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Rating Action:

Moody's assigns definitive ratings to IM GRUPO BANCO POPULAR EMPRESAS 4's SME CDO notes

04 Apr 2011

EUR2,500 million of debt securities rated

Madrid, April 04, 2011 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned definitive ratings to two series of notes issued by IM GRUPO BANCO POPULAR EMPRESAS 4 FTA (the Fondo):

- EUR1,875.0 million series A notes, assigned Aaa (sf)

- EUR625.0 million series B notes, assigned Baa1(sf)

RATINGS RATIONALE

IM GRUPO BANCO POPULAR EMPRESAS 4 FTA is a securitisation of standard loans mainly granted by Banco Popular (A2/P-1; Negative Outlook) to corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME).

At closing, the Fondo -- a newly formed limited-liability entity incorporated under the laws of Spain -- will issue two series of rated notes. Banco Popular will act as servicer of the loans, while Intermoney Titulización S.G.F.T., S.A. will be the management company (Gestora) of the Fondo.

As of February 2011, the definitive asset pool of underlying assets was composed of a portfolio of almost 24,000 contracts granted to companies located in Spain. The assets were originated mainly between 2006 and 2010. The weighted-average seasoning of the portfolio is 1.4 year and the weighted-average remaining terms is 4.4 years. The whole pool is unsecured. Geographically, the pool is concentrated mostly in Madrid (19%), Catalonia (17%) and Andalusia (12%). At closing, there will be no loans more than 90 days in arrears.

In Moody's view, the strong credit positive features of this deal include, among others: (i) a relatively short weighted average life of 2.5 years; (ii) a granular pool (with an effective number of obligors of over 500); (iii) a high percentage of corporate with annual turnover above €100 million (16%); and (iv) a geographically well-diversified pool. However, the transaction has several challenging features: (i) a relatively high exposure to the construction and building industry sector (23.3% according to Moody's industry classification); (ii) a high percentage of bullet loans (7.8%); (iii) all the assets are unsecured; and (iv) the definitive pool might include up to 2% and 4% of loans more than 60 and 30 days in arrears, respectively. These characteristics were reflected in Moody's analysis and definitive ratings, where several simulations tested the available credit enhancement and 17% reserve fund to cover potential shortfalls in interest or principal envisioned in the transaction structure.

Moody's analysis focused primarily on (i) an evaluation of the underlying portfolio of assets; (ii) historical performance information and other statistical information; (iii) the credit enhancement provided by the pool and swap spreads; and (iv) the cash reserve and the subordination of the notes.

The resulting key assumptions of Moody's analysis for this transaction are a mean default rate of 10.3%, with a coefficient of variation of 47.5% and a stochastic mean recovery rate of 35%.

As mentioned in the methodology, Moody's used ABSROM cash-flow model to determine the potential loss incurred by the notes under each loss scenario. In parallel, Moody's also considered non-modelled risks (such as counterparty risk).

The ratings address the expected loss posed to investors by the legal final maturity of the notes (June 2037). In Moody's opinion, the structure allows for timely payment of interest and ultimate payment of principal on series A and B at par on or before the rated final legal maturity date. Moody's ratings address only the credit risks associated with the transaction. Other non-credit risks have not been addressed, but may have a significant effect on yield to investors.

The V Score for this transaction is Medium/High, which is in line with the score assigned for the Spanish SME sector and representative of the volatility and uncertainty in the Spanish SME sector. V-Scores are a relative assessment of the quality of available credit information and of the degree of dependence on various assumptions used in determining the rating. For more information, the V-Score has been assigned accordingly to the report "V Scores and Parameter Sensitivities in the EMEA Small-to-Medium Enterprise ABS Sector," published in June 2009.

Moody's also ran sensitivities around the key parameters for the rated notes. For instance, if the assumed default probability of 10.3% used in determining the initial rating was changed to 13.3% and the recovery rate of 35% was changed to 25%, the model-indicated rating for the series A notes would not change, while the series B model indicated rating would change to Ba1 from Baa1.

The principal methodologies used in this rating were Refining the ABS SME Approach: Moody's Probability of Default assumptions in the rating analysis of granular Small and Mid-sized Enterprise portfolios in EMEA, published in March 2009 and Moody's Approach to Rating Granular SME Transactions in Europe, Middle East and Africa, published in June 2007.

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.

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Madrid
Luis Mozos
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Espana, S.A.
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Structured Finance Group
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Moody's assigns definitive ratings to IM GRUPO BANCO POPULAR EMPRESAS 4's SME CDO notes
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