$717,275,000 of asset-backed securities rated
New York, February 24, 2011 -- Moody's has assigned the following definitive ratings to the GE Equipment
Small Ticket, L.L.C., Series 2011-1
transaction, a securitization of lease receivables sponsored by
General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC, Aa2).
Class A-1 Notes, $202,000,000, rated
Prime-1 (sf)
Class A-2 Notes, $245,000,000, rated
Aaa (sf)
Class A-3 Notes, $202,588,000, rated
Aaa (sf)
Class B Notes, $18,560,000, rated Aa2 (sf)
Class C Notes, $21,106,000, rated A1 (sf)
Class D Notes, $28,021,000, rated Baa1
(sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
Collateral for the transaction, originated and serviced by General
Electric Capital Corporation (GECC), consists primarily of true
leases extended to obligors and secured by various types of equipment
including office equipment (85.52%), technology and
telecommunications equipment (8.01%), and industrial
equipment (2.76%). The ratings are based primarily
on an analysis of the credit quality of the collateral, the collateral's
historical performance, the servicing ability of GECC, and
the level of credit enhancement available under the capital structure.
The principal methodology used in rating the GE Equipment Small Ticket,
L.L.C., Series 2011-1 is "Moody's Approach
to Rating Securities Backed by Equipment Leases and Loans," April
2007.
Moody's median cumulative net loss expectation for the collateral pool
securitized in GEEST 2011-1 is 2.45%. The
expected loss is based primarily on an analysis of the collateral's
historical performance -- including securitization performance,
static pool performance for quarterly originations, managed portfolio
performance, and historical residual realization experience --
adjusted to reflect differences between the economic conditions underlying
the historical performance and our expectation of future economic conditions.
Moody's Aaa Volatility Proxy for the deal is 18.40%.
The V Score for this transaction is Low/Medium, which is in line
with the score assigned to the U.S. Large Issuer Equipment
Lease and Loan ABS sector. The V Score indicates "Low/Medium" uncertainty
about critical assumptions.
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).
Moody's Parameter Sensitivities: If the expected cumulative net
loss used in determining the initial rating were changed to 3.70%,
5.90%, 7.75%, the initial model-indicated
rating for the Class A notes might change from Aaa to Aa1, Aa3,
and A2, respectively. If the expected cumulative net loss
used in determining the initial rating were changed to 2.95%,
4.05%, or 4.95%, the initial model-indicated
rating for the Class B notes might change from Aa2 to Aa3, A2,
and Baa1, respectively. If the expected cumulative net loss
used in determining the initial rating were changed to 3.05%,
3.80%, or 4.65%, the initial model-indicated
rating for the Class C notes might change from A1 to A2, Baa1,
and Baa3, respectively. If the expected cumulative net loss
used in determining the initial rating were changed to 2.65%,
3.50%, or 4.45%, the initial model-indicated
rating for the Class D notes might change from Baa1 to Baa2, Ba1,
and Ba3, respectively. 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.
Moody's Investors Service did not receive or take into account a
third party due diligence report on the underlying assets or financial
instruments in this transaction.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
Information sources used to prepare the credit rating are the following:
parties involved in the ratings, public information, and confidential
and proprietary Moody's Investors Service information.
Moody's Investors Service considers the quality of information available
on the issuer or obligation satisfactory for the purposes of assigning
a credit rating.
Additional research including a pre-sale report for this transaction
is available at www.moodys.com. The special reports,
"Updated Report on V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities for Structured
Finance Securities" and "V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities in the U.S.
Equipment Lease and Loan ABS Sector" are also available on moodys.com.
Moody's adopts all necessary measures so that the information it uses
in assigning a credit rating is of sufficient quality and from sources
Moody's considers to be reliable including, when appropriate,
independent third-party sources. However, Moody's
is not an auditor and cannot in every instance independently verify or
validate information received in the rating process.
Please see ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on Moodys.com
for the last rating action and the rating history.
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a time before Moody's Investors Service's Credit Ratings were fully digitized
and accurate data may not be available. Consequently, Moody's
Investors Service provides a date that it believes is the most reliable
and accurate based on the information that is available to it.
Please see the ratings disclosure page on our website www.moodys.com
for further information.
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.
New York
Michael Labuskes
Associate Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
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New York
Michael McDermitt
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service
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Moody's assigns definitive ratings to GE Equipment Small Ticket, L.L.C., Series 2011-1