UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
or
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to _____
Commission file number of the issuing entity: 333-172366-11
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001589803
WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C18
(exact name of the issuing entity as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0000850779
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000729153
NatWest Markets Plc
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
(formerly known as The Royal Bank of Scotland plc)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541615
RBS Financial Products Inc.
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001555501
Liberty Island Group I LLC
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001542105
Basis Real Estate Capital II, LLC
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001577313
National Cooperative Bank, N.A.
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
(formerly known as NCB, FSB)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541886
UBS Real Estate Securities Inc.
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541214
C-III Commercial Mortgage LLC
(exact name of the sponsor as specified in its charter)
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization of the issuing entity) | 38-3918787 38-3918788 38-3918789 38-7103156 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers) |
c/o Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as agent for
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, MD
(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)
21045
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(704) 374-6161
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
None | | |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. o Yes ⌧ No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. o Yes ⌧ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ⌧ Yes o No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Not applicable.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer ⌧ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. o
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. o
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). o Yes ⌧ No
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Not applicable.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. o Yes o No
Not applicable.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Not applicable.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).
Not applicable.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The AmericasMart Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 13.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date, is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that includes the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan and six other pari passu loans, which are not assets of the issuing entity. This loan combination, including the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan, is being serviced and administered pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The Exhibit Index describes exhibits provided by certain parties (in their capacities indicated on the Exhibit Index) with respect to the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan, which constituted approximately 14.5% of the asset pool of the issuing entity as of its cut-off date. The Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan is an asset of the issuing entity and is part of a loan combination that includes the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan and one other pari passu loan, which is not an asset of the issuing entity. The other pari passu portion of the loan combination was securitized in the RBS Commercial Funding Inc. 2013-GSP Trust transaction (the “RBS 2013-GSP Transaction”). This loan combination, including the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan, is being serviced and administered pursuant to the trust and servicing agreement for the RBS 2013-GSP Transaction, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The master servicer of a pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement also functions as the primary servicer of the related mortgage loans serviced and administered pursuant to such agreement unless a separate primary servicer is identified herein. If this report does not identify a separate primary servicer, the servicer compliance statement provided by the master servicer under any such agreement also encompasses its responsibilities as primary servicer of the related mortgage loan or mortgage loans.
National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB), the NCB master servicer, is also a sponsor. Therefore, the Depositor included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K a servicer compliance statement for National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB) pursuant to Item 1123. Because National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB) is servicing less than 5% of the pool assets, an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and an accountants’ attestation report pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB are not required by Regulation AB. As the attestation made in the servicer compliance statement required by Item 1123 relates to a review of the servicing activities of National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB) under the applicable servicing agreement, and that review was conducted in conjunction with the servicer’s preparation of its assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, that assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and the accompanying accountants’ attestation report are included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the sake of completeness.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas acts as trustee of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the trust and servicing agreement for the RBS 2013-GSP Transaction, the trustee is required to provide an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria solely with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB (regarding advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements). However, during the reporting period, the trustee did not perform any servicing function with respect to the servicing criteria specified in Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB. The master servicer or the special servicer, to the extent required, performed the servicing function identified with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB, and each such party included Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountant’s attestation report for the subject transaction. As a result, this Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria of the trustee. One or more other servicers of the mortgage loans serviced under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan have delivered one or more assessments of compliance with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii) of Regulation AB.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes assessments of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports from CoreLogic Solutions, LLC. This entity was engaged by the general master servicer (except with respect to those mortgage loans for which PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.) is the primary servicer) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the primary servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the primary servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan to remit tax payments received from the escrow accounts of borrowers to local taxing authorities, to report tax amounts due, to verify tax parcel information, and to verify non-escrow tax payments. With respect to the reports provided as servicing function participant on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, these servicing functions are included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(4)(xi) and 1122(d)(4)(xii) of Regulation AB. With respect to the reports provided as servicing function participant on behalf of PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.), these servicing functions are included within the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(2)(ii), 1122(d)(2)(vi), 1122(d)(4)(xi) and 1122(d)(4)(xii) of Regulation AB. Therefore, under the principles-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this vendor is a “servicer” for the purposes of Item 1122 of Regulation AB. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants’ attestation report and servicer compliance statement from Computershare Trust Company, National Association (“CTCNA”). CTCNA was engaged by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), in its capacity as certificate administrator and custodian, to perform certain specified servicing functions identified in the assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria and accountants’ attestation reports. Wells Fargo engaged CTCNA in connection with the sale of Wells Fargo’s corporate trust services business to CTCNA and its affiliates. Further, under the principles-based definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB that looks to the functions that an entity performs, this party is a “servicer” for the purposes of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. See Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Section 301.01 (Item 1101(j)).
The assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria, accountants’ attestation report and servicer compliance statement of the certificate administrator of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan is omitted from this Annual Report on Form 10-K as the certificate administrator pursuant to the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement does not perform any activities that address servicing criteria with respect to the issuing entity and because it is not a “servicer” that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB.
PART I
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.
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Omitted.
Item 6.
[Reserved].
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.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
None.
PART III
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 Accountant Fees and Services.
Omitted.
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE ITEMS FOR REGULATION AB
Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, Significant Obligor Financial Information.
The Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (Mortgage Loan Number 1 on Annex A-1 of the prospectus supplement of the registrant relating to the issuing entity filed on December 23, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)) constitutes a significant obligor within the meaning of Item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB as disclosed in the prospectus supplement. In accordance with Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, the most recent unaudited net operating income of the significant obligor was $86,084,407.06 for the twelve- month period ended December 31, 2022.
The AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (Mortgage Loan Number 2 on Annex A-1 of the prospectus supplement of the registrant relating to the issuing entity filed on December 23, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)) constitutes a significant obligor within the meaning of Item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB as disclosed in the prospectus supplement. In accordance with Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, the most recent unaudited net operating income of the significant obligor was $85,570,370.67 for the twelve- month period ended December 31, 2022.
Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, Significant Enhancement Provider Financial Information.
No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support for the certificates within this transaction 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 or other support for the certificates within this transaction as described under Item 1115 of Regulation AB.
Item 1117 of Regulation AB, Legal Proceedings.
The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceeding involving the trust or any party related to the trust, other than routine litigation incidental to the duties of those respective parties, and the following, with respect to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and custodian.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”) and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“DBNTC”) have been sued by investors in civil litigation concerning their role as trustees of certain residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts.
On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including funds managed by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed an action against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court alleging that DBNTC and DBTCA failed to perform purported duties, as trustees for 544 private-label RMBS trusts, to enforce breaches of representations and warranties as to mortgage loans held by the trusts and to enforce breaches by servicers of their mortgage loan servicing obligations for the trusts. During the course of the litigation, plaintiffs dismissed the case from New York State Supreme Court and refiled two separate cases, one in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “BlackRock SDNY Case”) and the other in the Superior Court of California, Orange County (the “BlackRock California Case”). Pursuant to a settlement among the parties, the BlackRock SDNY Case was dismissed on December 6, 2018, and the BlackRock California Case was dismissed on January 11, 2019.
On September 27, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by certain special purpose entities including Phoenix Light SF Limited in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which the plaintiffs previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 43 of the trusts at issue. On September 27, 2017, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC. DBTCA serves as trustee for one of the 43 trusts at issue. DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 42 trusts at issue. Plaintiffs’ third amended complaint brings claims for violation of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“TIA”); breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence and gross negligence; violation of New York’s Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith. However, in the third amended complaint, plaintiffs acknowledge that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed plaintiffs’ TIA Act claims, negligence and gross negligence claims, Streit Act claims, claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and certain theories of plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, and plaintiffs only include these claims to preserve any rights on appeal. Plaintiffs allege damages of “hundreds of millions of dollars.” On November 13, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the third amended complaint. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, plaintiffs, jointly with Commerzbank AG (see description of Commerzbank case below), filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On October 27, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a supplemental motion for summary judgment relating to plaintiffs’ standing. On February 8, 2022, the court issued an order in which it granted DBNTC and DBTCA’s supplemental motion for summary judgment, granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s initial motion for summary judgment, and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment. As a result of that order, all of plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed with prejudice. On March 10, 2022, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit with respect to the court’s orders on the motions to dismiss and for summary judgment.
