**UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON,D.C. 20549**

**FORM 10‐K**

 

(Mark one)

**/X/ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**    For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2018 OR**

**//TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the transition period from****            ****to****            **

 

 

 

**Commission file number:333-180779-03**

 

**Central Index Key Number of the issuingentity:0001571237**

 

**Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust2013-C9**

**(exact name of issuing entity as specified in itscharter)**

 

**Central Index Key Number of the depositor:0001547361**

 

**Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc.**

**(exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)**

 

**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:0001541557**

 

**Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC**

**(exact names of the sponsors as specified in theircharters)**

 

**Central Index Key Number of the sponsor:0001102113**

 

**Bank of America, National Association**

**(exact names of the sponsors as specified in theircharters)**

 

| **New York**                                                        | **38‐3906833  38‐3906834  38‐3906835  38‐7092974  38‐7092975  38‐7092976** |
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| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or  organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)**                                                                   |

 

**c/o Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.**

**9062 Old Annapolis Road**

** Columbia, MD**

**(Address of principal executive offices)**

 

**21045**

**(Zip Code)**

 

**Telephone number, including area code:**

**(410) 884‐2000**

Securitiesregistered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

  NONE.

 

Securitiesregistered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

  NONE.

 

Indicateby check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined inRule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

  Yes___ No X

 

Indicateby check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant toSection 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

  Yes___ No X

 

Note- Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to filereports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from theirobligations under those Sections.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reportsrequired to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days.

 

  YesX No ___

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted onits corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 ofthis chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period thatthe registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

  Notapplicable.

 

Indicateby check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 ofRegulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, andwill not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitiveproxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of thisForm 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

 

  Notapplicable.

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, anaccelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, oremerging growth company. See the definitions of "large acceleratedfiler", "accelerated filer," "smaller reportingcompany," and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 Largeaccelerated filer ___ Accelerated filer ___ Non-accelerated filer X (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company _

 

Emerginggrowth company ___

 

Ifan emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant haselected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new orrevised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) ofthe Ex­change Act.

 

  Notapplicable.

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Act).

 

  Yes___ No X

 

Statethe aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held bynon-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equitywas last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as ofthe last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscalquarter.

 

  Notapplicable.

 

Indicateby check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reportsrequired to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Actof 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed bya court.

 

  Notapplicable.

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of theregistrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

  Notapplicable.

 

DOCUMENTSINCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Listhereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part ofthe Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document isincorporated: (1)Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy orinformation statement; and (3)Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearlydescribed for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holdersfor fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

 

  Notapplicable.

 

**EXPLANATORY NOTES**

 

Except as set forth below, each of theparties to each pooling and servicing agreement listed in the Exhibit Indexboth (1) participates in the servicing function for purposes of Item 1122 ofRegulation AB and (2) constitutes a servicer that meets the criteria in Item1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB for purposes of Item 1123 ofRegulation AB:

 

• The trustee under a pooling and servicingagreement has a nominal role with respect to the mortgage pool securitized pursuantto such pooling and servicing agreement. The trustee’s only servicing functionis the contingent obligation to make certain advances if the master servicerunder such pooling and servicing agreement fails to do so, while all otherservicing functions are performed by other parties. The trustee under each ofthe pooling and servicing agreements listed in the Exhibit Index has confirmedto the registrant that it has not made any such contingent advances during thereporting period, and consequently, each such trustee does not participate inthe servicing function for purposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, nor does itperform the functions of a servicer for purposes of the definition of“servicer” under Item 1101 of Regulation AB or for purposes of Item 1123 ofRegulation AB.

 

• The operating advisor under a pooling andservicing agreement represents the interests of senior certificateholders inthe transaction governed by such pooling and servicing agreement and isresponsible for monitoring the performance of the special servicer under suchpooling and servicing agreement and producing certain reports tocertificateholders relating to the resolution of the mortgage pool securitizedpursuant to such pooling and servicing agreement. While the operating advisorunder a pooling and servicing agreement has certain reporting obligations inrespect of the related mortgage pool, it has no obligation to collect ordisburse funds in respect of the mortgage pool or to administer any of theunderlying mortgage loans.  Consequently, the operating advisor under apooling and servicing agreement participates in the servicing function forpurposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, but is not responsible for the“management or collection of the pool assets or making allocations ordistributions to holders of the asset-backed securities” within the meaning of“servicer” under Item 1101 of Regulation AB and does not perform the functionsof a servicer for purposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB.

