DBRS Ratings Limited Assigns Final Ratings to Cars Alliance Auto Loans France Master

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) has today assigned a final rating of AAA (sf) to the 2012-1 to 2012-5 Class A Series of Notes to be issued by Cars Alliance Auto Loans France Master (the “Notes”). The Notes are backed by a pool of receivables which consists of auto loans related to new and used motor vehicles originated in France by DIAC SA, a French subsidiary of RCI Banque.

The ratings are based upon review by DBRS of the following analytical considerations:

• Transaction capital structure and form and sufficiency of available credit enhancement.
• Relevant credit enhancement in the form of a cash reserve account and subordination. Credit enhancement levels are sufficient to support DBRS projected expected cumulative net loss (CNL) assumption under various stress scenarios at a AAA (sf) standard for the Class A Series of Notes.
• The ability of the transaction to withstand stressed cash flow assumptions and repay investors according to the terms in which they have invested.
• The transaction parties’ capabilities with respect to originations, underwriting, servicing, and financial strength.
• The credit quality of the collateral and ability of the Servicer to manage collections activities on the collateral.
• The legal structure and presence of legal opinions addressing the assignment of the assets to the issuer and the consistency with the DBRS Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions.

Notes:
All figures are in Euros unless otherwise noted.
DBRS will monitor the program and future issuance will be reviewed periodically.

The principal methodologies applicable are:
• European Consumer and Commercial Asset-Backed Securitisations
• Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions
• Operational Risk Assessment for European ABS and SME CLO Servicers
• Unified Interest Rate Model Methodology for European Securitisations

These can be found on dbrs.com under Methodologies. For a more detailed discussion of sovereign risk impact on Structured Finance ratings, please refer to DBRS commentary “The Effect of Sovereign Risk on Securitisations in the Euro Area”.

The sources of information used for this rating include performance data relating to the receivables provided by DIAC SA. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

This is the first DBRS rating on this financial instrument.

This is a newly created financial instrument.

For additional information on this rating, please see the linking document.

Ratings assigned by DBRS Ratings Limited are subject to EU regulations only.

Lead Analyst: Bruno Franco
Rating Committee Chair: Claire Mezzanotte
Initial Rating Date: 25 March 2012