London, 25 June 2012 -- Moody's Investors Service has today confirmed the P-1 (sf) ratings
of the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) notes issued by Chesham
Finance Limited (Chesham), Ebury Finance Limited (Ebury),
Halkin Finance plc, Halkin Finance LLC (Halkin) and Anglesea Funding
PLC and Anglesea Funding LLC (Anglesea). Moody's says that
the confirmations follow the removal of the exposure to certain counterparties
within each of the conduits' structures.
Issuer: Anglesea Funding PLC, Anglesea Funding LLC
....ECP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
....USCP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
Issuer: Chesham Finance Limited
....ECP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
....USCP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
Issuer: Ebury Finance Limited
....ECP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
....USCP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
Issuer: Halkin Finance plc, Halkin Finance LLC
....ECP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
....USCP CP Program, Confirmed at P-1
(sf); previously on Feb 16, 2012 P-1 (sf) Placed Under
Review for Possible Downgrade
For additional information on Structured Finance ratings, please
refer to the webpage containing Moody's related announcments http://www.moodys.com/eusovereign
RATINGS RATIONALE
On 16 February 2012, Moody's placed the P-1 (sf) rating
of the ABCP issued by each of the conduits on review for downgrade,
following the placement on review for downgrade of the Prime-1
ratings of certain financial institutions that acted as repo counterparties
in the programs (please see the press release "Moody's reviews for
downgrade Prime-1 (sf) ratings of 13 European ABCP programmes").
Today's confirmations follow the removal of all exposure to the
affected counterparties following their downgrade to P-2 and the
confirmation of the rating of one swap counterparty in relation to Halkin.
The rating of each program is now in line with the P-1 ratings
of its remaining counterparties (please see "Moody's downgrades
firms with global capital markets operations" published on 21 June
2012).
Chesham, Ebury and Halkin are repo conduits sponsored by BSN Holdings
Ltd and administered by QCSR Management Limited. Anglesea is a
repo conduit sponsored by Northcross Capital LLP and administered by The
Bank of New York Mellon.
As of 31 May, 2012, Chesham had $1,433.79
million in ABCP outstanding, Ebury had $808.88 million
in ABCP outstanding and Halkin had $607 million in ABCP outstanding.
As of 31 May 2012, Anglesea had $864.98 million in
ABCP outstanding.
PRINCIPAL METHODOLOGY
The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach
to Rating Asset- Backed Commercial Paper" published in May 2012.
Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for
a copy of this methodology.
No models, loss and cashflow analysis or simulation of stress scenarios
have been used in our analysis; the rating action is based solely
on the rating actions with respect to the relevant counterparties'
short-term rating.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides relevant 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
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rating action for securities that derive their credit ratings from the
support provider's credit rating. For provisional ratings,
this announcement provides relevant 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
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or financial instruments related to the monitoring of these transactions
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Eli?Laius
Asst Vice President - Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service Ltd.
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Moody's confirms P-1 (sf) ratings of ABCP issued by Chesham, Ebury, Halkin and Anglesea