...NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Dec. 19, 2016--S&P Global Ratings said today that it has reviewed its recovery and issue-level ratings for Broadcom Ltd. that were labeled as "under criteria observation" (UCO) after publishing its revised recovery ratings criteria on Dec. 7, 2016. With our criteria review complete, we are removing the UCO designation from these ratings. As a result, we are lowering our ratings on Broadcom's first-lien debt to '###-' from '###' and affirmed our '##+' issue ratings on the unsecured notes. These rating actions stem solely from the application of our revised recovery criteria and do not reflect any change in our assessment of the corporate credit ratings for issuers of the affected debt issues. RELATED CRITERIA + Criteria - Corporates - General: Recovery Rating Criteria For Speculative-Grade Corporate Issuers, Dec. 7, 2016 RATINGS LIST Downgraded; Recovery Rating Unchanged To From...