UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2020
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001799463
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2020-L4
(Exact name of Issuing Entity)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001547361
Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541557
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001624053
Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001548405
Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001558761
Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.
(Exact Names of the Sponsors as Specified in their Charters)
Delaware | 333-227446-09 | 13-3291626 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1585 Broadway, New York, New York | 10036 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (ZIP Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(212) 761-4000
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any following provisions:
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On February 20, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. (the “Registrant”) is expected to issue the Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2020-L4, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-L4 (the “Certificates”), pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 4.1 and dated as of February 1, 2020 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Registrant, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates will consist of the following classes (each, a “Class”), designated as (i) the Class A-1, Class A-SB, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Certificates (collectively, the “Publicly Offered Certificates”) and (ii) the Class X-D, Class X-F, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class V and Class R Certificates (collectively, the “Privately Offered Certificates”).
The Certificates represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the Issuing Entity, a common law trust to be formed on or about February 20, 2020 under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Issuing Entity’s primary assets will be a pool of 40 commercial, multifamily and/or manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”). Certain of the Mortgage Loans are expected to be acquired by the Registrant from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (“MSMCH”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 99.1 and dated February 7, 2020, between the Registrant and MSMCH; certain of the Mortgage Loans are expected to be acquired by the Registrant from Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“Argentic”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 99.2 and dated February 7, 2020, between the Registrant and Argentic; certain of the Mortgage Loans are expected to be acquired by the Registrant from Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (“SMC”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 99.3 and dated February 7, 2020, between the Registrant and SMC; and certain of the Mortgage Loans are expected to be acquired by the Registrant from Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. (“CCRE”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 99.4 and dated February 7, 2020, between the Registrant and CCRE.
The assets of the Issuing Entity will include several Mortgage Loans each of which is a part of a Whole Loan. Each Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender, intercreditor or similar agreement (each, an “Intercreditor Agreement”) between the holders of the promissory notes comprising such Whole Loan, the terms of which are described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” in the Prospectus described below. Each Intercreditor Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. Moreover, certain of such Whole Loans will not be serviced pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement but will instead be serviced pursuant to a different servicing agreement (each, a “Non-Serviced PSA”). Each such Non-Serviced PSA is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. For a description of the servicing of the applicable Whole Loans under such Non-Serviced PSAs, see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus described below.
Name of Mortgage Loan/Whole Loan | Non-Serviced PSA (if any) | Intercreditor Agreement |
Bellagio Hotel and Casino | Exhibit 4.2 | Exhibit 99.5 |
545 Washington Boulevard | Exhibit 4.3 | Exhibit 99.6 |
Royal Palm Place | N/A | Exhibit 99.7 |
AVR Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway | N/A | Exhibit 99.8 |
1412 Broadway | Exhibit 4.4 | Exhibit 99.9 |
55 Hudson Yards | Exhibit 4.5 | Exhibit 99.10 |
Sol y Luna | (1) | Exhibit 99.11 |
McCarthy Ranch | N/A | Exhibit 99.12 |
Alrig Portfolio | Exhibit 4.6 | Exhibit 99.13 |
Jewelry Building | N/A | Exhibit 99.14 |
(1) | The subject Whole Loan will be serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement until the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan, after which the subject Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant |
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to the pooling and servicing agreement for such securitization. That pooling and servicing agreement will be identified and filed on a Form 8-K following such securitization.
The funds used by the Registrant to pay the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans are expected to be derived from the proceeds of (i) the sale of the Publicly Offered Certificates by the Registrant to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Bancroft Capital, LLC (collectively, in such capacities, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, attached hereto asExhibit 1.1 and dated as of February 7, 2020, between the Registrant, the Underwriters, as underwriters, and MSMCH and (ii) the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates by the Registrant to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Bancroft Capital, LLC (collectively, in such capacities, the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to a Certificate Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2020, between the Registrant, the Initial Purchasers, as initial purchasers, and MSMCH. Only the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered to the public. The Privately Offered Certificates will be sold and transferred, as applicable, in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The Publicly Offered Certificates and the Mortgage Loans are more particularly described in the Prospectus, dated February 10, 2020 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2020. In connection with such Prospectus, the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant has provided the certification attached hereto asExhibit 36.1 and dated as of the date of the Prospectus.
