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Table of Contents
Message From The Assistant Secretary For Financial Stability ................................ 1
About the Office of Financial Stability .................................................................................. 3
Why TARP Was Necessary? ...................................................................................................... 4
TARP Goals and Programs ........................................................................................................ 5
FY 2012 Performance and Management Highlights ................................................... 14
Challenges/Expectations for 2013 ..................................................................................... 22
Where Readers Can Learn More? ....................................................................................... 23

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CITIZEN’S REPORT | FISCAL YEAR 2012

Message From The Assistant Secretary For Financial Stability
February 15, 2013
I am pleased to present the Office of Financial Stability’s (OFS) Citizens’
Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. This report presents our audited
financial statements, the latest lifetime cost estimates, and an update on
the wind down of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Due to TARP and the other emergency actions taken by the government,
as well as the financial reforms that are being put in place, our economy is
stronger, banks are better capitalized, the weakest parts of the financial
system no longer exist, struggling homeowners are receiving relief and
credit is much more available to consumers and small businesses.
TARP was always meant to be a temporary, emergency program. The
government should not be in the business of owning stakes in private
companies for an indefinite period of time. That’s why, after we extinguished the immediate financial
fire, we began moving to exit our investments and replace temporary government support with
private capital. We can report several highlights during fiscal year 2012:


Working with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), we significantly reduced the
government’s stake in American International Group (AIG). As of September 30, 2012,
taxpayers had realized a positive return of $15.1 billion in their investment in AIG. Treasury
sold its remaining 234 million common shares on December 14, 2012, increasing the
taxpayers’ overall gain to $22.7 billion, compared to the original $182.3 billion commitment
by the federal government.



OFS made substantial progress winding down TARP’s bank support programs. As of
September 30, 2012, there were 290 banks remaining in the Capital Purchase Program
(CPP) out of the original 707 that were originally part of the portfolio. Subsequent sales,
repayments, and restructurings through December 31, 2012, have further reduced the
remaining banks to 212, as a result of implementing the CPP exit strategy that we
announced on May 3, 2012. Taxpayers have already earned more than $23 billion in positive
returns from their investment in banks under TARP.

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OFS also substantially wound down TARP’s credit market programs during 2012 – closing
the SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase Program at a small profit, reducing and eventually
eliminating OFS’s support for the Treasury’s loan under the Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility (TALF), and made further progress winding down the investment funds under
the Legacy Securities Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP).

While TARP’s investment programs are winding down, OFS continues to implement the housing
programs funded under TARP, which are designed to prevent avoidable foreclosures. These efforts
have directly helped more than one million people avoid foreclosure and indirectly helped millions
more by setting new standards and establishing more consumer-friendly practices throughout the
mortgage servicing industry.
Going forward, OFS will continue winding down TARP while maintaining the highest standards of
transparency and accountability. For the fourth consecutive year, OFS has earned unqualified
opinions on its financial statements and its internal control over financial reporting from the U.S.
Government Accountability Office.

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY

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About the Office of Financial Stability
EESA established OFS within the Office of
Domestic Finance of the Treasury Department.
The mandate of OFS is to implement TARP to help
stabilize the U.S. financial system and promote
economic recovery following the 2008 financial
crisis, while also implementing the various
homeowner assistance programs established under
TARP.
The OFS organization chart follows:

Assistant Secretary for Financial
Stability

Chief
Investment
Officer

Chief
Financial
Officer

Chief of
Management
and
Operations

Chief of
Home
Ownership
Preservation

Chief of
Internal
Review

Chief
Compliance
Officer

OFS is headed by the Assistant Secretary for
Financial Stability, appointed by the President
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Financial
Stability are seven major offices.
The Office of the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) is
responsible for management and disposition of all
investments made pursuant to EESA, other than
TARP housing programs.
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has
lead responsibility within OFS for budget
formulation and execution, cash management,
accounting, financial systems, financial reporting,
program and internal metrics analytics, modeling
cash flows, and internal controls.
The Office of the Chief of Management and
Operations (CMO) is responsible for managing the
internal operations of OFS.

ABOUT THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY

The Office of Internal Review (OIR) is responsible
for identifying the most significant risks that
TARP faces, both internally and externally.
The Office of the Chief Reporting Officer (CRO) is
responsible for periodic reports to the Congress as
required by EESA.

Chief
Counsel

Chief
Reporting
Officer

The Office of the Chief of Homeownership
Preservation (HPO) oversees the TARP programs
that are helping to stabilize the housing market
and preventing avoidable foreclosures wherever
possible.

The Office of the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) is
responsible for establishing processes to help
ensure that TARP recipients, participants,
contractors, and agents conduct their TARPrelated activities in accordance with applicable
laws, regulations, program guidance, and contract
requirements.
The Office of the Chief Counsel reports
functionally to the Office of General Counsel at the
Department of the Treasury and provides legal
advice to the Assistant Secretary. The Office is
involved in making sure all OFS programs and
activities comply with EESA and with other laws
and regulations. It is also responsible for
coordinating OFS’s work with the external
oversight entities including the Government
Accountability Office (GAO), the Special Inspector
General for TARP (SIGTARP), and the Financial
Stability Oversight Board.
OFS is not envisioned as a permanent
organization, so to the maximum extent possible
and when it makes sense economically, the
organization uses private sector expertise to help
execute and manage TARP programs. Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac accounted for 56.3 percent of the
fiscal year 2012 administrative outlays ($151
million of $268 million) to assist OFS in
administering and compliance oversight of the
Making Home Affordable (MHA) program.
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Why TARP Was Necessary?
Four years ago, the U.S. financial system was at
risk of collapse and many major financial
institutions were at risk of failure. Markets had
effectively ceased to function. Without immediate
and forceful government action, our country faced
the possibility of a second Great Depression.
The crisis began in the summer of 2007 and
gradually increased in intensity and momentum
the following year. The forces that brought about
the crisis had built up over a long period of time.
They included an unsustainable housing boom
fueled in part by the easy availability of mortgages,
excessive debt held by households and businesses,
rapid growth of the nation’s financial system, an
outdated regulatory framework, and insensitivity
to risk on the part of many investors.
On September 15, 2008, the crisis entered a new
phase. That is when Lehman Brothers filed for
bankruptcy. The following day the stock market
plunged by more than 500 points and panic began
spreading across the financial world.
Suddenly no investment was safe. Markets that
are essential for helping businesses and families
meet their everyday financing needs were freezing
up, threatening the availability of student loans,
small business loans, auto loans and other forms of
consumer lending. In short, the mechanisms that
keep money flowing throughout our economy were
failing.
In today’s modern and global economy, credit
moves at the speed of a mouse-click. If one part of
the system fails, the effects can spread far and
wide in an instant. This has the potential to impact
everyday financial operations that we all take for
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transactions, automatic payroll deposits, and even
the ability of ATMs to dispense cash.
By the end of September 2008, every major
financial institution was threatened and they tried
to shore up their balance sheets by shedding risky
assets and hoarding cash. There were indications
that a generalized run on America’s banking and
financial systems could start. Millions of jobs had
already been lost. Trillions of dollars of household
wealth had been wiped out. Home foreclosures
were on the rise and businesses were ceasing their
investments. The burst of the housing bubble was
fueling a national foreclosure crisis on a massive
scale.
As September 2008 drew to a close, the economy
was in a state of free-fall and the government’s
ability to contain the damage was quickly
vanishing.
The government put in place a forceful and
coordinated response to the crisis across many
federal agencies. It included actions taken by
Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and other areas of
the federal government.
However, the severe conditions facing the nation’s
families, businesses, homeowners, and the
economy as a whole required additional resources
and authorities. Therefore, in late September 2008,
the Bush Administration proposed the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act (EESA). The legislation
was passed by Congress and signed into law by
President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008. As a
result of this legislation, TARP was created and
implemented immediately in order to arrest the
crisis and restart the nation’s economic growth.

