Realogy Reports Financial Results For Second Quarter 2015

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Residential Real Estate Leader Reports Revenue of $1.7 billion, a 9% Increase Year-over-Year;

Q2 Homesale Transaction Volume Increases 10% Year-over-Year

MADISON, N.J., July 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Realogy Holdings Corp. RLGY, a global leader in residential real estate franchising and prominent provider of real estate brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement services, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, including the following highlights:

  • Revenue of $1.7 billion, which represents a 9% increase compared to second quarter 2014, was driven by higher homesale transaction volume.
  • Net income for second quarter 2015 was $97 million, and basic earnings per share was $0.66, representing increases of 43% and 40%, respectively, compared to the prior year period.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $282 million, compared to $269 million in the second quarter of 2014, a year-over-year increase of $13 million.
  • Realogy generated $273 million of free cash flow for the quarter, or $1.86 per share, compared to $198 million, or $1.36 per share, in the prior year period.
  • Realogy's franchise (RFG) and company-owned (NRT) business segments achieved a 10% increase in combined homesale transaction volume (transaction sides multiplied by average sale price) compared to second quarter 2014. RFG reported a homesale transaction increase of 5% and an average homesale price increase of 5%. NRT reported a homesale transaction increase of 13% and an average homesale price decrease of 4%. The increase in NRT's transaction sides was bolstered by the strategic addition of the Coldwell Banker United and ZipRealty brokerage operations, which have a lower average sales price.

"Our second quarter results continued the momentum from the first quarter," said Richard A. Smith, Realogy's chairman, chief executive officer and president.  "The fundamentals of the housing market continue to gain strength, and our results reflect these improving conditions along with the impact of our strategic growth initiatives."

Smith continued: "We delivered strong free cash flow of $273 million in the second quarter, which we believe demonstrates the strength of our business model. We expect that we will end the year with a cash balance of approximately $650 million, more than double the balance at December 31, 2014, which positions us to further delever our balance sheet."

"Looking ahead to the third quarter of 2015, we expect to see homesale transaction volume gains in the range of 7% to 10% year-over-year on a company-wide basis," said Anthony E. Hull, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. "Based on our closed and open sales activity in June and July, we expect third quarter homesale transaction sides to be up 5% to 7% year-over-year and average homesale price to increase 2% to 3% for RFG and NRT combined."

Hull continued: "Since our primary earnings quarters are the second and third quarters of each year, and we now have visibility into the third quarter, we are providing full year Adjusted EBITDA guidance at this time. We expect Realogy's Adjusted EBITDA will be between $810 to $840 million for the full year 2015 and expect that our Adjusted EBITDA margins will be between 14.1% to 14.3%."

The Company ended the quarter with a cash and cash equivalents balance of $359 million and no outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Total long-term corporate debt, including the short term portion, net of cash and cash equivalents, totaled $3,543 million at June 30, 2015.

A consolidated balance sheet is included as Table 2 of this press release.

Investor Conference Call

Today, July 31, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT), Realogy will hold a conference call via webcast to review its second quarter 2015 results. The call will be hosted by Richard A. Smith, chairman, chief executive officer and president, and Anthony E. Hull, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, and will conclude with an investor Q&A period with management.

Investors may access the conference call live via webcast at www.realogy.com under "Investors" or by dialing (888) 895-3527 (toll free); international participants should dial (706) 679-2250. Please dial in at least 5 to 10 minutes prior to start time. A webcast replay also will be available from July 31 through August 14, 2015.

About Realogy Holdings Corp.

Realogy Holdings Corp. RLGY is a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage with many of the best-known industry brands including Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, The Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby's International Realty® and ZipRealty®.  Collectively, Realogy's franchise system members operate approximately 13,500 offices with more than 254,800 independent sales associates conducting business in 111 countries and territories around the world.  NRT LLC, Realogy's company-owned real estate brokerage, is the largest residential brokerage company in the United States, operates under several of Realogy's brands and also provides related residential real estate services. The Company also owns Cartus, a prominent worldwide provider of relocation services to corporate and affinity clients, and Title Resource Group, a leading provider of title, settlement and underwriting services.  Realogy is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements."  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Realogy Holdings Corp. to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "projects", "estimates" and "plans" and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts.  Any statements that refer to expectations or other characterizations of future events, circumstances or results are forward-looking statements.

