Class A through E Notes and Class X Distribution affected
Tokyo, March 11, 2011 -- Moody's Japan K.K has today downgraded its ratings on the Class
A through E Notes and Class X Distribution issued by JCREF CMBS 2007-1
GK.
Details follow:
Class A, downgraded to Aa2 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 Aa1 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Class B, downgraded to Baa1 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 A1 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Class C, downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 Baa1 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Class D, downgraded to B2 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 Ba2 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Class E, downgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 B3 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Class X, downgraded to Aa2 (sf); previously on Jan 27,
2011 Aa1 (sf) placed under review for possible downgrade
Deal Name: JCREF CMBS 2007-1 GK
Classes: A through E notes and X distribution
Issue Amount (initial): JPY 58.2 billion
Dividend: Floating
Issue Date (initial): November 22, 2007
Final Maturity Date: December, 2015
Underlying Asset (initial): Five non-recourse loans,
four TMK bonds, and cash
Originator: Barclays Capital Japan Limited
Arranger: Barclays Capital Japan Limited
JCREF CMBS 2007-1, effected in November 2007, represents
the securitization of five non-recourse loans and four specified
bonds (hereinafter referred to as the "loans"). Four
of the loans have been placed under special servicing.
The Originator transferred the nine loans to the Issuer and issued the
Class A through E notes and Class X distribution. The notes are
rated by Moody's and were sold to investors.
In this transaction, the loans are dividend into senior and junior
components. The senior components are securing the Classes A through
E notes and Class X distribution. The redemptions of the notes
are applied based on pro-rata payments such as payments at maturity
and prepayments resulting from refinancing.
Sequential payments from the most senior class of the notes are applied
in the event of loan defaults and fast pay by the breach of the triggers.
Losses incurred by any defaulted loans are allocated in reverse sequential
order, and starting with the most subordinate class of the notes.
RATINGS RATIONALE
The current rating action reflects the following factors:
1) The recovery from the loans may fall below Moody's assumptions
in July 2009 (the last rating action on these notes), in light of
properties' operating status, the types of property and locations.
Moody's has thus lowered its recovery assumptions by approximately
38% from its initial assumptions.
2) In light of Moody's re-assessment, losses on the
remaining balance of the loans are highly likely and could affect the
Class E note negatively.
Moody's will continue to monitor the properties' operating
status and the progress of special servicing.
The principal methodology used in this rating was "Updated: Moody's
Approach to Rating CMBS Transactions in Japan" (June 2010) published on
September 30, 2010, and available on www.moodys.co.jp.
Moody's did not receive or take into account any third party due diligence
reports on the underlying assets or financial instruments related to the
monitoring of this transaction in the past six months.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For an explanation of the (sf) indicator, please see "Moody's Structured
Finance Rating Scale" on www.moodys.com.
The principal information used to prepare the credit rating included the
Servicer reports, Trustee reports and PM reports.
Information used to prepare the credit rating came the following:
parties involved in the ratings (such as the arranger), parties
not involved in the ratings (such as the servicer), public information,
confidential and proprietary Moody's information.
Measures taken to ensure the quality of this information include preparation
or reviews by a third party.
Moody's considers the quality of information available on the issuer or
obligation satisfactory for the purposes of maintaining a credit rating.
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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
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validate information received in the rating process.
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may not meet its contractual, financial obligations as they come
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FSA Commissioner (Ratings) No. 2. The Financial Services
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in the past year.
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Tokyo
Meishuku Ohno
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Japan K.K.
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Koji Kumamaru
MD - Structured Finance
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Moody's Japan K.K.
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Moody's downgrades JCREF CMBS 2007-1 GK Notes