KBRA assigns ratings to three classes of notes issued by Hildene TruPS Securitization 4, Ltd. (Hitr 4), cash flow CDO managed by Hildene Structured Advisors, LLC (HSA), a relying advisor to Hildene Capital Management, LLC (Hildene).

Hitr 4 is a CDO of TruPS securities, surplus notes, and sub debt issued by community and regional banks and their holding companies along insurance companies and their holding companies. KBRA has public ratings on approximately half of the bank obligors in the portfolio and created credit estimates on the remaining. The K-WARF of the portfolio is 260, which is between BBB and BBB-, and the WAL is 12.3 years. Hitr 4 is a static transaction and will not allow for any reinvestments.

The ratings reflect the initial credit enhancement levels, coverage tests including overcollateralization ratio and interest coverage tests, excess spread, and a turbo payment that will amortize the Class A1 Notes beginning in the seventh year using 60% of the proceeds remaining in the interest waterfall prior to making a distribution to the Subordinated Notes. The legal final maturity is on the payment date in July 2042.

The ratings on the Class A1-A, Class A1-B, and Class A2 Notes consider the timely payment of interest and ultimate payment of principal by the applicable stated maturity date.

KBRA analyzed the transaction using the Structured Credit Global Rating Methodology, the Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology, and the ESG Global Rating Methodology.

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