 

• LNR Partners, LLC is the current specialservicer under the MSBAM 2013-C9 pooling and servicing agreement. In July 2018,Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association wasreplaced as special servicer under the MSBAM 2013-C9 pooling and servicingagreement and succeeded by LNR Partners, LLC.

 

• The Boston Park Plaza mortgage loan was repaid during theFebruary 2016 collection period.  Consequently, during the reportingperiod, the MSBAM 2013-C9 mortgage pool did not include any mortgage loans thatwere serviced pursuant to a separate pooling and servicing agreement.

 

| **PART I**   |                            |
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| **Item 1.**  | **Business.**                   |
|              | Omitted.                        |
| **Item 1A.** | **Risk Factors.**          |
|              | Omitted.                        |
| **Item 1B.** | **Unresolved Staff  Comments.** |
|              | None.                           |
| **Item 2.**  | **Properties.**                 |
|              | Omitted.                        |
| **Item 3.**  | **Legal Proceedings.**     |
|              | Omitted.                        |
| **Item 4.**  | **Mine Safety Disclosures.**    |
|              | Omitted.                        |
|              |                            |   |

 

| **PART II**  |                                                                                                                |
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| **Item 5.**  | **Market for Registrant's  Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity  Securities.** |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 6.**  | **Selected Financial Data.**                                                                                        |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 7.**  | **Management's Discussion  and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.**                         |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 7A.** | **Quantitative and  Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.**                                                    |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 8.**  | **Financial Statements and  Supplementary Data.**                                                                   |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 9.**  | **Changes in and  Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.**                          |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 9A.** | **Controls and Procedures.**                                                                                        |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                                            |
| **Item 9B.** | **Other Information.**                                                                                         |
|              | None.                                                                                                               |
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| **PART III** |                                                                                                 |
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| **Item 10.** | **Directors, Executive  Officers and Corporate Governance.**                                         |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                             |
| **Item 11.** | **Executive Compensation.**                                                                          |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                             |
| **Item 12.** | **Security Ownership of Certain  Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.** |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                             |
| **Item 13.** | **Certain Relationships and  Related Transactions, and Director Independence.**                      |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                             |
| **Item 14.** | **Principal Accounting Fees  and Services.**                                                         |
|              | Omitted.                                                                                             |
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**ADDITIONALDISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB**

 

**Item1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant Obligor Financial Information.**

 

Themortgaged property securing the Milford Plaza Fee loan constitutes a significantobligor within the meaning of 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB. The most recentunaudited net operating income of the significant obligor for the 2018 fiscalyear is $17,254,870.

 

Themortgaged property securing the Colonnade Office loan constitutes a significantobligor within the meaning of 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB. The most recentunaudited net operating income of the significant obligor for the 2018 fiscalyear is $18,576,999.

 

**Item1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider FinancialInformation.**

 

Noentity or group of affiliated entities provides any enhancement or othersupport for the certificates as described under Item 1114 (a) of Regulation AB.

 

**Item1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain Derivatives Instruments (FinancialInformation).**

 

Noentity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments forthe certificates as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

 

**Item1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.**

 

Theregistrant knows of no legal proceeding pending against the sponsors,depositor, trustee, issuing entity, servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) ofRegulation AB, originator contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB, orother party contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB, or of which anyproperty of the foregoing is the subject, that is material to security holders,other than as disclosed in the prospectus of the issuing entity filed in a424(b)(5) filing dated April 30, 2013, and other than as follows:

 

