Press Release

DBRS Publishes Rating Methodology on Securities Firms Operating in the United States

Banking Organizations, Non-Bank Financial Institutions
May 08, 2008

DBRS has published its rating methodology for securities companies operating in the United States.

The 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.