TEXT-S&P rates OHA Credit Partners VI notes

Tue May 22, 2012 7:55pm BST

 (The following statement was released by the rating agency)	
 May 22 - OVERVIEW	
  -- OHA Credit Partners VI Ltd./OHA Credit Partners VI Inc.'s note 	
issuance is a CLO securitization backed by a revolving pool consisting 	
primarily of broadly syndicated senior secured loans.	
  -- We assigned our ratings to the class X, A, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, D, E-1, 	
and E-2 notes.	
  -- The ratings reflect our view of the transaction's credit enhancement, 	
legal structure, and timely interest and principal payments, among other 	
factors.	
 	
 May 22 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its ratings to
OHA Credit Partners VI Ltd./OHA Credit Partners VI Inc.'s $595.5 million
floating- and fixed-rate notes (see list).	
	
The note issuance is a collateralized loan obligation transaction backed by a 	
revolving pool consisting primarily of broadly syndicated senior secured loans.	
	
The ratings reflect our view of: 	
  -- The credit enhancement provided to the rated notes through the 	
subordination of cash flows that are payable to the subordinated notes.	
  -- The transaction's credit enhancement, which is sufficient to withstand 	
the defaults applicable for the supplemental tests (not counting excess 	
spread), and cash flow structure, which can withstand the default rate 	
projected by Standard & Poor's CDO Evaluator model, as assessed by Standard & 	
Poor's using the assumptions and methods outlined in its corporate 	
collateralized debt obligation (CDO) criteria (see "Update To Global 	
Methodologies And Assumptions For Corporate Cash Flow And Synthetic CDOs," 	
published Sept. 17, 2009).	
  -- The transaction's legal structure, which is expected to be bankruptcy 	
remote.	
  -- The diversified collateral portfolio, which consists primarily of 	
broadly syndicated speculative-grade senior secured term loans.	
  -- The collateral manager's experienced management team.	
  -- Our projections regarding the timely interest and ultimate principal 	
payments on the rated notes, which we assessed using our cash flow analysis 	
and assumptions commensurate with the assigned ratings under various 	
interest-rate scenarios, including LIBOR ranging from 0.4735%-13.8391%. 	
  -- The transaction's overcollateralization and interest coverage tests, a 	
failure of which will lead to the diversion of interest and principal proceeds 	
to reduce the balance of the rated notes outstanding.	
  -- The transaction's interest diversion test, a failure of which during 	
the reinvestment period will lead to the reclassification of up to 60% of 	
excess interest proceeds that are available (before paying subordinated and 	
incentive collateral management fees, uncapped administrative expenses and 	
hedge amounts, and subordinated note payments) to principal proceeds for the 	
purchase of additional collateral assets or, after the noncall period, to pay 	
the notes sequentially, at the election of the collateral manager. Also, 	
amortized commitment fees on discount amounts for revolving and delayed draw 	
collateral obligations will be transferred to the principal collection account 	
prior to the interest diversion test during and after the reinvestment period.	
	
	
STANDARD & POOR'S 17G-7 DISCLOSURE REPORT	
	
SEC Rule 17g-7 requires an NRSRO, for any report accompanying a credit rating 	
relating to an asset-backed security as defined in the Rule, to include a 	
description of the representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms 	
available to investors and a description of how they differ from the 	
representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms in issuances of similar 	
securities.	
	
The Standard & Poor's 17g-7 Disclosure Report included in this credit rating 	
report is available here.	
	
	
RELATED CRITERIA AND RESEARCH	
  -- Presale: OHA Credit Partners VI Ltd./OHA Credit Partners VI Inc., 	
published May 17, 2012.	
  -- The Relationship Between Long-Dated Assets And Market Value Risk In 	
U.S. Cash Flow CLOs, published April 26, 2012.	
  -- Global Structured Finance Scenario And Sensitivity Analysis: The 	
Effects Of The Top Five Macroeconomic Factors, published Nov. 4, 2011.	
  -- CDO Spotlight: Standard & Poor's Surveillance Process For Monitoring 	
U.S. Cash Flow CLO Transactions, published April 14, 2011.	
  -- Counterparty And Supporting Obligations Update, published Jan. 13, 	
2011.	
  -- Counterparty And Supporting Obligations Methodology And Assumptions, 	
published Dec. 6, 2010.	
  -- Methodology For Analyzing Rating Confirmation Requests To Establish 	
Subsidiary Special-Purpose Entities In CDOs, published Dec. 9, 2009.	
  -- Update To Global Methodologies And Assumptions For Corporate Cash Flow 	
And Synthetic CDOs, published Sept. 17, 2009.	
  -- Surveillance Methodology For Global Cash Flow And Hybrid CDOs Subject 	
To Acceleration Or Liquidation After An EOD, published Sept. 2, 2009.	
  -- Revised CDO Current-Pay Criteria Assumptions For Corporate Debt When 	
Issuers Announce A Distressed Exchange Or Buyback, published May 18, 2009.	
  -- The Use Of Rating-Based Haircuts In Event Of Default 	
Overcollateralization Tests For CDOs, published March 19, 2008.	
  -- Qualification And Treatment Of Current-Pay Obligations In Global Cash 	
Flow CLOs, published July 11, 2007.	
  -- CDO Spotlight: Update To General Cash Flow Analytics Criteria For CDO 	
Securitizations, published Oct. 17, 2006.	
  -- Structured Finance Criteria Introduced For Cayman Islands 	
Special-Purpose Entities, published July 18, 2002.	
  -- Global Cash Flow And Synthetic CDO Criteria: The CDO Product, 	
published March 21, 2002. 	
 	
RATINGS ASSIGNED	
OHA Credit Partners VI Ltd./OHA Credit Partners VI Inc.	
	
Class                 Rating             Amount	
                                    (mil. $)	
X                     AAA (sf)              4.0	
A                     AAA (sf)            399.0	
B-1                   AA (sf)              58.5	
B-2                   AA (sf)              25.0	
C-1 (deferrable)      A (sf)               30.0	
C-2 (deferrable)      A (sf)               13.5	
D (deferrable)        BBB (sf)             33.0	
E-1 (deferrable)      BB (sf)             13.00	
E-2 (deferrable)      BB (sf)              19.5	
Subordinated notes    NR                   78.2	
	
NR--Not rated.	
	
 (New York Ratings Team)	
 
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