Press Release

DBRS Confirms Topco Holdings Ltd.

Structured Credit
October 08, 2015

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has today confirmed the rating of A (high) (sf) on the $100,000,000 Class A Notes (the Notes) issued by Topco Holdings Ltd. pursuant to the Indenture dated as of July 10, 2014. The DBRS rating reflects the principal risk to Noteholders of the insolvency of UBS AG, London Branch. The rating was also removed from the Under Review with Negative Implication designation with the removal of the Under Review with Negative designation on the rating on the Senior Unsecured Long Term Debt issued by UBS AG.

The DBRS rating addresses the ability of Topco Holding Ltd. to make ultimate payments of principal on or before the Stated Maturity Date of June 30, 2021 (as defined in the Indenture referred to above). The Notes have been rated by DBRS on a principal-only basis. The rating does not reflect any opinion on the likelihood of repayment of interest.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is Rating CLOs and CDOs of Large Corporate Credit, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

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

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Ratings

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  • CA = Lead Analyst based in Canada
  • EU = Lead Analyst based in EU
  • UK = Lead Analyst based in UK
  • E = EU endorsed
  • U = UK endorsed
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  • Unsolicited Non-participating

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