NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to the Floater Certificates and Residual Certificates of the Tender Option Bond Trust series listed below:
--Floater Certificates, Series 2016-XX1022 'AAA/F1', Stable Outlook; Residual Certificates, Series 2016-XX1022 'AAA', Stable Outlook.
KEY RATING DRIVERS
The long-term 'AAA', Stable Outlook ratings assigned to the series 2016-XX1022 Floater and Residual Certificates and are based on the rating that Fitch has assigned to Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source), 2016 Series E (Green Bonds) (rated 'AAA', Stable Outlook) that have been deposited in the series 2016-XX1022 trust.
The short-term 'F1' rating assigned to the Floater Certificates is based on the liquidity facility provided by Barclays Bank PLC (rated 'A/F1', Stable Outlook) in the form a liquidity and loan agreement, which has a stated expiration date of Aug. 1, 2017, unless such date is extended or earlier terminated.
RATING SENSITIVITIES
The short-term rating assigned to the Floater Certificates will be adjusted upward or downward in conjunction with the short-term rating of the bank, and, in some cases, the long-term rating of the underlying bonds deposited in the trust. The long-term ratings assigned to the Floater and Residual Certificates are exclusively tied to the creditworthiness of the underlying bonds deposited in the trust and will reflect all changes to such rating.
Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.
Applicable Criteria
Criteria for Rating Tender Option Bonds (pub. 07 Apr 2016)
https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=879516
U.S. Municipal Structured Finance Criteria (pub. 23 Feb 2015)
https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=862222
Additional Disclosures
Dodd-Frank Rating Information Disclosure Form
https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/press_releases/content/ridf_frame.cfm?pr_id=1010238
Solicitation Status
https://www.fitchratings.com/gws/en/disclosure/solicitation?pr_id=1010238
Endorsement Policy
https://www.fitchratings.com/jsp/creditdesk/PolicyRegulation.faces?context=2&detail=31
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