Various factors that could cause actual future results and other future events to differ materially from those estimated by management include, but are not limited to: adverse developments or the absence of sustained improvement in general business, economic and political conditions; adverse developments or the absence of improvement in the residential real estate markets including but not limited to the lack of sustained improvement in the number of home sales and/or stagnant or declining home prices, low levels of consumer confidence, the impact of slow economic growth or future recessions and related high levels of unemployment in the U.S. and abroad, continued low inventory levels, renewed high levels of foreclosures, seasonal fluctuations in the residential real estate brokerage business, and increasing mortgage rates and down payment requirements and/or constraints on the availability of mortgage financing; the Company's geographic and high-end market concentration, particularly with respect to its Company-owned brokerage operations; the Company's failure to enter into or renew franchise agreements or maintain its brands; risks relating to our outstanding debt and interest obligations; variable rate indebtedness which subjects the Company to interest rate risk; the Company's inability to access capital or refinance or repay existing indebtedness; the Company's inability to realize the benefits from acquisitions; any outbreak or escalation of hostilities on a national, regional or international basis; government regulation as well as legislative, tax or regulatory changes that would adversely impact the residential real estate market, including but not limited to potential reform of the financing of the U.S. housing and mortgage markets and/or the Internal Revenue Code and changes in state or federal employment laws or regulations that would require reclassification of independent contractor sales associates to employee status, and wage and hour regulations; the Company's inability to sustain improvements in its operating efficiency; and the final resolution or outcomes with respect to Cendant's (our former parent) remaining contingent liabilities.

Consideration should be given to the areas of risk described above, as well as those risks set forth under the headings "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and our other filings made from time to time, in connection with considering any forward-looking statements that may be made by us and our businesses generally.  Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless we are required to do so by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as defined under SEC rules. See Table 8 for definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures and Tables 5a, 5b, 6 and 7 for reconciliations of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP terms.

Because of the forward-looking nature of the Company's forecasted non-GAAP financial measures, specific quantifications of the amounts that would be required to reconcile forecasted Adjusted EBITDA to forecasted EBITDA and forecasted net income are not readily determinable. The Company believes that there is a degree of volatility with respect to certain of the Company's GAAP measures which preclude the Company from providing accurate forecasted GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations. Based on the above, the Company believes that providing estimates of the amounts that would be required to reconcile the range of the non-GAAP measures to forecasted GAAP measures would imply a degree of precision that would be confusing or misleading to investors for the reasons identified above.


Investor Contacts:


Media Contact:

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Mark Panus

(973) 407-4669


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alicia.swift@realogy.com


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Jennifer Pepper



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jennifer.pepper@realogy.com



        

Table 1

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)



Three Months Ended
June 30,


Six Months Ended
June 30,


2015


2014


2015


2014

Revenues








Gross commission income

$

1,278



$

1,170



$

2,059



$

1,908


Service revenue

228



211



399



376


Franchise fees

99



92



166



155


Other

46



39



89



80


Net revenues

1,651



1,512



2,713



2,519


Expenses








Commission and other agent-related costs

877



804



1,407



1,304


Operating

366



340



708



676


Marketing

59



52



115



103


General and administrative

92



65



170



135


Former parent legacy costs (benefit), net

(1)





(1)



1


Depreciation and amortization

52



46



98



92


Interest expense, net

50



73



118



143


Loss on the early extinguishment of debt



17





27


Other (income)/expense, net

(1)



(1)



(1)



(1)


Total expenses

1,494



1,396



2,614



2,480


Income before income taxes, equity in earnings
and noncontrolling interests

157



116



99



39


Income tax expense

66



51



42



17


Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities

(7)



(4)



(9)



(1)


Net income

98



69



66



23


Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(1)



(1)



(1)



(1)


Net income attributable to Realogy Holdings

$

97



$

68



$

65



$

22










Earnings per share attributable to Realogy Holdings:





Basic earnings per share

$

0.66



$

0.47



$

0.44



$

0.15


Diluted earnings per share

$

0.66



$

0.46



$

0.44



$

0.15


Weighted average common and common equivalent shares of Realogy Holdings outstanding:

