Press Release

Morningstar DBRS Assigns Credit Rating of BBB, Stable to Dream Summit Industrial LP's Series F Senior Unsecured Debentures

Real Estate
November 14, 2024

DBRS Limited (Morningstar DBRS) assigned a credit rating of BBB with a Stable trend to Dream Summit Industrial LP's (Dream Summit or the Partnership) $250 million 4.507% Series F Senior Unsecured Debentures due February 12, 2031 (the Series F Debentures).

The Series F Debentures are direct senior unsecured obligations of the Partnership and will rank equally and rateably with all other debt securities and with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Partnership, except to the extent prescribed by law. The Series F Debentures are guaranteed, on an unsecured basis, by those subsidiaries of the Partnership that are guarantors under Dream Summit's unsecured credit facilities.

Morningstar DBRS understands the net proceeds from the offering will be used by the Partnership to fund its acquisition pipeline and for general Partnership purposes.

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 Morningstar DBRS considers ESG factors within the Morningstar DBRS analytical framework can be found in the Morningstar DBRS Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings (August 13, 2024) at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/437781

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

Morningstar DBRS applied the following principal methodology:
-- Global Methodology for Rating Entities in the Real Estate Industry (April 15, 2024),
https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/431170

The following methodologies have also been applied:
-- Morningstar DBRS Global Criteria (April 15, 2024), https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/431186

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

A description of how Morningstar DBRS analyzes corporate finance transactions and how the methodologies are collectively applied can be found at: https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/397223.

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

Information regarding Morningstar DBRS credit ratings, including definitions, policies, and methodologies, is available on https://dbrs.morningstar.com or contact us at info-DBRS@morningstar.com.

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