On Sept. 22, 1999, Standard&Poor's assigned its triple-'A' rating to series A of the Republic of Argentina's Serial Zero Coupon Notes with Rolling International Bank for Reconstruction&Development (IBRD or World Bank) Guarantee due October 1, 2000, and its triple-'B' rating to Series B due April 15, 2001, Series C due Oct. 15, 2001, Series D due Oct. 15, 2002, Series E due Oct. 15, 2003, and Series F due Oct. 15, 2004. The face values of each series is US$250 million. Due to a technical error, notes in Series B through F were incorrectly rerecorded on Feb. 10, 2000 as being rated double-'B'. This has been corrected. The triple-'B' preferred creditor status rating assigned to notes
