IRVINE, Calif. —Consumer Portfolio Services revealed Wednesday the closing of its third term securitization in 2011.

The transaction is CPS's fourth senior subordinate securitization since 1993. 

"In the transaction, qualified institutional buyers purchased $119.4 million of asset-backed notes secured by automobile receivables purchased by CPS primarily in 2011,” the company shared.

The sold notes, issued by CPS Auto Receivables Trust 2011-C, consist of four classes.

“Ratings of the notes were provided by Standard & Poor's and Moody's and were based on the structure of the transaction, the historical performance of similar receivables and CPS's experience as a servicer,” officials noted.

The ratings are as follows:


Note Class


Amount

Interest
Rate
 


Average
Life


Price


Standard &
Poor's
Rating


 
Moody's
Rating

A

$98.400 million

4.210%

1.86 years

99.99499%

A

A2

B

$9.600 million

6.375%

2.41 years

99.91487%

BBB

Baa2

C

$6.000 million

7.500%

2.69 years

98.53864%

BB

Ba2

D

$5.400 million

10.000%

2.06 years

99.48973%

B+

B2

Furthermore, the company explained the weighted average effective coupon on the notes is approximately 4.93 percent.

The 2011-C transaction has initial credit enhancement consisting of a cash deposit equal to 2.00 percent of the original receivable pool balance and overcollateralization of 0.50 percent. 

The final enhancement level requires accelerated payment of principal on the notes to reach overcollateralization of 9.50 percent of the then-outstanding receivable pool balance.

The transaction utilized a pre-funding structure, in which CPS sold approximately $83.9 million of receivables today and plans to sell approximately $36.1 million of additional receivables during January 2012.

This further sale is intended to provide CPS with financing for receivables originated primarily in the month of December, the company concluded.