audit Committee met 10 times in 2019. The Audit Committee’s agenda is established by the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP, or Deloitte, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and reviewed with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Deloitte the overall audit scope and plans, the results of the external audit examination, evaluations by the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company’s internal controls and the quality of its financial reporting.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management, including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The Audit Committee also discussed with Deloitte other matters required to be discussed by a registered public accounting firm with the Audit Committee under applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB. The Audit Committee received and discussed with Deloitte its annual written report on its independence from the Company’s and its management, which is made pursuant to applicable requirements of the PCAOB and considered with Deloitte whether the provision ofnon-audit services is compatible with its independence.

In performing all of these functions, the Audit Committee acts only in an oversight capacity and, necessarily, in its oversight role, the Audit Committee relies on the work and assurances of the Company’s management, which has the primary responsibility for financial statements and reports, and of Deloitte, which, in its report, expresses an opinion on the conformity of the Company’s annual financial statements to generally accepted accounting principles and on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as ofyear-end.

In reliance on these reviews and discussions, and the report of Deloitte, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors approved, the inclusion of the Company’s audited financial statements in its Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020.

The foregoing report has been furnished by the current members of the Audit Committee:

Patrick Kinsella,Chair

Theodore W. Tozer

Emily Youssouf

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  Management Directors

David A. Spector

Doug Jones

†   – Chairman of the Board

*   – Independent Lead Director

CC – Committee Chair

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  CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   

The primary committee responsibilities, current committee membership and number of meetings held by each such committee of our Board during Fiscal 2022 are summarized below:

Audit Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

   AUDIT MATTERS  

Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In addition to performing the audits of our financial statements in Fiscal 2019 and Fiscal 2018, Deloitte provided other audit-related andnon-audit-related services for us during these years.

Fees to Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2019 and 2018

The following table shows the fees billed by Deloitte for the audit and other services it provided to us in respect of Fiscal 2019 and Fiscal 2018.

    

 

2019

 

   

 

2018

 

 

 

Audit Fees (1)

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,253,349

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,934,275

 

 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees (2)

 

  

 

 

 

 

514,427

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

499,315

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Fees

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

14,085

 

 

 

 

 

All Other Fees (3)

 

  

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Total

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,797,776

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,477,675

 

 

 

 

(1)

Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the annual audit and reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form10-Q and the audit of the annual financial statements of certain of our subsidiaries.

(2)

Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for professional services provided in connection with the issuance of comfort letters and consents in connection with SEC filings and other compliance related testing.

(3)

All Other Fees consist of certain agreed upon procedures related to certain of our financing transactions.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

The Audit Committee approved all services performed by Deloitte during Fiscal 2019assists our Board in accordance with applicable SEC requirements. The Audit Committee has alsopre-approved the use of Deloitte for certain audit-related andnon-audit-related services, setting a specific limit on the amount of such services that we may obtain from Deloitte before additional approval is necessary. In addition, the Audit Committee has delegated to the chair of the Audit Committee the authority to approve both audit-related andnon-audit-related services provided by Deloitte, provided that the chair will present any decision to the full Audit Committee for ratification at its next scheduled meeting.overseeing:

 

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  our accounting and financial reporting processes;


  PROPOSAL II – RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   

 

PROPOSAL II – RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  the integrity and audits of our financial statements;

The Audit Committee is presenting a proposal

  our internal control function;

  our compliance with related legal and regulatory requirements;

  the effectiveness of our compliance programs as they relate to ratify its appointmentapplicable laws and regulations governing securities, financial and accounting matters;

  the framework established to monitor major financial risk exposures, including risk assessment and risk management policies;

  the qualifications and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm; and

  the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP and its affiliated entities,our internal auditors.

The Audit Committee is also responsible for preparing an audit committee report to be included in our annual proxy statement, reviewing and discussing management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations to be included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or Deloitte, which has served asSEC, the engagement, retention and compensation of our independent registered public accounting firm, sincereviewing with our formation. During this time, Deloitte has performedindependent registered public accounting firm the plans and auditingresults of the audit engagement, approving professional services for us. We expectprovided by our independent registered public accounting firm, considering the range of audit and permissible non-audit fees, and reviewing the adequacy of our internal accounting controls. The Audit Committee also monitors innovation trends that representativesmay impact the Company’s business operations or strategies.

Patrick Kinsella, Chair

Lisa M. Shalett

Theodore W. Tozer

Emily Youssouf

Meetings in 2022: 9

Mr. Kinsella serves as an “audit committee financial expert,” as that term is defined by the SEC. Each of Deloitte will be present at the Annual Meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. If the appointmentmembers of Deloitte is not ratified, the Audit Committee will reconsideris “financially literate” under the appointment.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2020.rules of the NYSE.

 

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Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Audit Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE and SEC. For additional information on the Audit Committee, please see the section below entitled “Report of the Audit Committee.”

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  SECURITY OWNERSHIP INFORMATION  

 

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Security Ownership Information

  CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   

Security OwnershipCompensation Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Compensation Committee are to:

  evaluate the performance of our Chief Executive OfficersOfficer and Directorsother executive officers;

  review and/or recommend to the Board the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers;

  adopt and administer compensation policies, plans and benefit programs for our executive officers and all other members of our executive team;

  review and recommend to our Board compensation plans, policies and programs;

  prepare the compensation committee report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement;

  review and discuss our compensation discussion and analysis to be included in our annual proxy statement;

  recommend to our Board the compensation for our non-management directors;

  collaborate with the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on succession plans; and

  administer the issuance of any securities under the PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. 2013 and 2022 Equity Incentive Plans and future equity incentive plans adopted by stockholders (collectively the “Equity Plans”).

 

The following table sets forth certain information regardingCompensation Committee may form, and delegate authority to, subcommittees when it deems appropriate to the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock by (1) each of our named executive officers, (2) each of our current directors and director nominees, and (3)extent permitted under applicable law.

Farhad Nanji, Chair

James K. Hunt

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

Meetings in 2022: 4

Our Board has determined that all of our currentthe directors serving on the Compensation Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly andSEC. For additional information on the indicated person has sole voting and investment power.

  

 

Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
(1)

 

  

 

Number

 

  

 

Percentage

 

 

  Executive Officers and Directors

 

     

  Stanford L. Kurland (2)

 

   

 

9,256,662

 

 

    

 

11.56

 

%

 

  David A. Spector (3)

 

   

 

2,099,911

 

 

    

 

2.64

 

%

 

  Doug Jones (4)

 

   

 

900,637

 

 

    

 

1.14

 

%

 

  Vandad Fartaj (5)

 

   

 

1,047,863

 

 

    

 

1.32

 

%

 

  Andrew S. Chang

 

   

 

1,112,455

 

 

    

 

1.40

 

%

 

  Matthew Botein

 

   

 

407,566

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  James K. Hunt

 

   

 

75,503

 

 

   

  Patrick Kinsella

 

   

 

35,810

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Joseph Mazzella (6)

 

   

 

677,944

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Anne D. McCallion (7)

 

   

 

358,279

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Farhad Nanji

 

   

 

185,600

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

 

   

 

4,645

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Theodore W. Tozer

 

   

 

9,265

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Emily Youssouf

 

   

 

31,967

 

 

    

 

*

 

 

  Directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons)

 

   

 

17,457,352

 

 

    

 

21.48

 

%

 

*

Represents less than 1.0%.

(1)

Based on 79,190,245 shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares of common stock if that person has or shares voting power or investment power with respect to those shares or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days of the record date. As used herein, “voting power” is the power to vote or direct the voting of shares and “investment power” is the power to dispose or direct the disposition of shares. None of the shares have been pledged as security.

(2)

Includes 8,249,990 shares of common stock owned by Kurland Family Investments, LLC and 64,695 shares of common stock owned by the 1998 Kurland Revocable Trust.

(3)

Includes 465,604 shares of common stock owned by ST Family Investment Company LLC.

(4)

Includes 711,192 shares of common stock held in a family trust.

(5)

Includes 845,254 shares of common stock held in a family trust.

(6)

Includes 296,031 shares of common stock owned by the Mazzella Family Irrevocable Trust. Mr. Mazzella is not a trustee of that entity, however, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the common stock held by that entity.

(7)

Includes 228,606 shares of common stock held in a family trust.

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  SECURITY OWNERSHIP INFORMATION  

Security OwnershipCompensation Committee, please see the section below entitled “Report of Other Beneficial Ownersthe Compensation Committee.”

 

 

Finance Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The following table sets forth certain informationFinance Committee is responsible for overseeing the financial objectives, policies, procedures and activities of our Company, including a review of our capital structure, sources of funds, liquidity and financial position. In connection with these responsibilities of the Finance Committee, its principal functions are to:

  review, assess and monitor our capital structure, liquidity, capital adequacy and reserves;

  review and assess any policies we may establish from time to time that relate to our liquidity management, capital structure and dividend approvals;

  review our short- and long-term investment strategy, investment policies and the performance of our investments;

  monitor our capital budget; and

  review our policies and procedures on hedges, swaps and other derivative transactions.

Emily Youssouf, Chair

Jonathon S. Jacobson

Anne D. McCallion

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

Meetings in 2022: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Finance Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

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  CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   

Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are to:

  seek, consider and recommend to the full Board qualified candidates for election as directors and then recommend nominees for election as directors at the annual meeting of stockholders;

  review periodically with the Board and Compensation Committee the succession plans relating to the beneficial ownership of sharesChief Executive Officer and the Company’s other executive officers;

  periodically prepare and submit to our Board for adoption the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s selection criteria for director nominees;

  review and make recommendations to our Board on matters involving the general operation of our common stock by each person or entity knownBoard and our corporate governance guidelines;

  annually recommend to our Board nominees for each of its committees;

  annually assess our stock ownership guidelines;

  annually facilitate the assessment of the performance of the individual committees and our Board as a whole and reporting thereon to our Board; and

  regularly oversee our environmental, social and governance criteria and policies, practices and initiatives regarding corporate sustainability.

James K. Hunt, Chair

Jonathon S. Jacobson

Joseph Mazzella

Lisa M. Shalett

Meetings in 2022: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

Related Party Matters Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal functions of the Related Party Matters Committee are to:

  establish policies and procedures related to the identification and management of certain transactions, and resolve other potential conflicts of interest, between our Company to be the beneficial owner of more than five percentand any of our sharessubsidiaries, on the one hand, and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, or PMT, and its subsidiaries and any other non-wholly-owned entity that we manage or over which we have control (whether through ownership, voting power, contract or otherwise), on the other hand;

  establish policies and procedures related to the identification of any other transactions in which certain related parties, including our directors, executive officers and their family members, have a direct or indirect interest;

  oversee and administer all such policies; and

  review and, if necessary, approve and/or make recommendations to the Board regarding all such transactions, including, but not limited to, our management agreement, servicing agreement, mortgage banking services agreement, MSR recapture agreement, and mortgage loan purchase agreement with PMT, and any amendments of or extensions to such agreements.

Joseph Mazzella, Chair

Patrick Kinsella

Theodore W. Tozer

Meetings in 2022: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the directors serving on the Related Party Matters Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the NYSE.

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  CORPORATE GOVERNANCE   

Risk Committee

Primary Responsibilities

Members:

The principal function of the Risk Committee is to assist our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to: (i) our Company’s aggregate risk profile; (ii) specific risks expressly delegated to the Risk Committee, including credit risk, mortgage compliance risk, and operational risk; and (iii) management’s approach for assessing, monitoring and controlling such aggregate and specific risks. In carrying out its duties, the responsibilities of the Risk Committee include, but are not limited to, the following:

  reviewing, discussing and overseeing our management’s establishment and operation of our common stock, based onCompany’s enterprise risk management (and any significant changes thereto);

  reviewing annually a schedule of all identified risks facing our reviewCompany and the alignment of publicly available statementssuch risks with our management committees and committees of beneficial ownership filedour Board;

  reviewing annually our enterprise risk management policy;

  reviewing and overseeing credit risk, mortgage compliance risk, environmental and climate risk, and operational risk (including regular reviews of risks arising from cybersecurity and data privacy), as well as the establishment and operation of policies and procedures and remediation for any deficiencies with respect to such specific risks; and

  directing management to evaluate the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G aseffectiveness of our risk management.

Theodore W. Tozer, Chair

Patrick Kinsella

Anne D. McCallion

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

Meetings in 2022: 4

Our Board has determined that all of the record date. Beneficial ownership reflected indirectors serving on the table below is based on 79,190,245 shares of common stock outstanding asRisk Committee are independent under the applicable rules of the record date and review of publicly available statements of beneficial ownership filed with the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G through February 14, 2020.NYSE.

 

  

 

Common Stock
Beneficially Owned

 

  

 

Number

 

  

 

Percentage

 

 

  5% Stockholders

 

     

  HC Partners LLC (1)

  200 Clarendon Street, 59th Floor

  Boston, Massachusetts 02116

 

   

 

15,741,237

 

 

    

 

19.88

 

%

 

  BlackRock, Inc. (2)

  55 East 52nd Street

  New York, New York 10022

 

   

 

8,246,597

 

 

    

 

10.41

 

%

 

  T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (3)

  100 E. Pratt Street

  Baltimore, Maryland 212025

 

   

 

6,715,577

 

 

    

 

8.48

 

%

 

  Kurland Family Investments, LLC

  3043 Townsgate Road

  Westlake Village, California 91361

 

   

 

8,314,990

 

 

    

 

10.50

 

%

 

Board of Directors and Committee Meetings

 

(1)

As reported in Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2020 by HC Partners, LLC, or HCP. In the Schedule 13G amendment, HCP disclosed that it has the sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 15,741,237 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2019.

During Fiscal 2022, our full Board held eight meetings. All directors are expected to make every effort to attend all meetings of the Board and meetings of the committees of which they are members. Each of our incumbent directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings held in Fiscal 2022 for the period during which such director served with respect to meetings of our Board and each committee on which such director served.

Executive Sessions of the Independent Directors

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require that our Board hold at least four regularly scheduled meetings each year and that our independent directors meet in executive session without management on a regularly scheduled basis. These executive sessions, which are designed to promote unfettered discussions among our independent directors, are presided over by the independent lead director.

Board Member Attendance at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

We expect each member of the Board to attend our annual meetings of stockholders except for absences due to causes beyond the reasonable control of the director. Each incumbent director serving during the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders attended the meeting.

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(2)

As reported in Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 13, 2020 by BlackRock, Inc., or BlackRock. In the Schedule 13D amendment, BlackRock disclosed that its holdings consist of 466,274 shares of common stock acquired in its role as an investment adviser for certain client accounts and 7,780,323 shares of common stock held by KLB Corp. (d/b/a The BlackRock Foundation), or the Foundation. BlackRock may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Foundation, and therefore, may be deemed to beneficially own such shares. BlackRock also reported that it has the sole voting power over 8,242,288 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power over 8,246,597 shares of common stock as of February 11, 2020.

(3)

As reported in Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2020 by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., or T. Rowe Price. In the Schedule 13G amendment, T. Rowe Price disclosed that it has the sole voting power over 1,677,200 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power over 6,715,577 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2019.

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Board Evaluations

The charters of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Related Party Matters Committee and Risk Committee require an annual performance evaluation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee oversees the annual board assessment process and the implementation of the annual committee assessments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee typically engages an external evaluator to facilitate the board and committee assessment process. The key areas of focus for the evaluation are Board operations, Board accountability and committee performance. The results of the evaluation are reviewed with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the full Board. Below is an example of a typical external evaluator led board evaluation.

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Commencement


Evaluation

Analysis

Findings

Follow-Up

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair engages an outside law firm and they jointly develop a comprehensive questionnaire to serve as the basis for the interview with each director.

Questionnaires are distributed and the outside law firm interviews each director, soliciting feedback on the effectiveness of the Board and the directors individually including on board size, compositions, board and committee structure and overall performance.

The outside law firm synthesizes the interview discussions and prepares a summary of findings and themes for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, working with the Chair.

The outside law firm and Chair present their findings and themes to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which discuss the findings. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair then presents the findings to the Board.

Results requiring additional considerations are addressed at subsequent meetings and reported back to the Board, where appropriate.

Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which sets forth the basic principles and guidelines for resolving various legal and ethical questions that may arise in the workplace and in the conduct of our business. This code is applicable to all of our officers, employees and directors.

In addition, we have adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, which sets forth specific policies to guide these individuals in the performance of their duties. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers are available on our website at pfsi.pennymac.com. Our directors, officers and employees are also encouraged to anonymously report suspected violations of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics through various means, including a toll-free hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

We have adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, available on our website at pfsi.pennymac.com, which, in conjunction with the charters and key practices of the committees of our Board, provide the framework for the governance of our Company. Pursuant to the majority voting standard in our Amended and Restated Bylaws, our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that if any incumbent nominee for director fails to receive a majority vote for election or re-election, if so required, the director will promptly tender to the Board for its consideration his or her offer to resign from the Board.

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  EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION  

 

Executive Officers and Executive Compensation

Our Executive Officers

  CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY   

Corporate Sustainability and ESG Overview and Goals

Stakeholder Engagement

Our corporate sustainability and ESG approach starts with acknowledging that our stakeholders are the beneficiaries of our growth and success as an enterprise.

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The following sets forth certain information with respect to our current executive officers:Corporate Sustainability and ESG

As a Foundational Discipline

 

Board and Management Oversight – Policies and Procedures

Monitoring and Evaluation – Sustainability Reporting

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  CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY   

Corporate Sustainability Priorities Aligned with our Strategic Objectives

With oversight from our Board and its various committees, we are committed to being responsive to our stakeholders as it relates to managing the environmental, social, and governance impacts of our business activities and continuously improving our corporate sustainability and ESG related disclosures. Our Board believes that it is important to establish a robust corporate sustainability and ESG program and framework that will support our corporate initiatives. This year, as part of our ongoing corporate sustainability and ESG program, we will publish another corporate sustainability report on our website with additional goals and industry-specific standards relevant to the mortgage finance industry. Our corporate sustainability report is prepared by our Senior Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer and our Managing Director, Corporate Sustainability. We maintain a Corporate Sustainability and ESG Policy, which defines the framework requirements and governing platform for how we identify and manage the ESG impacts of our operations in furtherance of our strategic plans.

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We maintain a pay-for-performance culture but we also acknowledge that our core business centered on the essential public good of homeownership serves a greater corporate purpose. Mortgage banking allows us to serve our customers throughout the country by facilitating home purchases, refinancings that make homes more affordable, and, when necessary, loss mitigation alternatives designed to avoid foreclosure and keep our customers and their families in their homes. We also encourage and support our corporate sustainability objectives through our Board governance, our employees and operations and through our community commitments. Corporate sustainability goals are included in our annual corporate strategic plan and are used to determine overall compensation, including variable pay, where applicable. Our corporate sustainability priorities promote our long-term growth that benefits all of our investors, employees, housing industry customers and other stakeholders. We hold ourselves accountable for managing the ESG impact of our business activities through a number of operational initiatives.

 

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  CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY   

Corporate Sustainability and Board Committee Oversight

Our Board has established a set of principles, guidelines and practices that support sustainable financial performance and long-term value creation for our stakeholders supported by Board Committee oversight:

 

Position Held with the Company

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Review of our overall corporate sustainability and ESG policies and practices, including human capital management, community involvement, corporate governance and stakeholder reports.

Audit Committee

Review of our financial disclosures, as well as human capital disclosures in our Form 10-K, and monitoring of regulatory developments pertaining to best practices in environmental and sustainability policies and disclosures.

Compensation Committee

Review of our proxy statement compensation disclosures, our corporate sustainability and human capital performance in determining compensation and managing talent and our Say-On-Pay voting results.

Risk Committee

Review of the physical environmental risks as well as risks related to transitioning to a low carbon economy that may impact properties that we own or that collateralize loans we own or service, or locations where we conduct operations.

Environmental Sustainability

We seek to operate our facilities in an environmentally sustainable manner that manages our impact on the environment by investing in sustainable products and services, committing to increased waste recycling, focusing on energy efficiency and engaging in conservative water consumption practices. We are committed to environmental sustainability and energy conservation and recognize the importance of being a responsible steward of the environment.

Board Diversity

Currently, three women serve on our Board representing 25% of our Board members. In addition, three directors self-identify as representing underrepresented communities, including one director of Indian/South Asian heritage, one director of Middle-Eastern/North African heritage and one director of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender orientation. Our Board believes that diversity factors are important in promoting our long-term sustainable growth. Our Board maintains a policy regarding the evaluation of director candidates which states that the Board in its selection of director candidates will consider the overall Board balance of diversity of viewpoints, backgrounds and experiences. Our Board has also established director selection criteria which provides that the Board in its selection of director candidates will consider factors that contribute to Board diversity in the broadest sense, including gender, ethnicity, geography, education, and personal and professional experiences.

Workforce

Our long-term growth and success is highly dependent upon our employees and our ability to maintain a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace representing a broad spectrum of backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. As part of these efforts, we strive to offer competitive compensation and benefits, foster a community where everyone feels a sense of belonging and purpose, and provide employees with the opportunity to give back and make an impact in the communities where we live and serve.

We had over 4,000 domestic employees as of the end of fiscal year 2022. In addition, as of the end of fiscal year 2022, our workforce was 49.9% female and 50.1% male, and the ethnicity of our workforce was 44.4% White, 22.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Black or African American, 14.2% Asian and 4.5% other (which includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and “Two or More Races” as defined in our EEO-1 Report filed with the Department Labor).

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Our Workforce Diversity

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Employee Retention and Development

We believe in attracting, developing and engaging the best talent, while providing a supportive work environment that prioritizes the health and safety of our employees. Talent development is a critical component of the employee experience and ensures that all employees have career growth opportunities, including establishing development networks and relationships and fostering continued growth and learning. Employees receive regular business and compliance training to help further enhance their career development objectives. We also actively manage enterprise-wide and divisional mentoring programs and have partnered with an external vendor to establish a comprehensive, fully integrated wellness program designed to enhance the productivity of our employees.

Compensation and Succession Planning

Our compensation programs are designed to motivate and reward employees who possess the necessary skills to support our business strategy and create long-term value for our stockholders and other stakeholders. Employee compensation may include base salary, annual cash incentives, and long-term equity incentives, as well as life insurance and 401(k) plan matching contributions. We also offer a comprehensive selection of health and welfare benefits to our employees including emotional well-being support and paid parental leave programs. Succession planning is also critical to our operations and we have established ongoing evaluations of our leadership depth and succession capabilities, including Board review.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We believe that building a diverse, equitable and inclusive, high-performing workforce where our employees bring varied perspectives and experiences to work every day creates a positive influence in our workplace, community and business operations. Our Board and our Board Committees provide regular oversight of our corporate sustainability program, including our diversity, equity and inclusion programs and initiatives.

We have also taken proactive measures to strategically and sustainably advance equity in the workplace through our Business Resource Groups (“BRG”), a diversity hiring initiative, mentorship programs, and external partnerships with organizations such as the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America. We also established leadership goals and created customized initiatives that focus on our continued effort to increase the number of women and underrepresented communities in management positions throughout our company and its business divisions.

As it relates to our inclusive culture, we established the following BRGs to emphasize career growth, networking, and learning opportunities for employees and allies with shared backgrounds and experiences: the BOLD BRG (for Black and African American employees and allies), the HOLA BRG (for Hispanic, Latino and Latinx employees and allies), the InspirASIAN BRG (for our Asian American and Pacific Islander employees and allies), the Pennymac PRIDE BRG (for our LGBTQIA employees and allies), the SERVE BRG (for our veteran and military family employees and allies), and the wEMRG BRG (for our women employees and allies). We also foster a more inclusive culture through a variety of initiatives, including corporate training, special events, community outreach and corporate philanthropy.

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Community Involvement

We have a corporate philanthropy program that is governed by a philosophy of giving that prioritizes the support of causes and issues that are important in our local communities, and drives a culture of employee engagement and collaboration throughout our organization. We are committed to empowering our employees to be a positive influence in the communities where we live and serve, and believe that this commitment supports our efforts to attract and engage employees and improve retention.

Our philanthropy program consists of three key components: an employee matching gift program, a charitable grants program and a corporate sponsorship program. Our five philanthropic focus areas are: community development and equitable housing, financial literacy and economic inclusion, human and social services, health and medical research, and environmental sustainability.

We have established a separate donor advised fund to facilitate donations to various local and national charitable organizations and have provided funding to several charitable organizations located near our office sites and national organizations that support missions such as sustainable homeownership, mortgage and rental assistance, food insecurity, disaster recovery, family and child advocacy, and community empowerment. We also manage our environmental impact by focusing on improving our waste reduction, energy efficiency and water conservation.

Communications with our Board of Directors

Our stockholders and other interested persons may send written communications to the Board, committees of the Board and individual directors (including our independent lead director or the independent/non-management directors as a group) by mailing those communications to:

[Specified Addressee]

c/o PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

Email: PFSI_IR@pnmac.com

Attention: Investor Relations

Generally, these communications are sent by us directly to the specified addressee. Any communication that is primarily commercial, offensive, illegal or otherwise inappropriate, or does not substantively relate to the duties and responsibilities of our Board may not be forwarded.

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PROPOSAL I – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

We have twelve directors. The Board has nominated David A. Spector, James K. Hunt, Jonathon S. Jacobson, Doug Jones, Patrick Kinsella, Joseph Mazzella, Anne D. McCallion, Farhad Nanji, Jeffrey A. Perlowitz, Lisa M. Shalett, Theodore W. Tozer and Emily Youssouf for election as directors, and each nominee has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and has agreed to serve if elected. If our director nominees are elected at this year’s Annual Meeting, they will serve until our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Because this is considered an uncontested election under our Amended and Restated Bylaws, a nominee for director is elected to the Board if he or she receives a majority of the votes cast for his or her election, meaning the number of shares voted “FOR” such nominee’s election exceeds the number of shares voted “AGAINST” such nominee’s election. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the election of directors. In tabulating the voting results for the election of directors, only “FOR” and “AGAINST” votes are counted. If an incumbent nominee for director receives a greater number of votes against his or her election than votes for such election, such director shall tender his or her resignation as provided in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board will then act on an expedited basis to determine whether to accept the director’s tendered resignation and will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. In considering whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board will consider any factors they deem relevant. After the Board’s determination, we will promptly publicly disclose in a document filed or furnished with the SEC the Board’s decision regarding the action to be taken with respect to such incumbent director’s resignation. If the Board’s decision is to not accept the resignation, such disclosure will include the reasons for not accepting the resignation. If the director’s resignation is accepted, then the Board may fill the resulting vacancy in accordance with our bylaws. For additional information on voting, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation” including the section therein titled “—What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?”

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR DAVID A. SPECTOR, JAMES K. HUNT, JONATHON S. JACOBSON, DOUG JONES, PATRICK KINSELLA, JOSEPH MAZZELLA, ANNE D. MCCALLION, FARHAD NANJI, JEFFREY A. PERLOWITZ, LISA M. SHALETT, THEODORE W. TOZER AND EMILY YOUSSOUF AS DIRECTORS TO SERVE UNTIL OUR 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED.

The following paragraphs provide the name and age of each director, as well as each director’s business experience over the last five years or more. Immediately following the description of each director’s business experience is a description of the particular experience, skills and qualifications that were instrumental in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s determination that the director should serve on our Board.

Name

AgePosition

David A. Spector

60

Chairman

James K. Hunt

71

Director

Jonathon S. Jacobson

61

Director

Doug Jones

66

Director

Patrick Kinsella

69

Director

Joseph Mazzella

70

Director

Anne D. McCallion

68

Director

Farhad Nanji

44

Director

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

66

Independent Lead Director

Lisa M. Shalett

56

Director

Theodore W. Tozer

66

Director

Emily Youssouf

71

Director

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Director Nominees

 

 

David A. Spector

57

Director,

 DAVID A. SPECTOR

Mr. Spector has been a member of our Board since December 2012 and has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since February 2021 and, prior thereto, as our President and Chief Executive Officer

Andrew S. Chang

42

Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Vandad Fartaj

45

Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer

Jeffrey P. Grogin

59

Senior Managing Director and Chief Enterprise Operations Officer

Doug Jones

63

Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer

David M. Walker

64

Senior Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer

Biographical information for Mr. Spector is provided above under the caption “Proposal I - Election of Directors.” Certain biographical information for the other executive officers is set forth below.

Andrew S. Chang. Mr. Chang has been our Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer since January 2017. Prior thereto, heHe served as our seniorexecutive managing director, president and chief business developmentoperating officer from February 2016 through December 2016 and, prior thereto, as ourpresident and chief business developmentoperating officer from February 2013 to February 2016. Mr. ChangSpector has also has served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC since its founding in January 2008. In addition, Mr. Spector has been a member of the board of PMT since its formation in May 2008. Mr. Chang is responsible for overseeing our financial management, reporting2009 and controls and tax management,has served as well as our corporate development and investor relations activities.its chairman since February 2021. Prior to joining PNMAC, from June 2005 to May 2008, Mr. ChangSpector was employed at BlackRock and wasco-head of global residential mortgages for Morgan Stanley, a senior member in its advisory services practice, specializing in financial strategy and risk management for banks and mortgage companies. Mr. Chang is an experiencedglobal financial services executive with substantial experiencefirm, based in corporate finance and mortgage banking.

Vandad Fartaj.London. Before joining Morgan Stanley in September 2006, Mr. Fartaj has been our Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer since September 2018. Prior thereto, he served asSpector was the senior managing director, and chief capital markets officersecondary marketing, at Countrywide, where he was employed from February 2016May 1990 to September 2018August 2006. Mr. Spector holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. We believe Mr. Spector is qualified to serve on our Board because of his experience as a member of our executive management team and as chief capital markets officer from February 2013 to February 2016. Mr. Fartaj also has served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC since April 2008. Mr. Fartaj is responsible for all capital markets and investment-related activities, including the development and execution of investment strategies, secondary marketing, hedging activities and capital markets strategies with government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, Mr. Fartaj is responsible for developing and managing relationships with Wall Street broker-dealers and fixed income investors. Prior to joining PNMAC, from November 1999 to April 2008, Mr. Fartaj was employed in a variety of positions at Countrywide Securities Corporation, including managing the strategy and execution of the whole loan conduit. Mr. Fartaj is an experienced executive with broad mortgage banking executive with substantial experienceexpertise in capital markets, mortgage-relatedportfolio investments, and interest rate and credit risk management.management, and capital markets activity that includes pricing, trading and hedging.

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Jeffrey P. Grogin.

 Board Member Since: 2012

Age: 60

 JAMES K. HUNT

Mr. GroginHunt has been a member of our Board since April 2013 and served as our independent lead director from April 2014 until February 2021. Mr. Hunt is currently retired. From November 2015 until his retirement in August 2016, Mr. Hunt served as the managing partner and Chief Executive Officer, middle market credit at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LLC, a leading alternative investment firm in the areas of energy, real estate, credit and specialty growth capital. From August 2014 to November 2015, Mr. Hunt served as non-executive chairman of the board of THL Credit, Inc., an externally-managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Mr. Hunt served as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of THL Credit, Inc. and of THL Credit Advisors, a registered investment advisor that provides administrative services to THL Credit, Inc., from April 2010 to July 2014 and, prior thereto, held similar executive positions with predecessor entities since May 2007. Previously, Mr. Hunt was chief executive officer and managing partner of Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC, a private equity firm, from 2001 to 2007. Prior to co-founding Bison Capital, Mr. Hunt was the president of SunAmerica Corporate Finance and executive vice president of SunAmerica Investments (subsequently, AIG SunAmerica). Mr. Hunt currently serves on the board of the Hunt Companies, Inc., Aspida Holdings and Cartiga, LLC. Mr. Hunt formerly served on the boards of THL Credit, Inc., THL Credit Advisors, Primus Guaranty, Ltd., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Lender Processing Services, Inc. and Hunt Companies Acquisition Corp. I. Mr. Hunt received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Hunt is qualified to serve on our Board because of his experience in capital markets and in managing financial services companies.

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 Board Member Since: 2013

 Age: 71

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Compensation

  Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)

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 JONATHON S. JACOBSON

Mr. Jacobson has been a member of our Board since February 2021. Mr. Jacobson is currently the Assistant Head Coach of and Senior Advisor to UNC Charlotte Football and the Founder and non-executive Chairman of HighSage Ventures, a private investment firm formed in 2019 to exclusively manage his family’s assets and those of the One8 Foundation. Mr. Jacobson was the Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Highfields Capital Management from 1998 until 2021, when it returned all remaining capital to investors. Prior to founding Highfields, he was a senior portfolio manager at Harvard Management Company. Mr. Jacobson serves on the Lone Pine Capital Advisory Board and the Novo Capital Investors International Advisory Committee and is a co-trustee of the One8 Foundation. He is a Lifetime Trustee of the Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he serves on the Investment Committee. Mr. Jacobson is a former director of iHeartMedia and iHeartCommunications. He is a past Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University and formerly chaired the International Board of Trustees of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies. He also formerly served on the Investment Committee of the Weizmann Global Endowment Management Trust and the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School. Mr. Jacobson received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. We believe Mr. Jacobson is qualified to serve on our Board because of his expertise in investing and financial services businesses as well as his prior public company board experience.

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 Board Member Since: 2021

 Age: 61

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Finance

  Nominating and Corporate Governance

 DOUG JONES

Mr. Jones has been a member of our Board since March 2023 and has been our Senior Managing DirectorPresident and Chief Enterprise OperationsMortgage Banking Officer since July 2019.March 2021. Prior thereto, he served as the senior managing director and chief administrative officer from February 2018 to June 2019. Mr. Grogin served as our senior managing director and chief administrative and legal officer from February 2016 to February 2018 and, prior thereto, as our chief administrative and legal officer and assistant secretary from March 2015 to February 2016. Mr. Grogin also has served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC since April 2008. Mr. Grogin is responsible for regulatory relations, all aspects of human resources, social media administration, corporate training and learning functions, facilities, legal, strategic planning, business continuity, and procurement and vendor relations. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. Grogin was a founding and managing partner of Samaha Grogin, LLP, a law firm representing local, national and international clients in specialized litigation and complex transactional matters. He also was an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions, securities, and mortgage banking-related matters. Mr. Grogin is an owner of Snood, LLC, a computer games publisher, where he has served as president since 1999. Mr. Grogin has significant experience in real estate, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and mortgage banking law.

Doug Jones.Mr. Jones has been ourCompany’s Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer as well as in a number of other key executive positions since January 2017 and the president of PLS since March 2017. Prior thereto, he served as our senior managing director and chief institutional mortgage banking officer from February 2016 through December 2016, as our chief institutional mortgage banking officer from March 2015 to February 2016, and as our

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chief correspondent lending officer from February 2013 to March 2015.2012. Mr. Jones also has served in a varietyserves as Trustee, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer of similar executive positions at PNMAC since June 2011.PMT. Mr. Jones is responsible for all business activities relating to our loan production and loan servicing and application development operations. Prior to joining PNMAC,PFSI and its affiliates, Mr. Jones worked in several executive positions, including senior managing director, correspondent lending, at Countrywide (and Bank of America Corporation, as its successor) from 1997 until 2011, where he was responsible for managing and overseeing correspondent and warehouse lending operations. Mr. Jones earned a B.A. in economics from California State University, Sacramento. We believe Mr. Jones is qualified to serve on our Board because he is an experienced mortgage banking executive with significant experience in the correspondent production and warehouse lending businesses.businesses.

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David M. Walker.

 Board Member Since: 2023

Age: 66

 PATRICK KINSELLA

Mr. WalkerKinsella has been a member of our Board since July 2014. Prior to his retirement as a senior audit partner with KPMG LLP, or KPMG, in May 2013, Mr. Kinsella spent over 35 years at KPMG serving clients generally concentrated in the financial services sector, including banks, thrifts, mortgage companies, automotive finance companies, alternative investment companies and real estate companies. Mr. Kinsella served as an adjunct professor at the USC Marshall School of Business from August 2011 to May 2020, and previously Mr. Kinsella served on the board of directors of Wrap Technologies, Inc. Mr. Kinsella received a B.S. from California State University, Northridge and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of California. We believe Mr. Kinsella is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive experience in providing professional accounting and auditing services to the financial services industry.

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 Board Member Since: 2014

 Age: 69

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Audit (Chair)

  Related Party Matters

  Risk

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JOSEPH MAZZELLA

Mr. Mazzella has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012. Mr. Mazzella retired in March 2017 after serving as the managing director and the general counsel of Highfields, which he joined in 2002. Prior to joining Highfields, Mr. Mazzella was a partner at the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, L.L.P., in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to private practice, he was an attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1978 to 1980, and previously served as a law clerk in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Mazzella has served on multiple public company boards of directors, including Alliant Techsystems, Inc. and Data Transmission Networks Corporation, and he served as chairman of the board of Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. Mr. Mazzella received a B.A. from City College of New York and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law. We believe Mr. Mazzella is qualified to serve on our Board because of his broad experience and strong business and legal backgrounds in the financial services industry.

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 Board Member Since: 2012

 Age: 70

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Nominating and Corporate Governance

  Related Party Matters (Chair)

ANNE D. MCCALLION

Ms. McCallion has been a member of our Board since February 2018. Ms. McCallion served as our Senior Managing Director and Chief RiskEnterprise Operations Officer since February 2016.from January 2017 until her retirement in June 2019. Prior thereto, heshe served as our senior managing director and chief riskfinancial officer from July 2015 to February 2016 as chief credit and enterprise risk officer from May 2013 to July 2015,through December 2016 and as our chief creditfinancial officer from FebruaryJanuary 2013 to May 2013. Mr. WalkerFebruary 2016. Ms. McCallion also has served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC since January 2008. Mr. Walker is responsible for enterprise risk management, credit risk management, mortgage compliance management and internal audit. From June 2002 to April 2007, Mr. Walkerfrom May 2009 onward until her retirement. Ms. McCallion served in a variety of executive positions at Countrywide Bank, N.A., including chief credit officer and chief lending officer. From October 1992 to June 2002, Mr. Walker served in a variety of executive positions at Countrywide, including executive vice president of secondary marketing andas senior managing director and chief credit officer. Mr. Walkerenterprise operations officer of PMT from January 2017 until her retirement in June 2019. Prior thereto, she served as its chief financial officer from its formation in 2009 through December 2016. She also was a member of the technical staff at the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Ms. McCallion served as a director at Pacific Mercantile Bancorp and Pacific Mercantile Bank. Ms. McCallion holds a B.S. degree from Gannon University and an M.B.A. degree from Ashland University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). We believe Ms. McCallion is qualified to serve on our Board because of her prior experience as a seasoned financial services executive with significant experiencefinancial expertise and considerable knowledge in credit risk management.the financial and operational aspects of the mortgage banking business.

