DBRS Assigns Provisional Ratings to Driver Nine GmbH

DBRS Inc., (DBRS) has today assigned a AAA (sf) provisional rating to the Class A Notes and a ‘A’ (high) (sf) provisional rating to the Class B Notes issued by Driver Nine GmbH. The receivables securitised consist of loans related to motor vehicles.

The provisional ratings are based upon review by DBRS of the following analytical considerations:

•Transaction capital structure and form and sufficiency of available credit enhancement.

•Relevant credit enhancement in the form of a reserve fund and subordination. Credit enhancement levels are sufficient to support DBRS projected expected cumulative net loss (CNL) assumption under various stress scenarios at a AAA (sf) standard for the Class A Notes and a A (high) (sf) standard for the Class B Notes issued by Driver Nine GmbH.

•The ability of the transaction to withstand stressed cash flow assumptions and repay investors according to the terms in which they have invested.

•The transaction parties’ capabilities with respect to originations, underwriting, servicing, and financial strength.

•The credit quality of the collateral and ability of the Servicer to perform collection activities on the collateral.

Note:
All figures are in Euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodologies applicable are Rating European Consumer Asset-Backed Securitisations and the DBRS Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions, which can be found on our website under Methodologies. This is a newly created financial instrument.

The sources of information used for this rating include performance data relating to the receivables provided by Volkswagen Bank GmbH. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

This is the first DBRS rating on this financial instrument.

For additional information on this rating, please refer to the linking document located below.

Lead Analyst: Mike Babick
Rating Committee Chair: Claire Mezzanotte
Initial Rating Date: 9th May 2011