DBRS Rates J.P. Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2012-2

DBRS, Inc. has today assigned the following ratings to the Trust Certificates issued by J.P. Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2012-2 (the Trust).

-- $14.7 million Class 1-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $16.0 million Class 1-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $16.7 million Class 1-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $1.3 million Class 1-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $773.0 thousand Class 1-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $12.0 million Class 2-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $12.6 million Class 2-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $13.3 million Class 2-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $648.0 thousand Class 2-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $648.0 thousand Class 2-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $15.8 million Class 3-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $17.6 million Class 3-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $19.2 million Class 3-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $1.8 million Class 3-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $1.7 million Class 3-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $8.0 million Class 4-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $8.5 million Class 4-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $8.9 million Class 4-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $452.0 thousand Class 4-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $451.0 thousand Class 4-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $5.9 million Class 5-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $6.3 million Class 5-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $6.8 million Class 5-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $438.0 thousand Class 5-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $438.0 thousand Class 5-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $34.9 million Class 6-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $36.6 million Class 6-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $37.9 million Class 6-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $1.7 million Class 6-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $1.3 million Class 6-A-5* rated at A (sf)

-- $20.8 million Class 7-A-1* rated at AAA (sf)
-- $21.6 million Class 7-A-2** rated at AA (sf)
-- $22.3 million Class 7-A-3** rated at A (sf)
-- $822.0 thousand Class 7-A-4* rated at AA (sf)
-- $702.0 thousand Class 7-A-5* rated at A (sf)

There are a total of seven groups in this resecuritization trust. DBRS rates securities in all seven groups, each consisting of one to three previously issued seasoned senior residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The ratings on the securities reflect the credit enhancement provided by subordination within each group and the quality of the underlying assets. Base Certificates may be exchanged for the related Exchangeable Certificates, and vice versa, in the combinations described in the private placement memorandum.

Other than the specified classes above, DBRS does not rate any other securities in this transaction.

Interest and principal payments on the securities will be made on the business day following the underlying distribution date (generally the 25th day of each month for all groups except Groups 5 & 6 and the 20th day of each month for Groups 5 & 6), commencing in March 2012. Within each DBRS-rated group except for Group 6, interest payments will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the securities. Within Group 6, interest payments will be distributed on a sequential basis to the securities. Within each DBRS-rated group, principal payments will be distributed sequentially until the principal balances thereof have been reduced to zero.

Within each group, any losses realized from the underlying securities will be allocated sequentially, in inverse order of principal payment priority, to the certificates until the class principal balances have been reduced to zero.

Each DBRS-rated group is a resecuritization, consisting of one to three senior RMBS represented by real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs). The REMICs are backed by pools of seasoned prime or Alt-A, adjustable-rate, first lien, one- to four-family residential mortgages.

The ratings assigned to the offered securities address (i) the likelihood of the receipt by security holders of all principal distributions to which such security holders are entitled and (ii) the likelihood of the receipt by security holders of the amount of interest actually received by the trust to the extent payable to each class in accordance with the priorities described in the operative documents (as such interest received by the trust may have been reduced as a result of any interest shortfalls allocated to the related underlying securities or any other cause, and as such interest entitlement may be further reduced by the allocation of extraordinary expenses). For more details on the ratings, please refer to the offering and transaction legal documents.

DBRS ReREMIC Methodology Excerpt:
Since a ReREMIC is a pass-through of interest, principal and losses from the underlying certificates, its interest entitlement is usually capped at the actual interest amount collected on the underlying securities.

In other words, a ReREMIC trust cannot pay out more interest than it receives from its collateral, and sometimes, what is collected on the underlying securities can be as low as zero.

When rating ReREMICs, DBRS is assessing the ability of the trust making the full principal payment by the legal final maturity date of the transaction. These transactions typically define interest rate as the lesser of the bond coupon and the available interest funds. Hence, the DBRS rating does not provide an opinion on the timeliness or amount of interest payments the investor may receive. The trust’s only obligation is to pass through the interest proceeds net of fees from the underlying securities

Note:

• denotes Base Certificate.
  ** denotes Exchangeable Certificate.

All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is RMBS Insight: U.S. Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Loss Model and Rating Methodology, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

The Rule 17g-7 Report of Representations and Warranties is hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.