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TARP Goals and Programs
EESA provided the Secretary of the Treasury with
the authority to restore stability and liquidity to
the U.S. financial system in the wake of the 2008
crisis. The law also provided the Treasury
Secretary with authority to take certain actions
that would help homeowners avoid foreclosure on
their homes where it was possible.

measure due to the success of TARP and the other
emergency actions taken by the government. Soon
after the immediate financial fires of 2008 were
extinguished, OFS began exiting the various
investment programs under TARP. Following is a
status update of these programs as of September
30, 2012.

When TARP was created, Treasury’s Office of
Financial Stability (OFS) – the office within
Treasury that was set up to implement the
program – established four strategic goals in order
to carry out the purposes of the law. The four
strategic goals that OFS established for TARP are:

Bank Support Programs (CPP, TIP, AGP,
CDCI)

1. Ensure the overall stability and
liquidity of the financial system.
2. Prevent avoidable foreclosures and help
preserve homeownership.
3. Protect taxpayer interests.
4. Promote transparency.
To achieve these goals, OFS established several
programs under TARP to help stabilize the U.S.
financial system and housing market. OFS also
established robust internal controls and produces
regular public reports to ensure that taxpayers
have access to the latest information about the
status of TARP’s various investment programs and
housing initiatives.
A more comprehensive discussion of each program,
including its development and prior years’
performance, can be found in the TARP Two-Year
Retrospective, the TARP Three Year Anniversary
Report, and the TARP Four Year Retrospective
(expected to be published in January 2013) which
are available at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/default.aspx

Goal One: Ensure the Overall Stability
and Liquidity of the U.S. Financial System
The first goal of TARP was to help restore stability
to the financial system. Since the financial crisis
ended, our economy has faced additional
headwinds and challenges. Yet despite these
challenges and the lingering damage left over from
the crisis, the U.S. financial system today is far
more stable than it was in 2008. This is in no small
TARP GOALS AND PROGRAMS

OFS invested approximately $245 billion under
TARP to stabilize the nation’s banking system
through five programs. These programs helped to
restore confidence in the nation’s banking system
by bolstering the capital position of viable
institutions of all sizes. TARP’s banking programs
helped to provide these institutions with the
additional capital they needed to absorb losses and
restart the flow of credit to businesses and
consumers.
As of September 30, 2012, OFS had collected
nearly $22 billion more than the original
investment amount ($245 billion) for TARP’s
banking investments. Three of these programs –
the Asset Guarantee Program (AGP), the Targeted
Investment Program (TIP), and the Capital
Assistance Program (CAP)—are now closed. The
Capital Purchase Program (CPP) and the
Community Development Capital Initiative
(CDCI)—still have outstanding investments but
are in the process of winding down as described
below.

Capital Purchase Program
OFS launched the Capital Purchase Program
(CPP), the largest program under EESA, on
October 14, 2008. Through the CPP, OFS provided
capital infusions directly to banks and thrifts
deemed viable by their regulators to bolster the
capital position of institutions of all sizes and, in
doing so, to build confidence in these institutions
and the financial system as a whole. With the
additional capital, CPP participants were better
able to make new loans and continue to provide
other services to consumers and businesses, even
while absorbing write-downs and charge-offs on
loans that were not performing.
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OFS provided $204.9 billion in capital to 707
institutions of all sizes and types across the
country, including more than 450 small and
community banks and 22 community development
financial institutions (CDFIs). OFS received
preferred stock or debt securities in exchange for
these investments. Most financial institutions
participating in the CPP pay OFS a dividend rate
of five percent per year, which will increase to nine
percent per year after the first five years starting
in fiscal year 2014. From inception of the program
through September 30, 2012, OFS had received
$193.2 billion in CPP repayments or proceeds from
sales, along with approximately $11.8 billion in
CPP dividends and interest, as well as $14.6 billion
of proceeds in excess of cost1.
During fiscal year 2012, OFS focused on winding
down the CPP according to the exit strategy it
announced on May 3, 2012. That strategy includes
a combination of repayments in the case of banks
which are expected to repay in the near future,
selling OFS’s positions in banks through auctions,
and restructuring some investments, typically in
connection with a merger or other plan of the bank
to infuse capital, in a way that maximizes timely
OFS collections. During fiscal year 2012, 95
financial institutions fully repaid a total of $8.1
billion including proceeds from auctions and sales.
OFS also received warrants to purchase common
shares or other securities from the financial
institutions at the time of the CPP investment.
The purpose of the additional securities is to
provide opportunities for OFS to reap additional
returns on the investments made by it as CPP
participants recover. From inception of the
program through September 30, 2012, OFS
received nearly $7.7 billion in proceeds from the
sale/repurchase of CPP warrants.
For additional information, please see OFS’s
Monthly Reports to Congress (also known as the
105a Report), which can be found at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/Monthly-Report-toCongress.aspx

This amount includes $6.9 billion in net proceeds
received from the sale of Citigroup common stock in
excess of cost.

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Targeted Investment Program
OFS established the TIP in December 2008 to
prevent a loss of confidence in certain financial
institutions, which could undermine the overall
economy. Through TIP, OFS invested $20.0 billion
in preferred stock in each of two institutions -Bank of America (BofA) and Citigroup. This was in
addition to the funds that these financial
institutions received under the CPP. In December
2009, both participating institutions repaid their
TIP investments in full, with dividends. Total TIP
dividends were about $3.0 billion during the life of
the program. OFS also received warrants from
each bank which provided the taxpayer with
additional gain. TIP closed during fiscal year 2011
and resulted in a positive return of $4 billion for
taxpayers.

Asset Guarantee Program
Under AGP, OFS acted to support the value of
certain assets held by qualifying financial
institutions, by agreeing to absorb a portion of the
losses on those assets. The program was conducted
jointly by Treasury, the FRBNY and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The AGP
was used to assist BofA and Citigroup in
conjunction with TIP investments in those
institutions.
No payments were ever made under this program.
The AGP is now closed. As of September 30, 2012,
the AGP had resulted in a positive return of $3.7
billion for taxpayers. On December 28, 2012, OFS
received $800 million in Citigroup trust preferred
securities and accumulated dividends from the
FDIC as part of the program. These securities
were then sold on February 5, 2013, for $895
million resulting in an additional gain for
taxpayers.

Capital Assistance Program
In 2009, Treasury worked with federal banking
regulators to develop a comprehensive "stress
test" known as the Supervisory Capital
Assessment Program (SCAP) to assess the health
of the nation’s 19 largest bank holding companies.
In conjunction with SCAP, Treasury announced
that it would provide capital under TARP through
the Capital Assistance Program (CAP) to those
institutions that needed additional capital but
were unable to raise it through private sources.

