CHICAGO (Standard&Poor's) March 3, 2016--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings and outlook on Connecticut-based survey collection company Survey Sampling International LLC (B/Stable/--) are not affected by the company's announcement that it plans to issue a $30 million add-on to its existing senior secured term loan due 2020. The unaffected ratings include our 'B' corporate credit rating on Survey Sampling, and our 'B' issue-level and '3' recovery ratings on the company's secured first-lien credit facility. The '3' recovery rating indicates our expectation for meaningful recovery (50%-70%; upper half of the range) of principal for lenders in the event of a payment default. Our 'CCC+' issue-level rating and '6' recovery rating on the company's second-lien credit
