Press Release

DBRS Confirms SAFE Trust’s Senior Short-Term Asset-Backed Notes, Series 1996-1 at R-1 (high) (sf)

ABCP
February 26, 2013

DBRS has today confirmed the Senior Short-Term Asset-Backed Notes, Series 1996-1 of SAFE Trust (the Trust) at R-1 (high) (sf). The rating confirmation is based on the addition of a new transaction (Transaction 58) to the Trust on February 26, 2013.

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 58, which consists of a portfolio of fixed-rate retail loan contracts secured by new and used automobiles, sport-utility vehicles and light trucks.

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link to the right under Related Research or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

The applicable methodologies are Rating Canadian Auto Loan Securitizations, Rating Canadian ABCP, Legal Criteria for Canadian Structured Finance and Hedge Counterparty Criteria for Canadian Structured Finance Transactions, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

DBRS has today confirmed the Senior Short-Term Asset-Backed Notes, Series 1996-1 of SAFE Trust (the Trust) at R-1 (high) (sf). The rating confirmation is based on the addition of a new transaction (Transaction 58) to the Trust on February 26, 2013.

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 58, which consists of a portfolio of fixed-rate retail loan contracts secured by new and used automobiles, sport-utility vehicles and light trucks.

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link to the right under Related Research or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

The applicable methodologies are Rating Canadian Auto Loan Securitizations, Rating Canadian ABCP, Legal Criteria for Canadian Structured Finance and Hedge Counterparty Criteria for Canadian Structured Finance Transactions, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

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