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 Board Member Since: 2018

 Age: 68

 Independent Director

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  REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE  

Report of the Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of RegulationS-K and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended that our Board of Directors include the Compensation Discussion and Analysis in this Proxy Statement and our 2019 Annual Report on Form10-K.

The Compensation Committee

Matthew Botein,Chair

James K. Hunt

Farhad Nanji

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Table of Contents

 

 

 Committees:

  Finance

  Risk

FARHAD NANJI

Mr. Nanji has been a member of our Board since our formation in December 2012. In December 2016, Mr. Nanji co-founded MFN Partners Management, L.P., a value-oriented investment management firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior thereto, until December 2015, Mr. Nanji served as a managing director of Highfields, where he focused on portfolio investments in distressed securities, restructurings, structured credit and global financial services from 2006. Mr. Nanji received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Com. from McGill University. We believe Mr. Nanji is qualified to serve on our Board because of his expertise in the mortgage and financial services businesses.

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 Board Member Since: 2012

 Age: 44

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Compensation (Chair)

2019 Named Executive Officers

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JEFFREY A. PERLOWITZ

Independent Lead Director

Mr. Perlowitz has been a member of our Board since February 2019 and our independent lead director since February 2021. He is currently retired. From 1998 until his retirement in 2016, Mr. Perlowitz served as managing director and co-head of global securitized markets at Citigroup and predecessor entities, where he was responsible for sales and trading of residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgages and consumer products. Mr. Perlowitz also currently serves as a director at the CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund. Mr. Perlowitz holds a B.S. in economics and accounting from The State University of New York at Albany. We believe Mr. Perlowitz is qualified to serve on our Board because of his extensive mortgage finance background and expertise in the securitization of residential mortgage loans.

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 Board Member Since: 2019

Age: 66

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Compensation

  Finance

  Risk

LISA M. SHALETT

Ms. Shalett has been a member of our Board since October 2020. Ms. Shalett is a former Goldman Sachs Partner and former Managing Partner at Brookfield Asset Management. Over her 20 years at Goldman Sachs, she held leadership roles in Equities, Global Compliance, Legal and Internal Audit, and Brand Marketing and Digital Strategy. At Brookfield, she was the firm’s first Head of Strategic Innovation. Currently, Ms. Shalett advises growth companies, serves on the boards of AccuWeather, MPower Partners, and FTA C Emerald Acquisition Corp., and is the founder of Extraordinary Women on Boards, a community of women board directors focused on board excellence. Ms. Shalett served on the boards of Brookfield Property Partners from 2015 to 2018, and Bully Pulpit Interactive from 2017 to 2022. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a B.A., summa cum laude, in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. We believe Ms. Shalett is qualified to serve on our Board because of her broad experience in finance, compliance, marketing and strategy in the financial services industry.

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 Board Member Since: 2020

Age: 56

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Audit

  Nominating and Corporate Governance

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THEODORE W. TOZER

Mr. Tozer has been a member of our Board since August 2017. Mr. Tozer currently serves as a non-resident fellow at the Urban Institute where he works on housing issues. Prior thereto, Mr. Tozer served as the president of the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, from February 2010 to January 2017 as well as a senior fellow at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets from June 2017 until January 2022. Before joining Ginnie Mae, Mr. Tozer served as senior vice president of capital markets at National City Mortgage Company. He also has served as a charter member of the National Lender Advisory Boards of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, chairman of the Capital Markets Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA), and as a member of the Residential Board of Governors of the MBA. Mr. Tozer received a B.S. degree in Accounting and Finance from Indiana University in 1979, and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Certified Management Accountant. We believe Mr. Tozer is qualified to serve on our Board because of his numerous years of experience in the mortgage and financial services businesses and his deep understanding of mortgage banking and agency relations.

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 Board Member Since: 2017

Age: 66

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Audit

  Related Party Matters

  Risk (Chair)

EMILY YOUSSOUF

Ms. Youssouf has been a member of our Board since November 2013. Ms. Youssouf has served as a clinical professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate since 2009. Ms. Youssouf served as vice chair of the New York City Housing Development Corporation from 2011 to 2013 and as a member of its board from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she served as an independent consultant from 2008 to 2011, during which time her clients included Rockefeller Foundation, Washington Square Partners and various real estate investors. Prior thereto, she was a managing director with JPMorgan Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer, from 2007 to 2008, and the president of the NYC Housing Development Corporation from 2003 to 2007. Ms. Youssouf has also held various senior positions at Natlis Settlements, LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, Daiwa Securities America, Prudential Securities, Merrill Lynch and Standard & Poor’s. Ms. Youssouf currently serves as a board member of numerous organizations, including the Unified JP Morgan Funds where she is a board member of the ETF and the Fixed Income Committees, the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, the NYC School Construction Authority, the NYS Job Development Authority and the TransitCenter. Ms. Youssouf is a graduate of Wagner College and holds an M.A. in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from The New School for Social Research. We believe Ms. Youssouf is qualified to serve on our Board because of her numerous years of experience in the investment banking, finance and real estate industries and deep understanding of the housing market.

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 Board Member Since: 2013

Age: 71

 Independent Director

 Committees:

  Audit

  Finance (Chair)

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Non-Management Director Compensation

The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to our Board the form and level of director compensation and seeks outside advice from our independent compensation consultants on market practices when changes are contemplated. Director compensation was reviewed in Fiscal 2022 by our independent compensation consultant relative to peer companies and selected companies within the S&P 500 and Russell 3000 indexes and, in connection with such review, our independent compensation consultant recommended that an increase in compensation may be warranted based on market studies, however, our Compensation Committee recommended no changes in non-management director compensation from the prior year.

The compensation program for our non-management directors is intended to be competitive and fair so that we can attract the best talent to our Board, and recognize the time and effort required of a director given the size and complexity of our operations. In addition to cash compensation, we provide equity grants and have stock ownership guidelines to align our directors’ interests with our stockholders’ interests and to motivate our directors to focus on our long-term growth and success. Mr. Spector, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Jones, our President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer, are not paid any fees for serving on our Board or for attending Board meetings.

The following table summarizes the annual retainer fees of our non-management directors as of the end of Fiscal 2022:

  

Base Annual Retainer, all non-management directors

  $80,000 

Additional Base Annual Retainer, independent lead director

  $30,000 

Base Annual Retainer, all non-management committee members:

  

 

 

 

Audit Committee

  $10,000 

Compensation Committee

  $7,750 

Finance Committee

  $7,750 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  $7,750 

Related Party Matters Committee

  $7,750 

Risk Committee

  $10,000 

Additional Annual Retainer, all committee chairs:

  

 

 

 

Audit Committee

  $12,000 

Compensation Committee

  $10,750 

Finance Committee

  $10,750 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  $10,750 

Related Party Matters Committee

  $10,750 

Risk Committee

  $12,000 

Our non-management directors are also eligible to receive certain types of equity-based awards under our Equity Plans that vest on the first anniversary of the grant date. The non-management director annual RSU grant in Fiscal 2022 was $145,000. Grants to newly elected or appointed non-management directors are prorated for the remaining portion of the annual equity award cycle. During Fiscal 2022, each of Messrs. Hunt, Jacobson, Kinsella, Mazzella, Nanji, Perlowitz, and Tozer and Mmes. McCallion, Shalett and Youssouf received a grant of 2,539 time-based restricted stock units, or RSUs, for their annual grant, in each case with a grant date fair value of $145,000. All members of our Board will also be reimbursed for their reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in attending all meetings of our Board and its committees and certain other Company-related functions.

Policy Regarding Receipt of Shares in Lieu of Cash Director Fees. During 2014, the Board adopted a policy whereby non-management director fees may be paid in cash or fully vested shares of common stock at the election of each non-management director. The number of shares of common stock delivered in lieu of any cash payment of director fees shall be equivalent in value to the amount of forgone director fees divided by the market value (as defined in our Equity Plans) of the common stock on the last market trading day preceding the day on which the director fees otherwise would have been paid in cash to the non-management director, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

Change of Control. Upon a change of control (as defined in our Equity Plans), all outstanding equity awards granted to non-management directors will be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights will be substituted, or the awards otherwise will be continued in a manner satisfactory to the Compensation Committee, by the acquiring or succeeding entity or its affiliate.

 

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2022 Director Compensation Table

The table below summarizes the compensation earned by each non-management director who served on our Board for Fiscal 2022.

Name(1)

    Fees Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
(2)
     Stock
Awards
($)
(2)(3)
     Other
($)
     Total  
($)  
 

James K. Hunt

     106,250      145,000            251,250  

Jonathon S. Jacobson

     95,500      145,000            240,500  

Patrick Kinsella

     119,750      145,000            264,750  

Joseph Mazzella

     106,250      145,000            251,250  

Anne D. McCallion

     97,750      145,000            242,750  

Farhad Nanji

     98,500      145,000            243,500  

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

     135,500      145,000            280,500  

Lisa M. Shalett

     97,750      145,000            242,750  

Theodore W. Tozer

     119,750      145,000      458      265,208  

Emily Youssouf

     108,500      145,000            253,500  

 

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(1)

Mr. Spector, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Jones, our President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer, are not included in this table as they are executive officers of our Company and do not receive any additional compensation for their board services. The compensation that was paid to, or earned by, Messrs. Spector and Jones in Fiscal 2022 is discussed below under “—2022 Summary Compensation Table” and “—Narrative to 2022 Summary Compensation Table.”

Executive Summary of 2019 Compensation

(2)

Reflects fees earned by the director in Fiscal 2022, whether or not paid in such year. During all or part of Fiscal 2022, each of Messrs. Mazzella and Nanji elected to receive their respective director fees, in the amount of $106,250 and $98,500 in fully vested shares of common stock in lieu of cash.

(3)

Reflects the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, or ASC 718, of RSUs granted to Messrs. Hunt, Jacobson, Kinsella, Mazzella, Nanji, Perlowitz, Tozer and Mmes. McCallion, Shalett and Youssouf on February 23, 2022. Such aggregate grant date fair values do not take into account any estimated forfeitures related to service vesting conditions. For more information on the assumptions used in our estimates of value, please refer to Note 20—Stock-based Compensation in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2023. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these RSUs and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by the directors upon vesting and/or settlement of the RSUs. As of December 31, 2022, each of our non-management directors held an aggregate number of RSUs in the following amounts: Messrs. Hunt, Jacobson, Kinsella, Mazzella, Nanji, Perlowitz, Tozer and Mmes. McCallion, Shalett and Youssouf – 2,539.

Non-Management Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

Non-management directors are subject to robust stock ownership guidelines whereby each such director is expected to hold common stock and unvested RSUs with an aggregate market value equal to at least five times the base annual retainer. Non-management directors are expected to meet the ownership guidelines within five years from the date of appointment or election to the Board. Each non-management director who has been a member of our Board for five years or more is in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will annually review each director’s progress toward meeting the stock ownership guidelines based on share ownership calculated as of the average closing share price over the prior year.

 

  

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Executive Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

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  AUDIT MATTERS   

Audit Matters

Report of the Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the independence and experience requirements of The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, and that Mr. Kinsella is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and the NYSE.

The Audit Committee met nine times in 2022. The Audit Committee’s agenda is established by the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP, or Deloitte, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and reviewed with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Deloitte the overall audit scope and plans, the results of the external audit examination, evaluations by the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company’s internal controls and the quality of its financial reporting.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management, including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The Audit Committee also discussed with Deloitte other matters required to be discussed by a registered public accounting firm with the Audit Committee under applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB. The Audit Committee received and discussed with Deloitte its annual written report on its independence from the Company’s and its management, which is made pursuant to applicable requirements of the PCAOB and considered with Deloitte whether the provision of non-audit services is compatible with its independence.

In performing all of these functions, the Audit Committee acts only in an oversight capacity and, necessarily, in its oversight role, the Audit Committee relies on the work and assurances of the Company’s management, which has the primary responsibility for financial statements and reports, and of Deloitte, which, in its reports, expresses an opinion on the conformity of the Company’s annual financial statements to generally accepted accounting principles and on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of year-end.

In reliance on these reviews and discussions, and the reports of Deloitte, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors approved, the inclusion of the Company’s audited financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2023.

The foregoing report has been furnished by the current members of the Audit Committee:

Patrick Kinsella, Chair

Lisa M. Shalett

Theodore W. Tozer

Emily Youssouf

 

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Relationship with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In addition to performing the audits of our financial statements in Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021, Deloitte provided other audit-related and non-audit-related services for us during these years.

Fees to Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2022 and 2021

The following table shows the fees billed by Deloitte for the audit and other services it provided to us in respect of Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021.

  

 

  2022   2021 

Audit Fees(1)

  $2,345,241   $2,243,063 

Audit-Related Fees(2)

   666,526    891,760 

Tax Fees(3)

       32,240 

All Other Fees(4)

   180,000    300,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $3,191,767   $3,467,063 

 

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(1)

Audit Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the annual audit and reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and the audit of the annual financial statements of certain of our subsidiaries.

Performance-Based Compensation Mix

(2)

Audit-Related Fees consist of fees for professional services provided in connection with the issuance of comfort letters and consents in connection with SEC filings and other compliance related testing.

(3)

Tax Fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for tax advisory services.

(4)

All Other Fees consist of certain agreed upon procedures related to certain of our financing transactions.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee approved all services performed by Deloitte during Fiscal 2022 in accordance with applicable SEC requirements. The Audit Committee has also pre-approved the use of Deloitte for certain audit-related and non-audit-related services, setting a specific limit on the amount of such services that we may obtain from Deloitte before additional approval is necessary. In addition, the Audit Committee has delegated to the chair of the Audit Committee the authority to approve both audit-related and non-audit-related services provided by Deloitte, provided that the chair will present any decision to the full Audit Committee for ratification at its next scheduled meeting.

 

  

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2019 Compensation Program Overview

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  PROPOSAL II – RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   

PROPOSAL II – RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm retained to audit our financial statements. The Audit Committee conducts a comprehensive annual evaluation of the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, performance and independence, and takes into account the insight provided to the Audit Committee and the quality of information provided on accounting issues, auditing issues and regulatory developments. The Audit Committee also considers whether, in order to ensure continuing auditor independence, there should be periodic rotation of the independent registered public accounting firm, taking into consideration the advisability and potential costs and impact of selecting a different firm.

The Audit Committee appointed Deloitte to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. Deloitte has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2008.

The Audit Committee exercises sole authority to approve all audit engagement fees and terms associated with the retention of Deloitte. In addition to ensuring the regular rotation of the lead audit partner as required by law, the Audit Committee is involved in the selection of, and reviews and evaluates, the lead audit partner.

The Audit Committee evaluated Deloitte’s institutional knowledge and experience, quality of service, sufficiency of resources and quality of the team’s communications and interactions as well as the team’s objectivity and professionalism. As a result, the Audit Committee believes that the continued retention of Deloitte to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Accordingly, we are asking stockholders to ratify the appointment of Deloitte.

The Board is submitting the appointment of Deloitte to our stockholders for ratification because we value our stockholders’ views on this appointment and as a matter of good corporate governance. In the event that stockholders fail to ratify the appointment, it will be considered a recommendation to the Board and the Audit Committee to consider the selection of a different firm. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee may in its discretion select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement, if they so desire, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not affect the approval of this proposal. For additional information on voting, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation” including the section therein titled “—What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?”

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2023.

 

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  SECURITY OWNERSHIP INFORMATION   

Security Ownership Information

Security Ownership of Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock by (1) each of our named executive officers, (2) each of our current directors and director nominees, and (3) all of our current directors and executive officers as a group as of March 31, 2023. Unless otherwise indicated, all shares are owned directly and the indicated person has sole voting and investment power.

   Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
(1)
   Number     Percentage    

Executive Officers and Directors

     

David A. Spector(2)

    1,693,456   3.3%

Doug Jones(3)

    893,070   1.8%

Vandad Fartaj(4)

    1,191,774   2.4%

James Follette(5)

    59,838   *

Daniel S. Perotti(6)

    469,225   *

James K. Hunt(7)

    64,402   *

Jonathon S. Jacobson(8)

    224,442   *

Patrick Kinsella

    34,209   *

Joseph Mazzella(9)

    312,931   *

Anne D. McCallion(10)

    270,241   *

Farhad Nanji(11)

    4,707,969   9.4%

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

    12,219   *

Lisa M. Shalett

    5,354   *

Theodore W. Tozer

    19,247   *

Emily Youssouf

    30,866   *

Current Executive Officers and Directors as a group (18 persons)

    8,979,596   17.4%

 

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*

Represents less than 1.0%.

Compensation Decisions Made in Fiscal 2019

34

Executive Compensation Decision Making Process

38

Peer Group and Benchmarking

39

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

40

Clawback Provisions

41

Trading Controls and Anti-Pledging and Anti-Hedging Policies

41

Employment andChange-in-Control Arrangements with Named Executive Officers

41

(1)

This compensation discussion and analysis provides a detailed descriptionBased on 50,147,288 shares of our executive compensation programs and policies,common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2023. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the material compensation decisions made under such programs and policiesSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. A person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares of common stock if that person has or shares voting power or investment power with respect to our named executive officers,those shares or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days. As used herein, “voting power” is the power to vote or direct the voting of shares and “investment power” is the material factorspower to dispose or direct the disposition of shares. None of the shares have been pledged as security.

(2)

Includes 435,604 shares of common stock owned by ST Family Investment Company LLC and 657,822 shares underlying stock options that were consideredare exercisable on or before May 30, 2023.

(3)

Includes 505,000 shares of common stock held by GR Family Investments, 30,000 shares of common stock held by Jones A LLC, 30,000 shares of common stock held by Jones B LLC, 17,477 shares held by the Jones Family Trust and 290,773 shares underlying stock options that are exercisable on or before May 30, 2023.

(4)

Includes 828,906 shares of common stock held by the Fartaj Family Trust and 253,548 shares underlying stock options that are exercisable on or before May 30, 2023. Mr. Fartaj ceased serving as the Company’s Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer on March 3, 2023.

(5)

Includes 59,339 shares underlying stock options that are exercisable on or before May 30, 2023.

(6)

Includes 288,297 shares of common stock held by the Perotti Family Trust and 164,949 shares underlying stock options that are exercisable on or before May 30, 2023.

(7)

Includes 36,821 shares of common stock held by the Hunt Living Trust 1994.

(8)

Includes 219,760 shares of common stock owned by Highline Investments LLC.

(9)

Includes 177,031 shares of common stock owned by the Mazzella Family Irrevocable Trust. Mr. Mazzella is not a trustee of that entity, however, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the common stock held by that entity.

(10)

Includes 148,176 shares of common stock held by the McCallion Family Trust and 119,526 shares underlying stock options that are exercisable on or before May 30, 2023.

(11)

Includes 4,531,792 shares of common stock held by MFN Partners, LP, or MFN Partners. MFN Partners GP, LLC, or MFN GP, is the general partner of MFN Partners. MFN Partners Management, LP, or MFN Management, is the investment adviser to MFN Partners. MFN Partners Management, LLC, or MFN LLC, is the general partner of MFN Management. Mr. Nanji is a managing member of MFN GP and MFN LLC but disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by MFN Partners, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, therein.

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Security Ownership of Other Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock by each person or entity known to our Company to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our shares of our common stock, based on our review of publicly available statements of beneficial ownership filed with the SEC. Beneficial ownership reflected in the table below is based on 50,147,288 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and review of publicly available statements of beneficial ownership filed with the SEC.

  Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
  Number     Percentage    

5% Stockholders

    

HC Partners LLC(1)

200 Clarendon Street, 59th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

   15,741,237   31.4%

T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.(2)

101 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

   4,992,531   10.0%

MFN Partners, LP(3)

222 Berkeley Street, 13th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

   4,531,791   9.0%

Senvest Management, LLC(4)

540 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10022

   2,524,675   5.0%

(1)

As reported in making those decisions. This narrative discussion should be read togetherAmendment No. 2 to Schedule 13G filed with the compensation tablesSEC on February 14, 2020, HC Partners, LLC disclosed that it has the sole voting power and related disclosures set forth below.sole dispositive power over 15,741,237 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2019.

(2)

2019 Named Executive OfficersAs reported in Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2023, T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. disclosed that it has sole voting power over 2,871,510 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power over 4,992,531 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2022.

(3)

As reported in Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on August 8, 2022, MFN Partners, LP disclosed that it had shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 4,531,791 shares of common stock. MFN Partners GP, LLC, or MFN GP, is the general partner of MFN Partners. MFN Partners Management, LP, or MFN Management, is the investment adviser to MFN Partners. MFN Partners Management, LLC, or MFN LLC, is the general partner of MFN Management. Mr. Nanji is a managing member of MFN GP and MFN LLC but disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by MFN Partners, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, therein.

(4)

As reported in Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 7, 2023, Senvest Management, LLC disclosed that it has shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 2,524,675 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2022. The reported securities are held in the account of Senvest Master Fund, LP, of which Senvest Management, LLC is the investment manager.

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  EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION   

Executive Officers and Executive Compensation

Our Executive Officers

The following sets forth certain information with respect to our current executive officers:

 

Name

Our “named executive officers,” consisting of our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our next three most highly compensated executives during Fiscal 2019, were:

Stanford L. Kurland, Former Executive Chairman* of

AgePosition Held with the Board of Directors;

Company

David A. Spector President

60Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;Officer

Steven R. Bailey

62Senior Managing Director and Chief Servicing Officer

William Chang

45Senior Managing Director and Chief Capital Markets Officer

Doug Jones, James Follette

51Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Operations Officer

Doug Jones

66Director, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer

Daniel S. Perotti

42Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Derek W. Stark

55Senior Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Don White

53Senior Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer

Biographical information for Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones is provided above under the caption “Proposal I - Election of Directors.” Certain biographical information for or other executive officers is set forth below.

Steven R. Bailey. Mr. Bailey, age 62, has been Senior Managing Director and Chief Servicing Officer since March 2022. Mr. Bailey previously served as our Chief Mortgage Operations Officer from February 2016 to March 2022 among other executive positions at PNMAC since 2010. Mr. Bailey is responsible for directing loan servicing operations, setting and managing performance goals for all aspects of the servicing and loan administration functions and oversight of our portfolio strategy groups. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. Bailey served in a variety of executive and leadership positions within Countrywide Financial Corporation (and Bank of America Corporation, as its successor) from 1985 until 2010. Mr. Bailey earned a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Southern California. Mr. Bailey is an experienced mortgage banking executive with significant experience in loan servicing and mortgage administration.

William Chang. Mr. Chang, age 45, has been our Senior Managing Director and Chief Capital Markets Officer since March 2023. Prior thereto, he served as our Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Investment Officer from January 2021 to March 2023 and as Managing Director, Capital Markets from June 2018 to January 2021. Mr. Chang also has served in a variety of similar executive positions at PNMAC since September 2012. Mr. Chang is responsible for all capital markets and investment-related activities, including the development and execution of investment strategies, secondary marketing, hedging activities and capital markets strategies with government-sponsored enterprises. In addition, Mr. Chang is responsible for developing and managing relationships with Wall Street broker-dealers and fixed income investors. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. Chang served in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Credit Suisse. Mr. Chang earned a B.A. in Political Economy from Williams College. Mr. Chang is an experienced mortgage banking executive with substantial experience in capital markets, mortgage-related investments and risk management.

James Follette. Mr. Follette, age 51, has been Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Operations Officer since October 2022. Mr. Follette previously served as Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Fulfillment Officer from February 2018 to October 2022 and Managing Director, Mortgage Fulfillment from February 2016 to February 2018 among other executive positions at PNMAC since 2011. Mr. Follette is responsible for mortgage fulfillment and servicing operations as well as the advancement of risk mitigation and technology strategies for the Company’s mortgage production channels. Prior to joining PFSI and its affiliates, Mr. Follette worked in several executive positions, including managing director, risk management, at Countrywide Financial Corporation (and Bank of America Corporation, as its successor) from 2003 until 2011, where he led operations and risk management and was responsible for all aspects of operational management, transactional risk management and business development. Mr. Follette earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago. Mr. Follette is an experienced mortgage banking executive with significant experience in risk mitigation and technology strategies across various mortgage lending channels.

Daniel S. Perotti. Mr. Perotti, age 42, has been our Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer since January 1, 2021. Prior thereto, he served as the Company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer from January 2017 to December 2020, and served as the Company’s Chief Asset and Liability Management Officer among other positions at the Company and PNMAC since 2008. Mr. Perotti is responsible for

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overseeing the Company’s accounting and financial reporting, treasury operations, investor relations, financial planning and analysis, valuation of investment assets, tax analysis, and Sarbanes-Oxley program. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. Perotti was employed at BlackRock, Inc. and served as the head of the quantitative research team within its BlackRock Solutions business as well as in various other roles at BlackRock, Inc. from 2002 to 2008. Mr. Perotti earned a B.A. in economics and computer science from Columbia University. Mr. Perotti is an experienced financial services executive with substantial experience in corporate finance and mortgage banking.

Derek W. Stark. Mr. Stark, age 55, has been our Senior Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since February 2018. Mr. Stark previously served as our Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary among other executive positions at PNMAC since September 2009. Mr. Stark is responsible for overseeing all of the company’s legal management, including securities, corporate governance, corporate transactions, litigation and regulatory compliance, and he serves as the primary legal contact for the Company’s Board. Prior to joining PNMAC, and after leaving private practice, Mr. Stark served in a variety of executive positions, including Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, from 1999 to 2008, at Countrywide Financial Corporation. Mr. Stark earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Mr. Stark is an experienced legal executive with significant experience in corporate and securities law and mortgage banking.

Don White. Mr. White, age 53 has been our Senior Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer since January 2022. Mr. White previously served as our Senior Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer among other executive positions at PNMAC since 2013. Mr. White is responsible for enterprise risk management, credit risk management, and mortgage compliance and administratively responsible for internal audit. Prior to joining PNMAC, Mr. White served as SVP of Mortgage Risk Management at JP Morgan Chase from 2008 to 2013 and Executive Vice President of Portfolio Credit Risk Management at Countrywide Financial Corporation from 2004 to 2008. Mr. White earned a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, Smith School of Business. Mr. White is an experienced mortgage banking executive with significant experience in risk and credit management and compliance.

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  COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT   

Compensation Committee Report

Our Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K and, based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended that our Board of Directors include the Compensation Discussion and Analysis in this Proxy Statement and our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Compensation Committee

Farhad Nanji, Chair

James K. Hunt

Jeffrey A. Perlowitz

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Table of Contents

2022 Named Executive Officers

35

Executive Summary of 2022 Compensation

36

Performance-Based Compensation and Incentives

37

Executive Compensation Best Practices

38

2022 Compensation Program Overview

39

Stakeholder Engagement and Executive Compensation Design

40

Compensation Decisions Made in Fiscal 2022

42

Executive Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

47

Executive Compensation Decision Making Process

47

Peer Group and Benchmarking

48

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

50

Clawback Provisions

50

Trading Controls and Anti-Pledging and Anti-Hedging Policies

50

Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements

51

This compensation discussion and analysis provides a detailed description of our executive compensation programs and policies, the material compensation decisions made under such programs and policies with respect to our named executive officers, and the material factors that were considered in making those decisions. This narrative discussion should be read together with the compensation tables and related disclosures set forth below.

2022 Named Executive Officers

Our “named executive officers” consisting of our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our next three most highly compensated executive officers during Fiscal 2022, were:

David A. Spector, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;

Doug Jones, Director, President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer;

 

Vandad Fartaj, Former Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer; andOfficer (ceased serving position in March 2023);

 

AndrewDaniel S. Chang,Perotti, Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer.Officer; and

 

James Follette, Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Operations Officer.

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*

Mr. Kurland assumed the role ofNon-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective as of January 1, 2020.

Executive Summary of 2019 Compensation

  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

Executive Summary of 2022 Compensation

 

 

Our Executive Compensation Program

The goals of our executive compensation program are to:Goals

 

Create

Pay For Performance - Maintain apay-for-performance culture that rewardswhere total compensation for our executives for high Company and individual performance;is performance based

 

Stockholder Alignment - Align the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders;stockholders with a significant emphasis on equity incentives and performance based compensation

 

Market Competitive - Assess executive compensation against market compensation benchmarks prepared by our independent board consultant

Employee Retention - Facilitate the attraction, motivation and retention of highly talented executive leadersexecutives who will be crucial to our long-term success and ultimate sustainability; andsustainability

 

Support Strategy - Encourage our executives to focus on the achievement ofachieving our annual and long-term business goals.goals

 

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  

 

How

Fiscal 2022 Financial Results

We Paydelivered strong financial performance in a rising interest rate environment:

   Net income of $476 million, return on equity of 14%, net revenue of $2.0 billion

   Total loan production volume of $109 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) and total servicing portfolio UPB of $552 billion at year end

   Repurchased approximately 7.8 million shares of PFSI’s common stock, or more than 14 percent of the total outstanding at the beginning of the year, at an approximate cost of $406 million

   Dividends of $55 million

Fiscal 2022 Compensation Program Highlights

   CEO and other named executive officers total compensation was down 29% in 2022 as compared to 2021 primarily due to lower annual performance-based incentive awards

   Our Named Executive Officersannual performance-based incentives continued to objectively link potential payouts with pre-established return on equity goals (70% of target incentive) with the remaining opportunity tied to strategic goals and objectives (30% of target incentive) without any GAAP adjustments

In order

   We executed new four year employment agreements with Messrs. Spector and Jones, effective January 1, 2023

   Our stockholders approved our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan

   We consider corporate sustainability and human capital performance in determining named executive officer compensation

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

Performance-Based Compensation and Incentives

We have three primary elements of total compensation: base salary, annual performance-based incentives and long-term equity awards. CEO and other named executive officers total compensation was down 29% in 2022 as compared to 2021 primarily due to lower annual performance-based incentive awards.

The Compensation Committee’s goal has been to increase equity as a percentage of each named executive officer’s total compensation. This is consistent with the Compensation Committee’s long term goal of increasing equity as a percentage of total compensation to align with its stockholders. As a result, the overall target equity percentage in Fiscal 2022 has increased for our CEO and other named executive officers as compared to the prior years.

Fiscal 2022 CEO performance-based compensation was 89% and equity incentive compensation was 48%, in each case as a percentage of total compensation:

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

Executive Compensation Best Practices

Our compensation governance best practices are summarized as follows:

What We Do

What We Don’t Do

Heavy bias toward performance-based equity: Our Board seeks to achieve these objectives,ensure that our long-term equity incentive awards are significantly weighted toward performance-based equity vehicles.

û

No minimum level of total compensation: We do not provide for guaranteed minimum levels of annual performance-based incentives or long-term equity awards in our employment agreements.

Multiple financial performance metrics: Our annual performance-based incentive and long-term equity incentives plans include investor-supported financial performance metrics such as return on equity and leverage ratio based on total recourse debt.

û

No automatic salary increases: Our named executive officers are not entitled to automatic base salary increases and none of the executive compensation program foremployment agreements with our named executive officers consists of the following primary elements:contain such provisions.

 

Annual Base Salary;

 

Annual Performance-Based Cash Incentives; and

Long-Term Equity Awards comprised of performance-contingent and time-based awards.

Our named executive officers also participate in our broad-based retirement and benefit programs generally available to all other employees and receive certain perquisites.

Pay-for-Performance Philosophy and Total Versus Realized Pay

Consistent with ourpay-for-performance philosophy, a significant portion of our named executive officers’ 2019 compensation consisted of variable performance-based annual and long-term incentives. As an illustration of our commitment to pay for performance, below is our CEO’s total compensation over the last three years as set forth in the “2019 Summary Compensation Table” of this Proxy Statement and our past annual proxy statements, compared to the total amount of compensation actually realized by our CEO for each year.

 

 

Year

 

 

Salary

($)

 

  

Bonus

($)

 

  

Total Cash

($)

 

  

All Other
Compensation

($)

 

  

 

Total
Grant Date
Fair Value of
Long-Term
Equity

Incentive
Opportunity

($)(1)

 

  

Total
Realized
Value of
Long-Term
Equity
Incentive
Opportunity

($)(2)

 

  

Total
Grant Date
Compensation

($)

 

  

Total Realized
Compensation

($)

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,155,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,055,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,004,640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,702,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,124,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,822,355

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

  

 

750,000

 

 

 

  

 

2,900,000

 

 

 

  

 

3,650,000

 

 

 

  

 

76,271

 

 

 

  

 

2,051,348

 

 

 

  

 

1,986,072

 

 

 

  

 

5,777,619

 

 

 

  

 

5,712,343

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

741,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,741,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

174,603

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,061,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

430,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,977,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,347,232

 

 

 

 

(1)

This amount includes the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of RSUs, performance-based RSUs, or PSUs, and nonstatutory stock options awarded on March 15, 2019, March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2017. The performance-based RSUs included in this column are reported at target payout levels. See the “2019 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table for additional details.

(2)

For Fiscal 2019, this amount includes the vesting of 9,233 RSUs on March 6, 2019, 7,058 RSUs on March 9, 2019 and 58,134 PSUs on March 15, 2019 based on the fair market value of our common stock on the respective vesting dates.

 

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Note: Total Realized Compensation is not a substitute for Total Compensation. Total Compensation is as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table in this and prior Proxy Statements. Total Realized Compensation includes long-term incentive awards (e.g., nonstatutory stock options and time-based and performance-based RSUs), only to the extent they were “realized,” i.e., to the extent they were exercised or vested during the years described.

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Executive Compensation Objectives and Philosophyû

 

 

The overall objectives ofNo “single trigger” payments: We do not provide for single trigger equity vesting upon a Change in Control, if assumed. We also do not provide for excise tax gross-ups upon a Change in Control.

Balanced risk-taking approach to our executivecompensation program: Our compensation program are to attract, motivate, reward and retain high-quality talent. We believe that in order to achieve these objectives, our compensation and benefits programs must be competitive with executive compensation arrangements generally provided to similarly situated executive officers in our business markets, as well as at other companies in our industry where we compete for talent. The various components of our executive compensation program areis designed to create apay-for-performance culture that rewards executives for high companydiscourage excessive risk taking and individual performance, alignsencourage long-term decision making in alignment with the interests of our executivesstockholders. We consult with our independent compensation consultant in this regard.

û

No excessive perks: Our perquisites are limited to those with a clear business-related rationale.

Robust stock ownership guidelines: We impose robust stock ownership guidelines on our directors and executive officers to ensure that their interests are aligned with those of our stockholders.

û

No gross-ups for perks: We do not provide excise tax gross-ups of perquisites for our executive officers.

Stockholder engagement: We value the perspectives of our stockholders facilitatesand interact with stockholders through a variety of engagement activities.

û

No re-pricing: Our equity incentive plan prohibits the re-pricing of stock options and stock appreciation rights without stockholder approval.

Consideration of stockholder feedback: We engage in careful consideration of stockholder feedback regarding compensation.

û

No speculative or short-term trading: We prohibit our officers, employees and directors from engaging in speculative and short-term trading of our securities.

Comprehensive review of peer group: On an annual basis, we engage in a comprehensive review to assess and identify a relevant peer group of companies in our or a related industry.

û

No hedging, pledging, short sales, or margin trading: We restrict our officers, employees and directors from engaging in hedging, pledging, short sales, trading in publicly traded put or call options or trading on margin involving our securities.

Independent compensation consultant: We utilize the services of Pearl Meyer, which is engaged directly by the Compensation Committee as an outside independent compensation consultant to advise on executive compensation matters.

û

No supplemental executive retirement plans: We do not maintain any supplemental executive retirement plans for named executive officers.

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2022 Compensation Program Overview

Our executive compensation program consists of three primary elements: annual base salary, annual performance-based incentives and long-term equity awards. The following table provides a snapshot of those primary elements and describes why each element is provided.

Compensation

Element

Characteristics

Performance

Based?

Primary Purpose

Annual Base Salary

Competitive fixed

compensation

No

  Provides a competitive fixed amount of cash compensation based on individual performance, level of responsibility, experience, internal equity and reasonable pay levels

  Supports attraction motivation and retention of highly talented executive leaders, and encourages our executives to focus

Annual Performance-

Based Incentives

Variable compensation opportunity contingent on the achievement of financial and strategic goals

Yes

  Aligns executive compensation with annual performance

  Provides reasonable short-term incentive opportunity for achieving financial, operational and strategic objectives

  Supports attraction and retention of talented executives

Long-Term Equity

Awards

(performance-based and time-based RSUs and nonstatutory stock options)

Variable compensation opportunity contingent on measurable and objective performance criteria established at the beginning of the measurement period, stock price performance and individual performance

Yes

  Creates incentives for long-term performance

  Provides reasonable long-term incentive opportunity for achieving financial, operational and strategic objectives

  Aligns our annualexecutives’ long-term interests with those of our stockholders

  Recognizes executive’s individual performance and long-term business goals.future contributions

Our Compensation Committee aims to position the  Supports attraction and retention of talented executives

  Provides a total compensation opportunity with payouts varying based on our operating, financial and stock price performance

Our named executive officers also receive other benefits, which may include health, dental and vision insurance; vacation, holidays and sick days; life, accidental death and dismemberment and long-term disability insurance; and 401(k) plan matching. In addition, certain of our named executive officers receive minimal perquisites including an automobile allowance and payment for tax advice and financial counseling.

We tailor our executive compensation program each year to provide what we consider to be a proper balance of these basic elements. The executive compensation program is weighted towards annual performance-based incentives and long-term equity awards, rather than toward annual base salaries, in order to ensure that a significant portion of compensation is tied to Company and stock performance and to maximize retention. We continue to assess the compensation elements for our executive officers, including our named executive officers, and are committed to ensuring that our executive compensation program remains generally consistent with market practices and focused on long-term performance.

