Santander 2015 Q2 10-Q



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
ý
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015
¨
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number: 001-36270
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
32-0414408
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1601 Elm Street, Suite 800, Dallas, Texas
 
75201
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (214) 634-1110
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation ST (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
 
ý
  
Accelerated filer
 
¨
 
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer
 
¨
  
Smaller reporting company
 
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes  ¨ No  ý
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Class
  
Outstanding at July 31, 2015
Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
  
357,790,518 shares





INDEX
 

 
 
 
Item 1. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2. 
Item 3. 
Item 4. 
Item 1. 
Item 1A. 
Item 2. 
Item 3.  
Item 4.  
Item 5.  
Item 6. 
 


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Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, the use herein of the terms “ we,” “our,” “us,” “SCUSA,” and the “Company” refer to Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions, or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “could,” “may,” “predicts,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “estimate,” “plans,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “intends,” and similar words or phrases. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties which are subject to change based on various important factors, some of which are beyond our control. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as certain additional risks that we face, refer to the Risk Factors detailed in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as well as factors more fully described in Part I, Item 2, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this report, including the exhibits hereto, and subsequent reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the SEC. Among the factors that could cause our financial performance to differ materially from that suggested by the forward-looking statements are:

we operate in a highly regulated industry and continually changing federal, state, and local laws and regulations could materially adversely affect our business;
adverse economic conditions in the United States and worldwide may negatively impact our results;
our business could suffer if our access to funding is reduced;
we face significant risks implementing our growth strategy, some of which are outside our control;
our agreement with Chrysler may not result in currently anticipated levels of growth and is subject to certain performance conditions that could result in termination of the agreement;
our business could suffer if we are unsuccessful in developing and maintaining relationships with automobile dealerships;
our financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations depend on the credit performance of our loans;
loss of our key management or other personnel, or an inability to attract such management and personnel, could negatively impact our business;
we are subject to certain bank regulations, including oversight by the OCC, the CFPB, the European Central Bank, and the Federal Reserve, which oversight and regulation may limit certain of our activities, including the timing and amount of dividends and other limitations on our business; and
future changes in our relationship with Santander could adversely affect our operations.

If one or more of the factors affecting our forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, its actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements. Therefore, we caution not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information or statements. The effect of these factors is difficult to predict. Factors other than these also could adversely affect our results, and the reader should not consider these factors to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties. New factors emerge from time to time, and management cannot assess the impact of any such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statements only speak as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements, whether written or oral, to reflect any change, except as required by law. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

Glossary

The following is a list of abbreviations, acronyms, and commonly used terms used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ABS
Asset-backed securities
Advance Rate
The maximum percentage of unpaid principal balance that a lender is willing to lend.
ALG
Automotive Lease Guide
APR
Annual Percentage Rate
ASU
Accounting Standards Update

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BERC
Board Enterprise Risk Committee
Bluestem
Bluestem Brands, Inc., an online retailer for whose customers SCUSA provides financing
Board
SCUSA’s Board of Directors
Capmark
Capmark Financial Group Inc., an investment company
CBP
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
CCAR
Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
CCART
Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust, a securitization platform
Centerbridge
Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a private equity firm
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CFPB
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Chrysler
Chrysler Group LLC
Chrysler Agreement
Ten-year private-label financing agreement with Chrysler
Clean-up Call
The early redemption of a debt instrument by the issuer, generally when the underlying portfolio has amortized to 10% of its original balance
Credit Enhancement
A method such as overcollateralization, insurance, or a third-party guarantee, whereby a borrower reduces default risk
Dealer Loan
A floorplan line of credit, real estate loan, working capital loan, or other credit extended to an automobile dealer
Dodd-Frank Act
Comprehensive financial regulatory reform legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress on July 21, 2010
DOJ
U.S. Department of Justice
DRIVE
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, a securitization platform
ECOA
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
ERM
Enterprise Risk Management
Employment Agreement
The amended and restated employment agreement, executed as of December 31, 2011, by and among SCUSA, Banco Santander, S.A. and Thomas G. Dundon
Exchange Act
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FICO®
A common credit score created by Fair Isaac Corporation that is used on the credit reports that lenders use to assess an applicant’s credit risk. FICO® is computed using mathematical models that take into account five factors: payment history, current level of indebtedness, types of credit used, length of credit history, and new credit
FIRREA
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989
Floorplan Line of Credit
A revolving line of credit that finances inventory until sold
FRB
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
IPO
SCUSA's Initial Public Offering
ISDA
International Swaps and Derivative Association
LFS
Loss Forecasting Score
MEP
SCUSA's 2011 Management Equity Plan
MSA
Master Service Agreement
Nonaccretable Difference
The difference between the undiscounted contractual cash flows and the undiscounted expected cash flows of a portfolio acquired with deteriorated credit quality
NPWMD
Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
OCC
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Overcollateralization
A credit enhancement method whereby more collateral is posted than is required to obtain financing
OEM
Original equipment manufacturer

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Private-label
Financing branded in the name of the product manufacturer rather than in the name of the finance provider
Remarketing
The controlled disposal of leased vehicles that have been reached the end of their lease term or of financed vehicles obtained through repossession
Residual Value
The future value of a leased asset at the end of its lease term
RSU
Restricted stock unit
Santander
Banco Santander, S.A.
SBNA
Santander Bank, N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SHUSA. Formerly Sovereign Bank, N.A.
SCRA
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
SCUSA
Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries
SDART
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, a securitization platform
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Separation Agreement
The Separation Agreement dated July 2, 2015 entered into by Thomas G. Dundon with SCUSA, DDFS LLC, SHUSA, Santander Consumer USA Inc. (the wholly owned subsidiary of SCUSA) and Banco Santander, S.A.
SHUSA
Santander Holdings USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Santander and the majority owner of SCUSA
SUBI
Special unit of beneficial interest (in a titling trust used to finance leases)
Subvention
Reimbursement of the finance provider by a manufacturer for the difference between a market loan or lease rate and the below-market rate given to a customer
TDR
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Trusts
Special purpose financing trusts utilized in SCUSA’s financing transactions
Turn-down
A program where by a lender has the opportunity to review a credit application for approval only after the primary lender or lenders have declined the application
U.S. GAAP
U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
VIE
Variable Interest Entity
Warehouse Facility
A revolving line of credit generally used to fund finance receivable originations


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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
28,886

 
$
33,157

Finance receivables held for sale
1,570,416

 
46,585

Finance receivables held for investment, net
24,778,311

 
23,915,551

Restricted cash - $40,506 and $44,805 held for affiliates, respectively
3,086,229

 
1,920,857

Accrued interest receivable
394,970

 
364,676

Leased vehicles, net
5,189,904

 
4,862,783

Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $52,710 and $45,768, respectively
50,786

 
41,218

Federal, state and other income taxes receivable
234,944

 
502,035

Related party taxes receivable

 
459

Deferred tax asset
5,152

 
21,244

Goodwill
74,056

 
74,056

Intangible assets, net of amortization of $25,185 and $21,990, respectively
53,642

 
53,682

Due from affiliates
86,268

 
102,457

Other assets
486,355

 
403,416

Total assets
$
36,039,919

 
$
32,342,176

Liabilities and Equity
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
Notes payable — credit facilities
$
6,012,337

 
$
6,402,327

Notes payable — secured structured financings
20,340,365

 
17,718,974

Notes payable — related party
4,260,000

 
3,690,000

Accrued interest payable
21,805

 
17,432

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
395,990

 
315,130

Federal, state and other income taxes payable
1,268

 
319

Deferred tax liabilities, net
556,013

 
492,303

Due to affiliates
47,295

 
48,688

Other liabilities
159,396

 
98,654

Total liabilities
31,794,469

 
28,783,827

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 5 and 10)

 

Equity:
 
 
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value — 1,100,000,000 shares authorized;
 
 
 
357,835,950 and 349,029,766 shares issued and 357,783,809 and 348,977,625 shares outstanding, respectively
3,578

 
3,490

Additional paid-in capital
1,682,097

 
1,560,519

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net
(5,726
)
 
3,553

Retained earnings
2,565,501

 
1,990,787

Total stockholders’ equity
4,245,450

 
3,558,349

Total liabilities and equity
$
36,039,919

 
$
32,342,176


See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
For the Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Interest on finance receivables and loans
$
1,321,245

 
$
1,163,448

 
$
2,551,247

 
$
2,303,777

Leased vehicle income
355,137

 
218,938

 
688,083

 
366,061

Other finance and interest income
6,738

 
874

 
14,079

 
1,124

Total finance and other interest income
1,683,120

 
1,383,260

 
3,253,409

 
2,670,962

Interest expense — Including $42,450, $36,836, $86,466, and $71,079 to affiliates, respectively
150,622

 
128,314

 
299,478

 
252,760

Leased vehicle expense
281,118

 
179,135

 
554,182

 
299,204

Net finance and other interest income
1,251,380

 
1,075,811

 
2,399,749

 
2,118,998

Provision for credit losses
738,735

 
589,136

 
1,344,716

 
1,287,730

Net finance and other interest income after provision for credit losses
512,645

 
486,675

 
1,055,033

 
831,268

Profit sharing
21,501

 
24,056

 
35,017

 
56,217

Net finance and other interest income after provision for credit losses and profit sharing
491,144

 
462,619

 
1,020,016

 
775,051

Investment gains, net — Including zero, $5,576, zero, and $5,576 from affiliates, respectively
86,667

 
21,602

 
107,914

 
57,416

Servicing fee income — Including $3,991, $9,352, $9,015, and $11,576 from affiliates, respectively
28,043

 
22,099

 
52,846

 
32,504

Fees, commissions, and other — Including $3,032, $7,162, $8,881, and $11,072 from affiliates, respectively
94,268

 
95,030

 
195,401

 
184,334

Total other income
208,978

 
138,731

 
356,161

 
274,254

Salary and benefits expense
110,973

 
93,689

 
211,513

 
295,604

Repossession expense
55,470

 
45,648

 
114,296

 
94,079

Other operating costs — Including $5,307, $302, $5,678, and $597 to affiliates, respectively
86,985

 
71,889

 
172,998

 
139,991

Total operating expenses
253,428

 
211,226

 
498,807

 
529,674

Income before income taxes
446,694

 
390,124

 
877,370

 
519,631

Income tax expense
161,230

 
143,643

 
302,656

 
191,684

Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax of ($2,063), $1,950, $5,559 and $720
3,564

 
(3,364
)
 
(9,279
)
 
(1,276
)
Comprehensive income
$
289,028

 
$
243,117

 
$
565,435

 
$
326,671

Net income per common share (basic)
$
0.80

 
$
0.71

 
$
1.63

 
$
0.94

Net income per common share (diluted)
$
0.79

 
$
0.69

 
$
1.61

 
$
0.92

Dividends declared per common share
$

 
$
0.15

 
$

 
$
0.15

Weighted average common shares (basic)
355,091,818

 
348,826,897

 
352,272,552

 
348,465,666

Weighted average common shares (diluted)
359,193,738

 
356,381,921

 
355,932,481

 
356,008,288


See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Unaudited) (In thousands)
 
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 
Retained
 
Total
Stockholders’
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Capital
 
Income (Loss)
 
Earnings
 
Equity
Balance — January 1, 2014
346,760

 
$
3,468

 
$
1,409,463

 
$
(2,853
)
 
$
1,276,754

 
$
2,686,832

Stock issued in connection with employee incentive compensation plans
2,168

 
21

 
18,239

 

 

 
18,260

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 
122,811

 

 

 
122,811

Net income

 

 

 

 
327,947

 
327,947

Other comprehensive income, net of taxes

 

 

 
(1,276
)
 

 
(1,276
)
Dividends declared per common share of $0.15

 

 

 

 
(52,316
)
 
(52,316
)
Balance — June 30, 2014
348,928

 
$
3,489

 
$
1,550,513

 
$
(4,129
)
 
$
1,552,385

 
$
3,102,258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance — January 1, 2015
348,978

 
$
3,490

 
$
1,560,519

 
$
3,553

 
$
1,990,787

 
$
3,558,349

Stock issued in connection with employee incentive compensation plans
8,806

 
88

 
113,238

 

 

 
113,326

 Stock-based compensation expense

 

 
7,473

 

 

 
7,473

Tax sharing with affiliate

 

 
867

 

 

 
867

 Net income

 

 

 

 
574,714

 
574,714

Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes

 

 

 
(9,279
)
 

 
(9,279
)
Balance — June 30, 2015
357,784

 
$
3,578

 
$
1,682,097

 
$
(5,726
)
 
$
2,565,501

 
$
4,245,450

 
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands)
 
For the Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
 
 
 
Derivative mark to market
(4,424
)
 
(8,112
)
Provision for credit losses
1,344,716

 
1,287,730

Depreciation and amortization
606,397

 
335,902

Accretion of discount, net of amortization of capitalized origination costs
(485,192
)
 
(403,654
)
Originations and purchases of receivables held for sale
(2,238,753
)
 
(2,385,913
)
Proceeds from sales of and collections on receivables held for sale
1,694,575

 
2,376,818

Investment gains, net
(107,914
)
 
(57,416
)
Stock-based compensation
7,473

 
122,811

Deferred tax expense (benefit)
65,863

 
(13,027
)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accrued interest receivable
(36,004
)
 
(59,825
)
Accounts receivable
(7,738
)
 
(11,125
)
Federal income tax and other taxes
314,980

 
438,373

Other assets
7,179

 
(21,774
)
Accrued interest payable
4,373

 
3,017

Other liabilities
104,349

 
(899
)
Due to/from affiliates
(3,341
)
 
(22,036
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
1,841,253

 
1,908,817

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Originations of and disbursements on finance receivables held for investment
(9,320,752
)
 
(7,896,090
)
Collections on finance receivables held for investment
5,227,885

 
4,632,029

Proceeds from sale of loans held for investment
1,290,304

 
776,746

Leased vehicles purchased
(2,563,185
)
 
(2,491,092
)
Manufacturer incentives received
490,481

 
499,500

Proceeds from sale of leased vehicles
1,460,792

 
366,471

Change in revolving personal loans
(128,837
)
 
(87,217
)
Purchases of furniture and equipment
(11,583
)
 
(11,543
)
Sales of furniture and equipment
310

 
885

Change in restricted cash
(1,165,372
)
 
(444,333
)
Other investing activities
(3,182
)
 
(22,979
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(4,723,139
)
 
(4,677,623
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from notes payable related to secured structured financings — net of debt issuance costs
7,975,856

 
7,717,856

Payments on notes payable related to secured structured financings
(5,364,799
)
 
(4,526,678
)
Proceeds from unsecured notes payable
3,905,000

 
2,407,533

Payments on unsecured notes payable
(3,335,000
)
 
(2,807,016
)
Proceeds from notes payable
13,305,175

 
12,684,871

Payments on notes payable
(13,695,166
)
 
(12,622,210
)
Proceeds from stock option exercises, gross
86,123

 
14,625

Repurchase of stock - employee tax withholding
(430
)
 
(5,908
)
Dividends paid

 
(52,316
)
Cash collateral received (paid) on derivatives
856

 
(6,569
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
2,877,615

 
2,804,188

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(4,271
)
 
35,382

Cash — Beginning of period
33,157

 
10,531

Cash — End of period
$
28,886

 
$
45,913

 
 
 
 
Noncash investing and financing transactions:
 
 
 
Transfer of retail installment contracts to repossessed vehicles
$
828,517

 
$
725,377

 
 
 
 
See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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SANTANDER CONSUMER USA HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

1.
Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Significant Accounting Policies and Practices
Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., a Delaware Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “SCUSA” or “the Company”), is the holding company for Santander Consumer USA Inc., an Illinois corporation, and subsidiaries, a specialized consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance and personal lending products. The Company’s primary business is the indirect origination of retail installment contracts principally through manufacturer-franchised dealers in connection with their sale of new and used vehicles to retail consumers.
In conjunction with the Chrysler Agreement, a ten-year private label financing agreement with Chrysler Group that became effective May 1, 2013, the Company offers a full spectrum of auto financing products and services to Chrysler customers and dealers under the Chrysler Capital brand. These products and services include consumer retail installment contracts and leases, as well as dealer loans for inventory, construction, real estate, working capital and revolving lines of credit.
The Company also originates vehicle loans through a web-based direct lending program, purchases vehicle retail installment contracts from other lenders, and services automobile and recreational and marine vehicle portfolios for other lenders. Additionally, the Company has several relationships through which it provides personal loans, private label credit cards and other consumer finance products.
As of June 30, 2015, the Company was owned approximately 59.0% by SHUSA, a subsidiary of Santander, approximately 31.1% by public shareholders, approximately 9.8% by DDFS LLC, an entity affiliated with Thomas G. Dundon, the Company’s then-Chairman and CEO and approximately 0.1% by other holders, primarily members of senior management. Pursuant to a Separation Agreement with Mr. Dundon, SHUSA was deemed to have delivered, as of July 3, 2015, an irrevocable notice to exercise the call option with respect to all the shares of Company common stock owned by DDFS LLC and consummate the transactions contemplated by the call option notice, subject to required bank regulatory approvals and any other approvals required by law being obtained (see Note 16).
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, including certain Trusts, which are considered VIEs. The Company also consolidates other VIEs for which it was deemed to be the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. Results of operations for the periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for the entire year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed on March 2, 2015.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation; specifically, retail installment contracts held for investment, personal loans, receivables from dealers, and capital lease receivables, which previously were reported as separate line items in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, now are reported in aggregate in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as finance receivables held for investment, with disclosure of the components in Note 2 – Finance Receivables and Note 3 – Leases. Additionally, related-party assets and liabilities, which previously were disclosed separately within certain line items in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, are now reported as separate line items in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The classification of related-party assets and liabilities reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:

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Related-Party Assets and Liabilities Classification as of
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Related party taxes receivable
 
Federal, state and other income taxes receivable
Due from affiliates
 
Other assets
Notes payable – related party
 
Notes payable – credit facilities
Related party taxes payable
 
Federal, state and other income taxes payable
Due to affiliates
 
Accrued interest payable
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Other liabilities
The reclassifications in the condensed consolidated balance sheets also are reflected in the corresponding categories in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the amount of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences may be material. These estimates include the determination of credit loss allowance, discount accretion, impairment, expected end-of-term lease residual values, values of repossessed assets, and income taxes. These estimates, although based on actual historical trends and modeling, may potentially show significant variances over time.
Business Segment Information
The Company has one reportable segment: Consumer Finance, which includes the Company’s vehicle financial products and services, including retail installment contracts, vehicle leases, and dealer loans, as well as financial products and services related to motorcycles, recreational vehicles, and marine vehicles. It also includes the Company’s personal loan and point-of-sale financing operations.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-11, Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures. The standard requires entities to account for repurchase-to-maturity transactions as secured borrowings, eliminates accounting guidance on linked repurchase financing transactions, and expands disclosure requirements related to certain transfers of financial assets that are accounted for as secured borrowings. This guidance became effective for the Company January 1, 2015 and implementation did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which provides guidance on a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. This standard affects entities that issue share-based payments when the terms of an award stipulate that a performance target could be achieved after an employee completes the requisite service period. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
In January 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-01, Income Statement - Extraordinary and Unusual Items. This standard simplifies income statement classification by removing the concept of extraordinary items from U.S. GAAP, and as a result, items that are both unusual and infrequent no longer will be separately reported net of tax after continuing operations. This guidance is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This ASU changes the analysis that a reporting entity must perform to determine whether it should consolidate certain types of legal entities. This guidance is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impacts of the adoption of this ASU.
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Imputation of Interest. This ASU requires that debt issuance costs, as well as discounts arising from the imputation of interest, be recorded as part of the basis of the related note, rather than as a separate asset or liability. The guidance should be applied retrospectively and will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2015. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

2.
Finance Receivables
Finance receivables held for investment includes individually acquired retail installment contracts and loans, purchased receivables portfolios, and capital leases (see Note 3). The Company's portfolio of individually acquired retail installment contracts and loans held for investment was comprised of the following at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30, 2015
 
Retail Installment Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables from
Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
Unpaid principal balance
$
26,027,676

 
$
91,612

 
$
2,261,726

Credit loss allowance (Note 4)
(3,129,646
)
 
(968
)
 
(384,735
)
Discount
(609,045
)
 

 
(2,012
)
Capitalized origination costs and fees
44,504

 

 
1,488

Net carrying balance
$
22,333,489

 
$
90,644

 
$
1,876,467

 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables from
Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
Unpaid principal balance
$
24,555,106

 
$
100,164

 
$
2,128,769

Credit loss allowance (Note 4)
(2,726,338
)
 
(674
)
 
(348,660
)
Discount
(597,862
)
 

 
(1,356
)
Capitalized origination costs and fees
39,680

 

 
1,024

Net carrying balance
$
21,270,586

 
$
99,490

 
$
1,779,777


Purchased receivables portfolios, which were acquired with deteriorated credit quality, were comprised of the following at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Unpaid principal balance
$
513,262

 
$
846,355

 
 
 
 
Outstanding recorded investment
$
547,032

 
$
873,134

Less: Impairment
(179,903
)
 
(189,275
)
Outstanding recorded investment, net of impairment
$
367,129

 
$
683,859


As of June 30, 2015, retail installment contracts held for sale and receivables from dealers held for sale totaled $1,569,404 and $1,012, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, retail installment contracts and receivables from dealers held for sale totaled $45,424 and $1,161, respectively. Sales of retail installment contracts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 included principal balance amounts of $2,016,675 and $2,935,753, respectively. Sales of

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retail installment contracts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 included principal balance amounts of $1,384,174 and $3,069,898, respectively. The Company retains servicing of sold retail installment contracts and was servicing $8,583,906 and $7,372,884 as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, of contracts sold to unrelated third parties. Proceeds from sales of charged-off assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 were $65,587 and $103,963, respectively. Proceeds from sales of charged-off assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 were zero and $1,687, respectively.
Retail installment contracts are collateralized by vehicle titles, and the Company has the right to repossess the vehicle in the event the consumer defaults on the payment terms of the contract. Most of the Company’s retail installment contracts held for investment are pledged against warehouse facilities or securitization bonds (Note 5). Most of the creditors on the Company’s retail installment contracts are retail consumers; however, $955,225 and $816,100 of the unpaid principal balance represented fleet contracts with commercial borrowers as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.
Borrowers on the Company’s retail installment contracts held for investment are located in Texas (17%), Florida (12%), California (9%), Georgia (5%) and other states each individually representing less than 5% of the Company’s total.
Receivables from dealers held for investment includes a term loan with a third-party vehicle dealer and lender that operates in multiple states. The loan allowed committed borrowings of $50,000 at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and the unpaid principal balance of the facility was $50,000 at each of those dates. The term loan will mature on December 31, 2018.
The remaining receivables from dealers held for investment are all Chrysler-related. Borrowers on these Chrysler dealer receivables are located in Ohio (37%), Virginia (26%), California (16%), New York (11%), and other states each individually representing less than 5% of the Company’s total.
Borrowers on the Company’s personal loans are located in California (11%), Texas (8%), New York (8%), Florida (7%), and other states each individually representing less than 5% of the Company’s total.
Changes in accretable yield on the Company’s purchased receivables portfolios for the periods indicated were as follows:
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Balance — beginning of period
$
243,655

 
$
362,823

 
$
264,416

 
$
403,400

Accretion of accretable yield
(20,969
)
 
(52,519
)
 
(47,874
)
 
(117,565
)
Reclassifications from (to) nonaccretable difference
15,686

 
(5,050
)
 
21,830

 
19,419

Balance — end of period
$
238,372

 
$
305,254

 
$
238,372

 
$
305,254

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not acquire any vehicle loan portfolios for which it was probable at acquisition that not all contractually required payments would be collected.

