Press Release

DBRS Confirms Rating of The KCL Master Trust KS(1)L Series K-Note

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October 31, 2016

DBRS Limited (DBRS) has today confirmed the rating of AA (sf) to the KS(1)L Series K-Note (the K-Note) issued by
The KCL Master Trust. Payments due to the holder of the K-Note are guaranteed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). The rating on the K-Note mirrors DBRS’s rating on the Senior Debt of the CBA.

The rating is assigned at the request of the owner of the K-Note for regulatory purposes.

Notes:
The applicable methodologies are Master Canadian Structured Finance Methodology (May 2016) and Structured Finance Flow-Through Ratings (January 2016), which are available on our website under Methodologies.

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Ratings

KCL Master Trust, The
  • 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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