KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Cherry Securitization Trust 2024-1

KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of notes issued by Cherry Securitization Trust 2024-1 ("CHRY 2024-1"), a consumer loan ABS transaction. The preliminary ratings reflect initial credit enhancement levels ranging from 27.51% for the Class A notes to 5.21% for the Class D notes. Credit enhancement on the notes is comprised of overcollateralization, subordination of junior note classes (except for the Class D notes), a cash reserve account funded at closing, and excess spread.

This transaction represents Cherry’s inaugural 144A ABS securitization. CHRY 2024-1 will issue four classes of notes totaling $250.0 million, which are collateralized by approximately $270.3 million of Receivables used for elective medical procedures. The transaction features a 24-month revolving period (the “Revolving Period”), which will end on the earlier of (i) prior to the close of business on September 30, 2026, and (ii) the date on which an Amortization Event has occurred. Additionally, the transaction features an Optional Redemption, whereby the Certificateholders holding 100% of the Certificates have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, on any Monthly Payment Date on and after the Monthly Payment Date in October 2026.

Founded in 2017 as Mason Finance, and rebranded to Cherry Technologies, Inc. (“Cherry” or the “Company”) in 2019, Cherry operates a digital platform (the “Cherry Platform”) that facilitates point-of-sale unsecured consumer loans and retail installment sale contracts to finance elective medical services to primarily prime borrowers through a network of over 24,000 unique merchants. Since inception, the Company has funded approximately $1.0 billion across 570,000 transactions. Cherry currently offers financing in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through its banking partners via the Cherry Platform.

KBRA applied its Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology, as well as its Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology and ESG Global Rating Methodology, as part of its analysis of the transaction’s underlying collateral pool, the proposed capital structure, and Cherry's historical static pool data. KBRA considered its operational review of the Company. Operative agreements and legal opinions will be reviewed prior to closing.

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Methodologies

• ABS: Consumer Loan ABS Global Rating Methodology
• Structured Finance: Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

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Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

About KBRA

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA) is a full-service credit rating agency registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an NRSRO. Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited is registered as a CRA with the European Securities and Markets Authority. Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Limited is registered as a CRA with the UK Financial Conduct Authority. In addition, KBRA is designated as a designated rating organization by the Ontario Securities Commission for issuers of asset-backed securities to file a short form prospectus or shelf prospectus. KBRA is also recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Credit Rating Provider.

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