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3.
Leases
The Company has both operating and capital leases, which are separately accounted for and recorded on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. Operating leases are reported as leased vehicles, net, while capital leases are included in finance receivables held for investment, net.
Operating Leases
Leased vehicles, net, which is comprised of leases originated under the Chrysler Agreement, consisted of the following as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Leased vehicles
$
6,957,870

 
$
6,309,096

Less: accumulated depreciation
(1,099,586
)
 
(804,629
)
Depreciated net capitalized cost
5,858,284

 
5,504,467

Manufacturer subvention payments
(678,861
)
 
(645,874
)
Origination fees and other costs
10,481

 
4,190

Net book value
$
5,189,904

 
$
4,862,783


During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company executed bulk sales of Chrysler Capital leases with an aggregate depreciated net capitalized cost of $755,624 and $1,316,958, respectively, and a net book value of $666,252 and $1,155,171, respectively, to a third party. The bulk sales agreements included certain provisions whereby the Company agreed to share in residual losses for lease terminations with losses over a specific percentage threshold (see Note 10). SCUSA retained servicing on the sold leases. Due to the accelerated depreciation permitted for tax purposes, these sales generated large taxable gains that the Company has deferred through a qualified like-kind exchange program. In order to qualify for this deferral, the proceeds from the sales (along with the proceeds from recent lease terminations for which the Company also intends to defer the taxable gain) are held in a qualified exchange account, which is classified as restricted cash, until reinvested in new lease originations.

The following summarizes the future minimum rental payments due to the Company as lessor under operating leases as of June 30, 2015:
 
 
Remainder of 2015
$
477,980

2016
856,944

2017
484,780

2018
110,367

2019
416

Thereafter
33

Total
$
1,930,520

Capital Leases
Certain leases originated by the Company are accounted for as capital leases, as the contractual residual values are nominal amounts. Capital lease receivables, net consisted of the following as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Gross investment in capital leases
$
196,948

 
$
137,543

Origination fees and other
158

 
78

Less unearned income
(70,954
)
 
(46,193
)
   Net investment in capital leases before allowance
126,152

 
91,428

Less: allowance for lease losses
(15,570
)
 
(9,589
)
   Net investment in capital leases
$
110,582

 
$
81,839


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The following summarizes the future minimum lease payments due to the Company as lessor under capital leases as of June 30, 2015:
 
 
Remainder of 2015
$
25,257

2016
50,513

2017
50,460

2018
49,396

2019
21,322

Thereafter

Total
$
196,948


4.
Credit Loss Allowance and Credit Quality
Credit Loss Allowance
The Company estimates credit losses on individually acquired retail installment contracts and personal loans held for investment based on delinquency status, historical loss experience, estimated values of underlying collateral, when applicable, and various economic factors. The Company maintains a general credit loss allowance for receivables from dealers based on risk ratings, and individually evaluates the loans for specific impairment as necessary. The credit loss allowance for receivables from dealers is comprised entirely of general allowances as none of these receivables have been determined to be individually impaired.
The activity in the credit loss allowance for individually acquired loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment
Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables
from Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment
Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables
from Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
Balance — beginning of period
$
2,822,712

 
$
1,130

 
$
352,878

 
$
2,444,552

 
$
1,035

 
$
203,190

Provision for credit losses
613,823

 
(162
)
 
121,118

 
527,362

 
(112
)
 
70,212

Charge-offs
(835,283
)
 

 
(97,218
)
 
(700,965
)
 

 
(66,966
)
Recoveries
528,394

 

 
7,957

 
397,638

 

 
6,518

Balance — end of period
$
3,129,646

 
$
968

 
$
384,735

 
$
2,668,587

 
$
923

 
$
212,954

 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment
Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables
from Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment
Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables
from Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
Balance — beginning of period
$
2,726,338

 
$
674

 
$
348,660

 
$
2,132,634

 
$
1,090

 
$
179,350

Provision for credit losses
1,120,971

 
294

 
218,821

 
1,184,068

 
(167
)
 
132,341

Charge-offs
(1,762,276
)
 

 
(196,908
)
 
(1,453,530
)
 

 
(107,914
)
Recoveries
1,071,730

 

 
14,162

 
805,415

 

 
9,177

Transfers to held for sale
(27,117
)
 

 

 

 

 

Balance — end of period
$
3,129,646

 
$
968

 
$
384,735

 
$
2,668,587

 
$
923

 
$
212,954


The impairment activity related to purchased receivables portfolios for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

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Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Balance — beginning of period
$
184,173

 
$
206,170

 
$
189,275

 
$
226,356

Incremental provisions for purchased receivables portfolios

 
350

 
300

 
1,675

Incremental reversal of provisions for purchased receivables portfolios
(4,270
)
 
(8,676
)
 
(9,672
)
 
(30,187
)
Balance — end of period
$
179,903

 
$
197,844

 
$
179,903

 
$
197,844


The Company estimates lease losses on the capital lease receivable portfolio based on delinquency status, loss experience to date, and consideration of similarity between this portfolio and individually acquired retail installment contracts as well as various economic factors. The activity in the lease loss allowance for capital leases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 was as follows:
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30, 2015
Balance — beginning of period
$
15,182

 
$
9,589

Provision for lease losses
8,226

 
14,002

Charge-offs
(17,393
)
 
(19,390
)
Recoveries
9,555

 
11,369

Balance — end of period
$
15,570

 
$
15,570


Delinquencies

Retail installment contracts and personal amortizing term loans are classified as non-performing when they are greater than 60 days past due as to contractual principal or interest payments. Dealer receivables are classified as non-performing when they are greater than 90 days past due. At the time a loan is placed in non-performing status, previously accrued and uncollected interest is reversed against interest income. If an account is returned to a performing status, the Company returns to accruing interest on the contract. The accrual of interest on revolving personal loans continues until the loan is charged off. A summary of delinquencies as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment
 
Personal
Loans
 
Loans
Acquired
Individually
 
Purchased
Receivables
Portfolios
 
Total
 
Principal, 31-60 days past due
$
2,010,352

 
$
55,663

 
$
2,066,015

 
$
57,285

Delinquent principal over 60 days
869,190

 
29,886

 
899,076

 
153,485

Total delinquent principal
$
2,879,542

 
$
85,549

 
$
2,965,091

 
$
210,770

 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment
 
Personal
Loans
 
Loans
Acquired
Individually
 
Purchased
Receivables
Portfolios
 
Total
 
Principal, 31-60 days past due
$
2,319,203

 
$
131,634

 
$
2,450,837

 
$
52,452

Delinquent principal over 60 days
1,030,580

 
72,473

 
1,103,053

 
138,400

Total delinquent principal
$
3,349,783

 
$
204,107

 
$
3,553,890

 
$
190,852


The balances in the above tables reflect total unpaid principal rather than net investment before allowance; the difference is considered insignificant. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, no receivables from dealers were 31 days or more delinquent.


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As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no receivables from dealers or finance receivables held for sale that were non-performing. Delinquencies on the capital lease portfolio, which began in 2014, were immaterial as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
FICO® Distribution — A summary of the credit risk profile of the Company’s consumer loans by FICO® distribution, determined at origination, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was as follows:
June 30, 2015
FICO® Band
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment (a)
 
 Personal Loans (b)
<540
 
29.0%
 
3.3%
540-599
 
35.8%
 
18.7%
600-639
 
20.5%
 
21.4%
>640
 
14.7%
 
56.6%
December 31, 2014
FICO® Band
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment (a)
 
 Personal Loans (b)
<540
 
26.4%
 
3.3%
540-599
 
32.6%
 
20.1%
600-639
 
20.5%
 
21.4%
>640
 
20.5%
 
55.2%
(a)
Unpaid principal balance excluded from the FICO® distribution is $3,915,014 and $2,945,297 as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, as the borrowers on these loans did not have FICO® scores at origination.
(b)
Unpaid principal balance excluded from the FICO® distribution is an insignificant amount of loans to borrowers that did not have FICO scores at origination.

Commercial Lending Credit Quality Indicators — The credit quality of receivables from dealers, which are considered commercial loans, is summarized according to standard regulatory classifications as follows:
Pass — Asset is well-protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or guarantors, if any, or by the fair value less costs to acquire and sell any underlying collateral in a timely manner.
Special Mention — Asset has potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention, which, if left uncorrected, may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for an asset at some future date. Special Mention assets are not adversely classified.
Substandard — Asset is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or by the collateral pledged, if any. A well-defined weakness or weaknesses exist that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. The loans are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if deficiencies are not corrected.
Doubtful — Exhibits the inherent weaknesses of a substandard credit. Additional characteristics exist that make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable, on the basis of currently known facts, conditions and values. Possibility of loss is extremely high, but because of certain important and reasonable specific pending factors which may work to the advantage and strengthening of the credit, an estimated loss cannot yet be determined.
Loss — Credit is considered uncollectible and of such little value that it does not warrant consideration as an active asset. There may be some recovery or salvage value, but there is doubt as to whether, how much or when the recovery would occur.
As discussed in Note 2, the Company has $955,225 of fleet retail installment contracts with commercial borrowers. The Company's risk department performs a commercial analysis and classifies certain loans over an internal threshold based on the classifications above. As of June 30, 2015, $1,010 of fleet loans were classified as Special Mention; the remaining fleet portfolio borrowers with balances over the classification threshold all were classified as Pass.

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Commercial loan credit quality indicators for receivables from dealers held for investment as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Pass
$
89,603

 
$
97,903

Special Mention
2,009

 
2,261

Substandard

 

Doubtful

 

Loss

 

Unpaid principal balance
$
91,612

 
$
100,164

 
Troubled Debt Restructurings
In certain circumstances, the Company modifies the terms of its finance receivables to troubled borrowers. Modifications may include a reduction in interest rate, an extension of the maturity date, rescheduling of future cash flows, or a combination thereof. A modification of finance receivable terms is considered a TDR if the Company grants a concession to a borrower for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties that would not otherwise have been considered. Management considers TDRs to include all individually acquired retail installment contracts that have been modified at least once, deferred for a period of 90 days or more, or deferred at least twice. Additionally, restructurings through bankruptcy proceedings are deemed to be TDRs. For personal loans, restructurings due to credit counseling or hardship also are considered TDRs. The purchased receivables portfolio and operating and capital leases are excluded from the scope of the applicable guidance. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no receivables from dealers classified as a TDR.
The table below presents the Company’s TDRs as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Outstanding recorded investment
$
5,044,546

 
$
18,286

 
$
4,207,037

 
$
17,356

Impairment
(967,994
)
 
(7,315
)
 
(797,240
)
 
(6,939
)
Outstanding recorded investment, net of impairment
$
4,076,552

 
$
10,971

 
$
3,409,797

 
$
10,417

 
A summary of the Company’s delinquent TDRs at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, is as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Principal, 31-60 days past due
$
936,525

 
$
1,608

 
$
929,095

 
$
1,595

Delinquent principal over 60 days
465,523

 
4,515

 
515,235

 
5,131

Total delinquent TDR principal
$
1,402,048

 
$
6,123

 
$
1,444,330

 
$
6,726

 
A loan that has been classified as a TDR remains so until the loan is liquidated through payoff or charge-off. Consistent with other of the Company’s retail installment contracts, TDRs are placed on nonaccrual status when the account becomes past due more than 60 days, and returns to accrual status when the account is 60 days or less past due. Average recorded investment and income recognized on TDR loans are as follows:

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Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Average outstanding recorded investment in TDRs
$
4,830,381

 
$
17,774

 
$
2,979,944

 
$
14,570

Interest income recognized
$
189,914

 
$
629

 
$
112,138

 
$
391

 
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Average outstanding recorded investment in TDRs
$
4,622,600

 
$
17,634

 
$
2,856,348

 
$
12,510

Interest income recognized
$
386,890

 
$
1,218

 
$
232,589

 
$
720


TDR Impact on Allowance for Credit Losses
For loans not classified as TDRs, the Company generally estimates an appropriate allowance for credit losses based on delinquency status, the Company’s historical loss experience, estimated values of underlying collateral, and various economic factors. Once a loan has been classified as a TDR, it is assessed for impairment based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's original effective interest rate considering all available evidence.

The following table summarizes the financial effects of TDRs that occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
 
Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Outstanding recorded investment before TDR
$
987,190

 
$
4,384

 
$
743,664

 
$
4,637

Outstanding recorded investment after TDR
$
983,128

 
$
4,364

 
$
699,158

 
$
4,573

Number of contracts
59,191

 
3,671

 
44,524

 
4,116

 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Outstanding recorded investment before TDR
$
1,862,999

 
$
9,778

 
$
1,367,673

 
$
6,748

Outstanding recorded investment after TDR
$
1,857,499

 
$
9,720

 
$
1,280,211

 
$
6,667

Number of contracts
111,510

 
8,139

 
83,753

 
6,135


A TDR is considered to have subsequently defaulted upon charge off, which for retail installment contracts is at the earlier of the date of repossession or 120 days past due and for revolving personal loans is generally the month in which the receivable becomes 180 days past due. Loan restructurings accounted for as TDRs within the previous twelve months that subsequently defaulted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are summarized in the following table:

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Three Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Recorded investment in TDRs that subsequently defaulted
$
213,991

 
$
1,790

 
$
70,811

 
(a)
Number of contracts
15,392

 
1,603

 
7,234

 
(a)
    
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
Recorded investment in TDRs that subsequently defaulted
$
372,509

 
$
3,201

 
$
120,275

 
(a)
Number of contracts
27,046

 
3,014

 
13,123

 
(a)

(a)
Subsequent defaults on personal loan TDRs were insignificant for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014.

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5.
Debt
Revolving Credit Facilities
The following table presents information regarding credit facilities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30, 2015
 
Maturity Date(s)
 
Utilized Balance
 
Committed Amount
 
Effective Rate
 
Assets Pledged
 
Restricted Cash Pledged
Warehouse line
June 2016
 
$
343,021

 
$
500,000

 
1.17%
 
$
515,668

 
$

Warehouse line (a)
Various
 
794,139

 
1,249,670

 
1.31%
 
1,180,412

 
31,154

Warehouse line (b)
June 2016
 
1,612,229

 
4,300,000

 
1.13%
 
2,351,770

 
61,775

Warehouse line
December 2016
 
1,230,177

 
2,500,000

 
1.17%
 
1,812,763

 
48,238

Warehouse line (c)
July 2015
 

 
500,000

 
 

 

Warehouse line (d)
September 2015
 
101,480

 
200,000

 
2.52%
 
160,197

 
3,249

Repurchase facility (e)
December 2015
 
876,605

 
876,605

 
1.76%
 

 
41,369

Warehouse line
March 2017
 
588,599

 
750,000

 
0.94%
 
885,384

 
15,324

Warehouse line (f)
November 2016
 
175,000

 
175,000

 
1.74%
 

 
6,625

Warehouse line (d)
October 2016
 
41,087

 
250,000

 
4.60%
 
63,529

 
2,635

Warehouse line (f)
November 2016
 
250,000

 
250,000

 
1.73%
 

 
1,486

Total facilities with third parties
 
 
6,012,337

 
11,551,275

 
 
 
6,969,723

 
211,855

Lines of credit with Santander and related subsidiaries (g):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Line of credit
December 2016
 
500,000

 
500,000

 
2.49%
 

 

Line of credit
December 2018
 

 
500,000

 
 

 

Line of credit
December 2016
 
1,750,000

 
1,750,000

 
2.40%
 

 

Line of credit
December 2018
 
1,710,000

 
1,750,000

 
2.82%
 

 

Line of credit
March 2017
 
300,000

 
300,000

 
1.74%
 

 

Total facilities with Santander and related subsidiaries
 
 
4,260,000

 
4,800,000

 
 
 

 

Total revolving credit facilities
 
 
$
10,272,337

 
$
16,351,275

 
 
 
$
6,969,723

 
$
211,855


(a)
Half of the outstanding balance on this facility matures in March 2016 and half matures in March 2017.
(b)
This line is held exclusively for Chrysler Capital retail loan and lease financing. On August 7, 2015, this facility was amended into two facilities, one with a $1,260,000 commitment for retail loan funding and the other with a $2,940,000 commitment for lease funding. Both facilities have a maturity date of August 2017.
(c)
This facility was terminated upon maturity on July 17, 2015.
(d)
These lines are held exclusively for personal term loans.
(e)
The repurchase facility is collateralized by securitization notes payable retained by the Company. This facility has rolling 30-day and 90-day maturities.
(f)
These lines are collateralized by residuals retained by the Company.
(g)
These lines are also collateralized by securitization notes payable and residuals retained by the Company. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $2,797,230 and $2,152,625, respectively, of the aggregate outstanding balances on these facilities were unsecured.

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December 31, 2014
 
Maturity Date(s)
 
Utilized Balance
 
Committed Amount
 
Effective Rate
 
Assets Pledged
 
Restricted Cash Pledged
Warehouse line
June 2015
 
$
243,736

 
$
500,000

 
1.17%
 
$
344,822

 
$

Warehouse line
Various
 
397,452

 
1,244,318

 
1.26%
 
589,529

 
20,661

Warehouse line
June 2016
 
2,201,511

 
4,300,000

 
0.98%
 
3,249,263

 
65,414

Warehouse line
June 2016
 
1,051,777

 
2,500,000

 
1.06%
 
1,481,135

 
28,316

Warehouse line
July 2015
 

 
500,000

 
 

 

Warehouse line
September 2015
 
199,980

 
200,000

 
1.96%
 
351,755

 
13,169

Repurchase facility
Various
 
923,225

 
923,225

 
1.63%
 

 
34,184

Warehouse line
December 2015
 
468,565

 
750,000

 
0.93%
 
641,709

 
16,467

Warehouse line
November 2016
 
175,000

 
175,000

 
1.71%
 

 

Warehouse line
October 2016
 
240,487

 
250,000

 
2.02%
 
299,195

 
17,143

Warehouse line
November 2016
 
250,000

 
250,000

 
1.71%
 

 
2,500

Warehouse line
March 2015
 
250,594

 
250,594

 
0.98%
 

 

Total facilities with third parties
 
 
6,402,327

 
11,843,137

 
 
 
6,957,408

 
197,854

Lines of credit with Santander and related subsidiaries:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Line of credit
December 2016
 
500,000

 
500,000

 
2.46%
 
1,340

 

Line of credit
December 2018
 

 
500,000

 
 

 

Line of credit
December 2016
 
1,750,000

 
1,750,000

 
2.33%
 

 

Line of credit
December 2018
 
1,140,000

 
1,750,000

 
2.85%
 
9,701

 

Line of credit
March 2017
 
300,000

 
300,000

 
1.71%
 

 

Total facilities with Santander and related subsidiaries
 
 
3,690,000

 
4,800,000

 
 
 
11,041

 

Total revolving credit facilities
 
 
$
10,092,327

 
$
16,643,137

 
 
 
$
6,968,449

 
$
197,854

Facilities with Third Parties
The warehouse lines and repurchase facility are fully collateralized by a designated portion of the Company’s retail installment contracts (Note 2), leased vehicles (Note 3), securitization notes payables and residuals retained by the Company.
Lines of Credit with Santander and Related Subsidiaries
Through its New York branch, Santander provides the Company with $4,500,000 of long-term committed revolving credit facilities. Through SHUSA, under an agreement entered into on March 6, 2014, Santander provides the Company with an additional $300,000 of committed revolving credit, collateralized by residuals retained on its own securitizations.

The facilities offered through the New York branch are structured as three- and five-year floating rate facilities, with current maturity dates of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Santander has the option to continue to renew the term of these facilities annually going forward, thereby maintaining the three- and five-year maturities. These facilities currently permit unsecured borrowing but generally are collateralized by retail installment contracts and retained residuals. Any secured balances outstanding under the facilities at the time of their maturity will amortize to match the maturities and expected cash flows of the corresponding collateral.

    









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Secured Structured Financings
 
The following table presents information regarding secured structured financings as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
 
June 30, 2015
 
Original Estimated Maturity Date(s)
 
Balance
 
Initial Note Amounts Issued
 
Initial Weighted Average Interest Rate
 
Collateral
 
Restricted Cash
2011 Securitizations (a)
February 2017 - September 2017
 
$
276,588

 
$
2,860,320

 
1.41%-2.02%
 
$
417,353

 
$
88,404

2012 Securitizations (a)
November 2017 - December 2018
 
1,659,405

 
8,023,840

 
0.92%-1.68%
 
2,293,938

 
300,050

2013 Securitizations
January 2019 - January 2021
 
2,656,337

 
6,689,700

 
0.89%-1.59%
 
3,336,520

 
304,549

2014 Securitizations (a)
August 2018 - January 2021
 
3,983,728

 
6,800,420

 
1.16%-1.72%
 
4,958,150

 
372,680

2015 Securitizations (b)
September 2019 - July 2022
 
4,981,886

 
5,394,002

 
1.33%-2.07%
 
5,909,912

 
338,632

Public securitizations (c)
 
 
13,557,944

 
29,768,282

 
 
 
16,915,873

 
1,404,315

2010 Private issuances (d)
June 2011
 
138,894

 
516,000

 
1.29%
 
269,972

 
7,988

2011 Private issuances (e)
December 2018
 
554,188

 
1,700,000

 
1.46%
 
1,023,579

 
48,168

2012 Private issuances
May 2016
 
330

 
70,308

 
1.07%
 
6,848

 
573

2013 Private issuances (f)
September 2018-September 2020
 
2,619,086

 
2,693,754

 
1.13%-1.38%
 
3,787,493

 
145,727

2014 Private issuances
March 2018 - December 2021
 
2,069,420

 
3,271,175

 
1.05%-1.40%
 
2,855,681

 
107,362

2015 Private issuances
November 2018 - May 2020
 
1,400,503

 
1,493,750

 
 0.88%-1.62%
 
1,845,042

 
71,782

Privately issued amortizing notes
 
 
6,782,421

 
9,744,987

 
 
 
9,788,615

 
381,600

Total secured structured financings
 
 
$
20,340,365

 
$
39,513,269

 
 
 
$
26,704,488

 
$
1,785,915


(a)
In July 2015, the Company sold the residuals and retained bonds on public issuances originally executed in 2011, 2012, & 2014.
(b)
In July 2015, the Company executed a securitization, issuing an additional $664,730 in Notes. In addition, this includes a series of subordinate bond transactions on the SDART platform to fund residual interests from existing securitizations.
(c)
Securitizations executed under Rule 144A of the Securities Act are included within this balance.
(d)
This securitization was most recently amended in May 2015 to extend the maturity date to May 2016.
(e)
In July 2015, the Company advanced an additional $487,000 on private issuances originally executed in 2011.
(f)
In May 2015, the Company advanced an additional $500,000 on private issuances originally executed in 2013.