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Stakeholder Engagement and Executive Compensation Design

At our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders approximately 98.7% of the total stockholder votes cast voted “For” our Say-On-Pay proposal. By contrast, at our 2019, 2020 and 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, our Say-On-Pay proposal only received the affirmative vote of approximately 77.7%, 65.8% and 92.8% of the total stockholder votes cast, respectively. Positive Say-On-Pay voting trends in the below table reflects our past compensation enhancements to address investor concerns, including adopting an annual performance-based incentive plan with objective payouts, increasing the proportion of equity incentives to total compensation as well as our commitment to maintain a pay-for-performance culture that aligns with our stockholder interests. Following our 2022 stockholder meeting, the Compensation Committee and Board closely reviewed the stockholder vote on our Say-On-Pay proposal and the differences in voting results between our 2022 annual meeting results and prior years, including the recommendations made by certain proxy advisory firms.

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2022 Stakeholder Interactions

We have established and maintained a robust investor relations program that includes constant and proactive outreach to and dialogue with our stockholders, bondholders, the rating agencies, and other stakeholders. Members of our executive management team and members of our investor relations team constantly meet with current and prospective investors in person at office meetings, conferences and non-deal roadshows, and virtually via fireside chats or virtual meetings. Not only do these meetings enable investors to better understand our businesses and the mortgage industry in general, but they provide us with valuable feedback and insights, which are in turn, presented to and considered by the Company’s Board.

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(1)

Includes stockholders required to report their ownership of PFSI common stock on Form 13F or others as of December 31, 2022 and excludes passively managed owners.

Transparency is important:

In addition to required SEC filings, earnings webcasts and press releases, we strive to publish in a timely fashion materials that effectively illustrate the drivers of our financial performance. This includes earnings presentations and supplemental financial schedules, which can be found on our corporate website at pfsi.pennymac.com.

Consistent messaging:

Regardless of whether the stakeholder is a prospective or current bondholder or stockholder, rating agency or ESG-focused institution, we strive to tell a consistent story, adhering to our founding principles of being Accountable, Reliable and Ethical (A.R.E.).

What We Heard From Stakeholders

What We Heard from
Stakeholders

Our Response
Annual Performance-Based IncentivesAnnual performance-based incentives should continue to be based on multiple objective performance criteria.

Our Fiscal 2022 annual performance-based incentives continued to objectively link potential payouts with pre-established return on equity goals (70% of target incentive) with the remaining opportunity tied to strategic objectives (30% of target incentive) ) without any GAAP adjustments. See pages 42-44.

CEO and other named executive officer total compensation was down 29% in 2022 as compared to 2021 primarily due to lower annual performance-based incentives. See pages 42-44.

Increase the Equity Percentage of Total CompensationEquity incentives should be a significant percentage of each named executive officer’s total compensation.

Equity as a percentage of total compensation was 48% for our CEO and 41% for our other named executive officers in Fiscal 2022. See page 37 and 54.

Performance-Based RSUs
Performance Metrics
Performance-based RSUs should include multiple financial performance measures.

Performance-based RSUs include multiple financial metrics: (1) return on equity and (2) a leverage ratio modifier based on total recourse debt. See pages 44-46.

Performance Goal SettingPerformance goals and targets should be objectively aligned with stockholders to reward pay for performance.

The Fiscal 2022 performance-based return on equity, or ROE, target was set at a level commensurate withexceeding the total compensation paid to other executives holding comparable positions at companies similarlong-term historical performance of large public banks and financial companies. We maintained the same ROE target as in industry, size, structure, scope and sophistication with which we compete for executive talent. Our Compensation Committee has structuredprior years since our executive compensation program to meet these objectives.

Performance-Based Compensation Mix

We have three primary elements of total compensation: base salary, annual performance-based cash incentives, and long-term equity awards. As illustratedrecent outperformance was impacted by the segmentsunusually low interest rate environment resulting from the COVID pandemic, which was not expected to continue in the following graphs, 91% of our CEO’s target total compensation opportunity was performance-basedFiscal 2022 and aligned with our stockholders in the form of annual performance-based cash bonus incentives and long-term equity compensation. For our other Named Executive Officers as a group, 93% of their total compensation opportunity also was performance-based.

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2019 Compensation Program Overview

Our executive compensation program consists of three primary elements: annual base salary, annual performance-based cash bonuses and long-term equity awards. The following table provides a snapshot of those primary elements and describes why each element is provided.

Compensation

Element

Characteristics

Performance

Based?

Primary Purpose

Annual Base Salary

Competitive fixed

compensation

No

  Provides a competitive fixed amount of cash compensation based on individual performance, level of responsibility, experience, internal equity and reasonable pay levels

  Supports attraction and retention of talented executives

Annual Performance-

Based Cash Incentives

Variable compensation

opportunity contingent on achievement of corporate financial, operational and strategic goals and individual performance

Yes

  Aligns executive compensation with annual performance

  Provides reasonable short-term incentive opportunity for achieving financial, operational and strategic objectives

  Supports attraction and retention of talented executives

Long-Term Equity

Awards

(nonstatutory stock options and performance-based and time-based RSUs)

Variable compensation

opportunity contingent on measurable and objective performance criteria established at the beginning of the measurement period, stock price performance and individual performance

Yes

  Creates incentives for long-term performance

  Provides reasonable long-term incentive opportunity for achieving financial, operational and strategic objectives

  Aligns our executives’ long-term interests with those of our stockholders

  Recognizes executive’s individual performance and future contributions

  Supports attraction and retention of talented executives

  Provides a direct correlation of realized pay to operating and stock price performance

  Provides a total compensation opportunity with payouts varying based on our operating, financial and stock price performancebeyond. See pages 44-46.

 

Our named executive officers also receive other benefits, which may include health, dental

Corporate SustainabilityCorporate sustainability and vision insurance; vacation, holidays and sick days; life, accidental death and dismemberment and long-term disability insurance; 401(k) plan matching; andgross-ups related to payment of self-employment tax liabilities. In addition, certain of our named executive officers receive minimal perquisites including an automobile allowance and payment for tax advice and financial counseling.

We tailor our executive compensation program each year to provide what we consider tohuman capital management should be a proper balance of these basic elements. In recent years, the executive compensation program has been weighted toward long-term equity awards and performance-based cash incentives, rather than toward annual base salaries,considered in order to ensure that a significant portion of compensation is tied to company and stock performance and to maximize retention. We continue to assess the compensation elements for our executive officers, including our named executive officers, and are committed to ensuring that our executive compensation program remains generally consistent with market practices and focused on long-term performance.

Compensation Decisions Made in Fiscal 2019

In making compensation decisions during Fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee considered the 2019say-on-pay advisory vote. The Compensation Committee also considers additional factors, which are summarized below.

Annual Base Salaries

In setting annual base salaries, the Compensation Committee generally considers benchmarking data derived from a review of the proxy statement disclosures of our peer group, various survey sources, and, in the case of the named executive officers other than Mr. Kurland, recommendations and assessments by the Executive Chairman regarding the performance of the other named executive officers.

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The Compensation Committee usesreviewed the data from these market surveys to ensure that it establishes reliable points of reference to determine whetherCompany’s positive corporate sustainability and to what extent it is establishing competitive levels of compensation for ourhuman capital performance when considering named executive officers.

In connection with the annual compensation review in March 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the following annual base salaries of our named executive officers:officer compensation. See pages 42-44.

 

 

Name

 

  

 

2018
Annual
Base
Salary

 

   

 

2019
Annual
Base
Salary

 

   

 

Percentage
Change

 

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,000,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

900,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

(10.0)%  

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

$

 

 

750,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

900,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

20.0%   

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

 

  

 

$

 

 

500,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

550,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

10.0%   

 

 

 

 

 

Vandad Fartaj

 

  

 

$

 

 

325,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

350,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

7.7%   

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew S. Chang

 

  

 

$

 

 

325,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

325,000  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

—      

 

 

 

 

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Compensation Decisions Made in Fiscal 2022

In making compensation decisions for Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee considered the 2022 Say-On-Paynon-binding advisory vote. With the assistance of its independent compensation consultant, the Compensation Committee also considers additional factors, which are summarized below.

2022 Annual Base Salaries

In setting annual base salaries, the Compensation Committee generally considers benchmarking data derived from a review of the proxy statement disclosures of our peer group, and various survey sources. The Compensation Committee uses the data from these market surveys to ensure that it establishes reliable points of reference to determine whether and to what extent it is establishing competitive levels of compensation for our named executive officers. In connection with the annual compensation review in February 2022, the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved the following annual base salaries of our named executive officers:

Name

  2021
Annual
Base
Salary
   2022
Annual
Base
Salary
 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

 

  

 

$

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

 

Vandad Fartaj

 

  

 

$

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

 

Daniel S. Perotti

 

  

 

$

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

 

James Follette

 

  

 

$

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

375,000

 

 

 

The Compensation Committee believed that these annual base salaries were appropriate given the competitive market for their services, as well as their individual performances and strong leadership skills.

The annual base salary for Mr. Kurland decreased by 10%Spector remained the same and ranked in line withnear the 75th percentile of annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies.

The annual base salary for Mr. Jones remained the same and ranked near the median of annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies. The annual base salary for Mr. Spector increased by 20.0% and ranked in line with the median of annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies. The annual base salary for Mr. Jones increased by 10.0% and ranked between the median and 75th percentile of annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies. These annual base salary adjustments were pursuant to the terms of the employment agreements with each of Messrs. Kurland, Spector and Jones and brought their annual base salaries to the appropriate market levels for their respective roles and responsibilities.

The annual base salary for Mr. Fartaj increased by 7.7%remained the same and ranked slightly below the median of the annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies. This

The annual base salary for Mr. Perotti remained the same and ranked below the median of the annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies.

The annual base salary increase for Mr. Fartaj was in recognitionFollette ranked below the median of his individual performance in his role as Chief Investment Officer.the annual base salaries paid for comparable positions at peer companies. The Compensation Committee believed that these annualincreased Mr. Follette’s base salaries were appropriate given the competitive market for their services, as well as their individual performancessalary from $350,000 to $375,000 in October 2022 after becoming our Senior Managing Director and strong leadership skills.Chief Mortgage Operations Officer.

Annual Performance-Based Cash Incentives

2022 Annual Performance-Based Incentives

Fiscal 2022 Performance-Based Targets

We believe that our executive compensation program objectives have resulted in decisions regarding executive compensation that have appropriately encouraged growth in our businesses and the achievement of financial goals, thus benefiting our stockholders and generating long-term stockholder value. To determine annual performance-based cash incentive amounts, the Compensation Committee first sets a target level of performance-based cash incentive for each named executive officer for the fiscal year based on competitive market data. Each named executive officer’s potential performance-based cash incentive payout varies based on such individual’s level of responsibility and position within our organization.

The annual performance-based cash incentives paid to our named executive officers are based on the achievement of actual earnings per share, or EPS, and pretax income as compared to EPS and pretax income targets set at the beginning of each year as well as the individual performance of each named executive officer. We believe that EPS and pretax income are appropriate measures for annual performance-based cash incentives because they provide our named executive officers with an incentive to achieve favorable current results, while also producing sustainable long-term stockholder value. In setting EPS and pretax income targets, we consider our current and historical performance, the performance of companies in industries in which we compete, and current and anticipated market conditions.

Actual performance-based cash incentives are determined based on actual EPS and pretax income achieved relative to targets for EPS and pretax income, as well as target performance-based cash incentive amounts set for each named executive officer; however, adjustments to such amounts are sometimes made by the Compensation Committee based on market factors, the named executive officer’s individual performance as compared to such named executive officer’s key performance indicators, and the named executive officer’s contribution to the execution of our strategic initiatives during the fiscal year.

The following additional factors related to management’s execution of certain strategic objectives were considered in determining and approving final performance-based cash incentives for our named executive officers: (1) the completion of a multi-year initiative to develop a proprietary, work flow-driven servicing system, (2) the initiation of a cash dividend, (3) the implementation of initiatives to drive operational efficiency and reduce costs, (4) the development of more granular pricing and margin management systems, (5) the identification and launch of new mortgage products, and (6) the refinement of customer facing portals to enhance loan officer and broker productivity.

 

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Based on the overall assessment of these factors and recommendations made by the Executive Chairman,  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

The Fiscal 2022 performance-based incentive program has a performance component equal to 70% of the annual target incentive based on achieving ROE and a strategic award component equal to 30% of the annual target incentive based on individual strategic objectives established by the Compensation Committee in consultation with senior management. For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee approved the following annual target incentives for the named executive officers:

Fiscal 2022                 
Annual Target Incentive                 

David A. Spector

$3,625,000                 

Doug Jones

$2,500,000                 

Vandad Fartaj

$1,500,000                 

Daniel S. Perotti

$1,250,000                 

James Follette

$  925,000                 

Each named executive officer’s target annual incentive was contingent on meeting the financial goals in the below table. The failure to meet the minimum ROE financial performance threshold would result in no ROE incentive payout, while exceeding the ROE financial performance target would result in incentive payouts over target, subject to a maximum payout cap of 300% for the financial performance component. The total maximum annual incentive payable in Fiscal 2022 was 255% of target assuming all goals were achieved at maximum.

     

Annual Incentive

Objective

 Annual Incentive
Weighting%
 At or Below
Threshold
 Between Threshold and
Target
 

Target

Performance

 Between Target
And Maximum
 Maximum
        

 

ROE

 

 

 

70%

 

 

 

ROE = 5%

Payout = 0%

 

 

 

ROE = 7.5%

Payout = 37.5%

 

 

 

ROE = 10%

Payout = 75%

 

 

 

ROE = 15%

Payout = 100%

 

 

 

ROE = 20%

Payout = 200%

 

 

 

ROE = 30%

Payout = 300%

 

     

 

Strategic*

 

 

 

30%

 

 0% 

 

37.5%

 

 

 

75%

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

125%

 

 

 

150%

 

     

 

Payout Percentage

 

 

 

100%

 

 

0%

 

 

37.5%

 

 

 

75%

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

177.5%

 

 

 

255%

 

*

Actual results could vary as the two goals are determined independently. Payout levels interpolated between defined performance levels.

Fiscal 2022 Performance-Based Actual Results

In Fiscal 2022 management delivered strong financial performance in a rising interest rate environment including net income of $476 million and a ROE of 13.8%. The Fiscal 2022 annual performance-based incentives were earned based on the following actual performance:

 

Performance Component

 Performance Target 

 

% of
Targeted
Award

 

 

Actual
Performance

 

 

Actual Payout  

Percentage  

     

 

ROE

 

 

 

ROE = 15%

Payout = 100%

 

 

 

70%

 

 

 

13.8%

 

 

 

93%

 

     

 

Strategic

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

30%

 

 

 

See following paragraph

 

 

 

28% - 150%

 

     

 

Payout Percentage

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

See following paragraph

 

 

 

73% - 110%

 

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With respect to the portion of the annual target incentive subject to individual strategic objectives, our Compensation Committee considered a variety of factors when determining whether such objectives were achieved, including, but not limited to: (1) the delivery of strong financial and operational results during an increasing interest rate and lower loan production environment, (2) successfully navigating the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing regulatory requirements such as the CARES Act, (3) the implementation of initiatives to reduce operational expenses for a smaller loan origination and refinancing market, (4) production and servicing innovations and internal measures to increase operational efficiency, (5) the identification and development of new investment opportunities through the Company’s investment management business, and (6) positive corporate sustainability and human capital performance.

The following summarizes the actual Fiscal 2022 annual performance-based incentives:

 

Name

 

 

Actual
Performance-Based
Incentive (%)

 

 

Actual
Performance-Based
Incentives ($)
(1)

 

David A. Spector

110%$3,980,000

Doug Jones

110%$2,750,000

Vandad Fartaj(2)

  73%$1,100,000

Daniel S. Perotti

110%$1,375,000

James Follette

105%$   975,000

(1)

Amounts may not recalculate exactly from the performance based actual results due to rounding.

(2)

With respect to Mr. Fartaj, the amount represents the annual performance-based cash incentive amounts for Messrs. Spector, Jones,earned by Mr. Fartaj and Chang. The Compensation Committee then reviewed and approved management’s recommendation regarding annual performance-based cash incentive amounts. Basedbased on the factors above, the Compensation Committee also approved the annual performance-based cash incentive paid to Mr. Kurland.

The table below summarizes the actual annual performance-based cash incentives earned during Fiscal 2019:

Name

Actual
Performance-Based
Cash Incentives

Stanford L. Kurland

$

8,500,000  

David A. Spector

$

6,400,000  

Doug Jones

$

4,000,000  

Vandad Fartaj

$

2,400,000  

Andrew S. Chang

$

2,400,000  

Additional Discretionary Payments

The Board determined that, in light of the Company’s exceptionalour financial performance and successindividual objectives achieved during fiscal 2019, strong stock price performance, consistent track recordFiscal 2022, in advance of book value growth, execution of its strategichis separation date, and operational initiatives, including the implementation ofwhich represents a quarterly cash dividend, and proven ability to drive long-term sustainable growth for stockholders, it would award an additional discretionary cash payment to certain employees across various levelsportion of the company, including the Company’s named executive officers. The Board believes that the contributionspayment paid under his Separation Agreement dated as of these individuals were criticalMarch 21, 2023. See “—Officer Departure” below in driving the Company’s exceptional financial performance and success. For Fiscal 2019, the following additional discretionary cash payments were awarded to the Company’s named executive officers: $1,712,000 to Mr. Kurland, $755,000 to Mr. Spector, $340,000 to Mr. Jones, $299,000 to Mr. Fartaj, and $299,000 to Mr. Chang. These additional discretionary cash payments are reflected in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading “Bonus.”this proxy statement for more information.

Long-Term Equity Awards

In determining the equity awards granted in Fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee considered, among other factors, the recommendations of management and various reports provided by our independent compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee also considered (i) the value of the proposed equity awards; (ii) the historical equity awards previously granted to each named executive officer and the corresponding values at the time of the consideration of the 2019

Based on the overall assessment of annual performance and the Chairman’s recommendations, the Compensation Committee approved the performance-based incentive amounts for Messrs. Jones, Fartaj, Perotti and Follette. In addition, based on the factors above, the Compensation Committee also approved the annual performance-based incentives for Mr. Spector.

2022 Long-Term Equity Awards

For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee sought to balance the long term equity incentive percentage of each named executive officers’ total compensation with a mix of performance-based RSUs, time-based RSUs and stock options. In determining the equity awards granted in Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee considered, among other factors, the recommendations of management and various reports provided by our independent compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee also considered (i) the value of the proposed equity awards; (ii) the historical equity awards previously granted to each named executive officer and the corresponding values at the time of the consideration of the 2022 grants; (iii) the value of share grants to our named executive officers providing comparable services at our industry and sector peers; (iv) the anticipated contribution by the named executive officer in future fiscal years, taking into account the role, responsibility and scope of each position and the Compensation Committee’s perception regarding the quality of the services provided by each named executive officer in carrying out those responsibilities; (v) our financial and operating performance in the past year and our perceived future prospects; and (vi) the mix of equity awards to total compensation; and (vii) general market practices. The Compensation Committee considered these multiple factors in determining whether to increase or decrease the target amounts from the prior year’s equity award grants. There was no formulaic approach in the use of these various factors in determining the number of shares to award to each named executive officer. The share amounts were determined on a subjective basis, using the various factors, in the Compensation Committee’s sole discretion.

2022 Long-Term Equity Target Mix

The Compensation Committee provided long-term equity incentives for fiscal 2022 to the named executive officers through a target value mix of performance-based restricted stock units (50%), time-based restricted stock units (25%) and stock options (25%).

 

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  

 

For Fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the following mix of long-term incentive elements, generally consistent with approvals made in Fiscal Year 2018, with a continued emphasis on performance-based equity awards. An illustration of the mix of long-term incentive elements is provided below:

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Non-Statutory Stock Options

During Fiscal 2019, our named executive officers were awardednon-statutory stock options. The stock option award agreement provides for the award of stock options to purchase the optioned shares. In general, and except as otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee,one-third (1/3) of the optioned shares will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary (with certain exceptions as specified under the award agreement or the provisions of our 2013 Plan), and each stock option will have a term of ten years from the date of grant. Additionally, the vested stock options expire (1) immediately upon termination of the holder’s employment or other association with us for cause, (2) one year after the holder’s employment or other association is terminated due to death or disability, and (3) three months after the holder’s employment or other association is terminated for any other reason.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

During Fiscal 2019, our named executive officers also were awarded performance-based RSUs. The performance-based RSU award agreement provides for the award of performance-based RSUs to obtain, upon the vesting of each RSU, a variable number of shares of our common stock. The number of shares received upon vesting of performance-based RSUs is determined based on the attainment of the performance goals, subject to conditions including continued employment throughout the performance period.

Return on equity, or ROE, was the sole measure of company performance for the performance-based RSUs granted during Fiscal 2019. Vesting of the target award amount is tied to the achievement of certain ROE metrics during the performance period, with 80% of the target amount earned if the threshold performance level is met, 100% of the target amount earned if the target performance level is met and 130% of the target amount earned if the highest performance level is met. The payout that is determined based on the ROE component is then multiplied by a factor of 0% to 100% for named executive officers based on an individual effectiveness rating ranging from unsatisfactory to outstanding. Holders of performance-based RSUs do not have any voting rights or dividend rights with respect to those units until the RSUs are settled. A summary of the performance measures contained in the performance-based RSUs granted to our named executive officers during Fiscal 2019 is provided below:

  2019 PSU Awards

Performance-
Based
Restricted
Stock Units

Performance Component

Performance Target

% of
Targeted
Award

1. PNMAC ROE (1)

12.0% - Cumulative Annualized ROE

100%

2. Individual Effectiveness (2)

4 - Outstanding

0% to 100%

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(1)

Calculated by dividing GAAPpre-tax income by average stockholders’ equity for the period, as reported by the company. The payout scale for component 1 is 0% to 130%.

(2)

Based on individual overall achievement of goals over the three-year performance period. The range of the multiplier is 0% to 100%.

2022 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  

Performance Measures for 2020 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grants

In light of stockholder feedback regarding our performance-based RSU design plan, the Compensation Committee revised the performance-based metrics for performance-based RSUs granted in February of 2020. Vesting of all such performance-based RSUs is now contingent upon the achievement of two performance goal components:after-tax return on equity

Fiscal 2022 performance-based RSU vesting remained contingent upon the achievement of two performance goal components: ROE and a leverage ratio modifier component based on total recourse debt to equity, as further summarized below:

2022 Performance Metrics

PSUs

Fiscal 2022

Rational

Performance Metrics

  ROE

  Leverage Ratio

   Aligns with stockholder feedback supporting the use of having multiple performance goals

   ROE measures a company’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money equity holders have invested, including retained profits

   Leverage ratio mitigates risk taking to achieve our ROE and is based on total recourse debt to equity. The Committee believes leverage ratio is an appropriate measure to ensureequity ensuring prudent risk taking and capital discipline

Performance Period

Three year performance period

   Cumulative three year performance period provides a measure of long-term performance and achievement against long-term financial objectives

Performance Target

  ROE Target = 15%

  Leverage Ratio

Target = 3.5x

   Fiscal 2022 ROE Target has a minimum threshold requirement with a 50% payout

   Fiscal 2022 ROE Target is higher than the 10 year trailing ROE of large public banks and financial institutions

   Fiscal 2022 ROE Target is the same ROE target as in prior years since our recent outperformance was impacted by the unusually low interest rate environment resulting from the COVID pandemic, which was not expected to continue in Fiscal 2022 and beyond.

  Fiscal 2022 Leverage Ratio Target based on a what we believe is a prudent level of debt for a non-bank financial companies and allows for increases in direct lending production and continued return of capital

The performance-based RSU awards granted in February 2022 provide for the performance-based RSUs to obtain, upon the vesting of each RSU, a variable number of shares of our common stock. The number of shares received upon vesting of performance-based RSUs is determined based on the attainment of the performance goals, subject to conditions including continued employment throughout the performance period. Vesting of the ROE performance metric is tied to the achievement of cumulative, annualized ROE metrics during the performance period, with 50% of the target amount earned if the threshold performance level is met, 100% of the target amount earned if the target performance level is met and 150% of the target amount earned if the highest performance level is met. The payout that is determined based on the above ROE performance metric is then multiplied by a factor of 66.7% to 125% for named executive officers depending on the actual achievement of the leverage ratio target during the performance period, for a maximum award payable of 187.5% of target shares. In addition, the payout is further multiplied by a factor of 0% to 100% for each named executive officer based on an individual effectiveness rating ranging from unsatisfactory to exceed expectations.

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

A summary of the performance measures and targets contained in the performance-based RSUs granted to our named executive officers during Fiscal 2022 is provided below and each of these awards is further described in the “2022 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table:

 

  Fiscal 2022 PSU Awards

 

 

Performance-Based
Restricted
Stock Units

  Performance Component  Threshold  Target  Maximum  

% of

Target

  % of
Maximum
  

 

ROE (1)

  

 

10.0% - Cumulative Annualized ROE

Payout = 50%

  

 

15.0% - Cumulative Annualized ROE

Payout = 100%

  

 

20.0% - Cumulative Annualized ROE

Payout = 150%

  

 

100%

  

 

150%

  

 

Leverage Ratio (2)

  

 

>=5x

Multiplier = 66.7%

  

 

3.5x

Multiplier = 100%

  

 

<=1x

Multiplier = 125%

  

 

100% (Multiplier)

  

 

125% (Multiplier)

   

 

Individual

Effectiveness (3)

  

 

Multiplier = 60%

  

 

Multiplier = 100%

  

 

Multiplier = 100%

  

 

100%

(Multiplier)

  

 

100% (Multiplier)

    

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

100%

  

 

187.5%

(1)

ROE = Net Income ÷ Average Month-End Equity ÷ Years in Measurement Period (1/1/2022 – 12/31/2024).

(2)

Leverage Ratio is the average of the ratio at the end of each month of the performance measurement period of the amount of total recourse indebtedness outstanding to total equity.

(3)

Based on individual overall achievement of strong financialgoals over the three-year performance includingafter-tax returnperiod.

2022 Time-Based Restricted Stock Units

In February 2022, our named executive officers were awarded time-based RSUs. These time-based RSUs, which vest in three equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, are to be settled in an equal number of shares of common stock upon vesting subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary (with certain exceptions as specified under the applicable award agreement or the provisions of our Equity Plans). The time-based RSUs are also reflected in the “2022 Grants of Plan Based Awards” table.

2022 Stock Option Awards

In February 2022, our named executive officers were awarded non-statutory stock options. The stock option award agreement provides for the award of stock options to purchase the optioned shares. In general, and except as otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee, one-third (1/3) of the optioned shares will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary (with certain exceptions as specified under the award agreement or the provisions of our Equity Plans), and each stock option will have a term of ten years from the date of grant.

The table below summarizes the grant date fair value of the long-term incentive equity awards awarded in Fiscal 2022.

 

Name

 

 

 

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Performance-
Based PSUs

 

   

 

Number of
Performance-
Based PSUs

 

   

 

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Time-Based
RSUs

 

   

 

Number of
Time-Based
RSUs

 

   

 

Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
Options

 

   

 

Number of
Stock
Options

 

   

 

Total Grant
Date Fair Value
of Long-Term
Equity Incentive
Opportunity

 

David A. Spector

  $2,249,968    39,404    $1,124,984    19,702    $1,214,140            57,136    $4,589,092 

Doug Jones

  $1,249,976    21,891    $   624,960    10,945    $   674,518    31,742    $2,549,454 

Vandad Fartaj

  $   574,997    10,070    $   287,499    5,035    $   310,271    14,601    $1,172,767 

Daniel S. Perotti

  $   499,968    8,756    $   249,984    4,378    $   269,811    12,697    $1,019,763 

James Follette

  $   412,490    7,224    $   206,245    3,612    $   222,594    10,475    $   841,329 

Each of the performance-based and time-based RSUs has a grant date fair value of $57.10 per share, which is based on our closing stock price on the NYSE on February 23, 2022. The stock options granted on February 23, 2022 have an exercise price of $57.10 and a Black-Scholes value of $21.25 per share, respectively, at the date of grant.

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2020 Performance-Based Restricted Share Unit – Actual Results

The below table summarizes the target and actual results of performance-based RSUs granted to our named executive officers on February 26, 2020 for the performance period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The payout of shares of common stock pursuant to the performance-based RSU was determined based on ROE and a Leverage Ratio Multiplier for the period as measured against the target performance goal set by the Compensation Committee when the performance-based RSU was granted in 2020. The payout percentage for the performance-based RSU was 161.5%.

  Fiscal 2020 PSU Awards  

 

Performance-
Based
Restricted
Stock Units

 

 

Performance Component

 Performance Target % of
Targeted
Award
 

 

Actual
Performance

 

 

Actual Payout   

 

 

 

ROE (1)

 

 

 

 

15% - Cumulative Annualized ROE

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

32.6%

 

 

 

 

150%

 

 

 

 

Leverage Ratio (2)

 

 

 

 

3.5x

 

 

 

 

100%

(Multiplier)  

 

 

 

 

2.7x

 

 

 

 

107.7%

(Multiplier)

 

     
  

 

Individual Effectiveness (3)

 

 

 

4 - Exceeds Expectations

 

 

 

100%

(Multiplier)

 

 

 

100%

 

 

 

100%

(Multiplier)

 

 
     

 

161.5%

 

(1)

ROE = Net Income ÷ Average Month End Equity ÷ Years in Measurement Period (January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022). The payout scale for the ROE component was 0% to 150%.

(2)

Leverage Ratio is the average of the ratio at the end of each month of the performance measurement period of the amount of total recourse indebtedness outstanding to total equity. The range of the multiplier was 67% to 125%.

(3)

Based on equity.individual overall achievement of goals over the three-year performance period. The range of the multiplier was 0% to 100%.

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units

During Fiscal 2019, all

Executive Compensation Objectives and Philosophy

The overall objectives of our executive compensation program are to attract, motivate, reward and retain high-quality talent. We believe that in order to achieve these objectives, our compensation and benefits programs must be competitive with executive compensation arrangements generally provided to similarly situated executive officers in our business markets, as well as at other companies in our industry where we compete for talent. The various components of our executive compensation program are designed to create a pay-for-performance culture that rewards executives for exceptional Company and individual performance, aligns the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders, facilitates the attraction, motivation and retention of highly talented executive leaders, and encourages our executives to focus on the achievement of our annual and long-term business goals.

Our Compensation Committee aims to position the total compensation of our named executive officers at a level commensurate with the total compensation paid to other executives holding comparable positions at companies similar in industry, size, structure, scope and sophistication with which we compete for executive talent. Our Compensation Committee has structured our executive compensation program to meet these objectives.

Executive Compensation Decision Making Process

Annual Compensation Process

Compensation decisions are generally made as part of a year-long review process:

Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6

Management engages with investors and reviews feedback on named executive officers other than our Chairman were awarded time-based RSUs. These time-based RSUs, which vest in three equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, are to be settled in an equal number of shares of common stock upon vesting.compensation

The table below summarizes the grant date fair value of the annual long-term equity awards made on March 15, 2019:

 

Name

 

 

 

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Performance-
Based PSUs

 

   

 

Number of
Performance-
Based PSUs

 

   

 

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Time-Based
RSUs

 

   

 

Number of
Time-Based
RSUs

 

   

 

Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
Options

 

   

 

Number of
Stock
Options

 

   

 

Total Grant  
Date Fair Value  
of Long-Term  
Equity Incentive  
Opportunity  

 

 

 

S. Kurland

 

 

 

$

 

 

2,966,283

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

    129,419

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

                —

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$930,057

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

        107,849

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

        $3,896,341  

 

 

 

 

D. Spector

 

 

 

$

 

 

1,017,419

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

44,390

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   508,709

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

      22,195

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$478,512

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

55,488

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$2,004,640  

 

 

 

 

D. Jones

 

 

 

$

 

 

508,709

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

22,195

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   254,343

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

11,097

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$239,256

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

27,744

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$1,002,309  

 

 

 

 

V. Fartaj

 

 

 

$

 

 

412,491

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

17,997

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   206,234

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

8,998

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$193,999

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

22,496

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   812,724  

 

 

 

 

A. Chang

 

 

 

$

 

 

408,411

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

17,819

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   204,194

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

8,909

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$192,084

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

22,274

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   804,690  

 

 

 

Each of the stock options has an exercise price of $22.92 and a Black-Scholes Value of $8.62 at the date of grant. Each of the performance-based and time-based RSUs has a grant date fair value of $22.92, which is based on our closing stock price on the NYSE on the date of grant.

Compensation Decisions Made in 2020

 

In response to feedback received from stakeholders regarding our executiveManagement reviews the Company’s compensation program, the Compensation Committee revised the performance-based metrics for performance-based RSUs granted in February of 2020. Vesting of all such performance-based RSUs is now contingent upon the achievement of two performance goal components:after-tax return on equity andprograms following a leverage ratio modifier component based on total recourse debt to equity. The Committee believes leverage ratio is an appropriate measure to ensure prudent risk taking in the achievement of strongrigorous financial performance, includingafter-tax return on equity.planning process

Executive Compensation Decision Making Process

 

Role of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has overall responsibilityCEO conducts performance reviews for recommending to our Board the compensation of our CEO and determining the compensation of our other named executive officers, including the Executive Chairman in respect of Fiscal 2019. Members of the Compensation Committee are appointed by the Board. During Fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee consisted of three members of the Board, Messrs. Botein, Hunt and Nanji, none of whom served as our executive officers. Each of Messrs. Botein, Hunt and Nanji qualified as an “independent director” under the rules of the NYSE. Each of Messrs. Hunt and Nanji also qualified as an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and served as a member of a subcommittee of the Compensation Committee that was formed to approve the grant of awards to certain individuals for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. See the section entitled “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE—Committees of the Board of Directors.” Each year, the Compensation Committee conducts an evaluation of each named executive officer to determine if changes in such officer’s compensation are appropriate based on the considerations described below. At the Compensation Committee’s request, the Chairman and the CEO provide input for the Compensation Committee regarding the performance and appropriate compensation of the named executive officers. The Compensation Committee gives considerable weight to their evaluation of the other named executive officers because of their direct knowledge of each such officer’s performance and contributions.recommends compensation to the Compensation Committee after considering market practice

 

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  Compensation Committee evaluates the CEO’s performance

Pearl Meyer advises the Compensation Committee on the overall appropriateness of named executive officer compensation and the compensation programs relative to market practice

Compensation Committee reviews and approves named executive officer compensation and compensation programs

 

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The Role of the Outside Independent Compensation Consultant.Our Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain, compensate and terminate any independent compensation consultant of its choosing in assessing our compensation program and determining the appropriate, competitive levels of compensation for our executive officers. Pursuant to such authority, the Compensation Committee utilized Pearl Meyer & Partners, or Pearl Meyer, as its independent compensation consultant during Fiscal 2019. Pearl Meyer provided the following services to the Compensation Committee:

  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

Role of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has overall responsibility for recommending to our Board the compensation of our CEO and determining the compensation of our other named executive officers. Members of the Compensation Committee are appointed by the Board. The Compensation Committee consists of three members of the Board, Messrs. Nanji, Hunt and Perlowitz, none of whom served as our executive officers. Each of Messrs. Nanji, Hunt and Perlowitz qualified as an “independent director” under the rules of the NYSE. Each of Messrs. Nanji, Hunt and Perlowitz also qualified as an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and served as a member of a subcommittee of the Compensation Committee that was formed to approve the grant of awards to certain individuals for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. See the section entitled “CORPORATE GOVERNANCE—Committees of the Board of Directors.” Each year, the Compensation Committee conducts an evaluation of each named executive officer to determine if changes in such officer’s compensation are appropriate based on the considerations described below. The Chairman and CEO provides input for the Compensation Committee regarding the performance and appropriate compensation of the other named executive officers (other than himself).

The Role of the Outside Independent Compensation Consultant. Our Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain, compensate and terminate any independent compensation consultant of its choosing in assessing our compensation program and determining the appropriate, competitive levels of compensation for our executive officers. Pursuant to such authority, the Compensation Committee utilized Pearl Meyer & Partners, or Pearl Meyer, as its independent compensation consultant during Fiscal 2022. Pearl Meyer has provided various services to the Compensation Committee since its engagement including the following:

 

Attended Compensation Committee meetings and prepared certain meeting materials in connection with such meetings;

Reviewed the Company’s peer group for executive compensation purposes for Fiscal 2019 and provided recommendations for changes to such peer group;

Evaluated the competitive positioning of our named executive officers’ base salaries, annual performance-based incentive and long-term incentive compensation relative to our peer companies to support Fiscal 2019 decision-making;

Advised on Fiscal 2019 target award levels within the annual and long-term incentive program and, as needed, on actual compensation actions;

Conducted a review of the competitive market data (including base salary, annual performance-based incentive and long-term incentive targets) for our named executive officers;

Assessed our executive compensation peer group and recommended changes, as necessary;

Assessed compensation levels within our peer group for named executive officers and other executive officers;officers as necessary;

Reviewed historical financial performance for peer group companies under metrics used in our long-term incentive plan;companies;

Provided market research on various issues as requested by our Company;

Prepared materials for and participated in Compensation Committee meetings, as requested;

Consulted with our Compensation Committee regarding compensation strategy, internal communications related to equity compensation and compensation best practices;

Assisted in compensation plan designs and modifications, as requested;

Assessed whether our executive compensation programs might encourage inappropriate risk taking that could have a material adverse effect on us; and

Assisted with the preparation of this Compensation Discussion and Analysis for this Proxy Statement.

Assessment of Outside Independent Compensation Consultant Conflicts of Interest.

