DBRS Assigns “A” Rating to New Caterpillar Financial Services Limited Notes Issue

DBRS has today assigned a rating of “A” with a Stable trend to the (unsecured) $200 million Medium-Term Notes (the Notes) to be issued by Caterpillar Financial Services Limited (CFSL) on December 3, 2010. The Notes are to be issued under the $1.5 billion medium-term notes (unsecured) shelf prospectus filed on July 9, 2010.
The rating recognizes that the Notes are to be unconditionally guaranteed by Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (CFSC), CFSL’s parent, and rank pari passu with all other senior unsecured debt of CFSL.

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All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

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