Basic

146.5



145.9



146.4



145.9


Diluted

148.0



146.8



147.9



147.0


       

Table 1a

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share

(In millions, except per share data)



Three Months Ended
June 30,


Six Months Ended
June 30,


2015


2014


2015


2014

Net income attributable to Realogy Holdings

$

97



$

68



$

65



$

22


Addback:








Loss on the early extinguishment of debt, net of tax



17





27


Adjusted net income attributable to Realogy Holdings

$

97



$

85



$

65



$

49










Adjusted earnings per share








Basic earnings per share:

$

0.66



$

0.58



$

0.44



$

0.34


Diluted earnings per share:

$

0.66



$

0.58



$

0.44



$

0.33










Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding:








Basic:

146.5



145.9



146.4



145.9


Diluted:

148.0



146.8



147.9



147.0



     Adjusted net income is defined by us as net income before loss on the early extinguishment of debt.  Adjusted earnings per share is Adjusted net income divided by the weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding.  We present Adjusted net income and Adjusted earnings per share because we believe these measures are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the performance of our operating businesses and provides greater transparency into our results of operations.

        

Table 2

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except share data)

(Unaudited)



June 30,
 2015


December 31,
 2014



ASSETS




Current assets:




Cash and cash equivalents

$

359



$

313


Trade receivables (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $24 and $27)

163



116


Relocation receivables

434



297


Deferred income taxes

210



180


Other current assets

136



120


Total current assets

1,302



1,026


Property and equipment, net

236



233


Goodwill

3,554



3,477


Trademarks

736



736


Franchise agreements, net

1,462



1,495


Other intangibles, net

325



341


Other non-current assets

231



230


Total assets

$

7,846



$

7,538






LIABILITIES AND EQUITY




Current liabilities:




Accounts payable

$

154



$

128


Securitization obligations

389



269


Due to former parent

46



51


Current portion of long-term debt

519



19


Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

422



411


Total current liabilities

1,530



878


Long-term debt

3,383



3,891


Deferred income taxes

413



350


Other non-current liabilities

247



236


Total liabilities

5,573



5,355


Commitments and contingencies




Equity:




Realogy Holdings preferred stock: $.01 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, none
  issued and outstanding at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014




Realogy Holdings common stock: $.01 par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized,
  146,591,075 shares outstanding at June 30, 2015 and 146,382,923 shares outstanding
  at December 31, 2014

1



1


Additional paid-in capital

5,702



5,677


Accumulated deficit

(3,399)



(3,464)


Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(35)



(35)


Total stockholders' equity

2,269



2,179


Noncontrolling interests

4



4


Total equity

2,273



2,183


Total liabilities and equity

$

7,846



$

7,538


        

Table 3a

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

2015 vs. 2014 KEY DRIVERS



Three Months Ended June 30,


Six Months Ended June 30,


2015


2014


% Change


2015


2014


% Change

Real Estate Franchise Services (a) (b)












Closed homesale sides

307,293



293,450



5

%


519,432



497,422



4

%

Average homesale price

$

266,456



$

252,606



5

%


$

260,296



$

246,088



6

%

Average homesale broker commission rate

2.52

%


2.53

%


(1)

 bps


2.52

%


2.53

%


(1)

 bps

Net effective royalty rate

4.48

%


4.46

%


2

bps


4.50

%


4.47

%


3

bps

Royalty per side

$

312



$

297



5

%


$

308



$

291



6

%

Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services











Closed homesale sides (c)

99,435



87,803



13

%


159,622



144,489



10

%

Average homesale price (d)

$

493,746



$

511,969



(4)

%


$

497,083



$

502,979



(1)

%

Average homesale broker commission rate

2.46

%


2.47

%


(1)

 bps


2.45

%


2.48

%


(3)

 bps

Gross commission income per side

$

12,830



$

13,335



(4)

%


$

12,901



$

13,220



(2)

%

Relocation Services












Initiations

51,528



51,306



%


89,696



89,205



1

%

Referrals

29,033



27,346



6

%


47,055



43,842



7

%

Title and Settlement Services












Purchase title and closing units

35,596



33,104



8

%


57,239



53,879



6

%

Refinance title and closing units

9,815



6,410



53

%


19,311



13,609



42

%

Average fee per closing unit

$

1,795



$

1,812



(1)

%


$

1,777



$

1,772



%


_______________

(a) Includes all franchisees except for our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.


