LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 19, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it had lowered its long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Kingdom of Spain to 'AA+' from 'AAA', as we believe that current economic and financial market conditions have highlighted structural weaknesses in the Spanish economy that are inconsistent with a 'AAA' rating. At the same time, the 'A-1+' short-term ratings on the Kingdom were affirmed. The outlook is stable. With these actions, Standard&Poor's removed the ratings from CreditWatch negative, where they were placed on Jan. 12, 2009. Standard&Poor's will hold a telephone conference call on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at 1:00 pm U.K. time, 2:00 pm CET to discuss the rating action on