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Only one TARP institution (Ally Financial)
required additional funds but received them
through the Automotive Industry Financing
Program, not CAP. CAP closed on November 9,
2009 without making any investments and did not
incur any losses to taxpayers. Following the release
of the stress test results, banks were able to raise
hundreds of billions of dollars in private capital.

Community Development Capital Initiative
OFS created the CDCI to help viable certified
Community Development Financial Institutions
(CDFIs) and the communities they serve cope with
effects of the financial crisis. CDFIs provide
financial services to communities that underserved
by traditional banks, such as low- and moderateincome, minority, and other underserved
communities. Recognizing the unique
circumstances facing CDFIs seeking to raise
capital, the dividend rate was initially lower and
was designed to increase to nine percent after eight
years, compared to five years for institutions
participating in CPP.
The total investment amount for the CDCI
program under TARP was originally $570 million
for 84 institutions and is now approximately $532
million. OFS will continue to hold these
investments and evaluate its options for winding
down the program at a later date.

securities (CMBS)) below their fundamental value.
Institutions and investors were holding these hardto-value assets, marked at distressed prices on
their balance sheets, which constrained liquidity
and the availability of credit in these markets.
OFS originally committed approximately $22.1
billion of equity and loans to the nine Public
Private Investment Funds (PPIFs). After
completing their fundraising, PPIFs closed on
approximately $7.4 billion of private sector equity
capital commitments, which were matched 100
percent by OFS, representing $14.7 billion of
equity capital commitments. In the aggregate, all
nine PPIFs had $29.4 billion of total purchasing
power.
Three PPIFs substantially wound down their funds
during fiscal year 2012 with resulting collections of
$7.4 billion. As of September 30, 2012, $9.8 billion
remained outstanding in the program.
OFS provides quarterly status reports on the
program’s performance. For more information on
these holdings and the performance of the PPIFs,
readers can refer to the most recent PPIP
Quarterly Report available at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/Public-Private-InvestmentProgram-Quarterly-Report.aspx

Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility

Credit Market Programs (PPIP, TALF,
SBA 7(a))
Treasury launched three programs under TARP to
restart credit markets that came under severe
stress during the financial crisis. These credit
market programs, combined with additional
measures taken by the Administration, helped
ensure that various types of consumer and small
business loans remained available in the
immediate aftermath of the financial crisis and in
the years since.

Public-Private Investment Program
During the financial crisis, many institutions and
investors were under extreme pressure to reduce
indebtedness. This de-leveraging process pushed
down the market prices for many financial assets,
including troubled legacy securities (i.e., nonagency residential mortgage-backed securities
(RMBS) and commercial mortgage-backed
TARP GOALS AND PROGRAMS

TALF was a joint Federal Reserve-OFS program
that was designed to restart the asset-backed
securities (ABS) market that provide credit to
consumers and small businesses, which had
ground to a virtual standstill during the early
months of the financial crisis. TALF supported the
issuance of nearly 3 million auto loans, more than
1 million student loans, nearly 900,000 small
business loans, 150,000 other types of business
loans, and millions of credit card loans.
OFS originally committed to provide $20 billion in
the form of a subordinated loan commitment to
TALF LLC. This commitment was reduced to $4.3
billion after the program closed to new lending in
June 2010, representing 10 percent of the
outstanding TALF loans. In June 2012, the
commitment was further reduced to $1.4 billion at
a time when the outstanding loans were $3.5
billion. As of September 30, 2012, $1.5 billion of
TALF loans due to the FRBNY remained
outstanding and the TALF program has
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experienced no losses. OFS does not expect any
cost to taxpayers from the program and fully
collected (with interest) Treasury’s loan made
under this program on February 6, 2013.

Small Business Administration 7(a) Securities
Purchase Program
To help ensure that credit flows to entrepreneurs
and small business owners, OFS developed the
SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase Program to purchase
SBA-guaranteed securities from pool assemblers.
Purchasing securities from participating pool
assemblers enabled them to purchase additional
small business loans from loan originators. OFS
invested in a total of 31 SBA 7(a) securities with a
value of approximately $367 million (excluding
purchased accrued interest) between March and
September 2010. Since OFS began its purchases,
the SBA 7(a) market has now recovered with new
SBA 7(a) loan volumes returning to pre-crisis
levels.
In January 2012, OFS sold its eight remaining
SBA 7(a) securities in the portfolio, marking the
successful wind down of the program. In total,
OFS collected $376 million through sales ($334
million) and principal payments ($29 million) and
interest payments ($13 million) over the life of the
program, representing cash collections of
approximately $9 million more than its original
investment of $367 million.

Other TARP Investment Programs
Automotive Industry Financing Program
The Automotive Industry Financing Program
(AIFP) was launched in December 2008 to help
prevent the disorderly liquidation of Chrysler and
General Motors (GM) and thus a significant
disruption of the U.S. auto industry. The potential
for such a disruption at that time posed a
significant risk to financial market stability and
threatened the overall economy.
OFS provided nearly $80 billion in loans and
equity investments under the AIFP to GM,
Chrysler, and their financing entities. Treasury
also provided loans to ensure that auto suppliers
would be compensated for their parts and services
that had already been purchased by the auto
companies.

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An estimated one million jobs were saved by the
assistance provided to the auto industry under
TARP. This assistance made it possible for them to
restructure and compete more effectively. As a
result, since 2009 the auto industry has continued
to rebound. During fiscal year 2012, OFS focused
on carefully managing its remaining AIFP
investments in a way that protects taxpayer
interests and supports the continued recovery of
the auto industry.
Of the approximately $80 billion that was provided
to the auto industry under TARP, Treasury has
now recovered $46.40 billion. While the auto
industry’s rescue under TARP will likely have a
loss, the cost of disorderly liquidations of GM and
Chrysler, and the effects those would have had on
the industry and the nation as a whole would have
been far higher.

General Motors
OFS provided approximately $50 billion of TARP
funds to GM in 2008 and 2009. Since then, GM has
gone through a managed bankruptcy and is now a
more competitive company. OFS’s investment in
GM was originally made in the form of loans, some
of which were subsequently converted into common
and preferred stock. Treasury currently holds only
common stock.
As of September 30, 2012, OFS held approximately
500 million shares of GM’s common stock, which
represented 31.9 percent of the company’s
outstanding shares of common stock. On
December 21, 2012, OFS sold 200 million shares of
General Motors (GM) common stock at a share
price of $27.50 per share and resulted in proceeds
received proceeds of $5.5 billion. OFS intends to
sell its remaining 300 million shares of GM
common stock within the next 12 to 15 months,
subject to market conditions.
Of the approximately $50 billion disbursed to GM
under TARP, OFS has recovered approximately
$29.5 billion.

