Morningstar DBRS Takes Credit Rating Actions on the Liquidity Agreement - NSCS (Shenandoah Funding Trust - GIFS) Transaction

DBRS, Inc. (Morningstar DBRS) confirmed its credit rating of AAA (sf) on the Liquidity Agreement-NSCS (Shenandoah Funding Trust- GIFS). Additionally, the credit rating has been discontinued and withdrawn at the request of the transaction party.

The credit rating actions are based on the following analytical considerations:

-- Transaction capital structure, current rating, and sufficient credit enhancement level.

-- Credit enhancement is in the form of overcollateralization, reserve account, and excess spread.

-- Collateral performance is within expectations. Forbearance, deferment and delinquency levels remain stable.

-- No performance triggers or events are in effect.

-- The transaction parties' capabilities with regard to underwriting, and servicing.

-- Additionally, the rating has been discontinued and withdrawn at the request of the transaction party.

-- The transaction assumptions consider Morningstar DBRS's baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereign economies, available in its commentary Baseline Macroeconomic Scenarios For Rated Sovereigns - September 2024 Update, published on September 25, 2024. These baseline macroeconomic scenarios replace Morningstar DBRS's moderate and adverse COVID-19 pandemic scenarios, which were first published in April 2020.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS

There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factor(s) that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

A description of how Morningstar DBRS considers ESG factors within the Morningstar DBRS analytical framework can be found in the Morningstar DBRS Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in Credit Ratings (13 August 2024) https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437781.

Notes:
All figures are in US Dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodologies applicable to the credit ratings is the Morningstar DBRS Master U.S. ABS Surveillance (06 August 2024) https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437535.

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

The credit rating was initiated at the request of the rated entity.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the credit rating process for this credit rating action.

Morningstar DBRS had access to the accounts, management and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this credit rating action.

This is a solicited credit rating.

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

-- Operational Risk Assessment for U.S. ABS Originators and Servicers (August 06, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437545

-- Interest Rate Stresses for U.S. Structured Finance Transactions (February 26, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/428623

-- Legal Criteria for U.S. Structured Finance (April 15, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/431205

-- Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions (August 06, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437571

-- Rating U.S. Private Student Loan Securitizations (August 6, 2024)
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437560

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