Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
The following summary provides disclosure of the material transactions with affiliates of the Company.
In accordance with the Management Agreement between the Company and PRCM Advisers dated as of October 28, 2009 and subsequently amended, the Company incurred $13.6 million and $25.7 million as a management fee to PRCM Advisers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, and $11.5 million and $23.2 million as a management fee to PRCM Advisers for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, which represents approximately 1.5% of stockholders’ equity on an annualized basis as defined by the Management Agreement. For purposes of calculating the management fee, stockholders’ equity is adjusted as discussed below, and to exclude any common stock repurchases, as well as any unrealized gains, losses or other items that do not affect realized net (loss) income, among other adjustments, in accordance with the Management Agreement.
In connection with the acquisition of CYS, the Management Agreement was amended to (i) reduce PRCM Advisers’ base management fee with respect to the additional equity under management resulting from the merger to 0.75% from the effective time through the first anniversary of the effective time and (ii) for the fiscal quarter in which closing of the merger occurred, to make a one-time downward adjustment of Pine River’s management fees payable by Two Harbors for such quarter by $15.0 million to offset the cash consideration payable to stockholders of CYS, plus an additional downward adjustment of up to $3.3 million for certain transaction-related expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the total downward adjustment to management fees was $17.5 million. The Company does not anticipate any further downward adjustments to management fees for transaction-related expenses.
In addition, the Company reimbursed PRCM Advisers for direct and allocated costs incurred by PRCM Advisers on behalf of the Company. These direct and allocated costs totaled approximately $5.1 million and $18.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, and $4.2 million and $15.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. The Company will continue to have certain costs allocated to it by PRCM Advisers for compensation, data services, technology and certain office lease payments, however, the Company has direct relationships with most of its third party vendors and pays those expenses directly.
The Company recognized $2.5 million and $4.4 million of compensation during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, and $4.1 million and $6.4 million of compensation during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, related to restricted common stock issued to employees of PRCM Advisers and the Company’s independent directors pursuant to the Plan. See Note 17 - Equity Incentive Plan for additional information.