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December 31, 2014
 
Original Estimated Maturity Date(s)
 
Balance
 
Initial Note Amounts Issued
 
Initial Weighted Average Interest Rate
 
Collateral
 
Restricted Cash
2010 Securitizations
November 2017
 
$
81,907

 
$
1,632,420

 
1.04%
 
$
234,706

 
$
58,740

2011 Securitizations
June 2016 - September 2017
 
421,315

 
3,536,550

 
1.21%-2.80%
 
699,875

 
115,962

2012 Securitizations
November 2017 - December 2018
 
2,296,687

 
8,023,840

 
0.92%-1.68%
 
3,006,426

 
318,373

2013 Securitizations
January 2019 - January 2021
 
3,426,242

 
6,689,700

 
0.89%-1.59%
 
4,231,006

 
320,182

2014 Securitizations
August 2018 - January 2021
 
5,211,346

 
6,800,420

 
1.16%-1.72%
 
6,173,229

 
370,790

Public securitizations (a)
 
 
11,437,497

 
26,682,930

 
 
 
14,345,242

 
1,184,047

2010 Private issuances
June 2011
 
172,652

 
516,000

 
1.29%
 
303,361

 
8,009

2011 Private issuances
December 2018
 
859,309

 
1,700,000

 
1.46%-1.80%
 
1,316,903

 
52,524

2012 Private issuances
May 2016
 
5,682

 
70,308

 
1.07%
 
11,760

 
1,086

2013 Private issuances
September 2018 - September 2020
 
2,629,278

 
2,693,754

 
1.13%-1.38%
 
3,703,685

 
98,063

2014 Private issuances
November 2015 - December 2021
 
2,614,556

 
3,519,049

 
1.05%-1.85%
 
3,779,288

 
121,356

Privately issued amortizing notes
 
 
6,281,477

 
8,499,111

 
 
 
9,114,997

 
281,038

Total secured structured financings
 
 
$
17,718,974

 
$
35,182,041

 
 
 
$
23,460,239

 
$
1,465,085


(a)
Securitizations executed under Rule 144A of the Securities Act are included within this balance.
 
Most of the Company’s secured structured financings are in the form of public, SEC-registered securitizations. The Company also executes private securitizations under Rule 144A of the Securities Act and periodically issues private term amortizing notes, which are structured similarly to securitizations but are acquired by banks and conduits. The Company’s securitizations and private issuances are collateralized by vehicle retail installment contracts and loans or leases.
Unamortized debt issuance costs are amortized as interest expense over the terms of the related notes payable using a method that approximates the effective interest method. For securitizations, the term takes into consideration the expected execution of the contractual call option, if applicable. Amortization of premium or accretion of discount on acquired notes payable is also included in interest expense using a method that approximates the effective interest method over the estimated remaining life of the acquired notes. Total interest expense on secured structured financings for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was $70,328 and $57,217, respectively. Total interest expense on secured structured financings for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was $131,180 and $117,079, respectively.

6.
Variable Interest Entities
The Company transfers retail installment contracts and leased vehicles into newly formed Trusts that then issue one or more classes of notes payable backed by the collateral. The Company’s continuing involvement with these Trusts is in the form of servicing the assets and, except for the Chrysler Capital securitizations, through holding residual interests in the Trusts. These transactions are structured without recourse. The Trusts are considered VIEs under U.S. GAAP and, except for Chrysler Capital securitizations, are consolidated because the Company has: (a) power over the significant activities of each entity as servicer of its financial assets and (b) through the residual interest and in some cases debt securities held by the Company, an obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from each VIE which are potentially significant to the VIE. The Company does not retain any debt or equity interests in its Chrysler Capital securitizations, and records these transactions as sales of the associated retail installment contracts.
Revolving credit facilities generally also utilize Trusts that are considered VIEs. The collateral, borrowings under credit facilities and securitization notes payable of the Company's consolidated VIEs remain on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company recognizes finance charges and fee income on the retail installment contracts and leased vehicles and interest expense on the debt, and records a provision for credit losses to cover

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probable inherent losses on the contracts. All of the Trusts are separate legal entities and the collateral and other assets held by these subsidiaries are legally owned by them and are not available to other creditors.
The Company also uses a titling trust to originate and hold its leased vehicles and the associated leases, in order to facilitate the pledging of leases to financing facilities or the sale of leases to other parties without incurring the costs and administrative burden of retitling the leased vehicles. This titling trust is considered a VIE.
On-balance sheet variable interest entities
The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities related to VIEs included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Restricted cash
$
1,977,229

 
$
1,626,257

Finance receivables held for sale
1,546,393

 
18,712

Finance receivables held for investment, net
23,012,380

 
21,366,121

Leased vehicles, net
5,189,904

 
4,862,783

Various other assets
586,420

 
1,283,281

Notes payable
31,048,462

 
27,796,999

Various other liabilities
8,980

 

 
Certain amounts shown above are greater than the amounts shown in the corresponding line items in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets due to intercompany eliminations between the VIEs and other entities consolidated by the Company. For example, for most of its securitizations, the Company retains one or more of the lowest tranches of bonds. Rather than showing investment in bonds as an asset and the associated debt as a liability, these amounts are eliminated in consolidation as required by U.S. GAAP.

The Company retains servicing for receivables transferred to the Trusts and receives a monthly servicing fee on the outstanding principal balance. Supplemental fees, such as late charges, for servicing the receivables are reflected in fees, commissions and other income. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was servicing $27,360,458 and $24,611,624, respectively, of gross retail installment contracts that have been transferred to consolidated Trusts. The remainder of the Company’s retail installment contracts remain unpledged.

A summary of the cash flows received from consolidated securitization trusts during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Assets securitized
$
5,255,516

 
$
5,051,048

 
$
9,237,371

 
$
8,367,295

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net proceeds from new securitizations (a)
$
4,426,263

 
$
4,707,336

 
$
7,487,125

 
$
7,441,429

Cash received for servicing fees (b)
172,854

 
153,514

 
332,656

 
299,285

Cash received upon release from reserved and restricted cash accounts (b)

 
60

 

 
810

Net distributions from Trusts (b)
416,201

 
384,093

 
716,688

 
710,812

Total cash received from Trusts
$
5,015,318

 
$
5,245,003

 
$
8,536,469

 
$
8,452,336

(a)
Includes additional advances on existing securitizations.
(b)
These amounts are not reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows because the cash flows are between the VIEs and other entities included in the consolidation.





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Off-balance sheet variable interest entities
The Company has completed sales to VIEs that met sale accounting treatment in accordance with the applicable guidance. Due to the nature, purpose, and activity of the transactions, the Company determined for consolidation purposes that it either does not hold potentially significant variable interests or is not the primary beneficiary as a result of the Company's limited further involvement with the financial assets. For such transactions, the transferred financial assets are removed from the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. In certain situations, the Company remains the servicer of the financial assets and receives servicing fees that represent adequate compensation. The Company also recognizes a gain or loss for the difference between the cash proceeds and carrying value of the assets sold.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company sold $768,561 of gross retail installment contracts to a VIE in an off-balance sheet securitization. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Company sold $774,183 of gross retail installment contracts to a VIE in an off-balance sheet securitization. During the three months ended June 30, 2014, the Company executed no off-balance sheet securitizations. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was servicing $2,429,141 and $2,157,808, respectively, of gross retail installment contracts that have been sold in these and other off-balance sheet Chrysler Capital securitizations. Other than repurchases of sold assets due to standard representations and warranties, the Company has no exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with these VIEs.

A summary of the cash flows received from off-balance sheet securitization trusts during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Receivables securitized
$
768,561

 
$

 
$
768,561

 
$
774,183

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net proceeds from new securitizations
$
785,983

 
$

 
$
785,983

 
$
765,327

Cash received for servicing fees
6,319

 
4,184

 
11,623

 
6,972

Total cash received from securitization trusts
$
792,302

 
$
4,184

 
$
797,606

 
$
772,299


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7.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company manages its exposure to changing interest rates using derivative financial instruments. In certain circumstances, the Company is required to hedge its interest rate risk on its secured structured financings and the borrowings under its revolving credit facilities. The Company uses both interest rate swaps and interest rate caps to satisfy these requirements and to hedge the variability of cash flows on securities issued by securitization Trusts and borrowings under the Company's warehouse lines of credit. Certain of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI), to the extent that the hedge relationships are effective, and amounts are reclassified from AOCI to earnings as the forecasted transactions impact earnings.
The Company’s remaining interest rate swap agreements, as well as its interest rate cap agreements, the corresponding options written in order to offset the interest rate cap agreements, and a total return swap, are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. Changes in the fair value of derivative instruments not designated as hedges for accounting purposes are reflected in earnings as a component of interest expense.
The underlying notional amounts and aggregate fair values of these agreements at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, were as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Notional
 
Fair Value
 
Notional
 
Fair Value
Interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges
$
8,895,000

 
$
(11,080
)
 
$
8,020,000

 
$
3,827

Interest rate swap agreements not designated as hedges
3,128,000

 
(9,322
)
 
3,206,000

 
(12,175
)
Interest rate cap agreements
8,002,020

 
29,423

 
7,541,385

 
49,762

Options for interest rate cap agreements
8,002,020

 
(29,446
)
 
7,541,385

 
(49,806
)
Total return swap

 

 
250,594

 
(1,736
)

See Note 13 for additional disclosure of fair value and balance sheet location of the Company's derivative financial instruments.
In March 2014, the Company entered into a financing arrangement with a third party whereby the Company pledged certain bonds retained in its own securitizations in exchange for $250,594 in cash. In conjunction with the financing arrangement, the Company entered into a total return swap related to the bonds as an effective avenue to monetize the Company’s retained bonds as a source of financing. This arrangement matured and was terminated in May 2015.

The Company is the holder of a warrant that gives it the right, if certain vesting conditions are satisfied, to purchase additional shares in a company in which it has a cost method investment. This warrant was issued in 2012 and is carried at its estimated fair value of zero at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
The Company enters into legally enforceable master netting agreements that reduce risk by permitting netting of transactions, such as derivatives and collateral posting, with the same counterparty on the occurrence of certain events. A master netting agreement allows two counterparties the ability to net-settle amounts under all contracts, including any related collateral posted, through a single payment. The right to offset and certain terms regarding the collateral process, such as valuation, credit events and settlement, are contained in ISDA master agreements.
Information on the offsetting of derivative assets and derivative liabilities due to the right of offset was as follows, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

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Offsetting of Financial Assets
 

 

 

 
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
 
Gross Amounts
Offset in the Condensed
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amounts of Assets Presented
in the
Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Received
 
Net
Amount
June 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps - Santander & affiliates
$
910

 
$

 
$
910

 
$

 
$

 
$
910

Interest rate swaps - third party
1,211

 

 
1,211

 

 

 
1,211

Interest rate caps - Santander & affiliates
19,049

 

 
19,049

 

 

 
19,049

Interest rate caps - third party
10,373

 

 
10,373

 

 

 
10,373

Total derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
31,543

 

 
31,543

 

 

 
31,543

Total derivatives not subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative assets
$
31,543

 
$

 
$
31,543

 
$

 
$

 
$
31,543

Total financial assets
$
31,543

 
$

 
$
31,543

 
$

 
$

 
$
31,543

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps - Santander & affiliates
$
5,208

 
$

 
$
5,208

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,208

Interest rate swaps - third party
2,946

 

 
2,946

 

 

 
2,946

Interest rate caps - Santander & affiliates
35,602

 

 
35,602

 

 

 
35,602

Interest rate caps - third party
14,160

 

 
14,160

 

 

 
14,160

Total derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
57,916

 

 
57,916

 

 

 
57,916

Total derivatives not subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative assets
$
57,916

 
$

 
$
57,916

 
$

 
$

 
$
57,916

Total financial assets
$
57,916

 
$

 
$
57,916

 
$

 
$

 
$
57,916


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Offsetting of Financial Liabilities
 

 

 

 
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
 
Gross Amounts
Offset in the Condensed
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented
in the Condensed
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
 
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
June 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps - Santander & affiliates
$
17,124

 
$
(11,408
)
 
$
5,716

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,716

Interest rate swaps - third party
5,398

 
(5,398
)
 

 

 

 

Back to back - Santander & affiliates
19,049

 
(19,049
)
 

 

 

 

Back to back - third party
10,397

 
(10,397
)
 

 

 

 

Total derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
51,968

 
(46,252
)
 
5,716

 

 

 
5,716

Total return swap

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivatives not subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities
$
51,968

 
$
(46,252
)
 
$
5,716

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,716

Total financial liabilities
$
51,968

 
$
(46,252
)
 
$
5,716

 
$

 
$

 
$
5,716

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps - Santander & affiliates
$
15,783

 
$
(4,308
)
 
$
11,475

 
$

 
$

 
$
11,475

Interest rate swaps - third party
719

 
(191
)
 
528

 

 

 
528

Back to back - Santander & affiliates
35,602

 
(35,602
)
 

 

 

 

Back to back - third party
14,204

 
(14,204
)
 

 

 

 

Total derivatives subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
66,308

 
(54,305
)
 
12,003

 

 

 
12,003

Total return swap
1,736

 
(1,736
)
 

 

 

 

Total derivatives not subject to a master netting arrangement or similar arrangement
1,736

 
(1,736
)
 

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities
$
68,044

 
$
(56,041
)
 
$
12,003

 
$

 
$

 
$
12,003

Total financial liabilities
$
68,044

 
$
(56,041
)
 
$
12,003

 
$

 
$

 
$
12,003

 
















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The gross gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income, and gains (losses) recognized in net income, are included as components of interest expense. The impacts on the condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30, 2015
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30, 2014
 
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Interest Expense
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Recognized in Accumulated  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Reclassified  From Accumulated  Other Comprehensive  Income to Interest  Expense
 
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Interest Expense
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Recognized in Accumulated  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Reclassified  From Accumulated  Other Comprehensive  Income to Interest  Expense
Interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges
$

 
$
(5,640
)
 
$
(11,266
)
 
$
(47
)
 
$
(7,246
)
 
$
(1,931
)
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges
$
6,852

 
 
 
 
 
$
3,199

 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30, 2014
 
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Interest Expense
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Recognized in Accumulated  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Reclassified  From Accumulated  Other Comprehensive  Income to Interest  Expense
 
Gains (Losses)
Recognized in
Interest Expense
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Recognized in Accumulated  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Gross Gains (Losses) Reclassified  From Accumulated  Other Comprehensive  Income to Interest  Expense
Interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges
$
223

 
$
(37,176
)
 
$
(22,337
)
 
$
91

 
$
(6,592
)
 
$
(4,595
)
Derivative instruments not designated as hedges
$
4,423

 
 
 
 
 
$
8,388

 
 
 
 

The ineffectiveness related to the interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges was insignificant for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
    
8.
Other Assets
Other assets were comprised as follows:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Upfront fee (a)
$
117,500

 
$
125,000

Vehicles (b)
177,226

 
134,926

Manufacturer subvention payments receivable (a)
116,480

 
70,213

Accounts receivable
26,178

 
18,440

Prepaids
34,768

 
35,906

Derivative assets (Note 7)
11,584

 
17,106

Other
2,619

 
1,825

Total other assets
$
486,355

 
$
403,416

 
(a)
These amounts relate to the Chrysler Agreement. The Company paid a $150,000 upfront fee upon the May 2013 inception of the agreement. The fee is being amortized into finance and other interest income over a ten-year term. As the preferred financing provider for Chrysler, the Company is entitled to subvention payments on loans and leases with below-market customer payments.
(b)
Includes vehicles obtained through repossession as well as vehicles obtained due to lease terminations.

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9.
Income Taxes
The Company recorded income tax expense of $161,230 (36.1% effective tax rate) and $302,656 (34.5% effective tax rate) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. The Company recorded income tax expense of $143,643 (36.8% effective tax rate) and $191,684 (36.9% effective tax rate) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The decrease in effective tax rate year over year is primarily due to discrete adjustments related to stock compensation, state rate changes due to geographic earnings mix, and laws guiding state apportionment.
The Company is a party to a tax sharing agreement requiring that the unitary state tax liability among affiliates included in unitary state tax returns be allocated using the hypothetical separate company tax calculation method. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had a net receivable from affiliates under the tax sharing agreement of zero and $459, respectively, which was included in related party taxes receivable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Significant judgment is required in evaluating and reserving for uncertain tax positions. Although management believes adequate reserves have been established for all uncertain tax positions, the final outcomes of these matters may differ. Management does not believe the outcome of any uncertain tax position, individually or combined, will have a material effect on the results of operations. The reserve for uncertain tax positions, as well as associated penalties and interest, is a component of the income tax provision.

10.
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is obligated to make purchase price holdback payments to a third-party originator of loans that it purchases on a periodic basis, when losses are lower than originally expected. SCUSA also is obligated to make total return settlement payments to this third-party originator in 2016 and 2017 if returns on the purchased pools are greater than originally expected.
The Company has extended revolving lines of credit to certain auto dealers. Under this arrangement, the Company is committed to lend up to each dealer's established credit limit.
Under terms of agreements with a peer-to-peer personal lending platform company, the Company has committed to purchase at least the lesser of $30,000 per month or 75% of the lending platform company’s "near-prime" (as that term is defined in the agreements) originations through July 2015, and the lesser of $30,000 per month or 50% of the lending platform company’s near-prime originations thereafter through July 2017. This commitment can be reduced or canceled with 90 days’ notice.
The Company committed to purchase certain new advances on personal revolving financings originated by a third party retailer, along with existing balances on accounts with new advances, for an initial term ending in April 2020 and renewing through April 2022 at the retailer's option. Each customer account generated under the agreements generally is approved with a credit limit higher than the amount of the initial purchase, with each subsequent purchase automatically approved as long as it does not cause the account to exceed its limit and the customer is in good standing. As these credit lines do not have a specified maturity, but rather can be terminated at any time in the event of adverse credit changes or lack of use, the Company has not recorded an allowance for unfunded commitments. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company was obligated to purchase $7,922 and $7,706, respectively, in receivables that had been originated by the retailer but not yet purchased by SCUSA. The Company also is required to make a profit-sharing payment to the retailer each month if performance exceeds a specified return threshold.
Under terms of an application transfer agreement with an OEM, the Company has the first opportunity to review for its own portfolio any credit applications turned down by the OEM's captive finance company. The agreement does not require the Company to originate any loans, but for each loan originated the Company will pay the OEM a referral fee, comprised of a volume bonus fee and a loss betterment bonus fee. The loss betterment bonus fee will be calculated annually and is based on the amount by which losses on loans originated under the agreement are lower than an established percentage threshold.
The Company has agreements with SBNA to service recreational and marine vehicle portfolios. These agreements call for a periodic retroactive adjustment, based on cumulative return performance, of the servicing fee to inception of the contract. There were downward adjustments of zero and $147 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015,

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respectively. There were upward adjustments of $1,329 and $3,249 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.
In connection with the sale of retail installment contracts through securitizations and other sales, the Company has made standard representations and warranties customary to the consumer finance industry. Violations of these representations and warranties may require the Company to repurchase loans previously sold to on- or off-balance sheet trusts or other third parties. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had no repurchase requests outstanding. In the opinion of management, the potential exposure of other recourse obligations related to the Company’s retail installment contract sales agreements will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Santander has provided guarantees on the covenants, agreements, and obligations of the Company under the governing documents of its warehouse facilities and privately issued amortizing notes. These guarantees are limited to the obligations of SCUSA as servicer.
Under terms of the agreement with Chrysler, the Company must make revenue sharing payments to Chrysler and also must make gain-sharing payments when residual gains on leased vehicles exceed a specified threshold.
The Company has a flow agreement with Bank of America whereby the Company is committed to sell up to $300,000 of eligible loans to the bank each month through May 2018. The Company retains servicing on all sold loans and may receive or pay a servicer performance payment based on an agreed-upon formula if performance on the sold loans is better or worse, respectively, than expected performance at time of sale.

The Company has sold loans to CBP under terms of a flow agreement and predecessor sale agreements. The Company retains servicing on the sold loans and will owe CBP a loss-sharing payment capped at 0.5% of the original pool balance if losses exceed a specified threshold, established on a pool-by-pool basis. On June 25, 2015, the Company executed an amendment to the servicing agreement with CBP, which increased the servicing fee the Company receives. The Company and CBP also amended the flow agreement which reduced, effective from and after August 1, 2015, CBP's committed purchases of Chrysler Capital prime loans from a maximum of $600,000 and a minimum of $250,000 per quarter to a maximum of $200,000 and a minimum of $50,000 per quarter, as may be adjusted according to the agreement.

The Company provided SBNA with the first right to review and approve consumer vehicle lease applications, subject to volume constraints, under terms of a flow agreement that was terminated on May 9, 2015. The Company has indemnified SBNA for potential credit and residual losses on $48,226 of leases that had been originated by SBNA under this program but were subsequently determined not to meet SBNA’s underwriting requirements. This indemnification agreement is supported by an equal amount of cash collateral posted by the Company in an SBNA bank account. The collateral account balance is included in restricted cash in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company additionally has agreed to indemnify SBNA for residual losses, up to a cap, on certain leases originated under the flow agreement between September 24, 2014 and May 9, 2015 for which SBNA and the Company had differing residual value expectations at lease inception.
In connection with the bulk sales of Chrysler Capital leases (Note 3), the Company is obligated to make quarterly payments to the purchaser sharing residual losses for lease terminations with losses over a specific percentage threshold. The estimated guarantee liability was $5,154, net, as of June 30, 2015.
On March 31, 2015, the Company executed a forward flow asset sale agreement with a third party under terms of which the Company committed to sell charged off loan receivables in bankruptcy status for at least $200,000 in proceeds. The Company and the third party executed an amendment to the forward flow asset sale agreement on June 29, 2015 which increased the committed sales of charged off loan receivables in bankruptcy status to $275,000. As of June 30, 2015, the remaining commitment was $216,380.

Legal and Regulatory Proceedings

Periodically, the Company is party to or otherwise involved in various lawsuits and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. On August 26, 2014, a purported securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York (the "Steck Lawsuit"). On October 6, 2014, another purported securities class action lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas and was subsequently

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removed to the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. Both lawsuits were filed against the Company, certain of its current and former directors and executive officers and certain institutions that served as underwriters in the Company's initial public offering. Each lawsuit was brought by a purported stockholder of the Company seeking to represent a class consisting of all those who purchased or otherwise acquired securities pursuant and/or traceable to SCUSA's Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in connection with the initial public offering. Each complaint alleged that the Registration Statement and Prospectus contained misleading statements concerning the Company’s auto lending business and underwriting practices. Each lawsuit asserted claims under Section 11 and Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and seeks damages and other relief. In February 2015, the purported class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. In June 2015, the venue of the Steck Lawsuit was transferred from the Southern District of New York to the Northern District of Texas.