On November 30, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by Commerzbank AG (“Commerzbank”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which Commerzbank previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 50 of the trusts at issue. On November 30, 2017, Commerzbank filed a second amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC. DBTCA serves as trustee for 1 of the 50 trusts at issue. DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 49 trusts at issue. Commerzbank’s second amended complaint brings claims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence; violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith. However, in the second amended complaint, Commerzbank acknowledges that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed Commerzbank’s TIA claims for the trusts governed by pooling and servicing agreements, as well as its Streit Act claims and claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and Commerzbank only includes these claims to preserve any rights on appeal. The second amended complaint alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA caused Commerzbank to suffer “hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,” but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain. On January 29, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the second amended complaint. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, Commerzbank, jointly with the Phoenix Light plaintiffs, filed a motion for partial summary judgment. On February 8, 2022, the court issued an order in which it granted in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment. As a result of that order, many of plaintiffs’ claims and theories were dismissed with prejudice. Discovery is ongoing.
On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. in Liquidation and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. (collectively, “IKB”), as an investor in 37 RMBS trusts, filed a summons with notice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against DBNTC and DBTCA as trustees of the trusts. On May 27, 2016, IKB served its complaint asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, violation of the Streit Act, violation of the TIA, violation of Regulation AB, and violation of Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. IKB alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA are liable for over U.S. $268 million in damages. On October 5, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA, together with several other trustees defending lawsuits by IKB, filed a joint motion to dismiss. On January 6, 2017 and June 20, 2017, IKB voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all claims as to seven trusts. On January 27, 2021, the court granted in part and denied in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss. The court granted the motion to dismiss with respect to IKB’s claims for violations of the Streit Act, Regulation AB, and Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, as well as certain aspects of IKB’s claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of the TIA. The court denied the remainder of the motion to dismiss. IKB’s remaining claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, and violation of the TIA will proceed. On May 10, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a notice of appeal with the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, regarding certain aspects of the court’s order on the motion to dismiss. On May 20, 2021, IKB filed a notice of cross appeal with respect to other aspects of that order. On August 30, 2022, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department affirmed in part and reversed in part the court’s order on the motion to dismiss. On November 10, 2022, the First Department granted DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, and denied IKB’s separate motion for reargument and leave to appeal. On June 2, 2021, IKB filed a motion for re-argument regarding certain aspects of the court’s order on the motion to dismiss, which the court denied on August 3, 2021. On May 13, 2021, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the complaint. On October 28, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to seven additional trusts. On December 29, 2021, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to one additional trust. On April 22, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to 17 certificates at issue (including all claims as to 5 trusts), leaving 17 trusts at issue. Discovery is ongoing.
It is DBTCA’s belief that it has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCA’s present evaluation, the litigation disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties under the related servicing agreement.
In December 2014, Phoenix Light SF Limited (Phoenix Light) and certain related entities filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging claims against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for a number of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) trusts. Complaints raising similar allegations have been filed by Commerzbank AG in the Southern District of New York and by IKB International and IKB Deutsche Industriebank in New York state court. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, caused losses to investors, and plaintiffs assert causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, notify investors of alleged events of default, and abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. In July 2022, the district court dismissed Phoenix Light’s claims and certain of the claims asserted by Commerzbank AG, and subsequently entered judgment in each case in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In August 2022, Phoenix Light and Commerzbank AG appealed the district court’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Company previously settled two class actions filed by institutional investors and an action filed by the National Credit Union Administration with similar allegations. In addition, Park Royal I LLC and Park Royal II LLC have filed substantially similar lawsuits in New York state court alleging Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, failed to take appropriate actions upon learning of defective mortgage loan documentation.
Item 1119 of Regulation AB, Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The information regarding this Item has been previously provided in a prospectus supplement of the Registrant relating to the issuing entity filed on December 23, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5).
