EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1631406
Filing Year: 2021
Filename: 1631406_10-K_2021_0001056404-21-003411.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1.
Business.
Omitted.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
Omitted.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2.
Properties.
Omitted.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings.
Omitted.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures.
Omitted.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5.
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Omitted.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data.
Omitted.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Omitted.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Omitted.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures.
Omitted.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B.
Other Information.
None.
PART III

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Omitted.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11.
Executive Compensation.
Omitted.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Omitted.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Omitted.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Omitted.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB
Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant Obligor Financial Information.
Not applicable.
Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider Financial Information.
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any enhancement or other support for the certificates as described under Item 1114 (a) of Regulation AB.
Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments for the certificates as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.
Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.
The registrant knows of no legal proceeding pending against the sponsors, depositor, trustee, issuing entity, servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(3) of Regulation AB, originator contemplated by Item 1110(b) of Regulation AB, or other party contemplated by Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB, or of which any property of the foregoing is the subject, that is material to security holders, other than as follows:
Beginning on June 18, 2014, a group of institutional investors filed civil complaints in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and later the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., (“Wells Fargo Bank”) in its capacity as trustee for certain residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts. The complaints against Wells Fargo Bank alleged that the trustee caused losses to investors and asserted causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee's alleged failure to: (i) notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, (ii) notify investors of alleged events of default, and (iii) abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. Relief sought included money damages in an unspecified amount, reimbursement of expenses, and equitable relief. In November 2018, Wells Fargo Bank reached an agreement, in which it denied any wrongdoing, to resolve such claims on a classwide basis for the 271 RMBS trusts at issue. On May 6, 2019, the court entered an order approving the settlement agreement. Separate lawsuits against Wells Fargo Bank making similar allegations filed by certain other institutional investors concerning several RMBS trusts in New York federal and state court are not covered by the settlement agreement. In addition to the foregoing cases, in August 2014 and August 2015 Nomura Credit & Capital Inc. (“Nomura”) and Natixis Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Natixis”) filed a total of seven third-party complaints against Wells Fargo Bank in New York state court. In the underlying first-party actions, Nomura and Natixis have been sued for alleged breaches of representations and warranties made in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities sponsored by them. In the third-party actions, Nomura and Natixis allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as master servicer, primary servicer or securities administrator, failed to notify Nomura and Natixis of their own breaches, failed to properly oversee the primary servicers, and failed to adhere to accepted servicing practices. Natixis additionally alleges that Wells Fargo Bank failed to perform default oversight duties. Wells Fargo Bank has asserted counterclaims alleging that Nomura and Natixis failed to provide Wells Fargo Bank notice of their representation and warranty breaches. With respect to each of the foregoing litigations, Wells Fargo Bank believes plaintiffs' claims are without merit and intends to contest the claims vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of the litigations or the possible impact of the litigations on Wells Fargo Bank or the related RMBS trusts.
On December 17, 2015, U.S. Bank National Association, the trustee under five pooling and servicing agreements for (i) Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C30, (ii) COBALT CMBS Commercial Trust 2007-C2, (iii) Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C31, (iv) ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5 and (v) ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 commenced a proceeding with the Second Judicial District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota (the “State Court”) for a declaratory judgment as to the proper allocation of certain proceeds in the alleged amount of $560 million (“Disputed Proceeds”) received by CWCAM in connection with the sale of the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town property in New York, New York securing loans held by those trusts. CWCAM was the special servicer of such property. The petition requests the State Court to instruct the trustee, the trust beneficiaries, and any other interested parties as to the amount of the Disputed Proceeds, if any, that constitute penalty interest and/or the amount of the Disputed Proceeds, if any, that constitute gain-on-sale proceeds, with respect to each trust. On February 24, 2016, CWCAM made a limited appearance with the State Court to file a motion to dismiss this proceeding based on lack of jurisdiction, mootness, standing and forum non conveniens. On July 19, 2016, the State Court denied CWCAM’s motion to dismiss. On July 22, 2016, the action was removed to federal court in Minnesota (“Federal Court”). On October 21, 2016, the Federal Court held a hearing on the motion to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY Court”), a motion to remand to state court and a motion to hear CWCAM’s request for reconsideration of the motion to dismiss. On March 14, 2017, the Federal Court reserved the determination on the motion to hear CWCAM’s request for reconsideration of the motion to dismiss, denied the motion to remand the matter to state court and granted the motion to transfer the proceeding to the SDNY Court. Cross motions for judgment on the pleadings were filed but the SDNY Court was unable to decide the case based on the pleadings and the SDNY Court ordered discovery. All fact discovery was completed in December 2018 and expert discovery was completed on March 15, 2019. The parties submitted cross motions for summary judgment, and on March 19, 2020, the SDNY Court entered an opinion and order in which it granted summary judgment in CWCAM’s favor and held that CWCAM was entitled to the entire $614 million in penalty interest. In the 127-page opinion, the SDNY Court found for CWCAM on every issue presented by the trustee’s petition, namely, that the funds in dispute constitute penalty interest and yield maintenance, not gain-on-sale proceeds, and that penalty interest in the amount of $614 million was correctly calculated. An appeal of the SDNY Court’s decision was taken on April 29, 2020.
