Press Release

DBRS Morningstar Discontinues Its Rating on the Class A-1 Notes of AIG CLO 2018-1, Ltd

Structured Credit
February 16, 2022

On May 18, 2021, DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) discontinued its rating on the Class A-1 Notes issued by AIG CLO 2018-1, Ltd as Issuer and AIG CLO 2018-1, LLC as Co-Issuer. The rating on the Class A-1 Notes was issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2019, between AIG CLO 2018-1, Ltd, as Issuer; AIG CLO 2018-1, LLC, as Co-Issuer; and U.S. Bank National Association (rated AA (high) with a Stable trend by DBRS Morningstar), as Trustee.

The discontinuation of the rating reflects the full payment of the Class A-1 Notes issued by AIG CLO 2018-1, Ltd.

For more information regarding DBRS Morningstar’s additional adjustment for select industries related to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), please see its May 18, 2020, commentary, “CLO Risk Exposure to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)” at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/361112.

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 U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodologies were Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit (February 8, 2021) and Cash Flow Assumptions for Corporate Credit Securitizations (February 8, 2021), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

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 rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS Morningstar had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

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