Further, the Company is party to or are otherwise involved periodically in reviews, investigations, and proceedings (both formal and informal), and information-gathering requests, by government and self-regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the CFPB, the DOJ, the SEC, the FTC and various state regulatory agencies. Currently, such proceedings include a civil subpoena from the DOJ under FIRREA requesting the production of documents and communications that, among other things, relate to the underwriting and securitization of nonprime auto loans since 2007. Additionally, on October 28, 2014, the Company received a preservation letter and request for documents from the Commission requesting the preservation and production of documents and communications that, among other things, relate to the underwriting and securitization of auto loans since January 1, 2011. The Company also has received civil subpoenas from various state Attorneys General requesting similar documents and communications. The Company is complying with the requests for information and document preservation.

On February 25, 2015, the Company entered into a consent order with the DOJ, approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, that resolves the DOJ's claims against the Company that certain of its repossession and collection activities during the period of time between January 2008 and February 2013 violated the SCRA. The consent order requires SCUSA to pay a civil fine in the amount of $55, as well as at least $9,360 to affected service members consisting of $10 plus compensation for any lost equity (with interest) for each repossession by SCUSA and $5 for each instance where SCUSA sought to collect repossession-related fees on accounts where a repossession was conducted by a prior account holder, as well as requires the Company to undertake additional remedial measures.

On July 31, 2015, the CFPB notified the Company that it had referred to the DOJ certain alleged violations by the Company of the ECOA regarding (i) statistical disparities in markups charged by automobile dealers to protected groups on loans originated by those dealers and purchased by the Company and (ii) the treatment of certain types of income in the Company's underwriting process. 

The Company does not believe that there are any proceedings, threatened or pending, that, if determined adversely, would have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations, or liquidity of the Company.

11.
Related-Party Transactions
Related-party transactions not otherwise disclosed in these footnotes to the condensed consolidated financial statements include the following:
Interest expense, including unused fees, for affiliate lines/letters of credit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, was as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Line of credit agreement with Santander - New York Branch (Note 5)
$
26,151

 
$
22,709

 
$
51,635

 
$
47,583

Line of credit agreement with SHUSA (Note 5)
1,313

 
1,299

 
2,603

 
1,662

Letter of credit facility with Santander - New York Branch

 
126

 

 
251

Accrued interest for affiliate lines/letters of credit at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, was as follows:

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June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Line of credit agreement with Santander - New York Branch (Note 5)
$
7,676

 
$
7,750

Line of credit agreement with SHUSA (Note 5)
232

 
242

Letter of credit facility with Santander - New York Branch

 
128

The Company has derivative financial instruments with Santander and affiliates with outstanding notional amounts of $16,301,039 and $16,330,771 at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively (Note 7). The Company had a collateral overage on derivative liabilities with Santander and affiliates of $39,656 and $32,118 at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Interest expense on these agreements includes amounts totaling $14,986 and $12,702 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $32,228 and $21,583 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Until October 1, 2014, the Company had an agreement with SBNA whereby the Company provided SBNA with the first right to review and assess Chrysler dealer lending opportunities and, if SBNA elected, to provide the proposed financing. The Company provided servicing on all loans originated under this arrangement and was eligible to receive a servicer performance payment based on performance of the serviced loans. The Company also provided servicing on dealer loans sold to SBNA that were not subject to the servicer performance payment. Servicing fee income recognized on receivables from dealers sold to SBNA or originated by SBNA totaled $3,033 and $4,298 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, including $1,259 and $1,723 in servicer performance payments.
Effective October 1, 2014, the origination and servicing agreements were terminated and replaced with revised agreements requiring SCUSA to permit SBNA first right to review and assess Chrysler Capital dealer lending opportunities and requiring SBNA to pay SCUSA a Relationship Management Fee based upon the performance and yields of Chrysler Capital dealer loans held by SBNA. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had relationship management fees receivable from SBNA of $458 and $450, respectively. The Company recognized $1,448 and $3,071 of relationship management fee income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. These agreements also transferred the servicing of all Chrysler Capital receivables from dealers, including receivables held by SBNA and by SCUSA, from SCUSA to SBNA. Servicing fee expense under this new agreement totaled $84 and $170 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had $27 and $28, respectively, of servicing fees payable to SBNA. Under our exclusive relationship with Chrysler, the Company may provide advance funding to Chrysler for dealer loans originated by SBNA, which is reimbursed to the Company by SBNA. The Company had a receivable from SBNA for $7,637 and zero as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, for such advances.

Under an agreement with SBNA, the Company may originate retail consumer loans in connection with sales of vehicles that are collateral held against floorplan loans by SBNA. Upon origination, the Company remits payment to SBNA who settles the transaction with the dealer. As of June 30, 2015, the Company owed SBNA $2,078 related to such originations.

The Company received a $9,000 referral fee in connection with the original arrangement and was amortizing the fee into income over the ten-year term of the agreement. The remaining balance of the referral fee SBNA paid to SCUSA in connection with the original sourcing and servicing agreement is considered a referral fee in connection with the new agreements and will continue to be amortized into income through the July 1, 2022 termination date of the new agreements. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the unamortized fee balance was $7,200 and $7,650, respectively. The Company recognized $225 and $450 of income related to the referral fee for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company also has agreements with SBNA to service auto retail installment contracts and recreational and marine vehicle portfolios. Servicing fee income recognized under these agreements totaled $689 and $5,784 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $2,633 and $6,649 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Other information on the serviced auto loan and retail installment contract portfolios for SBNA as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:


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June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Total serviced portfolio
$
788,509

 
$
896,300

Cash collections due to owner
22,232

 
21,415

Servicing fees receivable
1,829

 
2,171

Until May 9, 2015, the Company was party to a flow agreement with SBNA whereby SBNA had the first right to review and approve Chrysler Capital consumer vehicle lease applications. SCUSA could review any applications declined by SBNA for the Company’s own portfolio. The Company provides servicing and received an origination fee on all leases originated under this agreement. Pursuant to the Chrysler Agreement, the Company pays Chrysler on behalf of SBNA for residual gains and losses on the flowed leases. The Company also services leases it sold to SBNA in 2014. Origination fee income recognized under the agreement totaled $2,807 and $6,937 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $8,431 and $10,622 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Servicing fee income recognized on leases serviced for SBNA totaled $1,854 and $535 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $3,311 and $629 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Other information on the consumer vehicle lease portfolio serviced for SBNA as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Total serviced portfolio
$
2,438,294

 
$
1,989,967

Cash collections due to owner
7

 
1

Lease fundings due from owner

 
3,365

Origination and servicing fees receivable
673

 
10,345

Revenue share reimbursement receivable
4,584

 
1,694


On June 30, 2014, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with SBNA whereby SCUSA indemnifies SBNA for any credit or residual losses on a pool of $48,226 in leases originated under the flow agreement. The covered leases are non-conforming units because they did not meet SBNA’s credit criteria at origination. At time of the agreement, SCUSA established a $48,226 collateral account with SBNA in restricted cash that will be released over time to SBNA, in the case of losses, and SCUSA, in the case of payments and sale proceeds. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the balance in the collateral account was $40,506 and $44,805, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 the Company recognized an indemnification expense of $2,576 and had recorded a liability of $2,127 related to the residual losses covered under the agreement.

The Company periodically sells loan and lease contracts to affiliates under certain agreements. Although no such sales occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company sold leases with a depreciated net capitalized cost of $369,114 for a gain of $5,576 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014.

Produban Servicios Informaticos Generales S.L., a Santander affiliate, is under contract with the Company to provide professional services, telecommunications, and internal and/or external applications. Expenses incurred, which are included as a component of data processing, communications and other expenses, totaled $21 and $22 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $123 and $75 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The Company is party to an MSA with a company in which it has a cost method investment of $6,000 and holds a warrant to increase its ownership if certain vesting conditions are satisfied. The MSA enables SCUSA to review credit applications of retail store customers. Under terms of the MSA, the Company originated personal revolving loans of $10,662 and $2,207 during the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $18,288 and $2,911 during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company paid certain expenses incurred by the Company's then-Chairman and CEO in the operation of a private plane in which he owns a partial interest when used for SCUSA business within the contiguous 48 states. Under this practice, payment is based on a set flight time hourly rate, and the amount of reimbursement is not subject to a maximum cap per fiscal year. For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $125 and $141, respectively, to Meregrass, Inc., the company managing the plane's

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operations, with an average rate of $5.8 per hour. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $308 and $414, respectively, to Meregrass, Inc., with an average hourly rate of $5.8.
As of June 30, 2015, the Company's then-CEO and then-CFO, as well as a Santander employee who was a member of the SCUSA Board of Directors until the second quarter of 2015, each had a minority equity investment in a property in which the Company leases 373,000 square feet as its corporate headquarters. For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $1,979 and $54, respectively, in lease payments on this property. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $2,501 and $108, respectively, in lease payments on this property. Future minimum lease payments for the 12-year term of the lease total $81,054.

The Company is party to certain agreements with a third party retailer whereby the Company is committed to purchase receivables originated by the retailer for an initial term ending in April 2020 and renewable through April 2022 at the retailer's option. In November 2014, Capmark, a company of which affiliates of Centerbridge own an approximately 32% interest, acquired the retailer. Prior to SCUSA's IPO in January 2014, Centerbridge had a 7% indirect ownership interest in SCUSA. Immediately after the IPO, Centerbridge had an approximately 1% interest in SCUSA, which had decreased to less than 1% by December 31, 2014 and further decreased to zero in February 2015. Further, an individual that was a member of SCUSA's board of directors until July 15, 2015, is a member of Centerbridge management and also serves on the board of directors of Capmark. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company advanced $250,687 and $408,916, respectively, to the retailer, and received $249,583 and $526,943, respectively, in payments on receivables originated under its agreements with the retailer.
At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had tax indemnification payments receivable of $5,472 and $5,504, respectively, representing reimbursement of tax indemnification payments made to the original equity investors in two investment partnerships now owned by the Company. One of the equity investors, Centerbridge, also was an investor in SCUSA until February 2015, and both investors had representation on SCUSA's board until July 15, 2015. These payments are expected to be recovered through tax refunds passed through to the Company as the original investors recognize tax losses related to the investments.


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12.
Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Common Share

Earnings per common share is computed using the two-class method required for participating securities. Restricted stock awards are considered to be participating securities because holders of such shares have non-forfeitable dividend rights in the event of a declaration of a dividend on the Company’s common shares.
 
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the calculation of earnings per share excludes 48,800 and 1,307,113 employee stock option awards, respectively, as the effect of those securities would be anti-dilutive.
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Earnings per common share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding before restricted participating shares (in thousands)
354,625

 
348,243

 
351,806

 
347,882

Weighted average number of participating restricted common shares outstanding (in thousands)
467

 
584

 
467

 
584

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands)
355,092

 
348,827

 
352,273

 
348,466

Earnings per common share
$
0.80

 
$
0.71

 
$
1.63

 
$
0.94

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands)
355,092

 
348,827

 
352,273

 
348,466

Effect of employee stock-based awards (in thousands)
4,102

 
7,555

 
3,659

 
7,543

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - assuming dilution (in thousands)
359,194

 
356,382

 
355,932

 
356,008

Earnings per common share - assuming dilution
$
0.79

 
$
0.69

 
$
1.61

 
$
0.92


13.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Fair value measurement requires that valuation techniques maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and also establishes a fair value hierarchy that categorizes into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value as follows:
Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that can be accessed as of the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2 inputs are those other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3 inputs are those that are unobservable for the asset or liability and are used to measure fair value to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available.
Fair value estimates, methods, and assumptions are as follows:
 
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Level
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents (a)
1
$
28,886

 
$
28,886

 
$
33,157

 
$
33,157

Receivables held for sale (b)
2
1,570,416

 
1,583,832

 
46,585

 
46,585

Finance receivables held for investment, net (c)
3
24,778,311

 
26,811,953

 
23,915,551

 
25,576,337

Restricted cash (a)
1
3,086,229

 
3,086,229

 
1,920,857

 
1,920,857

Notes payable — credit facilities (d)
3
6,012,337

 
6,012,337

 
6,402,327

 
6,402,327

Notes payable — secured structured financings (e)
2
20,340,365

 
20,449,462

 
17,718,974

 
17,810,062

Notes payable — related party (f)
3
4,260,000

 
4,260,000

 
3,690,000

 
3,690,000


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(a)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash — The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, is at an approximated fair value as the instruments mature within 90 days or less and bear interest at market rates.
(b)
Receivables held for sale — Receivables held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market, as determined on an aggregate basis. The estimated fair value is based on the prices obtained or expected to be obtained in the subsequent sales usually in the following month.
(c)
Finance receivables held for investment, net — The carrying value and estimated fair value of finance receivables held for investment, net are reported at the aggregate carrying value and estimated fair value of the following financial instruments:
Retail installment contracts held for investment — Retail installment contracts held for investment are carried at amortized cost, net of credit loss allowance. The estimated fair value is calculated based on estimated market rates for similar contracts with similar credit risks.
Personal loans, net — Personal loans are carried at amortized cost, net of credit loss allowance. The estimated fair value is calculated based on estimated market rates for similar loans with similar credit risks.
Receivables from dealers held for investment, net — Receivables from dealers held for investment are carried at amortized cost, net of credit loss allowance. The estimated fair value is calculated based on estimated market rates for similar receivables with similar credit risks.
Capital lease receivables, net — Capital lease receivables are carried at amortized cost, net of the allowance for lease losses. The estimated fair value is calculated based on estimated market rates for similar contracts with similar credit risks.
(d)
Notes payable — credit facilities — The carrying amount of notes payable related to revolving credit facilities is estimated to approximate fair value. Management believes that the terms of these credit agreements approximate market terms for similar credit agreements.
(e)
Notes payable — secured structured financings — The estimated fair value of notes payable related to secured structured financings is calculated based on market quotes for the Company’s publicly traded debt and estimated market rates currently available from recent transactions involving similar debt with similar credit risks.
(f)
Notes payable — related party — The carrying amount of notes payable to a related party is estimated to approximate fair value. Management believes that the terms of these credit agreements approximate market terms for similar credit agreements.
The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy:
 
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2015
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Other assets — trading interest rate caps (a)
$
10,373

 
$

 
$
10,373

 
$

Due from affiliates — trading interest rate caps (a)
19,049

 

 
19,049

 

Other assets — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
1,211

 

 
1,211

 

Due from affiliates — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
113

 

 
113

 

Due from affiliates — trading interest rate swaps (a)
797

 

 
797

 

Due from affiliates — treasury bills
30,991

 
30,991

 

 

Other liabilities — trading options for interest rate caps (a)
10,397

 

 
10,397

 

Due to affiliates — trading options for interest rate caps (a)
19,049

 

 
19,049

 

Other liabilities — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
3,135

 

 
3,135

 

Due to affiliates — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
9,270

 

 
9,270

 

Other liabilities — trading interest rate swaps (a)
2,263

 

 
2,263

 

Due to affiliates — trading interest rate swaps (a)
7,854

 

 
7,854

 


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Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Other assets — trading interest rate caps (a)
$
14,160

 
$

 
$
14,160

 
$

Due from affiliates — trading interest rate caps (a)
35,602

 

 
35,602

 

Other assets — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
2,796

 

 
2,796

 

Due from affiliates — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
4,823

 

 
4,823

 

Other assets — trading interest rate swaps (a)
150

 

 
150

 

Due from affiliates — trading interest rate swaps (a)
385

 

 
385

 

Other liabilities — trading options for interest rate caps (a)
14,204

 

 
14,204

 

Due to affiliates — trading options for interest rate caps (a)
35,602

 

 
35,602

 

Other liabilities — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
476

 

 
476

 

Due to affiliates — cash flow hedging interest rate swaps (a)
3,316

 

 
3,316

 

Other liabilities — trading interest rate swaps (a)
243

 

 
243

 

Due to affiliates — trading interest rate swaps (a)
12,467

 

 
12,467

 

Other liabilities — total return swap (b)
1,736

 

 
1,736

 


(a)
The valuation of swaps and caps is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivative, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs. The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurement of its derivatives. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings and guarantees. The Company utilizes the exception in ASC 820-10-35-18D (commonly referred to as the “portfolio exception”) with respect to measuring counterparty credit risk for instruments (Note 7).
(b)
The total return swap is valued based on the estimated market value of the underlying bonds pledged to the associated credit facility.

There were no amounts transferred into or out of Level 3 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy:
 
Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2015
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Other assets — vehicles
$
177,226

 
$

 
$
177,226

 
$

 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Other assets — vehicles
$
134,926

 
$

 
$
134,926

 
$

 
The Company estimates the fair value of its vehicles, which are obtained either through repossession or lease termination, using historical auction rates and current market levels of used car prices.

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14.    Employee Benefit Plans
SCUSA Compensation Plan — Beginning in 2012, the Company granted stock options to certain executives, other employees, and independent directors under the MEP. The Plan was administered by the Board of Directors and enabled the Company to make stock awards up to a total of approximately 29 million common shares (net of shares canceled and forfeited), or 8.5% of the equity invested in the Company as of December 31, 2011. The MEP expired on January 31, 2015, and accordingly, no further awards will be made under this plan. In December 2013, the Board established the Omnibus Incentive Plan, which enables the Company to grant awards of nonqualified and incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and other awards that may be settled in or based upon the value of the Company's common stock up to a total of 5,192,640 common shares.
Stock options granted have an exercise price based on the estimated fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The stock options expire after ten years and include both time vesting options and performance vesting options. The fair value of the stock options is amortized into income over the vesting period as time and performance vesting conditions are met. Under the Management Shareholders Agreement entered into by certain employees, no shares obtained through exercise of stock options could be transferred until the later of December 31, 2016, and the Company’s execution of an IPO (the later date of which is referred to as the Lapse Date). Until the Lapse Date, if an employee were to leave the Company, the Company would have the right to repurchase any or all of the stock obtained by the employee through option exercise. If the employee were terminated for cause (as defined in the Plan) or voluntarily left the Company without good reason (as defined in the Plan), in each case, prior to the Lapse Date the repurchase price would be the lower of the strike price or fair market value at the date of repurchase. If the employee were terminated without cause or voluntarily left the Company with good reason, in each case, prior to the Lapse Date the repurchase price is the fair market value at the date of repurchase. Management believes the Company’s repurchase right caused the IPO event to constitute an implicit vesting condition and therefore did not record any stock compensation expense until the date of the IPO.
On December 28, 2013, the Board approved certain changes to the Plan and the Management Shareholders Agreement, including acceleration of vesting for certain employees, removal of transfer restrictions for shares underlying a portion of the options outstanding under the Plan, and addition of transfer restrictions for shares underlying another portion of the outstanding options. All of the changes were contingent on, and effective upon, the Company’s execution of an IPO and, as such, became effective upon pricing of the IPO on January 22, 2014. Also, on December 28, 2013, the Company granted 583,890 shares of restricted stock to certain executives under terms of the Omnibus Incentive Plan. Compensation expense related to this restricted stock is recognized over a five-year vesting period, with $1,216 and $1,216 recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
 
On January 23, 2014, the Company executed an IPO, in which selling stockholders offered and sold to the public 85,242,042 shares of common stock at a price of $24.00 per share. The Company received no proceeds from the initial public offering. Stock-based compensation expense totaling $117,770 related to vested options was recognized upon the IPO, including expense related to accelerated vesting for certain executives of $33,845. Also, in connection with the IPO, the Company granted additional stock options under the Plan to certain executives, other employees, and an independent director with an estimated compensation cost of $10,216, which is being recognized over the awards' vesting period of five years for the employees and three years for the director. Additional stock option grants have been made during the six months ended June 30, 2015 to employees; the estimated compensation costs associated with these additional grants is $1,239 and will be recognized over the vesting periods of the awards.
A summary of the Company’s stock options and related activity as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2015 is as follows:

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Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (Years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Options outstanding at January 1, 2015
21,357,911

 
$
10.82

 
7.2

 
$
187,637

Granted
161,244

 
23.27

 

 

Exercised
(8,771,131
)
 
9.86

 

 
(121,923
)
Expired
(15,197
)
 
9.73

 

 

Forfeited
(143,677
)
 
14.47

 

 

Options outstanding at June 30, 2015
12,589,150

 
11.62

 
6.8

 
175,631

Options exercisable at June 30, 2015
8,391,322

 
10.29

 
6.6

 
128,261


In connection with compensation restrictions imposed on certain executive officers and other employees by the European Central Bank under the Capital Requirements Directive IV prudential rules, which require a portion of such officers' and employees' variable compensation to be paid in the form of equity, the Company granted RSUs in February and April 2015. A portion of the RSUs vested immediately upon grant, and a portion will vest annually over the next three years. In June 2015, as part of a separate long-term incentive plan, the Company granted certain officers RSUs that vest over a three-year period, with vesting dependent on Banco Santander performance over that time. After vesting, stock obtained through RSUs must be held for one year.

15.
Shareholders' Equity
Treasury Stock
The Company had 52,141 shares of treasury stock outstanding with a cost of $983 as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Prior to the IPO, the Company repurchased 3,154 shares as a result of an employee leaving the company. Additionally, 48,987 shares were withheld in December 2014 to cover income taxes related to the vesting of RSUs awarded to certain executive officers. The value of the treasury stock is immaterial and included within additional paid-in-capital.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
A summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Beginning balance, unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges
$
(9,290
)
 
$
(765
)
 
$
3,553

 
$
(2,853
)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
(3,458
)
 
(4,579
)
 
(23,249
)
 
(4,167
)
Amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (a)
7,022

 
1,215

 
13,970

 
2,891

Ending balance, unrealized losses on cash flow hedges
$
(5,726
)
 
$
(4,129
)
 
$
(5,726
)
 
$
(4,129
)

(a)
Amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 consist of the following:
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Reclassification
Amount reclassified
 
Income statement line item
 
Amount reclassified
 
Income statement line item
Cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Settlements of derivatives
$
11,266

 
Interest expense
 
$
1,931

 
Interest expense
Tax benefit
(4,244
)
 
 
 
(716
)
 
 
Net of tax
$
7,022

 
 
 
$
1,215

 
 

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Reclassification
Amount reclassified
 
Income statement line item
 
Amount reclassified
 
Income statement line item
Cash flow hedges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Settlements of derivatives
$
22,337

 
Interest expense
 
$
4,595

 
Interest expense
Tax expense (benefit)
(8,367
)
 
 
 
(1,704
)
 
 
Net of tax
$
13,970

 
 
 
$
2,891

 
 
Dividend Restrictions
The Dodd-Frank Act requires certain banks and bank holding companies, including SHUSA, to perform a stress test and submit a capital plan to the Federal Reserve on an annual basis. On March 11, 2015, the FRB informed SHUSA that, based on qualitative concerns, the FRB objected to SHUSA’s capital plan pursuant to CCAR that SHUSA had previously submitted to the FRB. This objection followed the FRB's objection to the capital plan submitted the previous year, following which objection SHUSA had entered into a written agreement with the FRB memorializing discussions under which, among other things, SHUSA is prohibited from allowing its non-wholly-owned nonbank subsidiaries, including the Company, to declare or pay any dividend, or to make any capital distribution, until such time as SHUSA has submitted to the FRB a capital plan and the FRB has issued a written non-objection to the plan, or the FRB otherwise issues its written non-objection to the proposed capital action. The Company will not pay any future dividends until such time as the FRB issues a written non-objection to a capital plan submitted by SHUSA or the FRB otherwise issues its written non-objection to the payment of a dividend by the Company.

