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Fitch Waterfall
Payment order from Fitch's Astrea 9 report. Cash moves down the diagram; conditional priorities apply only when their stated conditions are met.
Normal payments 13 priorities
Before enforcement, on each distribution date.
Available cash flow
Operating-account cash at the distribution reference date, less the retained amount.
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Priority 1: Taxes and senior expenses
USD0.9m capPay issuer and asset-company taxes and expenses not assigned to priorities 2-13. The cap applies to each six-month distribution period and adjusts proportionately for shorter or longer periods.
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Priority 2: Senior hedge payments
Pay amounts due under the issuer's swaps, excluding the counterparty-default or affected-party termination payments assigned to priority 12.
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Priority 3: Manager fees
Pay fees due to the manager.
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Priority 4: Credit facility
- Commitment fees
- Interest and other payables
- Principal repayment
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Priority 5: Class A-1 and A-2 interest
Pay unpaid accrued interest on an equal-ranking (pari passu), pro rata basis.
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Priority 6: Disposal proceeds
If fund interests are soldApply 100% of cash remaining after priorities 1-5, limited to the net disposal proceeds received.
Any Class A bonds outstanding
- Fill Class A reserves to the cap, counting eligible banker's guarantees
- Repay Class B PIK principal
All Class A bonds redeemed
- Repay Class B PIK principal
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Priority 7: Scheduled Class A reserves
Fund the reserves accounts, subject to the reserves cap.
- Recoup realised losses on reserve investments
- Pay unpaid reserve amounts
- Fund the current reserve amount
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Priority 8: Class A LTV cure
Class A LTV > 50%Apply 100% of cash remaining after priorities 1-7 to Class A reserves. Stop when the reserve cap is reached, including eligible banker's guarantees, or the Class A LTV no longer exceeds 50%, whichever occurs first.
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Priority 9: Class B PIK amortisation
All Class A bonds redeemedApply 90% of cash remaining after priorities 1-8 to outstanding Class B PIK principal.
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Priority 10: Class B / cumulative LTV cure
Cumulative LTV > 55%After priorities 1-9, apply 100% of remaining cash until the cumulative LTV no longer exceeds 55%.
Any Class A bonds outstanding
- Fill Class A reserves to the cap, counting eligible banker's guarantees
- Repay Class B PIK principal
All Class A bonds redeemed
- Repay Class B PIK principal
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Priority 11: Remaining expenses
Pay administrative expenses above the priority 1 cap and any other expenses.
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Priority 12: Subordinated hedge terminations
Pay early-termination amounts where the hedge counterparty is the defaulting party following an event of default, or the affected party following a termination event.
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Priority 13: Equity distributions
Residual cashDistribute 100% of cash remaining after priorities 1-12 to equity investors.
Post-enforcement payments 10 priorities
An event of default has occurred and the bonds have been accelerated.
Available enforcement funds
Sweep collection-account cash daily to the operating accounts. Apply available funds in the operating, reserves and settlement accounts, excluding settlement amounts earmarked for acquisition-related shareholder loans and bond-issue fees and expenses.
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Priority 1: Taxes and enforcement expenses
UncappedPay eligible priority 1 amounts without the normal cap. Administrative expenses qualify here only to the extent required to enforce the security or the bonds.
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Priority 2: Senior hedge payments
Pay amounts due and outstanding under the issuer's swaps, excluding the termination payments assigned to priority 9.
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Priority 3: Credit facility
- Commitment fees
- Interest and other payables
- Principal repayment
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Priority 4: Class A-1 and A-2 interest
Pay unpaid accrued interest on an equal-ranking (pari passu), pro rata basis.
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Priority 5: Class A-1 and A-2 principal
Repay outstanding principal and any applicable premium on an equal-ranking (pari passu), pro rata basis.
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Priority 6: Class B PIK principal
Repay outstanding Class B PIK principal.
