UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2020
Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001827054
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2020-C58
(Exact name of Issuing Entity)
Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0000850779
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0000740906
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001549574
Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc.
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001592182
LMF Commercial, LLC (f/k/a Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC)
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001722518
BSPRT CMBS Finance, LLC
Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001624053
Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
(Exact Names of the Sponsors as Specified in their Charters)
North Carolina | 333-226486-17 | 56-1643598 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina | 28202 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (ZIP Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (704) 374-6161
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 16, 2020, Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. (the “Registrant”) caused the issuance of the Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2020-C58, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-C58 (the “Certificates”), pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and dated and effective as of December 1, 2020 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Registrant, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Certificates consist of the following classes (each, a “Class”), designated as (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-3, Class A-3-1, Class A-3-2, Class A-3-X1, Class A-3-X2, Class A-4, Class A-4-1, Class A-4-2, Class A-4-X1, Class A-4-X2, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class A-S-1, Class A-S-2, Class A-S-X1, Class A-S-X2, Class B, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-X1, Class B-X2, Class C, Class C-1, Class C-2, Class C-X1 and Class C-X2 Certificates (collectively, the “Publicly Offered Certificates”), and (ii) the Class D-RR, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class J-RR, Class V and Class R Certificates (collectively, the “Privately Offered Certificates”).
The Certificates represent, in the aggregate, the entire beneficial ownership in the Issuing Entity, a common law trust to be formed on or about December 16, 2020 under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Issuing Entity’s primary assets will be a pool of forty-eight (48) commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”).
Certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant and WFB; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. (“Barclays”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant, Barclays and Barclays Capital Holdings Inc.; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from LMF Commercial, LLC (“LMF”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant and LMF; certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from BSPRT CMBS Finance, LLC (“BSPRT”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant and BSPRT; and certain of the Mortgage Loans were acquired by the Registrant from Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC (“AREF”) pursuant to a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant and AREF.
The assets of the Issuing Entity include several Mortgage Loans each of which is a part of a Whole Loan. Each Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender, intercreditor or similar agreement (each, an “Intercreditor Agreement”) between the holders of the promissory notes comprising such Whole Loan, the terms of which are described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” in the Prospectus described below. Each Intercreditor Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. Moreover, certain of such Whole Loans will not be serviced pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement but will instead be serviced pursuant to a different servicing agreement (each, a “Non-Serviced PSA”). Each such Non-Serviced PSA is attached as an exhibit hereto as described in the following table. For a description of the servicing of the affected Whole Loans under such Non-Serviced PSAs, see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus described below.
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Name of Mortgage Loan/Whole Loan | Intercreditor Agreement | Non-Serviced PSA (if any) |
McClellan Park | Exhibit 99.11 | Exhibit 99.6 |
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay | Exhibit 99.12 | Exhibit 99.7 |
The Arboretum | Exhibit 99.13 | Exhibit 99.8 |
HPE Campus | Exhibit 99.14 | Exhibit 99.9 |
120 Wall Street | Exhibit 99.15 | Exhibit 99.8 |
One Stockton | Exhibit 99.16 | Exhibit 99.10 |
Courtyard Marriott Solana Beach | Exhibit 99.17 | N/A |
The funds used by the Registrant to pay the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans were derived from the proceeds of (i) the sale of the Publicly Offered Certificates by the Registrant to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC (collectively, the “Dealers”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and dated as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant, the Dealers, as underwriters, and Wells Fargo, and (ii) the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates by the Registrant to the Dealers, pursuant to a Certificate Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2020, between the Registrant, the Dealers, as initial purchasers, and Wells Fargo. Only the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered to the public. The Privately Offered Certificates were sold and transferred, as applicable, in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Retaining Sponsor”) is satisfying its credit risk retention obligations by the purchase on the Closing Date and holding RREF IV-D AIV RR H, LLC, acting as a “third-party purchaser” under the Credit Risk Retention Rules, of the Class D-RR, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (the “RR Certificates”).
The RR Certificates constitute an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules). The aggregate fair value of the RR Certificates is equal to approximately $36,486,151 (excluding accrued interest), representing approximately 5.02% of the aggregate fair value of all of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates). The fair value of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) was determined based on the actual sale prices and finalized tranche sizes of such Certificates. The fair value of the RR Certificates was determined by multiplying (i) the weighted average of the actual sales prices of the RR Certificates, by (ii) $98,917,595, which is the initial balance of the RR Certificates.
The fair value of the “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules) that the Retaining Sponsor is required to retain under the credit risk retention requirements of the Credit Risk Retention Rules is equal to approximately $36,362,754 (excluding accrued interest), representing 5.00% of the aggregate fair value of all of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates).
If the Retaining Sponsor had relied on retaining an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in order to meet the credit risk retention requirements of the Credit Risk Retention Rules with respect to this securitization transaction, it would have retained an eligible horizontal residual interest with an aggregate fair value dollar amount of approximately $36,362,754, representing 5.00% of the aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates).
As of the Closing Date, there are no material differences between (a) the valuation methodology or any of the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair value or range of fair values disclosed in the Depositor’s Preliminary Prospectus, dated November 28, 2020, under the heading “Credit Risk Retention” prior to the pricing of the Certificates and (b) the methodology or the key inputs and assumptions that were used in calculating the fair value at the time of the Closing Date.
The Publicly Offered Certificates and the Mortgage Loans are more particularly described in the Prospectus, dated December 4, 2020 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2020. In connection with such Prospectus, the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant has provided the certification attached hereto as Exhibit 36.1 and dated as of the date of the Prospectus.