Chrysler
OFS committed a total of $12.4 billion to Chrysler
under TARP.
In April 2009, as part of a planned restructuring,
Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection. In May
2009, OFS provided $1.9 billion to Chrysler (Old
Chrysler) under a debtor‐in‐possession financing
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agreement for assistance during its bankruptcy
proceeding.
Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy in June 2009
as a newly formed entity, Chrysler Group LLC
(New Chrysler) and has continued to rebound in
the years since. In July 2011, OFS fully exited its
investment in Chrysler, six years ahead of
schedule. Of the $12.4 billion disbursed to Chrysler
under TARP, OFS recovered more than $11.1
billion for the taxpayers through principal
repayments, interest, and cancelled
commitments. OFS is unlikely to fully recover the
difference of $1.3 billion owed by Old Chrysler.

Ally Financial (formerly GMAC)
OFS also made a $17.2 billion investment in Ally
Financial (formerly GMAC) under TARP. The
company has been the primary source of financing
for GM’s dealers and consumers for more than 90
years. Supporting Ally made it possible for GM and
Chrysler dealers to continue providing car loans to
their customers and secure financing to run their
businesses during the financial crisis.
As of September 30, 2012, OFS’s outstanding
investment in Ally stood at $13.75 billion, having
recovered about one-third ($5.8 billion) of the
original $17.2 billion investment through
repayments and other income. During 2012, Ally
began two strategic initiatives: Chapter 11
proceeding for its mortgage subsidiary, Residential
Capital, LLC and the sale of its international auto
finance operations. These two initiatives are
important elements of OFS’s strategy for exiting its
remaining investments in Ally2. Once they are
completed, OFS expects to begin monetizing its
remaining investment in Ally, subject to market
conditions.

American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Investment Program

collapse of AIG. At the time, AIG was the largest
provider of conventional insurance in the world.
Millions of Americans depended on it for their life
savings and it had a substantial presence in many
critical financial markets, including municipal
bonds. The consequences of AIG failing at that
time and in those circumstances would have been
catastrophic to American families, business, and
the larger economy.
Therefore, Treasury and the FRBNY took action to
protect the U.S. financial system.
The overall support for AIG peaked at
approximately $182 billion. That included $70
billion3 that Treasury committed through TARP,
and $112 billion committed by the FRBNY.
During fiscal year 2012, the government’s support
for AIG was substantially reduced and taxpayers
began to see a positive return on their overall
investment in the company. As of September 2012,
taxpayers earned more than $15 billion in returns
on their AIG investment and debts to the FRBNY
were fully repaid. Treasury’s interest in AIG was
also substantially reduced during 2012. In March
2012, OFS received the remaining $8.6 billion in
repayments of its preferred interest in the AIG AIA
SPV.
During fiscal year 2012, OFS’s common stock
investment in AIG was also substantially reduced.
Over the course of the year, OFS conducted four
offerings that sold a total of 1.2 billion shares of
AIG common stock (consisting of 806 million TARP
shares and 415 million Treasury non-TARP
shares4) with total proceeds of $38.2 billion,
consisting of $25.2 billion in proceeds to OFS and
additional proceeds to the Treasury for the nonTARP shares of $13.0 billion.
As of September 30, 2012, Treasury’s remaining
outstanding AIG investments consisted of 234
million shares of AIG common stock, consisting of
154 million TARP shares and 80 million non-TARP

During the financial crisis, the FRBNY and
Treasury provided assistance to prevent the
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$2 billion of which was never drawn.

Treasury’s investment in AIG common shares has
consisted of shares acquired in exchange for preferred
stock purchased with TARP funds (TARP shares) and
shares received from the trust created by the FRBNY for
the benefit of Treasury as a result of its loan to AIG
(non-TARP shares). Treasury has managed the TARP
shares and non-TARP shares together and disposed of
them pro-rata in proportion to its holdings.

4

Additional information can be found in a May 2012
statement by Assistant Secretary Timothy Massad:
http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Pages/PuttingTaxpayers-in-a-Stronger-Position-to-ContinueRecovering-Their-Investment-in-Ally-Financial.aspx
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shares. All remaining shares were sold on
December 11, 2012, for an additional $7.6 billion in
proceeds resulting in an overall positive return of
$22.7 billion.

Goal Two: Prevent Avoidable Foreclosures
and Help Preserve Homeownership
OFS established two central programs under TARP
– the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program
and the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund
for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (HHF) – to
help prevent avoidable foreclosures and preserve
homeownership.
OFS has also provided support for the Federal
Housing Administration’s Short Refinance
Program to assist borrowers who are current on
their mortgage (or complete a trial payment plan)
but owe more than their home is worth, refinance
into an FHA-insured loan.

Making Home Affordable (MHA)
Launched in February 2009, MHA consists of
several programs designed to help struggling
homeowners prevent avoidable foreclosures. The
cornerstone of MHA is the Home Affordable
Modification Program (HAMP). HAMP is a first
lien mortgage modification program that provides
incentives to mortgage servicers, investors, and
homeowners to reduce eligible homeowners’
monthly payments to affordable levels.
HAMP set new standards and changed industry
practices in fundamental ways, thereby indirectly
helping millions more families stay in their homes.
Before HAMP was launched, there were very few
private modifications taking place. Many of those
that occurred did not lower payments. This is
because there were no standards in the mortgage
industry as to how to make modifications
affordable and sustainable. HAMP provided such
standards. These include using a target debt-toincome ratio to determine an affordable mortgage
payment and a net present value test to determine
whether the modification makes economic sense
mortgage holder.
Nearly 1.3 million5 homeowners participating in
the HAMP programs have had their mortgage

5

726,253 of these actions were TARP funded
modifications.

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terms modified permanently. Homeowners
participating in HAMP programs typically save
more than $539 per month compared to their
monthly mortgage payments before modification.
HAMP has also set important new consumer
protection standards. Treasury has required the
largest mortgage servicers participating in HAMP
to: 1) provide borrowers a single point of contact
regarding loan issues; 2) avoid “dual tracking”
modification candidates while initiating foreclosure
proceedings; and 3) offer 12 months of loan
forbearance for unemployed borrowers. These
borrower protections have been widely adopted by
the industry and served as the basis for a joint
state-federal settlement with the country’s five
largest mortgage loan servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank
of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells
Fargo). They have also served as the basis for rules
being developed by the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) scheduled to become
effective in 2014.
In 2011, OFS began publishing quarterly
assessments of the ten largest servicers to provide
a more transparent process for showing how
servicers are meeting their obligations to
consumers under HAMP. These assessments have
provided a vehicle to identify core servicing issues.
OFS continued publishing these assessments
throughout fiscal year 2012.
Partly as a result of these new standards, the
proportion of private loan modifications that
reduce monthly payments for homeowners has
more than doubled since before the financial crisis
began. Together, public and private efforts have
helped approximately 6 million Americans get
mortgage assistance to prevent avoidable
foreclosures.
In addition to HAMP, MHA includes the following
major programs to help homeowners facing
different challenges:


The Principal Reduction Alternative (PRA),
which is designed to help borrowers whose
homes are worth significantly less than what
they owe on their mortgages. It requires
servicers of non-GSE loans to evaluate the
benefit of principal reduction for mortgages
with a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio greater than
115.0 percent when evaluating a homeowner
for a HAMP first lien modification.

