Press Release

DBRS Updates 2015 Calendar for EU Sovereign Rating Reports

Sovereigns, Governments
September 22, 2015

DBRS has updated its 2015 publication calendar for sovereign credit rating reports to include the publication of the Republic of Malta’s sovereign rating report scheduled for the 2nd of October 2015.

All DBRS ratings are subject to European Union (EU) regulations for credit rating agencies (CRAs). In accordance with the regulation, these credit ratings must be reviewed at least every six months and publication must fall on a Friday after 5:00p.m., Greenwich Mean Time. Deviation from this publication calendar for sovereign ratings or related rating reports will occur only when necessary.

This calendar is available on the DBRS website under Sovereigns: http://www.dbrs.com/industry/10036. DBRS’s full list of global credit ratings is available here: http://dbrs.com/research/262852/dbrs-sovereign-ratings-list.pdf.

Notes:
The principal applicable methodology is Rating Sovereign Governments and Rating Supranational Institutions, which can be found on the DBRS website under Methodologies. The principal applicable rating policies are Commercial Paper and Short-Term Debt, and Short-Term and Long-Term Rating Relationships, which can be found on our website under Rating Scales.