Assessment of Outside Independent Compensation Consultant Conflicts of Interest. Under rules promulgated by the SEC, the Compensation Committee must determine, after taking into account six independence-related factors, whether any work completed by a compensation consultant raised any conflict of interest. Factors considered by the Compensation Committee include the following six factors specified by the NYSE rules: (1) other services provided to us by the compensation consultant; (2) what percentage of the compensation consultant’s total revenue is made up of fees from us; (3) policies or procedures of the compensation consultant that are designed to prevent a conflict of interest; (4) any business or personal relationships between individual consultants involved in the engagement and Compensation Committee members; (5) any shares of our common stock owned by individual consultants involved in the engagement; and (6) any business or personal relationships between our executive officers and the compensation consultant or the individual consultants involved in the engagement. For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee did not identify any conflict of interest with respect to Pearl Meyer.

Peer Group and Benchmarking

The Use of Peer Group and Competitive Market Data. On an annual basis we engage in a comprehensive review of peer companies with our independent compensation consultant. To assist in decision-making regarding our compensation and benefits program, our management and the Compensation Committee review competitive market data from a “peer group” of publicly traded companies in specific industries in which we compete for executive talent, among other factors, to assist in decision-making regarding our compensation and benefits programs. The market data reviewed includes both peer proxy data and survey data of companies similar in industry, size, structure, scope and sophistication. Proxy data was gathered from proxy statements and other publicly filed documents.

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  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS   

Since our peer group was initially established in 2013, we have undertaken comprehensive annual reviews of the appropriateness of such peer group. The Compensation Committee reviews other public companies similar in industry, size, structure, scope and sophistication.

How We Establish our Peer Group. The Compensation Committee updated its peer group used for evaluating compensation decisions based on objective criteria as presented in the table and discussion below.

Objective Criteria Considered

Former Peer Group

Revised Peer Group

   Companies in financial services, data processing & outsourcing services, property & casualty insurance, research & consulting services and specialty finance industries

   Companies with market capitalizations within a reasonable range of our common stock owned by individual consultants involved in the engagement;capitalization

   Companies with pretax income and (6) any business or personal relationships between our executive officers and the compensation consultant or the individual consultants involved in the engagement. For Fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee did not identify any conflict of interestassets within a reasonable range

   Companies with respect to Pearl Meyer.revenue within a reasonable range

Peer Group and Benchmarking

The Use of Peer Group and Competitive Market Data.On an annual basis we engage in a comprehensive review of peer companies with our independent compensation consultant. To assist in decision-making regarding our compensation and benefits program, our management and the Compensation Committee review competitive market data from a “peer group” of publicly traded companies in specific industries in which we compete   Competitors for executive talent among other factors, to assist in decision-making regarding our compensation and benefits programs. The market data reviewed includes both peer proxy data and survey data

   Companies of companies similar in industry, size, structure,comparable scope and sophistication. Proxy data was gathered from proxy statements and other publicly filed documents.complexity

Since our   Companies that identify us as their direct peer group was initially established in 2013, we have undertaken comprehensive annual reviews of the appropriateness of such peer group. The Compensation Committee reviews other public companies

   Companies with similar in industry, size, structure, scope and sophistication.pay practices

 

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   Black Knight, Inc.


  COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  Blend Labs, Inc.*

   Essent Group Ltd.

   Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   First American Financial Corporation

   LendingTree, Inc.*

   LoanDepot, Inc.*

   MGIC Investment Corp.

   Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

   OneMain Holdings, Inc.

   Radian Group Inc.

   Redwood Trust, Inc.

   Rocket Companies, Inc.

   SLM Corporation

   UWM Holdings Corporation

   Zillow Group, Inc.

   Black Knight, Inc.

   Essent Group Ltd.

   Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   First American Financial Corporation

   MGIC Investment Corp.

   Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

   OneMain Holdings, Inc.

   Radian Group Inc.

   Redwood Trust, Inc.

   Rocket Companies, Inc.

   SLM Corporation

   UWM Holdings Corporation

Walker & Dunlop +

   Zillow Group, Inc.

 

*

How We Establish ourRemoved from Peer Group.The Compensation Committee updated its peer group used for evaluating Fiscal 2019 compensation decisions based on objective criteria as presented in the table below:

Objective Criteria Considered

Fiscal 2019 Peer Group

   Companies in the financial services and specialty finance industries

   Companies with market capitalizations within a reasonable range of our pro forma capitalization

   Companies with pretax income within a reasonable range

   Companies with revenue within a reasonable range

   Competitors for executive talent

   Companies of comparable scope and complexity

   Competitors for equity investor capital

   Companies that identify us as their direct peer

   Companies with similar pay practices

   Black Knight, Inc.

   CoreLogic, Inc.

   Essent Group Ltd.

   Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

   iStar Inc.

   Ladder Capital Corp.

   MGIC Investment Corp.

   Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.

   NMI Holdings, Inc.

   Ocwen Financial Corporation

   OneMain Holdings, Inc.

   Radian Group Inc.

   Redwood Trust, Inc.

   Walker & Dunlop Inc.

Group

+

Compensation Policies and Practices As They RelateAdded to Our Risk Management. We have designed our executive compensation program to reward strong Company and individual performance. Company performance objectives are based on our overall performance rather than on only a few discrete performance measures related to a particular aspect of our Company’s business. We believe that this structure, as further explained below, minimizes risks resulting from compensation practices.Peer Group

Our Compensation Committee believes that its compensation policies and practices for all employees of PNMAC, including our named executive officers, do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us. We believe that appropriate safeguards are in place with respect to our compensation programs and policies that assist in mitigating excessive risk-taking that could harm the value of our Company or reward poor judgment by executives and employees.

Given the Company’s market share and the fact that many of our true business competitors are either private or subsidiaries of large banks, the process for developing a peer group for us is challenging. Our goal was to identify more peers that are industry relevant, publicly-traded of similar size and complexity, and involved in related markets. The revised peer group was developed by screening potential peers for business comparability – measured by industry similarity (operating in real estate and investment management, preferably focused on the residential mortgage market), complexity (top 10 mortgage lender in the U.S.) and financial characteristics (profitable companies with meaningful balance sheet) – and size comparability and public company status. The selection criteria also included companies in: financial services, consumer finance, real estate services and software and property & casualty insurance. As part of this expanded selection criteria, we also focused on companies that have 0.25x to 3x the combined market capitalization, revenue and assets of the Company and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT), the real estate investment trust that the Company’s management team is responsible for externally managing through our investment management subsidiary. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee, after reviewing with senior management and our independent outside compensation consultant, decided that Blend Labs, Inc., Lending Tree, Inc. and LoanDepot, Inc. should be removed and Walker & Dunlop added to the revised peer group primarily due to changes in market size and business competition considerations. The Compensation Committee believes that this revised peer group better reflects our competitors in the industry that currently conduct similar businesses and have comparable scales of operations.

Compensation Policies and Practices As They Relate to Our Risk Management. We have designed our executive compensation program to reward strong Company and individual performance. We believe that this structure, as further explained below, minimizes risks resulting from compensation practices. Our Compensation Committee believes that its compensation policies and practices for all employees, including our named executive officers, do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us. We believe that appropriate safeguards are in place with respect to our compensation programs and policies that assist in mitigating excessive risk-taking that could harm the value of our Company or reward poor judgment by executives and employees. In that regard, the Compensation Committee requested assistance from our independent compensation consultant in reviewing our compensation policies and practices. Based on its review, the Compensation Committee concluded that our compensation policies and practices as they apply to our named executive officers are designed with an appropriate balance of risk and reward in relation to our overall business strategy and do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our Company.

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As part of the review, numerous factors were noted that reduce the likelihood of excessive risk-taking, which include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Our compensation mix is balanced among fixed components such as salary and benefits, variable components such as annual performance-based cash incentives, and long-term equity awards including time-based and performance-based RSUs and stock options;

Our Compensation Committee has ultimate authority to determine, and adjust, if appropriate, compensation provided to our executive officers, including each of the named executive officers;

Incentive compensation paid to named executive officers and other senior managers is subject to clawback upon a material accounting restatement as a result of erroneous data in our financial statements;

Our named executive officers are subject to stock ownership guidelines that require a certain minimum level of stock ownership; and

Our Compensation Committee has the authority to retain any advisor it deems necessary to fulfill its obligations.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

Our executive stock ownership guidelines, which are approved by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, are intended to further the objective of aligning the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders. These stock ownership guidelines provide that our named executive officers and other executive officers should accumulate a minimum number of shares equal in value to a multiple of their base salary within five years from becoming an executive officer.

A summary of the stock ownership guidelines (as a multiple of base salary) is set forth in the following table:

Executive Officer Title

Stock Ownership    Guidelines

Guideline    

 

 

Our executive stock ownership guidelines, which are approved by our Compensation Committee, are intended to further the objective of aligning the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders. These stock ownership guidelines provide that our named executive officers and other executive officers should accumulate a minimum number of shares equal in value to a multiple of their base salary over a specified time frame.Chief Executive Officer

 

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A summary of the stock ownership guidelines (as a multiple of base salary) are set forth in the following table:5x

 

Executive Officer Title

Stock Ownership

Guideline

  Compliant  

Other Executive Officers

3x

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

For purposes of the guidelines, stock ownership includes common stock owned directly and unvested time-based RSUs. The types and amounts of stock-based awards are intended, in part, to facilitate the accumulation of sufficient shares by our executives to allow them to meet the stock ownership guidelines within the applicable timeline. Each executive officer is expected to meet the respective level of stock ownership within five years of becoming subject to such guidelines. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will annually review each executive officer’s compliance with or progress toward meeting the stock ownership guidelines based on share ownership calculated as of the average closing share price over the prior year. Each named executive officer who has been an executive officer for five years or more is in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines.

Clawback Provisions

 

In 2018, we instituted a clawback policy allowing for the recoupment of incentive compensation if we issue a material accounting restatement as a result of erroneous data in our financial statements. In case of a material accounting restatement, our Board or an authorized Board committee will have the authority, in its sole discretion, to recover any incentive compensation that (i) is received by any current or former executive officer or any other officer with a title of senior managing director or higher during the two fiscal years immediately preceding the date of such accounting restatement issuance, and (ii) exceeds the amount that would have been paid to such individual(s) under the accounting restatement, calculated on a pre-tax basis. We intend to amend our clawback policy or adopt a new clawback policy consistent with the requirements of Exchange Act Rule 10D-1 prior to the effectiveness of final NYSE listing standards implementing such rule.

Trading Controls and Anti-Pledging and Anti-Hedging Policies

Our named executive officers, directors and certain other employees are required to obtain preclearance prior to entering into any transaction involving our securities. Trading is generally permitted only during open trading windows. Any such individuals who are subject to preclearance restrictions may enter into trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, but these trading plans may be entered into only during an open trading window and must be pre-approved as well.

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Our named executive officers, directors and other employees are restricted from pledging any of our securities or entering into margin accounts involving our securities. We restrict these transactions because of the potential that sales of our securities could occur outside trading periods and without the required preclearance approval. In addition, our named executive officers, directors and other employees are restricted from entering into hedging transactions involving our securities.

Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements

Employment Agreements

On December 13, 2022, we entered into employment agreements by and among us, PNMAC and each of Mr. Spector, or the Spector Agreement, and Mr. Jones, or the Jones Agreement, for terms commencing on January 1, 2023 and expiring on December 31, 2026, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions set forth in each such agreement. The terms of the employment agreements are described below. Mr. Spector shall continue to serve as a member of our Board and as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Executive Officer of PNMAC throughout the term of the Spector Agreement. Mr. Jones shall continue to serve as our President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer and as the President and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer of PNMAC throughout the term of the Jones Agreement.

Base Salary and Incentive Compensation

During the terms of their employment agreements, Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones shall each receive an annual base salary as determined by the Company’s Board at least as favorable as base salaries paid to other similarly situated senior executives and shall be entitled to receive annual cash and equity incentive compensation, with such compensation awarded at levels based on annual performance targets determined by our Board and the compensation committee of our Board. Pursuant to the Spector Agreement and the Jones Agreement, any unvested awards shall immediately vest upon the death or disability of the executive, a termination by us or PNMAC other than for cause (as defined in the employment agreements), or a termination by the executive for good reason (as defined in the employment agreements) unless such termination is the result of the expiration of the term of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement. If such termination is the result of the expiration of term of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement, any such unvested awards shall continue to vest, if applicable, in accordance with their terms, and the termination date of each of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement shall be deemed to be the retirement date as defined in the related award document; provided, however, that if the related award document does not contain any reference to retirement or a retirement date, then the affected unvested awards shall immediately become fully vested and non-forfeitable. All nonstatutory stock options granted pursuant to our Equity Plans are exercisable, subject only to vesting provisions, for a period of ten years from the date of grant, and are eligible for cashless exercise in all circumstances.

Other Benefits

The employment agreements provide for medical benefits and reimbursement for expenses related to tax advice and financial counseling not to exceed $50,000. The employment agreements also provide for the annual accrual of twenty days of paid time off for Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones, in each case at the executive’s regular base pay rate during each year of the term, reimbursement of reasonable business expenses (including reimbursement for ordinary and necessary business expenses relating to chartered flights), and participation in such other benefits programs as are provided to our executives generally.

Payments Upon Specific Termination Events

Pursuant to the employment agreements, upon a termination due to death or disability, a termination by us or PNMAC other than for cause, a termination by the executive for good reason, or a termination by us or PNMAC as a result of or in connection with a change of control, in addition to any other amounts required by law to be paid to him, the executive would be entitled to any bonus earned but unpaid for the year prior to the year in which the termination date occurs and the pro rata portion of any bonus earned but unpaid for the year during which the termination date occurs. In any such termination event, any unvested equity awards granted pursuant to the Equity Plans shall vest immediately, and any outstanding stock option will not expire until the tenth anniversary of the grant date. We will also generally reimburse the executive or his estate for any amounts paid by him or his estate for coverage of him and his family under our group health medical benefits plan pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA, for as long as the executive or his family is eligible to receive such benefits under COBRA. Upon a termination due to death, the executive’s estate will also receive a continuing payment of executive’s annual base salary as of the termination date for a period of six months following such termination. Upon a termination of Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ employment as a result of or in connection with a change of control or by us or PNMAC other than for cause, or upon a termination by Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones for good reason, the executive shall also receive a severance payment equal to two and one-half years of executive’s annual base salary plus two and one-half years of the executive’s incentive compensation (based on the average incentive bonus received in the most recent two years), with such amounts to be paid in 24 monthly installments.

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Upon termination of Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ employment by us or PNMAC for cause, the executive shall receive his annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued but unused paid time off and reimbursement of any unreimbursed incurred expenses. Pursuant to each of the Spector Agreement and the Jones Agreement, each executive is subject to a non-solicitation covenant for a period of 18 months following a termination of employment. If any termination payments would be subject to excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Code, then the payments actually paid to Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones, as applicable, will be reduced to avoid the excise tax if and to the extent such reduction produces the best after-tax result.

Consulting Services

Upon the expiration of the term of the Spector Agreement, Mr. Spector shall serve as a consultant to us for an 18-month period commencing on the termination date. During the consulting period, Mr. Spector will receive a consulting fee of $2.0 million, with approximately $1.35 million of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments of $75,000 and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period; provided, however, that such compensation will cease if the executive engages in services for a business that competes with us.

Upon the expiration of the term of the Jones Agreement, Mr. Jones shall serve as a consultant to us for an 18-month period commencing on the termination date. During the consulting period, Mr. Jones will receive a consulting fee of $1.5 million, with approximately $1.0 million of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments of $55,555 and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period; provided, however, that such compensation will cease if the executive engages in services for a business that competes with us.

For purposes of the employment agreement, each of Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones will have “good reason” to terminate his employment agreement, as applicable, if we (or any resulting or surviving entity in the event of certain transactions) or PNMAC fail to cure any of the following events within 30 days of receipt of notice of such event(s) by Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones, as applicable, (such notice must be delivered within 90 days of the occurrence of the events constituting “good reason”): (1) materially breaches the Spector Agreement or Jones Agreement; (2) requires Mr. Spector to report to anyone other than our Board or Mr. Jones to report to anyone other than the Chief Executive Officer; (3) requires Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones to be based anywhere more than fifteen (15) miles from the office where he is located; (4) takes any other action which results in a material diminution or adverse change in Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ status, title, position, compensation, or responsibilities, other than an insubstantial action not taken in bad faith and remedied promptly after receipt of notice by Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones; or (5) fails to indemnify and advance all expenses to Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones in response to a proper request for indemnity and advancement.

Change of Control Severance Plan

We adopted a Change of Control Severance Plan, or the Severance Plan, on September 22, 2021, that covers named executive officers who do not have separately negotiated employment agreements. Under the Severance Plan a named executive officer who incurs a qualifying termination in connection with a change of control under the Severance Plan will be entitled to receive (i) a severance payment equal to two years of base salary plus 200% of bonus, (ii) acceleration of outstanding and unvested time-based equity awards and acceleration at target of any unvested performance-based equity awards that remain outstanding after the application of the change of control provisions in the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and any successor equity incentive plans, (iii) continued group health and dental plan participation for 18 months, and (iv) outplacement services for 18 months. A “qualifying termination” under the Severance Plan means a termination of an employment that occurs on or during the two year period following a change of control by reason of either (i) the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’, as applicable, termination of such individual’s employment other than for cause or such employee’s death or disability or (ii) the employee’s resignation for “good reason.” Furthermore, if any Severance Plan or employment agreement payments would be subject to excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, then the payments will be reduced to avoid the excise tax if and to the extent such reduction produces the best after-tax result for the severed employee. The receipt of any Severance Plan payments will be conditioned on the execution of an irrevocable general release of claims by the employee.

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Equity Incentive Plans

Pursuant to our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan and subject to any contrary provisions in any applicable award agreement or employment agreement, upon the occurrence of a change of control:

 

5x

Other Executive Officers

3x

For purposes of the guidelines, stock ownership includes common stock owned directly,in-the-money value of exercisable stock options and unvested time-based RSUs. The types and amounts of stock-based awards are intended, in part, to facilitate the accumulation of sufficient shares by our executives to allow them to meet the stock ownership guidelines within the applicable timeline. Each executive officer is expected to meet the respective level of stock ownership within five years of becoming subject to such guidelines. The Compensation Committee will annually review each executive officer’s compliance with or progress toward meeting the stock ownership guidelines. Each of our executive officers is presently in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines.

Clawback Provisions

During 2018, we adopted a policy regarding the recoupment of incentive compensation which provides that if we issue a material accounting restatement as a result of erroneous data in our financial statements, our Board or an authorized Board committee will have the authority, in its sole discretion, to recover any incentive compensation that (i) is received by any executive officer or any other officer with a title of senior managing director or higher during the two fiscal years immediately preceding the date of such accounting restatement issuance, and (ii) exceeds the amount that would have been paid to such individual(s) under the accounting restatement, calculated on apre-tax basis.

Trading Controls and Anti-Pledging and Anti-Hedging Policies

Our named executive officers, directors and certain other employees are required to obtain preclearance prior to entering into any transaction involving company securities. Trading is generally permitted only during open trading windows. Any such individuals who are subject to preclearance restrictions may enter into trading plans under Rule10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, but these trading plans may be entered into only during an open trading window and must bepre-approved as well.

We also prohibit our named executive officers, directors and other employees from pledging any company securities or entering into margin accounts involving company securities. We prohibit these transactions because of the potential that sales of company securities could occur outside trading periods and without the required preclearance approval.

In addition, our named executive officers, directors and other employees are prohibited from entering into hedging transactions involving company securities.

Employment andChange-in-Control Arrangements with Named Executive Officers

Employment Agreements. On December 28, 2018, we entered into employment agreements by and among us, PNMAC and each of Mr. Kurland (the “Kurland Agreement”), Mr. Spector (the “Spector Agreement”) and Mr. Jones (the “Jones Agreement”) for terms commencing on January 1, 2019 and expiring on December 31, 2022, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions set forth in each such agreement. The terms of the employment agreements are described below.

Pursuant to the Kurland Agreement, Mr. Kurland served as the Executive Chairman of our Board through December 31, 2019, and, beginning on January 1, 2020 and continuing through the end of the term, shall serve as theNon-Executive Chairman of our Board, assuming he isre-elected to that post through the end of such term. Mr. Spector shall continue to serve as a member of our Board and as our President and Chief Executive Officer and the President and Chief Executive Officer of PNMAC throughout the term of the Spector Agreement. Mr. Jones shall continue to serve as our Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer and the Senior Managing Director and Chief Mortgage Banking Officer of PNMAC throughout the term of the Jones Agreement.

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Base Salary and Incentive Compensation

The Kurland Agreement provided Mr. Kurland with an annual base salary of no less than $900,000 from January 1, 2019 through and including December 31, 2019. During that time, Mr. Kurland was also entitled to receive cash and equity incentive compensation, with such compensation awarded at levels based on annual performance targets determined by our Board and the Compensation Committee of our Board. From January 1, 2020 and for so long as Mr. Kurland remains on our Board asNon-Executive Chairman, Mr. Kurland will also be entitled to receive (i) annual director fees in cash in amount equal to 2.5 times the annual retainer fees of the highest paidnon-employee Board member, and (ii) annual equity awards in an amount equal to 2.5 times the amount granted to any othernon-employee Board member.

The Spector Agreement provides Mr. Spector with an annual base salary of no less than $900,000, which amount increased to $1,000,000 on January 1, 2020. The Jones Agreement provides Mr. Jones with an annual base salary of no less than $550,000, which amount increased to $600,000 on January 1, 2020. During the terms of their employment agreements, each of Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones is also entitled to receive annual cash and equity incentive compensation, with such compensation awarded at levels based on annual performance targets determined by our Board and the compensation committee of our Board.

All equity awards are granted pursuant to our 2013 Plan and are subject to vesting requirements as specified in the relevant award agreement. Pursuant to the Kurland Agreement, any unvested awards shall immediately vest upon the death or disability of the executive, a termination by us or PNMAC other than for cause (as defined in the Kurland Agreement), or a termination by the executive for good reason (as defined in the Kurland Agreement) unless such termination is the result of the expiration of the term of the Kurland Agreement or Mr. Kurland’s termination by resignation for good reason at his option at any time on or after January 1, 2020.

Pursuant to the Spector Agreement and the Jones Agreement, any unvested awards shall immediately vest upon the death or disability of the executive, a termination by us or PNMAC other than for cause (as defined in the employment agreements), or a termination by the executive for good reason (as defined in the employment agreements) unless such termination is the result of the expiration of the term of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement. If such termination is the result of the expiration of term of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement, any such unvested awards shall continue to vest, if applicable, in accordance with their terms, and the termination date of each of the Spector Agreement or the Jones Agreement shall be deemed to be the retirement date as defined in the related award document; provided, however, that if the related award document does not contain any reference to retirement or a retirement date, then the affected unvested awards shall immediately become fully vested andnon-forfeitable.

All nonstatutory stock options granted pursuant to our 2013 Plan are exercisable, subject only to vesting provisions, for a period of ten years from the date of grant, and are eligible for cashless exercise in all circumstances.

Other Benefits

The employment agreements provide for medical benefits, reimbursement for expenses related to tax advice and financial counseling not to exceed $25,000. The employment agreements also provide for the annual accrual of twenty days of paid time off for Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones, in each case at the executive’s regular base pay rate during each year of the term, an automobile allowance of up to $1,500 per month for Mr. Spector, reimbursement of reasonable business expenses, and participation in such other benefits programs as are provided to our executives generally.

Payments Upon Specific Termination Events

Pursuant to the employment agreements, upon a termination due to death or disability, a termination by us or PNMAC other than for cause, a termination by the executive for good reason, or a termination by us or PNMAC as a result of or in connection with a change of control, in addition to any other amounts required by law to be paid to him, the executive would be entitled to any performance-based cash incentives earned but unpaid for the year prior to the year in which the termination date occurs and the pro rata portion of any performance-based cash incentives earned but unpaid for the year during which the termination date occurs. In any such termination event, any unvested equity awards granted pursuant to the 2013 Plan shall vest immediately. We will also generally reimburse the executive or his estate for any amounts paid by him or his estate for coverage of him and his family under our group health medical benefits plan pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, or COBRA, for as long as the executive or his family is eligible to receive such benefits under COBRA. Upon a termination due to death, the executive’s estate will also receive a continuing payment of executive’s annual base salary as of the termination date for a period of six months following such termination.

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Upon a termination of Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ employment as a result of or in connection with a change of control or by us or PNMAC other than for cause, or upon a termination by Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones for good reason, the executive shall also receive a severance payment equal to two years of executive’s annual base salary plus two years of the executive’s cash incentive compensation (based on the average performance-based cash incentive received in the most recent two years), with such amounts to be paid in 24 monthly installments. Upon termination of Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ employment by us or PNMAC for cause, the executive shall receive his annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued but unused paid time off and reimbursement of any unreimbursed incurred expenses. Pursuant to the employment agreement, each executive is subject to anon-solicitation covenant for a period of 18 months following a termination of employment.

Consulting Services

Upon the expiration of the term of the Kurland Agreement or upon a termination of Mr. Kurland’s employment by us or PNMAC other than for cause or a termination by Mr. Kurland for good reason, Mr. Kurland shall serve as a consultant to us for an18-month period commencing on the termination date. During the consulting period, Mr. Kurland will receive a consulting fee of $1.5 million, with approximately $1 million of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments of $55,555 and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period; provided, however, that such compensation will cease if the executive engages in services for a business that competes with us.

Upon the expiration of the term of the Spector Agreement, Mr. Spector shall serve as a consultant to us for an18-month period commencing on the termination date. During the consulting period, Mr. Spector will receive a consulting fee of $1.5 million, with approximately $1 million of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments $55,555 and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period; provided, however, that such compensation will cease if the executive engages in services for a business that competes with us.

Upon the expiration of the term of the Jones Agreement, Mr. Jones shall serve as a consultant to us for an18-month period commencing on the termination date. During the consulting period, Mr. Jones will receive a consulting fee of $1 million, with approximately $750,000 of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments of $41,666 and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period; provided, however, that such compensation will cease if the executive engages in services for a business that competes with us.

For purposes of the employment agreement, Mr. Kurland will have “good reason” to terminate the Kurland Agreement (a) at his option at any time on or after January 1, 2020, or (b) if we (or any resulting or surviving entity in the event of certain transactions) or PNMAC (1) materially breaches the Kurland Agreement; (2) requires Mr. Kurland to report to anyone other than our Board; (3) requires Mr. Kurland to be based anywhere more than fifty (50) miles from the office where he is located as of the effective date of the Kurland Agreement; (4) takes any other action which results in a material diminution or adverse change in Mr. Kurland’s status, title, position, compensation, or responsibilities, other than an insubstantial action not taken in bad faith and remedied promptly after receipt of notice by Mr. Kurland; or (5) fails to indemnify and advance all expenses to Mr. Kurland in response to a proper request for indemnity and advancement.

For purposes of the employment agreement, each of Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones will have “good reason” to terminate his employment agreement, as applicable, if we (or any resulting or surviving entity in the event of certain transactions) or PNMAC (1) materially breaches the Spector Agreement or Jones Agreement; (2) requires Mr. Spector to report to anyone other than our Board or Mr. Jones to report to anyone other than the President and Chief Executive Officer; (3) requires Mr. Spector to be based anywhere more than fifty (50) miles from the office where he is located as of the effective date of the Spector Agreement or requires Mr. Jones to be based anywhere more than fifteen (15) miles from the office where he is located as of the effective date of the Jones Agreement; (4) takes any other action which results in a material diminution or adverse change in Mr. Spector’s or Mr. Jones’ status, title, position, compensation, or responsibilities, other than an insubstantial action not taken in bad faith and remedied promptly after receipt of notice by Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones; or (5) fails to indemnify and advance all expenses to Mr. Spector or Mr. Jones in response to a proper request for indemnity and advancement.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control. Pursuant to our 2013 Plan and subject to any contrary provisions in any applicable award agreement or employment agreement, upon the occurrence of a change of control:

all outstanding unvested awards and awards subject to a risk of forfeiture, other than awards conditioned on the achievement of performance goals, will immediately become vested in full and no longer be subject to any risk of forfeiture unless they are assumed or otherwise continued in a manner satisfactory to the Compensation Committee, or substantially equivalent rights are provided in substitution for such awards, in each case by the acquiring or succeeding entity or one of its affiliates; and

 

if a pro rata portion of the performance goals under awards conditioned on the achievement of performance goals or other business objectives has been achieved as of the effective date of the change of control, then such performance goals or other business objectives shall be deemed satisfied as of such change of control with respect to a pro rata portion of the number of shares subject to the original award. The pro rata portion of the performance goals or other business objectives and the number of shares subject to the original awards shall each be based on the length of time within the performance period which has elapsed prior to the change of control. The pro rata portion of any award deemed earned in this manner will be paid out within 30 days following the change of control. The remaining portion of such an award that is not eligible to be deemed earned as of the change of control will be deemed to have been satisfied, earned, or forfeited as of the change of control in such amounts as the Compensation Committee shall determine in its sole discretion unless that remaining portion is assumed by the acquiring or succeeding entity or one of its affiliates, which will be deemed to occur if that remaining portion is subjected to (i) comparable performance goals based on the post-change of control business of the acquirer or succeeding entity or one of its affiliates, and (ii) a measurement period using a comparable period of time to the original award, each in a manner satisfactory to the Compensation Committee.

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business objectives shall be deemed satisfied as of such change of control with respect to a pro rata portion of the number of shares subject to the original award. The pro rata portion of the performance goals or other business objectives and the number of shares subject to the original awards shall each be based on the length of time within the performance period which has elapsed prior to the change of control. The pro rata portion of any award deemed earned in this manner will be paid out within 30 days following the change of control. The remaining portion of such an award that is not eligible to be deemed earned as of the change of control will be deemed to have been satisfied, earned, or forfeited as of the change of control in such amounts as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion unless that remaining portion is assumed by the acquiring or succeeding entity or one of its affiliates, which will be deemed to occur if that remaining portion is subjected to (i) comparable performance goals based on the post-change of control business of the acquiror or succeeding entity or one of its affiliates, and (ii) a measurement period using a comparable period of time to the original award, each in a manner satisfactory to the Committee.

Compensation Tables

2022 Summary Compensation Table

The following “2022 Summary Compensation Table” presents compensation earned by our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our next three most highly compensated persons serving as executive officers as of the end of Fiscal 2022. We refer to these executive officers as our “named executive officers.”

Name and Principal

Position(1)

 

 

Year

 

  

Salary

($)

 

  

Bonus

($)

 

  

Stock
Awards

($)(2)

 

  

Option

Awards

($)(3)

 

  

 

Non-equity
incentive plan
compensation
($)
(4)

 

  

All Other

Compensation

($)

 

  

Total

($)

 

 

David A. Spector

  2022   1,000,000      3,374,952   1,214,140   3,980,000   101,959(5)   9,671,051 

Chairman and

  2021   1,000,000      2,537,435   1,101,254   8,864,938   71,597   13,575,224 

Chief Executive Officer

 

  2020   1,000,000   6,400,000   1,688,936   3,204,163      82,229   12,375,328 

Doug Jones

  2022   600,000      1,874,936   674,518   2,750,000   67,751(5)   5,967,205 

Director, President and Chief

  2021   600,000      1,399,924   607,581   4,879,000   58,407   7,544,912 

Mortgage Banking Officer

 

  2020   600,000   4,000,000   862,473   1,308,503      277,687   7,048,663 

Vandad Fartaj

  2022   425,000      862,496   310,271   1,100,000   57,003(5)   2,754,770 

Senior Managing Director and

  2021   425,000      804,951   349,350   3,389,250   64,697   5,033,248 

Chief Investment Officer

 

  2020   400,000   2,400,000   674,993   1,241,437      362,128   5,078,558 

Daniel S. Perotti

  2022   400,000      749,952   269,811   1,375,000   58,878(5)   2,853,641 

Senior Managing Director and

  2021   400,000      612,452   265,814   2,409,500   66,888   3,754,654 

Chief Financial Officer

 

        

James Follette

  2022   355,208      618,735   222,594   975,000   34,397(5)   2,205,934 

Senior Managing Director and

        

Chief Mortgage Operations

Officer

                                

(1)

Reflects the named executive officer’s title as of December 31, 2022. Mr. Fartaj ceased serving as the Company’s Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer on March 3, 2023. In addition, while previously employed by us, Mr. Follette first became a named executive officer in Fiscal 2022.

(2)

A changeThe amounts shown in this column in respect of control is defined2022, 2021 and 2020 represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of time-based RSUs awarded on February 23, 2022, February 25, 2021, and February 26, 2020 in the occurrence of anyamounts of: 19,702, 12,319, and 16,071 for Mr. Spector; 10,945, 6,796, and 8,207 for Mr. Jones; and 5,035, 3,908, and 6,423 for Mr. Fartaj respectively; 4,378 and 2,973 for Mr. Perotti on February 23, 2022 and February 25, 2021; and 3,612 for Mr. Follette on February 23, 2022. Also includes the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the following: (1) a transaction, as described above, unless securities possessing more than 50%(a) performance-based RSUs awarded based on the probable outcome of the total combined voting powerperformance conditions on February 23, 2022, February 25, 2021, and February 26, 2020 in the amounts of the resulting entity or ultimate parent entity are held by one or more persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of our Company immediately prior to the transaction; (2) any person or group of persons, excluding us39,404, 30,798, and certain other related entities, directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership of securities possessing more than 20% of the total combined voting power of our Company, unless32,143 for Mr. Spector; 21,891, 16,992, and 16,414 for Mr. Jones; 10,070, 9,770, and 12,846 for Mr. Fartaj; 8,756 and 7,434 for Mr. Perotti on February 23, 2022 and February 25, 2021; and 7,224 for Mr. Follette, respectively, pursuant to a tender or exchange offer that our Board recommends stockholders accept; (3) over a period of no more than 36 consecutive months there is a change in the composition of our Board such that a majority of our directors ceases to be composed of individuals who either (i) have been directors continuously since the beginning of that period, or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as members of our Board during such period by at least a majority of the remaining members of our Board who have been directors continuously since the beginning of that period; or (4) a majority of the members of our Board vote in favor of a decision that a change of control has occurred.

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Compensation Tables

2019 Summary Compensation Table

The following “2019 Summary Compensation Table” presents compensation earned by our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our next three most highly compensated persons serving as executive officers as of the end of Fiscal 2019. We refer to these executive officers as our “named executive officers.”

Name and Principal Position(1)

 

  

Year

 

   

Salary

($)

 

   

Bonus

($)(1)

 

   

Stock
Awards

($)(2)

 

   

Option

Awards

($)(3)

 

   

 

All Other

Compensation

($)(4)

 

   

Total

($)

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

Executive Chairman of the Board

of Directors

   2019    900,000    10,212,000    2,966,283    930,057    62,454    15,070,795 
   2018    1,000,000    3,825,000    2,999,980    970,512    73,828    8,869,320 
   2017    1,000,000    4,250,000    2,999,982    990,304    218,055    9,458,341 

 

David A. Spector

President and

 

Chief Executive Officer

  

 

 

 

2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

900,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

7,155,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,526,128

 

 

  

 

 

 

478,512

 

 

  

 

 

 

64,617

 

 

  

 

 

 

10,124,258

 

 

   2018    750,000    2,900,000    1,549,937    501,411    76,271    5,777,619 
   2017    741,667    3,000,000    1,566,578    495,152    174,603    5,977,999 

 

Doug Jones

  

 

 

 

2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

4,340,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

763,053

 

 

  

 

 

 

239,256

 

 

  

 

 

 

269,130

 

 

  

 

 

 

6,161,439

 

 

Senior Managing Director and

   2018    500,000    1,500,000    774,968    250,701    291,726    3,317,395 

 

Chief Mortgage Banking Officer

   2017    448,958    1,500,000    783,280    247,576    327,210    3,307,024 

 

Vandad Fartaj

  

 

 

 

2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,699,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

618,725

 

 

  

 

 

 

193,999

 

 

  

 

 

 

345,096

 

 

  

 

 

 

4,206,820

 

 

Senior Managing Director and

   2018    325,000    1,050,000    619,955    200,564    311,626    2,507,146 

 

Chief Investment Officer

   2017    325,000    925,000    626,624    198,055    340,101    2,414,780 

 

Andrew S. Chang

  

 

 

 

2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

325,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,699,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

612,606

 

 

  

 

 

 

192,084

 

 

  

 

 

 

283,860

 

 

  

 

 

 

4,112,550

 

 

Senior Managing Director and

   2018    325,000    832,500    619,955    200,564    285,406    2,263,426 

Chief Financial Officer

   2017    325,000    925,000    626,624    198,055    333,390    2,408,069 

(1)

The amounts in this column represent the total amount of bonus earned by the named executive officers for Fiscal 2019, Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2017, whether or not paid in such years. For Fiscal 2019, the amounts also include additional discretionary cash payments for the Company’s exceptional financial performance during the fiscal year in the following amounts: $1,712,000 to Mr. Kurland, $755,000 to Mr. Spector, $340,000 to Mr. Jones, $299,000 to Mr. Fartaj, and $299,000 to Mr. Chang.

(2)

The amounts shown in this column in respect of 2019, 2018 and 2017 represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of time-based RSUs awarded on March 15, 2019, March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2017 in the amounts of: (i) 22,195, 21,174 and 27,700 for Mr. Spector; 11,097, 10,587 and 13,850 for Mr. Jones; 8,998, 8,469 and 11,080 for Mr. Fartaj; and 8,909, 8,469 and 11,080 for Mr. Chang, respectively. Also includes the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the (a) performance-based RSUs awarded on March 15, 2019, March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2017 in the amounts of (i) 129,419, 122,950 and 166,204 for Mr. Kurland; (ii) 44,390, 42,348 and 59,091 for Mr. Spector; (iii) 22,195, 21,174 and 29,545 for Mr. Jones; (iv) 17,997, 16,939 and 23,636 for Mr. Fartaj; and 17,819, 16,939 and 23,636 for Mr. Chang, respectively, pursuant to our 2013 Plan. See “—2019 Outstanding Equity Awards at FiscalYear-End” below. The value of the performance-based RSUs awarded on March 15, 2019, March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2017, assuming that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved and based on a grant date fair value per share of $22.92, $24.40 and $18.05, is $3,856,152, $3,899,974 and $3,899,977 for Mr. Kurland; $1,322,644, $1,343,269 and $1,386,570 for Mr. Spector; $661,311, $671,634 and $693,273 for Mr. Jones; $536,236, $537,288 and $554,619 for Mr. Fartaj, and $530,919, $537,288 and $554,619 for Mr. Chang, respectively.

