Press Release

DBRS Morningstar Finalizes Provisional Rating of AAA on Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust’s USD 1.375% Senior Notes due 2025

Pension Funds
April 16, 2020

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) finalized its provisional rating of AAA with a Stable trend on the USD 1 billion 1.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the Senior Notes) issued by Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust (OTFT). The rating being assigned is based upon the existing rating assigned to OTFT’s Long-Term Notes. The Senior Notes have a coupon rate of 1.375% and a maturity date of April 15, 2025. OTFT is a wholly owned financing subsidiary of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP). The Senior Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by OTPP and rank pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of OTFT.

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Notes:
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