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Priority 7: Remaining expenses
Pay unpaid administrative expenses and any other expenses not included in enforcement priority 1.
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Priority 8: Capital calls
Pay capital calls.
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Priority 9: Subordinated hedge terminations
Pay early-termination amounts where the hedge counterparty is the defaulting party following an event of default, or the affected party following a termination event.
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Priority 10: Equity distributions
Pay equity investors after the preceding priorities.
Cash flow and trigger notes
Payments outside the normal distribution waterfall
- Capital calls are paid first from operating-account cash when due, even on a distribution date.
- Taxes and administrative expenses due between distribution dates are paid when due and counted toward the next distribution date's priority 1 cap.
- Credit-facility interest and principal, and senior swap payments, due between distribution dates are paid from operating-account cash when due.
Normal cash-flow sources
- Transfers from collection accounts
- Reserve-account interest income and realised gains
- Operating-custody cash and realised asset-disposal proceeds
- Credit-facility loan proceeds
- Retained and additional retained amounts carried from the previous period
- Equity-investment proceeds
- Residual settlement cash after acquisition-related shareholder loans and bond-issue fees and expenses
Reserves and LTV tests
- Class A reserve funding is capped at USD750m, or a lower amount if required to settle the principal hedge. Eligible banker's guarantees count toward the applicable reserve-cap tests.
- Class A LTV: Class A principal plus credit-facility loans, net of reserves, divided by portfolio NAV. Threshold: 50%.
- Cumulative LTV: principal of all bond classes plus credit-facility loans, net of reserves, divided by portfolio NAV. The 55% test is evaluated after priorities 1-9.
Source: Fitch Ratings, Astrea 9 Pte. Ltd. - New Issue, . Appendix 2, pages 27-29; reserve and LTV explanations, pages 7-8. Payment terms are condensed for the diagrams.
Reports & financial statements
Astrea 9 - 1st Semi-Annual Distribution Report - February 2026 · Official source
PDF · 25 pagesAstrea 9 - 2nd Semi-Annual Distribution Report - August 2026 · Official source
PDF · 25 pagesAstrea FY2025 Annual Report · Official source
PDF · 241 pagesAstrea 9 review: PDF pages 51–60. Astrea 9 audited accounts: PDF pages 201–241.
Rating actions
Astrea 9 - Fitch Rating Upgrade - 2026-08-07 · Saved text
Saved webpage textAstrea 9 - Fitch Final Rating Action - 2025-08-08 · Saved text
Saved webpage text
Rating criteria - 2025 launch
PE CFO Rating Criteria - 2025-01-30 · Official source
PDF · 16 pagesGlobal Structured Finance Rating Criteria - 2024-11-18 · Official source
PDF · 41 pagesCounterparty Rating Criteria - 2023-11-28 · Official source
PDF · 35 pagesCounterparty Derivative Addendum - 2023-11-28 · Official source
PDF · 27 pagesInterest Rate Stresses Rating Criteria - 2024-10-24 · Official source
PDF · 21 pagesCovered Bonds Rating Criteria - 2025-04-11 · Official source
PDF · 51 pages
Rating criteria - 2026 review
CFO Rating Criteria - 2026-05-15 · Official source
PDF · 21 pagesGlobal Structured Finance Rating Criteria - 2025-12-05 · Official source
PDF · 42 pagesCounterparty Rating Criteria - 2026-06-26 · Official source
PDF · 30 pagesCounterparty Derivative Addendum - 2026-06-26 · Official source
PDF · 25 pages
Factsheet & supplementary references
Foreign Currency Stress Supplementary Data - 2025-08-01 · Official source
XLSXCorporate Rating Criteria - 2025-06-27 · Official source
PDF · 74 pagesSupplementary corporate-rating comparison; not labelled as criteria applied to Astrea 9.
Astrea 9 Product Factsheet - Launch 2025 · Official source
PDF · 6 pages