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Moody's Upgrades Two and Affirms Two CRE CDO Classes of Saturn Ventures I, Ltd.

27 Oct 2010

Approximately $141.8 Million of Structured Securities Affected

New York, October 27, 2010 -- Moody's has upgraded two and affirmed two classes of Notes issued by Saturn Venture I, Ltd. due to the rapid pace of amortization of the senior class of Notes. The rating action is the result of Moody's on-going surveillance of commercial real estate collateralized debt obligation (CRE CDO) transactions.

Class A-1 Floating Rate Senior Notes Notes, Upgraded to Aaa (sf); previously on Aug 6, 2009 Downgraded to A1 (sf)

Class A-2 Floating Rate Senior Notes Notes, Upgraded to Ba3 (sf); previously on Aug 6, 2009 Downgraded to B2 (sf)

Class A-3 Floating Rate Senior Notes Notes, Affirmed at Ca (sf); previously on Aug 6, 2009 Downgraded to Ca (sf)

Class B Floating Rate Subordinate Notes Notes, Affirmed at C (sf); previously on Mar 6, 2009 Downgraded to C (sf)

RATINGS RATIONALE

Saturn Ventures I, Ltd. is a CRE CDO transaction backed by a portfolio of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) (61.2%), residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) [(16.6%); subprime (10.7%), jumbo (4.8%), and second lien (1.1%)], CDO (10.3%), REIT debt (9.5%), and ABS credit cards (2.4%). As of the September 30, 2010 Trustee report, the aggregate Note balance of the transaction has decreased to $162.9 million from $400.0 million at issuance, with the majority of the paydown (96.3% of the total paydowns) directed to the Class A Notes. Saturn Venture I, Ltd. has a turbo feature that allows for partial paydown of all subordinate classes (95% of principle to paydown Class A-1, and the remaining 5% to pay down Classes A-2, A-3, and B on a pro-rata basis). As of the September 30, 2010 Trustee report, the deal is undercollateralized by approximately $36.5 million due to losses on underlying securities. As a result, the transaction, if failing its Coverage Tests, will cause the turbo feature to shut off, and all principle will then be directed to paydown the Class A-1 Notes.

There are fourteen assets with a par balance of $17.8 million (14.1% of the current pool balance) that are considered Defaulted Securities as of the September 30, 2010 Trustee report. Twelve of these assets (66.2% of the defaulted balance) are RMBS, and two are CDO (33.8%). Of the defaulted RMBS securities, ten are subprime (41.4% of the defaulted balance) and two are jumbo (24.8%). Moody's does expect significant losses on the defaulted securities to occur once they are realized

Moody's has identified the following parameters as key indicators of the expected loss within CRE CDO transactions: WARF, weighted average life (WAL), weighted average recovery rate (WARR), and Moody's asset correlation (MAC). These parameters are typically modeled as actual parameters for static deals and as covenants for managed deals.

WARF is a primary measure of the credit quality of a CRE CDO pool. We have completed updated credit estimates for the non-Moody's rated reference obligations. The bottom-dollar WARF is a measure of the default probability within a collateral pool. Moody's modeled a bottom-dollar WARF of 1,499 compared to 988 at last review. The distribution of current ratings and credit estimates is as follows: Aaa-Aa3 (28.3% compared to 26.5% at last review), A1-A3 (14.0% compared to 23.8% at last review), Baa1-Baa3 (29.4% compared to 28.4% at last review), Ba1-Ba3 (5.8% compared to 7.4% at last review), B1-B3 (7.8% compared to 4.3% at last review), and Caa1-C (14.7% compared to 9.6% at last review).

WAL acts to adjust the probability of default of the reference obligations in the pool for time. Moody's modeled to a WAL of 2.0 years compared to 2.8 at last review.

WARR is the par-weighted average of the mean recovery values for the collateral assets in the pool. Moody's modeled a fixed WARR with a mean of 28.2% compared to a mean of 30.7% at last review.

MAC is a single factor that describes the pair-wise asset correlation to the default distribution among the instruments within the collateral pool (i.e. the measure of diversity). Moody's modeled a MAC of 11.7% compared to 1.3% at last review. The greater MAC is due to the shift in the ratings distribution towards higher risk collateral within a small number of collateral names.

Moody's review incorporated CDOROM® v2.6, one of Moody's CDO rating models, which was released on May 27, 2010.

The cash flow model, CDOEdge® v3.2, was used to analyze the cash flow waterfall and its effect on the capital structure of the deal.

Changes in any one or combination of the key parameters may have rating implications on certain classes of rated notes. However, in many instances, a change in key parameter assumptions in certain stress scenarios may be offset by a change in one or more of the other key parameters. Rated notes are particularly sensitive to changes in recovery rate assumptions. Holding all other key parameters static, changing the recovery rate assumption down from 28% to 18% or up to 38% would result in average rating movement on the rated tranches of 0 to 1 notches downward and 0 to 1 notches upward, respectively.

The performance expectations for a given variable indicate Moody's forward-looking view of the likely range of performance over the medium term. From time to time, Moody's may, if warranted, change these expectations. Performance that falls outside the given range may indicate that the collateral's credit quality is stronger or weaker than Moody's had anticipated when the related securities ratings were issued. Even so, a deviation from the expected range will not necessarily result in a rating action nor does performance within expectations preclude such actions. The decision to take (or not take) a rating action is dependent on an assessment of a range of factors including, but not exclusively, the performance metrics. Primary sources of assumption uncertainty are the current stressed macroeconomic environment and continuing weakness in the commercial real estate and lending markets. Moody's currently views the commercial real estate market as stressed with further performance declines expected in a majority of property sectors. The availability of debt capital is improving with terms returning towards market norms. Job growth and housing price stability will be necessary precursors to commercial real estate recovery. Overall, Moody's central global scenario remains "hook-shaped" for 2010 and 2011; we expect overall a sluggish recovery in most of the world's largest economies, returning to trend growth rate with elevated fiscal deficits and persistent unemployment levels.

The principal methodologies used in rating Saturn Ventures I, Ltd. were "CMBS: Moody's Approach to Rating Static CDOs Backed by Commercial Real Estate Securities published on June 2004, and "Moody's Approach to Rating SF CDOs" published in August 2009. Other methodologies and factors that may have been considered in the process of rating this issuer can also be found on Moody's website.

Further information on Moody's analysis of this transaction is available on www.moodys.com. In addition, Moody's publishes a weekly summary of structured finance credit, ratings and methodologies, available to all registered users of our website, at www.moodys.com/SFQuickCheck.

Moody's Investors Service did not receive or take into account a third party due diligence report on the underlying assets or financial instruments related to the monitoring of this transaction in the past 6 months.

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Please see the Credit Policy page on Moodys.com for the methodologies used in determining ratings, further information on the meaning of each rating category and the definition of default and recovery.

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Scott Epperson
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
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Moody's Upgrades Two and Affirms Two CRE CDO Classes of Saturn Ventures I, Ltd.
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