Press Release

DBRS Discontinues Ratings on the Canadian Wheat Board

Other Government Related Entities
August 06, 2015

DBRS Limited (DBRS) has today discontinued all long- and short-term ratings of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). This follows the announcement on July 31, 2015, that Bunge Canada and SALIC Canada Ltd. have formed a joint venture and completed the acquisition of CWB. The assets of CWB will be combined with the grain assets of Bunge Canada to form a new entity, G3 Canada Limited. As a result of this transaction, all CWB debt guaranteed by the Government of Canada has been retired and the ratings are no longer required.

Notes:
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 methodology is DBRS Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Explicit Support, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

Ratings

Canadian Wheat Board, The
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