Bayview Completes Acquisition of Guild Holdings Company

SAN DIEGO & CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guild Holdings Company (NYSE: GHLD) (“GHLD”), Guild Mortgage Company (“Guild”) and Bayview Asset Management, LLC (“Bayview”) jointly announced today that Bayview MSR Opportunity (U.S.) Master Fund, L.P., a fund managed by Bayview (the “MSR Fund”), has completed its all-cash acquisition of GHLD. On June 18, 2025, GHLD announced that it had signed a definitive agreement under which a fund managed by Bayview would acquire all of the outstanding shares of GHLD’s common stock for $20.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion in aggregate equity value. Shares of GHLD’s publicly traded common stock ceased trading and were delisted from the NYSE in connection with the completion of the acquisition.

Guild will operate as a privately held independent entity of the MSR Fund which also owns Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, a leading mortgage servicer.

“Joining Bayview’s platform strengthens Guild’s commitment to grow our national brand, and it creates one of the strongest and most compelling mortgage origination and servicing ecosystems in the nation,” said Terry Schmidt, CEO of Guild. “The Guild leadership team is excited to bring our expertise in distributed retail origination, retained servicing, and the customer-for-life business model to the MSR Fund. This relationship will further enhance our mission to deliver the promise of homeownership in communities across the country while fueling innovation and long-term growth.”

About Guild Holdings Company
Guild Mortgage Company was founded in 1960 and is a nationally recognized independent mortgage lender providing residential mortgage products and local in-house origination and servicing. Guild employs a relationship-based loan sourcing strategy to execute on its mission of delivering the promise of home ownership in neighborhoods and communities across 49 states and the District of Columbia. Guild’s highly trained loan professionals are experienced in government-sponsored programs such as FHA, VA, USDA, down payment assistance programs and other specialized loan programs. For more information visit https://www.guildmortgage.com/.

About Bayview Asset Management
Bayview is a global investment management firm with approximately $36.1 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2025. The firm is focused on investments in residential, commercial, and consumer credit, including whole loans, asset backed securities, mortgage servicing rights, and other credit-related assets. For additional information, visit Bayview’s website at https://www.bayview.com.

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