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



The Home Affordable Unemployment Program
(UP), which helps homeowners who have lost
their job. It requires participating servicers to
grant qualified unemployed borrowers a
forbearance period during which their
mortgage payments are temporarily reduced or
suspended while they look for employment.
The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives
Program (HAFA), which helps those
homeowners for whom mortgage modification
is not possible. It helps these homeowners
transition to a more affordable living situation
through a short sale or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure. HAFA provides a defined process
along with incentives for these transactions.

Additional information about the enhancements is
available on the MHA website:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/Making-Home-AffordableProgram-Performance-Report.aspx.
As of September 30, 2012, 96 servicers were
actively participating in MHA with OFS
commitments to fund up to $29.9 billion in
modification payments. Since inception, the
program has disbursed $4.0 billion.
MHA performance highlights for fiscal year 2012
can be found at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/Making-Home-AffordableProgram-Performance-Report.aspx.

Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the
Hardest Hit Housing Markets (HFA Hardest Hit
Fund, or HHF)
In February 2010, the Obama Administration
announced the Housing Finance Agency (HFA)
Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing
Markets (HFA Hardest Hit Fund, or HHF), which
allows state HFAs in the nation’s hardest hit
housing markets and high unemployment markets
to design innovative, locally targeted foreclosure
prevention programs. State HFAs design the state
programs, tailoring the housing assistance to their
local needs. A total of $7.6 billion has been
allocated for the HHF, out of the $45.6 billion
committed for the housing programs under TARP.
As of September 30, 2012, all 18 states and the
District of Columbia were operating HHF
programs statewide and collectively had drawn
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approximately $1.5 billion (19.7 percent) of the
$7.6 billion allocated under the program. Each
state draws down funds as they are needed. States
have until December 31, 2017, to expend funds.
During fiscal year 2012, OFS approved 40 program
changes submitted by individual HFAs and OFS is
working to identify best practices, share lessons
learned between states, and develop other ways to
provide technical assistance to states with lower
participation volumes.

Support for the FHA-Refinance Program
In March 2010, the Administration announced
enhancements to an existing FHA program that
permits lenders to provide additional refinancing
options to homeowners who owe more than their
homes are worth. This program, known as the
FHA- Refinance program, provides more
opportunities for qualifying mortgage loans to be
restructured and refinanced into FHA-insured
loans. TARP funds have been made available up to
$8.1 billion to provide additional coverage to
lenders for a share of potential losses on these
loans and to provide incentives to support writedowns of second liens and encourage participation
by servicers.
As of September 30, 2012, there has not been
substantial activity under the program and no
disbursements for loss claim payments under the
FHA- Refinance Program have been made.

Goal Three: Protect Taxpayers’ Interests
OFS manages TARP investments to minimize costs
to taxpayers. OFS took several steps during fiscal
year 2012 to wind down TARP investments in a
manner that balances the need to exit as quickly as
practicable and maximizing returns for taxpayers.
OFS also ensures that TARP recipients comply
with statutory and contractual obligations such as
executive compensation requirements and
restrictions on dividend payments.
In winding down TARP investments, OFS takes a
disciplined portfolio approach – reviewing each
investment level and closely monitoring risk and
performance. OFS employs a mix of dedicated
professionals and external asset managers to
provide market specific information and detailed
credit analysis using public information. OFS also
works with external parties as underwriters and
placement agents for asset sales.
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Risk Assessment
OFS has developed procedures to identify and
mitigate investment risk. These procedures are
designed to identify TARP recipients that face a
heightened financial risk and determine
appropriate responses to protect taxpayers’
investments while maintaining financial stability.
For certain institutions, OFS and its external asset
managers engage in heightened monitoring and
due diligence that reflects the severity and timing
of the challenges.

They include:


A Daily TARP Update, which features
detailed financial data related to each
TARP investment program including the
status of disbursements and all collections
by category;



A monthly report to Congress that details
how TARP funds have been used, the
status of recovery of such funds by
program, and information on the estimated
cost of TARP;



A quarterly report on PPIP that provides
detailed information on the funds, their
investments, and returns. It is typically
released within one month after the end of
each quarter;



A monthly report on dividend and interest
payments;



A report of each transaction (such as an
investment or repayment) within two
business days of each transaction; and



A semi-annual report on warrant
dispositions.

Compliance
For most of OFS’s preferred stock investments,
TARP recipients must comply with restrictions on
payment of dividends and on repurchases of junior
securities, so that funds are not distributed to
junior security holders prior to repayment of the
federal government. Recipients of exceptional
assistance (currently AIG, GM, and Ally) must
comply with additional restrictions on executive
compensation, lobbying, corporate expenses and
internal controls and must provide quarterly
compliance reports.
Additionally, all mortgage servicers voluntarily
participating in MHA have contractually agreed to
follow the MHA program guidelines, which require
the servicer to offer an MHA modification to all
eligible borrowers and to have systems that can
process all MHA-eligible loans. Servicers are
subject to periodic, on-site compliance reviews
performed by OFS’s compliance agent, Making
Home Affordable-Compliance (MHA-C), a separate,
independent division of Freddie Mac, to ensure
that their obligations are being met.

Goal Four: Promote Transparency
OFS has established comprehensive accountability
and transparency measures and is committed to
operating every TARP program in full view of the
public. This includes publishing regular reports on
how TARP funds are being spent, who has received
them and on what terms, and how much has been
collected to date.
These reports of different frequencies are posted on
the Financial Stability section of the Treasury.gov
website, which can be found at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/default.aspx.

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In addition, OFS posts to its website all investment
contracts defining the terms of those investments
within five to ten business days of a transaction’s
closing and all contracts with OFS service
providers involved with TARP programs.
OFS is equally committed to operating its housing
programs transparently and making information
available and accessible to the public.
Each month OFS releases a Making Home
Affordable Program Performance Report, which
provides detailed metrics on the Making Home
Affordable (MHA) Program. Once per quarter, the
MHA report is expanded to include detailed
assessments of the performance of servicers
participating in the Making Home Affordable
program.
OFS provides information about servicer
performance through two types of data:


Compliance data, which reflects servicer
compliance with specific MHA guidelines;
and

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

Program results data, which reflects how
timely and effectively servicers assist
eligible homeowners and report program
activity.

OFS also publishes information about HAMP
Activity by Metropolitan Statistical Area. These
reports, released in conjunction with the monthly
MHA Program Performance Report, include
mortgage modification activity under HAMP by
metropolitan area.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) and OFS also release a
Monthly Housing Scorecard on the nation’s
housing market. Each month the scorecard
presents key housing market indicators and
highlights the impact of the Administration’s
housing recovery efforts, including assistance to
homeowners through the FHA and the HAMP. The
Housing Scorecard is available at:
www.hud.gov/scorecard.

Additionally, OFS regularly publishes data files
related to MHA and transaction reports that show
activity related to MHA and HHF.

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FY 2012 Performance and Management Highlights
Throughout 2012, OFS continued to wind down
TARP’s investment programs in a way that
balances speed of exit with maximizing the return
for taxpayers. At the close of fiscal year 2012, OFS
had achieved several important milestones.






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investments. As of September 30, 2012,
OFS’s gross AIFP investments outstanding
in GM and Ally Financial totaled $37.2
billion, with an estimated value of $17.5
billion6. The future value of OFS’s
investments in GM will depend on the
market price of GM’s common stock, which
is affected by several factors including the
company’s financial condition, the results
of its operations, and the performance of
the auto industry and the U.S. economy in
general7.

