Fitch Downgrades 2 & Upgrades 7 From Morgan Stanley Capital I 1999-CAM1.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2004 Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris. downgrades Morgan Stanley -- $6 million class M to 'CCC' from 'B-'; -- $3.5 million class N to 'D' from 'C'. The following classes are upgraded by Fitch: -- $26.2 million class B to 'AAA' from 'AA+'; -- $26.2 million class C to 'AA+' from 'A+'; -- $12.1 million class D to 'AA-' from 'A-'; -- $20.2 million class E to 'A-' from 'BBB'; -- $8.1 million class F to 'BBB+' from 'BBB-'; -- $14.1 million class G to 'BBB' from 'BB+'; -- $14.1 million class H to 'BB+' from 'BB'. In addition, Fitch affirms the following classes: -- $87.8 million class A-2 at 'AAA'; -- $128.5 million class A-3 at 'AAA'; -- $205.8 million class A-4 at 'AAA'; -- $6 million class J at 'BB-'; -- $8.1 million class K at 'B+'; -- $6 million class L at 'B'; -- Interest only class X at 'AAA'. Class A-1 has been paid in full. The downgrade of classes N and M are the result of a principal loss incurred by class N due to the liquidation of an office property in Mountain Valley, California. The trust incurred a 92% loss on the asset, which depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d the balance on the unrated class O, reduced the balance of class N, and lowered the credit enhancement Credit Enhancement A method whereby a company attempts to improve its debt or credit worthiness. Notes: Credit enhancements take many different forms. An example of a credit enhancement would be conversion rights added on to a debt instrument in order to lower the issuing available to class M. The ratings upgrades reflect stable loan performance, strong payment history, and paydown. As of the May 2004 distribution date, the balance of the transaction has been reduced 28% to $572.7 million from $806.5 million at issuance. 129 of the original 152 loans remain outstanding. There are currently no delinquent or specially serviced loans in the transaction. Key Commercial Mortgage, the master servicer, provided year-end (YE) 2003 borrower operating statements for 89% of the pool. The weighted average debt service coverage ratio The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), or debt service ratio, is the ratio of net operating income to debt payments on a piece of investment real estate. It is a popular benchmark used in the measurement of an income-producing property’s ability to produce (WADSCR WADSCR Weighted Average Debt Service Coverage Ratio ) for YE 2003 is 1.38 times (x). Five loans (5.13%) reported a YE 2003 DSCR DSCR See: Debt-service coverage ratio below 1.00x but remain current. The WADSCR for the top five loans (14.17%) in the pool increased to 1.87x at YE 2003. More than 95% of the loans in the pool were found to be in good to excellent condition at their 2003 site inspections. |
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