Business Editors
(Editor's note: This press release is being republished with
a change to the headline. This is a CMBS transaction, not
RMBS as first stated.)
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003
Standard & Poor's--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
The mortgages were originated by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Bank Ltd. This transaction is the 15th in Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Bank's ELOC series of securitizations.
The notes are backed by a pool of 11 loans secured by way of first-ranking mortgages over commercial real estate in Jersey and the U.K. The loans collateralize 48 commercial properties.
The highest exposure in the pool is to Liffe (London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange), which represents 16.35% of the income in the pool.
The ratings reflect:
-- The credit quality of the underlying commercial mortgage
loans;
-- The quality of the underlying real estate;
-- The interest rate hedging and the liquidity facility
arrangements; and
-- The security package.
The rating on each class of notes also reflects the subordination of the classes of notes below it.
The ratings address the timely payment of interest and receipt of principal not later than the legal maturity. The ability of the issuer to meet timely payment of interest is subject to an available funds cap on the class G and H notes that results in the write-off of unpaid interest in certain circumstances for these classes.
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RATINGS LIST
Iolaus (European Loan Conduit No. 15) PLC
GBP394.208 Million Commercial Mortgage-Backed Floating-Rate Notes
Class Preliminary Preliminary
Rating Amount (Mil. GBP)
A AAA 279.350
B AAA 9.500
C AA 30.000
D A 31.750
E BBB 15.750
F BBB 10.000
G BB 15.858
H BB 2.000
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