Press Release

DBRS Morningstar Discontinues Ratings on Tower Bridge Funding No. 3 PLC

RMBS

December 20, 2021

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS Morningstar) discontinued its ratings on the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E notes issued by Tower Bridge Funding No. 3 PLC (the Issuer).

The discontinuation reflects the full repayment of the Notes on the 20 December 2021 payment date, following the Issuer’s exercise of the mortgage pool option. Prior to their repayment, the ratings and the outstanding principal balance of the notes were as follows:

-- Class A notes rated at AAA (sf) with an outstanding principal balance of GBP 241,060,551.99
-- Class B notes rated at AAA (sf) with an outstanding principal balance of GBP 28,500,000
-- Class C notes rated at A (high) (sf) with an outstanding principal balance of GBP 22,500,000
-- Class D notes rated at A (low) (sf) with an outstanding principal balance of GBP 13,500,000
-- Class E notes rated at BBB (sf) with an outstanding principal balance of GBP 10,000,000

The transaction was the third securitisation of residential mortgages originated by Belmont Green Finance Limited (BGFL), a specialist UK mortgage lender that offers a full suite of mortgage products including owner-occupied, buy-to-let, adverse-credit-history, and interest-only loans. The securitised mortgage portfolio comprised newly originated first-lien home loans, originated by BGFL through its Vida Homeloans brand. BGFL was the named mortgage portfolio servicer but delegates its day-to-day servicing activities to Homeloan Management Limited.

Please refer to https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/issuers/23356/tower-bridge-funding-no-3-plc for more information.

ESG CONSIDERATIONS
A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.

Notes:
All figures are in British pound sterling unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the ratings is the “Master European Structured Finance Surveillance Methodology” (8 February 2021).

Other methodologies referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release. These may be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

In DBRS Morningstar’s opinion, a discontinued-repaid rating action does not warrant the application of the entire principal methodology, as the bonds have been repaid in full.

For a more detailed discussion of the sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to “Appendix C: The Impact of Sovereign Ratings on Other DBRS Morningstar Credit Ratings” of the “Global Methodology for Rating Sovereign Governments” at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/381451/global-methodology-for-rating-sovereign-governments.

The DBRS Morningstar Sovereign group releases baseline macroeconomic scenarios for rated sovereigns. DBRS Morningstar analysis considered impacts consistent with the baseline scenarios as set forth in the following report: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/384482/baseline-macroeconomic-scenarios-application-to-credit-ratings.

The sources of data and information used for these ratings include investor reports provided by Elavon Financial Services DAC, U.K. Branch, and loan-level data provided by BGFL.

DBRS Morningstar did not rely upon third-party due diligence in order to conduct its analysis.

At the time of the initial ratings, DBRS Morningstar was supplied with third-party assessments. However, this did not impact the rating analysis.

DBRS Morningstar considers the data and information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating to be of satisfactory quality.

DBRS Morningstar does not audit or independently verify the data or information it receives in connection with the rating process.

The last rating action on this transaction took place on 16 September 2021, when DBRS Morningstar confirmed its ratings on the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, and Class E notes at AAA (sf), AAA (sf), A (high) (sf), A (low) (sf), and BBB (sf), respectively.

Information regarding DBRS Morningstar ratings, including definitions, policies, and methodologies, is available on www.dbrsmorningstar.com.

As this is a discontinued-repaid rating action, sensitivity analysis is not applicable.

For further information on DBRS Morningstar historical default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in a central repository, see: http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml. DBRS Morningstar understands further information on DBRS Morningstar historical default rates may be published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on its webpage: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/credit-rating-agencies.

These ratings are endorsed by DBRS Ratings GmbH for use in the European Union.

Lead Analyst: Natalia Coman, Assistant Vice President
Rating Committee Chair: Alfonso Candelas, Senior Vice President
Initial Rating Date: 28 August 2018

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The rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: http://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar analyses structured finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/278375.

For more information on this credit or on this industry, visit www.dbrsmorningstar.com or contact us at info@dbrsmorningstar.com.

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