DBRS Requests Comments on Proposed Legal Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions

DBRS Ratings Limited (DBRS) is requesting comments on the proposed legal criteria for European structured finance transactions. Comments should be received on or before September 30, 2010. Please submit your comments to the following e-mail address: dbrseulegalcomments@dbrs.com. DBRS will publish a final methodology following the review and evaluation of all submissions.

The methodology provides greater transparency to the ratings process by outlining to market participants the principal legal criteria DBRS applies when rating a structured finance or structured credit transaction. Included within the methodology are country-specific addenda that set out certain specific considerations applicable to structured finance transactions in the respective country. The countries included are:

•United Kingdom
•Netherlands
•Spain
•Italy
•Portugal

DBRS criteria and methodologies are publicly available on its website www.dbrs.com under Methodologies.