DBRS Confirms the Ratings on FTA Santander Financiacion 5

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has confirmed the Class A, Class B and Class C notes issued by FTA Santander Financiacion 5 at AAA (sf), BBB (sf) and C (sf) respectively. Additionally, DBRS has removed the Class A, Class B and Class C notes from Under Review with Negative Implications.

The rating action reflects the following analytical considerations:

• Incorporation of a sovereign related stress component in the rating analysis to address the impact of macroeconomic variables on collateral performance. The additional stress was prompted by the recent downgrade by DBRS of the Kingdom of Spain’s sovereign rating from A (high) Under Review with Negative Implications to A (low), with a Negative Trend which occurred on August 8th, 2012.
• Upon incorporation of the sovereign related stress component, the transaction is performing within DBRS expectations and available credit enhancement for the notes is sufficient to cover DBRS stressed assumptions.
• The transaction parties’ continue to meet DBRS criteria.

Notes:
The principal methodologies applicable are:
• European Consumer and Commercial Asset-Backed Securitisations
• Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
• Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers
• Unified Interest Rate Model Methodology for European Securitisations
• Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology
• Swap Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions

These can be found on dbrs.com under Methodologies. For a more detailed discussion of sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to DBRS commentary “The Effect of Sovereign Risk on Securitisations in the Euro Area”.

The sources of information used for this rating include investor remittance reports and performance data relating to the receivables provided by Banco Santander SA. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of this rating action was of satisfactory quality.

For additional information on this rating, please see the linking document.

This credit rating has been issued outside the European Union (EU) and may be used for regulatory purposes by financial institutions in the EU.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

Lead Analyst: Lain Gutierrez
Rating Committee Chair: Claire Mezzanotte
Initial Rating Date: June 28, 2011