Press Release

Morningstar DBRS Extends Request for Comment Period on Proposed Services Industries Methodology, Proposed Manufacturing and Production Industries Methodology, and Proposed Global Corporate Criteria

Energy, Services, Consumers
December 20, 2024

Morningstar DBRS is extending the Request for Comment period for the following three proposed methodologies and criteria to January 15, 2025:

-- "Global Methodology for Rating Companies in Services Industries," which can be found at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/444328
-- "Global Methodology for Rating Companies in Manufacturing and Production Industries," which can be found at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/444329
-- "Morningstar DBRS Global Corporate Criteria," which can be found at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/444331

An extension of the Request for Comment period will give interested parties additional time to submit comments.

The proposed methodology and criteria updates were announced on December 6, 2024, in the following press releases:

-- "Morningstar DBRS Requests Comments on Proposed Global Methodology for Rating Companies in Services Industries and Global Methodology for Rating Companies in Manufacturing and Production Industries," which can be found at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/444330
-- "Morningstar DBRS Requests Comments on Proposed Update to Its Global Corporate Criteria," which can be found at https://dbrs.morningstar.com/research/444332

Comments should be received on or before January 15, 2025. Please submit your comments to the following email address:
corfincomments@morningstar.com.

Morningstar DBRS publishes on its website all comments received, except in cases where confidentiality is requested by the respondent.

Notes:
Morningstar DBRS methodologies are publicly available on its website http://dbrs.morningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

For more information on this methodology or on this industry, visit http://dbrs.morningstar.com or contact us at info-DBRS@morningstar.com.