Class B through D Notes affected
Tokyo, March 04, 2011 -- Moody's Japan K.K. has today downgraded the ratings on the
Class B through D Notes issued by Godo Kaisha JLOC36.
Details follow:
Class B Notes, Downgraded to A1 (sf) ; previously on Jan 19,
2011 Aa2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
Class C1 Notes, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Jan 19,
2011 Baa1 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
Class C2 Notes, Downgraded to Ba1 (sf); previously on Jan 19,
2011 Baa1 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
Class D Notes, Downgraded to Caa3 (sf); previously on Jan 19,
2011 Caa1 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade
Deal Name: JLOC 36
Class: Class A through X Notes
Issue Amount (initial): JPY 59.1 billion
Dividend: Floating
Issue Date: May 9, 2007
Final Maturity Date: February, 2016
Underlying Asset (initial): 34 loans backed by properties
Originator: Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
(as of the issue date)
Arranger: Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.
(as of the issue date)
JLOC 36, effected in May 2007, represents the securitization
of 34 loans backed by real estate. The originator transferred 34
loans to the Issuer SPE, JLOC 36,LLC., who issued
the Class A through D and X Notes (Senior Notes) and Class E Notes (Junior
Notes). These notes were then sold to investors.
The Class A through D notes and Class X notes are rated by Moody's.
The underlying loans are classified as either component loans or pooled
loans. Component loans are further dividend into senior and junior
components. The senior component and pooled loans are securing
the Classes A through D Notes and Class X Notes.
The interest and principal collections from the pooled loans will be used
solely to pay down senior notes. Interest payments of the notes
will be made sequentially. Principal payments will also be made
sequentially, except in cases when the loans are prepaid.
Prepayments of principal will be made pro-rata.
Interest and principal collections from the component loans will be used
to pay down the senior and junior notes. Interest payments on the
senior and junior components will be made sequentially. Principal
payments will also be made sequentially, except in cases when the
loans are prepaid. Prepayments of principal will be made pro-rata
among the senior and junior components of each component loan.
Interest and principal payments made on the senior components will be
used to pay the interest and principal of the senior notes. Interest
payments of the notes are made sequentially. Principal payments
will also be made sequentially, except in cases when the loans are
prepaid. Prepayments of principal will be made pro-rata.
Eleven of the 34 loans have been paid down in full and the principal of
two loans suffered partial impairment as a result of special servicing
thus far; the transaction is now backed by 21 loans. Four
of 21 loans are under special servicing.
RATING RATIONALE
The recovery of the loans backed by JLOC36 may well be lower than Moody's
assumptions in June 2009 (the last rating action on these notes),
in light of the type of property and location. Moody's has
thus re-assessed their recovery assumptions, lowering by
39% from their initial assumptions.
In light of Moody's re-assessment, losses on the remaining
balance of loans are highly likely. The current rating action reflects
the increasing likelihood that the Class D notes will suffer additional
losses.
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
asset disposition report, and special servicer and trustee 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.
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Tokyo
Kiyosei Sugioka
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Japan K.K.
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Moody's downgrades JLOC 36 Notes (CMBS)