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Series Term Sheet Dated June 5, 2000
Sears Credit Account Master Trust II
$500,000,000 ___% Class A Master Trust Certificates, Series 2000-1
$35,300,000 ___% Class B Master Trust Certificates, Series 2000-1
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Servicer
SRFG, Inc.
Seller
The certificates represent interests in the Sears Credit Account Master Trust II. The certificates are not obligations of Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sears National Bank, SRFG, Inc. or any of their affiliates. Neither the certificates nor the underlying credit accounts or receivables are insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency.
This series term sheet contains structural and collateral information about the certificates; however, this series term sheet does not contain complete information about the certificates. The information in this series term sheet is preliminary and will be superseded by the information contained in the prospectus supplement and the prospectus. The prospectus supplement and the prospectus will contain additional information not set forth in this series term sheet. You should read both the prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
This series term sheet is not an offer to sell any security, nor is it a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Sears and SRFG may not offer or sell the certificates in any state where the offer or sale is prohibited. Sears and SRFG may not sell you any of the certificates unless you have received both the prospectus supplement and the prospectus.
Underwriters of the Class A Certificates
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Chase Securities Inc.
Lehman Brothers
J.P. Morgan & Co.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
This series term sheet will be superseded in its entirety
by the information appearing in the prospectus supplement, the prospectus
and the Series 2000-1 Supplement to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
The Trust | Sears Credit Account Master Trust II. |
The Certificates | $500,000,000 ___% Class A Master
Trust Certificates, Series 2000-1.
$35,300,000 ___% Class B Master Trust Certificates, Series 2000-1. SRFG reserves the right to retain the Class B certificates. |
Seller Retained Certificates | $52,950,000 Class C Master Trust Certificates, Series 2000-1. SRFG will retain the Class C certificates. You may not purchase them in this offering. |
Interest on the Certificates | Class A certificates: ____% per
year.
Class B certificates: ____% per year. The trustee will calculate interest on the certificates on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. |
Interest Payment Dates | The 15th day of each month, or, if not a business day, the next business day, beginning in July 2000. |
Principal Payments | The trust is scheduled to pay
Class A principal in 12 equal monthly payments of $41,666,666.67 on the
15th day of each month, or, if not a business day, the next business day,
beginning in December 2002 and ending in November 2003.
The trust is scheduled to pay Class B principal in one payment of $35,300,000.00 on December 15, 2003, or, if not a business day, the next business day. |
Class A Expected Final Payment Date | November 15, 2003, or, if not a business day, the next business day. |
Class B Expected Final Payment Date | December 15, 2003, or, if not a business day, the next business day. |
Receivables | The aggregate amount of receivables in the trust's accounts as of the last day of the monthly billing cycles that ended in April 2000 was $9,268,676,862, consisting of $9,115,934,668 of principal receivables and $152,742,194 of finance charge receivables. |
Subordination - Class A Credit Enhancement | The Class B certificates and the Class C certificates will be subordinate to the Class A certificates to the extent described in the prospectus supplement. Subordination of the Class B certificates and Class C certificates provides credit enhancement for the Class A certificates. |
Subordination - Class B Credit Enhancement | The Class C certificates will be subordinate to the Class B certificates to the extent described in the prospectus supplement. Subordination of the Class C certificates provides credit enhancement for the Class B certificates. |
Series Termination Date | The business day after November 15, 2007, or, if November 15, 2007 is not a business day, the second business day after November 15, 2007. The series termination date is the last day on which the trust will make payments on the certificates. |
ERISA Considerations | Under the regulations issued by the Department of Labor, the trust's assets will not be considered plan assets of any employee benefit plan that holds interests in the Class A certificates if the Class A certificates meet the requirements necessary to be considered publicly offered securities. One of those requirements is that, upon completion of the public offering of the certificates, at least 100 persons independent of SRFG and each other hold interests in the Class A certificates. The Class A underwriters expect, although they cannot assure you, that at least 100 independent persons will hold interests in the Class A certificates. SRFG also expects that the other requirements will be met so that the Class A certificates will be considered publicly offered securities. If, however, the Class A certificates do not meet the requirements of a publicly offered security and the trust's assets are considered to be plan assets of an employee benefit plan, then the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA may apply to certain transactions involving the trust's assets. We do not expect that 100 or more independent persons will hold interests in the Class B certificates. Accordingly, employee benefit plans should consult their counsel before purchasing certificates. |
Class A Certificate Rating | The trust will issue the Class A certificates only if at least two nationally recognized rating agencies rate the Class A certificates in the highest rating category. The rating agencies base their ratings primarily on the value of the receivables in the trust and the subordination of the Class B certificates and the Class C certificates. |
Class B Certificate Rating | Unless SRFG retains the Class B certificates, the trust will issue the Class B certificates only if at least two nationally recognized rating agencies rate the Class B certificates in one of the three highest rating categories. The rating agencies base their ratings primarily on the value of the receivables in the trust and the subordination of the Class C certificates. |
COMPOSITION AND HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SEARS PORTFOLIO
The tables below describe the composition and historical performance of the accounts in the Sears portfolio, excluding accounts from Puerto Rico, which are not included in the trust. These tables do not necessarily reflect the composition and historical performance of the accounts in the trust. Sears uses different methodologies to calculate the performance characteristics of the accounts in the Sears portfolio than those the trust uses to calculate the performance characteristics of the accounts in the trust.