(b) In April 2015, the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment acquired a large franchisee of the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.  As a result of the acquisition, the drivers of the acquired entity shifted between the segments.  Closed homesale sides for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment, excluding the impact of the acquisition, would have increased 7% and 6% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, compared to 2014.  The acquisition did not have a significant impact on the change in average homesale price for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment.


(c) Closed homesale sides for the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment, excluding the impact of larger acquisitions with an individual purchase price greater than $20 million, would have increased 4% for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to 2014.


(d) Average homesale price for the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment, excluding the impact of larger acquisitions with an individual purchase price greater than $20 million, would have remained flat and increased 2% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, compared to 2014.

       

Table 3b

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

2014 KEY DRIVERS




Quarter Ended


Year Ended



March 31,
 2014


June 30,
 2014


September 30,
 2014


December 31,
 2014


December 31,
 2014

Real Estate Franchise Services (a)











Closed homesale sides


203,972



293,450



306,338



261,578



1,065,339


Average homesale price


$

236,711



$

252,606



$

255,780



$

251,539



$

250,214


Average homesale broker commission rate


2.53

%


2.53

%


2.51

%


2.52

%


2.52

%

Net effective royalty rate


4.49

%


4.46

%


4.49

%


4.52

%


4.49

%

Royalty per side


$

282



$

297



$

301



$

299



$

296


Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

Closed homesale sides


56,685



87,803



89,472



74,372



308,332


Average homesale price


$

489,053



$

511,969



$

498,650



$

498,276



$

500,589


Average homesale broker commission rate


2.50

%


2.47

%


2.46

%


2.45

%


2.47

%

Gross commission income per side


$

13,041



$

13,335



$

12,985



$

12,888



$

13,072


Relocation Services











Initiations


37,898



51,306



44,019



37,987



171,210


Referrals


16,496



27,346



29,259



23,654



96,755


Title and Settlement Services











Purchase title and closing units


20,775



33,104



32,355



26,840



113,074


Refinance title and closing units


7,199



6,410



6,520



7,400



27,529


Average price per closing unit


$

1,715



$

1,812



$

1,956



$

1,770



$

1,780



_______________

(a) Includes all franchisees except for our Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.

         

Table 4a

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

SELECTED 2015 FINANCIAL DATA

(In millions)



Three Months Ended


March 31,
 2015


June 30,
 2015

Net revenues (a)




Real Estate Franchise Services

$

151



$

213


Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

796



1,289


Relocation Services

85



108


Title and Settlement Services

87



128


Corporate and Other

(57)



(87)


Total Company

$

1,062



$

1,651






EBITDA (b)




Real Estate Franchise Services

$

86



$

146


Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services

(16)



97


Relocation Services

7



29


Title and Settlement Services

(3)



20


Corporate and Other (c)

(16)



(27)


Total Company

$

58



$

265


Less:




Depreciation and amortization

46



52


Interest expense, net

68



50


Income tax expense (benefit)

(24)



66


Net Income (loss) attributable to Realogy Holdings

$

(32)



$

97



_______________

(a) Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation.  Revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment include intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $57 million and $87 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively.  Such amounts are eliminated through the Corporate and Other line.


Revenues for the Relocation Services segment include $8 million and $15 million of intercompany referral commissions paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, respectively.  Such amounts are recorded as contra-revenues by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.


(b) Includes a net benefit of $1 million of former parent legacy items for the three months ended June 30, 2015.


(c) The three months ended June 30, 2015 includes $6 million of costs related to the settlement of a legal matter, subject to court approval, and certain transaction costs related to acquisitions in April 2015.

