8-K 1 n4728-x15_8k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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)   March 31, 2025

 

BMO 2025-5C9 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity)

(Central Index Key number of issuing entity: 0002048804)

 

BMO Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC

(Exact name of the depositor as specified in its charter)

(Central Index Key number of depositor: 0001861132)

 

Bank of Montreal

(Central Index Key number: 0000927971)

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

(Central Index Key number: 0001701238)

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

(Central Index Key number: 0001541502)

 

3650 Capital SCF LOE I(A), LLC

(Central Index Key number: 0002058685)

 

UBS AG

(Central Index Key number: 0001685185)

 

 

German American Capital Corporation

(Central Index Key number: 0001541294)

 

Societe Generale Financial Corporation

(Central Index Key number: 0001755531)

 

LoanCore Capital Markets LLC

(Central Index Key number: 0001555524)

 

 

(Exact name of sponsors as specified in their charters)

 

   

 

 

Delaware 333-280224-04 86-2713125
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number (IRS Employer Identification
of incorporation of depositor) of issuing entity) No. of depositor)

 

151 West 42nd Street    
New York, New York 10036
(Address of principal executive offices of depositor)   (Zip Code of depositor)

 

 

 

Depositor’s telephone number, including area code      (212) 885-4000

 

 

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

   

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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        

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

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.

 

   

 

Item 8.01.Other Events.

On March 31, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), BMO Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC (the “Depositor”) caused the issuance, pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2025 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, 3650 REIT Loan Servicing LLC, as Special Servicer, BellOak, LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, Computershare Trust Company, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, of the BMO 2025-5C9 Mortgage Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2025-5C9 (the “Certificates”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Pooling and Servicing Agreement was attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Depositor’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 31, 2025 under Commission File No. 333-280224-04.

The Certificates consist of the following classes, designated as (i) the Class A-1, Class A-3, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Certificates (collectively, the “Public Certificates”), and (ii) the Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class J-RR and Class R Certificates (collectively, the “Private Certificates”).

All of the Public Certificates, having an aggregate initial principal amount of $602,478,000, were sold to BMO Capital Markets Corp. (“BMO Capital Markets”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“DBSI”), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”), SG Americas Securities, LLC (“SGAS”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBS Securities”), Academy Securities, Inc. (“Academy”), Bancroft Capital, LLC (“Bancroft”), Drexel Hamilton, LLC (“Drexel”) and Mischler Financial Group, Inc. (“Mischler” and, together with BMO Capital Markets, CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co., SGAS, UBS Securities, Academy, Bancroft and Drexel, in such capacity, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Depositor and the Underwriters. BMO Capital Markets, CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co., SGAS and UBS Securities are acting as co-lead managers in connection with the offering of the Public Certificates. The Public Certificates were offered by the Underwriters for sale to the public, pursuant to the Depositor’s Preliminary Prospectus, dated March 13, 2025, and by the Prospectus, dated March 18, 2025 (the “Prospectus”), in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices determined at the time of sale. In connection with the issuance, and sale to the Underwriters, of the Public Certificates, a legal opinion was rendered related to the validity of, and certain federal income tax considerations relating to, the Public Certificates, which legal opinion is attached hereto as Exhibit 5. The Prospectus was filed with the Commission on March 18, 2025 under Commission File Number 333-280224-04.

All of the Private Certificates, having an aggregate initial principal amount of $75,251,468 were sold to BMO Capital Markets, CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co., SGAS, UBS Securities, Academy, Bancroft, Drexel and Mischler (together with BMO Capital Markets, CGMI, DBSI, GS&Co., SGAS, UBS Securities, Academy, Bancroft and Drexel, in such capacity, the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2025 between the Depositor and the Initial Purchasers. The Private Certificates were sold in private placement transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Act.

The net proceeds of the sale of the Certificates were applied to the purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor from Bank of Montreal, 3650 Capital SCF LOE I(A), LLC (“3650 Capital”), Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., German American Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, LoanCore Capital Markets LLC, Societe Generale Financial Corporation and UBS AG. The net proceeds to the Depositor of the offering of the Certificates, after deducting expenses payable by the Depositor in

   

 

connection with the issuance and distribution of the Certificates of approximately $4,530,880.56, were approximately $681,352,183.82. Of the expenses paid by the Depositor, approximately $337,332.15 were paid directly to affiliates of the Depositor, approximately $80,000.00 in the form of fees were paid to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, approximately $133,071.27 were paid to or for the counsel to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers, and approximately $3,980,477.14 were other expenses. All of the foregoing expense amounts are the Depositor’s reasonable estimates of such expenses. No underwriting discounts and commissions or finder’s fees were paid by the Depositor.

Further information regarding sales of the Public Certificates is set forth in the Underwriting Agreement (including, as to the price per class of Public Certificates, on Schedule II thereto) attached as Exhibit 1 to the Depositor’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 20, 2025 under Commission File No. 333-280224-04, and in the Prospectus. The related registration statement (file no. 333-280224) was originally declared effective on October 10, 2024.

3650 Capital, in its capacity as “retaining sponsor” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR (12 C.F.R. Part 244) promulgated under Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation RR”)) (the “Retaining Sponsor”), is satisfying its credit risk retention obligation under Regulation RR in connection with the securitization of the Mortgage Loans referred to above by the purchase on the Closing Date and holding by 3650 Capital (or a “majority-owned affiliate” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR) thereof) of an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as such term is defined in Regulation RR), consisting of all of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class J-RR Certificates (collectively, the “HRR Certificates”) with an aggregate initial Certificate Balance of $63,305,468.

The aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of the HRR Certificates is equal to approximately $34,745,712, representing approximately 5.0658% of the aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) issued by the issuing entity. The aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) is approximately $685,883,064. The fair values referenced in the preceding two sentences are based on actual prices and final tranche sizes as of the Closing Date for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates).

The aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of the HRR Certificates that the Retaining Sponsor is required to retain in order to meet the credit risk retention requirements of Regulation RR with respect to this securitization transaction, is approximately $34,294,153, representing approximately 5% of the aggregate fair value, as of the Closing Date, of all of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) issued by the issuing entity.

 

   

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
(d)         Exhibits
   
Exhibit No. Description
   
Exhibit 5 Legality Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated March 31, 2025
   
Exhibit 8 Tax Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated March 31, 2025 (included as part of Exhibit 5)
   
Exhibit 23 Consent Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, dated March 31, 2025 (included as part of Exhibit 5)

 

 

   

 

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.

 

Date:  March 31, 2025 BMO COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
SECURITIES LLC
     
     
     
  By:  /s/ Paul Vanderslice
    Name: Paul Vanderslice
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMO 2025-5C9 – Form 8-K