DLL closed its DLL UK Equipment Finance 2019-1 Equipment Lease securitization transaction at £306 million ($399.147 million). This is the first public ABS transaction issued by DLL in Europe and the first UK ABS transaction with equipment lease exposure in 5 years.

The transaction will be listed at the ISE (Irish Stock Exchange).

The UK transaction follows three successful DLL securitizations in the US. The notes are backed by a pool of UK equipment lease receivables originated by DLL’s UK branch De Lage Landen Leasing.

The pool consists of hire purchase agreements, operational leases and financial leases, mainly in the agriculture and materials handling sectors. The transaction includes Class A floating rate notes of £306 million ($399.147 million) rated AAA by both Fitch and Standard&Poor’s.

“We are very pleased with the huge interest shown in our notes. Interest was such that the final book finished at an impressive £750 million; an oversubscription of 2.5 times, to mark a successful debut for DLL in this asset class in Sterling ABS. Also, the fact that no less than 15 individual investors participated shows the wide acceptance of our transaction. We consider this an endorsement of investors and rating agencies of the best in class standards that we aimed to follow with this transaction,” said Marc Dierckx, DLL chief financial officer and member of the executive board.

Dierckx added, “Our securitization transactions continue to be a part of DLL’s long-term growth strategy to diversify our funding base. Going forward, we intend to pursue further transactions and will look at other opportunities to complement our primary and major source of funding, which remains our parent, Rabobank.”