On December 1, 2017, a complaint against CWCAM and others was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York styled as CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. v. CWCapital Investments LLC, et al., No. 17-cv-9463 (the “Original Complaint”). The gravamen of the Original Complaint alleged breaches of a contract and fiduciary duties by CWCAM’s affiliate, CWCapital Investments LLC in its capacity as collateral manager for the collateralized debt obligation transaction involving CWCapital Cobalt Vr, Ltd. In total, there are 14 counts pled in the Original Complaint. Of those 14, 5 claims were asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and unjust enrichment. On May 23, 2018, the Original Complaint was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On June 28, 2018, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. filed a substantially similar complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York styled as CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. v. CWCapital Investments LLC, et al., Index No. 653277/2018 (the “New Complaint”). The gravamen of the New Complaint is the same as the previous complaint filed in the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York. In total there are 16 counts pled in the New Complaint. Of those 16 counts, 5 claims were asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, conversion and unjust enrichment, 1 count seeks a declaratory judgement that the plaintiff has the right to enforce the contracts in question and 1 count seeks an injunction requiring the defendants to recognize the plaintiff as the directing holder for the trusts in question. On January 11, 2019, the plaintiff dismissed with prejudice the declaratory judgment and injunction counts. The New Complaint and related summons was not served on the defendants until July 13, 2018 and July 16, 2018. The plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction was denied by the court on July 31, 2018. On August 3, 2018, the defendants, including CWCAM, filed a motion to dismiss the New Complaint in its entirety. On August 20, 2019, the court entered an order granting defendants’ motion almost in its entirety, dismissing 11 of the 16 counts and partially dismissing 2 additional counts. Of the remaining counts, 2 are asserted against CWCAM for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. On September 19, 2019, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd. filed a notice of appeal relating to the August 20, 2019 dismissal order and on September 26, 2019, filed an amended complaint against CWCI and CWCAM attempting to address deficiencies relating to certain of the claims dismissed by the August 20, 2019 order. CWCI and CWCAM filed its Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint on October 28, 2019. The court heard argument on the Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint on January 22, 2020 and on October 23, 2020, the court granted the motion dismissing the amended claims. On November 30, 2020, CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd filed a notice of appeal relating to the October 23, 2020 dismissal order. CWCAM believes that it has performed its obligations under the related pooling and servicing agreements in good faith and the remaining allegations in the New Complaint are without merit. CWCAM intends to vigorously contest each of the remaining claims.
Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The information regarding this Item has been provided previously in an annual report on Form 10-K of the issuing entity or in the prospectus of the issuing entity filed in a 424(b)(5) filing dated February 26, 2015.
Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
The reports on assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and the related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance are attached hereto under Item 15.
Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.
The servicer compliance statements are attached hereto under Item 15.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Exhibits.
(4.1) Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, KeyBank National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as excluded mortgage loan special servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as trust advisor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, custodian, certificate administrator, certificate registrar and authenticating agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(4.2) Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2015, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as trust advisor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, custodian, certificate administrator, certificate registrar and authenticating agent, relating to the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization transaction, pursuant to which the Discovery Business Center Mortgage Loan is serviced (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 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-backed securities.
33.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
33.2 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
33.3 KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer
33.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer
33.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor
33.6 Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Primary Servicer
33.7 CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Excluded Special Servicer
33.8 Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as Sub-Servicer
33.9 NorthMarq Capital, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
33.10 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)
33.11 Rialto Capital Advisers, LLC, as Special Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)
33.12 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20) (see Exhibit 33.2)
(34). Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
34.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
34.2 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
34.3 KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer
34.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer
34.5 Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating Advisor
34.6 Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Primary Servicer
34.7 CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Excluded Special Servicer
34.8 Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as Sub-Servicer
34.9 NorthMarq Capital, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
34.10 Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)
34.11 Rialto Capital Advisers, LLC, as Special Servicer under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20)
34.12 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20) (see Exhibit 34.2)
(35). Servicer compliance statement.
35.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
35.2 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
35.3 KeyBank National Association, as Master Servicer
35.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer
35.5 Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as Primary Servicer
35.6 CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Excluded Special Servicer
35.7 Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc., as Sub-Servicer
35.8 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian under the MSBAM 2015-C20 securitization, pursuant to which the following mortgage loans were serviced by such party: Discovery Business Center (from 1/1/20 to 12/31/20) (see Exhibit 35.2)
(99.1) Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2015, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(99.2) Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2015, 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/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(99.3) Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2015, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., Starwood Mortgage Funding III LLC and Starwood Mortgage Capital LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(99.4) Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated February 13, 2015, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. and CIBC Inc. (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(99.5) Subservicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015 between KeyBank National Association, as master servicer, and Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, as primary servicer (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(99.6) Amended and Restated Subservicing Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2015 between Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC and KeyBank National Association (as successor by merger to KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Markets, Inc.) (filed as Exhibit 99.6 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 22, 2015 under SEC File No. 333-180779-14 and incorporated by reference herein).
(b) See (a) above.
(c) Not applicable.