SinceJune 18, 2014, a group of institutional investors have filed civil complaintsin the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and later theU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Wells FargoBank, N.A., (“Wells Fargo Bank”) in its capacity as trustee for certainresidential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts. The complaints againstWells Fargo Bank alleged that the trustee caused losses to investors andasserted causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee's allegedfailure to: (i) notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loansellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, (ii) notifyinvestors of alleged events of default, and (iii) abide by appropriatestandards of care following alleged events of default. Relief sought includedmoney damages in an unspecified amount, reimbursement of expenses, andequitable relief. Wells Fargo Bank has reached an agreement, in which it deniesany wrongdoing, to resolve these claims on a classwide basis for the 271 RMBStrusts currently at issue. The settlement agreement is subject to courtapproval. Separate lawsuits against Wells Fargo Bank making similar allegationsfiled by certain other institutional investors concerning 57 RMBS trusts in NewYork federal and state court are not covered by the agreement. With respect tothe foregoing litigations, Wells Fargo Bank believes plaintiffs' claims arewithout merit and intends to contest the claims vigorously, but there can be noassurances as to the outcome of the litigations or the possible impact of thelitigations on Wells Fargo Bank or the RMBS trusts.

 

**Item1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.**

 

Theinformation regarding this Item has been disclosed in the prospectus of theissuing entity filed in a 424(b)(5) filing dated April 30, 2013.

 

**Item1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.**

 

Thereports on assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria forasset-backed securities and the related attestation reports on such assessmentsof compliance are attached hereto under Item 15.

 

Thereport on assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria furnishedpursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB by Midland Loan Services, a Division ofPNC Bank National Association discloses that a material instance ofnoncompliance occurred, as described below:

 

MaterialInstance of Noncompliance

 

In certain instances, the Schedule AL Files (Item 1125of Regulation AB) were not reported in accordance with the terms specified inthe transaction agreements, in conflict with Item 1122(d)(3)(i): “Reports toinvestors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained inaccordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commissionrequirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) Are prepared in accordance withtimeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements”.  Thenoncompliance consisted of omitted or inaccurately reported numbers due to thefollowing: (1) the initial setup files contained information at the assetlevel, and Midland was required to manually compile the information to presentit at the loan level as required by Schedule AL; and (2) certain reportingrequirements required manual processing by Midland, including the use ofvarious data computation formulas, quality control checks and analysis.

 

The identified instances did not involve the servicing ofassets included in this securitization.

 

StepsTaken to Remedy the Material Instance of Noncompliance

 

Midland is currently remediating the Schedule ALreporting for the CMBS transactions found to be incorrect, and will be making improvementsto its systems, processes and procedures to support its Schedule AL reportingobligations.

 

**Item1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.**

 

Theservicer compliance statements are attached hereto under Item 15.

 

**PART IV**

 

**Item15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.**

 

(a) Exhibits.

 

(4.1)Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1,2013, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, as trustee, certificate administrator, custodian,certificate registrar and authenticating agent, Midland Loan Services, aDivision of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and special servicer,and Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as trust advisor (filed as Exhibit 4.1to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 25, 2014under SEC File No. 333-180779-03 and incorporated by reference herein).

 

(31)Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certification.

 

(33)Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backedsecurities.

33.1  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator

33.2  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian

33.3  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

33.4  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer (from 1/1/18 to 7/26/18) (see Exhibit33.3) 

33.5  LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (from 7/27/18to 12/31/18)

33.6  Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as OperatingAdvisor

 

(34)Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria forasset-backed securities.

34.1  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator

34.2  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian

34.3  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

34.4  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer (from 1/1/18 to 7/26/18) (see Exhibit34.3) 

34.5  LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (from 7/27/18to 12/31/18)

34.6  Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as OperatingAdvisor

 

(35)Servicer compliance statement.

35.1  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CertificateAdministrator

35.2  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian

35.3  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Master Servicer

35.4  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,National Association, as Special Servicer (from 1/1/18 to 7/26/18) (see Exhibit35.3) 

35.5  LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (from 7/27/18to 12/31/18)

 

(99.1)Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated April 15, 2013,between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Morgan Stanley Mortgage CapitalHoldings LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form8-K filed on April 30, 2013 under SEC File No. 333-180779-03 and incorporatedby reference herein).

 

(99.2)Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated April 15, 2013,between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Bank of America, National Association(filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed onApril 30, 2013 under SEC File No. 333-180779-03 and incorporated by referenceherein).

 

(b)See (a) above.

 

(c)Not Applicable.

** **

**SIGNATURES**

 

Pursuantto the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf bythe undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

MorganStanley Capital I Inc.

(Depositor)

 

By:/s/ George Kok

GeorgeKok, 

President(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)

 

Date:March 29, 2019