Approximately $65.0 Million Notional Balance of Structured Securities Affected
New York, July 28, 2016 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) affirmed the ratings of three classes
of Merrill Lynch Floating Trust Commercial Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2006-1 as follows:
Cl. X-1B, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Sep
10, 2015 Affirmed C (sf)
Cl. X-3B, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Sep
10, 2015 Affirmed C (sf)
Cl. X-3C, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Sep
10, 2015 Affirmed C (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings of interest-only (IO) Class X-1B was affirmed
based on non-payment of interest currently and the expectation
that the class will not receive interest payments in the future.
The ratings of IO classes Class X-3B and Class X-3C were
affirmed based on the credit performance of their referenced loan,
the Royal Holiday Portfolio loan.
FACTORS THAT WOULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OR DOWNGRADE OF THE RATINGS:
The performance expectations for a given variable indicate Moody's forward-looking
view of the likely range of performance over the medium term. Performance
that falls outside the given range can indicate that the collateral's
credit quality is stronger or weaker than Moody's had previously expected.
Factors that could lead to an upgrade of the ratings include a significant
amount of loan paydowns or amortization, an increase in the pool's
share of defeasance or an improvement in pool performance.
Factors that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include a decline
in the performance of the pool, loan concentration, an increase
in realized and expected losses from specially serviced and troubled loans
or interest shortfalls.
METHODOLOGY UNDERLYING THE RATING ACTION
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating Large Loan and Single Asset/Single Borrower CMBS" published
in October 2015. Please see the Ratings Methodologies page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED
Moody's review incorporated the use of the excel-based Large Loan
Model. The large loan model derives credit enhancement levels based
on an aggregation of adjusted loan level proceeds derived from Moody's
loan level LTV ratios. Major adjustments to determining proceeds
include leverage, loan structure and property type. These
aggregated proceeds are then further adjusted for any pooling benefits
associated with loan level diversity, other concentrations and correlations.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the July 15, 2016 Payment Date, the certificate balance
has decreased by 98% to $65.0 million from $2.6
billion at securitization from the payoff of 14 loans.
One specially-serviced loan remains in the pool, the Royal
Holiday Portfolio loan ($65.0 million), secured by
six hotels located in Mexico with a total of 1,501-keys.
Two of the hotels are located in Cancun, and the other four hotels
are located in Cozumel, Ixtapa, Acapulco and San Jose del
Cabo. The loan was transferred to special servicing in February
2010 and is a non-performing matured loan. The borrower
had filed a Mexican bankruptcy petition for the Cozumel Caribe Hotel in
May 2010. The bankruptcy court terminated the flow of funds into
the lender's cash management system and blocked the lender from pursuing
remedies against the five other assets or the guarantors. The borrower
has not made debt service payments since May 2010, nor has the borrower
provided financials for the hotel properties. Interest advances
were terminated in late 2012. Currently, approximately $19.6
million in servicer advances are outstanding, including $4.5
million in interest advances with the balance primarily for legal and
insurance expenses, cumulative accrued unpaid advance interest and
taxes and insurance. The $103.0 million whole loan
includes $38.0 million in non-trust subordinate debt.
The special servicer is defending and pursuing multiple legal actions
and foresees a lengthy litigation. Moody's current structured credit
assessment is c (sca.pd), the same as at last review.
The pool has experienced $1.0 million in cumulative bond
losses, affecting Class M. Interest shortfalls total $6.3
million and affect principal and interest (P&I) Classes L and M,
and IO Classes X-3B, X-3C and X. Moody's does
not rate Classes L, M and X. Interest shortfalls are caused
by special servicing fees, including workout and liquidation fees,
appraisal subordinate entitlement reductions (ASERs) and extraordinary
trust expenses.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and sensitivity
analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and Sensitivity
to Assumptions of the disclosure form.
The analysis includes an assessment of collateral characteristics and
performance to determine the expected collateral loss or a range of expected
collateral losses or cash flows to the rated instruments. As a
second step, Moody's estimates expected collateral losses or cash
flows using a quantitative tool that takes into account credit enhancement,
loss allocation and other structural features, to derive the expected
loss for each rated instrument.
Moody's did not use any stress scenario simulations in its analysis.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the credit rating action on the support provider and in relation to
each particular credit rating action for securities that derive their
credit ratings from the support provider's credit rating.
For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory
disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and
in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to
the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction
structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive
rating in a manner that would have affected the rating. For further
information please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the
respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action,
and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action,
the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Jay Rosen
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Matthew Halpern
AVP-Analyst/Manager
Structured Finance Group
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