HONG KONG (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 21, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'AA-' issue rating to the proposed senior unsecured notes to be issued by DBS Bank Ltd. (AA-/Stable/A-1+; axAAA/axA-1+). The issue would be a drawdown under the bank's US$15 billion global medium-term notes program. The notes constitute direct, unsecured, and unsubordinated obligations of the bank. They will be denominated in U.S. dollars. RELATED CRITERIA AND RESEARCH Banks: Rating Methodology And Assumptions, Nov. 9, 2011 Standard&Poor's Approach To Rating Bank Securities, March 19, 2004