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London, April 8

UK Mortgages Ltd: Fourth Securitisation for UKML

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08 April 2019

UK MORTGAGES LIMITED(a closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registration number 60440)LEI 549300388LT7VTHCIT59

Fourth Securitisation for UKML

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited (“UKML) and TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (“TwentyFour”) are pleased to announce that Barley Hill No.2 PLC has successfully completed the public sale of £209.15mm of senior notes as expected. The securitisation is backed by a pool of owner-occupied mortgages originated by The Mortgage Lender (“TML”) completed between October 2016 and today and purchased on a forward flow basis by UK Mortgages Corporate Funding Designated Activity Company (“DAC”), the Acquiring Entity in which UKML has invested as described in its prospectus dated 23rd June 2015. The transaction also contains a “Prefunding” feature which allows for further purchases of future completions by TML up until the securitisation’s first Interest Payment Date in August 2019.

Due to the nature of the origination of the pool, which took place on highly consistent basis over more than two years, the loans that were originated with a two-year fixed rate term are expected to pre-pay relatively quickly and therefore the notes were split into two tranches - £202.2mm of Class A notes, rated Aaa/AAA by Moody’s and DBRS, and £6.95mm of Class B notes rated Aa1/AA (high) respectively. This allowed the transaction to more efficiently negate the effects of the deleveraging generated by those pre-payments, thereby improving returns for the Company whilst still operating within its leverage targets. Furthermore this deleveraging means that it would be reasonable to expect that the Class B notes should be upgraded to a AAA rating relatively quickly following the end of the prefunding period.

The Class A notes were issued with a coupon of 3m GBP LIBOR plus 1.10%, with a 2.24yr Weighted Average Life (“WAL”) to the refinancing date in February 2022, and the Class B noted carry a coupon of 3m GBP LIBOR plus 1.60% with a 2.89yr WAL. This compares favourably with comparable issues. For example, Kensington mortgages, a lender established for over 20 years in the same part of the mortgage market and with considerable history as a securitisation issuer, placed their latest transaction in March with the Class A notes priced just 13bps tighter than the debut issue from Barley Hill and with the Class B notes at the same spread.

The issuer will seek Bank of England eligible status for the Class A notes.

Rob Ford, Partner at TwentyFour said “We are extremely pleased with this inaugural transaction from our Barley Hill securitisation programme of TML-originated loans, and the fourth securitisation from UKML. Whilst the pool has taken longer than envisaged to originate, given the competitive challenges in the mortgage market that TML have faced since they began originating these loans, we have nevertheless built a high quality portfolio of loans which is evidenced by the exceptional performance so far and we now have a sound foundation to more efficiently generate further origination on an ongoing basis to form the collateral for future Barley Hill transactions. Furthermore, the securitisation and its structure more efficiently leverages the portfolio which will be additive to income for the Company.”

Silvia Piva, Portfolio Manager at TwentyFour said “Once again we are pleased to be able to bring a successful public securitisation to market, an inaugural owner-occupied deal for both UKML and TML, and backed by a high quality portfolio. This reinforces UKML’s status as a regular issuer in the UK RMBS market.”

Further information:TwentyFour Asset Management LLP

Rob FordSilvia Piva020 7015 8900Numis Securities Limited, Corporate BrokerNathan BrownHugh Jonathan020 7260 1000 

Important notice

This announcement has been prepared for information purposes only, it is not a prospectus.

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