Press Release

DBRS Confirms Plaza Trust at R-1 (high) (sf)

ABCP
December 20, 2011

DBRS has confirmed the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Notes (the Notes) of Plaza Trust (the Trust) at R-1 (high) (sf). The rating confirmation is based on the addition of a new transaction (Transaction 59) to the Trust on December 20, 2011.

As part of DBRS’s ongoing efforts to increase the transparency of reporting asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduit activity, DBRS has today released a Transaction Summary report providing details of Transaction 59, which consists of a portfolio of consumer retail auto leases of automobile, sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and light truck retail auto leases originated by an auto finance company operating in Canada.

Notes:
The applicable methodology is Rating Canadian Auto Lease Transactions, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

Ratings

Plaza Trust
  • Date Issued:Dec 20, 2011
  • 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
  • Unsolicited Participating With Access
  • Unsolicited Participating Without Access
  • Unsolicited Non-participating

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