UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 11, 2016

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(818) 224‑7442

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Mortgage Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreement with Bank of America, N.A.

On October 11, 2016, PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (the “Company”), through two of its controlled subsidiaries, PennyMac Loan Services, LLC (“PLS”) and Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC (“PNMAC”), executed a Second Amended and Restated Request for Temporary Increase (the “Temporary Increase”) in connection with that certain mortgage loan participation purchase and sale agreement, dated August 13, 2014, by and among Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”), on the one hand, and PLS, as seller, and PNMAC, as guarantor, on the other hand (the “BANA Participation Agreement”). The Temporary Increase amends and supersedes that certain request for temporary increase entered into by PLS, PNMAC and BANA on August 25, 2016.

Pursuant to the terms of the BANA Participation Agreement, PLS may sell to BANA participation certificates, each representing an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a pool of mortgage loans that have been pooled with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae and are pending securitization. In connection with its sale of any participation certificate, PLS also assigns to BANA a take-out commitment, which evidences PLS’ right to sell to a third party investor the security backed by the mortgage loans underlying the related participation certificate. Other material terms of the BANA Participation Agreement are described more fully in Item 5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2014.

Pursuant to the Temporary Increase, BANA agreed to temporarily maintain the aggregate transaction limit of purchase prices for participation certificates owned by BANA at any given time at up to $800 million until December 12, 2016, at which time the aggregate transaction limit of purchase prices will be reset to $250 million.  The Company, through PLS, is required to pay BANA an additional facility fee relating to the temporary increase in the aggregate transaction limit. All other terms and conditions of the BANA Participation Agreement remain the same in all material respects. The obligations of PLS are fully guaranteed by PNMAC. The mortgage loans are serviced by PLS.

The foregoing description of the BANA Participation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the BANA Participation Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.72 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2014, and any amendments to the BANA Participation Agreement filed thereafter.

Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.