DBRS Morningstar Discontinues Repsol S.A.’s Issuer Rating

DBRS Ratings GmbH (DBRS Morningstar) discontinued the Issuer Rating of Repsol S.A. The decision to withdraw the rating was made at DBRS Morningstar’s discretion. DBRS Morningstar notes that the discontinuation is unrelated to Repsol S.A.’s credit risk profile.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.

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All figures are in euros unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology applicable to the Issuer Rating is the “Rating Companies in the Oil and Gas and Oilfield Services Industries” (17 August 2020), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria. Other applicable methodologies include “DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings” (3 February 2021) and “DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers” (2 November 2020), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

For more information regarding rating methodologies and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), please see the following DBRS Morningstar press release: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/357883.

The primary sources of information used for this rating include publicly available information only. DBRS Morningstar considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating to be of satisfactory quality.

With respect to FCA and ESMA regulations in the United Kingdom and European Union, respectively, this is an unsolicited credit rating. This credit rating was not initiated at the request of the issuer.

With Rated Entity or Related Third-Party Participation: NO
With Access to Internal Documents: NO
With Access to Management: NO

DBRS Morningstar does not audit the information it receives in connection with the rating process, and it does not and cannot independently verify that information in every instance.

Generally, the conditions that lead to the assignment of a Negative or Positive trend are resolved within a 12-month period. DBRS Morningstar trends and ratings are under regular surveillance.

For further information on DBRS Morningstar historical default rates published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in a central repository, see: http://cerep.esma.europa.eu/cerep-web/statistics/defaults.xhtml. DBRS Morningstar understands further information on DBRS Morningstar historical default rates may be published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on its webpage: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/credit-rating-agencies.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the United Kingdom.

Lead Analyst: Giuseppe Fresta, Vice President – Global Corporates
Rating Committee Chair: Victor Vallance, Senior Vice President – Global Corporates
Initial Rating Date: 16 September 2016
Last Rating Date: 1 July 2020

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-- Rating Companies in the Oil and Gas and Oilfield Services Industries (17 August 2020), https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/365808/rating-companies-in-the-oil-and-gas-and-oilfield-services-industries.
-- DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings (3 February 2021), https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262/dbrs-morningstar-criteria-approach-to-environmental-social-and-governance-risk-factors-in-credit-ratings.
-- DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Preferred Share and Hybrid Security Criteria for Corporate Issuers (2 November 2020), https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/369165/dbrs-morningstar-criteria-preferred-share-and-hybrid-security-criteria-for-corporate-issuers.

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