DBRS Morningstar Discontinues Ratings of Adagio CLO VIII D.A.C.

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS Morningstar) discontinued its ratings on the Senior Funding Facility (SFF) and the Mezzanine Funding Facility (MFF; together with the SFF, the Facilities) of Adagio CLO VIII D.A.C. (the Borrower).

The discontinuations reflect the full payment of interest and principal due to the lender of the Facilities on 7 November 2019.The ratings for the Facilities, before the payment in full, were A (low) (sf) for the SFF and BBB (low) (sf) for the MFF.

Notes:
All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the ratings is: “Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit”.

In DBRS Morningstar’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 “Global Methodology for Rating Sovereign Governments” at: https://www.dbrs.com/research/350410/global-methodology-for-rating-sovereign-governments.

The sources of data and information used for these ratings include the Borrower, AXA Investment Managers, Inc. and the Lender, Barclays Bank PLC.

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

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

DBRS Morningstar considers the data and information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating to be of satisfactory quality.

DBRS Morningstar 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 16 September 2019, when DBRS Morningstar confirmed its ratings of the SFF and MFF at A (low) (sf) and BBB (low) (sf), respectively.

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

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

For further information on DBRS Morningstar 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 Analyst: Francis Quagraine, Financial Analyst
Rating Committee Chair: Carlos Silva, Head of European Structured Credit
Initial Rating Date: 17 December 2018

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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
-- Interest Rate Stresses for European Structured Finance Transactions
-- Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit
-- Cash Flow Assumptions for Corporate Credit Securitizations

A description of how DBRS Morningstar 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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