OFS has continued to wind down TARP’s
bank support programs. Through
September 30, 2012, OFS had recovered
$267 billion in repayments, sales,
dividends, interest, and fees – compared to
the $245 billion that was initially invested.
Of the 707 original CPP institutions, OFS
held outstanding investments in 290 banks
as of September 30, 2012. That amount
was subsequently reduced to 212 through
various transactions that occurred after the
fiscal year. All participants in the TIP have
fully repaid OFS and no claim payments
were made under the Asset Guarantee
Program (AGP). Taxpayers have seen a
gain of more than $3 billion from the TIP
and more than $4 billion from the AGP.
OFS also reduced the overall amount that
remains outstanding in TARP’s credit
market programs. The SBA 7(a) Securities
Purchase Program closed on January 24,
2012. In total, the program earned
approximately $9 million in gains for the
taxpayers. OFS also made progress
winding down the TALF program, when
Treasury and the Federal Reserve agreed
to further reduce the credit protection OFS
provides the TALF, LLC from $4.3 billion
to $1.4 billion because of the continued
decline in outstanding TALF loans. In
addition, collections under the PPIP totaled
$8.9 billion during fiscal year 2012 through
loan repayments, interest and equity
distributions. The outstanding balance on
the program was reduced to $9.8 billion at
the end of the fiscal year.
OFS continued to manage the outstanding
investments under TARP in GM and Ally
Financial. Of the approximately $80 billion
that was provided to the auto industry
under TARP, OFS recovered $40.77 billion
and exited the taxpayers’ investments in
Chrysler and Chrysler Financial, although
there will be a loss associated with those



Treasury and the FRBNY made substantial
progress in winding down the investments
related to the AIG, such that taxpayers
have now earned a profit on the total
amount that was disbursed by the federal
government. At the end of fiscal year 2012,
Treasury and the Federal Reserve had
recovered a combined total of more than
$197 billion through repayments of
principal and reductions/cancellations in
commitments ($178.8 billion), as well as
additional income from interest, fees, and
other gains ($18.6 billion). This represents
a positive return of more than $15 billion
compared to the original combined $182
billion peak commitment8.

This is based on share price values as of September 30,
2012. On December 21, 2012, Treasury sold 200 million
shares of General Motors (GM) common stock at a share
price of $27.50 per share and resulted in proceeds
received proceeds of $5.5 billion. OFS intends to sell its
remaining 300 million shares of GM common stock
within the next 12 to 15 months, subject to market
conditions.
7 Subsequent transactions after the close of fiscal year
2012 further reduced Treasury’s outstanding investment
in GM common stock to approximately 300.1 million
shares. Treasury has announced its intention to exit its
remaining investment in GM over the next 12-15 months
subject to market conditions.
8
In December 2012, Treasury sold its remaining 234.2
million shares of AIG common stock for $ 7.6 billion and
no longer holds any AIG assets. This transaction
increased the positive return for taxpayers from the
federal government’s overall assistance to AIG to $22.7
billion.
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

TARP’s housing programs continued to
help more homeowners avoid foreclosure,
with the MHA program surpassing one
million permanent modifications during
fiscal year 2012. As of September 30, 2012,
nearly 1.3 million homeowners had avoided
foreclosure as a result of MHA and other
programs created under TARP. In early
2012, the Obama Administration
announced enhancements to MHA that will
extend the program’s deadline until
December 31, 2013 and expand the pool of
eligible borrowers. These enhancements
are aimed at helping more people enter the
program and helping to improve the overall
economy.

TARP Resources
Although EESA provided authority for TARP to
purchase or guarantee up to $700 billion in
troubled assets, that authority was reduced to $475
billion under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) in
2010. Dodd-Frank also limited any new
obligations only to programs or initiatives that
were initiated prior to June 25, 2010. During fiscal
year 2010, Treasury reduced the TARP program
allocations to conform to these limitations and
OFS’s authority to make new commitments under
TARP expired on October 3, 2010. Throughout
fiscal year 2012, OFS continued to focus on
winding down TARP’s investment programs, while
implementing the various homeowner assistance
programs. TARP’s housing programs were
designed so that funds would be disbursed over
many years. The total cost of the housing programs
under TARP, excluding administrative costs,
cannot exceed—and may be less than— $45.6
billion9, which is the amount committed to that
purpose.

Financial Performance Snapshot
Table 1 shows the reported accounting cost of
TARP activities (which differ from budgetary
lifetime costs as described below) from the time
TARP was created on October 3, 2008, through the
fiscal year ending on September 30, 2012. This cost
is based on the OFS financial statements and is
$20.3 billion cumulatively. The $20.3 billion cost
consists of $7.7 billion of reported TARP net
income in the OFS financial statements for fiscal
year 2012; $9.5 billion of reported TARP net cost
for fiscal year 2011 and the $18.5 billion of
reported TARP net cost for the period from
inception through September 30, 2010. The change
of $7.7 billion since fiscal year 2012 is primarily
due to improved value of OFS’s investments in GM,
Ally Financial, and AIG, while partially offset by
continued funding of the Treasury Housing
Programs under TARP.

This amount includes $29.9 billion for MHA, $7.6
billion for HHF, and $8.1 billion for FHA-Refinance
programs.

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Table 1: Net Income (Cost) of TARP Operations
(Dollars in billions)1

TARP Program
Bank Support Programs
Capital Purchase Program
Targeted Investment Program
Asset Guarantee Program
Community Development Capital Initiative
Credit Market Programs
Public-Private Investment Program
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility

For the Year
Ended
September 30,
2012

SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase Program
Other Programs
Automotive Industry Financing Program
American International Group Investment
Program2
FHA-Refinance Program
Total Net Subsidy Income (Cost)
Additional TARP (Costs)
Treasury Housing Programs Under TARP
(excluding FHA-Refinance Program)
Administrative Costs
Total Net Income (Cost) of TARP Operations

For the Year
Ended
September 30,
2011

From TARP’s
Inception through
September 30,
20123

$ 1.9
--0.2
---

$ 1.8
0.2
--0.1

$ 14.9
4.0
3.9
(0.2)

(0.2)
0.1

1.8
0.1

2.4
0.5

---

---

---

(0.2)
9.2

(9.7)
(1.6)

(23.8)
(15.2)

--11.0

--(7.3)

--(13.5)

(3.0)

(1.9)

(5.7)

(0.3)
$ 7.7

(0.3)
$ (9.5)

(1.1)
$ (20.3)

Information in Table 1 is presented in billions of dollars to ensure consistency with other tables in this Management’s
Discussion and Analysis; similar information is presented in the financial statements in millions of dollars.
2 The amounts for AIG reflect only the operations/activities of TARP and do not reflect proceeds received from the sale of
shares of AIG common stock held by Treasury outside of TARP (non-TARP shares). For further details, see the discussion
of the American International Group Investment Program, beginning on p. 9.
3 Inception through September 30, 2012 column includes dollar amounts related to the ($18.5) billion net cost of operations
for the period from inception through September 30, 2010.
1

