Rocket Companies Announces the Extension of the Expiration Date for Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for Any and All of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s 6.500% Senior Notes Due 2029 and 7.125% Senior Notes Due 2032

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Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) has extended the expiration date for its exchange offers and consent solicitations related to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings' notes worth $1.75 billion. The extension moves the deadline from September 2 to September 30, 2025, as part of Rocket's pending acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group.

The exchange offers cover $750 million of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2029 and $1 billion of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2032. As of September 2, approximately 98.41% of 2029 Notes and 95.52% of 2032 Notes have been validly tendered. The company has already received sufficient consents to amend the governing indentures, eliminating change of control requirements and most restrictive covenants.

Positive

• High acceptance rate with 98.41% of 2029 Notes and 95.52% of 2032 Notes already tendered
• Successful consent solicitation allowing for elimination of restrictive covenants and change of control requirements
• Strategic acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group progressing with debt restructuring

Negative

• Extended deadline indicates potential delays in closing the Mr. Cooper acquisition
• Complex debt restructuring process involving $1.75 billion in notes may increase transaction costs
• Multiple closing conditions and regulatory approvals still pending for the acquisition

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Financial Restructuring Expert

Rocket Companies extends debt exchange deadline for Mr. Cooper acquisition with high participation, indicating deal progress despite delay.

Rocket Companies has extended the deadline for its exchange offers of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings' notes from September 2 to September 30, 2025. This extension relates to their pending acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group and affects $1.75 billion in outstanding debt notes - $750 million in 6.500% Senior Notes due 2029 and $1 billion in 7.125% Senior Notes due 2032.

The most telling aspect is the remarkably high participation rate - approximately 98.41% of the 2029 Notes ($738,059,000) and 95.52% of the 2032 Notes ($955,238,000) have already been tendered. This strong response indicates bondholders' confidence in the acquisition and the financial terms offered.

The company has successfully secured sufficient consents to amend the indentures governing these notes, eliminating change-of-control requirements and substantially all restrictive covenants. These amendments, while already documented in supplemental indentures, will only become operative upon Rocket's acceptance of the tendered notes.

The extension suggests the Mr. Cooper acquisition timeline is taking longer than initially anticipated, with Rocket indicating they'll likely extend the deadline again until the acquisition can be consummated concurrently with the settlement. This debt restructuring represents a critical financial engineering step in Rocket's acquisition strategy, allowing them to efficiently manage the combined entity's debt structure post-closing rather than triggering change-of-control provisions that might otherwise require immediate refinancing at potentially less favorable terms.

DETROIT, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RKT) (the "Company" or "Rocket Companies"), the Detroit-based fintech platform including mortgage, real estate, title and personal finance businesses, announced today that it has extended the expiration date for its previously announced offers to exchange and consent solicitations (collectively, the "Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations") for the $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 6.500% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "2029 Notes") and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of outstanding 7.125% Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes" and, together with the 2029 Notes, the "Existing Notes") of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. ("Nationstar"), a direct subsidiary of Mr. Cooper Group Inc. ("Mr. Cooper"), for up to $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of new senior notes issued by the Company (the "New Rocket Notes"). The expiration date for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations has been extended from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 2, 2025 to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2025 (such date and time, as may be further extended or earlier terminated by the Company, the "Expiration Date"). The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being conducted in connection with the Company's pending acquisition of Mr. Cooper (the "Mr. Cooper Acquisition").

The "Settlement Date" for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations is expected to be on or before the second business day following the Expiration Date. The Company anticipates further extending the Expiration Date until such time that the Mr. Cooper Acquisition may be consummated substantially concurrently with the Settlement Date. Tenders of Existing Notes by such Eligible Holder may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date; however the related consent delivered by such Eligible Holder may no longer be withdrawn (including during any extension of the Expiration Date). No tenders submitted after the Expiration Date will be valid.

On the Early Tender Date of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2025 (the "Early Tender Date"), the Company received consents sufficient to amend the applicable Indentures governing the Existing Notes to, (i) eliminate the requirement to make a "Change of Control" offer for the related Notes following the consummation of the Mr. Cooper Acquisition and future transactions, (ii) eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants in the applicable Indenture and the Notes, (iii) eliminate certain conditions to legal defeasance or covenant defeasance in the applicable Indenture and the Notes and (iv) eliminate all events of default other than events of default relating to the failure to pay principal of and interest on the Notes (collectively, the "Proposed Amendments"). On the Early Tender Date, Nationstar and the trustee of each series of Notes entered into a supplemental indenture to each Indenture (each, a "Supplemental Indenture") to effect the Proposed Amendments, which will not become operative until the Company accepts for exchange the Existing Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.

According to information provided to the Company by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Depositary and Information Agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, as of September 2, 2025, Existing Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn with respect to (i) $738,059,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes, representing approximately 98.41% of the outstanding 2029 Notes, and (ii) $955,238,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2032 Notes, representing approximately 95.52% of the outstanding 2032 Notes.

The terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are described in an Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated August 4, 2025 (the "Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement"). The consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for the Existing Notes of any series are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, including, among other things, the substantially concurrent consummation of the Mr. Cooper Acquisition on terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 31, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Maverick Merger Sub, Inc., Maverick Merger Sub 2, LLC, and Mr. Cooper.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security.  No offer, solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been retained to serve as both the depositary and the information agent (the "Depositary and Information Agent") for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. Requests for copies of the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and other related materials should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at RKT@dfking.com (email), (800) 549-6864 (U.S. Toll-Free) or (212) 390-0450 (Banks and Brokers).

None of Rocket Companies, its board of directors, Mr. Cooper and each of Mr. Cooper's direct and indirect domestic, wholly owned subsidiaries that are issuers or guarantors under the Existing Notes, Nationstar, Rocket Mortgage, LLC ("Rocket Mortgage"), each of Rocket Mortgage's direct and indirect domestic, wholly owned subsidiaries that are issuers or guarantors under Rocket Mortgage's existing senior notes and Redfin Corporation, the Dealer Managers (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement), the Depositary and Information Agent, the Trustee under the Indentures, or any of their affiliates, makes any recommendation as to whether holders of the Existing Notes should tender any Existing Notes in response to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.  The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are made only by the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement.  The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are not being made to holders of Existing Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.  In any jurisdiction in which the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer Managers or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. The New Rocket Notes and related guarantees will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements herein regarding the proposed transaction between Rocket Companies and Mr. Cooper. Future financial and operating results; benefits and synergies of the transaction; future opportunities for the combined company; the conversion of equity interests contemplated by the Merger Agreement; the issuance of common stock of Rocket Companies contemplated by the Merger Agreement; the expected timing of the closing of the proposed transaction; the ability of the parties to complete the proposed transaction considering the various closing conditions and any other statements about future expectations that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements in this communication, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements that may be identified by the use of words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and, in each case, their negative or other various or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are based upon current beliefs, expectations and discussions related to the proposed transaction and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in such statements.

Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, (i) the risk that the proposed transaction may not be completed in a timely basis or at all, which may adversely affect Rocket Companies' and Mr. Cooper's businesses and the price of their respective securities; (ii) the potential failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals of the proposed transaction, including stockholder approval by Mr. Cooper's stockholders, and the potential failure to satisfy the other conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction; (iii) the effect of the announcement, pendency or completion of the proposed transaction on each of Rocket Companies' or Mr. Cooper's ability to attract, motivate, retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with others with whom Rocket Companies or Mr. Cooper does business, or on Rocket Companies' or Mr. Cooper's operating results and business generally; (iv) that the proposed transaction may divert management's attention from each of Rocket Companies' and Mr. Cooper's ongoing business operations; (v) the risk of any legal proceedings related to the proposed transaction or otherwise, including the risk of stockholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction, or the impact of the proposed transaction thereupon, including resulting expense or delay; (vi) that Rocket Companies or Mr. Cooper may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; (vii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, including in circumstances which would require payment of a termination fee; (viii) the risk that restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction may impact Rocket Companies' or Mr. Cooper's ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; (ix) the anticipated tax treatment of the proposed transaction may not be obtained, risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the proposed transaction; (x) the risk that the anticipated benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; (xi) the impact of legislative, regulatory, economic, competitive and technological changes; (xii) risks relating to the value of Rocket Companies securities to be issued in the proposed transaction; (xiii) the risk that integration of the Rocket Companies and Mr. Cooper businesses post-closing may not occur as anticipated or the combined company may not be able to achieve the anticipated synergies expected from the proposed transaction, and the costs associated with such integration; and (xiv) the effect of the announcement, pendency or completion of the proposed transaction on the market price of the common stock of each of Rocket Companies and Mr. Cooper.

These risks, as well as other risks related to the proposed transaction, are more fully described in a registration statement on Form S-4/A (the "Registration Statement") filed by Rocket Companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 25, 2025 in connection with the proposed transaction. While the list of factors presented here and the list of factors presented in the Registration Statement are considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Additional factors that may affect future results are contained in each company's filings with the SEC, including each company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A, as it may be updated from time to time by quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, all of which are available at the SEC's website http://www.sec.gov. The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date hereof is hereby disclaimed.

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FAQ

What is the new expiration date for Rocket Companies' exchange offers for Nationstar notes?

The expiration date has been extended to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2025.

How much of Nationstar's notes have been tendered in RKT's exchange offer?

As of September 2, 2025, 98.41% ($738,059,000) of 2029 Notes and 95.52% ($955,238,000) of 2032 Notes have been validly tendered.

What is the total value of notes involved in Rocket Companies' exchange offer?

The exchange offers cover a total of $1.75 billion, consisting of $750 million in 6.500% Senior Notes due 2029 and $1 billion in 7.125% Senior Notes due 2032.

What changes were approved through the consent solicitation for RKT's exchange offer?

The consents allow for elimination of change of control requirements, removal of most restrictive covenants, modification of legal defeasance conditions, and limitation of events of default to principal and interest payment failures.

Why did Rocket Companies extend the exchange offer deadline?

The extension appears to be related to the timing of the pending Mr. Cooper Acquisition, as Rocket anticipates further extending the deadline until the acquisition can be consummated concurrently with the settlement.