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KBRA Affirms the Ratings for RRE 17 Loan Management DAC

3 Mar 2025   |   London

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KBRA UK (KBRA) affirms the ratings for eight classes of notes and one of loans issued by RRE 17 Loan Management DAC. All notes and a loan have received timely interest distributions since the transaction has closed.

RRE 17 Loan Management DAC is a €401.4 million European cash flow CLO managed by Redding Ridge Asset Management (UK) LLP (“RRAM UK” or the “collateral manager”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Redding Ridge Asset Management LLC (“RRAM”). RRAM UK is a UK-based subsidiary of Redding Ridge Asset Management LLC, an independent asset management company established and seeded by Apollo Global Credit Management, LLC (Apollo) in 2016 to manage CLOs. The RRAM UK management arm currently manages more than €7 billion in assets across seventeen European CLOs.

The CLO closed in March 2024 and has currently a 3.6-year reinvestment period remaining. The ratings reflect current credit enhancement levels, excess spread, coverage tests including par value and interest coverage tests, and a reinvestment overcollateralisation test.

The collateral in RRE 17 Loan Management DAC mainly consists of broadly syndicated leveraged loans issued by corporate obligors diversified across sectors. As of the January 2025 trustee report, the aggregate principal balance of the collateral obligations is €400.7 million and a principal proceeds balance of €1.0 million. There are no defaulted or discount obligations in the portfolio and the transaction is in compliance with all portfolio profile tests. The current portfolio K-WARF is 2565, which represents a weighted average portfolio assessment of around B.

Since closing, the Class A Par Value Test has increased to 141.4% from 140.8%. The ratings on the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-1 Loan, Class A-2A Notes, and Class A-2B Notes consider the timely payment of interest and ultimate payment of principal by the applicable stated maturity date, while the ratings on the Class B-1 Notes, Class B-2 Notes, Class C-1 Notes, Class C-2 Notes, and Class D Notes consider the ultimate payment of interest and principal by the applicable stated maturity date

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Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

There are certain issuers, entities or transactions rated by KBRA Europe or KBRA UK that may be or have relationships with Shareholders and/or Shareholder-Related Companies, as that term is defined in KBRA’s Shareholder and Shareholder Related Companies for KBRA Europe and KBRA UK Policy and Procedure. Relevant disclosure information may be found here.

About KBRA UK

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA), one of the major credit rating agencies (CRA), is a full-service CRA registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an NRSRO. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is registered as a CRA with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited is registered as a CRA with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. In addition, KBRA is designated as a Designated Rating Organization (DRO) by the Ontario Securities Commission for issuers of asset-backed securities to file a short form prospectus or shelf prospectus. KBRA is also recognized as a Qualified Rating Agency by Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission and is recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Credit Rating Provider (CRP) in the U.S. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK is located at 1 Connaught Place, 2nd Floor London, England.

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