Fitch Rates Discover Card Execution Note Trust, DiscoverSeries Class A (2009-1) Notes
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Fitch rates Discover Card Execution Note Trust, DiscoverSeries Class A (2009-1) Notes as follows: --$1,500,000,000 1mL+1.30% class A (2009-1) 'AAA'; Outlook Stable. The rating above reflects the credit quality of the receivables in the Discover Card Execution Note Trust (DCENT), the available credit enhancement, the servicing expertise of Discover Bank, and the transaction's legal and financial structure. On June 17, Discover Bank filed a form 8-K detailing its plan to add credit enhancement to both Discover Card Master Trust and DCENT. A tranche of class D notes, sized at 6.5% of total outstanding notes, was issued from DCENT on July 2, to provide credit enhancement to all outstanding notes and future new issuances. As a result of this structure change, the class A credit enhancement increases to 19.00% from 12.50% effective July 2, 2009. For more information see the Discover Card Execution Note Trust, DiscoverSeries Class A (2009-1) Notes presale report, available to all investors on Fitch's corporate site, www.fitchratings.com. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site. Fitch Ratings, New York Tracy Wan, +1-212-908-9171 Michael Dean, +1-212-908-0556 Media Relations Sandro Scenga, +1-212-908-0278 sandro.scenga@fitchratings.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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