(3)

The amounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the nonstatutory stock options awarded on March 15, 2019, March 9, 2018 and March 6, 2017 in the amounts of 107,849, 102,459 and 138,504 for Mr. Kurland; 55,488, 52,935, and 69,252 for Mr. Spector; 27,744, 26,467 and 27,771 for Mr. Jones; 22,496, 21,174 and 27,700 for Mr. Fartaj; and 22,274, 21,174 and 27,700 for Mr. Chang, respectively, pursuant to our 2013 Plan. See “—2019 Outstanding Equity Awards at FiscalYear-End” below.

(4)

All Other Compensation for all five named executive officers consists of insurance premiums,gross-up payments for the payment of self-employment tax liabilities by each named executive officer, financial counseling and other payments. We did not provide anygross-up payments to the named executive officers during Fiscal 2019; $20,648 for Mr. Kurland, $17,477 for Mr. Spector, $14,305 for Mr. Jones, $12,084 for Mr. Fartaj and $12,084 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2018; and $160,136 for Mr. Kurland, $116,516 for Mr. Spector, $65,146 for Mr. Jones, $43,411 for Mr. Fartaj and $43,411 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2017. PNMAC paid insurance premiums on behalf of the named executive officers in the following amounts: $18,655 for Mr. Kurland, $21,558 for Mr. Spector, $11,825 for Mr. Jones, $25,244 for Mr. Fartaj and $8,417 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2019; $16,459 for Mr. Kurland, $22,490 for Mr. Spector, $8,921 for Mr. Jones, $22,888 for Mr. Fartaj and $7,811 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2018; and $14,919 for Mr. Kurland, $20,323 for Mr. Spector, $7,378 for Mr. Jones, $20,596 for Mr. Fartaj and $7,055 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2017. PNMAC paid an automobile allowance to the named executive officers in the following amounts: $18,750 for Mr. Kurland and $18,000 for Mr. Spector during Fiscal 2019; $15,750 for each of Mr. Kurland and Mr. Spector during Fiscal 2018; and $18,000 for each of Mr. Kurland and Mr. Spector during Fiscal 2017.

We paid or provided reimbursement for expenses related to tax advice and financial counseling to the named executive officers in the following amounts: $25,000 for Mr. Kurland, $25,000 for Mr. Spector, $15,130 for Mr. Fartaj and $15,130 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2019; $20,970 for Mr. Kurland, $20,555 for Mr. Spector, $14,760 for Mr. Fartaj and $11,685 for Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2018; and $25,000 for Mr. Kurland, $19,765 for Mr. Spector, and $14,400 for each of Mr. Fartaj and Mr. Chang during Fiscal 2017.

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With respect to Mr. Jones, All Other Compensation also includes a $6,372 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan, $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,973 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Jones for Fiscal 2019, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; a $17,607 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan (a portion of which includes missed matching contributions for Fiscal 2017), $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,993 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Jones for Fiscal 2018, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; and a $3,792 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan, $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,994 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Jones for Fiscal 2017, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense.

With respect to Mr. Fartaj, All Other Compensation also includes a $3,778 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan, $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $299,984 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Fartaj for Fiscal 2019, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; an $11,000 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan, $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,993 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Fartaj for Fiscal 2018, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; and a $10,800 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan, $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,994 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Fartaj for Fiscal 2017, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense.

With respect to Mr. Chang, All Other Compensation also includes a $10,231 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan and $249,973 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Chang for Fiscal 2019, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; a $3,833 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan and $249,993 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Chang for Fiscal 2018, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense; and a $17,629 contribution paid by PNMAC to his 401(k) plan (a portion of which includes missed matching contributions for Fiscal 2016), $900 for mobile phone expenses, and $249,994 in time-based and performance-based restricted share units awarded by PMT to Mr. Chang for Fiscal 2017, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy, and recorded by PNMAC as a portion of its compensation expense.

In addition, time-based and performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Kurland and Mr. Spector during Fiscal 2019, Fiscal 2018 and Fiscal 2017, consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on March 15, 2019, March 12, 2018 and February 23, 2017, and have grant date fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $1,091,970, $1,091,967 and $1,091,991 for Mr. Kurland, and $747,969, $747,988 and $747,988 for Mr. Spector, respectively. These grant date fair values are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Kurland and Mr. Spector.

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2019 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table provides information about plan-based awards granted under our 2013 Plan to our named executive officers in Fiscal 2019:

       

 

Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1)

   

All Other Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or Units
(#)

 

   

All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)(2)

 

   

Exercise
Price of
Option
Awards
($/sh)

 

   

Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)(3)

 

 

Name

 

  

Grant
Date

 

   

Threshold
(#)

 

   

Target
(#)

 

   

Maximum
(#)

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

                

PSUs

   03/15/19    103,535    129,419    168,244          2,966,283 

RSUs

   03/15/19                 

Stock Options

   03/15/19            107,849    22.92    930,057 

David A. Spector

                

PSUs

   03/15/19    35,512    44,390    57,707          1,017,419 

RSUs

   03/15/19          22,195        508,709 

Stock Options

   03/15/19            55,488    22.92    478,512 

Doug Jones

                

PSUs

   03/15/19    17,756    22,195    28,853          508,709 

RSUs

   03/15/19          11,097        254,343 

Stock Options

   03/15/19            27,744    22.92    239,256 

Vandad Fartaj

                

PSUs

   03/15/19    14,397    17,997    23,396          412,491 

RSUs

   03/15/19          8,998        206,234 

Stock Options

   03/15/19            22,496    22.92    193,999 

Andrew S. Chang

                

PSUs

   03/15/19    14,255    17,819    23,164          408,411 

RSUs

   03/15/19          8,909        204,194 

Stock Options

 

   

 

03/15/19

 

 

 

                       

 

22,274

 

 

 

   

 

22.92

 

 

 

   

 

192,084

 

 

 

(1)

Represents the potential payout range of performance-based RSUs granted in Fiscal 2019. Awards vest based on thepre-tax ROE of PNMAC for fiscal years 2019 through 2021. The combined maximum payout under the performance goals is 130% of the target award. If ROE for a fiscal year is less than the threshold ROE, no portion of the granted RSUs will become vested. In addition to the performance conditions, the named executive officers must satisfy a service condition in order for the award to vest.

(2)

One-third (1/3) of the nonstatutory stock options will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary.

(3)

Represents the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of time-based RSUs, performance-based RSUs and nonstatutory stock options awarded during Fiscal 2019.

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2019Equity Plans. See “—2022 Outstanding Equity Awards at FiscalYear-EndYear-End” below. Such aggregate grant date fair values do not take into account any estimated forfeitures related to service vesting conditions. For more information on the assumptions used in our estimates of value, please refer to Note 20—Stock-based Compensation in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2023. The value of the performance-based RSUs awarded on February 23, 2022, February 25, 2021, and February 26, 2020, assuming that the highest level of performance conditions will be achieved and based on a grant date fair value per share of $57.10, $58.85, and $35.03, is $4,218,662, $3,398,352, and $2,111,188, for Mr. Spector; $2,343,670, $1,874,961, and $1,078,083 for Mr. Jones; $1,078,105, $1,078,014, and $843,733 for Mr. Fartaj, and $937,411 and $820,251 for Mr. Perotti, and $773,420 for Mr. Follette, respectively. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these RSUs and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by upon vesting and/or settlement of the RSUs.

(3)

The following table providesamounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the nonstatutory stock options awarded on February 23, 2022, February 25, 2021, December 14, 2020, and February 26, 2020 in the amounts of 57,136, 53,589, 140,464, and 59,466 for Mr. Spector; 31,742, 29,566, 54,024, and 30,366 for Mr. Jones; and 14,601, 17,000, 54,024, and 23,765 for Mr. Fartaj, respectively, pursuant to our Equity Plans. See “—2022 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” below. Such aggregate grant date fair values do not take into account any estimated forfeitures related to service vesting conditions. For more information about outstanding equity awardson the assumptions used in our estimates of value, please refer to Note 20—Stock-based Compensation in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2023. In addition, the amounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the nonstatutory stock options awarded on February 23, 2022 and February 25, 2021 in the amount of 12,697 and 12,935 for Mr. Perotti pursuant to our Equity Plans. See “—2022 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” below. In addition, the amounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of the nonstatutory stock options awarded on February 23, 2022 in the amount of 10,475 for Mr. Follette pursuant to our Equity Plans. See “—2022 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End” below. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these stock options and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by the directors upon vesting and/or settlement of the stock options.

(4)

The amounts in this column represent the Fiscal 2022 performance-based incentive earned by the named executive officers, assee “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 2022 Annual Performance-Based Incentives.” With respect to Mr. Fartaj, the amount represents the annual performance-based incentive earned by Mr. Fartaj based on our financial performance and individual objectives achieved during Fiscal 2022, in advance of his separation date, and which represents a

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  COMPENSATION TABLES   

portion of the end of Fiscal 2019:

       

 

Option Awards(1)

   

 

Stock Awards

 

Name

 

  

Grant

Date

 

   

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

 

   

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

 

   

Option

Exercise

Price

($/sh)

 

   

Option

Expiration

Date

 

   

Number
of

Unearned

Shares or

Units of

Stock

Granted

That Have

Not
Vested
(#)

 

  

Market
Value of
Unearned

Shares
or Units
of Stock

Granted

That

Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)

 

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

  

 

 

 

03/15/2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

107,849

 

 

  

 

 

 

22.92

 

 

  

 

 

 

03/14/2029

 

 

  

 

 

 

129,419

 

(3) 

 

 

 

 

4,405,423

 

 

   03/09/2018    34,153    68,306    24.40    03/08/2028    122,950(4)   4,185,218 
   03/06/2017    92,336    46,168    18.05    03/05/2027    166,204(5)   5,657,584 
   03/07/2016    188,086        11.28    03/06/2026        
   03/03/2015    161,529        17.52    03/02/2025        
   02/26/2014    191,098        17.26    02/25/2024        
  

 

 

 

06/13/2013

 

 

  

 

 

 

107,656

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

21.03

 

 

  

 

 

 

06/12/2023

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Spector

  

 

 

 

03/15/2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

55,488

 

 

  

 

 

 

22.92

 

 

  

 

 

 

03/14/2029

 

 

  

 

 

 

66,585

 

(3) 

 

 

 

 

2,266,553

 

 

   03/09/2018    17,645    35,290    24.40    03/08/2028    56,464(4)   1,922,035 
   03/06/2017    46,168    23,084    18.05    03/05/2027    68,325(5)   2,325,783 
   03/07/2016    71,161        11.28    03/06/2026        
   03/03/2015    61,120        17.52    03/02/2025        
   02/26/2014    72,301        17.26    02/25/2024        
  

 

 

 

06/13/2013

 

 

  

 

 

 

40,735

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

21.03

 

 

  

 

 

 

06/12/2023

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

  

 

 

 

03/15/2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

27,744

 

 

  

 

 

 

22.92

 

 

  

 

 

 

03/14/2029

 

 

  

 

 

 

33,292

 

(3) 

 

 

 

 

1,133,260

 

 

   03/09/2018    8,822    17,645    24.40    03/08/2028    28,232(4)   961,017 
   03/06/2017    23,084    11,542    18.05    03/05/2027    34,162(5)   1,162,874 
   03/07/2016    27,771        11.28    03/06/2026        
   03/03/2015    23,829        17.52    03/02/2025        
   02/26/2014    28,216        17.26    02/25/2024        
  

 

 

 

06/13/2013

 

 

  

 

 

 

15,882

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

21.03

 

 

  

 

 

 

06/12/2023

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vandad Fartaj

  

 

 

 

03/15/2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

22,496

 

 

  

 

 

 

22.92

 

 

  

 

 

 

03/14/2029

 

 

  

 

 

 

26,995

 

(3) 

 

 

 

 

918,910

 

 

   03/09/2018    7,058    14,116    24.40    03/08/2028    22,585(4)   768,793 
   03/06/2017    18,466    9,234    18.05    03/05/2027    27,330(5)   930,313 
   03/07/2016    27,771        11.28    03/06/2026        
   03/03/2015    23,829        17.52    03/02/2025        
   02/26/2014    28,216        17.26    02/25/2024        
  

 

 

 

06/13/2013

 

 

  

 

 

 

15,882

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

21.03

 

 

  

 

 

 

06/12/2023

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew S. Chang

  

 

 

 

03/15/2019

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

22,274

 

 

  

 

 

 

22.92

 

 

  

 

 

 

03/14/2029

 

 

  

 

 

 

26,728

 

(3) 

 

 

 

 

909,821

 

 

   03/09/2018    7,058    14,116    24.40    03/08/2028    22,585(4)   768,793 
   03/06/2017    18,466    9,234    18.05    03/05/2027    27,330(5)   930,313 
   03/07/2016    27,771        11.28    03/06/2026        
   03/03/2015    23,829        17.52    03/02/2025        
   02/26/2014    28,216        17.26    02/25/2024        
   

 

 

 

06/13/2013

 

 

  

 

 

 

15,882

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

21.03

 

 

  

 

 

 

06/12/2023

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

One-third (1/3) of the optioned shares will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary.payment paid under his Separation Agreement dated March 21, 2023. See “—Officer Departure” below in this proxy statement for more information.

(2)

Per share value of stock awards is $34.04 based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019.

(5)

With respect to Mr. Spector, All Other Compensation includes $19,217 in insurance premiums, $18,000 in automobile allowance, $25,000 for tax and financial counseling advice, $15,290 for legal fees, $12,200 in 401(k) plan employer contributions and $8,000 one-time payment for healthcare costs. In addition, time-based and performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Spector during Fiscal 2022 consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on February 25, 2022 by PMT and have grant date fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $999,985 and are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Spector.

With respect to Mr. Jones, All Other Compensation includes $14,174 in insurance premiums, $12,200 in 401(k) plan employer contributions, $25,000 for tax and financial counseling advice and $15,290 for legal fees. In addition, time-based and performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Jones during Fiscal 2022 consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on February 25, 2022 by PMT and have grant date fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $499,977 and are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Jones.

With respect to Mr. Fartaj, All Other Compensation includes $15,987 in insurance premiums, $12,200 in 401(k) plan employer contributions, $15,728 for tax and financial counseling advice and $12,000 one-time payment for healthcare costs. In addition, time-based and performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Fartaj during Fiscal 2022 consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on February 25, 2022 by PMT and have grant date fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $499,977 and are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Fartaj.

With respect to Mr. Perotti, All Other Compensation includes $15,987 in insurance premiums, $12,200 in 401(k) plan employer contributions, $15,728 for tax and financial counseling advice, $12,000 one-time payment for healthcare costs and $2,000 for a charitable match. In addition, time-based and performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Perotti during Fiscal 2022 consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on February 25, 2022 by PMT and have grant date fair values, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $399,988 and are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Perotti.

With respect to Mr. Follette, All Other Compensation includes $19,259 in insurance premiums, $12,200 in 401(k) plan employer contributions and $2,000 for a charitable match. In addition, performance-based restricted share units were awarded by PMT to Mr. Follette during Fiscal 2022 consistent with its compensation program and philosophy. These restricted share units were granted on May, 19, 2022 by PMT and have a grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of $99,991 and are not included in All Other Compensation for Mr. Follette.

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  COMPENSATION TABLES   

2022 Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table provides information about plan-based awards granted to our named executive officers in Fiscal 2022:

     

 

Estimated future payouts
under non-equity incentive
plan awards
(1)

  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards
(2)
  

All Other Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or Units
(#)

 

  

All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
(3)

 

  

Exercise
Price of
Option
Awards
($/sh)

 

  

Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)
(4)(5)

 

 

Name

 

 

Grant
Date

 

  

Threshold
($)

 

  

Target
($)

 

  

Maximum
($)

 

  

Threshold
(#)

 

  

Target
(#)

 

  

Maximum
(#)

 

 

David A. Spector

           

Annual Incentive

   0   3,625,000   9,243,750        

PSUs

  02/23/22      13,135   39,404   73,882      2,249,968 

RSUs

  02/23/22         19,702     1,124,984 

Stock Options

  02/23/22          57,136   57.10   1,214,140 

Doug Jones

           

Annual Incentive

   0   2,500,000   6,375,000        

PSUs

  02/23/22      7,297   21,891   41,045      1,249,976 

RSUs

  02/23/22         10,945     624,960 

Stock Options

  02/23/22          31,742   57.10   674,518 

Vandad Fartaj

           

Annual Incentive

   0   1,500,000   3,825,000        

PSUs

  02/23/22      3,356   10,070   18,881      574,997 

RSUs

  02/23/22         5,035     287,499 

Stock Options

  02/23/22          14,601   57.10   310,271 

Daniel S. Perotti

           

Annual Incentive

   0   1,250,000   3,187,500        

PSUs

  02/23/22      2,918   8,756   16,417      499,968 

RSUs

  02/23/22         4,378     249,984 

Stock Options

  02/23/22          12,697   57.10   269,811 

James Follette

           

Annual Incentive

   0   925,000   2,358,750        

PSUs

  02/23/22      2,408   7,224   13,545      412,490 

RSUs

  02/23/22         3,612     206,245 

Stock Options

  02/23/22                               10,475   57.10   222,594 

(1)

Represents the threshold, target and maximum award amounts for Fiscal 2022 pursuant to the annual performance-based incentive plan that may include a cash and equity component. The actual amounts earned by each named executive officer pursuant to such plan are set forth in the Non-Equity Incentive Compensation Column of the Summary Compensation Table.

(2)

Represents the potential payout range of performance-based RSUs granted in Fiscal 2022. Awards vest based on achieving ROE and leverage ratio goals in fiscal years 2022 through 2024. The combined maximum payout under the performance goals is 187.5% of the target award. If ROE for a fiscal year is less than the threshold ROE, no portion of the granted RSUs will become vested. In addition to the performance conditions, the named executive officers must satisfy a service condition in order for the award to vest.

(3)

One-third (1/3) of the nonstatutory stock options granted on February 23, 2022 will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary.

(4)

Represents the grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718, of time-based RSUs, performance-based RSUs and nonstatutory stock options awarded during Fiscal 2022. There is no estimation of forfeitures included in the grant date fair value of the stock options.

(5)

The Fiscal 2021 performance-based incentive payout included a cash and an equity component. The Fiscal 2021 performance-based incentive equity component was granted on February 23, 2022 in the form of RSUs and stock options to each named executive officer along with their Fiscal 2022 annual long-term equity awards. The portion granted in equity was reflected within the columns for non-equity incentive plan awards in the 2021 grants of plan based awards table. Each named executive officer received the following equity amounts that were a part of the 2021 performance-based incentive payout: 21,584 RSUs and 62,594 stock options for Mr. Spector; 7,697 RSUs and 22,321 stock options for Mr. Jones; 8,662 RSUs and 25,121 stock options for Mr. Fartaj; and 7,964 RSUs and 23,095 in stock options for Mr. Perotti. For more information see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Annual Performance-Based Incentive” in the definitive proxy filed on April 13, 2022.

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2022 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table provides information about outstanding equity awards of our named executive officers as of the end of Fiscal 2022:

     

 

Option Awards(1)

  

 

Stock Awards

 

Name

 

 

Grant

Date

 

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

 

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

 

  

Option

Exercise

Price

($/sh)

 

  

Option

Expiration

Date

 

  

Number
of
shares or
units of
stock
that have
not
vested
(#)

 

  

Market
value of
shares
or units
of stock
that
have not
vested
($)

 

  

Number
of
Unearned
Shares or
Units of
Stock
Granted
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)

 

  

Market
Value of
Unearned

Shares
or Units
of Stock

Granted

That

Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)

 

 

 

David A. Spector

  02/23/2022      119,730   57.10   02/22/2032   41,286   2,339,265   39,404(3)   2,232,631 
  02/25/2021   17,863   35,726   58.85   02/24/2031   8,213   465,349   57,746(4)   3,271,903 
  12/14/2020   140,464      59.68   12/13/2030             
  02/26/2020   39,644   19,822   35.03   02/25/2030   5,357   303,528   51,903(5)   2,940,824 
  03/15/2019   55,488      22.92   03/14/2029         
  03/09/2018   52,935      24.40   03/08/2028         
  03/06/2017   69,252      18.05   03/05/2027         
  03/07/2016   71,161      11.28   03/06/2026         
  03/03/2015   61,120      17.52   03/02/2025         
  

 

02/26/2014

 

 

 

  

 

72,301

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

17.26

 

 

 

  

 

02/25/2024

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

  02/23/2022      54,063   57.10   02/22/2032   18,642   1,056,256   21,891(3)   1,240,344 
  02/25/2021   9,855   19,711   58.85   2/24/2031   4,531   256,726   31,860(4)   1,805,188 
  12/14/2020   54,024      59.68   12/13/2030         
  02/26/2020   20,244   10,122   35.03   02/25/2030   2,736   155,022   26,504(5)   1,501,717 
  03/15/2019   27,744      22.92   03/14/2029         
  03/09/2018   26,467      24.40   03/08/2028         
  03/06/2017   34,626      18.05   03/05/2027         
  03/07/2016   27,771      11.28   03/06/2026         
  03/03/2015   23,829      17.52   03/02/2025         
  02/26/2014   28,216      17.26   02/25/2024         
  06/13/2013   15,882      21.03   06/12/2023         

 

Vandad Fartaj

  02/23/2022      39,722   57.10   02/22/2032   13,697   776,072   10,070(3)   570,566 
  02/25/2021   5,666   11,334   58.85   02/24/2031   2,606   147,656   18,319(4)   1,037,940 
  12/14/2020   54,024      59.68   12/13/2030         
  02/26/2020   15,843   7,922   35.03   02/25/2030   2,141   121,309   20,743(5)   1,175,298 
  03/15/2019   22,496      22.92   03/14/2029         
  03/09/2018   21,174      24.40   03/08/2028         
  03/06/2017   27,700      18.05   03/05/2027         
  03/07/2016   27,771      11.28   03/06/2026         
  03/03/2015   23,829      17.52   03/02/2025         
  02/26/2014   28,216      17.26   02/25/2024         

 

Daniel S. Perotti

  02/23/2022      35,792   57.10   02/22/2032   12,342   699,298   8,756(3)   479,117 
  02/25/2021   4,311   8,624   58.85   02/24/2031   1,982   112,300   13,939(4)   789,770 
  12/14/2020   13,506      59.68   12/13/2030         
  02/26/2020   15,403   7,702   35.03   02/25/2030   2,082   117,966   20,166(5)   1,142,606 
  03/15/2019   18,098      22.92   03/14/2029         
  03/09/2018   17,204      24.40   03/08/2028         
  03/06/2017   22,506      18.05   03/05/2027         
  03/07/2016   16,615      11.28   03/06/2026         
  03/03/2015   16,481      17.52   03/02/2025         
  02/26/2014   16,881      17.26   02/25/2024         
   06/13/2013   2,523      21.03   06/12/2023               

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Option Awards(1)

  

 

Stock Awards

 

Name

 

 

Grant

Date

 

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

 

  

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

 

  

Option

Exercise

Price

($/sh)

 

  

Option

Expiration

Date

 

  

Number
of
shares or
units of
stock
that have
not
vested
(#)

 

  

Market
value of
shares
or units
of stock
that
have not
vested
($)

 

  

Number
of
Unearned
Shares or
Units of
Stock
Granted
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)

 

  

Market
Value of
Unearned

Shares
or Units
of Stock

Granted

That

Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)

 

 

 

James Follette

  02/23/2022      27,645   57.10   02/22/2032   9,532   540,083   7,224(3)   409,312 
  02/25/2021   4,311   8,624   58.85   02/24/2031   1,982   112,300   13,939(4)   789,770 
  12/14/2020   20,259      59.68   12/13/2030         
  02/26/2020   7,702   7,702   35.03   02/25/2030   2,082   117,966   20,166(5)   1,142,606 
   03/15/2019   5,839      22.92   03/14/2029               

(1)

One-third (1/3) of the nonstatutory stock options granted on February 23, 2022, February 25, 2021 and February 26, 2020 will vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each anniversary. The stock option award granted on December 14, 2020 was fully vested at grant but subject to certain transfer restrictions that will lapse in one-third increments on each of December 14, 2021, 2022 and 2023, subject to the recipient’s continued service through each lapse date.

(2)

Per share value of stock awards is $56.66 based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 30, 2022.

(3)

The indicated number of unearned units consists of performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2024 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” The indicated number of unearned units consists of time-based RSUs (for all named executive officers other than Mr. Kurland) and performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2021 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” Based on current performance levels, the performance-based RSUs are reported at the target payout level.

(4)

The indicated number of unearned units consists of time-based RSUs (for all named executive officers other than Mr. Kurland) and performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2020 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” Based on current performance levels, the performance-based RSUs are reported at the target payout level.

(5)

The indicated number of unearned units consists of time-based RSUs (for all named executive officers other than Mr. Kurland) and performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2019 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” Based on current performance levels, these RSUs are reported at the target payout level.

(4)

The indicated number of unearned units consists of performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2023 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” The performance-based RSUs are reported at maximum payout level.

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(5)

The indicated number of unearned units consists of performance-based RSUs with a performance period that ends on December 31, 2022 and is described above under the heading “—Elements of our Executive Compensation Program—Annual Long-Term Equity Awards.” The performance-based RSUs are shown here at the actual attainment of 161.5% for the award which lapsed in February 2023.

  COMPENSATION TABLES  
(6)

The Fiscal 2021 performance-based incentive payout included a cash and an equity component. The Fiscal 2021 performance-based incentive equity component was granted on February 23, 2022 in the form of RSUs and stock options to each named executive officer along with their Fiscal 2022 annual long-term equity awards. The portion granted in equity was reflected within the columns for non-equity incentive plan awards in the 2021 grants of plan based awards table. Each named executive officer received the following equity amounts that were a part of the 2021 performance-based incentive payout: 21,584 RSUs and 62,594 stock options for Mr. Spector; 7,697 RSUs and 22,321 stock options for Mr. Jones; 8,662 RSUs and 25,121 stock options for Mr. Fartaj; and 7,964 RSUs and 23,095 in stock options for Mr. Perotti. For more information see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Annual Performance-Based Incentive” in the definitive proxy filed on April 13, 2022.

 

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2019 Option Exercises and Stock Vested

  COMPENSATION TABLES   

2022 Option Exercises and Stock Vested

 

 

The following table provides information regarding exercises of options to purchase shares of common stock and stock awards (RSUs and PSUs) that vested for our named executive officers during Fiscal 2022:

   

 

Option Awards

   

 

Stock Awards(1)

 

Name

 

  

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Exercise

(#)

 

   

Value Realized
on Exercise

($)

 

   

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting
($)
(2)

 

 

David A. Spector

   40,735    1,352,810    68,765    4,157,182 

Doug Jones

           35,204    2,128,183 

Vandad Fartaj

   15,882    566,764    27,186    1,644,407 

Daniel S. Perotti

           25,651    1,555,697 

James Follette

           25,574    1,551,528 

(1)

Amounts reported in these columns consist of vested RSUs and PSUs. If the named executive officer sold a portion of the common stock acquired upon vesting of RSUs or PSUs to satisfy the tax obligation with respect to such vesting, the number of shares of common stock acquired is less than the amount shown. The number of shares of common stock acquired and the value realized on vesting as reflected in this column have not been reduced to reflect the sale of common stock awards (RSUsto satisfy any tax obligations. The allocation of RSUs and PSUs)PSUs is as follows:

   

 

RSUs

   

 

PSUs

 

Name

  

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)(a)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting

($)

 

   

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)(b)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting

($)

 

 

David A. Spector

   16,862    949,058    51,903    3,208,124 

Doug Jones

   8,700    489,971    26,504    1,638,212 

Vandad Fartaj

   6,443    362,282    20,743    1,282,125 

Daniel S Perotti

   5,485    309,237    20,166    1,246,460 

James Follette

   5,408    305,068    20,166    1,246,460 

(a)

Amounts reported in this column represent RSU awards that vested on March 15, 2022, February 26, 2022 and February 25, 2022.

(b)

Amounts reported in this column represent PSU awards that vested on February 24, 2023, and the payout of shares of common stock pursuant to the award was determined based on ROE and a Leverage Ratio Multiplier for our named executive officers during Fiscal 2019:the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022 as measured against the target performance goal set by the Compensation Committee of the Board when the award was granted in 2020. The payout percentage for the award was 161.5%.

 

   

 

Option Awards

   

 

Stock Awards(1)

 

Name

 

  

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Exercise

(#)

 

   

Value Realized
on Exercise

($)

 

   

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting
($)
(2)

 

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

156,739

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,410,641

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

72,017

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,583,485

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

36,008

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

791,732

 

 

 

 

 

Vandad Fartaj

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

28,806

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

633,376

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew S. Chang

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

28,806

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

633,376

 

 

 

 

(2)

The value realized on vesting is calculated by multiplying the number of shares of common stock received upon vesting of RSUs and PSUs by the fair market value of our common stock on the respective vesting dates.

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Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control

The information below describes and estimates certain compensation that would become payable under existing plans and arrangements assuming the named executive officer’s employment had terminated or a “change in control” had occurred on December 31, 2022. These benefits are in addition to benefits available generally to salaried employees.

Potential Payments Pursuant to Employment Agreements

As described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Employment Agreements”, two of our named executive officers, Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones, currently have employment agreements providing for severance payments, accelerated vesting of equity awards, and other benefits in the event the executive’s employment is terminated due to disability or death, terminated by us or PNMAC for “cause,” terminated by us or PNMAC “other than for cause,” or terminated by the executive for “good reason.” The table below reflects the potential payments due to Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones had the separation occurred on December 31, 2022. Both Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones have entered into new employment agreements effective January 1, 2023, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements” for additional information.

 

Name

 

  

 

Benefit

 

  

 

Disability

 

   

 

Death

 

   

 

Termination

For Cause or

Voluntary

Resignation

 

  

 

Termination

Other than

For Cause

or Resignation

For Good Reason

 

 

David A. Spector

  Consulting Fees(1)              

 

  Base Salary      $500,000      $  2,000,000 

 

  COBRA Benefits Continuation  $60,592   $75,218      $       37,609 

 

  Incentive-Based Compensation  $3,980,000   $3,980,000      $12,844,938 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Stock Options(2)  $428,750   $428,750      $     428,750 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Performance-Based RSUs(3)  $5,798,868   $5,798,868      $  5,798,868 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Time-Based RSUs(4)  $3,108,141   $3,108,141      $  3,108,141 

 

  Aggregate Payment Amount  $13,376,351   $13,890,977      $24,218,306 

Doug Jones

  Consulting Fees(1)              

 

  Base Salary      $300,000      $  1,200,000 

 

  COBRA Benefits Continuation  $42,576   $52,853      $       26,427 

 

  Incentive-Based Compensation  $2,750,000   $2,750,000      $  7,629,000 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Stock Options(2)  $218,939   $218,939      $     218,939 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Performance-Based RSUs(3)  $3,133,128   $3,133,128      $  3,133,128 

 

  Accelerated Vesting – Time-Based RSUs(4)  $1,468,004   $1,468,004      $  1,468,004 
 

 

  Aggregate Payment Amount  $7,612,647   $7,922,924      $13,675,498 

 

(1)

Amounts reported in these columns consist of vested RSUs and PSUs. If the named executive officer sold a portion of the common stock acquired upon vesting of RSUs or PSUs to satisfy the tax obligation with respect to such vesting, the number of shares of common stock acquired is less than the amount shown. The number of shares of common stock acquired and the value realized on vesting as reflected in this column have not been reduced to reflect the sale of common stock to satisfy any tax obligations. The allocation of RSUs and PSUs is as follows:

   

 

RSUs

   

 

PSUs

 

 

Name

 

  

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)(1)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting

($)

 

   

Number of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting

(#)(2)

 

   

Value Realized
on Vesting

($)

 

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

156,739

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

3,410,641

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

 

 

 

16,291

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

370,887

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

55,726

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

1,212,598

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

 

  

 

 

 

 

8,146

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

185,455

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

27,862

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

606,277

 

 

 

 

 

Vandad Fartaj

 

  

 

 

 

 

6,516

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

148,346

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

22,290

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

485,030

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew S. Chang

 

  

 

 

 

 

6,516

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

148,346

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

22,290

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

485,030

 

 

 

 

(1)

Amounts reported in this column represent an RSU awards that vested on March 6, 2019 and March 9, 2019.

(2)

Amounts reported in this column represent a PSU award that vested on March 17, 2020 and the payout of shares of common stock pursuant to the award was determined based on our return on equity (ROE) (100% of the award) for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019 as measured against the target performance goal set by the Compensation Committee of the Board when the award was granted in 2017. The payout percentage for the award was 94.31%.

(2)

The value realized on vesting is calculated by multiplying the number of shares of common stock received upon vesting of RSUs and PSUs by the fair market value of our common stock on the respective vesting dates.

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Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change in Control

The information below describes and estimates certain compensation that would become payable under existing plans and arrangements assuming the named executive officer’s employment had terminated or a “change in control” had occurred on December 31, 2019. These benefits are in addition to benefits available generally to salaried employees.

Potential Payments Pursuant to Employment Agreements

As described in the “Employment Agreements” in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, three of our named executive officers, Mr. Kurland, Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones currently haveare entitled to consulting fees only upon the expiration of the terms of their respective employment agreementsagreements.

(2)

Represents the vesting in place with PNMAC. These employment agreements provide for severance payments, accelerated vestingfull of equity awards, and other benefits inall outstanding unvested stock options. Calculated as the eventdifference between the executive’s employment is terminated due to disability or death, terminated by us or PNMAC for “cause,” terminated by us or PNMAC “other than for cause,” or terminated byclosing price of our common stock on the executive for “good reason.”.

 

Name

 

  

 

Benefit

 

  

 

Disability

 

   

 

Death

 

   

 

Termination

For Cause or

Voluntary

Resignation

 

   

 

Termination

Other than

For Cause

or Resignation

For Good Reason

 

 

 

Stanford L. Kurland

 

  

 

Consulting Fees(1)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   1,500,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

Base Salary

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

COBRA Benefits Continuation

 

  

 

$

 

 

39,185

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

48,644

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$        24,322

 

 

 

 

  

 

Cash Incentive-Based Compensation

 

  

 

$

 

 

10,212,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

10,212,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$ 10,212,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Stock Options(2)

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,595,977

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,595,977

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   2,595,977

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Performance-Based RSUs(3)

 

  

 

$

 

 

14,248,225

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

14,248,225

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$ 14,248,225

 

 

 

 

  

 

Aggregate Payment Amount

 

  

 

$

 

 

27,095,387

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

27,554,846

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$ 28,580,524

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Spector

 

  

 

Consulting Fees(1)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Base Salary

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   1,800,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

COBRA Benefits Continuation

 

  

 

$

 

 

55,905

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

69,399

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$        34,700

 

 

 

 

  

 

Cash Incentive-Based Compensation

 

  

 

$

 

 

7,155,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

7,155,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   5,900,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Stock Options(2)

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,326,335

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,326,335

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   1,326,335

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Performance-Based RSUs(3)

 

  

 

$

 

 

4,964,019

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

4,964,019

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   4,964,019

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Time-Based RSUs(4)

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,550,352

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

1,550,352

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   1,550,352

 

 

 

 

  

 

Aggregate Payment Amount

 

  

 

$

 

 

15,051,611

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

15,515,106

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$ 15,575,406

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Jones

  Consulting Fees(1)                
  

 

Base Salary

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

275,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   1,100,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

COBRA Benefits Continuation

 

  

 

$

 

 

39,185

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

48,644

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$        24,322

 

 

 

 

  

 

Cash Incentive-Based Compensation

 

  

 

$

 

 

4, 340,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

4, 340,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   3,000,000

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Stock Options(2)

 

  

 

$

 

 

663,168

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

663,168

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$      663,168

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Performance-Based RSUs(3)

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,481,993

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

2,481,993

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   2,481,993

 

 

 

 

  

 

Accelerated Vesting – Time-Based RSUs(4)

 

  

 

$

 

 

775,159

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

775,159

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$      775,159

 

 

 

 

   

 

Aggregate Payment Amount

 

  

 

$

 

 

8,299,504

 

 

 

 

  

 

$

 

 

8,583,963

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

$   8,044,641

 

 

 

 

(1)

Represents consulting fees for Mr. Kurland in the amount of $1.5 million, with approximately $1 million of such amount paid in 18 monthly installments of $55,555 during the consulting period and the remainder paid upon the completion of the consulting period. Mr. Spector and Mr. Jones are entitled to consulting fees only upon the expiration of the terms of their respective employment agreements.

(2)

Represents the vesting in full of all outstanding unvested stock options. Calculated as the difference between the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019NYSE on December 30, 2022 and the exercise or strike price of the stock options multiplied by the number of underlying shares of common stock.

(3)

Represents the vesting in full of all unvested performance-based RSUs based on the achievement of target level performance. Calculated based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 30, 2022 multiplied by the number of underlying shares of common stock.

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(3)

Represents the vesting in full of all unvested performance-based RSUs based on the achievement of target level performance. Calculated based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019Represents the vesting in full of all unvested time-based RSUs. Calculated based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 30, 2022 multiplied by the number of underlying shares of common stock.

(4)

Represents the vesting in full of all unvested time-based RSUs. Calculated based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019 multiplied by the number of underlying shares of common stock.

