AB Issuer receives preliminary KBRA ratings for Series 2026-1 notes
Authority Brands is moving ahead with its third whole business securitization since setting up its master trust in 2021, expanding funding tied to its residential home services platform. The new Series 2026-1 issuance also prompts rating actions on earlier 2021-1 notes, including Watch Upgrade placement for two outstanding facilities.
Highlights
- KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to AB Issuer LLC's Series 2026-1 senior secured notes, marking the issuer's third securitization since 2021.
- KBRA places Series 2021-1 Advance Funding Facility and Series 2021-1 Class A-2 notes on Watch Upgrade and plans to withdraw ratings on Series 2021-1 Class A-1 VFN and Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN.
- Authority Brands, Inc. contributes 12 of its 14 home services brands, operating across 45 U.S. states, D.C., and Canada, to support the securitization.
Series 2026-1 rating actions and transaction scope
As reported by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to AB Issuer LLC's Series 2026-1 senior secured notes in a whole business securitization transaction. The agency says the deal marks the issuer's third securitization since the master trust was established in 2021.In connection with the new issuance, KBRA is placing the outstanding Series 2021-1 Advance Funding Facility and Series 2021-1 Class A-2 notes on Watch Upgrade. It also anticipates withdrawing the ratings on the Series 2021-1 Class A-1 VFN and Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN.
Home services platform footprint and sector relevance
Authority Brands, Inc., the company behind the issuer, is a residential-focused home services platform headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. It operates across 45 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Canada.The company runs three service segments, Indoor, Outdoor and Trades, and manages a portfolio of 14 brands. Of those, 12 brands are contributed to the securitization, underscoring the breadth of operating assets supporting the financing structure.
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