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Rating Action:

Moody's places ratings in three UK RMBS transactions on Review

20 Feb 2018

NOTE: On February 23, 2018, the press release was corrected as follows: the third sentence of the first paragraph of the press release was changed to “Today's reviews for downgrade primarily reflect placement of the long term counterparty risk assessment (CR Assessment) on review for downgrade for The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) acting as swap counterparty in the affected transactions (http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_378787)”; in the RATINGS RATIONALE section, point (1) in the first sentence was changed to “(1) placement on review for downgrade of CR Assessment of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) acting as swap counterparty in those three affected transactions,” and the second sentence of the Swap Counterparty Risks section was changed to “Moody's assessed the exposure to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (A2(cr), review for possible downgrade) in relation to its role as swap counterparty in our rated transactions and, as a result, placed on review for downgrade the ratings of the notes which could be impacted should the CR Assessment of the counterparty be downgraded.” Revised release follows.

London, 20 February 2018 -- Moody's Investors Service has today placed on review for downgrade the ratings of six notes in RMAC SECURITIES No. 1 PLC Series 2006-NS1, RMAC 2005-NSP2 PLC and Paragon Mortgages (No. 9) PLC. Additionally Moody's has placed on review for upgrade the ratings of two notes and one Counterparty Instrument Rating (CIR) in Paragon Mortgages (No.9) PLC . Today's reviews for downgrade primarily reflect placement of the long term counterparty risk assessment (CR Assessment) on review for downgrade for The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) acting as swap counterparty in the affected transactions (http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_378787). Today's reviews for upgrade reflect the decreased key collateral assumptions as well as the increase in the levels of credit enhancement for the affected notes.

Issuer: RMAC 2005-NSP2 PLC

....GBP26M Class M2a Notes, Aa2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jul 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)

....EUR37M Class M2c Notes, Aa2 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jul 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa2 (sf)

Issuer: RMAC SECURITIES No. 1 PLC Series 2006-NS1

....GBP30M Class M1a Notes, Aa1 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jul 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa1 (sf)

....EUR59M Class M1c Notes, Aa1 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jul 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa1 (sf)

Issuer: Paragon Mortgages (No. 9) PLC

....GBP7M Class Ba Notes, Aa3 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jun 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)

....EUR29.5M Class Bb Notes, Aa3 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Downgrade; previously on Jun 27, 2017 Upgraded to Aa3 (sf)

....GBP3M Class Ca Notes, A3 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade; previously on Jun 27, 2017 Affirmed A3 (sf)

....EUR66M Class Cb Notes, A3 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade; previously on Jun 27, 2017 Affirmed A3 (sf)

....Cross Currency Swap for Class Cb Notes, A3 (sf) Placed Under Review for Possible Upgrade; previously on Jun 27, 2017 Affirmed A3 (sf)

RATINGS RATIONALE

Today's actions reflect (1) placement on review for downgrade of CR Assessment of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) acting as swap counterparty in those three affected transactions; and (2) deal deleveraging resulting in an increase in credit enhancement for the affected tranches in Paragon Mortgages (No.9) PLC.

-- Swap Counterparty Risks

The CR Assessments of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., London Branch were placed on review for downgrade on 30 January 2018. Moody's assessed the exposure to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (A2(cr), review for possible downgrade) in relation to its role as swap counterparty in our rated transactions and, as a result, placed on review for downgrade the ratings of the notes which could be impacted should the CR Assessment of the counterparty be downgraded. Moody's analysis considered the risks of additional losses on the notes if they were to become unhedged following a swap counterparty default by using the CR Assessment as reference point for swap counterparties.

-- REVISION OF KEY COLLATERAL ASSUMPTIONS

As part of the rating action, Moody's reassessed its lifetime loss expectation for the portfolio reflecting the collateral performance to date.

In RMAC SECURITIES No. 1 PLC Series 2006-NS1, the performance of has continued to be stable since last review. Total delinquencies have decreased in the past year, with 90 days plus arrears currently standing at 5.7% of current pool balance. Cumulative losses currently stand at 1.9% of original pool balance. Moody's decreased the EL assumption to 2.6% as a percentage of original pool balance from 2.8%. In RMAC 2005-NSP2 PLC and Paragon Mortgages (No. 9) PLC, Moody's maintained the EL assumption unchanged at 1.4% and 1.25%, respectively.

Moody's has also assessed loan-by-loan information as a part of its detailed transaction review to determine the credit support consistent with target rating levels and the volatility of future losses. As a result, Moody's has decreased the portfolio credit Milan assumption to 14% for RMAC 2005-NSP2 PLC and 12% for Paragon Mortgages (No. 9) PLC. Moody's has maintained the Milan CE at 17.9% for RMAC SECURITIES No. 1 PLC Series 2006-NS1.

-- Increase in Available Credit Enhancement

In Paragon Mortgages (No. 9) PLC , the pro-rata amortization after the step-up date (May-2010) led to the increase in the credit enhancement available for Class Ca and Class Cb notes to 5.3% in November 2017 from 1.8% at closing date.

The principal methodology used in these ratings was "Moody's Approach to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework" published in September 2017. Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of this methodology.

The analysis undertaken by Moody's at the initial assignment of ratings for RMBS securities may focus on aspects that become less relevant or typically remain unchanged during the surveillance stage. Please see Moody's Approach to Rating RMBS Using the MILAN Framework for further information on Moody's analysis at the initial rating assignment and the on-going surveillance in RMBS.

Factors that would lead to an upgrade or downgrade of the ratings:

Factors or circumstances that could lead to an upgrade of the ratings include (1) performance of the underlying collateral that is better than Moody's expected, (2) deleveraging of the capital structure and (3) improvements in the credit quality of the transaction counterparties.

Factors or circumstances that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include (1) an increase in sovereign risk (2) performance of the underlying collateral that is worse than Moody's expected, (3) deterioration in the notes' available credit enhancement and (4) deterioration in the credit quality of the transaction counterparties.

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The analysis relies on an assessment of collateral characteristics to determine the collateral loss distribution, that is, the function that correlates to an assumption about the likelihood of occurrence to each level of possible losses in the collateral. As a second step, Moody's evaluates each possible collateral loss scenario using a model that replicates the relevant structural features to derive payments and therefore the ultimate potential losses for each rated instrument. The loss a rated instrument incurs in each collateral loss scenario, weighted by assumptions about the likelihood of events in that scenario occurring, results in the expected loss of the rated instrument.

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