OVERVIEW Cumulative defaults in Sestante series 5's mortgage collateral pool have risen sharply since closing. As a result, we have lowered and placed on CreditWatch negative our rating on the class B notes. We have also affirmed our rating on the class A notes. Sestante series 5 is an RMBS transaction that securitizes a pool of residential mortgage loans originated in Italy by Meliorbanca. MILAN (Standard&Poor's) Nov. 11, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today lowered and placed on CreditWatch negative its credit rating on Sestante Finance S.r.l.'s class B notes series 5. At the same time, we affirmed our rating on the class A notes (see list below). These rating actions follow our review of this transaction in