Milestone achievement: laid the groundwork in 2017 for the successful exit from rehabilitation of Ambac Assurance Corporation’s (“AAC”) Segregated Account, which concluded in February 2018
l Decreased our insured portfolio by 21%, from $79.3 billion to $62.7 billion, and decreased Adversely Classified Credits by 17% from $17.0 billion down to $14.1 billion
l Opportunistically purchased $815.2 million of Ambac-insured securities; we currently own 58% of AAC's insured COFINA bonds and 29% of AAC-insured PRIFA bonds
l Reorganized the Company and reduced costs, resulting in significant head count reduction and future annual compensation savings of approximately 20%
l Strengthened public finance loss reserves, resulting in net loss of $(328.7) million, or $(7.25) per diluted share, and Adjusted Loss (1) of $(165.1) million, or $(3.64) per diluted share
l Ended 2017 with total Ambac stockholders’ equity (“Book Value“) of $1.4 billion, or $30.52 per share, a decrease from $1.7 billion or $37.94 per share at December 31, 2016, and Adjusted Book Value (1) of $1.1 billion, or $24.34 per share, a decrease from $1.3 billion or $29.48 per share at December 31, 2016
l Accrued $30.5 million of tolling payments resulting from the utilization of Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”) at AAC, which will be paid to Ambac in May 2018, bringing Ambac's assets to over $400 million
l Decreased gross operating run rate expenses for the fourth quarter of 2017 by over 11% from $18.2 million in 2016 to $16.1 million in 2017
l Improved the Asset to Liability Ratio from from 65.5% at March 31, 2014, to 89.6% at March 31, 2017
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