Press Release

DBRS Discontinues Class J of Merrill Lynch Financial Assets Inc., Series 2003-Canada 9

CMBS
June 16, 2009

DBRS has today discontinued the rating of Class J of Merrill Lynch Financial Assets Inc. Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-Canada 9. The class was repaid in full as of the June 12th 2008 remittance report.

The applicable methodology is CMBS Rating Methodology, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

This is a Structured Finance rating.

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