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| CUSIP No. 93317W102 | 13D | Page 3 of 7 Pages |
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
This statement on Schedule 13D (“Schedule 13D”) relates to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of DITECH HOLDING CORPORATION, formerly known as Walter Investment Management Corp. (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive office of the Issuer is 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 100, Form Washington, Pennsylvania 19034.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
(a) The name of the reporting person is Leon G. Cooperman (“Mr. Cooperman”).
(b) The address of Mr. Cooperman is St. Andrew’s Country Club, 7118 Melrose Castle Lane, Boca Raton, FL 33496.
(c) Mr. Cooperman is the Managing Member of Omega Associates, L.L.C. (“Associates”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Associates is a private investment firm formed to invest in and act as general partner of investment partnerships or similar investment vehicles. Associates is the general partner of limited partnerships organized under the laws of Delaware known as Omega Capital Partners, L.P. (“Capital LP”), Omega Capital Investors, L.P. (“Investors LP”), and Omega Equity Investors, L.P. (“Equity LP”), and also the general partner of the exempted limited partnership registered in the Cayman Islands known as Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund, LP (“Credit LP”). These entities are private investment firms engaged in the purchase and sale of securities for investment for their own account.
Mr. Cooperman is the President, CEO, and sole stockholder of Omega Advisors, Inc. (“Advisors”), a Delaware corporation, engaged in providing investment management services, and Mr. Cooperman control said entity.
Advisors serves as the investment manager to Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd. (“Overseas”), a Cayman Island exempted company, with a registered address at c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Mr. Cooperman has investment discretion over Overseas’ portfolio investments and is deemed to controls such investments.
Mr. Cooperman is the ultimate controlling person of Associates, Capital LP, Investors LP, Equity LP, Credit LP and Overseas. The principal business office of Associates, Capital LP, Investors LP, Equity LP, Credit LP, Overseas and Advisors is 810 Seventh Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10019.
(d) During the past five years Mr. Cooperman was not convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
(e) During the last five years, Mr. Cooperman was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Such proceeding is described below.
In September 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a lawsuit against Mr. Cooperman and Omega Advisors, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, captioned SEC v. Cooperman et al., 16-cv-5043. The SEC’s complaint asserted a claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) based on allegations that Mr. Cooperman traded in securities of a publicly traded company in July 2010 on the basis of material nonpublic information. The complaint also asserted claims under Section 13(d) and Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act based on allegations that Mr. Cooperman did not timely report information about holdings and transactions in securities of publicly traded companies that he beneficially owned. In May 2017, Mr. Cooperman consented to the entry of a final judgment, which the court entered later that month. Among other things, the final judgment—in which Mr. Cooperman neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing—permanently enjoined Mr. Cooperman from violating Section 10(b), Section 13(d), and Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act; directed Mr. Cooperman to pay $4,947,139 in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties; and required Mr. Cooperman to retain an independent compliance consultant.
(f) Mr. Cooperman is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 3. Source or Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Mr. Cooperman acquired beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, Series A Warrants (as defined below) and Series B Warrants (as defined below) on the Effective Date (as defined below) pursuant to the Plan (as defined below) in exchange for Mr. Cooperman’s Convertible Notes (as defined below). Mr. Cooperman acquired shares of Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan in exchange for Mr. Cooperman’s Senior Notes (as defined below). Mr. Cooperman previously used working capital to acquire the Senior Notes and Convertible Notes.
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