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16.
Subsequent Events

Separation Agreement with Thomas G. Dundon

On July 2, 2015, the Company announced the departure of Thomas G. Dundon from his roles as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business on July 2, 2015. In connection with his departure, and subject to the terms and conditions of his Employment Agreement, including Mr. Dundon's execution of a release of claims against the Company, Mr. Dundon became entitled to receive certain payments and benefits under his Employment Agreement. Certain of the payments, agreements to make payments and benefits may be effective only upon receipt of certain required regulatory approvals. Additionally, the Separation Agreement confirms that, upon termination of his employment, Mr. Dundon’s unvested restricted stock awards vested in full in accordance with their terms, his outstanding stock options vested in full (to the extent they were previously unvested) and that all shares acquired upon the exercise of stock options awarded to Mr. Dundon in December 2011 or other awards previously restricted became freely transferable, subject to applicable regulatory approvals and applicable law.

Mr. Dundon’s outstanding stock options will remain exercisable until the third anniversary of his resignation, and subject to certain time limitations, Mr. Dundon was permitted to exercise such options in whole, but not in part, and settle such options for a cash payment equal to the difference between the closing trading price of a share of Company common stock as of the date immediately preceding such exercise and the exercise price of such option. Mr. Dundon exercised this cash settlement option as of July 2, 2015. In addition, any service-based vesting requirements that were applicable to Mr. Dundon’s outstanding restricted stock units and deferred cash award in respect of his 2014 annual bonus were waived upon his termination of employment, and such awards will vest and be settled in accordance with the underlying award agreements.

Mr. Dundon will serve as a consultant to the Company for twelve months from the date of the Separation Agreement at a mutually agreed rate, and will continue to serve as a Director on the Company’s Board.

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, SHUSA was deemed to have delivered as of July 3, 2015 an irrevocable notice to exercise a call option with respect to all the shares of Company common stock owned by DDFS and consummate the transactions contemplated by such call option notice, subject to required bank regulatory approvals and any other approvals required by law being obtained.

Sale of Securitization Residuals

On July 6, 2015, the Company settled a transaction to sell residual interests in certain SDART 2014 Trusts and its retained bonds in the related 2011 and 2012 vintage SDART Trusts to a third party. As of June 30, 2015, retail installment contracts of $782,267 associated with these Trusts were classified as finance receivables held for sale.


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Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with SCUSA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 2, 2015 (2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K) and in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this report. Additional information about the Company is available on SCUSA’s website at www.santanderconsumerusa.com. SCUSA’s recent annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, proxy statements, as well as other filings with the SEC, are available free of charge through SCUSA’s website by clicking on the “Investors” page and selecting “All SEC Filings.” The SEC’s website also contains current reports, information statements, and other information regarding SCUSA at www.sec.gov.
Overview

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. is the holding company for Santander Consumer USA Inc., a full-service, technology-driven consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance and personal lending products. We are majority-owned (as of June 30, 2015, approximately 59.0%) by SHUSA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Santander.
The Company is managed through a single reporting segment, Consumer Finance, which includes our vehicle financial products and services, including retail installment contracts, vehicle leases, and dealer loans, as well as financial products and services related to motorcycles, RVs, and marine vehicles. It also includes our personal loan and point-of-sale financing operations.
Since May 1, 2013, we have been the preferred provider for Chrysler’s consumer loans and leases and dealer loans under terms of a ten-year agreement with Chrysler. Business generated under terms of the Chrysler Agreement is branded as Chrysler Capital. In conjunction with the Chrysler Agreement, the Company offers a full spectrum of auto financing products and services to Chrysler customers and dealers under the Chrysler Capital brand. These products and services include consumer retail installment contracts and leases, as well as dealer loans for inventory, construction, real estate, working capital and revolving lines of credit.
Under the terms of the Chrysler Agreement, certain standards were agreed to which include SCUSA meeting specified escalating penetration rates for the first five years, and Chrysler treating SCUSA in a manner consistent with comparable OEMs' treatment of their captive providers, primarily in regard to sales support. The success of the Chrysler agreement, is dependent upon the ability of both parties to meet and uphold these standards.
The target penetration rate as of April 30, 2015 (the end of the second year of the Chrysler Agreement) was 44%, and the target penetration rate for the third year is set at 54%. Our actual penetration rate as of June 30, 2015 was 28% as interest rates have remained low, causing our subvented loan and lease offers not to be materially more attractive than other lenders' offers. We remain confident about the ongoing success of the Chrysler Agreement. Since its May 1, 2013, launch, Chrysler Capital has originated $24.4 billion in retail loans and $9.4 billion in leases, and facilitated the origination of $3.0 billion in leases and dealer loans for an affiliate.
The Company also originates vehicle loans through a web-based direct lending program, purchases vehicle retail installment contracts from other lenders, and services automobile and recreational and marine vehicle portfolios for other lenders. Additionally, the Company has several relationships through which it provides unsecured consumer loans, private-label credit cards and other consumer finance products.
We have flow agreements and dedicated financing facilities in place for our Chrysler Capital business. We periodically sell consumer retail installment contracts through these flow agreements, and, when market conditions are favorable, we will access the ABS market through securitizations of consumer retail installment contracts. We also periodically enter into bulk sales of consumer vehicle leases with a third party. We typically retain servicing of loans and leases sold or securitized, and may also retain some residual risk in sales of leases. We have also entered into an agreement with the buyer of our leases whereby we will periodically sell charged-off loans.

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Economic and Business Environment
The U.S. economy has continued its slow-paced recovery into 2015. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment declined from 5.6% at the beginning of the year to 5.3% as of June 30, 2015. The Federal Reserve continues to signal that it may raise rates in 2015. New cars are selling at a pace to exceed an annualized rate of 17 million for 2015.
Regulatory Matters
The U.S. lending industry is highly regulated under various U.S. federal laws, including the Truth-in-Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, Fair Credit Reporting, Fair Debt Collection Practices, SCRA, and Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices, Credit CARD, Telephone Consumer Protection, FIRREA, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Acts, as well as various state laws. We are subject to inspections, examinations, supervision, and regulation by the Commission, the CFPB, the FTC, the DOJ and by regulatory agencies in each state in which we are licensed. In addition, we are subject to certain bank regulations, including oversight by the OCC, the European Central Bank, and the Federal Reserve, which has the ability to limit certain of our activities, such as the timing and amount of dividends and certain transactions that we might otherwise desire to enter into, such as merger and acquisition opportunities, or to impose other limitations on our growth.
Regulation AB II
In response to investor requests for greater transparency, on August 27, 2014, the Commission unanimously voted to adopt final rules known as Regulation AB II, that, among other things, expanded disclosure requirements and modified the offering and shelf registration process. All filings on Forms 10-D or 10-K that are submitted after November 23, 2015 must comply with new rules and disclosures, except asset-level disclosures. These rules will affect the Company's public securitization platform.
Additionally, on August 27, 2014, the Commission adopted final rules implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to third-party due diligence reports for asset-backed securities. The final rules take effect nine months after they were published in the Federal Register (i.e., June 2015). These final rules have a wider impact on SCUSA than Regulation AB II as they will cover all SCUSA securitization platforms.
Additional legal and regulatory matters affecting the Company's activities are further discussed in Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors of our annual report on Form 10-K.
How We Assess Our Business Performance

Net income, and the associated return on assets and equity, are the primary metrics by which we judge the performance of our business. Accordingly, we closely monitor the primary drivers of net income:

Net financing income — We track the spread between the interest and finance charge income earned on our assets and the interest expense incurred on our liabilities, and continually monitor the components of our yield and our cost of funds. In addition, we monitor external rate trends, including the Treasury swap curve and spot and forward rates.
Net credit losses — We perform net credit loss analysis at the vintage level for individually acquired retail installment contracts, loans and leases, and at the pool level for purchased portfolios, enabling us to pinpoint drivers of any unusual or unexpected trends. We also monitor recovery rates, both industry-wide and our own. Additionally, because delinquencies are an early indicator of future net credit losses, we analyze delinquency trends, adjusting for seasonality, to determine whether or not our loans are performing in line with our original estimation.
Other income — The various flow agreements in connection with our Chrysler relationship have resulted in a growing portfolio of assets serviced for others. These assets provide a steady stream of servicing income and may provide a gain or loss on sale. We monitor the size of the portfolio and average servicing fee rate and gain. Additionally, our personal lending business provides fee income, which we monitor as an input to return on the personal loan portfolio.
Operating expenses — We assess our operational efficiency using our cost-to-assets ratio. We perform extensive analysis to determine whether observed fluctuations in operating expense levels indicate a trend or are the nonrecurring impact of large projects. Our operating expense analysis also includes a loan- and portfolio-level review of origination and servicing costs to assist us in assessing profitability by pool and vintage.

Because volume and portfolio size determine the magnitude of the impact of each of the above factors on our earnings, we also closely monitor origination and sales volume along with APR and discounts (including subvention and net of dealer participation).

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Second Quarter 2015 Summary of Results
Our strong performance in the second quarter of 2015 highlights our ability to execute on our strategy of optimizing the mix of retained assets versus assets sold and serviced for others. These key highlights included:
Growth of 16.3% in net finance and other interest income compared to the same quarter in 2014;
Net income of $285.5 million compared with $246.5 million for the same quarter in 2014, or a 15.8% increase year-over-year;
Originations of $7.6 billion, up from $7.4 billion in the prior quarter and $6.7 billion originated in the same quarter in 2014;
Asset sales of $2.8 billion, up from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter, and up from $1.8 billion in the same quarter in 2014;
Serviced for others portfolio of $13.1 billion, up from $11.2 billion in the prior quarter and $8.0 billion in the same period last year;
Expense ratio of 2.1%, down slightly from 2.2% in the prior quarter and 2.3% in the same quarter last year despite managed asset growth and increases in headcount.
Recent Developments and Other Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
Asset Sales and Securitizations
During the second quarter of 2015, we executed four on-balance sheet securitizations, including a series of subordinate bond transactions to fund residual interests from existing securitizations, with net bonds sold of $3.4 billion and we advanced $1.5 billion on new and existing private term amortizing facilities and revolving facilities. Additionally, in line with our strategy to leverage our servicing platform and increase servicing fee income, we executed several other transactions, which are discussed in greater detail in the Liquidity Management, Funding and Capital Resources section of management's discussion and analysis.
Amendments to Flow Agreements
On June 25, 2015, we executed an amendment to the flow agreement with CBP, which increased the servicing fee the Company receives for the servicing of assets sold under the agreement. The amendment also reduced, effective from and after August 1, 2015, CBP’s committed purchases of Chrysler Capital prime loans. We have mitigated the reduction in committed purchases, in part, through further development of new business relationships, which has resulted in sales of loans to a new third party purchaser during the second quarter.
The Company also entered into an amendment to the flow agreement under which we are committed to selling charged off loan receivables in bankruptcy status. This amendment increased the committed sales of charged off loans receivable in bankruptcy.
Shelf Registration Statement
In March 2015, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to register up to 245,593,555 shares of our common stock held by SHUSA and DDFS LLC, an entity solely owned by our then-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any shares offered under such shelf registration statement.
Dividend Restrictions
The Dodd-Frank Act requires certain banks and bank holding companies, including SHUSA, to perform a stress test and submit a capital plan to the Federal Reserve on an annual basis. On March 11, 2015, the FRB informed SHUSA that, based on qualitative concerns, the FRB objected to SHUSA’s capital plan pursuant to CCAR that SHUSA had previously submitted to the FRB. This objection followed the FRB's objection to the capital plan submitted the previous year, following which objection SHUSA had entered into a written agreement with the FRB memorializing discussions under which, among other things, SHUSA is prohibited from allowing its non-wholly-owned nonbank subsidiaries, including the Company, to declare or pay any dividend, or to make any capital distribution, until such time as SHUSA has submitted to the FRB a capital plan and the FRB has issued a written non-objection to the plan, or the FRB otherwise issues its written non-objection to the proposed capital action. The Company will not pay any future dividends until such time as the FRB issues a written non-objection to a capital plan submitted by SHUSA or the FRB otherwise issues its written non-objection to the payment of a dividend by the Company.

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Volume
Our originations of individually acquired loans and leases, including net balance increases on revolving loans, average APR, and discount during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 have been as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
Retained Originations
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Retail installment contracts
$
4,765,800

 
$
3,466,983

 
$
9,054,701

 
$
7,643,978

Average APR
17.2
%
 
15.0
%
 
17.6
%
 
15.6
%
Discount
2.5
%
 
3.7
%
 
3.1
%
 
3.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal loans
$
257,915

 
$
262,617

 
$
424,407

 
$
370,519

Average APR
19.4
%
 
20.0
%
 
18.9
%
 
20.2
%
Discount

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receivables from dealers
$

 
$
17,806

 
$

 
$
32,629

Average APR

 
3.8
%
 

 
3.5
%
Discount

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leased vehicles
$
1,424,308

 
$
889,381

 
$
2,554,423

 
$
2,101,380

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital lease receivables
$
8,073

 
$
16,527

 
$
63,803

 
$
19,573

Total originations retained
$
6,456,096

 
$
4,653,314

 
$
12,097,334

 
$
10,168,079

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sold Originations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail installment contracts
$
927,586

 
$
1,059,718

 
$
2,234,410

 
$
2,495,359

Average APR
4.3
%
 
4.1
%
 
5.1
%
 
4.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leased vehicles
$

 
$
389,657

 

 
389,657

Total originations sold
$
927,586

 
$
1,449,375

 
$
2,234,410

 
$
2,885,016

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total SCUSA originations
$
7,383,682

 
$
6,102,689

 
$
14,331,744

 
$
13,053,095

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Facilitated Originations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Receivables from dealers
$

 
$
108,759

 
$

 
$
253,512

Leased vehicles
228,572

 
486,446

 
632,471

 
732,114

Total originations facilitated for affiliates
$
228,572

 
$
595,205

 
$
632,471

 
$
985,626

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total originations
$
7,612,254

 
$
6,697,894

 
$
14,964,215

 
$
14,038,721


Our asset sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 have been as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Retail installment contracts
$
2,016,675

 
$
1,384,174

 
$
2,935,753

 
$
3,069,898

Average APR
5.6
%
 
4.3
%
 
5.3
%
 
5.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leased vehicles
$
755,624

 
$
369,114

 
1,316,958

 
369,114

Total asset sales
$
2,772,299

 
$
1,753,288

 
$
4,252,711

 
$
3,439,012


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Our ending held for investment portfolio, average APR, and remaining unaccreted discount as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Retail installment contracts
$
26,540,938

 
$
25,401,461

Average APR
16.9
%
 
16.0
%
Discount
2.3
%
 
2.1
%
 
 
 
 
Personal loans
$
2,261,726

 
$
2,128,769

Average APR
22.8
%
 
23.1
%
Discount
0.1
%
 
0.1
%
 
 
 
 
Receivables from dealers
$
91,612

 
$
100,164

Average APR
4.3
%
 
4.3
%
Discount

 

 
 
 
 
Leased vehicles
$
5,858,284

 
$
5,504,467

 
 
 
 
Capital leases
$
125,994

 
$
91,350

We record interest income from individually acquired retail installment contracts, personal loans and receivables from dealers in accordance with the terms of the loans, generally discontinuing and reversing accrued income once a loan becomes more than 60 days past due, except in the case of revolving personal loans, for which we continue to accrue interest until charge-off, in the month in which the loan becomes 180 days past due, and receivables from dealers, for which we continue to accrue interest until the loan becomes more than 90 days past due. Receivables from dealers and term personal loans generally are not acquired at a discount. We amortize discounts, subvention payments from manufacturers, and origination costs as adjustments to income from individually acquired retail installment contracts using the effective yield method. We amortize the discount, if applicable, on revolving personal loans straight-line over the estimated period over which the receivables are expected to be outstanding.
For individually acquired retail installment contracts, personal loans, capital leases, and receivables from dealers, we also establish a credit loss allowance for the estimated losses inherent in the portfolio. We estimate probable losses based on contractual delinquency status, historical loss experience, expected recovery rates from sale of repossessed collateral, bankruptcy trends, and general economic conditions such as unemployment rates.
We classify most of our vehicle leases as operating leases. The net capitalized cost of each lease is recorded as an asset, which is depreciated straight-line over the contractual term of the lease to the expected residual value. Lease payments due from customers are recorded as income until and unless a customer becomes more than 60 days delinquent, at which time the accrual of revenue is discontinued and reversed. The accrual is resumed and reinstated if a delinquent account subsequently becomes 60 days or less past due. Subvention payments from the manufacturer, down payments from the customer, and initial direct costs incurred in connection with originating the lease are amortized straight-line over the contractual term of the lease.
Historically, our primary means of acquiring retail installment contracts has been through individual acquisitions immediately after origination by a dealer. We also periodically purchase pools of receivables and had significant volumes of these purchases during the credit crisis. While we continue to pursue such opportunities when available, we did not purchase any pools during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. All of the retail installment contracts acquired during these periods were acquired individually. For our existing purchased receivables portfolios, which were acquired at a discount partially attributable to credit deterioration since origination, we estimate the expected yield on each portfolio at acquisition and record monthly accretion income based on this expectation. We periodically re-evaluate performance expectations and may increase the accretion rate if a pool is performing better than expected. If a pool is performing worse than expected, we are required to

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continue to record accretion income at the previously established rate and to record impairment to account for the worsening performance.

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Selected Financial Data
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Income Statement Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
1,187,606

 
$
1,025,622

 
$
2,277,437

 
$
2,013,675

Interest on purchased receivables portfolios
20,969

 
52,482

 
47,874

 
121,420

Interest on receivables from dealers
1,158

 
1,276

 
2,468

 
2,606

Interest on personal loans
111,512

 
84,068

 
223,468

 
166,076

Interest on finance receivables and loans
1,321,245

 
1,163,448

 
2,551,247

 
2,303,777

Net leased vehicle income
74,019

 
39,803

 
133,901

 
66,857

Other finance and interest income
6,738

 
874

 
14,079

 
1,124

Interest expense
150,622

 
128,314

 
299,478

 
252,760

Net finance and other interest income
1,251,380

 
1,075,811

 
2,399,749

 
2,118,998

Provision for credit losses on individually acquired retail installment contracts
613,823

 
527,362

 
1,120,971

 
1,184,068

Increase (decrease) in impairment related to purchased receivables portfolios
(4,270
)
 
(8,326
)
 
(9,372
)
 
(28,512
)
Provision for credit losses on receivables from dealers
(162
)
 
(112
)
 
294

 
(167
)
Provision for credit losses on personal loans
121,118

 
70,212

 
218,821

 
132,341

Provision for credit losses on capital leases
8,226

 

 
14,002

 

Provision for credit losses
738,735

 
589,136

 
1,344,716

 
1,287,730

Profit sharing
21,501

 
24,056

 
35,017

 
56,217

Other income
208,978

 
138,731

 
356,161

 
274,254

Operating expenses
253,428

 
211,226

 
498,807

 
529,674

Income before tax expense
446,694

 
390,124

 
877,370

 
519,631

Income tax expense
161,230

 
143,643

 
302,656

 
191,684

Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
355,091,818

 
348,826,897

 
352,272,552

 
348,465,666

Diluted
359,193,738

 
356,381,921

 
355,932,481

 
356,008,288

Earnings per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.80

 
$
0.71

 
$
1.63

 
$
0.94

Diluted
$
0.79

 
$
0.69

 
$
1.61

 
$
0.92

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends declared per share
$

 
$
0.15

 
$

 
$
0.15

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance Sheet Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finance receivables held for investment, net
$
24,778,311

 
$
22,887,223

 
$
24,778,311

 
$
22,887,223

Finance receivables held for sale
1,570,416

 
123,791

 
1,570,416

 
123,791

Goodwill and intangible assets
127,698

 
127,693

 
127,698

 
127,693

Total assets
36,039,919

 
29,732,396

 
36,039,919

 
29,732,396

Total borrowings
30,612,702

 
26,154,610

 
30,612,702

 
26,154,610

Total liabilities
31,794,469

 
26,630,138

 
31,794,469

 
26,630,138

Total equity
4,245,450

 
3,102,258

 
4,245,450

 
3,102,258

Allowance for credit losses
3,530,919

 
2,882,464

 
3,530,919

 
2,882,464








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Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Other Information 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
306,889

 
$
303,326

 
$
690,546

 
$
648,114

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on purchased receivables portfolios
(5,116
)
 
15,320

 
(7,666
)
 
38,843

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on personal loans
89,261

 
60,448

 
182,746

 
98,737

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on capital leases
7,838

 

 
8,021

 

Total charge-offs, net of recoveries
$
398,872

 
$
379,094

 
$
873,647

 
$
785,694

End of period delinquent principal over 60 days, individually acquired retail installment contracts held for investment
$
869,190

 
$
799,455

 
$
869,190

 
$
799,455

End of period delinquent principal over 60 days, personal loans
$
153,485

 
$
119,443

 
$
153,485

 
$
119,443

End of period delinquent principal over 60 days, loans
$
1,052,561

 
$
1,016,020

 
$
1,052,561

 
$
1,016,020

End of period assets covered by allowance for credit losses
$
28,507,008

 
$
25,210,483

 
$
28,507,008

 
$
25,210,483

End of period gross individually acquired retail installment contracts held for investment
$
26,027,676

 
$
23,675,889

 
$
26,027,676

 
$
23,675,889

End of period gross personal loans
$
2,261,726

 
$
1,448,709

 
$
2,261,726

 
$
1,448,709

End of period gross finance receivables and loans held for investment
$
29,020,270

 
$
26,483,290

 
$
29,020,270

 
$
26,483,290

End of period gross finance receivables, loans, and leases held for investment
$
34,878,554

 
$
30,545,276

 
$
34,878,554

 
$
30,545,276

Average gross individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
27,000,474

 
$
23,372,480

 
$
26,117,672

 
$
22,824,981

Average gross purchased receivables portfolios
612,821

 
1,416,163

 
689,472

 
1,591,711

Average gross receivables from dealers
99,369

 
130,769

 
100,690

 
129,579

Average gross personal loans
2,184,577

 
1,333,612

 
2,162,490

 
1,267,853

Average gross capital leases
136,973

 
10,139

 
124,045

 
5,794

Average gross finance receivables and loans
$
30,034,214

 
$
26,263,163

 
$
29,194,369

 
$
25,819,918

Average gross finance receivables, loans, and leases
$
35,965,910

 
$
30,086,959

 
$
35,048,586

 
$
29,136,572

Average managed assets
$
48,113,052

 
$
37,152,056

 
$
46,266,080

 
$
35,183,237

Average total assets
$
35,188,090

 
$
29,306,142

 
$
34,212,891

 
$
28,525,476

Average debt
$
29,977,311

 
$
25,852,175

 
$
29,242,830

 
$
25,190,609

Average total equity
$
4,056,174

 
$
2,988,213

 
$
3,884,544

 
$
2,897,741

Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yield on individually acquired retail installment contracts
17.6
 %
 