In 1998, Sears entered into an agreement with Total Systems Services, Inc. ("TSYS") to provide processing services relating to the Sears portfolio, including the receivables in the trust. Sears converted from its proprietary processing system to a TSYS processing service in three stages: 12% in October 1998, 38% in March 1999, and the remaining 50% in April 1999. The new processing system has enabled Sears to change its aging methodology, which generally has resulted in accounts being considered delinquent earlier and charged off sooner.
Composition of the Sears Portfolio
Composition of Accounts by Credit Limit
The following table summarizes the credit limits for accounts in the Sears portfolio. Sears based this information on accounts with balances at any time in the twenty-four months ended with the billing cycles ended in December 1999.
Credit Limit |
December 1999 |
$ 0 - $ 99 |
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100 - 499 |
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500 - 999 |
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1,000 - 1,499 |
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1,500 - 1,999 |
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2,000 - 2,999 |
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3,000 - 3,999 |
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4,000 and over |
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Largest States
The Sears portfolio is not concentrated geographically.
As of December 31, 1999, the following five states had the largest receivables
balances and number of accounts:
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No other state accounted for more than 5% of the number of accounts in the Sears portfolio or 5% of the balances as of December 31, 1999.
Seasoning
More than 58% of the accounts in the Sears portfolio were at least five years old as of the billing cycles ended in December 1999. The ages of accounts in the Sears portfolio were distributed as follows:
Age of Accounts |
December 1999 |
Up to 1 year |
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1 year up to 2 years |
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2 years up to 3 years |
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3 years up to 4 years |
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4 years up to 5 years |
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5 years up to 10 years |
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10 years and older |
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Sears based this information on accounts with balances at any time in the twenty-four months ended with the billing cycles ended in December 1999.
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Aggregate monthly yield |
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Aggregate monthly yield is the unweighted average of monthly yields annualized for each period shown. Sears calculates these monthly yields by dividing:
The accounts in the Sears portfolio had the following
annualized charge-off and recoveries percentages:
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Gross charge-offs as a % of balances |
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Recoveries as a % of balances |
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Net charge-offs as a % of balances |
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All rates shown are unweighted averages of monthly rates annualized for each period shown. Sears calculates these monthly rates by dividing:
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Delinquencies as a % of balances | ||||
60-89 days past due |
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90-119 days past due |
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120 days or more past due |
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Total delinquencies |
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The TSYS delinquency data reported in the rows above reflect accounts for which the customer has failed to make a required payment in the last three, four, and five or more billing cycles, respectively. Sears calculates these delinquencies reported for accounts processed under TSYS by dividing delinquencies at the end of each month by balances at the end of each month.
The proprietary system delinquency data reported in the rows above reflect the percentage of account balances for which the cumulative past due amount was three, four, and five or more times, respectively, the scheduled minimum monthly payment. Delinquencies reported under the proprietary system were calculated by dividing delinquencies as of the end of each billing cycle by balances at the beginning of that month.
Summary Payment Rate Information
The accounts in the Sears portfolio had the following
monthly payment rates:
Payment Rates |
April 30, 2000 |
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Lowest Monthly Rate |
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Sears calculates these payment rates by dividing:
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