SINGAPORE (Standard&Poor's) March 4, 2013--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'BBB' long-term issue rating to the proposed benchmark U.S.-dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes by Krung Thai Bank Public Co. Ltd. (KTB; BBB/Stable/A-2; axA/axA-2). The bank will issue the notes under its US$2.5 billion euro medium-term notes program. The senior notes will constitute direct, unconditional, unsecured, and unsubordinated obligations of KTB. They shall at all times rank equally with all the bank's other unsecured obligations. The rating on the notes is therefore equalized with the long-term counterparty credit rating on the Thailand-based bank. RELATED CRITERIA AND RESEARCH Banks: Rating Methodology And Assumptions, Nov. 9, 2011 Bank Hybrid Capital Methodology And Assumptions, Nov. 9, 2011 Criteria Update: Commodity- And