         

Table 4b

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

SELECTED 2014 FINANCIAL DATA

(In millions)



Three Months Ended


Year Ended


March 31,


June 30,


September 30,


December 31,


December 31,


2014


2014


2014


2014


2014

Net revenues (a)










Real Estate Franchise Services

$

144



$

196



$

199



$

177



$

716


Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage
  Services

750



1,182



1,175



971



4,078


Relocation Services

86



107



125



101



419


Title and Settlement Services

81



108



111



98



398


Corporate and Other

(54)



(81)



(79)



(69)



(283)


Total Company

$

1,007



$

1,512



$

1,531



$

1,278



$

5,328












EBITDA (b)










Real Estate Franchise Services

$

79



$

137



$

136



$

111



$

463


Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage
  Services

(20)



91



93



29



193


Relocation Services

7



26



47



22



102


Title and Settlement Services

(5)



17



15



9



36


Corporate and Other

(25)



(33)



(18)



(31)



(107)


Total Company

$

36



$

238



$

273



$

140



$

687


Less:










Depreciation and amortization

46



46



48



50



190


Interest expense, net

70



73



54



70



267


Income tax expense (benefit)

(34)



51



71



(1)



87


Net income (loss) attributable to Realogy
  Holdings

$

(46)



$

68



$

100



$

21



$

143



_______________

(a) Transactions between segments are eliminated in consolidation.  Revenues for the Real Estate Franchise Services segment include intercompany royalties and marketing fees paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment of $54 million, $81 million, $79 million and $69 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  Such amounts are eliminated through the Corporate and Other line.


Revenues for the Relocation Services segment include $7 million, $12 million, $13 million and $10 million of intercompany referral commissions paid by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment during the three months ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014, respectively.  Such amounts are recorded as contra-revenues by the Company Owned Real Estate Brokerage Services segment.


(b) The three months ended March 31, 2014 includes $10 million related to the loss on early extinguishment of debt and $1 million of former parent legacy costs.


The three months ended June 30, 2014 includes $17 million related to the loss on early extinguishment of debt.


The three months ended September 30, 2014 includes a net benefit of $2 million of former parent legacy items and the reversal of prior year restructuring of $1 million.


The three months ended December 31, 2014 includes $20 million related to loss on early extinguishment of debt and a net benefit of $9 million of former parent legacy items.

        

Table 5a

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

2015 EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

(In millions)


A  reconciliation of net income attributable to Realogy Group to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 is set forth in the following table:





Less


Equals


Plus


Equals


Year Ended


Six Months
Ended


Six Months
Ended


Six Months
Ended


Twelve Months
Ended


December 31,
 2014

June 30,
 2014

December 31,
 2014

June 30,
 2015

June 30,
 2015

Net income attributable to Realogy Group (a)

$

143



$

22



$

121



$

65



$

186


Income tax expense

87



17



70



42



112


Income before income taxes

230



39



191



107



298


Interest expense, net

267



143



124



118



242


Depreciation and amortization

190



92



98



98



196


EBITDA (b)

687



274



413



323



736


Covenant calculation adjustments:



Restructuring costs (reversals) and former parent legacy costs (benefit), net (c)


(13)


Loss on the early extinguishment of debt


20


Pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives (d)


14


Non-cash charges (e)


38


Pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees (f)


16


Incremental securitization interest costs (g)


4


Adjusted EBITDA


$

815


Total senior secured net debt (h)


$

2,185


Senior secured leverage ratio (i)


2.68

x


_______________

(a) Net income (loss) attributable to Realogy consists of:  (i) income of $100 million for the third quarter of 2014, (ii) income of $21 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, (iii) a loss of $32 million for the first quarter of 2015 and (iv) income of $97 million for the second quarter of 2015.


(b) EBITDA consists of:  (i) $273 million for the third quarter of 2014, (ii) $140 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, (iii) $58 million for the first quarter of 2015 and (iv) $265 million for the second quarter of 2015.


(c) Consists of  a net benefit of $1 million for the reversal of a restructuring reserve and a net benefit of $12 million for former parent legacy items.


(d) Represents the twelve-month pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives including $9 million of transaction and integration costs incurred for the ZipRealty acquisition, $3 million related to business cost cutting initiatives and $2 million related to vendor renegotiations.


(e) Represents the elimination of non-cash expenses, including $49 million of stock-based compensation expense less $10 million for the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts and notes reserves and $1 million of other items.


