JPY 19.3 billion of Senior and Mezzanine Beneficial Interests rated
Tokyo, September 29, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned Aaa definitive ratings to BTMU
Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Beneficial Interests Series 11 Senior
Beneficial Interests Class A and Class B and a Aa3 rating to the Mezzanine
Beneficial Interests. All together, the Senior and Mezzanine
Beneficial Interests total JPY 19.3 billion. These Beneficial
Interests are backed by a pool of residential mortgage loan receivables
originated by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
The ratings address the expected loss posed to investors by the final
maturity date. The structure allows for timely payments of dividend
(in scheduled amounts, on scheduled payment dates), and full
repayment of principal by the final maturity date with respect to the
Class A and Class B Senior Beneficial Interests, and the full payment
of dividend and full repayment of principal by the final maturity date
with respect to the Mezzanine Beneficial Interests.
The complete rating action follows:
Transaction name: BTMU Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Beneficial
Interests Series 11
Class, Issue Amount, Scheduled Dividend, Payment Frequency,
Rating
Senior Beneficial Interests Class A, JPY 7.3 billion,
Fixed, Monthly, Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa
Senior Beneficial Interests Class B, JPY 10.9 billion,
Fixed, Monthly, Definitive Rating Assigned Aaa
Mezzanine Beneficial Interests, JPY 1.1 billion, Fixed,
Monthly, Definitive Rating Assigned Aa3
Moody's had assigned provisional ratings to the above Senior Beneficial
Interests and Mezzanine Beneficial Interests on August 26, 2009.
Credit Enhancement:
Senior Beneficial Interests: 7.1% Over-collateralization
and excess spread
Mezzanine Beneficial Interests: 1.5% Over-collateralization
and excess spread
* The formula to calculate the Credit Enhancement in place for this
transaction is as follows.
Credit Enhancement %: A / B
A: Total principal amount of the Beneficial Interests subordinated
to the subject Beneficial Interests (excluding the Subordinated Beneficial
Interests corresponding to the transaction's Cash Reserve Amount)
B: Total amount of the underlying residential mortgage loans
Entrustment Date: September 18, 2009
Closing Date: September 29, 2009
Final Maturity Date: February 26, 2046
Seller/Servicer: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd. (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) (Aa2/Prime-1)
Asset Trustee: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Guarantor: The Mitsubishi UFJ Home Loan Credit Co.,
Ltd./Diamond Home Credit Co., Ltd.
Arranger: Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
Private Placement Dealer: Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co.,
Ltd.
RATING OPINION SUMMARY
The definitive ratings are based primarily on the following factors:
(1) The integrity of the legal structure
(2) The credit quality of the underlying residential mortgage loan pool
(3) The recovery from sales of the collateralized properties and defaulted
obligors
(4) The level of excess spread/negative carry
(5) The level of over-collateralization provided by the senior/subordinated
structure
(6) The subrogation payments made by the Guarantor pursuant to a guarantee
agreement (only for evaluation of the Mezzanine Beneficial Interests)
(7) The level of the cash reserves
(8) The experience and expertise of the Servicer
STRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ entrusted a pool of residential mortgage
loans it has originated to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
and received the Senior Beneficial Interests, Mezzanine Beneficial
Interests, and Subordinated Beneficial Interests.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ sold the Senior Beneficial Interests
and Mezzanine Beneficial Interests to investors, but retains the
Subordinated Beneficial Interests.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ will act as the Servicer.
SELLER/SERVICER
The Seller/Servicer, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, has branch offices in
principal cities nationwide in Japan. It is one of the main Japanese
city banks. In addition to banking, it provides various services
through its associated companies including leasing, securities,
credit cards, etc.
MU Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd., which will service
part of the asset pool under the responsibility of the Servicer,
is the succeeding entity of Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd.
and Tokyo Diamond Servicing and Revitalization Co., Ltd.,
which were subsidiaries of UFJ Group and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group,
respectively.
Moody's had an on-site meeting with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ and MU Frontier Servicer Co., Ltd., focusing
on their business franchises and policies and the bank's role as an originator.
Moody's also conducted a review of their servicer operations and considers
both to be sufficiently capable of servicing the pool.
V SCORES AND PARAMETER SENSITIVITIES
The V Score for this transaction indicates "Low/Medium" uncertainty
about critical assumptions, in line with the Low/Medium score for
the Japanese RMBS (conforming) sector.
Moody's also ran sensitivities around key parameters for this transaction.
For instance, if the gross loss of 2.7% used in determining
the initial rating were changed to 6.0% or 9.0%,
the model-indicated rating for the Senior Beneficial Interests
Class A and the Mezzanine Beneficial Interests would not be sensitive
but the rating for the Senior Beneficial Interests Class B would change
from Aaa to Aa1 and Aa3, respectively.
Moody's V Scores provide a relative assessment of the quality of available
credit information and the potential variability around the various inputs
to a rating determination. The V Score ranks transactions by the
potential for significant rating changes owing to uncertainty around the
assumptions due to data quality, historical performance, the
level of disclosure, transaction complexity, the modeling
and the transaction governance that underlie the ratings. V Scores
apply to the entire transaction (rather than individual tranches).
Parameter Sensitivities are not intended to measure how the rating of
the security might migrate over time, rather they are designed to
provide a quantitative calculation of how the initial rating might change
if key input parameters used in the initial rating process differed.
The analysis assumes that the deal has not aged. Parameter Sensitivities
only reflect the ratings impact of each scenario from a quantitative /
model-indicated standpoint. Qualitative factors are also
taken into consideration in the ratings process, so the actual ratings
that would be assigned in each case could vary from the information presented
in the Parameter Sensitivity analysis.
The special report, "V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities in the
Asia/Pacific RMBS Sector," is available on www.moodys.com.
REFERENCE TO RELEVANT METHODOLOGY
The principal methodology used in rating the transaction was "Moody's
Approach to Rating Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities in Japan",
published in May 2003, which can be found at www.moodys.com
in the Research & Ratings directory, in the Rating Methodologies
subdirectory. Other methodologies and factors that may have been
considered in the process of rating this issue can also be found in the
Rating Methodologies subdirectory.
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is it acting on behalf of the offering party. This release is not
a solicitation or a recommendation to buy, hold or sell securities.
Tokyo
Shinichiro Kan/AVP-Analyst
Nagisa Sugimura/Senior Associate
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Japan K.K.
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Tokyo
Yasushi Furuya
VP-SCO - Team Leader
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Japan K.K.
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Moody's assigns definitive ratings to BTMU Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Beneficial Interests Series 11