Item 1122 of Regulation AB, Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.
The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the mortgage loans are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Schedule III to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).
The reports on assessments of compliance with the servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and related attestation reports on such assessments of compliance with respect to the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan, which is being serviced and administered pursuant to the trust and servicing agreement for the RBS 2013-GSP Transaction, are attached hereto under Item 15 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Attached as Exhibit K to the trust and servicing agreement for the RBS 2013-GSP Transaction incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K is a chart identifying the entities participating in a servicing function for the RBS 2013-GSP Transaction responsible for each applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d).
Item 1123 of Regulation AB, Servicer Compliance Statement.
The servicer compliance statements are attached as Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(1) Not applicable
(2) Not applicable
(3) See below
4.1 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2013, by and among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as General Special Servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (as successor to f/k/a NCB, FSB), as NCB Master Servicer, National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (as successor to f/k/a NCB, FSB), as Co-op Special Servicer, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, as Tax Administrator and as Custodian, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein).
4.2 Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2013, by and among RBS Commercial Funding Inc., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Servicer and Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 99.10 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein).
31 Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications.
33 Reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
33.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer
33.2 National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB), as NCB Master Servicer
33.3 LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer
33.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Co-op Special Servicer (see Exhibit 33.3)
33.5 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
33.6 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
33.7 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
33.8 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor
33.9 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
33.10 PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.), as Primary Servicer
33.11 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.) (see Exhibit 33.9)
33.12 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
33.13 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian
33.14 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)
33.15 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.3)
33.16 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
33.17 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.7)
33.18 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.8)
33.19 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.9)
33.20 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 33.13)
33.21 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)
33.22 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.1)
33.23 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
33.24 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.7)
33.25 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 33.9)
33.26 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 33.13)
34 Attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities.
34.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer
34.2 National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB), as NCB Master Servicer
34.3 LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer
34.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Co-op Special Servicer (see Exhibit 34.3)
34.5 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
34.6 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
34.7 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian
34.8 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor
34.9 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant
34.10 PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.), as Primary Servicer
34.11 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant for PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.) (see Exhibit 34.9)
34.12 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
34.13 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian
34.14 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)
34.15 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.3)
34.16 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
34.17 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.7)
34.18 Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Trust Advisor of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.8)
34.19 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.9)
34.20 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 34.13)
34.21 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)
34.22 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.1)
34.23 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (Omitted. See Explanatory Notes.)
34.24 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.7)
34.25 CoreLogic Solutions, LLC, as Servicing Function Participant of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 34.9)
34.26 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Custodian (see Exhibit 34.13)
35 Servicer compliance statements.
35.1 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as General Master Servicer
35.2 National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (f/k/a NCB, FSB), as NCB Master Servicer
35.3 LNR Partners, LLC, as General Special Servicer
35.4 LNR Partners, LLC, as Co-op Special Servicer (see Exhibit 35.3)
35.5 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator
35.6 PGIM Real Estate Loan Services, Inc. (formerly known as Prudential Asset Resources, Inc.), as Primary Servicer
35.7 Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Servicing Function Participant for the Certificate Administrator
35.8 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)
35.9 LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer of the AmericasMart Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.3)
35.10 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)
35.11 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer of the Garden State Plaza Mortgage Loan (see Exhibit 35.1)
99.1 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.2 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.3 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and RBS Financial Products Inc. (filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.4 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Liberty Island Group I LLC and Liberty Island Group LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.5 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Basis Real Estate Capital II, LLC and Basis Investment Group LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.5 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.6 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and NCB, FSB (filed as Exhibit 99.6 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.7 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and UBS Real Estate Securities Inc. (filed as Exhibit 99.7 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
99.8 Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2013, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and C-III Commercial Mortgage, LLC (filed as Exhibit 99.8 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2014 under Commission File No. 333-172366-11 and incorporated by reference herein)
(b) The exhibits required to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed above.
(c) Not Applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Depositor)
Anthony Sfarra, President
(senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)
Date: March 17, 2023
