Press Release

DBRS Finalizes Provisional Rating of AAA on OMERS Finance Trust’s Medium-Term Notes

Pension Funds
May 03, 2019

DBRS Limited (DBRS) finalized the provisional rating of AAA with a Stable trend on the Medium-Term Notes (the Notes) issued from time to time by OMERS Finance Trust (OFT). The initial issuance of the Notes from OFT comprises USD 1.25 billion of senior notes with a coupon rate of 2.5% and a maturity date of May 2, 2024. OFT is the principal financing vehicle of OMERS Administration Corporation (OMERS; rated AAA with a Stable trend by DBRS). The Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by OMERS and rank pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of OMERS.

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

The principal methodologies are Rating Canadian Public Pension Funds & Related Exclusive Asset Managers (May 2019) and Structured Finance Flow-Through Ratings (January 2019), which can be found on dbrs.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

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 under Related Documents or by contacting us at info@dbrs.com.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

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