Potential Payments Pursuant to the 2013 Plan

Pursuant to the 2013 Plan, all of our named executive officers are also entitled to certain rights in connection with a termination of employment upon the occurrence of a “change of control.” Provided below is a summary of such rights:

 

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Name

Benefit

Acceleration Upon a Change of Control  

Stanford L. Kurland

Vested Stock Options Spread Value(1)

$13,362,213

Performance-Based RSU Value(2)

$  9,916,204

David A. Spector

Vested Stock Options Spread Value(1)

$  5,280,824

Performance-Based RSU Value(2)

$  3,476,153

Time-Based RSU Value(3)

$  1,550,352

Doug Jones

Vested Stock Options Spread Value(1)

$  2,159,970

Performance-Based RSU Value(2)

$  1,738,060

Time-Based RSU Value(3)

$     775,159

Vandad Fartaj

Vested Stock Options Spread Value(1)

$  2,069,123

Performance-Based RSU Value(2)

$  1,393,178

Time-Based RSU Value(3)

$     624,226

Andrew S. Chang

Vested Stock Options Spread Value(1)

$  2,069,123

Performance-Based RSU Value(2)

$  1,391,158

Time-Based RSU Value(3)

$     621,196

 

  COMPENSATION TABLES   

 

(1)

Calculated as the difference between the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019 and the exercise or strike price of the stock options multiplied by the number of underlying shares of common stock.

Potential Payments Pursuant to Change of Control Severance Plan

As described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Change of Control Severance Plan”, we adopted a Severance Plan on September 22, 2021 that covers named executive officers who do not have separately negotiated employment agreements. This plan provides for severance payments and accelerated vesting of equity awards in the event the executive’s employment is terminated in connection with a change in control.

Name

  Base(1)   Bonus(2)   Equity Vesting(3)   Change of Control 

Vandad Fartaj

   $850,000    $4,489,250    $3,068,379    $8,407,629 

Daniel S. Perotti

   $800,000    $3,784,500    $2,704,112    $7,288,612 

James Follette

   $750,000    $3,038,675    $2,475,092    $6,263,767 

(1)

Represents two times the named executive officer’s base salary as of December 31, 2022.

(2)

Represents two times the greater of (x) the average aggregate bonus paid to the named executive officer for each of the two fiscal years preceding December 31, 2022, and (y) the bonus paid for the fiscal year immediately preceding December 31, 2022.

(3)

Represents the value of equity that would vest upon a change in control.

(2)

Represents the vesting of a pro rata portion of all unvested performance-based RSUs as of December 31, 2019, assuming achievement of target level performance. The pro rata portion is based on the length of time within the performance period which has elapsed prior to December 31, 2019.

(3)

Represents the vesting of all unvested time-based RSUs as of December 31, 2019. Calculated based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on December 31, 2019.

Due to the number of factors that affect the nature and amount of any benefits provided upon the events discussed above, any actual amounts paid or distributed may be different. Factors that could affect these amounts include the timing during the year of any such event and our Company’s stock price. There can be no assurance that a termination or “change in control” would produce the same or similar results as those described if occurring on another date or at another price, or if any assumption used to prepare this information is not correct in fact.

2019 Pension Benefits

Due to the number of factors that affect the nature and amount of any benefits provided upon the events discussed above, any actual amounts paid or distributed may be different. Factors that could affect these amounts include the timing during the year of any such event and our Company’s stock price. There can be no assurance that a termination or “change in control” would produce the same or similar results as those described if occurring on another date or at another price, or if any assumption used to prepare this information is not correct in fact.

Officer Departure

On March 3, 2023, the Company announced that Mr. Fartaj ceased serving as its Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer. On March 21, 2023, the Company and Mr. Fartaj entered into a separation agreement and general release (the “Separation Agreement”) providing that in exchange for Mr. Fartaj’s release of claims and other terms the Company will provide Mr. Fartaj: (1) cash severance of $1,525,000, (2) the right to exercise all outstanding vested stock options for the remainder of their original terms, (3) continued vesting of certain unvested stock options and restricted stock units granted in 2021 and 2022 and (4) continued eligibility to vest in certain performance stock units granted in 2021 and 2022 based on Company performance during the performance period but not to exceed 100%. Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, the parties agreed that the amounts paid under the Separation Agreement included and exceeded any bonus amounts that were earned or could have been earned. All other Company equity awards and incentive payments were forfeited under the Separation Agreement, including entitlement to any future annual bonus or equity awards. The payments and benefits to Mr. Fartaj under the Separation Agreement are subject to Mr. Fartaj complying with other obligations under the Separation Agreement, including a non-disparagement clause.

2022 Pension Benefits

The table for “Pension Benefits” has been omitted because it is not applicable. We do not provide any of our named executive officers with any pension plans or benefits.

2022 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

The table for “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” has been omitted because it is not applicable. We do not provide any of our named executive officers with any nonqualified deferred compensation plans or benefits.

401(k) Plan

PNMAC maintains a tax-qualified 401(k) retirement plan for all employees who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Under our 401(k) plan, employees may elect to defer a portion of their eligible compensation subject to applicable annual Code limits. Under the 401(k) plan, PNMAC makes matching contributions to participants equal to 100% of the participant’s elective deferrals, up to a maximum of $12,200 with respect to Fiscal 2022. We intend for the 401(k) plan to qualify under Section 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code so that contributions by employees to the 401(k) plan, and income earned on those contributions, are not taxable to employees until withdrawn from the 401(k) plan.

 

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The table for “Pension Benefits” has been omitted because it is not applicable. We do not provide any of our named executive officers with any pension plans or benefits.

2019 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Our Compensation Committee is comprised of three directors: Mr. Nanji, the chair of the Compensation Committee, and Messrs. Hunt and Perlowitz. None of them has ever served as an officer or employee of our Company or any of our affiliates or has any other business relationship or affiliation with our Company, except his or her service as a director. During Fiscal 2022, none of our executive officers served as a director or a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers was a director or a member of our Compensation Committee.

 

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The table for “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” has been omitted because it is not applicable. We do not provide any of our named executive officers with any nonqualified deferred compensation plans or benefits.

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CEO Pay Ratio

 

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For Fiscal 2022:

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401(k) Plan

PNMAC maintains atax-qualified 401(k) retirement plan for all employees who satisfy certain eligibility requirements. Under our 401(k) plan, employees may elect to defer a portion of their eligible compensation subject to applicable annual Code limits. Under the 401(k) plan, PNMAC makes matching contributions to participants equal to 100% of the participant’s elective deferrals, up to a maximum of $11,200 with respect to Fiscal 2019. We intend for the 401(k) plan to qualify under Section 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code so that contributions by employees to the 401(k) plan, and income earned on those contributions, are not taxable to employees until withdrawn from the 401(k) plan.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Our Compensation Committee is comprised of three directors: Mr. Botein, the chair of the Compensation Committee, and Messrs. Hunt and Nanji. None of them has ever served as an officer or employee of our Company or any of our affiliates or has any other business relationship or affiliation with our Company, except his or her service as a director. During Fiscal 2019, none of our executive officers served as a director or a member of the compensation committee of another entity, one of whose executive officers was a director or a member of our Compensation Committee.

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CEO Pay Ratio

As required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Item 402(u) of RegulationS-K, we are providing the following information about the relationship of the annual total compensation of our employees and the annual total compensation of Mr. David Spector, our President and Chief Executive Officer, or our CEO:

For 2019, our last completed fiscal year:

the median of the annual total compensation of all employees of our companyCompany (other than our CEO) was $67,742;$84,036; and consists of W-2 taxable compensation plus other non-taxable compensation such as 401K match and insurance premiums paid by the Company.

 

the annual total compensation of our CEO, as reported in the “2019“2022 Summary Compensation Table” included in this Proxy Statement, was $10,124,258.$9,671,051.

Based on this information, for 2019 theour Fiscal 2022 ratio of the annual total compensation of our CEO to the median of the annual total compensation of all employees was 149115 to 1.

To identify the median of the annual total compensation of all our employees, as well as to determine the annual total compensation of our median employee, we took the following steps:

1.

We determined that, as of December 31, 2022, our employee population consisted of 4,066 individuals with all of these individuals located in the United States. This population consisted of our full-time, part-time, and temporary employees. In determining whether our workers are employees, we applied widely recognized employment and tax laws.

2.

In order to identify the median employee during Fiscal 2022, we compared the amount of salary, annual performance-based incentives, wages, overtime and other compensation of our employees as reflected in our payroll records. In making that determination, we did not annualize the compensation of any employee.

3.

Once we confirmed our median employee, we combined all of the elements of such employee’s compensation for our Fiscal 2022 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K, resulting in annual total compensation of $84,036.

This pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our payroll and employment records and the methodology described above. The SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices. Therefore, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio reported above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

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PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE
As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
we are providing the following information about the relationship between executive “Compensation
Actually
Paid” and the financial performance of our Company. This disclosure does not necessarily align with how we view the relationship between the Company’s performance and named executive officer compensation. The below table show Compensation Actually Paid to our CEO and other named executive officers as calculated by adjusting the Summary Compensation Table total amounts for the applicable year.
Year
  
Summary
Compensation
for CEO
(1)
   
Compensation
Actually Paid to
CEO
(2)
   
Average
Summary
Compensation
for Other
Named
Executive
Officers
(3)
   
Average
Compensation
Actually
Paid to Other
Named
Executive
Officer
s(4)
   
Value of Initial Fixed

$100 Investment Based

On:
   
Net
Income
   
Return
on
Equity
(6
)
 
  
PFSI Total
Stockholder
Return
(5)
   
Peer Group
Total
Stockholder
Return
(5)
 
         
2022  $9,671,051   $6,517,122   $3,445,387   $2,243,109   $173.29   $98.60   $476 Million    14
         
2021  $13,575,224   $17,262,152   $5,473,525   $6,931,492   $210.33   $121.70   $1.0 Billion    29
         
2020  $12,375,328   $20,796,560   $4,887,892   $8,302,467   $195.34   $95.21   $1.6 Billion    61
(1)Mr. Spector was our principal executive officer (“CEO”) for all our employees, as well as to determineyears shown. The amounts reported are the annualamounts of total compensation of our median employee andreported for our CEO we tookfor each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year.
(2)
The amount reported represent the Compensation Actually Paid to our CEO, computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation
S-K,
but do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to our CEO in the applicable year. Compensation Actually Paid is calculated by making the following steps:

1.

We determined that, as of December 31, 2019, our employee population consisted of 3,986 individuals with all of these individuals located in the United States. This population consisted of our full-time, part-time, and temporary employees. In determining whether our workers are employees, we applied widely recognized employment and tax laws and classified approximately 252 individuals as independent contractors who were therefore excluded from our employee population.

2.

In order to identify the median employee during Fiscal 2019, we compared the amount of salary, annual performance-based cash incentives, wages, overtime and other cash compensation of our employees as reflected in our payroll records. In making that determination, we did not annualize the compensation of any employees.

3.

Once we confirmed our median employee, we combined all of the elements of such employee’s compensation for Fiscal 2019 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of RegulationS-K, resulting in annual total compensation of $67,742.

This pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our payroll and employment records and the methodology described above. The SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices. Therefore, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparableadjustments to the pay ratioSummary Compensation Table amounts for our CEO:

Adjustments to Determine Compensation “Actually Paid” for the CEO
(7)
    
2022
   
2021
  
2020
 
    
SUMMARY COMPENSATION – CEO
  
 $
9,671,051
 
  
 $
13,575,224
  
 $
12,375,328
 
    
  Deduction for Equity Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” Columns in the Summary Compensation Table
  ($4,589,093  ($3,638,689 ($4,893,099
    
  Deduction for Equity Amounts Reported under the
“Non-Equity
Incentive Compensation” Column in the Summary Compensation Table
        (2,464,938)
(8)
 
    
    
  Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted during the year that Remain Unvested as of Year End
   4,607,972    8,312,535(8)   5,518,724 
    
  Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted during year that Vested during the year
          2,599,989 
    
  Change in Fair Value of Prior
Year-End
Equity Awards that were Unvested as of
Year-End
   (1,816,266   1,736,646   5,799,780 
    
  Change in Fair Value of Prior
Year-End
Equity Awards that Vested during year
   (1,500,521   (383,570  (692,179
    
  Dividends paid during year before Vesting Date of Equity Awards
   143,979    124,945   88,017 
    
COMPENSATION ACTUALLY PAID - CEO
  
 $
6,517,122
 
  
 $
17,262,152
 
 
 $
20,796,560
 
    
ADJUSTMENTS FROM SUMMARY COMPENSATION
  
($
3,153,929
  
 $
3,686,928
 
 
 $
8,421,232
 
(3)The amounts reported above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

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Proposal III – Advisory(Non-Binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

As required pursuant to Section 14Arepresent the average of the Exchange Act, we are presenting a proposal that gives stockholdersamounts reported for the opportunity to cast an advisory(non-binding) vote on our executive compensation for named executive officers by voting for or against it. We currently present such proposals annually, and we expect the next proposal to be presented in 2020. At our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, 77.7% of the stockholders voting on our “say on pay” proposal (constituting 70.3% of our total outstanding shares entitled to vote at the annual meeting) voted for that proposal. We recognize that our stockholders’ ability to provide input with respect to our executive compensation practices and disclosure is an important element of good corporate governance, and we carefully considered the results of the 2019say-on-pay vote in making our 2019 compensation decisions.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS AN ADVISORY(NON-BINDING) VOTE “FOR” THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION APPROVING OUR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.’sCompany’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuanta group (excluding our CEO), in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year. The Executive Officers used to calculate the Other NEOs average in each year include Messrs. Chang, Fartaj, Grogin and Jones for 2020; Messrs. Chang, Fartaj, Jones and Perotti for 2021; and Messrs. Fartaj, Follette, Jones and Perotti for 2022.

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(4)
The amounts reported represent the average Compensation Actually Paid to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables and any narrative discussion in this Proxy Statement, is hereby APPROVED.”

Supporting Statement

We aim to create apay-for-performance culture that rewards ourother named executive officers for high Company and individual performance, alignsother than our CEO as a group, computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation

S-K.
The amounts do not reflect the interests of ouractual average amount in compensation earned by or paid to such other named executive officers as a group in the applicable year. Compensation Actually Paid is calculated by making the following adjustments to the Summary Compensation Table amounts for the Other Named Executive Officers:
Adjustments to Determine Average Compensation “Actually Paid” for the Other Named Executive Officers
(7)
    
2022
   
2021
  
2020
 
    
SUMMARY COMPENSATION – Other NEOs
  
 $
3,445,387
 
  
 $
5,473,525
 
 
 $
4,887,892
 
    
  Deduction for Amounts Reported under the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” Columns in the Summary Compensation Table
  ($1,395,828  ($1,373,872 ($1,685,290
    
  Deduction for Equity Amounts Reported under the
“Non-Equity
Incentive Compensation” Column in the Summary Compensation Table
        (986,750)
(8)
 
    
    
  Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted during the year that Remain Unvested as of Year End
   1,401,571    3,194,643(8)   2,220,848 
    
  Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted during year that Vested during the year
          762,492 
    
  Change in Fair Value of Prior
Year-End
Equity Awards that were Unvested as of
Year-End
   (680,439   731,980   2,362,198 
    
  Change in Fair Value of Prior
Year-End
Equity Awards that Vested during year
   (579,393   (158,787  (281,411
    
  Dividends paid during year before Vesting Date of Equity Awards
   51,811    50,752   35,738 
    
COMPENSATION ACTUALLY PAID – Other NEOs
  
 $
2,243,109
 
  
 $
6,931,492
 
 
 $
8,302,467
 
    
ADJUSTMENTS FROM SUMMARY COMPENSATION
  
($
1,202,278
  
 $
1,457,967
 
 
 $
3,414,576
 
(5)
Based on initial investment of $100 and a cumulative Total Shareholder Return (PFSI Fiscal Year 2020 = 95.3%, Fiscal Year 2021 = 7.7%, Fiscal Year 2022 =
-17.6%)
& (S&P 600 Thrift & Mortgage Index Fiscal Year 2020 =
-4.8%,
Fiscal Year 2021 = 27.8%, Fiscal Year 2022 =
-19.0%).
(6)Our Company Selected Measure is Return on Equity, which is calculated as Net Income attributable to common shareholders for a fiscal year divided by average monthly common shareholders’ equity.
(7)The fair values in the tables above have been computed in accordance with those of our stockholders, facilitates the attraction, motivationmethodology used for financial reporting purposes and, retention of highly talented executive leaders, supports our long-term success and sustainability, and encourages our named executive officersas applicable for awards subject to focusperformance-based vesting conditions, based on the achievementprobable outcome of our annualsuch performance-based vesting conditions as of the last day of the fiscal year.
(8)
The Fiscal 2021 performance-based incentive payout included a cash and long-term business goals.

We have three primary elements of total compensation – base salary, annual performance-based cash incentives, and long-terman equity awards – and this compensationcomponent reflected in the Fiscal Year 2021

“Non-Equity
Incentive Compensation” Column in the Summary Compensation Table, which is heavily weighted toward performance-based compensation. Approximately 91% of our CEO’s target total compensation opportunityreflected as Compensation Actually Paid in 2021. The equity component was performance-based and aligned with our stockholdersgranted on February 23, 2022 in the form of annual performance-based cash incentivesRSUs and long-term equity compensation, and approximately 93% of our otherstock options to each named executive officers’ total compensation opportunity was performance-based.

We believe that this performance-based pay culture supports our efforts to motivate and reward our named executive officers for achieving company performance and strategic accomplishments that drive long-term stockholder value.

We encourage our stockholders to read the section in this Proxy Statement entitledofficer. For more information see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Annual Performance-Based Incentive” in which we describe in greater detail our compensation program, objectives and policies for our named executive officers. For the reasons described therein and above, we recommend that our stockholders endorse our compensation program for our named executive officers. While our Board intends to carefully consider the stockholder vote resulting from this proposal, the final vote will not be bindingdefinitive proxy file on us and is advisory in nature.April 13, 2022.

Most Important Financial Performance Measures:
The Compensation Committee reviews a variety of Company and individual factors used to determine executive compensation with performance, not all of which are presented in the Pay Versus Performance table above. In addition, the Compensation Committee seeks to incentive long term pay for performance and therefore does not specifically align the Company’s performance with Compensation Actually Paid. In our assessment, the most important financial performance measures used to determine Compensation Actually Paid to our CEO and other NEOs in 2022 to Company performance were:
Return on EquityNet IncomeLeverage RatioStrategic Factors
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Actually Paid compared to the following measures:
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  PROPOSAL III – ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION   

Proposal III – Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

As required pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, we are presenting a proposal that gives stockholders the opportunity to cast an advisory (non-binding) vote on our executive compensation for named executive officers (also referred to as a Say-On-Pay proposal). Based on the previous feedback of our stockholders, we currently present such proposals annually, and we expect the next proposal to be presented in 2024 pending the results of our advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of the executive compensation vote being presented at the Annual Meeting. At our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, approximately 98.7% of the total stockholder votes cast voted “For” our Say-On-Pay proposal. By contrast, at our 2019, 2020 and 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, our Say-On-Pay proposal only received the affirmative vote of approximately 77.7%, 65.8% and 92.8% of the total stockholder votes cast, respectively. We believe the positive Say-On-Pay voting trends shown in the below table reflect our past compensation enhancements to address investor concerns, including adopting an annual performance-based incentive plan with objective payouts, increasing the proportion of equity incentives to total compensation as well as our commitment to maintain a pay for performance culture that aligns with our stockholder interests.

 

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Advisory (non-binding) approval of our executive compensation requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect this advisory vote. For additional information on voting, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation” including the section therein titled “—What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?”

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS AN ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE “FOR” THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION APPROVING OUR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables and any narrative discussion in this Proxy Statement, is hereby APPROVED.”

Supporting Statement

We aim to create a pay-for-performance culture that rewards our named executive officers for exceptional Company and individual performance, aligns the interests of our named executive officers with those of our stockholders, facilitates the attraction, motivation and retention of highly talented executives, supports our long-term success and sustainability, and encourages our named executive officers to focus on the achievement of our annual and long-term business goals.

We have three primary elements of total compensation – base salary, annual performance-based incentives, and long-term equity awards – and this compensation is heavily weighted toward performance-based compensation. 89% of our CEO’s Fiscal 2022 compensation and 86% of our other named executive officers’ compensation was performance-based and aligned with our stockholders in the form of annual performance-based incentives and long-term equity compensation.

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We believe that this performance-based pay culture supports our efforts to motivate and reward our named executive officers for achieving Company performance and strategic accomplishments that drive long-term stockholder value.

We encourage our stockholders to read the section in this Proxy Statement entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” in which we describe in greater detail our compensation program, objectives and policies for our named executive officers. For the reasons described therein and above, we recommend that our stockholders endorse our compensation program for our named executive officers.

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  PROPOSAL IV – ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION VOTE   

Proposal IV – Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote On The Frequency Of The Executive Compensation Vote

We are presenting the following proposal, which gives stockholders the opportunity to advise us how often to include a proposal similar to Proposal III in our Proxy Statement. Specifically, we are providing stockholders the option of selecting a frequency of one, two or three years, or abstaining. This proposal is required pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act.

An advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation is very important, as it will provide a clear, simple means for us to obtain information on stockholder sentiment about our executive compensation and our executive compensation philosophy. We believe that an advisory (non-binding) executive compensation vote every year will be the most effective timeframe for our stockholders to judge performance and for us to assess the voting results, engage with stockholders to understand their sentiment and implement any changes to our compensation practices that we consider necessary and appropriate.

In addition, we believe an annual vote generally aligns more closely with our executive compensation program, which is limited in terms of the type of executive compensation we award and has been designed to support stockholder value creation by rewarding high company performance with equity-based awards that vest over time. As described in greater detail above in the section entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” we believe our executive compensation program serves to align the interests of named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders. We also want to provide a consistent and clear communication channel for any stockholder concerns regarding our executive compensation.

For the reasons described therein and above, we recommend that our stockholders select a frequency of one year, or an annual vote. While our Board intends to carefully consider the stockholder votes resulting from this proposal and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding our executive compensation vote, the final vote will not be binding on us and is advisory in nature. The frequency of the non-binding executive compensation vote (i.e., every one, two or three years) that receives the highest number of votes cast on this proposal will be treated as the option recommended by our stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect this advisory vote. For additional information on voting, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation” including the section therein titled “—What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?”

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR “ONE YEAR” AS THE FREQUENCY FOR HOLDING THE ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION VOTE.

    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS  

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Each of our executive officers is also an executive officer of PMT and an officer of one or more of its subsidiaries. In addition, certain of our executive officers serve on the boards of one or more of these entities and/or hold an ownership interest in PMT. We describe below certain related transactions, during and since our last fiscal year, to which we were a party or will be a party, in which:

 

the amounts involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000; and

 

any of the directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of the membership interests of PNMAC, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

Compensation arrangements for our directors and named executive officers are described elsewhere in this Proxy Statement.

Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreements

Compensation arrangements for our directors and named executive officers are described elsewhere in this Proxy Statement.

Amended and Restated Stockholder Agreements

On November 1, 2018, we entered into an amended and restated stockholder agreement with HCP which provides that HCP will have the right to nominate two individuals for election to our Board as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 15% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, and the right to nominate one individual for election to our Board as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 10% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock. We, in turn, are obligated to use our best efforts to ensure that these nominees are elected. In addition, this agreement provides that HCP, as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 10% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, will have the right to nominate one member of each committee of our Board. As long as those nominees meet the independence standards applicable to those committees, we will appoint them as members of those committees. In addition, the agreement provides that neither our certificate of incorporation nor our bylaws, as in effect from time to time, may be amended in any manner that is adverse to HCP or their respective affiliates without the consent of HCP, as applicable, as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 5% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock.

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

On November 1, 2018, we entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement with HCP and the other owners of PNMAC other than us pursuant to which HCP and certain permitted transferees have the right, under certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, to require us to register for resale the shares of our common stock received by them in exchange for their ownership interests in PNMAC in connection with the closing of our corporate reorganization. In November 2018, we filed a post-effective amendment to a registration statement to register for resale such shares of our common stock held by HCP and certain other selling stockholders. The post-effective amendment to the registration statement was declared effective on November 19, 2018. All securities registered under this registration statement are available for sale in the open market unless restrictions apply.

Demand Registration Rights. HCP and certain permitted transferees each have the right to demand that we register their common stock for resale, subject to the conditions set forth in the registration rights agreement, no more than three times in any 12-month period. HCP and certain permitted transferees have the right under the registration rights agreement to require that we register their common stock for resale. Such registration demand must reasonably be expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds to such demanding stockholder in excess of $25 million. HCP and certain permitted transferees will have the right to participate in any such demand registrations. We will not be obligated to effect a demand registration within 120 days of the effective date of a registration statement filed by us. We may postpone the filing of a registration statement for up to 60 days once in any 12-month period if our Board determines in good faith that the filing would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect any material financing or acquisition of ours or require premature disclosure of information that would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to us. The underwriters of any underwritten offering have the right to limit the number of shares to be included in a registration statement filed in response to the exercise of these demand registration rights. We must pay all expenses, except for underwriters’ discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with these demand registration rights.

Piggyback Registration Rights. HCP, certain of their permitted transferees and the minority stockholders which are parties to the agreement will each have the right to “piggyback” on any registration statements that we file on an unlimited basis, subject to the conditions set forth in the registration rights agreement. If we register any securities for public sale, stockholders with piggyback registration rights under the registration rights agreement have the right to include their shares in the registration for resale by them, subject to specified limitations and exceptions.

 

On November 1, 2018, we entered into an amended and restated stockholder agreement with Highfields which provides that Highfields will have the right to nominate two individuals for election to our Board as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 15% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, and the right to nominate one individual for election to our Board as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 10% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock. We, in turn, are obligated to use our best efforts to ensure that these nominees are elected. In addition, this agreement provides that Highfields, as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 10% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock, will have the right to nominate one member of each committee of our Board. As long as those nominees meet the independence standards applicable to those committees, we will appoint them as members of those committees. On February 12, 2020, we also entered into a second amended and restated stockholder agreement with BlackRock. This agreement and the agreement with Highfields provide that neither our certificate of incorporation nor our bylaws, as in effect from time to time, may be amended in any manner that is adverse to BlackRock, Highfields or their respective affiliates without the consent of BlackRock or Highfields, as applicable, as long as it, together with its affiliates, holds at least 5% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock.

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
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S-3 Registration Rights. If we are eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, the stockholders with S-3 registration rights under the registration rights agreement and certain permitted transferees can request that we register their shares for resale. Any registration must be reasonably expected by the demanding stockholder to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds to such demanding stockholder in excess of $10 million, and no more than three demands for an S-3 registration may be made in any 12-month period. If we are eligible as a Well Known Seasoned Issuer, or WKSI, the requesting stockholders may request that the shelf registration statement utilize the automatic shelf registration process under Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act. If we are not eligible as a WKSI or are otherwise ineligible to utilize the automatic shelf registration process, then we are required to use our reasonable efforts to have the shelf registration statement declared effective.

Tax Receivable Agreement

On May 8, 2013, we entered into a tax receivable agreement with the former owners of PNMAC that provides for the payment from time to time by the corporate taxpayer to those owners of 85% of the amount of the net tax benefits, if any, that the corporate taxpayer is deemed to realize under certain circumstances as a result of (i) increases in tax basis resulting from exchanges of ownership interests in PNMAC and (ii) certain other tax benefits related to our entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. These payment obligations are obligations of the corporate taxpayer and not of PNMAC. For purposes of the tax receivable agreement, the tax benefit deemed realized by the corporate taxpayer will be computed by comparing the actual income tax liability of the corporate taxpayer (calculated with certain assumptions) to the taxes that the corporate taxpayer would have been required to pay had there been no increase to the tax basis of the assets of PNMAC as a result of the exchanges, and had the corporate taxpayer not entered into the tax receivable agreement. The term of the tax receivable agreement will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the tax receivable agreement. Following the closing of the corporate reorganization on November 1, 2018, we succeeded to certain obligations under the tax receivable agreement and, therefore, are the top-level parent entity and the corporate taxpayer who will make payments, if any, under the tax receivable agreement to those certain prior owners of PNMAC who effected exchanges of ownership interests in PNMAC for our common stock prior to the closing of the corporate reorganization. Any prior owners of PNMAC who did not complete such exchanges prior to the closing of the corporate reorganization, or prior owners that only completed such exchanges with respect to some but not all of their interests in PNMAC, will not be entitled to any future payments under the tax receivable agreement in respect of any ownership interests not exchanged prior to the closing.

In the event of termination of the tax receivable agreement, we would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future net tax benefits, which upfront payment may be made years in advance of the actual realization of such future benefits. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the tax receivable agreement is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. The primary factor is the amount and timing of our income. The corporate taxpayer will be required to pay 85% of the net tax benefits as and when those benefits are treated as realized under the terms of the tax receivable agreement. If the corporate taxpayer does not have taxable income, the corporate taxpayer generally is not required (absent a change of control or circumstances requiring an early termination payment) to make payments under the tax receivable agreement for that taxable year because no benefit will have been actually realized. However, any tax benefits that do not result in realized benefits in a given tax year will likely generate tax attributes that may be utilized to generate benefits in previous or future tax years. The utilization of such tax attributes will result in payments under the tax receivable agreement.

The payments under the tax receivable agreement are not conditioned upon the continued ownership of us by the exchanging owners of PNMAC. In Fiscal 2022, we made tax receivable agreement payments in the aggregate amount of $228,700 to certain of our named executive officers and directors.

The tax receivable agreement provides that upon certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes of control, the corporate taxpayer’s (or its successor’s) obligations with respect to exchanged or acquired ownership interests in PNMAC (whether exchanged or acquired before or after such transaction) would be based on certain assumptions, including that the corporate taxpayer would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the deductions arising from the increased tax deductions and tax basis and other benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement. As a result, (i) we could be required to make payments under the tax receivable agreement that are greater than or less than the specified percentage of the actual net tax benefits we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement and (ii) if we elect to terminate the tax receivable agreement early, we would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future net tax benefits, which upfront payment may be made years in advance of the actual realization of such future benefits.

 

On November 1, 2018, we entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement with BlackRock, Highfields and the other owners of PNMAC other than us pursuant to which BlackRock, Highfields and certain permitted transferees have the right, under certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, to require us to register for resale the shares of our common stock received by them in exchange for their ownership interests in PNMAC in connection with the closing of our corporate reorganization. In November 2018, we filed a post-effective amendment to a registration statement to register for resale such shares of our common stock held by each of BlackRock, Highfields and certain other selling stockholders. The post-effective amendment to the registration statement was declared effective on November 19, 2018. All securities registered under this registration statement are available for sale in the open market unless restrictions apply.

Demand Registration Rights. BlackRock and Highfields and certain permitted transferees each have the right to demand that we register their common stock for resale, subject to the conditions set forth in the registration rights agreement, no more than three times in any12-month period. BlackRock and Highfields and certain permitted transferees have the right under the registration rights agreement to require that we register their common stock for resale. Such registration demand must reasonably be expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds to such demanding stockholder in excess of $25 million. Each of BlackRock and Highfields and certain permitted transferees will have the right to participate in any such demand registrations. We will not be obligated to effect a demand registration within 120 days of the effective date of a registration statement filed by us. We may postpone the filing of a registration statement for up to 60 days once in any12-month period if our Board determines in good faith that the filing would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect any material financing or acquisition of ours or require premature disclosure of information that would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to us. The underwriters of any underwritten offering have the right to limit the number of shares to be included in a registration statement filed in response to the exercise of these demand registration rights. We must pay all expenses, except for underwriters’ discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with these demand registration rights.

Piggyback Registration Rights. BlackRock, Highfields, certain of their permitted transferees and the minority stockholders which are parties to the agreement will each have the right to “piggyback” on any registration statements that we file on an unlimited basis, subject to the
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Decisions made by certain prior owners of PNMAC in the course of running our business, such as with respect to mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes in control, may influence the timing and amount of payments that are received by an exchanging or selling owner under the tax receivable agreement. For example, the earlier disposition of assets following an exchange or acquisition transaction will generally accelerate payments under the tax receivable agreement and increase the present value of such payments.

Payments are generally due under the tax receivable agreement within a specified period of time following the filing of our tax return for the taxable year with respect to which the payment obligation arises, although interest on such payments will begin to accrue at a rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points from the due date (without extensions) of such tax return. Payments not made when due under the tax receivable agreement generally would accrue interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points. However, in the event that we do not have sufficient cash available to make a payment under the tax receivable agreement when that payment is due, under certain circumstances we may elect to defer that payment for up to two years. Payments that are deferred pursuant to this election would accrue interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 350 basis points.

Payments under the tax receivable agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that we will determine. Although we are not aware of any issue that would cause the IRS to challenge a tax basis increase, the corporate taxpayer will not be reimbursed for any payments previously made under the tax receivable agreement (except to the extent such amounts can be applied against future amounts that would otherwise be due under the tax receivable agreement). As a result, in certain circumstances, payments could be made under the tax receivable agreement in excess of the benefits that the corporate taxpayer actually realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement.

PNMAC Limited Liability Company Agreement

 

On November 1, 2018, we and PNMAC Holdings, Inc. entered into the fifth amended and restated limited liability company agreement of PNMAC. We are the managing member of PNMAC. Accordingly, we operate and control all of the business and affairs of PNMAC and, through PNMAC and its operating entity subsidiaries, conduct our business.

Pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of PNMAC, we have the right to determine when distributions will be made to the members of PNMAC and the amount of any such distributions, other than with respect to tax distributions as described below. If a distribution is authorized; such distribution will be made to the members of PNMAC pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective limited liability company interests.

The unit holders of PNMAC, including us, will incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of PNMAC. Except as otherwise required under Section 704(c) of the Code, net profits and net losses of PNMAC will generally be allocated to its members (including us) pro rata in accordance with their respective limited liability company interests. The limited liability company agreement of PNMAC will provide for quarterly cash distributions, which we refer to as “tax distributions,” to the members of PNMAC if we, as the managing member of PNMAC, determine that the taxable income of PNMAC gives rise to taxable income for such holders. Generally, these quarterly tax distributions will be computed based on the taxable income of PNMAC multiplied by an assumed tax rate determined by us. Tax distributions will be made only to the extent that all distributions from PNMAC for the relevant year were insufficient to cover such tax liabilities.

The limited liability company agreement of PNMAC also provides that substantially all expenses incurred by or attributable to us, but not including our obligations incurred under the tax receivable agreement and our income tax expenses, will be borne by PNMAC.

Other than us, in our capacity as managing member, no member of PNMAC will have voting rights with respect to PNMAC.

Management Agreements

Our subsidiary, PCM, may enter into investment management agreements with investment companies or funds that invest in residential mortgage assets. Presently, PCM is party to a management agreement with PMT.

This management agreement requires us to oversee the business affairs of PMT in conformity with the investment policies that are approved and monitored by PMT’s board or management. We are responsible for PMT’s day-to-day management and perform such services and activities related to PMT’s assets and operations as may be appropriate.

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We externally manage and advise PMT pursuant to a management agreement, or the PMT Management Agreement, which was amended and restated effective June 30, 2020. The PMT Management Agreement requires us to oversee PMT’s business affairs in conformity with the investment policies that are approved and monitored by its board of trustees. We are responsible for PMT’s day-to-day management and will perform such services and activities related to its assets and operations as may be appropriate.

Pursuant to the PMT Management Agreement, we collect a base management fee and may collect a performance incentive fee, both payable quarterly and in arrears. The PMT Management Agreement expires on June 30, 2025, subject to automatic renewal for additional 18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The base management fee is calculated at a defined annualized percentage of “shareholders’ equity.” PMT’s “shareholders’ equity” is defined as the sum of the net proceeds from any issuances of its equity securities since its inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance); plus its retained earnings at the end of the quarter; less any amount that PMT pays for repurchases or redemptions of its equity securities (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such repurchases and redemptions during the fiscal quarter of any such repurchases or redemptions); and excluding one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges as agreed between PMT and PCM.

Pursuant to the terms of the PMT Management Agreement, the base management fee is equal to the sum of (i) 1.5% per year of shareholders’ equity up to $2 billion, (ii) 1.375% per year of shareholders’ equity in excess of $2 billion and up to $5 billion, and (iii) 1.25% per year of shareholders’ equity in excess of $5 billion. The base management fee is paid in cash.

The performance incentive fee is calculated at a defined annualized percentage of the amount by which “net income,” on a rolling four-quarter basis and before deducting the incentive fee, exceeds certain levels of annualized return on PMT’s “equity.” For the purpose of determining the amount of the performance incentive fee, “net income” is defined as net income or loss attributable to PMT’s common shareholders, computed in accordance with GAAP and adjusted to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges determined as agreed between PMT and PCM. For this purpose, “equity” is the weighted average of the issue price per common share of all of PMT’s public offerings of common shares, multiplied by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (including restricted share units issued under PMT’s equity incentive plans) in the four-quarter period.

The performance incentive fee is calculated quarterly and escalates as net income (stated as a percentage of return on equity) increases over certain thresholds. On each calculation date, the threshold amount represents a stated return on equity, plus or minus a “high watermark” adjustment. The performance fee payable for any quarter is equal to: (a) 10% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds (i) an 8% return on equity plus the high watermark, up to (ii) a 12% return on equity; plus (b) 15% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds (i) a 12% return on equity plus the high watermark, up to (ii) a 16% return on equity; plus (c) 20% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds a 16% return on equity plus the high watermark.

The “high watermark” is the quarterly adjustment that reflects the amount by which the net income (stated as a percentage of return on equity) in that quarter exceeds or falls short of the lesser of 8% and the average Fannie Mae MBS Yield (the target yield) for such quarter. If the net income is lower than the target yield, the high watermark is increased by the difference. If the net income is higher than the target yield, the high watermark is reduced by the difference. Each time a performance incentive fee is earned, the high watermark returns to zero. As a result, the threshold amount required for us to earn a performance incentive fee is adjusted cumulatively based on the performance of PMT’s net income over (or under) the target yield, until the net income in excess of the target yield exceeds the then-current cumulative high watermark amount, and a performance incentive fee is earned. The performance incentive fee may be paid to us in cash or in PMT’s common shares (subject to a limit of no more than 50% paid in common shares), at PMT’s option.

