DBRS Morningstar Discontinues Rating on the Senior Unsecured Notes Issued by CES Energy Solutions Corp.

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) discontinued its rating on the Senior Unsecured Notes (the Notes) issued by CES Energy Solutions Corp. (CES or the Company) as a result of early redemption. CES redeemed the Notes by drawing on its $250 million term loan and available capacity under its $450 million revolving credit facility (Credit Facility). DBRS Morningstar notes that the Company has adequate liquidity under its Credit Facility post redemption.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS
There were no Environmental/Social/Governance factors that had a significant or relevant effect on the credit analysis.

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/416784 (July 4, 2023).

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

DBRS Morningstar applied the following principal methodologies:
-- Global Methodology for Rating Companies in the Oil and Gas and Oilfield Services Industries (August 16, 2023) https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/419228
-- DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Guarantees and Other Forms of Support (March 28, 2023) https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/411694
-- DBRS Morningstar Global Criteria: Recovery Ratings for Non-Investment-Grade Corporate Issuers (August 30, 2023) https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/420063

The credit rating methodologies used in the analysis of this transaction can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/about/methodologies.

The credit rating was initiated at the request of the rated entity.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the credit rating process for this credit rating action.

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