DBRS Discontinues Ratings on the Notes Issued by IM Grupo Banco Popular MBS 3, FT

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) discontinued its ratings on the Series A and Series B notes (the Notes) issued by IM Grupo Banco Popular MBS 3, FT.

The discontinuations reflect the payment in full of the Notes on 22 October 2018. The remaining balance and the ratings of the Notes before the payment in full were:

-- EUR 560,240,366.40 Series A, rated A (high) (sf)
-- EUR 198,000,000.00 Series B, rated C (sf)

Notes:
All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the ratings is: “Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology”.

In DBRS’s opinion, a discontinued-repaid rating action does not warrant the application of the entire principal methodology, as the bond has been repaid in full.

Other methodologies referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release.

These may be found on www.dbrs.com at: http://www.dbrs.com/about/methodologies.

For a more detailed discussion of the sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to “Appendix C: The Impact of Sovereign Ratings on Other DBRS Credit Ratings” of the “Rating Sovereign Governments” methodology at: http://dbrs.com/research/319564/rating-sovereign-governments.pdf.

The sources of data and information used for these ratings include payment reports and information provided by the Management Company InterMoney Titulización S.G.F.T., S.A.

DBRS did not rely upon third-party due diligence in order to conduct its analysis.

At the time of the initial rating, DBRS was supplied with third-party assessments. However, this did not impact the rating analysis.

DBRS considers the data and information available to it for the purposes of providing these ratings to be of satisfactory quality.

DBRS does not audit or independently verify the data or information it receives in connection with the rating process.

The last rating action on this transaction took place on 5 October 2018 when DBRS upgraded the Series A notes to A (high) (sf) from A (sf), confirmed the Series B notes at C (sf), and removed the Under Review with Positive Implications (UR-Pos.) status from the Notes.

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

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

For further information on DBRS historical default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) in a central repository, see: http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml.

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

Lead Surveillance Analyst: Francesco Amato, Financial Analyst
Rating Committee Chair: Gareth Levington, Managing Director
Initial Rating Date: 3 December 2015

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

-- Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
-- Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology
-- Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers
-- European RMBS Insight Methodology
-- European RMBS Insight: Spanish Addendum
-- Interest Rate Stresses for European Structured Finance Transactions

A description of how DBRS analyses structured finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: http://www.dbrs.com/research/278375.

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