London, 06 October 2011 -- Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the ratings of the
notes issued by six Italian ABS transactions, following the downgrade
of the Region of Lazio, the Region of Abruzzo, the Region
of Campania and the Autonomous Region of Sicily. The performance
of the affected transactions relies on the support of the downgraded regions.
A detailed list of the affected notes can be found at the end of this
press release. The affected transactions are:
Cartesio S.r.l. - Series 2003-1,
downgraded to Baa2(sf) from A2(sf)
Cartesio S.r.l. - Series 2005-1,
downgraded to Baa1(sf) from A2(sf)
D'Annunzio S.r.l., downgraded to Baa1(sf)
from A2(sf)
POSILLIPO FINANCE II S.R.L. SERIES 2007-1,
downgraded to Baa2(sf) from A3(sf)
POSILLIPO FINANCE S.R.L., downgraded
to Baa2(sf) from A3(sf)
Rubino Finance S.r.l., downgraded to
A3(sf) from A1(sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
Today's rating action reflects Moody's downgrade of the Region
of Lazio, the Region of Abruzzo, the Region of Campania and
the Autonomous Region of Sicily on 5 October 2011. For further
information on the underlying action see press release titled Moody's downgrades Italian sub-sovereign ratings following sovereign downgrade
on Moodys.com.
Noteholders in the affected transactions are directly exposed to a specific
region credit risk, and the affected ratings are essentially a pass-through
of the underlying obligors ratings.
Therefore, the ratings are exposed to the same transition risk as
the region ratings, as identified in the press release relating
to the sub-sovereign action mentioned above.
REGION OF LAZIO
Cartesio S.r.l. - Series 2003-1 is
an Italian ABS healthcare receivables transaction, which benefits
from payment delegations of the Region of Lazio. Moody's
downgraded the ratings of the five classes of notes of Cartesio S.r.l.
- Series 2003-1 to Baa2(sf) from A2(sf), as (i) the
underlying rating of the transaction is directly linked to the Region
of Lazio's credit risk; and (ii) the rating of this region
has been downgraded to Baa2 from A2.
REGION OF ABRUZZO
Cartesio S.r.l. - Series 2005-1 and
D'Annunzio S.r.l. are Italian ABS healthcare receivables
transactions, which are ultimately backed by the unsecured,
direct obligations of the Region of Abruzzo. Moody's downgraded
the ratings of the notes issued by Cartesio S.r.l.
- Series 2005-1 and D'Annunzio S.r.l.
to Baa1(sf) from A2(sf), as (i) the claims of the issuers represent
unsecured, direct obligations of the Region of Abruzzo; and
(ii) the rating of this region has been downgraded to Baa1 from A2.
REGION OF CAMPANIA
POSILLIPO FINANCE S.R.L. and POSILLIPO FINANCE II
S.R.L. SERIES 2007-1 are Italian ABS healthcare
receivables transactions, which benefit from payment delegations
of the Region of Campania (downgraded to Baa2 from A3).
Moody's downgraded to Baa2(sf) from A3(sf) the rating of the class Series
2007-1 note in POSILLIPO FINANCE S.R.L. and
the rating of the class A1 note in POSILLIPO FINANCE II S.R.L.
SERIES 2007-1. Similarly, Moody's downgraded
the underlying rating of the class A2 note in POSILLIPO FINANCE II S.R.L.
SERIES 2007-1, which is also linked to the rating of the
Region of Campania. However, Moody's did not downgrade the
Aa3(sf) rating of the class A2 note, as it benefits from a financial
guarantee provided by Assured Guarantee (Europe) Ltd (formerly,
Financial Security Assurance (UK) Ltd) (rated Aa3).
Moody's methodology for rating ABS healthcare receivables transactions
considers a linkage to the rating of the relevant region, as the
assets are unsecured, direct obligations of the region.
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SICILY
In Rubino Finance S.r.l. assets are claims certain
Sicilian enterprises have towards the Autonomous Region of Sicily.
As the payments are unsecured, direct obligations of the Autonomous
Region of Sicily, which has been downgraded to A3 from A1,
Moody's downgraded the rating of Rubino Finance S.r.l.
to A3(sf) from A1(sf).
Moody's methodology for rating this transaction considers a linkage
to the rating of the Autonomous Region of Sicily as the assets are unsecured,
direct obligations of the region.
List of the affected notes:
Issuer: Cartesio S.r.l. - Series 2003-1
EUR200M Tranche 1 Notes, Downgraded
to Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 22, 2008 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
EUR200M Tranche 2 Notes, Downgraded
to Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 22, 2008 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
US$450M Tranche 3 Notes,
Downgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 22, 2008 Confirmed
at A2 (sf)
GBP200M Tranche 4 Notes, Downgraded
to Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 22, 2008 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
EUR141M Tranche 5 Notes, Downgraded
to Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 22, 2008 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
Issuer: Cartesio S.r.l. Series 2005-1
EUR336.665M Series 2005-1
Notes, Downgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Jul 1,
2009 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
Issuer: D'Annunzio S.r.l.
EUR327.375M A Notes, Downgraded
to Baa1 (sf); previously on Jul 1, 2009 Confirmed at A2 (sf)
Issuer: POSILLIPO FINANCE II S.R.L. SERIES
2007-1
EUR870M A1 Notes, Downgraded to
Baa2 (sf); previously on Dec 11, 2008 Confirmed at A3 (sf)
Underlying
Rating: Downgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on Jul 4,
2007 Assigned A3 (sf)
EUR870M A2 Notes, Underlying Rating:
Downgraded to Baa2 (sf); previously on Jul 4, 2007 Assigned
A3 (sf)
Issuer: POSILLIPO FINANCE S.R.L.
EUR452.655M Series 2007-1
Asset-Backed Floating Rate Notes due 2035, Downgraded to
Baa2 (sf); previously on Feb 4, 2009 Confirmed at A3 (sf)
Issuer: Rubino Finance S.r.l.
EUR61.65M A Notes, Downgraded
to A3 (sf); previously on Dec 15, 2006 Upgraded to A1 (sf)
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
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or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
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this announcement provides relevant regulatory disclosures in relation
to the rating action on the support provider and in relation to each particular
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
prior to the assignment of the definitive rating in a manner that would
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or financial instruments related to the monitoring of these transactions
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Moody's downgrades ABS transactions supported by Italian regions