OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has upgraded and affirmed various classes of GE Equipment Small Ticket L.L.C. Series 2013-1 (GE EST 2013-1) as follows:

--Class A-3 affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;
--Class A-4 affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;
--Class B affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;
--Class C to upgraded to 'AAAsf' from 'AAsf'; Outlook Revised to Stable from Positive.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

The upgrade of class C notes reflects the growing credit enhancement (CE) available to the notes and now provides increased loss coverage to these classes. The affirmation of class A and B notes reflects the continued strong CE available to both classes. As of the June 2015 payment date, the transaction has experienced 1.16% in cumulative net losses (CNL) which is within Fitch's initial proxy of 3.60%.

The Stable Outlook reflects Fitch's expectations as losses are tracking inside of initial expectations and credit support is expected to continue to increase. Fitch will continue to closely monitor the transaction and may take additional rating actions in the event of changes in performance and credit enhancement measures.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

Unanticipated increases in the frequency of defaults and loss severity could produce loss levels higher than the current projected base case loss proxy which would impact available loss coverage. Lower loss coverage could impact ratings and Rating Outlooks, depending on the extent of the decline in coverage. In Fitch's initial review of the transactions, the notes were found to have limited sensitivity to 1.5x and 2.5x higher of Fitch's base case loss expectations. Initial Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the Presale Report dated July 22, 2013.

To date, the transaction has exhibited strong performance with losses inside of Fitch's initial expectations with rising loss coverage and multiple levels. As such, continued strong performance for this transaction would result in continued stable rating actions. Conversely, a material deterioration in performance would have to occur within this asset pool to have potential negative impact on the outstanding ratings.

DUE DILIGENCE USAGE
No third party due diligence was provided or reviewed in relation to this rating action.

Fitch's analysis of the Representations and Warranties (R&W) of this transaction can be found in 'GE Equipment Small Ticket, L.L.C Series 2013-1 - Appendix'. These R&W are compared to those of typical R&W for the asset class as detailed in the special report 'Representations, Warranties, and Enforcement Mechanisms in Global Structured Finance Transactions' dated June 12, 2015.