(f) Represents the estimated impact of acquisitions and new franchisees as if they had been acquired or signed on July 1, 2014.  Franchisee sales activity is comprised of new franchise agreements as well as growth acquired by existing franchisees with our assistance.  We have made a number of assumptions in calculating such estimates and there can be no assurance that we would have generated the projected levels of EBITDA had we owned the acquired entities or entered into the franchise contracts as of  July 1, 2014.


(g) Incremental borrowing costs incurred as a result of the securitization facilities refinancing for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015.


(h) Represents total borrowings under the senior secured credit facility and borrowings secured by a first priority lien on our assets of $2,470 million plus $23 million of capital lease obligations less $308 million of readily available cash as of June 30, 2015.  Pursuant to the terms of our senior secured credit facility, total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets that is pari passu or junior in priority to the First and a Half Lien Notes, our securitization obligations or unsecured indebtedness, including the Unsecured Notes.


(i) Realogy Group's borrowings and outstanding letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility did not exceed 25% of the revolving credit facility's borrowing capacity at June 30, 2015, and accordingly the covenant was not applicable.

      

Table 5b

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

2014 EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

(In millions)


A reconciliation of net income attributable to Realogy Group to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2014 is set forth in the following table:



Year Ended
December 31, 2014

Net income attributable to Realogy Group

$

143


Income tax expense

87


Income before income taxes

230


Interest expense, net

267


Depreciation and amortization

190


EBITDA

687


Covenant calculation adjustments:


Restructuring costs (reversals) and former parent legacy costs (benefit), net (a)

(11)


Loss on the early extinguishment of debt

47


Pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives (b)

14


Non-cash charges (c)

30


Pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees (d)

8


Incremental securitization interest costs (e)

4


Adjusted EBITDA

$

779


Total senior secured net debt (f)

$

2,242


Senior secured leverage ratio (g)

2.88

x


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(a) Consists of  a net benefit of $1 million for the reversal of a restructuring reserve and a net benefit of $10 million for former parent legacy items.


(b) Represents the twelve-month pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives including $9 million of transaction and integration costs incurred for the ZipRealty acquisition, $3 million related to business cost cutting initiatives and $2 million related to vendor renegotiations.


(c) Represents the elimination of non-cash expenses, including $43 million of stock-based compensation expense less $12 million for the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts and notes reserves and $1 million of other items from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.


(d) Represents the estimated impact of acquisitions and new franchisees as if they had been acquired or signed on January 1, 2014.  Franchisee sales activity is comprised of new franchise agreements as well as growth acquired by existing franchisees with our assistance.  We have made a number of assumptions in calculating such estimates and there can be no assurance that we would have generated the projected levels of EBITDA had we owned the acquired entities or entered into the franchise contracts as of January 1, 2014.


(e) Incremental borrowing costs incurred as a result of the securitization facilities refinancing for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014.


(f) Represents total borrowings under the senior secured credit facility and borrowings secured by a first priority lien on our assets of $2,480 million plus $20 million of capital lease obligations less $258 million of readily available cash as of December 31, 2014.  Pursuant to the terms of our senior secured credit facility, total senior secured net debt does not include the First and a Half Lien Notes, other indebtedness secured by a lien on our assets that is pari passu or junior in priority to the First and a Half Lien Notes, our securitization obligations or unsecured indebtedness, including the Unsecured Notes.


(g) Realogy Group's borrowings and outstanding letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility did not exceed 25% of the revolving credit facility's borrowing capacity at December 31, 2014, and accordingly the covenant was not applicable.

       

Table 6

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2015 AND 2014

(In millions)


Set forth in the table below is a reconciliation of net income attributable to Realogy Group to Adjusted EBITDA for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:



Three Months Ended


June 30,
 2015


June 30,
 2014

Net income attributable to Realogy

$

97



$

68


Income tax expense

66



51


Income before income taxes

163



119


Interest expense, net

50



73


Depreciation and amortization

52



46


EBITDA

265



238


Former parent legacy benefit, net

(1)




Loss on the early extinguishment of debt



17


Pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives

2



1


Non-cash charges

12



10


Pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees

3



2


Incremental securitization interest costs

1



1


Adjusted EBITDA

$

282



$

269


        

Table 7

REALOGY HOLDINGS CORP.

