OVERLAND PARK, KS - January 31, 2007 – Brooke Credit Corporation d/b/a/Aleritas Capital Corp. (OTCBB: BRCR; BRCRW; BRCRU) today announced selected results for the month of December 2007.
As of December 31, 2007, loan portfolio balances totaled approximately $678.2 million, compared to approximately $655.2 million on November 30, 2007. The Company's loan portfolio balances were positively impacted by December loan originations of approximately $32.5 million, and offset by December principal payments of approximately $9.5 million. December originations included $17.7 million in Brooke franchise insurance agency loans and $14.8 million in non-franchise insurance agency loans. As of December 31, 2007, the Company's total loan portfolio was composed of approximately $133.3 million in loan balances held on the Company's balance sheet and approximately $544.9 million in loan balances sold to investors with retained interest.
Aleritas Capital also announced that during December, the Company received net interest and servicing income of approximately $3.0 million, and incurred operating interest expense of approximately $248,000. During December Aleritas Capital had a loss on loan sales of $1.1 million primarily caused by the repurchase of some loans.
All results included within this news release exclude portfolio balances and revenues derived from lending activities with Brooke Corporation and Brooke Capital and their wholly owned subsidiaries.
About the Company... Aleritas Capital Corp. is a specialty finance company that originates loans to insurance agencies and related businesses. Loans have been mostly sold as individual loans to participating lenders or as pooled loans to investors through asset-backed securitizations.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements: the uncertainty that the Company will achieve its short-term and long-term profitability and growth goals, uncertainties associated with market acceptance of and demand for the Company's products and services, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the dependence on third-party suppliers and their pricing, its ability to meet product demand, the availability of funding sources, the exposure to market risks, uncertainties associated with the development of technology, changes in the law and in economic, political and regulatory environments, changes in management, the dependence on intellectual property rights, the effectiveness of internal controls, and risks and factors described from time to time in reports and registration statements filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A more complete description of the Company's business is provided in the Company's reports and registration statements, which are available from the Company without charge at www.aleritascapital.com or at www.sec.gov.
Contact Info:
Aleritas Capital
Anita Larson, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
913-661-0123
anita.larson@aleritascapital.com
or
The Equity Group, Inc
Adam Prior, Vice President
212-836-9606
aprior@equityny.com