LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Oct. 14, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings and outlook on U.K.-based telecommunications provider Virgin Media Inc. (VMI) and related entities (B+/Positive/--) are unchanged by the company's announcement that it has requested various amendments to the senior facilities agreement. The proposed amendments would, among other things, enable VMI to defer the three remaining amortization payments and the final maturity date under the A tranches and the final maturity date of the revolving facilities until June 2012, to issue additional high yield debt to repay the senior facilities, and to reset interest coverage and leverage ratios. Standard&Poor's recognizes that such actions, if executed, would postpone material repayments until 2012 and reduce
