Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Ratings to District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Series 2006

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns ratings to four classes of Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006 (the “Bonds”) issued by District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation (the “Corporation”). The Bonds represent the second series issued by the Corporation, and are structurally subordinated to the Corporation’s Series 2001 Bonds. The Series 2006 Bonds are secured by payments made by the tobacco participating manufacturers under the Mast