TARP Program Summary
Table 2 provides a financial summary for TARP
programs since October 3, 2008, through the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2012. For each
program, the table shows the amount of TARP
authority that was used (which includes purchases
made, legal commitments to make future
purchases, and offsets for guarantees made), the
amount that was actually disbursed, repayments
that were made to OFS from program participants
or from sales of the investments, write-offs and
losses, where the net outstanding balances stood as
of September 30, 2012, and the cash inflows on the
investments in the form of dividends, interest or
other fees. As of September 30, 2012, $49.4 billion

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of the $467.0 billion in purchase and guarantee
authority remained unused.10

10OFS

tracks costs in accordance with Federal budget
procedures. First, OFS enters into legally binding
“obligations” to invest or spend the funds for TARP
programs. Then, funds are disbursed over time
pursuant to the obligations. In any given case, it is
possible that the full amount obligated will not be
disbursed.
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Table 2: TARP Summary1
From TARP Inception through September 30, 2012
(Dollars in billions)
Purchase
Price or
Guarantee
Amounts

Investment
Sales and
Repayments

Total $
Disbursed

Write-offs
and
Losses3

Received
from
Investments

Outstanding
Balance4

Bank Support Programs
Capital Purchase Program5
Targeted Investment Program
Asset Guarantee Program
Community Development
Capital Initiative
Credit Market Programs
Public Private Investment
Program
Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility
SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase
Program
Other Programs
Automotive Industry
Financing Program
American International Group
Investment Program2
Sub-total for Investment
Programs
Treasury Housing Programs
under TARP

$ 204.9

$ 204.9

$ (193.2)6

$ (3.0)

$ 8.7

$ 26.4

40.0

40.0

(40.0)

-

5.0

-

-

-

-

4.4
3.0

0.6

0.6

-

-

0.6

-

21.6

18.6

(8.8)

-

9.8

2.4

1.4

0.1

-

-

0.1

-

0.4

0.4

(0.4)

-

-

-

79.7

79.7

(35.1)

(7.4)

37.2

5.7

67.8

67.8

(49.3)

(11.8)

6.7

1.0

421.4

412.1

(326.8)

(22.2)

63.1

42.9

45.67

5.5

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$ 467.0
$ 417.6
$ (326.8)
$ (22.2)
$ 63.1
$42.9
Total for TARP Program
1 This table shows TARP activity for the period from inception through September 30, 2012, on a cash basis. Received from
investments includes dividends and interest income reported in the Statement of Net Cost, and proceeds from sale and
repurchases of assets in excess of costs.
2 The amounts for AIG reflect only the operations of TARP and do not reflect proceeds received from the sale of shares of
AIG common stock held by Treasury outside of TARP (non-TARP shares). For further details, see the discussion of the
American International Group Investment Program, beginning on page 9.
3 Losses represent proceeds less than cost on sales of assets which are reflected in the financial statements within “net
proceeds from sales and repurchases of assets in excess of (less than) cost”.
4 Total disbursements less repayments, write-offs and losses do not equal the total outstanding balance because the
disbursements for the Treasury housing programs under TARP generally do not require (and OFS does not expect)
repayments.
5 OFS received $31.9 billion in proceeds from sales of Citigroup common stock, of which $25.0 billion is included at cost in
investment sales, and $6.9 billion of net proceeds in excess of cost is included in Received from Investments.
6 Includes $2.2 billion of SBLF refinancing outside of TARP and CDCI exchanges from CPP of $363 million.
7 Individual obligation amounts are $29.9 billion for the Making Home Affordable Program, $7.6 billion for the Hardest Hit
Fund, and $8.1 billion committed for the FHA-Refinance Program.

Most TARP funds have been used to make
investments in preferred stock or to make loans.
OFS has generally received dividends on the
preferred stock and interest payments on the loans
from the institutions participating in TARP
programs. These payments represent additional
proceeds received on OFS’s TARP investments.
From inception through September 30, 2012, OFS
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received a total of $23.0 billion in dividends and
interest.
OFS has conducted several sales of its positions in
banking institutions as part of its exit strategy for
winding down TARP. OFS plans to sell its
investments in banks that are not expected to be
able to repay OFS in the foreseeable future. These
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sales are being conducted over time and in stages
and include both common and preferred stock.
During fiscal year 2012, OFS sold its positions in
40 banks for $1.3 billion in aggregate proceeds
through individual public and private auctions
resulting in proceeds less than cost of $180 million
for those financial institutions.

associated with 169 CPP investments, both TIP
investments, and AGP, consisting of (i) $3.9 billion
from issuer repurchases at agreed upon values and
(ii) $5.4 billion from auctions. TARP’s Warrant
Disposition Report is posted on the OFS website at
the following link:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/reports/Pages/Warrant-DispositionReports.aspx

OFS also received warrants in connection with
most of its investments, which provides an
Table 3 shows the breakdown of receipts for the
opportunity for taxpayers to realize additional
periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 for all
proceeds on investments. Since the program’s
TARP programs combined as well as totals for the
inception, OFS has received $9.3 billion in gross
period from inception through September 30, 2012.
proceeds from the disposition of warrants
.
Table 3: TARP Receipts and Repayments on Investments/Loans 1
(Dollars in billions)
For the Year Ended
September 30, 2012

For the Year Ended
September 30, 2011

From TARP’s
inception through
September 30, 20122

$ 2.9

$ 3.7

$ 23.0

0.1
0.4
3.4

1.5
6.2
11.4

9.7
10.2
42.9

43.9
6.0
49.9
$ 53.3

66.5
6.3
72.8
$ 84.2

303.1
23.7
326.8
$ 369.7

Dividends, Interest, Warrant
Repurchases and Additional Notes
Dividends and Interest
Sales/Repurchases of Warrants and
Warrant Preferred Stock and Additional
Notes
Proceeds in Excess of Cost
Subtotal
Investment/Loan Repayments
Sales/Repurchases/Repayments on
Investments3
Loan Principal Repaid
Subtotal
GRAND TOTAL

This table shows TARP activity on a cash basis.
total reported for Inception through September 30, 2012 column includes the $232.2 billion in receipts and
repayments related to the period from inception through September 30, 2010.
3 Includes $2.2 billion of SBLF refinancing outside of TARP and CDCI exchanges from CPP of $363 million.
1

2 The

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Summary of TARP Direct Loans and Equity Investments
Table 4 provides information on the estimated
values of TARP direct loan and equity investments
by program, as of the end of fiscal years 2012 and
2011. (Treasury housing programs under TARP are
excluded from the chart because no repayments are
required). The Outstanding Balance columns
represent the amounts disbursed by OFS relating
to the loans and equity investments that were
outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and
2012. The Estimated Value of the Investment
columns represent the present value of net cash
inflows that OFS estimates it will receive from the
loans and equity investments for both fiscal year
2011 and 2012. These estimates include market
risk assumptions. For equity securities, this
amount represents fair value. The total difference
of $22.9 billion (2012) and $42.3 billion (2011)
between the two columns is considered the
“subsidy cost allowance” under the Federal Credit
Reform Act methods that OFS follows for budget
and accounting purposes.11

