DBRS Discontinues Rating on the Series A Notes issued by Empresas Banesto 6, FTA

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) has today discontinued its rating on the Series A Notes issued by Empresas Banesto 6, FTA (the Issuer).

The transaction is a cash flow securitisation collateralised primarily by a portfolio of bank loans originated by Banco Español de Crédito, S.A. (Banesto) to large corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Spain.

The rating action reflects the payment in full of the Series A Notes as of the last payment date, 17 December 2014.

The remaining balance of the Series A Notes before the payment in full was €26,999,527.50 and the rating was AAA (sf).

DBRS rates Series B and Series C Notes in the same transaction. Please refer to www.dbrs.com for more information.

The principal methodology applicable is “Rating CLOs Backed by Loans to European Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)”, which can be found on the DBRS website under Methodologies at http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies. Other methodologies and criteria referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release.

The sources of information used for this rating include the parties involved in the rating, including but notlimited to the Originator, the Issuer and their agents.

DBRS considers the information made available to it for the purposes of providing this rating to have been of satisfactory quality.

DBRS does not audit the information it receives in connection with the rating process, and it does not and cannot independently verify that information in every instance.

As this is a discontinued-repaid rating action, sensitivity analysis is not applicable.

The previous rating action on this transaction took place on 17 April 2014, when the ratings of the Series A and Series C Notes were confirmed and removed from Under Review with Developing Implications, and the rating of the Series B Notes was upgraded and removed from Under Review with Developing Implications.

Information regarding DBRS ratings, including definitions, policies and methodologies are available on www.dbrs.com.

For further information on DBRS’s historic default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Administration (ESMA) in a central repository see:
http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml

For more information on this credit or on this industry, visit www.dbrs.com or contact us at info@dbrs.com.

Notes:
All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

Ratings assigned by DBRS Ratings Limited are subject to EU regulations only.

Initial Lead Analyst: Carlos Silva
Initial Rating Date: 25 October 2011
Initial Rating Committee Chair: Jerry van Koolbergen

Last Rating Date: 17 April 2014
Lead Surveillance Analyst: Alfonso Candelas

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The rating methodologies and criteria used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies

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