Atlas Funding 2024-1 PLC : 03 June 2024
Another (the fourth) stand-alone issue, where the Issuer will make payments on the Notes from payments of principal and revenue received from a portfolio comprising buy-to-let mortgage loans and their related security, originated by Lendco Limited and secured over residential properties located in England and Wales, and sold by Lendco to the Issuer on the Closing Date.
As at the closing date the portfolio consisted of 793 interest-only BTL first ranking mortgages, where the average current loan balance is £388,626 and the largest is for £3.525mln. All properties are with Full Internal and External Valuations. Borrowers: Company – 76.08%, Individuals – 23.92%. Loans by Rate Type: Fixed to Floating – 90.36%, Floating for life – 9.641%. The WA current LTV is 68.27% (original LTV was 68.4%) and the WA seasoning is 17.54 months. Additional information: self-employed – 17.84%. Regional distribution: London – 66.51%, South East – 11.08% and the South West – 8.37%.
EU & UK Risk Retention: On the Closing Date the Seller (Lendco) will, as originator for the purposes of the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation, retain on an ongoing basis a material net economic interest of not less than 5% in the securitisation as required by Article 6(1) of the UK Securitisation Regulation and as determined in accordance with Article 6 of the EU Securitisation Regulation as required for the purposes of Article 5(1)(d) of the EU Securitisation Regulation. As at the Closing Date, such interest will be satisfied by the Seller holding no less than 5% of the nominal value of each Class of Notes sold to investors (with the exception of the Class X Notes).
US Risk Retention: The Seller does not intend to retain at least 5% of the credit risk of the securitised assets for purposes of compliance with the US Risk Retention Rules, but rather intends to rely on an exemption provided for in Section __.20 of the US Risk Retention Rules regarding non-US transactions.
STS: The Notes are not intended to be designated as a STS securitisation for the purposes of the UK Securitisation Regulation or the EU Securitisation Regulation.
Compare/contrast: Atlas Funding 2023-1, Hops Hill No.4 plc, Friary No 9 plc