DBRS Finalises Provisional Ratings Previously Assigned to Cars Alliance Auto Loans France V 2014-1

DBRS Ratings Limited (“DBRS”) has today finalised a AAA (sf) provisional rating and a AA (low) (sf) provisional rating to the Class A Notes and Class B Notes issued by Cars Alliance Auto Loans France V 2014-1. The Notes are backed by a pool of receivables which consists of loans related to new and used motor vehicles originated in France by DIAC SA.

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 AAA (sf) standard for the Class A Notes and AA (low) (sf) for the Class B 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.

The principal methodology applicable is Rating European Consumer and Commercial Asset-Backed Securitisations.

Other methodologies and criteria referenced in this transaction are listed at the end of this press release.

This can be found on www.dbrs.com at:
http://www.dbrs.com/about/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” on: http://www.dbrs.com/industries/bucket/id/10036/name/commentaries/

DBRS received all relevant information and communication in relation to the data used for this rating from the DIAC, RCI Banque S.A. and their agents BNP Paribas S.A. and Société Générale S.A. DBRS received historical default and recovery data relating to DIAC S.A originations by quarterly vintage going back to Q1-2004. DBRS was also provided with data related to prepayment and delinquencies that allowed DBRS to further assess the portfolio. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

DBRS does not audit the information it receives in connection with the rating process, and it does not and cannot independently verify that information in every instance.

This rating concerns a newly issued financial instrument. This is the first DBRS rating on this financial instrument.

The full report providing additional analytical detail is available by clicking on the link or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

Information regarding DBRS ratings, including definitions, policies and methodologies are available on www.dbrs.com.

To assess the impact of the changing the transaction parameters on the rating, DBRS considered the following stress scenarios, as compared to the parameters used to determine the rating (the “Base Case”):

• Probability of Default Rate Used: Base Case PD of 4.86%, a 25% and 50% increase on the base case PD.
• Recovery Rate Used: Base case Recovery Rate of 46.48%
• Loss Given Default (LGD): Base Case LGD of 53.52%, a 25% and 50% increase on the base case LGD.

DBRS concludes that for the Class A Notes:

• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% or a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to AA (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% or a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to AA (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to AA (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to A (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to A (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class A Notes to A (sf) rating.

DBRS concludes that for the Class B Notes:

• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% or a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would not lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% or a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to A (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to A (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 25% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to BBB (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 25%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to BBB (high) (sf) rating.
• A hypothetical increase of the base case PD by 50% and a hypothetical increase of the LGD by 50%, ceteris paribus, would lead to a downgrade of the Class B Notes to BBB (sf) rating.

For further information on DBRS historic default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Administration (“ESMA”) in a central repository, see:
http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml.

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

Initial Lead Analyst: Eric Levassor
Initial Rating Date: October 27 2014
Initial Rating Committee Chair: Chuck Weilamann

Last Rating Date: Not applicable; no last rating date.

Lead Surveillance Analyst: Vito Natale
Rating Committee Chair: Chuck Weilamann

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

• Rating European Consumer and Commercial Asset-Backed Securitisations.
• Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions.
• Derivative Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions.
• Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers.
• Unified Interest Rate Model Methodology for European Securitisations.