The Registrant sold all of the Publicly Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $597,385,000, on December 16, 2020. The net proceeds of the offering to the Registrant of the issuance of the
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Publicly Offered Certificates, after deducting expenses payable by the Registrant of $5,792,961, were approximately $684,975,962. Of the expenses paid by the Registrant, approximately $102,000 were paid directly to affiliates of the Registrant, $1,533,810 in the form of fees were paid to the Underwriters, $451,866 were paid to or for the Underwriters and $3,705,286 were other expenses. All of the foregoing expense amounts are the Registrant’s reasonable estimates of such expenses. No underwriting discounts and commissions or finder’s fees were paid by the Registrant; the Publicly Offered Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The Registrant also sold to the Initial Purchasers on such date the Privately Offered Certificates, having an aggregate certificate balance of $98,917,595, in private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act. Further information regarding such sales (including, as to the price per class of Publicly Offered Certificates) is available in the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and in the Prospectus referred to above. The related registration statement (file no. 333-226486) was originally declared effective on September 10, 2018.
In connection with the issuance and sale to the Underwriters of the Publicly Offered Certificates, a legal opinion was rendered related to the validity of, and certain federal income tax considerations relating to, the Publicly Offered Certificates, which legal opinion is attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1, 8.1 and 23.1.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
5.1 | Legality Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated December 16, 2020. |
8.1 | Tax Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated December 16, 2020 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
23.1 | Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
36.1 | Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated December 4, 2020. |
99.1 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. |
99.3 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and LMF Commercial, LLC. |
99.4 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and BSPRT CMBS Finance, LLC. |
99.5 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Anthony J. Sfarra | |
Name: | Anthony J. Sfarra | |
Title: | President | |
Dated: December 16, 2020
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC. |
4.1 | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of December 1, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. |
5.1 | Legality Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated December 16, 2020. |
8.1 | Tax Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, dated December 16, 2020 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
23.1 | Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
36.1 | Depositor’s Certification for Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities in respect of that certain Prospectus dated December 4, 2020. |
99.1 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. |
99.2 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. and Barclays Capital Holdings Inc. |
99.3 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and LMF Commercial, LLC. |
99.4 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and BSPRT CMBS Finance, LLC. |
99.5 | Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated and effective as of December 3, 2020, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. and Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC. |
99.6 | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of November 1, 2020, among GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the Benchmark 2020-B21 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B21. |
99.7 | Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of May 5, 2020, among Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, KeyBank National Association, as master servicer, Situs Holdings, LLC, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, as from time to time amended, |
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supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the BX 2020-VIVA, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-VIVA.
99.8 | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of November 1, 2020, among Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the BANK 2020-BNK29, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-BNK29. |
99.9 | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of July 1, 2020, among Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2020-HR8, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-HR8. |
99.10 | Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective as of February 1, 2020, among Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2020-C55, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-C55. |
99.11 | Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2020, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, Initial Note A-2 Holder, Initial Note A-3 Holder, Initial Note A-4 Holder and Initial Note A-5 Holder, and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Initial Note A-6 Holder, Initial Note A-7 Holder and Initial Note A-8 Holder, relating to the McClellan Park Whole Loan. |
99.12 | Amended and Restated Agreement Between Noteholders, dated as of July 23, 2020, by and among Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., as Initial Noteholder of Note A-5, Note A-9, Note B-5-A, Note B-9-A and Note B-5-B, Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as Initial Noteholder of Note A-6, Note B-6-A and Note B-6-B, German American Capital Corporation, as Initial Noteholder of Note A-7, Note B-7-A and Note B-7-B, Societe Generale Financial Corporation, as Initial Noteholder of Note A-8, Note A-12, Note B-8-A, Note B-12-A and Note B-8-B, Barclays Bank PLC, as Initial Noteholder of Note A-10 and Note B-10-A, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Initial Noteholder of Note A-11 and Note B-11-A, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee on behalf of the registered holders of the BX Commercial Mortgage Trust 2020-VIVA, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-VIVA, as Initial Noteholder of Note A-1, Note A-2, Note A-3, Note A-4, Note B-1-A, Note B-2-A, Note B-3-A, Note B-4-A, Note B-1-B, Note B-2-B, Note B-3-B, Note B-4-B, Note C-1, Note C-2, Note C-3 and Note C-4, and Citibank, N.A., as initial agent, relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan. |
99.13 | Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2020, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-2 Holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-3 Holder, relating to The Arboretum Whole Loan. |
99.14 | Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2020, by and between SPREF WH II LLC, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, SPREF WH II LLC, as Initial Note A-2 Holder, SPREF WH II LLC, as |
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Initial Note A-3 Holder, and SPREF WH II LLC, as Initial Note A-4 Holder, relating to the HPE Campus Whole Loan.
99.15 | Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-2 Holder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-3 Holder, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-4 Holder, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-5 Holder, Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., as Initial Note A-6 Holder, and Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., as Initial Note A-7 Holder, relating to the 120 Wall Street Whole Loan. |
99.16 | Co-Lender Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2020, by and between Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as Initial Note A-1 Holder, Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as Initial Note A-2 Holder, and Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., as Initial Note A-3 Holder, relating to the One Stockton Whole Loan. |
99.17 | Agreement Between Note Holders, dated as of November 30, 2020, by and between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-1 Holder, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Initial Note A-2 Holder, relating to the Courtyard Marriott Solana Beach Whole Loan. |
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