DBRS Discontinues Costco Ratings

DBRS has today discontinued the ratings of Costco Wholesale Corporation and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (collectively, Costco). DBRS notes that the discontinuation is unrelated to Costco’s credit profile.

Notes:

The applicable methodology is Rating Consumer Products, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

This is a Corporate (Consumers) rating.

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Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

Date Issued	Debt Rated	Rating	Trend	Action	Attributesi
09-Apr-10	Commercial Paper	Discontinued	--	Discontinued	CA
09-Apr-10	Issuer Rating	Discontinued	--	Discontinued	CA

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Costco Wholesale Corporation

Date Issued	Debt Rated	Rating	Trend	Action	Attributesi
09-Apr-10	Commercial Paper	Discontinued	--	Discontinued	CA
09-Apr-10	Issuer Rating	Discontinued	--	Discontinued	CA

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Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

Commercial Paper

Date Issued:Apr 9, 2010
Rating Action:Discontinued
Ratings:Discontinued
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Issued:CA

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Date Issued:Apr 9, 2010
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Costco Wholesale Corporation

Commercial Paper

Date Issued:Apr 9, 2010
Rating Action:Discontinued
Ratings:Discontinued
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Issued:CA

Issuer Rating

Date Issued:Apr 9, 2010
Rating Action:Discontinued
Ratings:Discontinued
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Issued:CA

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