Press Release

DBRS Assigns Issuer Rating to Komatsu

Industrials
April 25, 2011

DBRS has today assigned an Issuer Rating of A (low) to Komatsu Ltd. (Komatsu or the Company). The trend on the Issuer Rating is Stable.

Concurrently, the Senior Unsecured Debt Rating of each of Komatsu, Komatsu Finance America Inc. and Komatsu Europe Coordination Center N.V. has been discontinued as there is no outstanding Canadian debt of any of the companies.

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

Ratings

Komatsu Europe Coordination Center N.V.
  • Date Issued:Apr 25, 2011
  • Rating Action:Disc.-W/drwn
  • Ratings:Discontinued
  • Trend:--
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:CA
Komatsu Finance America Inc.
  • Date Issued:Apr 25, 2011
  • Rating Action:Disc.-W/drwn
  • Ratings:Discontinued
  • Trend:--
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:CA
Komatsu Ltd.
  • Date Issued:Apr 25, 2011
  • Rating Action:New Rating
  • Ratings:A (low)
  • Trend:Stb
  • Rating Recovery:
  • Issued:CA
  • Date Issued:Apr 25, 2011
  • Rating Action:Disc.-W/drwn
  • Ratings:Discontinued
  • 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
  • Unsolicited Participating With Access
  • Unsolicited Participating Without Access
  • Unsolicited Non-participating

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