Press Release

DBRS Discontinues Canadian Apartment Properties REIT Issuer Rating

Real Estate
April 27, 2012

DBRS has today discontinued the Issuer Rating of Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust). The decision to discontinue the Issuer Rating is unrelated to the Trust’s credit profile.

Notes:
The applicable methodology is Rating Real Estate Entities, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

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