DORAL FINANCIAL CORP.
SAN JUAN, PR--(Marketwired - Sep 9, 2014) - Doral Financial Corporation (
"Today we announced the successful signing of another asset sale transaction, part of our plan to restructure our Company. In all, these asset transactions help Doral continue to progress by de-risking the bank, preserving capital and increasing liquidity," said Glen Wakeman, CEO of Doral Financial Corporation.
Abbey Depositor Inc. ("Depositor"), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Doral Bank, closed on the sale of approximately $429,346,919 aggregate principal amount of its PR Mortgage Loan Trust 2014-1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2014-1 (the "Certificates") to Barclays Inc. (the "Purchaser") pursuant to a certificate purchase agreement dated September 5, 2014 by and among Depositor, the Purchaser, and Doral Bank acting through its New York branch.
The Certificates evidence undivided beneficial ownership interests in PR Mortgage Loan Trust 2014-1 (the "Trust"), which consists of approximately 4,178 seasoned, fixed rate and fully amortizing, first lien residential mortgage loans having a total principal balance of approximately $429,346,919 (the "MortgageLoans"). Doral Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
The sale of the Certificates to the Purchaser will result in proceeds to Doral Bank of approximately $423.4 million prior to deducting transactional expenses but net of a hold back of approximately $8,586,938 to cover (i) repurchases by Doral Bank of any Mortgage Loans as to which endorsements of the related mortgage notes are not completed within ten (10) business days following September 9, 2014 and (ii) if applicable, reimbursement of any costs and expenses of the Successor Servicer incurred in connection with its actions pursuant to the limited power of attorney executed by Doral Bank in favor of the successor servicer on September 9, 2014.
Doral Financial Corporation was advised by Houlihan Lokey.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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