We are entitled to reimbursement of our organizational and operating expenses, including third-party expenses, incurred on PMT’s behalf, it being understood that we and our affiliates shall allocate a portion of our personnel’s time to provide certain legal, tax and investor relations services for our direct benefit and for which we shall be reimbursed $165,000 per fiscal quarter, such amount to be reviewed annually and not preclude reimbursement for any other services performed by us or our affiliates.

PMT is required to pay its and its subsidiaries’ pro rata portion of our and our affiliates’ rent, telephone, utilities, office furniture, equipment, machinery and other office, internal and overhead expenses required for PMT’s and its subsidiaries’ operations. These expenses are allocated based on the ratio of PMT’s and its subsidiaries’ proportion of gross assets compared to all remaining gross assets managed by us as calculated at each fiscal quarter end.

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conditions set forth in the registration rights agreement. If we register any securities for public sale, stockholders with piggyback registration rights under the registration rights agreement have the right to include their shares in the registration for resale by them, subject to specified limitations and exceptions.

S-3 Registration Rights. If we are eligible to file a registration statement on FormS-3, the stockholders withS-3 registration rights under the registration rights agreement and certain permitted transferees can request that we register their shares for resale. Any registration must be reasonably expected by the demanding stockholder to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds to such demanding stockholder in excess of $10 million, and no more than three demands for anS-3 registration may be made in any12-month period. If we are eligible as a Well Known Seasoned Issuer, or WKSI, the requesting stockholders may request that the shelf registration statement utilize the automatic shelf registration process under Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act. If we are not eligible as a WKSI or are otherwise ineligible to utilize the automatic shelf registration process, then we are required to use our reasonable efforts to have the shelf registration statement declared effective.

Tax Receivable Agreement

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We may also be entitled to a termination fee under certain circumstances. Specifically, the termination fee is payable for (1) PMT’s termination of the PMT Management Agreement without cause, (2) our termination of the PMT Management Agreement upon a default by PMT in the performance of any material term of the agreement that has continued uncured for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice thereof, or (3) our termination of the agreement after the termination by PMT without cause (excluding a non-renewal) of the MBS agreement, the MSR recapture agreement or the PMT Servicing Agreement (each as described and/or defined below). The termination fee is equal to three times the sum of (a) the average annual base management fee and (b) the average annual (or, if the period is less than 24 months, annualized) performance incentive fee earned by us during the 24-month period immediately preceding the date of termination.

PMT may terminate the PMT Management Agreement without the payment of any termination fee under certain circumstances, including, among other circumstances, uncured material breaches of the PMT Management Agreement by us, upon a change in control of us (defined to include a 50% change in our shareholding in a single transaction or related series of transactions or upon the termination of the MBS agreement, the MSR recapture agreement or the PMT Servicing Agreement by PLS without cause).

The PMT Management Agreement also provides that, prior to the undertaking by us or our affiliates of any new investment opportunity or any other business opportunity requiring a source of capital with respect to which we or our affiliates will earn a management, advisory, consulting or similar fee, we shall present to PMT such new opportunity and the material terms on which we propose to provide services to PMT before pursuing such opportunity with third parties.

We earned approximately $31.1 million in base management fees and zero in performance incentive fees in Fiscal 2022 in connection with work performed under the PMT Management Agreement.

Servicing Agreements

Through our subsidiary, PLS, we enter into servicing agreements with investment companies or funds that invest in residential mortgage loans pursuant to which we provide servicing for our clients’ portfolio of residential mortgage loans. Presently, PLS is party to a servicing agreement with PMT.

The loan servicing to be provided by us under the servicing agreements includes collecting principal, interest and escrow account payments, if any, with respect to mortgage loans, as well as managing loss mitigation, which may include, among other things, collection activities, loan workouts, modifications, foreclosures and short sales. We may also engage in certain loan origination activities that include refinancing mortgage loans and financings that facilitate sales of real estate acquired upon settlement of loans, or REOs.

We and PMT have entered into a loan servicing agreement, or the PMT Servicing Agreement, which was amended and restated effective June 30, 2020 and pursuant to which we provide servicing for PMT’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans and subservicing for its portfolio of mortgage servicing rights, or MSRs. The term of the PMT Servicing Agreement expires on June 30, 2025, subject to automatic renewal for additional 18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The base servicing fee rates for non-distressed mortgage loans subserviced on behalf of PMT are calculated through a monthly per-loan dollar amount, with the actual dollar amount for each mortgage loan based on whether the mortgage loan is a fixed-rate or adjustable-rate loan. The base servicing fee rates for mortgage loans subserviced on behalf of PMT are $7.50 per month for fixed-rate mortgage loans and $8.50 per month for adjustable-rate mortgage loans. To the extent that these mortgage loans become delinquent, we are entitled to an additional servicing fee per mortgage loan falling within a range of $10 to $55 per month and based on the delinquency, bankruptcy and foreclosure status of the mortgage loan or $75 per month if the underlying mortgaged property becomes REO. We are also entitled to customary ancillary income and certain market-based fees and charges, including boarding and deboarding fees, liquidation and disposition fees, and assumption, modification and origination fees. In addition, we are entitled to fees required as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic such as a one-time forbearance set up fee of $10, a $3 per month forbearance monitoring fee and certain modification fees ranging from $125 to $675.

The base servicing fee rates for distressed whole mortgage loans are charged based on a monthly per-loan dollar amount, with the actual dollar amount for each loan based on the delinquency, bankruptcy and/or foreclosure status of such loan or whether the underlying mortgage property has become REO. The base servicing fee rates for distressed whole mortgage loans range from $30 per month for current loans up to $95 per month for loans where foreclosure proceedings have commenced. The base servicing fee rate for REO is $75 per month. To the extent that PMT rents its REO under its REO rental program, we are entitled to an REO rental fee of $30 per month per REO, an REO property lease renewal fee of $100 per lease renewal, and a property management fee in an amount equal to PLS’ cost if

 

On May 8, 2013, we entered into a tax receivable agreement with the former owners of PNMAC that provides for the payment from time to time by the corporate taxpayer to those owners of 85% of the amount of the net tax benefits, if any, that the corporate taxpayer is deemed to realize under certain circumstances as a result of (i) increases in tax basis resulting from exchanges of ownership interests in PNMAC and (ii) certain other tax benefits related to our entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. These payment obligations are obligations of the corporate taxpayer and not of PNMAC. For purposes of the tax receivable agreement, the tax benefit deemed realized by the corporate taxpayer will be computed by comparing the actual income tax liability of the corporate taxpayer (calculated with certain assumptions) to the taxes that the corporate taxpayer would have been required to pay had there been no increase to the tax basis of the assets of PNMAC as a result of the exchanges, and had the corporate taxpayer not entered into the tax receivable agreement. The term of the tax receivable agreement will continue until all such tax benefits have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the tax receivable agreement. Following the closing of the corporate reorganization on November 1, 2018, we succeeded to certain obligations under the tax receivable agreement and, therefore, are thetop-level parent entity and the corporate taxpayer who will make payments, if any, under the tax receivable agreement to those certain prior owners of PNMAC who effected exchanges of ownership interests in PNMAC for our common stock prior to the closing of the corporate reorganization. Any prior owners of PNMAC who did not complete such exchanges prior to the closing of the corporate reorganization, or prior owners that only completed such exchanges with respect to some but not all of their interests in PNMAC, will not be entitled to any future payments under the tax receivable agreement in respect of any ownership interests not exchanged prior to the closing.

In the event of termination of the tax receivable agreement, we would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future net tax benefits, which upfront payment may be made years in advance of the actual realization of such future benefits. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the tax receivable agreement is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. The actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the tax receivable agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including:
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property management services and/or any related software costs are outsourced to a third-party property management firm or 9% of gross rental income if we provide property management services directly. We are also entitled to retain any tenant paid application fees and late rent fees and seek reimbursement for certain third-party vendor fees.

We are also entitled to certain activity-based fees for distressed whole mortgage loans that are charged based on the achievement of certain events. These fees range from $750 for a streamline modification to $1,750 for a liquidation or reperformance and $500 for a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. We are not entitled to earn more than one liquidation fee, reperformance fee or modification fee in any 18-month period.

Because PMT has limited employees and infrastructure, we are required to provide a range of services and activities significantly greater in scope than the services provided in connection with a customary servicing arrangement. For these services, we receive a supplemental servicing fee of $25 per month for each distressed loan.

Except as otherwise provided in the MSR recapture agreement, when we effect a refinancing of a loan on PMT’s behalf and not through a third-party lender and the resulting loan is readily saleable, or we originate a loan to facilitate the disposition of the real estate acquired by PMT in settlement of a loan, we are entitled to receive from PMT market-based fees and compensation consistent with pricing and terms we offer unaffiliated third parties on a retail basis.

We are entitled to reimbursement for all customary, bona fide reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses we incur in connection with the performance of our servicing obligations.

We earned approximately $81.9 million in loan servicing fees in Fiscal 2022 in connection with work performed for PMT under the PMT Servicing Agreement.

Mortgage Banking Services Agreement

Pursuant to a mortgage banking services agreement, or the MBS agreement, which was amended and restated effective June 30, 2020, we provide PMT with certain mortgage banking services, including fulfillment and disposition-related services, with respect to loans acquired by PMT from correspondent sellers.

Pursuant to the MBS agreement, we have agreed to provide such services exclusively for PMT’s benefit, and we and our affiliates are prohibited from providing such services for any other third party. However, such exclusivity and prohibition shall not apply, and certain other duties instead will be imposed upon us, if PMT is unable to purchase or finance mortgage loans as contemplated under our MBS agreement for any reason. The MBS agreement expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement, on June 30, 2025, subject to automatic renewal for additional 18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

In consideration for the mortgage banking services we provided with respect to the acquisition of mortgage loans by PennyMac Corp., a subsidiary of PMT, we are entitled to aggregate quarterly fulfillment fees not to exceed the following: (i) the number of loan commitments multiplied by a pull-through factor of either .99 or .80 depending on whether the loan commitments are subject to a “mandatory trade confirmation” or a “best efforts lock confirmation” and then multiplied by $585 for each pull-through adjusted loan commitment up to and including 16,500 per quarter and $355 for each pull-through adjusted loan commitment in excess of 16,500 per quarter, plus (ii) $315 multiplied by the number of purchased loans up to the and including 16,500 per quarter and $195 multiplied by the number of purchased loans exceeding 16,500 per quarter, plus (iii) $750 multiplied by the number of all purchased loans other than Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans that are sold and securitized; provided, however, that no fulfillment fee shall be due or payable to PLS with respect to any Ginnie Mae loans, and as of October 1, 2022, designated Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans acquired by PLS.

PMT does not hold the Ginnie Mae approval required to issue Ginnie Mae MBS and act as a servicer. Accordingly, under the MBS agreement, we currently purchase loans underwritten in accordance with the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide “as is” and without recourse of any kind from PMT at its cost less an administrative fee plus accrued interest and a sourcing fee ranging from one to two basis points. We may also acquire conventional loans from PMT on the same terms upon mutual agreement between PMT and the Company.

In consideration for the mortgage banking services we provide with respect to PMT’s acquisition of mortgage loans under our early purchase program, we are entitled to fees accruing (i) at a rate equal to $1,500 per year per early purchase facility administered by us, and (ii) in the amount of $35 for each mortgage loan that PMT acquires thereunder.

 

the timing of prior exchanges—for instance, the increase in any tax deductions will vary depending on the fair value, which may fluctuate over time, of the depreciable or amortizable assets of PNMAC at the time of each exchange;

the price of shares of our common stock at the time of the exchange—the tax basis increase in assets of PNMAC for the corporate taxpayer, as well as any related increase in allocations of tax deductions to the corporate taxpayer, is directly proportional to the price of shares of our common stock at the time of the exchange;

the extent to which such exchanges are taxable—if an exchange is not taxable for any reason, increased deductions will not be available; and

the amount and timing of our income—the corporate taxpayer will be required to pay 85% of the net tax benefits as and when those benefits are treated as realized under the terms of the tax receivable agreement. If the corporate taxpayer does not have taxable income, the corporate taxpayer generally is not required (absent a change of control or circumstances requiring an early termination payment) to make payments under the tax receivable agreement for that taxable year because no benefit will have been actually realized. However, any tax benefits that do not result in realized benefits in a given tax year will likely generate tax attributes that may be utilized to generate benefits in previous or future tax years. The utilization of such tax attributes will result in payments under the tax receivable agreement.

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Notwithstanding any provision of the MBS agreement to the contrary, if it becomes reasonably necessary or advisable for us to engage in additional services in connection with post-breach or post-default resolution activities for the purposes of a correspondent agreement, then PMT has generally agreed with us to negotiate in good faith for additional compensation and reimbursement of expenses to be paid to us for the performance of such additional services.

We earned approximately $68.0 million in fulfillment fees and we paid to PMT approximately $5.0 million in sourcing fees in Fiscal 2022.

MSR Recapture Agreement

Pursuant to the terms of the MSR Recapture Agreement, which was entered into by and between us and PMT and amended and restated effective June 30, 2020, if we originate any mortgage loans the proceeds of which are used to refinance mortgage loans for which PMT previously held the MSRs (the “recaptured loans”), we are generally required to transfer and convey to PMT, without cost, on a monthly basis a tiered recapture fee. Such fee shall be equal to 40% of the fair market value of the MSRs relating to the recaptured loans subject to the first 15% of the “recapture rate,” 35% of the fair market value of the MSRs relating to the recaptured loans subject to the recapture rate in excess of 15% and up to 30%, and 30% of the fair market value of the MSRs relating to the recaptured loans subject to the recapture rate in excess of 30%. The “recapture rate” means, during each month, the ratio of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all recaptured loans, to (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all mortgage loans for which PMT held the MSRs and that were refinanced or otherwise paid off in such month. We have further agreed to allocate sufficient resources to achieve a recapture rate of at least 15%.

The MSR recapture agreement expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement, on June 30, 2025, subject to automatic renewal for additional 18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement. PMT recognized $13.7 million in recapture income pursuant to the terms of the MSR recapture agreement during Fiscal 2022.

Loan Purchase Agreement

We have entered into a mortgage loan purchase agreement with PMT. Currently, we use the mortgage loan purchase agreement for the purpose of selling to PMT residential mortgage loans originated by us. The loan purchase agreement contains customary terms and provisions, including representations and warranties, covenants, repurchase remedies and indemnities. The purchase prices paid to us by PMT for such loans are market-based.

During Fiscal 2022, PMT purchased $298.9 million of residential loans from us under the mortgage loan purchase agreement.

Investments in PMT

Our Investment in PMT

We received dividends of $136,000 in Fiscal 2022 as a result of our investment in common shares of PMT.

Other Transactions With Related Persons

Related Party Employment Relationships

We employ Mr. Vandad Fartaj’s brother, Vala Fartaj. We established Mr. Vala Fartaj’s compensation in accordance with our employment and compensation practices applicable to employees with equivalent qualifications and responsibilities holding similar positions. None of the executive officers has a material interest in this employment relationship nor do any of them share a home with Mr. Vala Fartaj.

We have employed Mr. Vala Fartaj since 2008, and his current title is Managing Director, Portfolio Investments. In this capacity, he received the following approximate amounts in Fiscal 2022: $186,560 in base salary, an annual performance-based cash incentive of $367,000, insurance premium payments in the amount of $7,995, a $12,200 contribution to his 401(k) plan, a $938 payment for mobile phone expenses and a $50 reimbursement for COVID related expenses. During Fiscal 2022, we granted Mr. Vala Fartaj time-based and performance-based RSUs and stock options with a total grant date fair value of $132,949. Mr. Vala Fartaj has also been entitled to receive employee benefits generally available to all employees.

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We expect that the payments that we may make under the tax receivable agreement will be substantial. There may be a material negative effect on our liquidity if, as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise, the payments under the tax receivable agreement exceed the actual benefits we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement and/or distributions to us by PNMAC are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the tax receivable agreement after we have paid taxes. Furthermore, our obligations to make payments under the tax receivable agreement could make us a less attractive target for an acquisition, particularly in the case of an acquirer that cannot use some or all of the tax benefits that are deemed realized under the tax receivable agreement. The payments under the tax receivable agreement are not conditioned upon the continued ownership of us by the exchanging owners of PNMAC.

In addition, the tax receivable agreement provides that upon certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes of control, the corporate taxpayer’s (or its successor’s) obligations with respect to exchanged or acquired ownership interests in PNMAC (whether exchanged or acquired before or after such transaction) would be based on certain assumptions, including that the corporate taxpayer would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the deductions arising from the increased tax deductions and tax basis and other benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement. As a result, (i) we could be required to make payments under the tax receivable agreement that are greater than or less than the specified percentage of the actual net tax benefits we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement and (ii) if we elect to terminate the tax receivable agreement early, we would be required to make an immediate payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future net tax benefits, which upfront payment may be made years in advance of the actual realization of such future benefits. In these situations, our obligations under the tax receivable agreement could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity, as well as our attractiveness as a target for an acquisition.

Decisions made by certain prior owners of PNMAC in the course of running our business, such as with respect to mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes in control, may influence the timing and amount of payments that are received by an exchanging or selling owner under the tax receivable agreement. For example, the earlier disposition of assets following an exchange or acquisition transaction will generally accelerate payments under the tax receivable agreement and increase the present value of such payments.

Payments are generally due under the tax receivable agreement within a specified period of time following the filing of our tax return for the taxable year with respect to which the payment obligation arises, although interest on such payments will begin to accrue at a rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points from the due date (without extensions) of such tax return. Payments not made when due under the tax receivable agreement generally would accrue interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 500 basis points. However, in the event that we do not have sufficient cash available to make a payment under the tax receivable agreement when that payment is due, under certain circumstances we may elect to defer that payment for up to two years. Payments that are deferred pursuant to this election would accrue interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 350 basis points.

Payments under the tax receivable agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that we will determine. Although we are not aware of any issue that would cause the IRS to challenge a tax basis increase, the corporate taxpayer will not be reimbursed for any payments previously made under the tax receivable agreement (except to the extent such amounts can be applied against future amounts that would otherwise be due under the tax receivable agreement). As a result, in certain circumstances, payments could be made under the tax receivable agreement in excess of the benefits that the corporate taxpayer actually realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement.

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Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and directors. The indemnification agreements provide the executive officers and directors with contractual rights to indemnification, expense advancement and reimbursement, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. In addition, our indemnification agreements also provide that we are required to advance expenses to our directors and officers as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified and that the rights conferred in the indemnification agreements are not exclusive.

The limited liability company agreement of PNMAC also requires PNMAC to indemnify its officers, members, managers and other affiliates to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, and advance expenses to its officers, members, managers and other affiliates as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified. The rights conferred in the limited liability company agreement of PNMAC are not exclusive.

There is no pending litigation or proceeding naming any of our directors or officers to which indemnification is being sought, and we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any director or officer.

Approval of Related Party Transactions

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires everyone subject to the code to be scrupulous in avoiding a conflict of interest as it relates to our interests and the interests of our employees, officers and directors when such individuals are acting for or on our behalf. The code prohibits us from, among other things, entering into a transaction or a business relationship with a related party or an immediate family member of such related person or with a company in which such a related party or such immediate family member has a substantial financial interest, unless such transaction and relationship are disclosed to and approved in advance by our Board.

We have also adopted a written policy that specifically governs related party transactions. The related party transactions policy generally prohibits any related party transaction unless it is reviewed and approved by our Related Party Matters Committee and/or a majority of our independent directors in accordance with the policy. With certain exceptions, a related party transaction is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we (including any of our subsidiaries) were, are or will be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, and in which any related party has, had or will have a direct or indirect interest. A related party is any person who is, or at any time since the beginning of our last fiscal year was, an employee, director or executive officer of our Company or a nominee to become a director of our Company; any person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities; any immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons (which means any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law,father-in-law,son-in-law,daughter-in-law,brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of any of the foregoing persons); and any firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing persons is employed or is a general partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 5% or greater beneficial ownership interest. In determining whether to approve a related party transaction, the Related Party Matters Committee and/or independent directors consider all facts and circumstances that they deem relevant to the transaction, including, among other things, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction.

The related party transactions policy governs the process for identifying potential related party transactions and seeking review, approval and/or ratification of such transactions. In addition, each of our employees, directors and executive officers is required to complete an annual disclosure questionnaire and report all transactions with us in which they and their immediate family members had or will have a direct or indirect material interest with respect to us. We review these questionnaires and, if we determine that it is necessary, discuss any reported transactions with our Related Party Matters Committee and/or our Board in accordance with the related party transactions policy.

 

On November 1, 2018, we and PNMAC Holdings, Inc. entered into the fifth amended and restated limited liability company agreement of PNMAC. We are the managing member of PNMAC. Accordingly, we operate and control all of the business and affairs of PNMAC and, through PNMAC and its operating entity subsidiaries, conduct our business.

Pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of PNMAC, we have the right to determine when distributions will be made to the members of PNMAC and the amount of any such distributions, other than with respect to tax distributions as described below. If a distribution is authorized; such distribution will be made to the members of PNMAC pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective limited liability company interests.

The unit holders of PNMAC, including us, will incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of PNMAC. Except as otherwise required under Section 704(c) of the Code, net profits and net losses of PNMAC will generally be allocated to its members (including us) pro rata in accordance with their respective limited liability company interests. The limited liability
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Annual Report on Form 10-K

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2022, which contains our consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2022, accompanies this Proxy Statement, but is not a part of our soliciting materials. Stockholders of record as of the record date may obtain, without charge, a paper copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and schedules thereto, without the accompanying exhibits, upon written request to Investor Relations, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361. A list of exhibits is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and exhibits are available from us upon the payment to us of the cost of furnishing them. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K is also available on our website, pfsi.pennymac.com, under “SEC Filings,”

Other Matters

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

 

We believe that based solely upon our review of copies of forms we have received or written representations from reporting persons, during Fiscal 2022, all filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act applicable to our officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than ten percent of our common stock were complied with on a timely basis.

Other Matters for Consideration at the Annual Meeting

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, our Board does not know of any matter that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting other than as described in this Proxy Statement. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your signed proxy card authorizes David A. Spector, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Derek W. Stark, our Secretary, to vote on those matters according to their best judgment.

Householding of Proxy Materials

As permitted by the SEC, we will deliver a single copy of the notice, proxy statement and annual report to stockholders who have the same address and last name, unless we have received contrary instructions from such stockholders. Each stockholder will continue to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure, called “householding,” will reduce the volume of duplicate information you receive and reduce our printing and postage costs, which is consistent with our corporate sustainability efforts. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of the proxy statement and annual report to any such stockholder upon written or oral request. A stockholder wishing to receive a separate proxy statement or annual report can notify us at Investor Relations, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, telephone: (818) 264-4907. Similarly, stockholders currently receiving multiple copies of these documents can request the elimination of duplicate documents by contacting us as described above.

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company agreement of PNMAC will provide for quarterly cash distributions, which we refer to as “tax distributions,” to the members of PNMAC if we, as the managing member of PNMAC, determine that the taxable income of PNMAC gives rise to taxable income for such holders. Generally, these quarterly tax distributions will be computed based on the taxable income of PNMAC multiplied by an assumed tax rate determined by us. Tax distributions will be made only to the extent that all distributions from PNMAC for the relevant year were insufficient to cover such tax liabilities.

The limited liability company agreement of PNMAC also provides that substantially all expenses incurred by or attributable to us, but not including our obligations incurred under the tax receivable agreement and our income tax expenses, will be borne by PNMAC.

Other than us, in our capacity as managing member, no member of PNMAC will have voting rights with respect to PNMAC.

Management Agreements

Our subsidiary, PCM, may enter into investment management agreements with investment companies or funds that invest in residential mortgage assets. Presently, PCM is party to a management agreement with PMT.

This management agreement requires us to oversee the business affairs of PMT in conformity with the investment policies that are approved and monitored by PMT’s board or management. We are responsible for PMT’sday-to-day management and perform such services and activities related to PMT’s assets and operations as may be appropriate.

PMT Management Agreement

We externally manage and advise PMT pursuant to a management agreement, or the PMT Management Agreement, which was amended and restated effective September 12, 2016. The PMT Management Agreement requires us to oversee PMT’s business affairs in conformity with the investment policies that are approved and monitored by its board of trustees. We are responsible for PMT’sday-to-day management and will perform such services and activities related to its assets and operations as may be appropriate.

Pursuant to the PMT Management Agreement, we collect a base management fee and may collect a performance incentive fee, both payable quarterly and in arrears. The PMT Management Agreement expires on September 12, 2020, subject to automatic renewal for additional18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The base management fee is calculated at a defined annualized percentage of “shareholders’ equity.” PMT’s “shareholders’ equity” is defined as the sum of the net proceeds from any issuances of its equity securities since its inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance); plus its retained earnings at the end of the quarter; less any amount that PMT pays for repurchases or redemptions of its equity securities (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such repurchases and redemptions during the fiscal quarter of any such repurchases or redemptions); and excludingone-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain othernon-cash charges as agreed between PMT and us.

Pursuant to the terms of the PMT Management Agreement, the base management fee is equal to the sum of (i) 1.5% per year of shareholders’ equity up to $2 billion, (ii) 1.375% per year of shareholders’ equity in excess of $2 billion and up to $5 billion, and (iii) 1.25% per year of shareholders’ equity in excess of $5 billion. The base management fee is paid in cash.

The performance incentive fee is calculated at a defined annualized percentage of the amount by which “net income,” on a rolling four-quarter basis and before deducting the incentive fee, exceeds certain levels of annualized return on PMT’s “equity.” For the purpose of determining the amount of the performance incentive fee, “net income” is defined as net income or loss attributable to PMT’s common shareholders, computed in accordance with GAAP and adjusted to excludeone-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain othernon-cash charges determined as agreed between PMT and us. For this purpose, “equity” is the weighted average of the issue price per common share of all of PMT’s public offerings of common shares, multiplied by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (including restricted share units issued under PMT’s equity incentive plans) in the four-quarter period.

The performance incentive fee is calculated quarterly and escalates as net income (stated as a percentage of return on equity) increases over certain thresholds. On each calculation date, the threshold amount represents a stated return on equity, plus or minus a “high watermark” adjustment. The performance fee payable for any quarter is equal to: (a) 10% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds (i) an 8% return on equity plus the high watermark, up to (ii) a 12% return on equity; plus (b) 15% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds (i) a 12% return on equity plus the high watermark, up to (ii) a 16% return on equity; plus (c) 20% of the amount by which net income for the quarter exceeds a 16% return on equity plus the high watermark.

Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation

General Meeting Information

 

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The “high watermark” is the quarterly adjustment that reflects the amount by which the net income (stated as a percentage of return on equity) in that quarter exceeds or falls short of the lesser of 8% and the Fannie Mae MBS Yield (the target yield) for such quarter. If the net income is lower than the target yield, the high watermark is increased by the difference. If the net income is higher than the target yield, the high watermark is reduced by the difference. Each time a performance incentive fee is earned, the high watermark returns to zero. As a result, the threshold amount required for us to earn a performance incentive fee is adjusted cumulatively based on the performance of PMT’s net income over (or under) the target yield, until the net income in excess of the target yield exceeds the then-current cumulative high watermark amount, and a performance incentive fee is earned. The performance incentive fee may be paid to us in cash or in PMT’s common shares (subject to a limit of no more than 50% paid in common shares), at PMT’s option.

We are entitled to reimbursement of our organizational and operating expenses, including third-party expenses, incurred on PMT’s behalf, it being understood that we and our affiliates shall allocate a portion of our personnel’s time to provide certain legal, tax and investor relations services for our direct benefit and for which we shall be reimbursed $120,000 per fiscal quarter, such amount to be reviewed annually and not preclude reimbursement for any other services performed by us or our affiliates.

In addition, PMT is required to pay its and its subsidiaries’ pro rata portion of our and our affiliates’ rent, telephone, utilities, office furniture, equipment, machinery and other office, internal and overhead expenses required for PMT’s and its subsidiaries’ operations. These expenses will be allocated based on the ratio of PMT’s and its subsidiaries’ proportion of gross assets compared to all remaining gross assets managed by us as calculated at each fiscal quarter end.

We may also be entitled to a termination fee under certain circumstances. Specifically, the termination fee is payable for (1) PMT’s termination of the PMT Management Agreement without cause, (2) our termination of the PMT Management Agreement upon a default by PMT in the performance of any material term of the agreement that has continued uncured for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice thereof, or (3) our termination of the agreement after the termination by PMT without cause (excluding anon-renewal) of the MBS agreement, the MSR recapture agreement or the PMT Servicing Agreement (each as described and/or defined below). The termination fee is equal to three times the sum of (a) the average annual base management fee and (b) the average annual (or, if the period is less than 24 months, annualized) performance incentive fee earned by us during the24-month period immediately preceding the date of termination.

PMT may terminate the PMT Management Agreement without the payment of any termination fee under certain circumstances, including, among other circumstances, uncured material breaches of the PMT Management Agreement by us, upon a change in control of us (defined to include a 50% change in our shareholding in a single transaction or related series of transactions or Mr. Stanford L. Kurland’s failure to continue as our chief executive officer to the extent we have not retained his suitable replacement (in PMT’s discretion) within six months thereof) or upon our termination of the MBS agreement, the MSR recapture agreement or the PMT Servicing Agreement without cause. In December 2016, we announced that Mr. David A. Spector would succeed Mr. Kurland as our Chief Executive Officer, effective as of January 1, 2017, and that Mr. Kurland would continue to serve in a new capacity as our Executive Chairman. PMT determined that Mr. Spector, who previously served as its Executive Managing Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, was a suitable replacement for Mr. Kurland. Accordingly, in December 2016, PMT also announced changes to the roles of Mr. Spector and Mr. Kurland, electing Mr. Spector as its President and Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Kurland as its Executive Chairman, effective as of January 1, 2017.

The PMT Management Agreement also provides that, prior to the undertaking by us or our affiliates of any new investment opportunity or any other business opportunity requiring a source of capital with respect to which we or our affiliates will earn a management, advisory, consulting or similar fee, we shall present to PMT such new opportunity and the material terms on which we propose to provide services to PMT before pursuing such opportunity with third parties.

We earned approximately $29.3 million in base management fees and $7.2 million in performance incentive fees in Fiscal 2019 in connection with work performed under the PMT Management Agreement.

Servicing Agreements

Through our subsidiary, PLS, we enter into servicing agreements with investment companies or funds that invest in residential mortgage loans pursuant to which we provide servicing for our clients’ portfolio of residential mortgage loans. Presently, PLS is party to servicing agreements with PMT and the Investment Funds.

The loan servicing to be provided by us under the servicing agreements includes collecting principal, interest and escrow account payments, if any, with respect to mortgage loans, as well as managing loss mitigation, which may include, among other things, collection

The 2023 Annual Meeting will be conducted online via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023 on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, subject to any postponements or adjournments thereof. The Board is soliciting proxies to be voted at our Annual Meeting. Pursuant to rules adopted by the SEC, we have elected to provide access to the below listed proxy materials primarily via the Internet, rather than mailing paper copies of these materials to each stockholder. On or about April 21, 2023, we began mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, which contains instructions on how to access the proxy materials, vote, and request paper copies of the proxy materials. Access to the proxy materials and online voting will be available at www.proxyvote.com. We believe this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of the proxy materials, lowers the cost of printing and distribution, and reduces the environmental impact associated with the Annual Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on June 13, 2023

This Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 2022 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, are available at www.proxyvote.com. At this website, you will find a complete set of the following proxy materials: Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 2022 Annual Report and form proxy card. You are encouraged to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before submitting a proxy or voting at the Annual Meeting.

 

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activities, loan workouts, modifications, foreclosures and short sales. We may also engage in certain loan origination activities that include refinancing mortgage loans and financings that facilitate sales of real estate acquired upon settlement of loans, or REOs.

PMT Servicing Agreement

We and PMT have entered into a loan servicing agreement, or the PMT Servicing Agreement, which was amended and restated effective September 12, 2016 and pursuant to which we provide servicing for PMT’s portfolio of residential mortgage loans and subservicing for its portfolio of mortgage servicing rights, or MSRs. The term of the PMT Servicing Agreement expires on September 12, 2020, subject to automatic renewal for additional18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The base servicing fee rates for distressed whole mortgage loans are charged based on a monthlyper-loan dollar amount, with the actual dollar amount for each loan based on the delinquency, bankruptcy and/or foreclosure status of such loan or whether the underlying mortgage property has become REO. The base servicing fee rates for distressed whole mortgage loans range from $30 per month for current loans up to $85 per month for loans where the Borrower has declared bankruptcy. The base servicing fee rate for REO is $75 per month. To the extent that PMT rents its REO under its REO rental program, we collect an REO rental fee of $30 per month per REO, an REO property lease renewal fee of $100 per lease renewal, and a property management fee in an amount equal to our cost if property management services and/or any related software costs are outsourced to a third-party property management firm or 9% of gross rental income if we provide property management services directly. We are also entitled to retain any tenant paid application fees and late rent fees and seek reimbursement for certain third-party vendor fees.

We are also entitled to certain activity-based fees for distressed whole mortgage loans that are charged based on the achievement of certain events. These fees range from $750 for a streamline modification to $1,750 for a liquidation and $500 for adeed-in-lieu of foreclosure. We are not entitled to earn more than one liquidation fee,re-performance fee or modification fee per loan in any18-month period.

The base servicing fee rates fornon-distressed mortgage loans we subservice on PMT’s behalf are also calculated through a monthlyper-loan dollar amount, with the actual dollar amount for each loan based on whether the mortgage loan is a fixed-rate or adjustable-rate loan. The base servicing fee rates for mortgage loans we subservice on PMT’s behalf are $7.50 per month for fixed-rate mortgage loans and $8.50 per month for adjustable-rate mortgage loans. To the extent that these mortgage loans become delinquent, we are entitled to an additional servicing fee per mortgage loan falling within a range of $10 to $55 per month and based on the delinquency, bankruptcy and foreclosure status of the loan or $75 per month if the underlying mortgaged property becomes REO. We are also entitled to customary ancillary income and certain market-based fees and charges, including boarding and deboarding fees, liquidation and disposition fees, and assumption, modification and origination fees.

In addition, because PMT has limited employees and infrastructure, we are required to provide a range of services and activities significantly greater in scope than the services provided in connection with a customary servicing arrangement. For these services, we receive a supplemental servicing fee of $25 per month for each distressed whole loan.

Except as otherwise provided in the MSR recapture agreement, when we effect a refinancing of a loan on PMT’s behalf and not through a third-party lender and the resulting loan is readily saleable, or we originate a loan to facilitate the disposition of the real estate acquired by PMT in settlement of a loan, we are entitled to receive from PMT market-based fees and compensation consistent with pricing and terms we offer unaffiliated third parties on a retail basis.

PMT currently participates in the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP (or other similar mortgage loan modification programs). HAMP establishes standard loan modification guidelines for “at risk” homeowners and provides incentive payments to certain participants, including mortgage loan servicers, for achieving modifications and successfully remaining in the program. The PMT Servicing Agreement entitles us to retain any incentive payments made to us and to which we are entitled under HAMP; provided, however, that with respect to any such incentive payments paid to us in connection with a mortgage loan modification for which PMT previously paid us a modification fee, we are required to reimburse PMT an amount equal to the incentive payments.

We are entitled to reimbursement for all customary, bona fide reasonable and necessaryout-of-pocket expenses incurred by us in connection with the performance of our servicing obligations.

We earned approximately $48.8 million in loan servicing fees in Fiscal 2019 in connection with work performed for PMT under the PMT Servicing Agreement.

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Other Agreements with PMT

PMT Mortgage Banking Services Agreement

Pursuant to a mortgage banking services agreement, or the MBS agreement, which was amended and restated effective September 12, 2016, we provide PMT with certain mortgage banking services, including fulfillment and disposition-related services, with respect to loans acquired by PMT from correspondent sellers.

Pursuant to the MBS agreement, we have agreed to provide such services exclusively for PMT’s benefit, and we and our affiliates are prohibited from providing such services for any other third party. However, such exclusivity and prohibition shall not apply, and certain other duties instead will be imposed upon us, if PMT is unable to purchase or finance mortgage loans as contemplated under our MBS agreement for any reason. The MBS agreement expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement, on September 12, 2020, subject to automatic renewal for additional18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

In consideration for the mortgage banking services we provide with respect to PMT’s acquisition of mortgage loans, we are entitled to a monthly fulfillment fee in an amount that shall equal (a) no greater than the product of (i) 0.35% and (ii) the unpaid principal balance, or the Initial UPB, of all mortgage loans purchased in such month, plus (b) in the case of all mortgage loans other than mortgage loans sold to or securitized through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, no greater than the product of (i) 0.50% and (ii) the aggregate Initial UPB of all such mortgage loans sold and securitized in such month; provided however, that no fulfillment fee shall be due or payable to us with respect to any Ginnie Mae mortgage loans. PMT does not hold the Ginnie Mae approval required to issue Ginnie Mae MBS and act as a servicer. Accordingly, under the MBS agreement, we currently purchase loans underwritten in accordance with the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide “as is” and without recourse of any kind from PMT at its cost less an administrative fee plus accrued interest and a sourcing fee ranging from two to three andone-half basis points, generally based on the average number of calendar days that mortgage loans are held by PMT prior to purchase by us.

In consideration for the mortgage banking services we provide with respect to PMT’s acquisition of mortgage loans under our early purchase program, we are entitled to fees accruing (i) at a rate equal to $1,500 per year per early purchase facility administered by us, and (ii) in the amount of $35 for each mortgage loan that PMT acquires thereunder.

Notwithstanding any provision of the MBS agreement to the contrary, if it becomes reasonably necessary or advisable for us to engage in additional services in connection with post-breach or post-default resolution activities for the purposes of a correspondent agreement, then PMT has generally agreed with us to negotiate in good faith for additional compensation and reimbursement of expenses to be paid to us for the performance of such additional services.

We earned approximately $160.6 million in fulfillment fees in Fiscal 2019 under our mortgage banking services agreement with PMT, and we paid to PMT approximately $14.4 million in sourcing fees in Fiscal 2019.