17.6
%
 
17.4
 %
 
17.6
%
Yield on purchased receivables portfolios
13.7
 %
 
14.8
%
 
13.9
 %
 
15.3
%
Yield on receivables from dealers
4.7
 %
 
3.9
%
 
4.9
 %
 
4.0
%
Yield on personal loans (1)
20.4
 %
 
25.2
%
 
20.7
 %
 
26.2
%
Yield on earning assets (2)
15.6
 %
 
16.0
%
 
15.4
 %
 
16.3
%
Cost of debt (3)
2.0
 %
 
2.0
%
 
2.0
 %
 
2.0
%
Net interest margin (4)
13.9
 %
 
14.3
%
 
13.7
 %
 
14.5
%
Expense ratio (5)
2.1
 %
 
2.3
%
 
2.2
 %
 
3.0
%
Return on average assets (6)
3.2
 %
 
3.4
%
 
3.4
 %
 
2.3
%
Return on average equity (7)
28.2
 %
 
33.0
%
 
29.6
 %
 
22.6
%
Net charge-off ratio on individually acquired retail installment contracts (8)
4.5
 %
 
5.2
%
 
5.3
 %
 
5.7
%
Net charge-off ratio on purchased receivables portfolios (8)
(3.3
)%
 
4.3
%
 
(2.2
)%
 
4.9
%
Net charge-off ratio on personal loans (8)
16.3
 %
 
18.1
%
 
16.9
 %
 
15.6
%
Net charge-off ratio (8)
5.3
 %
 
5.8
%
 
6.0
 %
 
6.1
%
Delinquency ratio on individually acquired retail installment contracts held for investment, end of period (9)
3.3
 %
 
3.4
%
 
3.3
 %
 
3.4
%
Delinquency ratio on personal loans, end of period (9)
6.8
 %
 
8.2
%
 
6.8
 %
 
8.2
%
Loan delinquency ratio, end of period (9)
3.6
 %
 
3.8
%
 
3.6
 %
 
3.8
%
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (10)
11.5
 %
 
10.0
%
 
11.5
 %
 
10.0
%
Common stock dividend payout ratio (11)

 
21.2
%
 

 
16.0
%
Allowance ratio (12)
12.4
 %
 
11.4
%
 
12.4
 %
 
11.4
%
 


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(1)
Includes finance and other interest income; excludes fees
(2)
“Yield on earning assets” is defined as the ratio of annualized Total finance and other interest income, net of Leased vehicle expense, to Average gross finance receivables, loans and leases
(3)
“Cost of debt” is defined as the ratio of annualized Interest expense to Average debt
(4)
“Net interest margin” is defined as the ratio of annualized Net finance and other interest income to Average gross finance receivables, loans and leases
(5)
"Expense ratio" is defined as the ratio of annualized Operating expenses to Average managed assets
(6)
“Return on average assets” is defined as the ratio of annualized Net income to Average total assets
(7)
“Return on average equity” is defined as the ratio of annualized Net income to Average total equity
(8)
“Net charge-off ratio” is defined as the ratio of annualized Charge-offs, net of recoveries, to average balance of the respective portfolio
(9)
“Delinquency ratio” is defined as the ratio of End of period Delinquent principal over 60 days to End of period gross balance of the respective portfolio*
(10)
“Tangible common equity to tangible assets” is defined as the ratio of Total equity, excluding Goodwill and intangible assets, to Total assets, excluding Goodwill and intangible assets. Our Board utilizes this non-GAAP financial measure to assess and monitor the adequacy of our capitalization. This additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the numbers prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other financial institutions. A reconciliation from GAAP to this non-GAAP measure for the periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
June 30, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Total equity
$
4,245,450

 
$
3,102,258

  Deduct: Goodwill and intangibles
127,698

 
127,693

Tangible common equity
$
4,117,752

 
$
2,974,565

 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
36,039,919

 
$
29,732,396

  Deduct: Goodwill and intangibles
127,698

 
127,693

Tangible assets
$
35,912,221

 
$
29,604,703

 
 
 
 
Equity to assets ratio
11.8
%
 
10.4
%
Tangible common equity to tangible assets
11.5
%
 
10.0
%


(11)
“Common stock dividend payout ratio” is defined as the ratio of Dividends declared per share of common stock to Earnings per share
(12)
“Allowance ratio” is defined as the ratio of Allowance for credit losses to End of period assets covered by allowance for credit losses*
*Ratio excludes receivables held for sale

    

    

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Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005 (a)
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Income Statement Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on individually acquired
retail installment contracts
$
4,079,810

 
$
3,227,845

 
$
2,223,833

 
$
1,695,538

 
$
1,308,728

 
$
1,281,515

 
$
1,396,610

 
$
1,129,533

 
$
642,156

 
$
422,429

Interest on purchased receivables
portfolios
198,945

 
410,213

 
704,770

 
870,257

 
734,634

 
218,240

 
105,229

 

 

 

Interest on receivables from dealers
4,814

 
6,663

 
7,177

 
14,394

 
24,137

 
5,255

 

 

 

 

Interest on personal loans
348,278

 
128,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on finance receivables and loans
4,631,847

 
3,773,072

 
2,935,780

 
2,580,189

 
2,067,499

 
1,505,010

 
1,501,839

 
1,129,533

 
642,156

 
422,429

Net leased vehicle income
189,509

 
33,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other finance and interest income
8,068

 
6,010

 
12,722

 
14,324

 
9,079

 
5,230

 
5,333

 

 

 

Interest expense
523,203

 
408,787

 
374,027

 
418,526

 
316,486

 
235,031

 
256,356

 
225,747

 
149,050

 
72,419

Net finance and other interest income
4,306,221

 
3,403,693

 
2,574,475

 
2,175,987

 
1,760,092

 
1,275,209

 
1,250,816

 
903,786

 
493,106

 
350,010

Provision for credit losses on
   individually acquired retail installment
   contracts (b)
2,211,055

 
1,651,416

 
1,119,074

 
741,559

 
750,625

 
720,938

 
823,024

 
513,377

 
261,016

 
175,849

Increase (decrease) in impairment related    to purchased receivables portfolios
(37,717
)
 
7,716

 
3,378

 
77,662

 
137,600

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses on receivables
from dealers
(416
)
 
1,090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses on personal loans
434,030

 
192,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses on capital
leases
9,991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for credit losses (b)
2,616,943

 
1,852,967

 
1,122,452

 
819,221

 
888,225

 
720,938

 
823,024

 
513,377

 
261,016

 
175,849

Profit sharing
74,925

 
78,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income
557,671

 
311,566

 
295,689

 
452,529

 
249,028

 
48,096

 
43,120

 
20,523

 
15,903

 
12,479

Operating expenses
962,036

 
698,958

 
559,163

 
557,083

 
404,840

 
249,012

 
209,315

 
150,156

 
178,927

 
98,379

Income before tax expense
1,209,988

 
1,085,088

 
1,188,549

 
1,252,212

 
716,055

 
353,355

 
261,597

 
260,776

 
69,066

 
88,261

Income tax expense (c)
443,639

 
389,418

 
453,615

 
464,034

 
277,944

 
143,834

 
87,472

 
100,302

 
18,312

 

Net income
766,349

 
695,670

 
734,934

 
788,178

 
438,111

 
209,521

 
174,125

 
160,474

 
50,754

 
88,261

Noncontrolling interests

 
1,821

 
(19,931
)
 
(19,981
)
 

 

 

 

 
33,266

 

Net income attributable to Santander
Consumer USA Holdings Inc.    shareholders
$
766,349

 
$
697,491

 
$
715,003

 
$
768,197

 
$
438,111

 
$
209,521

 
$
174,125

 
$
160,474

 
$
17,488

 
$
88,261

Share Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
348,723,472

 
346,177,515

 
346,164,717

 
246,056,761

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
 (d)
 
 (d)
Diluted
355,722,363

 
346,177,515

 
346,164,717

 
246,056,761

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
245,781,739

 
 (d)
 
 (d)
Earnings per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
2.20

 
$
2.01

 
$
2.07

 
$
3.12

 
$
1.78

 
$
0.85

 
$
0.71

 
$
0.65

 
 (d)
 
 (d)
Diluted
$
2.15

 
$
2.01

 
$
2.07

 
$
3.12

 
$
1.78

 
$
0.85

 
$
0.71

 
$
0.65

 
 (d)
 
 (d)
Dividends declared per share
$
0.15

 
$
0.84

 
$
2.12

 
$
1.89

 
$
1.63

 

 

 

 
 (d)
 
 (d)
Balance Sheet Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finance receivables and loans
$
23,962,136

 
$
21,351,046

 
$
16,265,820

 
$
16,715,703

 
$
15,032,046

 
$
7,466,267

 
$
5,600,102

 
$
4,326,835

 
$
2,748,173

 
$
1,529,977

Finance receivables held for sale
46,585

 
82,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill and intangible assets
127,738

 
128,720

 
126,700

 
125,427

 
126,767

 
142,198

 
105,643

 
11,920

 
11,920

 

Total assets
32,342,176

 
26,401,896

 
18,741,644

 
19,404,371

 
16,773,021

 
8,556,177

 
6,044,454

 
4,840,647

 
3,095,073

 
1,963,718

Total borrowings
27,811,301

 
23,295,660

 
16,227,995

 
16,790,518

 
15,065,635

 
7,525,930

 
5,432,338

 
4,419,162

 
2,846,882

 
1,788,365

Total liabilities
28,783,827

 
23,715,064

 
16,502,178

 
17,167,686

 
16,005,404

 
7,838,862

 
5,564,986

 
4,509,803

 
2,910,208

 
1,867,558

Total equity
3,558,349

 
2,686,832

 
2,239,466

 
2,236,685

 
767,617

 
717,315

 
479,468

 
330,844

 
184,865

 
96,160

Allowance for credit losses
3,085,262

 
2,313,074

 
1,555,362

 
993,213

 
702,999

 
384,396

 
347,302

 
203,450

 
145,351

 
91,805















53



 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005 (a)
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Other Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
1,617,351

 
$
1,074,144

 
$
556,925

 
$
451,345

 
$
432,022

 
$
630,084

 
$
668,339

 
$
455,278

 
$
207,470

 
$
161,038

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on purchased receivables portfolios
59,657

 
178,932

 
451,529

 
573,788

 
277,345

 
53,760

 
10,833

 

 

 

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on personal loans
264,720

 
13,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charge-offs, net of recoveries, on capital leases
402

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total charge-offs, net of recoveries
1,942,130

 
1,266,471

 
1,008,454

 
1,025,133

 
709,367

 
683,844

 
679,172

 
455,278

 
207,470

 
161,038

End of period individually acquired retail installment contracts delinquent principal over 60 days
1,030,580

 
855,315

 
523,202

 
343,633

 
327,184

 
404,420

 
440,536

 
341,449

 
143,946

 
92,081

End of period personal loans delinquent principal over 60 days
138,400

 
65,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of period delinquent principal over 60 days
1,241,453

 
1,102,373

 
865,917

 
767,838

 
579,627

 
502,254

 
477,141

 
341,449

 
143,946

 
92,081

End of period assets covered by allowance for credit losses
26,875,389

 
22,499,895

 
14,248,606

 
10,141,450

 
7,811,783

 
7,622,064

 
5,705,847

 
4,851,469

 
3,106,472

 
1,729,214

End of period gross individually acquired retail installment contracts
24,555,106

 
21,238,281

 
14,186,712

 
10,007,312

 
7,581,783

 
6,837,103

 
5,558,423

 
4,851,469

 
3,106,472

 
1,729,214

End of period gross personal loans
2,128,769

 
1,165,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of period gross finance receivables and loans
27,721,744

 
24,542,911

 
18,655,497

 
18,754,938

 
16,843,774

 
8,309,153

 
6,360,982

 
4,851,469

 
3,106,472

 
1,729,214

End of period gross finance receivables, loans, and leases
33,226,211

 
26,822,857

 
18,655,497

 
18,754,938

 
16,843,774

 
8,309,153

 
6,360,982

 
4,851,469

 
3,106,472

 
1,729,214

Average gross individually acquired retail installment contracts
23,556,137

 
18,097,082

 
12,082,026

 
8,843,036

 
6,631,231

 
5,690,833

 
5,396,355

 
3,986,699

 
2,423,623

 
1,515,593

Average gross purchased receivables portfolios
1,321,281

 
3,041,992

 
6,309,497

 
7,270,080

 
4,978,727

 
975,080

 
320,903

 

 

 

Average gross receivables from dealers
118,358

 
173,506

 
110,187

 
169,098

 
502,011

 
600,166

 
11,341

 

 

 

Average gross personal loans
1,505,387

 
425,229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average gross capital leases
30,648

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average gross finance receivables and loans
26,531,811

 
21,737,809

 
18,501,710

 
16,282,215

 
12,111,969

 
7,266,079

 
5,728,599

 
3,986,699

 
2,423,623

 
1,515,593

Average gross finance receivables, loans, and leases
30,642,923

 
22,499,225

 
18,501,710

 
16,282,215

 
12,111,969

 
7,266,079

 
5,728,599

 
3,986,699

 
2,423,623

 
1,515,593

Average managed assets
38,296,610

 
25,493,890

 
23,346,992

 
25,256,129

 
18,191,383

 
8,897,775

 
5,606,226

 
3,978,971

 
2,417,843

 
1,463,853

Average total assets
29,780,754

 
22,558,567

 
18,411,012

 
16,067,623

 
11,984,997

 
6,930,260

 
5,520,652

 
3,967,860

 
2,529,396

 
1,567,438

Average debt
26,158,708

 
19,675,851

 
15,677,522

 
14,557,370

 
10,672,331

 
6,083,953

 
4,989,280

 
3,633,022

 
2,317,624

 
1,417,333

Average total equity
3,097,915

 
2,498,831

 
2,312,781

 
916,219

 
850,219

 
594,097

 
406,680

 
257,855

 
140,513

 
84,346

Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yield on individually acquired retail installment contracts
17.3
%
 
17.8
%
 
18.4
%
 
19.2
%
 
19.7
%
 
22.5
%
 
25.9
%
 
28.3
%
 
26.5
%
 
27.9
%
Yield on purchased receivables portfolios
15.1
%
 
13.5
%
 
11.2
%
 
12.0
%
 
14.8
%
 
22.4
%
 
32.8
%
 

 

 

Yield on receivables from dealers
4.1
%
 
3.8
%
 
6.5
%
 
8.5
%
 
4.8
%
 
0.9
%
 

 

 

 

Yield on personal loans (1)
23.1
%
 
30.2
%
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yield on earning assets (2)
15.7
%
 
16.9
%
 
15.9
%
 
15.8
%
 
17.1
%
 
20.7
%
 
26.2
%
 
28.3
%
 
26.5
%
 
27.9
%
Cost of debt (3)
2.0
%
 
2.1
%
 
2.4
%
 
2.9
%
 
3.0
%
 
3.9
%
 
5.1
%
 
6.2
%
 
6.4
%
 
5.1
%
Net interest margin (4)
14.1
%
 
15.1
%
 
13.9
%
 
13.4
%
 
14.5
%
 
17.6
%
 
21.8
%
 
22.7
%
 
20.3
%
 
23.1
%
Expense ratio (5)
2.5
%
 
2.7
%
 
2.4
%
 
2.2
%
 
2.2
%
 
2.8
%
 
3.7
%
 
3.8
%
 
7.4
%
 
6.7
%
Return on average assets (6)
2.6
%
 
3.1
%
 
4.0
%
 
4.9
%
 
3.7
%
 
3.0
%
 
3.2
%
 
4.0
%
 
2.0
%
 
5.6
%
Return on average equity (7)
24.7
%
 
27.8
%
 
31.8
%
 
86.0
%
 
51.5
%
 
35.3
%
 
42.8
%
 
62.2
%
 
36.1
%
 
104.6
%
Net charge-off ratio on individually acquired retail installment contracts (8)
6.9
%
 
5.9
%
 
4.6
%
 
5.1
%
 
6.5
%
 
11.1
%
 
12.4
%
 
11.4
%
 
8.6
%
 
10.6
%
Net charge-off ratio on purchased receivables portfolios (8)
4.5
%
 
5.9
%
 
7.2
%
 
7.9
%
 
5.6
%
 
5.5
%
 
3.4
%
 

 

 

Net charge-off ratio on personal loans (8)
17.6
%
 
3.2
%
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net charge-off ratio (8)
7.3
%
 
5.8
%
 
5.5
%
 
6.3
%
 
5.9
%
 
9.4
%
 
11.9
%
 
11.4
%
 
8.6
%
 
10.6
%
Delinquency ratio on individually acquired retail installment contracts, end of period (9)
4.2
%
 
4.0
%
 
3.7
%
 
3.4
%
 
4.3
%
 
5.9
%
 
7.9
%
 
7.0
%
 
4.6
%
 
5.3
%
Delinquency ratio on personal loans, end of period (9)
6.5
%
 
5.6
%
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delinquency ratio, end of period (9)
4.5
%
 
4.5
%
 
4.6
%
 
4.1
%
 
3.4
%
 
6.0
%
 
7.5
%
 
7.0
%
 
4.6
%
 
5.3
%
Tangible common equity to tangible assets (10)
10.6
%
 
9.7
%
 
11.3
%
 
11.0
%
 
3.8
%
 
6.8
%
 
6.3
%
 
6.6
%
 
5.6
%
 
4.9
%

54



Common stock dividend payout ratio (11)
6.8
%
 
41.6
%
 
102.8
%
 
60.6
%
 
91.3
%
 

 

 

 

 

Allowance ratio (12)
11.5
%
 
10.3
%
 
10.9
%
 
9.8
%
 
9.0
%
 
5.0
%
 
6.1
%
 
4.2
%
 
4.7
%
 
5.3
%

(a)
Financial data for the year 2005 is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of Drive Financial Services LP, the predecessor company to Santander Consumer USA Inc.
(b)
Provision for credit losses for the year 2005 includes impairment of residual interests in securitizations, which had been retained and recorded as assets under U.S. GAAP applicable at the time.
(c)
No income tax expense was recorded for the year 2005 as Drive Financial Services LP was a partnership and therefore not directly subject to Federal and state income taxes. Income was instead passed through to the individual tax returns of the partners.
(d)
There were no shares outstanding at the end of the year 2005 as Drive Financial Services LP was a partnership, rather than a corporation, and therefore did not issue shares. Drive Financial Services LP was dissolved into the company now known as Santander Consumer USA Inc. on December 6, 2006. Earnings per share and dividend per share amounts are not applicable or not meaningful for the years 2006 and 2005.


(1)
Includes finance and other interest income; excludes fees
(2)
“Yield on earning assets” is defined as the ratio of Total finance and other interest income, net of Leased vehicle expense, to Average gross finance receivables, loans and leases
(3)
“Cost of debt” is defined as the ratio of Interest expense to Average debt
(4)
“Net interest margin” is defined as the ratio of Net finance and other interest income to Average gross finance receivables, loans and leases
(5)
"Expense ratio" is defined as the ratio of Operating expenses to Average managed assets
(6)
“Return on average assets” is defined as the ratio of Net income to Average total assets
(7)
“Return on average equity” is defined as the ratio of Net income to Average total equity
(8)
“Net charge-off ratio” is defined as the ratio of Charge-offs, net of recoveries, to average balance of the respective portfolio
(9)
“Delinquency ratio” is defined as the ratio of End of period Delinquent principal over 60 days to End of period Gross balance of the respective portfolio*
(10)
"Tangible common equity to tangible assets” is defined as the ratio of Total equity, excluding Goodwill and intangible assets, to Total assets, excluding Goodwill and intangible assets. Our Board utilizes this non-GAAP financial measure to assess and monitor the adequacy of our capitalization. This additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the numbers prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other financial institutions. A reconciliation from GAAP to this non-GAAP measure for the years ended December 31, 2005 through 2014 is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
 
2008
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005 (a)
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Total equity
$
3,558,349

 
$
2,686,832

 
$
2,239,466

 
$
2,236,685

 
$
767,617

 
$
717,315

 
$
479,468

 
$
330,844

 
$
184,865

 
$
96,160

  Deduct: Goodwill and intangibles
127,738

 
128,720

 
126,700

 
125,427

 
126,767

 
142,198

 
105,643

 
11,920

 
11,920

 

Tangible common equity
$
3,430,611

 
$
2,558,112

 
$
2,112,766

 
$
2,111,258

 
$
640,850

 
$
575,117

 
$
373,825

 
$
318,924

 
$
172,945

 
$
96,160

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
32,342,176

 
$
26,401,896

 
$
18,741,644

 
$
19,404,371

 
$
16,773,021

 
$
8,556,177

 
$
6,044,454

 
$
4,840,647

 
$
3,095,073

 
$
1,963,718

  Deduct: Goodwill and intangibles
127,738

 
128,720

 
126,700

 
125,427

 
126,767

 
142,198

 
105,643

 
11,920

 
11,920

 

Tangible assets
$
32,214,438

 
$
26,273,176

 
$
18,614,944

 
$
19,278,944

 
$
16,646,254

 
$
8,413,979

 
$
5,938,811

 
$
4,828,727

 
$
3,083,153

 
$
1,963,718

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity to assets ratio
11.0
%
 
10.2
%
 
11.9
%
 
11.5
%
 
4.6
%
 
8.4
%
 
7.9
%
 
6.8
%
 
6.0
%
 
4.9
%
Tangible common equity to tangible assets
10.6
%
 
9.7
%
 
11.3
%
 
11.0
%
 
3.8
%
 
6.8
%
 
6.3
%
 
6.6
%
 
5.6
%
 
4.9
%

(11)
“Common stock dividend payout ratio” is defined as the ratio of Dividends declared per share of common stock to Earnings per share attributable to SCUSA shareholders
(12)
“Allowance ratio” is defined as the ratio of Allowance for credit losses to End of period assets covered by allowance for credit losses*

*Ratio excludes loans held for sale


55



Results of Operations
The following table presents our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Interest on finance receivables and loans
$
1,321,245

 
$
1,163,448

 
$
2,551,247

 
$
2,303,777

Leased vehicle income
355,137

 
218,938

 
688,083

 
366,061

Other finance and interest income
6,738

 
874

 
14,079

 
1,124

Total finance and other interest income
1,683,120

 
1,383,260

 
3,253,409

 
2,670,962

Interest expense
150,622

 
128,314

 
299,478

 
252,760

Leased vehicle expense
281,118

 
179,135

 
554,182

 
299,204

Net finance and other interest income
1,251,380

 
1,075,811

 
2,399,749

 
2,118,998

Provision for credit losses
738,735

 
589,136

 
1,344,716

 
1,287,730

Net finance and other interest income after provision for credit losses
512,645

 
486,675

 
1,055,033

 
831,268

Profit sharing
21,501

 
24,056

 
35,017

 
56,217

Net finance and other interest income after provision for credit losses and profit sharing
491,144

 
462,619

 
1,020,016

 
775,051

Total other income
208,978

 
138,731

 
356,161

 
274,254

Total operating expenses
253,428

 
211,226

 
498,807

 
529,674

Income before income taxes
446,694

 
390,124

 
877,370

 
519,631

Income tax expense
161,230

 
143,643

 
302,656

 
191,684

Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
285,464

 
$
246,481

 
$
574,714

 
$
327,947

Change in unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax
3,564

 
(3,364
)
 
(9,279
)
 
(1,276
)
Other comprehensive income, net
3,564

 
(3,364
)
 
(9,279
)
 
(1,276
)
Comprehensive income
$
289,028

 
$
243,117

 
$
565,435

 
$
326,671





 


56



Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Interest on Finance Receivables and Loans
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Income from individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
1,187,606

 
$
1,025,622

 
$
161,984

 
16
 %
 
$
2,277,437

 
$
2,013,675

 
$
263,762

 
13
 %
Income from purchased receivables portfolios
20,969

 
52,482

 
(31,513
)
 
(60
)%
 
47,874

 
121,420

 
(73,546
)
 
(61
)%
Income from receivables from dealers
1,158

 
1,276

 
(118
)
 
(9
)%
 
2,468

 
2,606

 
(138
)
 
(5
)%
Income from personal loans
111,512

 
84,068

 
27,444

 
33
 %
 
223,468

 
166,076

 
57,392

 
35
 %
Total interest on finance receivables and loans
$
1,321,245

 
$
1,163,448

 
$
157,797

 
14
 %
 
$
2,551,247

 
$
2,303,777

 
$
247,470

 
11
 %
Income from individually acquired retail installment contracts increased $162 million, or 16%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $264 million, or 13%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015, consistent with the growth in the average outstanding balance of our portfolio of these contracts of $3,293 million from June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Additionally, originations during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 carried an average APR of 17.2% and 17.6%, respectively, compared to an average APR of 15.0% and 15.6% for the same periods in 2014.
Income from purchased receivables portfolios decreased $32 million, or 60%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and decreased $74 million, or 61%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 due to the continued runoff of the portfolios, as we have made no portfolio acquisitions since 2012. The average balance of the portfolios decreased from $1.4 billion in the second quarter of 2014, to $0.6 billion in the second quarter of 2015.
Income from personal loans increased $27 million, or 33%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $57 million, or 35%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015, less than the growth in the average outstanding portfolio of 71% due to the increasing mix of installment loans, which are of a higher average credit quality and bear a lower average interest rate than our revolving loans.
Leased Vehicle Income and Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Leased vehicle income
$
355,137

 
$
218,938

 
$
136,199

 
62
%
 
$
688,083

 
$
366,061

 
$
322,022

 
88
%
Leased vehicle expense
281,118

 
179,135

 
101,983

 
57
%
 
554,182

 
299,204

 
254,978

 
85
%
Leased vehicle income, net
$
74,019

 
$
39,803

 
$
34,216

 
86
%
 
$
133,901

 
$
66,857

 
$
67,044

 
100
%

Leased vehicle income and expense increased significantly from prior year due to the continual growth in the portfolio since we launched Chrysler Capital in 2013. Total lease originations during the three months ended June 30, 2015 were 60% higher than in the same quarter in 2014, and 26% higher than for the three months ended March 31, 2015. In addition to seasonal factors, lease originations in the second quarter were higher than the first quarter due to the termination of the SBNA forward flow program on May 9, 2015, under which SCUSA had been providing SBNA the first right to review and approve consumer vehicle lease applications. Following the termination of this flow agreement, we reacquired first rights to additional Chrysler Capital lease originations that would have otherwise been presented to SBNA.



