DBRS Confirms All Classes of Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-015

DBRS Limited (DBRS) has today confirmed all classes of Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-015 (the SPCs) issued by Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K-015 (Freddie Mac) as follows:

-- Class A-1 at AAA (sf)
-- Class A-2 at AAA (sf)
-- Class X1 at AAA (sf)

All trends are Stable.

The SPCs represent a pass-through interest in certificates issued by FREMF 2011-K15 Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-K15. Please see the press release for FREMF 2011-K15 Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-K15 dated March 20, 2017, for more information regarding the underlying certificates.

Freddie Mac guarantees: (1) the timely payment of interest, (2) payment of related principal on the distribution date following the maturity date of each mortgage loan to the extent such principal would have been distributed to the underlying Class A-1 and Class A-2 certificates, (3) reimbursement of any realized losses and additional trust fund expenses allocated to the guaranteed certificates and (4) ultimate payment of principal by the assumed final distribution date for the underlying Class A-1 and Class A-2 certificates. The ratings assigned by DBRS are based exclusively on the credit provided by the transaction structure and underlying assets of FREMF 2011-K15 Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-K15, without regard to the Freddie Mac Guarantee. DBRS may take the Freddie Mac Guarantee into consideration for future rating actions.

Notes:
The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link to the right under Related Research or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

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

The principal methodologies are North American CMBS Rating Methodology (January 2017) and CMBS North American Surveillance (December 2016), which can be found on www.dbrs.com under Methodologies.