MSR Recapture Agreement

Pursuant to the terms of an MSR recapture agreement, or the MSR recapture agreement, which was entered into by and between us and PMT and amended and restated effective September 12, 2016, if we refinance through our consumer direct lending business mortgage loans for which PMT previously held the MSRs, we are generally required to transfer and convey to PMT cash in an amount equal to 30% of the fair market value of the MSRs relating to all such mortgage loans so originated.

The MSR recapture agreement expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement, on September 12, 2020, subject to automatic renewal for additional18-month periods, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

PMT recognized $5.3 million in recapture income pursuant to the terms of the MSR recapture agreement during Fiscal 2019.

Spread Acquisition and MSR Servicing Agreements

On December 19, 2016, we amended and restated a master spread acquisition and MSR servicing agreement, or the Spread Acquisition Agreement, with PMT, pursuant to which we may sell to PMT, from time to time, the right to receive participation certificates representing beneficial ownership in ESS arising from Ginnie Mae MSRs acquired by us, in which case we generally would be required to service or subservice the related mortgage loans for Ginnie Mae. The primary purpose of the amendment and restatement was to facilitate the continued financing of the ESS owned by PMT in connection with the parties’ participation in the GNMA MSR Facility (as defined below).

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To the extent we refinance any of the mortgage loans relating to the ESS PMT has acquired, the Spread Acquisition Agreement also contains recapture provisions requiring that we transfer to PMT, at no cost, the ESS relating to a certain percentage of the unpaid principal balance of the newly originated mortgage loans. However, under the Spread Acquisition Agreement, in any month where the transferred ESS relating to newly originated Ginnie Mae mortgage loans is not equivalent to at least 90% of the product of the excess servicing fee rate and the unpaid principal balance of the refinanced mortgage loans, we are also required to transfer additional ESS or cash in the amount of such shortfall. Similarly, in any month where the transferred ESS relating to modified Ginnie Mae mortgage loans is not equivalent to at least 90% of the product of the excess servicing fee rate and the unpaid principal balance of the modified mortgage loans, the Spread Acquisition Agreement contains provisions that require us to transfer additional ESS or cash in the amount of such shortfall. To the extent the fair market value of the aggregate ESS to be transferred for the applicable month is less than $200,000, we may, at our option, wire cash to PMT in an amount equal to such fair market value in lieu of transferring such ESS.

During Fiscal 2019, we made ESS repayments to PMT totaling $40.3 million. During Fiscal 2019, we also incurred $1.7 million in ESS recapture expense payable to PMT.

Master Repurchase Agreement with the Issuer Trust

On December 19, 2016, through PLS, we entered into a master repurchase agreement, or the PMH Repurchase Agreement, with one of PMT’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, PennyMac Holdings, LLC, or PMH, pursuant to which PMH may borrow from us for the purpose of financing PMH’s participation certificates representing beneficial ownership in ESS. PLS thenre-pledges such participation certificates to PNMAC GMSR ISSUER TRUST, or the Issuer Trust, under a master repurchase agreement, or the PC Repurchase Agreement, by and among PLS, the Issuer Trust and PNMAC, as guarantor. The Issuer Trust was formed for the purpose of allowing PLS to finance MSRs and ESS relating to such MSRs in a structured financing transaction referred to as the “GNMA MSR Facility.”

In connection with the GNMA MSR Facility, PLS pledges and/or sells to the Issuer Trust participation certificates representing beneficial interests in MSRs and ESS pursuant to the terms of the PC Repurchase Agreement. In return, the Issuer Trust (a) has issued to PLS, pursuant to the terms of an indenture, the Series 2016-MSRVF1 Variable Funding Note, dated December 19, 2016, known as the “PNMAC GMSR ISSUER TRUST MSR Collateralized Notes, Series 2016-MSRVF1,” or the VFN, and (b) has issued and may, from time to time pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture, issue to institutional investors additional term notes, or the Term Notes, in each case secured on a pari passu basis by the participation certificates relating to the MSRs and ESS. The maximum principal balance of the VFN is $1 billion.

The principal amount paid by PLS for the participation certificates under the PMH Repurchase Agreement is based upon a percentage of the market value of the underlying ESS. Upon PMH’s repurchase of the participation certificates, PMH is required to repay PLS the principal amount relating thereto plus accrued interest (at a rate reflective of the current market and consistent with the weighted average note rate of the VFN and any outstanding Term Notes) to the date of such repurchase. PLS is then required to repay the Issuer Trust the corresponding amount under the PC Repurchase Agreement.

During Fiscal 2019, PMT paid us $6.3 million in interest to finance ESS under the PMH Repurchase Agreement and we, in turn, paid an identical amount to the Issuer Trust under the PC Repurchase Agreement.

Loan Purchase Agreement

We have entered into a mortgage loan purchase agreement with PMT. Currently, we use the mortgage loan purchase agreement for the purpose of selling to PMT residential mortgage loans originated by us. The loan purchase agreement contains customary terms and provisions, including representations and warranties, covenants, repurchase remedies and indemnities. The purchase prices paid to us by PMT for such loans are market-based.

During Fiscal 2019, PMT purchased from us under the mortgage loan purchase agreement residential mortgage loans with an unpaid principal balance of $6.1 billion at an aggregate purchase price of $6.3 billion.

Reimbursement Agreement

In connection with the initial public offering of PMT’s common shares on August 4, 2009, or the IPO, we entered into a reimbursement agreement with PMT pursuant to which PMT agreed to reimburse us for the $2.9 million payment, or the Conditional Reimbursement, that we made to the underwriters for the IPO if we satisfied certain performance measures over a specified period of time. Effective February 1, 2013, we amended the terms of the reimbursement agreement to provide for PMT’s payment of the Conditional Reimbursement if PMT is required to pay us performance incentive fees under the PMT Management Agreement at a rate of $10 in reimbursement for every $100 of performance incentive fees earned. The payment of the Conditional Reimbursement is subject to a maximum reimbursement in any

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particular12-month period of approximately $1.0 million and the maximum amount that may be reimbursed under the reimbursement agreement is approximately $2.9 million. The term of the reimbursement agreement was extended and now expires on February 1, 2023.

We received $580,000 in reimbursement payments from PMT during Fiscal 2019.

Investments in PMT

Our Investment in PMT

We received dividends of $141,000 in Fiscal 2019 as a result of our investment in common shares of PMT.

Other Transactions With Related Persons

Related Party Employment Relationships

Presently, we employ Mr. Kurland’sbrother-in-law, Robert Schreibman. We established Mr. Schreibman’s compensation in accordance with our employment and compensation practices applicable to employees with equivalent qualifications and responsibilities holding similar positions. None of the executive officers has a material interest in this employment relationship nor do any of them share a home with Mr. Schreibman. Mr. Schreibman does not report directly to any of our executive officers.

We have employed Mr. Schreibman since 2008, and his current title is Senior Vice President, Asset Management. In this capacity, he received the following approximate amounts in Fiscal 2019: $273,000 in base salary and annual performance-based cash incentive, insurance premium payments in the amount of $18,453, a $10,513 contribution to his 401(k) plan and a $900 payment for mobile phone expenses. During Fiscal 2019, we granted Mr. Schreibman time-based and performance-based RSUs with a total grant date fair value of $51,066. Mr. Schreibman has also been entitled to receive employee benefits generally available to all employees.

Presently, we also employ Mr. Vandad Fartaj’s brother, Vala Fartaj. We established Mr. Vala Fartaj’s compensation in accordance with our employment and compensation practices applicable to employees with equivalent qualifications and responsibilities holding similar positions. None of the executive officers has a material interest in this employment relationship nor do any of them share a home with Mr. Vala Fartaj. Mr. Vala Fartaj does not report directly to any of our executive officers.

We have employed Mr. Vala Fartaj since 2008, and his current title is Executive Vice President, Portfolio Investments. In this capacity, he received the following approximate amounts in Fiscal 2019: $517,483 in base salary and annual performance-based cash incentive, insurance premium payments in the amount of $6,948, a $9,956 contribution to his 401(k) plan and a $900 payment for mobile phone expenses.

During Fiscal 2019, we granted Mr. Vala Fartaj time-based and performance-based RSUs with a total grant date fair value of $97,341. Mr. Vala Fartaj has also been entitled to receive employee benefits generally available to all employees.

Presently, we also employ Mr. Kurland’sson-in-law, Oliver Rubinstein. We established Mr. Rubinstein’s compensation in accordance with our employment and compensation practices applicable to employees with equivalent qualifications and responsibilities holding similar positions. None of the executive officers has a material interest in this employment relationship nor do any of them share a home with Mr. Rubinstein. Mr. Rubinstein does not report directly to any of our executive officers.

We have employed Mr. Rubinstein since 2011, and his current title is Senior Vice President, Products and Pricing Strategy. In this capacity, he received the following approximate amounts in Fiscal 2019: $275,417 in base salary and annual performance-based cash incentive, insurance premium payments in the amount of $16,881, an $8,068 contribution to his 401(k) plan and a $300 payment for mobile phone expenses. During Fiscal 2019, we granted Mr. Rubinstein time-based and performance-based RSUs with a total grant date fair value of $54,962. Mr. Rubinstein has also been entitled to receive employee benefits generally available to all employees.

PNMAC Foodservice Agreement with Me N U Kitchen, Inc.

PNMAC offers its employees a cafeteria and dining area in several of its locations for the purpose of providing the employees access to breakfast and lunch onsite, as well as catering services for special company events. PNMAC bears all costs and expenses associated with managing and operating the cafeteria and kitchen facilities, including food, labor, rent, owned and leased equipment and utilities (including telephone and internet availability). Such costs and expenses are partially offset by revenues generated through food sales, with the remainder subsidized by PNMAC.

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The cafeterias are managed and operated under a foodservice agreement with Me N U Kitchen, Inc., or MNU. Marci Grogin, who owns 100% of MNU, is the wife of Jeffrey P. Grogin, who served as one of our executive officers during Fiscal 2019. Pursuant to the terms of the foodservice agreement, MNU provides onsite foodservice (including cafeteria and catering services) to PNMAC and its employees on a contract basis. MNU also facilitates PNMAC’s payment of certain of the costs and expenses described, and PNMAC reimburses or otherwise advances to MNU the amounts necessary to pass through such costs and expenses. For these services, PNMAC pays MNU a monthly management fee of $10,000. For its services in 2019, PNMAC paid MNU management fees of $120,000. We believe that the management fees paid to MNU are fair and reasonable.

Post-Retirement Discretionary Payment

In June 2019, Ms. McCallion retired from her position as our Senior Managing Director and Chief Enterprise Operations Officer and continued her service as a member of our Board. While serving as a member of our Board in December 2019, Ms. McCallion received a $220,000 discretionary payment, to which she became entitled to receive in her capacity as an employee. This discretionary payment was approved by the Compensation Committee in light of the Company’s exceptional performance during Fiscal 2019. In February 2020, Ms. McCallion also received an annual performance-based cash incentive payment in the amount of $925,000, to which she became entitled to in her capacity as an employee.

Other Agreements and Arrangements

PCM paid approximately $123,000 in 2019 to BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc., as a fee for use of the BlackRock Solutions AnSer and Market Data analytics software.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and directors. The indemnification agreements provide the executive officers and directors with contractual rights to indemnification, expense advancement and reimbursement, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. In addition, our indemnification agreements also provide that we are required to advance expenses to our directors and officers as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified and that the rights conferred in the indemnification agreements are not exclusive.

The limited liability company agreement of PNMAC also requires PNMAC to indemnify its officers, members, managers and other affiliates to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, and advance expenses to its officers, members, managers and other affiliates as incurred in connection with legal proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified. The rights conferred in the limited liability company agreement of PNMAC are not exclusive.

There is no pending litigation or proceeding naming any of our directors or officers to which indemnification is being sought, and we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any director or officer.

Approval of Related Party Transactions

Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics requires everyone subject to the code to be scrupulous in avoiding a conflict of interest as it relates to our interests and the interests of our employees, officers and directors when such individuals are acting for or on our behalf. The code prohibits us from, among other things, entering into a transaction or a business relationship with a related party or an immediate family member of such related person or with a company in which such a related party or such immediate family member has a substantial financial interest, unless such transaction and relationship are disclosed to and approved in advance by our Board.

We have also adopted a written policy that specifically governs related party transactions. The related party transactions policy generally prohibits any related party transaction unless it is reviewed and approved by our Related Party Matters Committee and/or a majority of our independent directors in accordance with the policy. With certain exceptions, a related party transaction is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we (including any of our subsidiaries) were, are or will be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, and in which any related party has,

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had or will have a direct or indirect interest. A related party is any person who is, or at any time since the beginning of our last fiscal year was, an employee, director or executive officer of our Company or a nominee to become a director of our Company; any person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities; any immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons (which means any child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling,mother-in-law,father-in-law,son-in-law,daughter-in-law,brother-in-law, orsister-in-law of any of the foregoing persons); and any firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing persons is employed or is a general partner or principal or in a similar position or in which such person has a 5% or greater beneficial ownership interest. In determining whether to approve a related party transaction, the Related Party Matters Committee and/or independent directors consider all facts and circumstances that they deem relevant to the transaction, including, among other things, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction.

The related party transactions policy governs the process for identifying potential related party transactions and seeking review, approval and/or ratification of such transactions. In addition, each of our employees, directors and executive officers is required to complete an annual disclosure questionnaire and report all transactions with us in which they and their immediate family members had or will have a direct or indirect material interest with respect to us. We review these questionnaires and, if we determine that it is necessary, discuss any reported transactions with our Related Party Matters Committee and/or our Board in accordance with the related party transactions policy.

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Annual Report on Form10-K

Our Annual Report on Form10-K for Fiscal 2019, which contains our consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2019, accompanies this Proxy Statement, but is not a part of our soliciting materials. Stockholders of record as of the record date may obtain, without charge, a paper copy of our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC, including the financial statements and schedules thereto, without the accompanying exhibits, upon written request to Investor Relations, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361. A list of exhibits is included in our Annual Report on Form10-K and exhibits are available from us upon the payment to us of the cost of furnishing them. Our Annual Report on Form10-K is also available on our website, www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com, under “SEC Filings,” A list of exhibits is included in the Form10-K and exhibits are available from us upon payment to us of the cost of furnishing them.

Other Matters

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

We believe that based solely upon our review of copies of forms we have received or written representations from reporting persons, during Fiscal 2019, all filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act applicable to our officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than ten percent of our common stock were complied with on a timely basis.

Other Matters for Consideration at the Annual Meeting

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, our Board does not know of any matter that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting other than as described in this Proxy Statement. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your signed proxy card authorizes David A. Spector, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Derek W. Stark, our Secretary, to vote on those matters according to their best judgment.

Householding of Proxy Materials

As permitted by the SEC, we will deliver a single copy of the notice, proxy statement and annual report to stockholders who have the same address and last name, unless we have received contrary instructions from such stockholders. Each stockholder will continue to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure, called “householding,” will reduce the volume of duplicate information you receive and reduce our printing and postage costs, which is consistent with our corporate sustainability efforts. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of the proxy statement and annual report to any such stockholder upon written or oral request. A stockholder wishing to receive a separate proxy statement or annual report can notify us at Investor Relations, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, telephone: (818)264-4907. Similarly, stockholders currently receiving multiple copies of these documents can request the elimination of duplicate documents by contacting us as described above.

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Information Concerning Voting and Solicitation

General Meeting Information

Our Annual Meeting will be held at our corporate offices located at 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, subject to any postponements or adjournments thereof. The Board is soliciting proxies to be voted at our Annual Meeting. Pursuant to rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials primarily via the Internet, rather than mailing paper copies of these materials to each stockholder. On or about April 3, 2020, we began mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, which contains instructions on how to access the proxy materials, vote, and request paper copies of the proxy materials. Access to the proxy materials and online voting will be available at www.proxyvote.com. We believe this process expedites stockholders’ receipt of the proxy materials, lowers the cost of printing and distribution, and reduces the environmental impact associated with the Annual Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on May 28, 2020

This Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, are available atwww.proxyvote.com. At this website, you will find a complete set of the following proxy materials: Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and 2019 Annual Report and form proxy card. You are encouraged to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before submitting a proxy or voting at the Annual Meeting.

What am I voting on?

What am I voting on?

You will be entitled to vote on the following scheduled proposals at the Annual Meeting:

 

The election of eleven (11)twelve (12) directors, Stanford L. Kurland, David A. Spector, Anne D. McCallion, Matthew Botein, James K. Hunt, Jonathon S. Jacobson, Doug Jones, Patrick Kinsella, Joseph Mazzella, Anne D. McCallion, Farhad Nanji, Jeffrey A. Perlowitz, Lisa M. Shalett, Theodore W. Tozer, and Emily Youssouf, each for aone-year one year term expiring at the 20212024 annual meeting of stockholders;

 

The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; and2023;

 

The approval, bynon-binding vote, of our executive compensation.compensation; and

How does our BoardThe recommendation, by non-binding vote, of Directors recommend that I vote on these proposals?

Our Boardthe frequency of Directors, or the Board, recommends that you vote“FOR” the approval of all proposals set forth herein.executive compensation vote.

Who can attend the Annual Meeting?

Our Board has set March 30, 2020

How does our Board of Directors recommend that I vote on these proposals?

Our Board of Directors, or the Board, recommends that you vote “FOR” the approval of Proposals I, II and III and for “ONE YEAR” on Proposal IV.

Who can attend the Annual Meeting?

Our Board has set April 19, 2023 as the record date for the Annual Meeting.

The 2023 Annual Meeting will be conducted online via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023 on Tuesday,

June 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, subject to any postponements or adjournments thereof. To be admitted to the Annual Meeting virtually, you will need to log-in to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023 using the 16-digit control number found on the proxy card, voting instruction form, notice of internet availability of proxy materials or email, as applicable, previously sent or made available to stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The live audio webcast of the Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Online access to the audio webcast will open 15 minutes prior to the start of the Annual Meeting to allow time for you to log-in and test your device’s audio system. We encourage you to access the meeting in advance of the designated start time. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the 2023 Annual Meeting or during the meeting time, please call the technical support number on the virtual meeting site. Stockholders may submit questions related to the items of business set forth on the agenda in advance of the Annual Meeting by sending an email to PFSI_IR@pnmac.com (stockholders are asked to include the full name of the account holder so we can confirm your status as a stockholder). Questions must be received by 5:00 PM PT on June 12, 2023.

Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

If you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on the record date, you are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. As of the record date, 49,967,783 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. You are entitled to one vote on each proposal for each share of common stock you held on the record date.

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How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

The presence in person (virtually via live webcast) or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting on any matter constitutes a quorum, which is required in order to hold the Annual Meeting and conduct business. There were 49,967,783 shares of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on the record date. Therefore, a quorum will be present if 24,983,892 shares of our common stock are present in person or represented by executed proxies timely received by us at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, we expect that the Annual Meeting will be adjourned to solicit additional proxies.

What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?

Proposal I. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for a majority voting standard for the election of directors in an uncontested election. Under this voting standard, directors will be elected at the annual meeting by a majority of votes cast by holders of our common stock, meaning that the number of shares voted “FOR” a director must exceed the number of shares voted “AGAINST” that director. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors.

If any incumbent nominee for director fails to receive the required majority vote for election or re-election, the director will promptly tender to the Board for its consideration his or her offer to resign from the Board.

Proposals II & III. Approval of our proposals to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP and to approve our executive compensation requires the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by holders of our common stock, meaning that the number of shares voted “FOR” such proposal must exceed the number of shares voted “AGAINST” that proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the proposals.

Proposal IV. The frequency of the non-binding executive compensation vote (i.e., every one, two or three years) that receives the highest number of votes cast will be treated as the option recommended by our stockholders. You may vote “ONE YEAR,” “TWO YEARS,” or “THREE YEARS” on the proposal to recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of the executive compensation vote and you may also “ABSTAIN.” Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

Please note, however, that the vote on Proposals II, III and IV will be advisory only and will not be binding. The results of the votes on these proposals will be taken into consideration by our Board or the appropriate committee of our Board, as applicable, when making future decisions regarding these matters.

How will voting on any other business be conducted?

Other than the proposals described in this Proxy Statement, we know of no other business to be considered at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your signed proxy card or Internet or telephonic voting instructions will authorize our designated proxies, David A. Spector, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Derek W. Stark, our Secretary, to vote on those matters according to their best judgment.

How do I vote my shares as a stockholder of record?

If you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on the record date, you may vote as instructed on the proxy card by using one of the following methods:

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By Mail. If you werereceived a stockholder of record of our common stock asprinted copy of the close of businessproxy materials, please mark your selections on, and sign and date, the record date, you are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting, although seating is limited. If you plan to attend, please check the appropriate box on yourprinted proxy card, and return it as directed on the proxy card.

If you hold your common stock through a brokerage firm or bank and you would like to attend, please either (1) write us at Investor

Relations, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, (2) email us atPFSI_IR@pnmac.com, or (3) bring to the Annual Meeting a copy of your brokerage account statement or an omnibus proxy (which you can get from your broker).

In addition, you must bring valid, government-issued photo identification, such as a driver’s license or a passport. No cameras or recording devices of any kind, or signs, placards, banners or similar materials, may be brought into the Annual Meeting. Anyone who refuses to comply with these requirements will not be admitted.

We intend to hold our Annual Meeting in person. However, we are monitoring developments regarding coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) and are planning for the possibility that the Annual Meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. If we take this step, we will issue a press release announcing such change in advance, file the announcement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as additional proxy material, and will provide details on how to access, participate in and vote at the Annual Meeting at www.proxyvote.com or on our Investor Relations website at www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com/2020AnnMtg. As always, we encourage you to vote your shares prior to the annual meeting.

Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

If you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on the record date, you are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof. As of the record date, 79,190,245 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding. You are entitled to one vote on each proposal for each share of common stock you held on the record date.

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How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

The presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all votes entitled to be cast at the Annual Meeting on any matter constitutes a quorum, which is required in order to hold the Annual Meeting and conduct business.

Since there were 79,190,245 eligible votes as of the record date, we will need at least 39,595,123 votes present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting for a quorum to exist. If a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, we expect that the Annual Meeting will be adjourned to solicit additional proxies.

What stockholder approvals are required to approve the proposals?

Election of Directors. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for a majority voting standard for the election of directors in an uncontested election. Under this voting standard, directors will be elected at the annual meeting by a majority of votes cast by holders of our common stock, meaning that the number of shares voted “FOR” a director must exceed the number of shares voted “AGAINST” that director. Abstentions and brokernon-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors.

If any nominee for director fails to receive the required majority vote for election orre-election, the director will promptly tender to the Board for its consideration his or her offer to resign from the Board.

Other Proposals. Approval of each of the other proposals (namely, our proposals to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP and to approve our executive compensation) also requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal. While brokernon-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the approval of these proposals, abstentions will be treated as votes against Proposals II and III.

Please note, however, that the vote on our proposals to approve our executive compensation and to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP will be advisory only and will not be binding. The results of the votes on these proposals will be taken into consideration by our Board or the appropriate committee of our Board, as applicable, when making future decisions regarding these matters.

How will voting on any other business be conducted?

Other than the three proposals described in this Proxy Statement, we know of no other business to be considered at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your signed proxy card or Internet or telephonic voting instructions will authorize David A. Spector, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Derek W. Stark, our Secretary, to vote on those matters according to their best judgment.

How do I vote my shares as a stockholder of record?

If you were a stockholder of record of our common stock as of the close of business on the record date, you may vote as instructed on the proxy card by using one ofmail in the following methods:postage-paid envelope provided.

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By Internet. To vote by Internet, go to www.proxyvote.com and follow the instructions at that website. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day, although your vote by Internet must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. If you vote by Internet, do not return your proxy card or voting instruction card. If you are a registered stockholder, you will need to have your proxy card in hand when you access the website and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. If you hold your shares in “street name,” please refer to the Notice or voting instruction card provided to you by your broker, bank or other holder of record for Internet voting instructions.

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By Telephone. To vote by telephone, registered stockholders should dial800-690-6903 and follow the recorded instructions. Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day, although your vote by phone must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before thecut-off date or meeting date. You will need the control number found either on the Notice or on the proxy card if you are receiving a printed copy of these materials. If you vote by telephone, do not return your proxy card or voting instruction card. If you are a registered stockholder, you will need to have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. If you hold your shares in “street name,” please refer to the Notice or voting instruction card provided to you by your broker, bank or other holder of record for telephone voting instructions.

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In Person. If you attend the Annual Meeting and plan to vote in person, you will be provided with a ballot at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are registered directly in your name, you are considered the stockholder of record and you have the right to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in “street name” and you wish to vote at the Annual Meeting, you must request a legal proxy by following the instructions atwww.proxyvote.com. Whether you are a stockholder of record or your shares are held in “street name,” you must bring valid, government-issued photo identification to gain admission to the Annual Meeting.

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If you vote prior to the Annual Meeting, it will assure that your vote is counted. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance of the Annual Meeting, so your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the Annual Meeting. Whether you vote by mail, by Internet, by telephone or in person at the Annual Meeting, the proxies identified will vote the shares as to which you are the stockholder of record in accordance with your instructions. If a printed proxy card is signed and returned and no instructions are marked, the shares will be voted as recommended by our Board in this Proxy Statement.

What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a “street name” holder?

If your shares of common stock are registered directly in your name, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. If your shares of common stock are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank, trust or other nominee, then the broker, bank, trust or other nominee is considered to be the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. However, you still are considered the beneficial owner of those shares, and your shares are said to be held in “street name.” Street name holders generally cannot vote their shares directly and must instead instruct the broker, bank, trust or other nominee how to vote their shares.

If my broker holds my shares in “street name,” how do Iplease refer to the Notice or voting instruction card provided to you by your broker, bank or other holder of record for Internet voting instructions.

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by telephone, registered stockholders should dial 800-690-6903 and follow the recorded instructions. Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day, although your vote by phone must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. You will need the control number found either on the Notice or on the proxy card if you are receiving a printed copy of these materials. If you ownvote by telephone, do not return your proxy card or voting instruction card. If you are a registered stockholder, you will need to have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. If you hold your shares of common stock in “street name,” please refer to the Notice or voting instruction card provided to you mustby your broker, bank or other holder of record for telephone voting instructions.

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Online Annual Meeting. You may vote your shares induring the manner prescribedAnnual Meeting (up until the closing of the polls) by your broker or other nominee. Your broker or other nominee has provided a voting instruction form for you to use in directing the broker or nominee how to vote your shares. Please followfollowing the instructions provided on such voting instruction form.available at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023 during the meeting.

What if I do not specify how I want my shares voted?

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If you vote prior to the Annual Meeting, it will assure that your vote is counted. Even if you plan to attend the online Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance of the Annual Meeting, so your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the Annual Meeting. Whether you vote by mail, by Internet, by telephone or at the online Annual Meeting, the proxies identified will vote the shares as to which you are the stockholder of record in accordance with your instructions. If a printed proxy card is signed and returned and no instructions are marked, the shares will be voted as recommended by our Board in this Proxy Statement.

What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a “street name” holder?

If your shares of common stock are registered directly in your name, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. If your shares of common stock are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank, trust or other nominee, then the broker, bank, trust or other nominee is considered to be the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. However, you still are considered the beneficial owner of those shares, and your shares are said to be held in “street name.” Street name holders generally cannot vote their shares directly and must instead instruct the broker, bank, trust or other nominee how to vote their shares.

If my broker holds my shares in “street name,” how do I vote my shares?

If you own your shares of common stock in “street name,” you must vote your shares in the manner prescribed by your broker or other nominee. Your broker or other nominee has provided a voting instruction form for you to use in directing the broker or nominee how to vote your shares. Please follow the instructions provided on such voting instruction form.

What if I do not specify how I want my shares voted?

If you submit a signed proxy card and do not specify how you want to vote your shares, we will vote your shares in accordance with the Board’s recommendations as follows:

 

FOR the election of the director nominees identified in this Proxy Statement to serve on our Board of Directors, each for a term expiring at the 20212024 annual meeting of stockholders;

 

FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; and2023;

 

FOR the approval, bynon-binding vote, of our executive compensation.compensation; and

May I revoke my proxy and change my vote after submitting my proxy?

Yes. You may revoke your proxy and change your vote before it is taken atFor “One Year” as the Annual Meeting by (1) delivering a written notice of revocation tofrequency for holding the attention of our Secretary at 3043 Townsgate

Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, (2) delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or (3) attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. As noted above, if you own your shares through a brokerage account or in another nominee form, you cannot vote in person at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a proxy from your broker or nominee and bring that proxy to the Annual Meeting.

What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?

It means that your shares may be registered differently and in more than one account. Sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all your shares are voted.

How are votes counted?

You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the election of each nominee for the Board identified in this Proxy Statement. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 and the proposal to approve, bynon-binding vote, our executive compensation. An abstention is the voluntary act of not voting by a shareholder who is present at a meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote.

Abstentions and brokernon-votes with respect to any matter will be counted as present and entitled to vote on that matter for purposes of establishing a quorum. A brokernon-vote will not have any effect on a proposal where the requirement for approval is the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast by the holders of vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal, while abstentions will be treated as a vote against such proposal. Accordingly, brokernon-votes will not have any effect on Proposals II and III, while abstentions will be treated as votes against Proposals II and III. Neither abstentions nor brokernon-votes will have any effect on Proposal I.

If you hold your shares in “street name” and do not provide voting instructions to your broker or other nominee, your shares will not be voted on any proposal on which your broker or other nominee does not have discretionary authority to vote under the rules of The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE. Under NYSE rules, brokers that hold our common stock in street name for customers that are the beneficial owners of those shares may not give a proxy to vote those shares on certain matters, including the election of directors and ouradvisory (non-binding) executive compensation program, without specific instructions from those customers. When a broker lacks authority to vote under these circumstances, this is referred to as a “brokernon-vote.” Brokernon-votesvote.

May I revoke my proxy and change my vote after submitting my proxy?

Yes. You may revoke your proxy and change your vote before it is taken at the Annual Meeting by delivering a written notice of revocation to the attention of our Secretary at 3043 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village, California 91361, or delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date.

What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?

It means that your shares may be registered differently and in more than one account. Sign and return all proxy cards to ensure that all your shares are voted.

How are votes counted?

You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the election of each nominee for the Board identified in this Proxy Statement. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN” on the proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 and the proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, our executive compensation. You may vote “ONE YEAR,” “TWO YEARS,” or “THREE YEARS” on the proposal to recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of the executive compensation vote and you may also “ABSTAIN.” An abstention is the voluntary act of not voting by a stockholder who is present at a meeting in person or by proxy and entitled to vote.

Abstentions and broker non-votes will not have any effect on a proposal where the requirement for approval is the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will not have any effect on Proposals I, II, III and IV.

If you hold your shares in “street name” and do not provide voting instructions to your broker or other nominee, your shares will not be voted on any proposal on which your broker or other nominee does not have discretionary authority to vote under the rules of the NYSE. Under NYSE rules, brokers, banks and other securities intermediaries that are subject to the NYSE rules and that hold our common stock in street name for customers that are the beneficial owners of those shares may use their discretion to vote your “uninstructed” shares on matters that are considered to be “routine” under NYSE rules, but not with respect to “non-routine” matters, including the election of directors and our executive compensation program, without specific instructions from those customers. When a broker, bank or other agent lacks authority to vote under these circumstances because they have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, this is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Broker non-votes will be counted as present at the Annual Meeting for the purpose of determining a quorum but will not be considered votes cast and, accordingly, will have no effect on any proposal to be considered at the Annual Meeting. Proposals I, III and IV are considered to be “non-routine” under NYSE rules such that your broker, bank or other agent may not vote your shares on those proposals in the

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absence of your voting instructions. Conversely, Proposal II is considered to be “routine” under NYSE rules and thus if you do not return voting instructions to your broker, your shares may be voted by your broker in its discretion on Proposal II.

Who will count the vote?

Representatives of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will count the votes for shares held in “street name” and the votes of stockholders of record. Representatives of our Company will serve as the Inspector of Elections.

How will we solicit proxies for the Annual Meeting?

We are soliciting proxies from our stockholders by mailing the Notice and providing internet access, at www.proxyvote.com, to our Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement, 2022 Annual Report to Stockholders, and proxy card or voting instruction form. In addition, some of our directors and officers may make additional solicitations by telephone or in person.

Who bears the cost of soliciting proxies?

We will pay the cost of the solicitation of proxies, including preparing and mailing the Notice. To the extent any of our directors or officers solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile transmission or other personal contact, such persons will receive no additional compensation. Brokerage houses and other nominees, fiduciaries and custodians who are holders of record of our common stock will be requested to forward proxy soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of such shares and will be reimbursed by us for their charges and expenses in connection therewith at customary and reasonable rates.

Can I access the Company’s proxy materials and Annual Report to Stockholders electronically?

This Proxy Statement and our 2022 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year

ended December 31, 2022, or Fiscal 2022, are available at www.proxyvote.com and on the Company’s Investor Relations website, www.pfsi.pennymac.com/2023AnnMtg.

When are stockholder proposals due for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?

No stockholder proposals were received by us to be presented at the Annual Meeting. We intend to hold next year’s annual meeting of stockholders on approximately the same date as the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, if you are submitting a proposal for possible inclusion in next year’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, we must receive the proposal no later than December 23, 2023. If you are submitting a proposal or nomination for consideration at next year’s annual meeting other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, we must receive the proposal or nomination no earlier than February 14, 2024 and no later than March 15, 2024.

To comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice by the same deadline noted herein to submit a notice of nomination for consideration at next year’s annual meeting. Such notice must comply with the additional requirements of Rule 14a-19(b).

Who can help answer my questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares or if you need additional copies of this Proxy Statement or the proxy card, you should contact:

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

Attention: Investor Relations

3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

Phone: (818) 264-4907

Email: PFSI_IR@pnmac.com

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VOTE BY INTERNET

Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 12, 2023. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PFSI2023

You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 12, 2023. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

 

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Who will count the vote?

Representatives of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will count the votes for shares held in “street name” and the votes of stockholders of record. Representatives of our Company will serve as the Inspector of Elections.

How will we solicit proxies for the Annual Meeting?

We are soliciting proxies from our stockholders by mailing the Notice and providing internet access, atwww.proxyvote.com, to our Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement, 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders, and proxy card or voting instruction form. In addition, some of our directors and officers may make additional solicitations by telephone or in person.

Who bears the cost of soliciting proxies?

We will pay the cost of the solicitation of proxies, including preparing and mailing the Notice. To the extent any of our directors or officers solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile transmission or other personal contact, such persons will receive no additional compensation. Brokerage houses and other nominees, fiduciaries and custodians who are holders of record of our common stock will be requested to forward proxy soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of such shares and will be reimbursed by us for their charges and expenses in connection therewith at customary and reasonable rates.

Can I access the Company’s proxy materials and Annual Report to Stockholders electronically?

This Proxy Statement and our 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders, which includes our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year

ended December 31, 2019, or Fiscal 2019, are available at www.proxyvote.com and on our Investor Relations website, www.ir.pennymacfinancial.com/2020AnnMtg.

When are stockholder proposals due for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?

No stockholder proposals were received by us to be presented at the Annual Meeting. We intend to hold next year’s annual meeting of stockholders on approximately the same date as the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, if you are submitting a proposal for possible inclusion in next year’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, we must receive the proposal no later than December 4, 2020. If you are submitting a proposal or nomination for consideration at next year’s annual meeting other than pursuant to Rule14a-8 of the Exchange Act, we must receive the proposal or nomination no earlier than January 28, 2021 and no later than March February 27, 2021.

Who can help answer my questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares or if you need additional copies of this Proxy Statement or the proxy card, you should contact:

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

Attention: Investor Relations

3043 Townsgate Road

Westlake Village, California 91361

Phone: (818)264-4907

Email: PFSI_IR@pnmac.com

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PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

1.  To elect the eleven (11)twelve (12) director nominees identified in the enclosed Proxy Statement to serve on our Board of Directors, each for aone-year term expiring at the 20212024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

            Nominees:

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1a.     Stanford L. Kurland 1b.   David  A. Spector

1b.   James K. Hunt

1c.   Jonathon S. Jacobson

1d.   Doug Jones

1e.   Patrick Kinsella

1f.    Anne D. McCallion 1d.     Matthew Botein 1e.     James K. Hunt 1f.     Patrick Kinsella

1g.    Joseph Mazzella !    ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

1h.   Farhad Nanji ! ! !

1i.   Jeffrey A. Perlowitz ! ! !

1j.    Lisa M. Shalett

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1k.   Theodore W. Tozer ! ! ! 1k.

1l.    Emily Youssouf ! ! !

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3. 3:ForAgainstAbstain

2.  To ratify the appointment of our independent registered ! ! ! public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. 2023.

3.  To approve, bynon-binding vote, our executive
For address changes and/or comments, please check this box and write them    ! compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote One Year on proposal 4:1 Year2 Year3 YearAbstain

4.  Advisory vote on the back where indicated.frequency with which we hold advisory votes on our executive compensation. ! ! !
Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting. !    !

NOTE: To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any postponement or
Yes    No adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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Meeting Information We intend to hold our Annual Meeting in person. However, we are monitoring developments regarding coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) and are planning for the possibility that the Annual Meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. If we take this step, we will issue a press release announcing such change in advance, file the announcement with the Securities and Exchange Commission as additional proxy material, and will provide details on how to access, participate in and vote at the Annual Meeting. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the 2020 Annual Meeting: The Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Proxy Statement and 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.proxyvote.com. E97780-P36175 PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 28, 2020

June 13, 2023 11:00 AM PDT

THE PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned hereby appoints David A. Spector and Derek W. Stark, and each of them, with the power to act without the other and with power of substitution, as proxies andattorneys-in-fact, and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as provided on the other side, all of the shares of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. the undersigned is entitled to vote, and, in their discretion, to vote upon other such business as may properly come before the 20202023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held May 28, 2020,June 13, 2023, or at any adjournmentadjournments or postponementpostponements thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if present at the meeting.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors. Address Changes/Comments:      (If you noted any Address Changes/Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.)

Continued and to be signed on reverse side