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Interest Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Interest expense on notes payable
$
137,931

 
$
114,914

 
$
23,017

 
20
 %
 
$
266,157

 
$
230,517

 
$
35,640

 
15
%
Interest expense on derivatives
12,691

 
13,400

 
(709
)
 
(5
)%
 
33,321

 
22,243

 
11,078

 
50
%
Total interest expense
$
150,622

 
$
128,314

 
$
22,308

 
17
 %
 
$
299,478

 
$
252,760

 
$
46,718

 
18
%
Interest expense on notes payable increased $23 million, or 20%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $36 million, or 15%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 consistent with the growth in average debt outstanding, which has increased 17.0% since June 30, 2014.
Interest expense on derivatives decreased $1 million, or 5%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $11 million, or 50%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 primarily due to an increase in the outstanding notional amounts on our derivatives and more unfavorable mark-to-market adjustments impacted by interest rate changes during three and six month periods in 2015 compared to the same periods in 2014. The three months ended June 30, 2015 also benefited from the expiry of the total return swap in May 2015.
Provision for Credit Losses
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Provision for credit losses on individually acquired retail installment contracts
$
613,823

 
$
527,362

 
$
86,461

 
16
 %
 
$
1,120,971

 
$
1,184,068

 
$
(63,097
)
 
(5
)%
Incremental increase (decrease) in impairment related to purchased receivables portfolios
(4,270
)
 
(8,326
)
 
4,056

 
(49
)%
 
(9,372
)
 
(28,512
)
 
19,140

 
(67
)%
Provision for credit losses on receivables from dealers
(162
)
 
(112
)
 
(50
)
 
45
 %
 
294

 
(167
)
 
461

 
(276
)%
Provision for credit losses on personal loans
121,118

 
70,212

 
50,906

 
73
 %
 
218,821

 
132,341

 
86,480

 
65
 %
Provision for credit losses on capital leases
8,226

 

 
8,226

 

 
14,002

 

 
14,002

 

Provision for credit losses
$
738,735

 
$
589,136

 
$
149,599

 
25
 %
 
$
1,344,716

 
$
1,287,730

 
$
56,986

 
4
 %
Provision for credit losses on our individually acquired retail installment contracts increased $86 million, or 16%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and decreased $63 million, or 5%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015. There were two primary factors that resulted in an increase in the provision for credit losses: 1) the seasonality associated with our consumer loan portfolio, and 2) the evolution of the credit quality distribution along with the portfolio growth. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we sold loans with a much higher credit quality compared to loans originated during the same period, resulting in approximately 35% of outstanding consumer loans falling into the >599 FICO® band group compared to 41% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. This change in portfolio mix resulted in additional provisions for credit losses.
Change in incremental increase (decrease) in impairment related to purchased receivables portfolios resulted from the release of impairment on purchased receivables in 2014 and 2015 as performance continued to improve.
Provision for credit losses on personal loans increased $51 million, or 73%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $86 million, or 65%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 primarily due to the 63.8% growth in the average unpaid principal balance of the portfolio and due to periodic credit reassessments performed which indicated a higher percentage of loans in the <560 FICO® band group.


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We began recording provision for credit losses on capital leases subsequent to the second quarter of 2014 as we established a portfolio of leases classified as capital leases and began recording provision on these assets.
Profit Sharing
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Profit sharing
$
21,501

 
$
24,056

 
$
(2,555
)
 
(11
)%
 
$
35,017

 
$
56,217

 
$
(21,200
)
 
(38
)%

Profit sharing consists of revenue sharing related to the Chrysler Agreement and profit sharing on personal loans originated pursuant to our agreements with Bluestem. Profit sharing decreased moderately in the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to the same periods in 2014, as the Bluestem portfolio became more seasoned reflecting increased delinquencies, and charge-offs were recognized, resulting in a decrease in the amount of payments due to Bluestem. This was partially offset by an increase in revenue sharing due to Chrysler as originations and third party sales increased.
Other Income
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Investment gains, net
$
86,667

 
$
21,602

 
$
65,065

 
301
 %
 
$
107,914

 
$
57,416

 
$
50,498

 
88
%
Servicing fee income
28,043

 
22,099

 
5,944

 
27
 %
 
52,846

 
32,504

 
20,342

 
63
%
Fees, commissions, and other
94,268

 
95,030

 
(762
)
 
(1
)%
 
195,401

 
184,334

 
11,067

 
6
%
Total other income
$
208,978

 
$
138,731

 
$
70,247

 
51
 %
 
$
356,161

 
$
274,254

 
$
81,907

 
30
%
Average serviced for others portfolio
$
12,343,417

 
$
7,088,760

 
$
5,254,657

 
74
 %
 
$
11,576,230

 
$
6,058,031

 
$
5,518,199

 
91
%

Investment gains increased in the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as compared to the same periods of 2014, primarily due to the off-balance sheet securitization of loans originated under the Chrysler Agreement that occurred in April 2015. In addition to sales under our various flow agreements, we also executed two bulk lease sales to a third party during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, whereas there were no such lease sales in 2014. One of these bulk lease sales was executed during the three months ended June 30, 2015 and executed a gain of approximately $13.0 million.
We record servicing fee income on loans that we service but do not own and do not report on our balance sheet. Servicing fee income increased $6 million, or 27%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $20 million, or 63%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 as we continued to grow our serviced portfolio through asset sales. Our serviced for others portfolio as of June 30, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:
 
June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
SBNA dealer loans
$

 
$
764,869

SBNA retail installment contracts
788,509

 
1,017,002

SBNA leases
2,438,294

 
1,077,111

Total serviced for related parties
3,226,803

 
2,858,982

Chrysler Capital securitizations
2,429,141

 
1,528,072

Other third parties
7,464,827

 
3,590,277

Total serviced for third-parties
9,893,968

 
5,118,349

Total serviced for others portfolio
$
13,120,771

 
$
7,977,331



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Fees, commissions, and other decreased $1 million, or 1%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and increased $11 million, or 6%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 primarily due to additional fee income as our revolving personal loan portfolio grew. The increase in fees and commissions attributable to growth in the organic and personal loan portfolio were offset by the run-off of the purchased loan portfolio, where fees and commissions for the three and six months ended 2015 were $7.5 million and $9.7 million lower than the same periods in 2014. Additionally, we recorded $6.7 million in deficiency income from the sale of charged-off assets in the first six months of 2015.
Total Operating Expenses
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Salary and benefits expense
$
110,973

 
$
93,689

 
$
17,284

 
18
%
 
$
211,513

 
$
295,604

 
$
(84,091
)
 
(28
)%
Repossession expense
55,470

 
45,648

 
9,822

 
22
%
 
114,296

 
94,079

 
20,217

 
21
 %
Other operating costs
86,985

 
71,889

 
15,096

 
21
%
 
172,998

 
139,991

 
33,007

 
24
 %
Total operating expenses
$
253,428

 
$
211,226

 
$
42,202

 
20
%
 
$
498,807

 
$
529,674

 
$
(30,867
)
 
(6
)%
Total operating expenses increased $42 million, or 20%, from the second quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015, and decreased $31 million, or 6%, from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015 impacted most notably by salary and benefits expense.
For the second quarter of 2015, salary and benefits expenses increased by $17 million, or 18%, which was primarily attributable to an increase in average headcount of 13% compared to June 30, 2014. For the six months ended June 30, 2014 salary and benefits expense decreased $84 million, or 28%, primarily due to the non-recurrence of $120 million in stock compensation and other IPO-related expenses recorded upon and in connection with our IPO in January 2014, partly offset by increased headcount and repossession expense as a result of portfolio growth. After adjusting for the IPO-related expenses in 2014, our expense ratio decreased from 3.0% in the first six months of 2014 to 2.2% in the first six months of 2015 .
Income Tax Expense
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Income tax expense
$
161,230

 
$
143,643

 
$
17,587

 
12
%
 
$
302,656

 
$
191,684

 
$
110,972

 
58
%
Income before income taxes
446,694

 
390,124

 
56,570

 
15
%
 
877,370

 
519,631

 
357,739

 
69
%
Effective tax rate
36.1
%
 
36.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
34.5
%
 
36.9
%
 
 
 
 
Our effective tax rate decreased from 36.8% in the second quarter of 2014 to 36.1% in the second quarter of 2015 and decreased from 36.9% in the six months ended June 30, 2014 to 34.5% in the six months ended June 30, 2015 primarily due to discrete adjustments related to stock compensation, state rate changes due to our geographic earnings mix, and laws guiding state apportionment.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
June 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
2015
 
2014
 
Amount
 
Percent
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Change in unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax
$
3,564

 
$
(3,364
)
 
$
6,928

 
(206
)%
 
$
(9,279
)
 
$
(1,276
)
 
$
(8,003
)
 
627
%

The change in unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 was primarily driven by unfavorable interest rate movements in the first six months of 2015 as compared to favorable interest rate movements in the first six months of 2014.

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Credit Quality
Finance Receivables
Nonprime loans comprise 83% of our portfolio as of June 30, 2015. We record an allowance for credit losses to cover our estimate of inherent losses on our individually acquired retail installment contracts and other loans and receivables.
 
June 30, 2015
 
Retail Installment Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables from
Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Unpaid principal balance
$
26,027,676

 
$
91,612

 
$
2,261,726

Credit loss allowance
(3,129,646
)
 
(968
)
 
(384,735
)
Discount
(609,045
)
 

 
(2,012
)
Capitalized origination costs and fees
44,504

 

 
1,488

Net carrying balance
$
22,333,489

 
$
90,644

 
$
1,876,467

Allowance as a percentage of unpaid principal balance
12.0
%
 
1.1
%
 
17.0
%
Allowance and discount as a percentage of unpaid principal balance
14.4
%
 
1.1
%
 
17.1
%

 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
Acquired
Individually
 
Receivables from
Dealers Held
for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Unpaid principal balance
$
24,555,106

 
$
100,164

 
$
2,128,769

Credit loss allowance
(2,726,338
)
 
(674
)
 
(348,660
)
Discount
(597,862
)
 

 
(1,356
)
Capitalized origination costs and fees
39,680

 

 
1,024

Net carrying balance
$
21,270,586

 
$
99,490

 
$
1,779,777

Allowance as a percentage of unpaid principal balance
11.1
%
 
0.7
%
 
16.4
%
Allowance and discount as a percentage of unpaid principal balance
13.5
%
 
0.7
%
 
16.4
%

For retail installment contracts we acquired in pools subsequent to their origination, we anticipate the expected credit losses at purchase and record income thereafter based on the expected effective yield, recording impairment if performance is worse than expected at purchase. The balances of these purchased receivables portfolios were as follows at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Unpaid principal balance
$
513,262

 
$
846,355

 
 
 
 
Outstanding recorded investment
$
547,032

 
$
873,134

Less: Impairment
(179,903
)
 
(189,275
)
Outstanding recorded investment, net of impairment
$
367,129

 
$
683,859

Delinquency
An account is considered delinquent if a substantial portion of a scheduled payment has not been received by the date such payment was contractually due. Delinquencies may vary from period to period based upon the average age or seasoning of the portfolio, seasonality within the calendar year, and economic factors. Historically, our delinquencies have been highest in the period from November through January due to consumers’ holiday spending.
The following is a summary of delinquencies as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

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June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment (a)
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts Held for Investment (a)
 
Personal Loans
 
Dollars (in thousands)
 
Percent (b)
 
Dollars (in thousands)
 
Percent (b)
 
Dollars (in thousands)
 
Percent (b)
 
Dollars (in thousands)
 
Percent (b)
Principal 31-60 days past due
$
2,066,015

 
7.8
%
 
$
57,285

 
2.5
%
 
$
2,450,837

 
9.6
%
 
$
52,452

 
2.5
%
Delinquent principal over 60 days
899,076

 
3.4
%
 
153,485

 
6.8
%
 
1,103,053

 
4.3
%
 
138,400

 
6.5
%
Total delinquent contracts
$
2,965,091

 
11.2
%
 
$
210,770

 
9.3
%
 
$
3,553,890

 
14.0
%
 
$
190,852

 
9.0
%

(a)
Includes retail installment contracts acquired individually and purchased receivables portfolios.
(b)
Percent of unpaid principal balance.
All of our receivables from dealers and all of our retail installment contracts held for sale were current as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Delinquencies on the capital lease receivables portfolio, which commenced originations in 2014, were immaterial as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
Credit Loss Experience
The following is a summary of our net losses and repossession activity on our finance receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
Retail Installment
Contracts - Held for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment
Contracts - Held for Investment
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Principal outstanding at period end
$
26,540,938

 
$
2,261,726

 
$
24,948,696

 
$
1,448,709

Average principal outstanding during the period
$
25,928,493

 
2,162,490

 
$
24,546,271

 
$
1,267,853

Number of receivables outstanding at period end
1,640,965

 
1,952,465

 
1,448,472

 
1,694,161

Average number of receivables outstanding during the period
1,655,153

 
1,943,655

 
1,608,875

 
1,657,908

Number of repossessions (1)
119,690

 
n/a

 
106,375

 
n/a

Number of repossessions as a percent of average number of receivables outstanding (2)
14.5
%
 
n/a

 
13.2
%
 
n/a

Net losses
$
682,880

 
$
182,746

 
$
686,957

 
$
98,737

Net losses as a percent of average principal amount outstanding (2)
5.3
%
 
16.9
%
 
5.6
%
 
15.6
%
(1)
Repossessions are net of redemptions. The number of repossessions includes repossessions from the outstanding portfolio and from accounts already charged off.
(2)
Annualized; not necessarily indicative of a full year's actual results.
We have had no charge-offs on our receivables from dealers and no material net charge-offs on our capital lease receivables.
Deferrals and Troubled Debt Restructurings
In accordance with our policies and guidelines, we, at times, offer extensions to consumers on our retail installment contracts, whereby the consumer is allowed to move a maximum of three payments per event to the end of the loan. Our policies and guidelines limit the number and frequency of events that may be granted to one every six months and a maximum of eight extensions during the life of a loan. Additionally, we generally limit the granting of deferrals on new accounts until a requisite number of payments has been received. During the deferral period, we continue to accrue and collect interest on the loan in accordance with the terms of the deferral agreement.
At the time a deferral is granted, all delinquent amounts may be deferred or paid, resulting in the classification of the loan as current and therefore not considered a delinquent account. Thereafter, such account is aged based on the timely payment of future installments in the same manner as any other account.

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The following is a summary of deferrals on our retail installment contracts held for investment as of the dates indicated:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Never deferred
$
19,696,907

 
74.2
%
 
$
18,354,203

 
72.2
%
Deferred once
3,431,257

 
12.9
%
 
3,623,858

 
14.3
%
Deferred twice
1,752,016

 
6.6
%
 
1,809,119

 
7.1
%
Deferred 3 - 4 times
1,600,828

 
6.0
%
 
1,540,713

 
6.1
%
Deferred greater than 4 times
59,930

 
0.2
%
 
73,568

 
0.3
%
Total
$
26,540,938

 
 
 
$
25,401,461

 
 
We evaluate the results of our deferral strategies based upon the amount of cash installments that are collected on accounts after they have been deferred versus the extent to which the collateral underlying the deferred accounts has depreciated over the same period of time. Based on this evaluation, we believe that payment deferrals granted according to our policies and guidelines are an effective portfolio management technique and result in higher ultimate cash collections from the portfolio.

Changes in deferral levels do not have a direct impact on the ultimate amount of consumer finance receivables charged off by us. However, the timing of a charge-off may be affected if the previously deferred account ultimately results in a charge-off. To the extent that deferrals impact the ultimate timing of when an account is charged off, historical charge-off ratios, loss confirmation periods, and cash flow forecasts for loans classified as TDRs used in the determination of the adequacy of our allowance for credit losses are also impacted. Increased use of deferrals may result in a lengthening of the loss confirmation period, which would increase expectations of credit losses inherent in the portfolio and therefore increase the allowance for credit losses and related provision for credit losses. Changes in these ratios and periods are considered in determining the appropriate level of allowance for credit losses and related provision for credit losses.
We also may grant a modification involving a temporary reduction of monthly payment. Similar to deferrals, we believe these modifications are an effective portfolio management technique. If a customer’s financial difficulty is not temporary, we may agree, or be required by a bankruptcy court, to grant a modification involving one or a combination of the following: a reduction in interest rate, a reduction in loan principal balance, or an extension of the maturity date. The servicer of our revolving personal loans also may grant concessions on such loans in the form of principal or interest rate reductions or payment plans. The following is a summary of the principal balance as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 of loans that have received these modifications and concessions:
 
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Temporary reduction of monthly payment
$
1,563,024

 
$

 
$
1,372,876

 
$

Bankruptcy-related accounts
110,800

 

 
125,978

 

Extension of maturity date
70,140

 

 
99,758

 

Interest rate reduction
85,725

 
18,286

 
118,074

 
17,347

Other
54,253

 

 
44,825

 

Total modified loans
$
1,883,942

 
$
18,286

 
$
1,761,511

 
$
17,347

A summary of our recorded investment in TDRs as of the dates indicated is as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Outstanding recorded investment
$
5,044,546

 
$
18,286

 
$
4,207,037

 
$
17,356

Impairment
(967,994
)
 
(7,315
)
 
(797,240
)
 
(6,939
)
Outstanding recorded investment, net of impairment
$
4,076,552

 
$
10,971

 
$
3,409,797

 
$
10,417


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A summary of the principal balance on our delinquent TDRs as of the dates indicated is as follows:
 
June 30, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
Retail Installment Contracts
 
Personal Loans
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Principal 31-60 days past due
$
936,525

 
$
1,608

 
$
929,095

 
$
1,595

Delinquent principal over 60 days
465,523

 
4,515

 
515,235

 
5,131

Total delinquent TDRs
$
1,402,048

 
$
6,123

 
$
1,444,330

 
$
6,726

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we did not have any dealer loans classified as TDRs and had not granted deferrals or modifications on any of these loans.
Liquidity Management, Funding and Capital Resources
We require a significant amount of liquidity to originate and acquire loans and leases and to service debt. We fund our operations through our lending relationships with fourteen third-party banks and Santander, as well as through securitization in the ABS market and large flow agreements. We seek to issue debt that appropriately matches the cash flows of the assets that we originate. We have over $4.2 billion of stockholders’ equity that supports our access to the securitization markets, credit facilities, and flow agreements.
During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we completed on-balance sheet funding transactions totaling approximately $8 billion, including:
three securitizations on our SDART platform for $3.4 billion;
a series of seven subordinate bond transactions on our SDART platform totaling $262 million to fund residual interests from existing securitizations;
two securitizations on our relaunched DRIVE, deeper subprime platform, for $1.7 billion;
top-ups of three private amortizing facilities totaling $1.1 billion; and
three private amortizing lease facilities totaling $1.5 billion
We also completed $4.3 billion in asset sales, including $1.3 billion in third-party lease sales and $1.9 billion in recurring monthly sales with our third party flow partners, in addition to executing several sales of charged off assets totaling $104 million in proceeds.
As of June 30, 2015, our debt consisted of the following:
Third party revolving credit facilities
$
6,012,337

Related party revolving credit facilities
4,260,000

     Total revolving credit facilities
10,272,337

 
 
Public securitizations
13,557,944

Privately issued amortizing notes
6,782,421

     Total secured structured financings
20,340,365

Total debt
$
30,612,702






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Credit Facilities
Third-party Revolving Credit Facilities
Warehouse Lines
We use warehouse lines to fund our originations. Each line specifies the required collateral characteristics, collateral concentrations, credit enhancement, and advance rates. Our warehouse lines generally are backed by auto retail installment contracts and, in some cases, leases or personal loans. These credit lines generally have one- or two-year commitments, staggered maturities and floating interest rates. We maintain daily funding forecasts for originations, acquisitions, and other large outflows such as tax payments in order to balance the desire to minimize funding costs with our liquidity needs.
Our warehouse lines generally have net spread, delinquency, and net loss ratio limits. Generally, these limits are calculated based on the portfolio collateralizing the respective line; however, for two of our warehouse lines, delinquency and net loss ratios are calculated with respect to our serviced portfolio as a whole. Failure to meet any of these covenants could trigger increased overcollateralization requirements or, in the case of limits calculated with respect to the specific portfolio underlying certain credit lines, result in an event of default under these agreements. If an event of default occurs under one of these agreements, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the impacted agreement to be immediately due and payable, enforce their interests against collateral pledged under the agreement, restrict our ability to obtain additional borrowings under the agreement, and/or remove us as servicer. We have never had a warehouse line terminated due to failure to comply with any ratio or a failure to meet any covenant. A default under one of these agreements can be enforced only with respect to the impacted warehouse line.
We have a credit facility with eight banks providing an aggregate commitment of $4.2 billion for the exclusive use of providing short-term liquidity needs to support Chrysler retail financing. The facility can be used for both loan and lease financing. The facility requires reduced advance rates in the event of delinquency, credit loss, or residual loss ratios exceeding specified thresholds.
Repurchase Facility
We also obtain financing through an investment management agreement whereby we pledge retained subordinate bonds on our own securitizations as collateral for repurchase agreements with various borrowers and at renewable terms ranging from 30 to 90 days.
Lines of Credit with Santander and Related Subsidiaries
Santander historically has provided, and continues to provide, our business with significant funding support in the form of committed credit facilities. Through its New York branch, Santander provides us with $4.5 billion of long-term committed revolving credit facilities. SHUSA provides us with an additional $300 million of committed revolving credit, collateralized by residuals retained on our own securitizations.
The facilities offered through the New York branch are structured as three- and five-year floating rate facilities, with current maturity dates of December 31, 2016 and 2018. Santander has the option to allow us to continue to renew the term of these facilities annually going forward, thereby maintaining the three and five year maturities. These facilities currently permit unsecured borrowing but generally are collateralized by retail installment contracts as well as securitization notes payables and residuals by the Company. Any secured balances outstanding under the facilities at the time of their maturity will amortize to match the maturities and expected cash flows of the corresponding collateral.
There was an average outstanding balance of $3.8 billion and $3.7 billion under the facilities offered through the New York branch during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The maximum outstanding balance during each period was $4.4 billion and $4.3 billion, respectively. There was an average outstanding balance of $300 million under the SHUSA credit facility during the six months ended June 30, 2015, and $192 million from the line's inception on March 6, 2014 through June 30, 2014; the maximum outstanding balance during each of those periods was $300 million.
Santander affiliates also serve as the counterparty for many of our derivative financial instruments.
Secured Structured Financings
Our secured structured financings primarily consist of public, SEC-registered securitizations. We also execute private securitizations under Rule 144A of the Securities Act and privately issue amortizing notes.

