Press Release

DBRS Publishes Updated U.S. Bank and Bank Holding Company Rating Methodology

Banking Organizations, Non-Bank Financial Institutions
October 11, 2007

DBRS has today published its updated rating methodology for banks and bank holding companies operating in the United States.

The updated methodology is publicly available at no cost on DBRS’s website at www.dbrs.com.

DBRS is currently in the process of updating its corporate industry methodologies. This process will not result in any substantive changes to these methodologies and therefore will not impact any DBRS corporate ratings.

For further information or to receive a copy of the updated methodology, please contact us at info@dbrs.com.