Press Release

DBRS Confirms King Street Funding Trust at R-1 (high)

ABCP
June 03, 2010

DBRS has today confirmed the Asset-Backed CP Promissory Notes (the Notes) of King Street Funding Trust (the Trust) at R-1 (high). The rating confirmation is based on the addition of a new transaction (Transaction 31) to the Trust on May 28, 2010.

As part of DBRS’s ongoing efforts to increase the transparency of reporting surrounding asset-backed commercial paper conduit activity, DBRS has today released a transaction summary report providing details of Transaction 31, which consists of a secured interest in a co-ownership interest in a portfolio of dealer receivables originated by an auto finance company operating in Canada and supported by an underlying pool of new- and used used-vehicle receivables.

Notes:
The applicable methodology is Canadian Wholesale Floorplan Methodology, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

This is a Structured Finance rating.

Ratings

King Street Funding Trust
  • Date Issued:Jun 3, 2010
  • Rating Action:Confirmed
  • Ratings:R-1 (high) (sf)
  • Trend:--
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:CA
  • US = Lead Analyst based in USA
  • CA = Lead Analyst based in Canada
  • EU = Lead Analyst based in EU
  • UK = Lead Analyst based in UK
  • E = EU endorsed
  • U = UK endorsed
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  • Unsolicited Participating Without Access
  • Unsolicited Non-participating

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