11 The subsidy cost in Table 1 and on the Statement of
Net Cost, is composed of (1) the change in the subsidy
cost allowance, net of write-offs, (2) net intragovernmental interest cost, (3) certain inflows from the
direct loans and equity investments (e.g., dividends,
interest, net proceeds from sales and repurchases of
assets in excess of cost, and other realized fees), and (4)
the change in the estimated discounted net cash flows
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Table 4: Summary of TARP Direct Loans and Equity Investments
(Dollars in billions)

Program
Bank Support Programs
Capital Purchase Program
Community Development
Capital Initiative
Credit Market Programs
Public Private Investment
Program
Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility
SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase
Program
Other Programs
Automotive Industry Financing
Program
American International Group
Investment Program
Total
1

Outstanding
Balance as of
September 30,
20121

Estimated Value
of Investment as
of September 30,
2012

Outstanding
Balance as of
September 30,
20111

Estimated Value
of Investment as
of September 30,
2011

$ 8.7

$ 5.7

$ 17.3

$12.4

0.6

0.4

0.6

0.4

9.8

10.8

15.9

18.4

0.1

0.7

0.1

0.6

---

---

0.1

0.1

37.2

17.5

37.3

17.8

6.7

5.1

51.1

30.4

$ 63.1

$ 40.2

$ 122.4

$ 80.1

Before subsidy cost allowance.

The ultimate cost of TARP will not be known for
some time. The financial performance of the
programs will depend on many factors such as
future economic and financial conditions, and the
business prospects of specific institutions. The cost
estimates are sensitive to slight changes in model
assumptions, such as general economic conditions,
specific stock price volatility of the entities in
which OFS has an equity interest, estimates of
expected defaults, and prepayments. If OFS
receives repayments faster than expected and
incurs lower than expected defaults, TARP’s
ultimate cost on these investments may be lower
than estimated. Wherever possible, OFS uses
market prices of tradable securities to estimate the
fair value of TARP investments. Use of market
prices was possible for TARP investments that
trade in public markets or are closely related to
tradable securities. For those TARP investments
that do not have direct analogs in private markets,
OFS uses internal market-based models to
estimate the market value of these investments.
All future cash flows are adjusted for market risk.

Comparison of Estimated Lifetime TARP
Costs Over Time
Market conditions and the performance of specific
financial institutions are critical determinants of
TARP’s estimated lifetime cost. The changes in the
OFS estimates since TARP’s inception through
September 30, 2012, provide a good illustration of
this impact. Table 8 provides information on how
OFS’s estimated lifetime cost of TARP has changed
over time. These costs fluctuate in large part due
to changes in the market prices of common stock
for AIG and GM and the estimated value of the
Ally Financial stock. This table assumes that all
expected investments (e.g. PPIP) and
disbursements for Treasury’s housing programs
under TARP are completed, and adhere to general
government budgeting guidance. This table will
not tie to the financial statements since it includes
investments and other disbursements expected to
be made in the future. Table 5 is consistent with
the estimated TARP lifetime cost disclosures on
the OFS web site at:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financialstability/Pages/default.aspx.
The cost amounts in Table 5 are based on
assumptions regarding future events, which are
inherently uncertain.

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Table 5: Estimated Lifetime TARP Costs (Income)1
(Dollars in billions)
Estimated Lifetime Cost (Income) as of September 30
Program
20095
2010
2011
2012
Bank Support Programs
Capital Purchase Program
$ ( 14.6)
$ ( 11.2)
$ ( 13.0)
$ ( 14.9)
Targeted Investment Program
( 1.9)
( 3.8)
( 4.0)
( 4.0)
Asset Guarantee Program2
( 2.2)
( 3.7)
( 3.7)
( 3.9)
Community Development Capital
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
Initiative
Credit Market Programs
Public Private Investment Program
1.4
( 0.7)
( 2.4)
( 2.4)
Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
( 0.3)
( 0.4)
( 0.4)
( 0.5)
Facility
SBA 7(a) Securities Purchase
N/A
------Program
Other Programs
Automotive Industry Financing
34.5
14.7
23.6
24.3
Program
American International Group
56.8
36.9
24.3
15.3
Investment Program3
Subtotal
74.1
32.1
24.6
14.1
Treasury Housing Programs under
50.0
45.6
45.6
45.6
TARP4
Total
$ 124.1
$ 77.7
$ 70.2
$ 59.7
Estimated program costs (+) or savings (in parentheses) over the life of the program, including interest on re-estimates
and excluding administrative costs.
2 Prior to the termination of the guarantee agreement, Treasury guaranteed up to $5.0 billion of potential losses on a
$301.0 billion portfolio of loans.
3 The amounts for AIG reflect only the operations of TARP and do not reflect proceeds received from the sale of shares of
AIG common stock held by Treasury outside of TARP (non-TARP shares). For further details, see the discussion of the
American International Group Investment Program, beginning on page 8.
4 Includes FHA-Refinance Program, which is accounted for under credit reform.
5 Estimated lifetime cost for 2009 includes funds for projected disbursements and anticipated obligations.
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Challenges/Expectations for 2013
OFS’s authority to make new commitments under
TARP expired on October 3, 2010. Soon afterwards,
OFS continued the task of exiting each TARP
investment program and recovering TARP dollars
for the American taxpayers. OFS continued that
effort throughout 2011 and 2012, while at the same
time implementing TARP’s homeowner assistance
programs consistent with the goal of preventing
avoidable foreclosures and preserving
homeownership. During 2013, OFS expects to
continue these efforts.
Treasury is committed to winding down TARP’s
investment programs as soon as practicable in a
manner consistent with the duty to protect
taxpayer’s interests. During fiscal year 2013, OFS
will continue to evaluate its options for exiting the
outstanding investments in banks, programs to
restart credit markets, and the two remaining
participants in the AIFP (GM and Ally Financial)
subject to market conditions.
As of September 30, 2012, the largest remaining
outstanding TARP investments were in AIFP.
Going forward, the collections or costs from the
AIFP and the amount that is ultimately disbursed
for Treasury housing programs under TARP are
expected to most significantly affect the lifetime
cost of TARP. Treasury’s housing program
disbursements were never intended to be
recovered. Therefore OFS does not expect them to
result in any repayments.

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Nearly 1.3 million homeowners have already
received some form of assistance under MHA.
Homeowners in active HAMP permanent
modifications typically save more than $539 per
month – more than one-third of what they were
paying before their modification. Since HAMP
began, homeowners in permanent modifications
have saved an estimated $15.6 billion in monthly
mortgage payments.
As part of the Obama Administration’s
enhancements to MHA, the deadline to enter the
program was extended to December 31, 2013.
Throughout 2013, OFS expects to assist more
homeowners entering the program while building
on our outreach efforts to reach as many
homeowners as possible who are eligible for
assistance while the need is still the greatest. At
the same time, OFS will continue working with
state HFAs who are drawing down funds
committed under the HHF to assist homeowners
through locally-tailored programs in their
communities.
Over time, the cost of the TARP programs will
change and the ultimate cost of the TARP will not
be known for some time. Estimates of TARP costs
are based in part on currently projected economic
factors. These economic factors will likely change,
either increasing or decreasing the lifetime cost of
the TARP.

CHALLENGES/EXPECTATIONS FOR 2013

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