We believe that Dexia Crédit Local (DCL)'s liquidity has suffered due to the outflow of funds in the past month and lost access to wholesale markets. The European Commission on Oct. 17, 2011, opened an investigation following the second round of state aid to Dexia group, and we believe this could result in a debt restructuring detrimental to subordinated bondholders. We are lowering our assessment of the stand-alone credit profile to 'b+' from 'bbb-' because of our view of liquidity as weak, according to our criteria. We are lowering the subordinated debt ratings to 'B-' from 'BBB+'. We are revising the CreditWatch implications on the 'A-/A-2' issuer credit ratings to negative from developing. The negative implications reflect our assessment of