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We obtain long-term funding for our receivables through securitization in the ABS market. ABS provides an attractive source of funding due to the cost efficiency of the market, a large and deep investor base, and tenors that appropriately match the cash flows of the debt to the cash flows of the underlying assets. The term structure of a securitization generally locks in fixed rate funding for the life of the underlying fixed rate assets, and the matching amortization of the assets and liabilities provides committed funding for the collateralized loans throughout their terms. In certain cases, we may choose to issue floating rate securities based on market conditions; in such cases, we generally execute hedging arrangements outside of the Trust to lock in our cost of funds. Because of prevailing market rates, we did not issue ABS transactions in 2008 and 2009, but we began issuing ABS again in 2010. We have been the largest issuer of retail auto ABS since 2011, and have issued a total of over $43 billion in retail auto ABS since 2010.
We execute each securitization transaction by selling receivables to securitization trusts (“Trusts”) that issue ABS to investors. In order to attain specified credit ratings for each class of bonds, these securitization transactions have credit enhancement requirements in the form of subordination, restricted cash accounts, excess cash flow, and overcollateralization, whereby more receivables are transferred to the Trusts than the amount of ABS issued by the Trusts.
Excess cash flows result from the difference between the finance and interest income received from the obligors on the receivables and the interest paid to the ABS investors, net of credit losses and expenses. Initially, excess cash flows generated by the Trusts are used to pay down outstanding debt in the Trusts, increasing overcollateralization until the targeted percentage level of assets has been reached. Once the targeted percentage level of overcollateralization is reached and maintained, excess cash flows generated by the Trusts are released to us as distributions from the Trusts. We also receive monthly servicing fees as servicer for the Trusts. Our securitizations may require an increase in credit enhancement levels if Cumulative Net Losses, as defined in the documents underlying each ABS transaction, exceed a specified percentage of the pool balance. None of our securitizations have Cumulative Net Loss percentages above their respective limits.
Our on-balance sheet securitization transactions utilize bankruptcy-remote special purpose entities, which are considered variable interest entities, that meet the requirements to be consolidated in our financial statements. Following a securitization, the finance receivables and the notes payable related to the securitized retail installment contracts remain on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. We recognize finance and interest income as well as fee income on the collateralized retail installment contracts and interest expense on the ABS issued. We also record a provision for credit losses to cover our estimate of inherent credit losses on the retail installment contracts. While these Trusts are consolidated in our financial statements, these Trusts are separate legal entities; thus, the finance receivables and other assets sold to these Trusts are legally owned by these Trusts, are available only to satisfy the notes payable related to the securitized retail installment contracts, and are not available to our creditors or our other subsidiaries.
We have completed six securitizations year-to-date in 2015, in addition to executing seven subordinate bond transactions to obtain additional liquidity from residual interests in existing securitizations. We currently have 32 securitizations outstanding in the market with a cumulative ABS balance of approximately $17 billion. Our securitizations generally have several classes of notes, with principal paid sequentially based on seniority and any excess spread distributed to the residual holder. We generally retain the lowest bond class and the residual, except in the case of off-balance sheet securitizations, which are described further below. We use the proceeds from securitization transactions to repay borrowings outstanding under our credit facilities, originate and acquire loans and leases, and for general corporate purposes. We generally exercise clean-up call options on our securitizations when the collateral pool balance reaches 10% of its original balance.
We also periodically privately issue amortizing notes, in transactions that are structured similarly to our public and Rule 144A securitizations but are issued to banks and conduits. The Company’s securitizations and private issuances are collateralized by vehicle retail installment contracts, loans and vehicle leases.
Flow Agreements

In addition to our credit facilities and secured structured financings, we have flow agreements in place with Bank of America and CBP for Chrysler Capital retail installment contracts, with another third party for charged off assets, and with SBNA for Chrysler Capital dealer loans.
In order to manage our balance sheet and provide funding for our originations, we have entered into flow agreements under which we will sell, or otherwise source to third parties, loans and leases on a periodic basis. These loans and leases are not on our balance sheet but provide a stable stream of servicing fee income and may also provide a gain or loss on sale. We continue to actively seek additional such flow agreements.

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Off-Balance Sheet Financing
We periodically execute Chrysler Capital-branded securitizations under Rule 144A of the Securities Act. Because all of the notes and residual interests in these securitizations are issued to third parties, we record these transactions as true sales of the retail installment contracts securitized, and remove the sold assets from our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We executed our first off-balance sheet securitization of 2015 on April 15, selling $769 million of gross retail installment contracts.
During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we executed our first two bulk sales of leases to a third party. Due to the accelerated depreciation permitted for tax purposes, these two sales generated large taxable gains that we have deferred through a qualified like-kind exchange program. In order to qualify for this deferral, we are required to maintain the sale proceeds in escrow until reinvested in new lease originations. Because the sale proceeds also were needed to pay down the third party credit facilities on which we had financed the leases prior to their sale, we have increased our borrowings on our related party credit facilities temporarily until the sale proceeds are fully reinvested over the 180 days following each sale.
Cash Flow Comparison
We have produced positive net cash from operating activities every year since 2003. Our investing activities primarily consist of originations and acquisitions of finance receivables and leased vehicles. Our financing activities primarily consist of borrowing and repayments of debt.
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
1,841,253

 
$
1,908,817

Net cash used in investing activities
$
(4,723,139
)
 
$
(4,677,623
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
$
2,877,615

 
$
2,804,188

Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $68 million from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015, primarily driven by $682 million in lower proceeds from sales and repayments of receivables held for sale, offset by $247 million higher profits on our larger asset base and $163 million in higher non-cash net expenses.
Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities increased $46 million from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015, primarily due to an additional $1.5 billion in cash outflows for originations and a $721 million increase in restricted cash, which was largely offset by a $1.1 billion increase in proceeds from lease sales of leased vehicles, as we executed our first bulk lease sales to a third party in 2015, and a $1.1 billion increase in proceeds from sales and repayment of receivables held for investment.
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities, which effectively represents a net increase in debt, increased $73 million from the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2015, primarily due to a $77 million increase in proceeds from stock option exercises. In addition, we did not pay any dividends during the first six months of 2015, but paid $52 million during the first six months of 2014. These positive year-over-year variances are partly offset by $63 million lower net proceeds from advances on notes payable.

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Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
For information regarding the Company's contingencies and off-balance sheet arrangements, refer to Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Contractual Obligations
We lease our headquarters in Dallas, Texas, our servicing centers in Texas and Colorado, and an operations facility in California under non-cancelable operating leases that expire at various dates through 2026. There have been no material modifications to our contractual obligations since December 31, 2014. For additional information on our contractual obligations, refer to our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Risk Management Framework
Our risk management framework is overseen by our board of directors, our BERC, our management risk committees, our executive management team, an independent risk management function, an internal audit function and all of our associates. The BERC, along with our full board of directors, is responsible for establishing the governance over the risk management process, providing oversight in managing the aggregate risk position and reporting on the comprehensive portfolio of risk categories and the potential impact these risks can have on our risk profile. Our primary risks include, but are not limited to, credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, operational risk and model risk. For more information regarding our risk management framework, please refer to the Risk Management Framework section of our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Credit Risk
The risk inherent in our loan and lease portfolios is driven by credit quality and is affected by borrower-specific and economy-wide factors such as changes in employment. We manage this risk through our underwriting and credit approval guidelines and servicing policies and practices, as well as geographic and manufacturer concentration limits.
Our automated originations process reflects a disciplined approach to credit risk management. Our robust historical data on both organically originated and acquired loans provides us with the ability to perform advanced loss forecasting. Each applicant is automatically assigned a proprietary LFS using information such as FICO®, debt-to-income ratio, loan-to-value ratio, and over 30 other predictive factors, placing the applicant in one of 100 pricing tiers. The pricing in each tier is continuously monitored and adjusted to reflect market and risk trends. In addition to our automated process, we maintain a team of underwriters for manual review, consideration of exceptions, and review of deal structures with dealers. We generally tighten our underwriting requirements in times of greater economic uncertainty (including during the recent financial crisis) to compete in the market at loss and approval rates acceptable for meeting our required returns. We have also adjusted our underwriting standards to meet the requirements of our contracts such as the Chrysler agreement. In both cases, we have accomplished this by adjusting our risk-based pricing, the material components of which include interest rate, down payment, and loan-to-value.
We monitor early payment defaults and other potential indicators of dealer or customer fraud, and use the monitoring results to identify dealers who will be subject to more extensive stipulations when presenting customer applications, as well as dealers with whom we will not do business at all.
Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
We measure and monitor interest rate risk on a monthly basis. We borrow money from a variety of market participants in order to provide loans and leases to our customers. Our gross interest rate spread, which is the different between the income we earn through the interest and finance charges on our finance receivables and lease contracts and the interest we pay on our funding, will be negatively affected if the expense incurred on our borrowings increases at a fast pace than the income generated by our assets.
Our Interest Rate Risk policy is designed to measure, monitor and manage the potential volatility in earnings stemming from changes in interest rates. We generate finance receivables which are predominantly fixed rate and borrow with a mix of fixed and variable rate funding. To the extent that our asset and liability re-pricing characteristics are not effectively matched, we

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may utilize interest rate derivatives, such as interest rate swap agreements, to manage to our desired outcome. As of June 30, 2015, the notional value of our interest rate hedges was $12.0 billion.
We monitor our interest rate exposure by conducting interest rate sensitivity analysis. For purposes of reflecting a possible impact to earnings, we measure the twelve-month net interest income impact of an instantaneous 100 basis point parallel shift in prevailing interest rates. As of June 30, 2015, the twelve-month impact of a 100 basis point parallel increase in the interest rate curve would decrease our net interest income by $51.1 million. In addition to the sensitivity analysis on net interest income, we also measure Market Value of Equity (MVE) to view our interest rate risk position. MVE measures the change in value of Balance Sheet instruments in response to an instantaneous 100 basis point parallel increase, including and beyond the net interest income twelve-month horizon. As of June 30, 2015, the impact of a 100 basis point parallel increase in the interest rate curve would decrease our MVE by $99.4 million.
Collateral Risk
Our lease portfolio presents an inherent risk that residual values recognized upon lease termination will be lower than those used to price the contracts at inception. Although we have elected not to purchase residual value insurance at the present time, our residual risk is somewhat mitigated by our residual risk-sharing agreement with Chrysler. We also utilize industry data, including the ALG benchmark for residual values, and employ a team of individuals experienced in forecasting residual values.  
Similarly, lower used vehicle prices also reduce the amount we can recover when remarketing repossessed vehicles that serve as collateral underlying loans. We manage this risk through loan-to-value limits on originations, monitoring of new and used vehicle values using standard industry guides, and active, targeted management of the repossession process.
We do not currently have material exposure to currency fluctuations or inflation.
Liquidity Risk
We view liquidity as integral to other key elements such as capital adequacy, asset quality and profitability. Because our debt is nearly entirely serviced by collections on consumer receivables, our primary liquidity risk relates to the ability to fund originations. We have a robust liquidity policy in place to manage this risk. The liquidity policy establishes the following guidelines:

that we maintain at least eight external credit providers (as of June 30, 2015, we had twelve);
that we rely on Santander and affiliates for no more than 30% of our funding (as of June 30, 2015, Santander and affiliates provided 14% of our funding);
that no single lender's commitment should comprise more than 33% of the overall committed external lines (as of June 30, 2015, the highest single lender's commitment was 21%);
that no more than 35% of our debt mature in the next six months and no more than 65% of our debt mature in the next twelve months (as of June 30, 2015, 7% and 57%, respectively, of our debt is scheduled to mature in these timeframes); and
that we maintain unused capacity of at least $6.0 billion, including flow agreements, in excess of our expected peak usage over the following twelve months (as of June 30, 2015, we had twelve-month rolling unused capacity of $8.4 billion).
Our liquidity policy also requires that our Asset and Liability Committee monitor many indicators, both market-wide and company-specific, to determine if action may be necessary to maintain our liquidity position. Our liquidity management tools include daily, monthly and twelve-month rolling cash requirements forecasts, monthly funding usage and availability reports, daily sources and uses reporting, structural liquidity risk exercises, and the establishment of liquidity contingency plans. We also perform quarterly stress tests in which we forecast the impact of various negative scenarios (alone and in combination), including reduced credit availability, higher funding costs, lower advance rates, lower customer interest rates, lower dealer discount rates, and higher credit losses.
We generally look for funding first from structured secured financings, second from third-party credit facilities, and last from Santander. We believe this strategy helps us avoid being overly reliant on Santander for funding. Additionally, we can reduce originations to significantly lower levels if necessary during times of limited liquidity.
We have established a qualified like-kind exchange program in order to defer tax liability on gains on sale of vehicle assets at lease termination. If we do not meet the safe harbor requirements of IRS Revenue Procedure 2003-39, we may be subject to

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large, unexpected tax liabilities, thereby generating immediate liquidity needs. We believe that our compliance monitoring policies and procedures are adequate to enable us to remain in compliance with the program requirements.
Operational Risk
We are exposed to loss that occurs in the process of carrying out our business activities. These relate to failures arising from inadequate or failed processes, failures in our people or systems, or from external events. Our operational risk management program encompasses risk event reporting, analysis, and remediation; key risk indicator monitoring; and risk profile assessments. It also includes unit, system, regression, load, performance and user acceptance testing for our IT programs.
To mitigate operational risk in regards to servicing practices, we maintain an extensive compliance, internal control, and monitoring framework, which includes the gathering of corporate control performance threshold indicators, Sarbanes-Oxley testing, monthly quality control tests, ongoing monitoring of compliance with all applicable regulations, internal control documentation and review of processes, and internal audits. We also utilize internal and external legal counsel for expertise when needed. All associates upon hire and annually receive comprehensive mandatory regulatory compliance training. In addition, the Board receives annual regulatory and compliance training. We use industry-leading call mining and other software solutions that assist us in analyzing potential breaches of regulatory requirements and customer service. Our call mining software analyzes all customer service calls, converting speech to text and mining for specific words and phrases that may indicate inappropriate comments by a representative. The software also detects escalated voice volume, enabling a supervisor to intervene if necessary. This tool enables us to effectively manage and identify training opportunities for associates, as well as track and resolve customer complaints through a robust quality assurance program.
Model Risk
We mitigate model risk through a robust model validation process, which includes committee governance and a series of tests and controls. We utilize SHUSA's Model Risk Management group for all model validation to verify models are performing as expected and in line with their design objectives and business uses.
Other Information
Further information on risk factors can be found under Part II, Item 1A - “Risk Factors.” 


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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Incorporated by reference from Part I, Item 2 - “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations — Risk Management Framework” above.

Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our CEO and Interim CFO, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a- 15(e) and 15d- 15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our CEO and Interim CFO have concluded that as of June 30, 2015 because of a material weakness identified in connection with the preparation and review of our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows ("SCF") we did not maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures. Specifically, the controls over the review of the impact of significant and unusual transactions on the classification and presentation of the SCF were not operating effectively, which led to the misclassification of cash flows between operating activities and investing activities in the preliminary SCF for certain proceeds from loan sales. The misclassification was corrected prior to the issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and had no impact to previously issued interim or annual financial statements of the Company.

A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. While this material weakness had no impact to our condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, condensed consolidated balance sheets, or condensed consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity, or to previously issued financial statements, this control failure results in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in the SCF would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Notwithstanding this material weakness, we have concluded that the financial statements included in this report fairly present in all material respects our financial position, results of operations, capital position, and cash flows for the periods presented, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

To remediate the material weakness, the Company is strengthening the processes and documentation related to the classification of cash flows between operating activities and investing activities, and the SCF generally, including enhancing the internal documentation requirements for cash flow statement impacts and implementing additional review procedures for significant and unusual transactions.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than as described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the three months ended June 30, 2015 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.


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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
    
Reference should be made to Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference, for information regarding legal proceedings in which we are involved, which supplements the discussion of legal proceedings set forth in Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
There were no unregistered sales of the Company’s common stock during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 3.
Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Other Information
Disclosure Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
    
Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, which added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act of 1934, an issuer is required to disclose in its annual or quarterly reports, as applicable, whether it or any of its affiliates knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings relating to Iran or with individuals or entities designated pursuant to certain Executive Orders. Disclosure is generally required even where the activities, transactions or dealings were conducted in compliance with applicable law.

SCUSA does not have any activities, transactions, or dealings with Iran or Syria that require disclosure. The following activities are disclosed in response to Section 13(r) with respect to affiliates of Santander UK within Santander. During the period covered by this report:

Santander UK holds frozen savings and current accounts for two customers resident in the U.K. who are currently designated by the U.S. for terrorism. The accounts held by each customer were blocked after the customer’s designation and have remained blocked and dormant throughout the first half of 2015. No revenue has been generated by Santander UK on these accounts.

An Iranian national, resident in the U.K., who is currently designated by the U.S. under the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations and the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (“NPWMD”) designation, holds a mortgage with Santander UK that was issued prior to any such designation. No further drawdown has been made (or would be allowed) under this mortgage although we continue to receive repayment installments. In the first half of 2015, total revenue in connection with the mortgage was approximately £1,780 while net profits were negligible relative to the overall profits of Santander UK. Santander UK does not intend to enter into any new relationships with this customer, and any disbursements will only be made in accordance with applicable sanctions. The same Iranian national also holds two investment accounts with Santander Asset Management UK Limited. The accounts have remained frozen during the first half of 2015. The investment returns are being automatically reinvested, and no disbursements have been made to the customer. Total revenue for Santander in connection with the investment accounts was approximately £120 while net profits in the first half of 2015 were negligible relative to the overall profits of Santander.

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In addition, Santander has certain legacy export credits and performance guarantees with Bank Mellat, which are included in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. The Bank entered into two bilateral credit facilities in February 2000 in an aggregate principal amount of €25.9 million. Both credit facilities matured in 2012. In addition, in 2005 Banco Santander participated in a syndicated credit facility for Bank Mellat of €15.5 million, which matured on July 6, 2015. As of June 30, 2015, Santander was owed €1.2 million under this credit facility.

Santander has not been receiving payments from Bank Mellat under any of these credit facilities in recent years. Santander has been and expects to continue to be repaid any amounts due by official export credit agencies, which insure between 95% and 99% of the outstanding amounts under these credit facilities. No funds have been extended by Santander under these facilities since they were granted.

Santander also has certain legacy performance guarantees for the benefit of Bank Sepah and Bank Mellat (stand-by letters of credit to guarantee the obligations - either under tender documents or under contracting agreements - of contractors who participated in public bids in Iran) that were in place prior to April 27, 2007. However, should any of the contractors default in their obligations under the public bids, Santander would not be able to pay any amounts due to Bank Sepah or Bank Mellat because any such payments would be frozen pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) No. 961/2010.

In the aggregate, all of the transactions described above resulted in approximately €9,750 gross revenues and approximately €44,000 net loss to Santander in the first half of 2015, all of which resulted from the performance of export credit agencies rather than any Iranian entity. Santander has undertaken significant steps to withdraw from the Iranian market such as closing its representative office in Iran and ceasing all banking activities therein, including correspondent relationships, deposit taking from Iranian entities and issuing export letters of credit, except for the legacy transactions described above. Santander is not contractually permitted to cancel these arrangements without either (i) paying the guaranteed amount - which payment would be frozen as explained above (in the case of the performance guarantees), or (ii) forfeiting the outstanding amounts due to it (in the case of the export credits). As such, Santander intends to continue to provide the guarantees and hold these assets in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.


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Item 6.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are included herein:
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
  3.1
 
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on May 27, 2015, File No. 333-189807)
 
  10.1
 
First Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated May 20, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on May 27, 2015, File No. 333-189807)
 
  10.2
 
Second Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated July 2, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 2, 2015, File No. 333-189807)
 
  10.3
 
Separation Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on July 2, 2015, File No. 333-189807)
 
  31.1*
  
 
Chief Executive Officer certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
  31.2*
  
 
Chief Financial Officer certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
  32.1*
  
 
Chief Executive Officer certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
  32.2*
  
 
Chief Financial Officer certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
101.INS*
  
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
101.SCH*
  
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
 
101.CAL*
  
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
 
101.DEF*
  
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
101.LAB*
  
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
 
101.PRE*
  
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
*
Furnished herewith.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.
(Registrant)
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Jason A. Kulas
 
 
Name:  Jason A. Kulas
 
 
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
Signature
  
Title
 
Date
 
/s/ Jason A. Kulas
  
Chief Executive Officer
 
August 7, 2015
Jason Kulas
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
/s/ Jennifer Davis
  
 
Interim Chief Financial Officer
 
August 7, 2015
Jennifer Davis
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 


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