Approximately $1.2 Million of Structured Securities Affected
New York, September 25, 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the ratings on two classes
in Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-EMG as follows:
Cl. M, Downgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on Feb 20,
2015 Affirmed Caa2 (sf)
Cl. X, Downgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on Feb 20,
2015 Downgraded to Caa2 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The rating on Class M was downgraded due to realized principal losses
from prior interest shortfall reimbursement of more senior classes that
have paid off.
The rating on Class X was downgraded due to a decline in the credit performance
(or the weighted average rating factor or WARF) of its referenced classes.
Moody's rating action does not reflect a base expected loss of the current
balance, the same at Moody's last review. Moody's base
expected loss plus realized losses is now 0.1% of the original
pooled balance. Moody's provides a current list of base expected
losses for conduit and fusion CMBS transactions on moodys.com at
http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF215255.
FACTORS THAT WOULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OR DOWNGRADE OF THE RATING:
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.
The rating of the remaining class is constrained by the realized loss
so there are not factors that could lead to an upgrade of the rating.
Factors that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include a decline
in the performance of the loan leading to an increase in expected loss.
METHODOLOGY UNDERLYING THE RATING ACTION
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's
Approach to Rating CMBS Large Loan/Single Borrower Transactions"
published in July 2000. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
The Credit Rating for Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Commercial
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-EMG
was assigned in accordance with Moody's existing Credit Rating Methodology
entitled "Moody's Approach to Rating CMBS Large Loan/Single
Borrower Transactions" published in July 2000. Please note
that on August 6, 2015, Moody's released a Request for
Comment, in which it has requested market feedback on potential
revisions to its Credit Rating Methodology for the Large Loan and Singe
Asset/Single Borrowers CMBS. If the revised Credit Rating Methodology
is implemented as proposed, the Credit Rating on Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-EMG may be positively affected. Please refer
to Moody's Request for Comment, titled "Proposed Enhancements
to Our Approach to Rating Large Loan and Single Asset/Single Borrower
CMBS" for further details regarding the implications of the proposed
Credit Rating Methodology revisions on certain Credit Ratings.
DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED
Moody's uses a variation of Herf to measure the diversity of loan
sizes, where a higher number represents greater diversity.
Loan concentration has an important bearing on potential rating volatility,
including the risk of multiple notch downgrades under adverse circumstances.
The credit neutral Herf score is 40. The pool has a Herf of one
compared to a Herf of two at Moody's last review.
When the Herf falls below 20, Moody's uses the excel-based
Large Loan Model in formulating a rating recommendation. 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, property type and sponsorship. Moody's
also further adjusts these aggregated proceeds for any pooling benefits
associated with loan level diversity and other concentrations and correlations.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the September 22, 2015 distribution date, the transaction's
aggregate certificate balance has decreased by 99.8% to
$1.2 million from $722 million at securitization.
The certificates are collateralized by one mortgage loan.
Four loans have been liquidated from the pool, resulting in a realized
loss of $44,156 (for an average loss severity of 1%).
The certificates have an aggregate realized loss of $460,096
due primarily to prior interest shortfall reimbursement.
Moody's received full year 2014 operating results for the final loan in
the pool.
The remaining loan is the 177-179 Forest Avenue Loan ($1.2
million -- 100% of the pool), which is secured by a
48,192 square foot single tenant retail property leased to Stop
& Shop. The loan is fully amortizing and the tenant lease expiration
is concurrent with the loan expiration date in 2020. Moody's LTV
and stressed DSCR are 27% and 4.35X, respectively,
compared to 30% and 3.93X at the last review.
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 rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
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 rating action, and
whose ratings may change as a result of this 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.
Christopher Bergman
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Annelise Osborne
Senior Vice President/Manager
Structured Finance Group
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Moody's Downgrades Two Classes of CGCMT 2005-EMG