FREE CASH FLOW


A reconciliation of net income attributable to Realogy Holdings to free cash flow is set forth in the following table:



Three Months Ended


Three Months Ended


June 30, 2015


June 30, 2014


($ in millions)


($ per share)


($ in millions)


($ per share)

Net income attributable to Realogy Holdings / Basic earnings
per share

$

97



$

0.66



$

68



$

0.47


Income tax expense, net of payments

62



0.42



48



0.33


Interest expense, net

50



0.34



73



0.50


Cash interest payments

(51)



(0.35)



(38)



(0.26)


Depreciation and amortization

52



0.36



46



0.31


Capital expenditures

(22)



(0.15)



(18)



(0.12)


Loss on the early extinguishment of debt





17



0.12


Working capital adjustments

51



0.35



15



0.10


Relocation receivables, net of securitization obligations

34



0.23



(13)



(0.09)


Free Cash Flow / Cash Earnings Per Share

$

273



$

1.86



$

198



$

1.36


Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding
(in millions)



146.5





145.9


        

Table 8

Non-GAAP Definitions

EBITDA is defined by us as net income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, net (other than relocation services interest for securitization assets and securitization obligations) and income taxes.  Adjusted EBITDA calculated for a twelve-month period is presented to demonstrate our compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio covenant in the senior secured credit facility.  Adjusted EBITDA calculated for a twelve-month period corresponds to the definition of "EBITDA," calculated on a "pro forma basis," used in the senior secured credit facility to calculate the senior secured leverage ratio.  Adjusted EBITDA includes adjustments to EBITDA for restructuring costs, former parent legacy cost (benefit) items, net, loss on the early extinguishment of debt, non-cash charges and incremental securitization interest costs, as well as pro forma cost savings for restructuring initiatives, the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives and the pro forma effect of acquisitions and new franchisees, in each case calculated as of the beginning of the twelve-month period.  Adjusted EBITDA calculated for a three-month period adjusts for the same items as for a twelve-month period, except that the pro forma effect of cost savings, business optimizations and acquisitions and new franchisees are calculated as of the beginning of the three-month period instead of the twelve-month period.

We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the performance of our operating businesses and provide greater transparency into our results of operations.  Our management, including our chief operating decision maker, uses EBITDA as a factor in evaluating the performance of our business.  EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other statement of operations data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We believe EBITDA facilitates company-to-company operating performance comparisons by backing out potential differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting interest expense), taxation, the age and book depreciation of facilities (affecting relative depreciation expense) and the amortization of intangibles, which may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to operating performance.  We further believe that EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies, many of which present an EBITDA measure when reporting their results.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA either in isolation or as substitutes for analyzing our results as reported under GAAP.  Some of these limitations are:

  • these measures do not reflect changes in, or cash required for, our working capital needs;
  • these measures do not reflect our interest expense (except for interest related to our securitization obligations), or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
  • these measures do not reflect our income tax expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes;
  • these measures do not reflect historical cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
  • although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often require replacement in the future, and these measures do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
  • other companies may calculate these measures differently so they may not be comparable.

In addition to the limitations described above, Adjusted EBITDA includes pro forma cost savings, the pro forma effect of business optimization initiatives and the pro forma full period effect of acquisitions and new franchisees.  These adjustments may not reflect the actual cost savings or pro forma effect recognized in future periods.

Free Cash Flow is defined as net income (loss) attributable to Realogy before income tax expense (benefit), net of payments, interest expense, net, depreciation and amortization, capital expenditures, restructuring costs and former parent legacy costs (benefits), net of payments, loss on the early extinguishment of debt, working capital adjustments and relocation assets, net of change in securitization obligations.  Cash Earnings Per Share is defined as Free Cash Flow divided by the weighted average basic shares outstanding.  We use Free Cash Flow and Cash Earnings Per Share in our internal evaluation of operating effectiveness and decisions regarding the allocation of resources.  Free Cash Flow and Cash Earnings Per Share are not defined by GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income (loss), net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities or other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of the Company's operating performance. Free Cash Flow and Cash Earnings Per Share may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

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