The Registrant sold all of the Publicly Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $727,727,000, on February 20, 2020. The net proceeds of the offering to the Registrant of the issuance of the Publicly Offered Certificates, after deducting expenses payable by the Registrant of $4,648,917, were approximately $801,277,256. Of the expenses paid by the Registrant, $100,000 were paid directly to affiliates of the Registrant, approximately $50,000 were in the form of fees paid to the Underwriters unaffiliated with the Registrant, approximately $125,000 were expenses paid to or for the Underwriters and $4,552,596 were other expenses. All of the foregoing expense amounts are the Registrant’s reasonable estimates of such expenses. No underwriting discounts and commissions or finder’s fees were paid by the Registrant; the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The Registrant also sold to the Initial Purchasers on such date the Privately Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $102,774,755 in each case in private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act. Further information regarding such sales (including, as to the price per class of Publicly Offered Certificates) is available in the Underwriting Agreement attached asExhibit 1.1 hereto and in the Prospectus referred to above. The related registration statement (file no. 333-227446) was originally declared effective on October 24, 2018.
In connection with the issuance and sale to the Underwriters of the Publicly Offered Certificates, a legal opinion was rendered related to the validity of, and certain federal income tax considerations relating to, the Publicly Offered Certificates, which legal opinion is attached hereto asExhibits 5.1,8.1 and23.1.
Credit Risk Retention
The fair value of the portions of the Class G-RR and Class H-RR certificates that collectively constitute an “eligible horizontal residual interest” under the credit risk retention rules (the “HRR Interest”) and that will be retained by the retaining sponsor (or its majority-owned affiliate) on the Closing Date is equal to approximately $9,232,095, representing approximately 1.063% of the aggregate fair value of all ABS interests issued by the Issuing Entity (the “ABS Interests”). The aggregate fair value of all ABS Interests is approximately $868,347,144. The fair values referenced in the preceding two sentences are based on actual prices and final tranche sizes as of the Closing Date for all certificates (other than the Class R certificates) issued by the Issuing Entity.
Given that the aggregate certificate balance of all certificates that as of the Closing Date comprise a part of the “eligible vertical interest” and that will be retained by the retaining sponsor (or its majority-owned affiliate) on the Closing Date constitutes approximately 3.960% of the ABS Interests, the retaining sponsor is required to retain an “eligible horizontal residual interest” with a fair value as of the Closing Date of at least $9,030,810 (representing 1.04% of the aggregate fair value of all ABS Interests, excluding accrued interest).
The retaining sponsor estimates that, if it had relied solely on retaining an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in order to meet the credit risk retention requirements of Regulation RR with respect to this securitization
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transaction, it would have retained an eligible horizontal residual interest with an aggregate fair value dollar amount of approximately $43,417,357, representing 5.0% of the aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all ABS Interests.
There are no material differences between (a) the valuation methodology or any of the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair value or range of fair values disclosed in the preliminary prospectus dated February 4, 2020 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2020 under the heading “Credit Risk Retention” and (b) the valuation methodology or the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair values set forth above.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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5.1 | Legality Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated February 20, 2020. |
8.1 | Tax and Validity Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated February 20, 2020 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
23.1 | Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
36.1 | Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated February 10, 2020. |
99.1 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 7, 2020, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC. |
99.2 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 7, 2020, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC. |
99.3 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 7, 2020, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC. |
99.4 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 7, 2020, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I INC. | |
By:/s/ Jane Lam | |
Name: Jane Lam | |
Title: Vice President |
Dated: February 20, 2020
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